Samson Occom's Journal, 1761 September 15-October 22

Author Occom, Samson[pers0030.ocp]

15 September to 22 October, 1761[](Error: 'when' attribute not in YYYY, YYYY-MM, or YYYY-MM-DD format)

Call Number761515.1

[note (type: abstract): Occom details his travels over the course of September and October of 1761.][note (type: handwriting): The legibility of Occom’s usually clear handwriting is heavily mitigated by the poor condition of the paper.][note (type: paper): Small sheets folded into a booklet and sewn together with thread/twine are in poor condition, with heavy staining, yellowing, fading and wear. There is a hole in the bottom of one recto/verso.][note (type: ink): Brown ink is heavily faded.][note (type: noteworthy): There are several uncrossed t's and crossed l's that have been corrected by the transcriber. An editor, likely 19th-century, has overwritten Occom’s hand in black ink; these edits have not been transcribed. On one recto, in the second line, the word beginning "Conn…" likely refers to an Oneida or Onondaga town. The town could possibly be: 1) Gannentaha, the site of a Jesuit mission among the Onondagas; 2) Kaunehsuntahkeh, a Tuscarora village east of Oneida creek; 3) Canasaraga, in the Onondaga territory near present-day Syracuse; or 4) Kauhanauka, a Tuscarora town. In several instances, it is uncertain as to whether a name refers to a person or place; these names have been left untagged. It is possible, however, that these uncertain names refer to inns or taverns and the names of their owners. Starting on the bottom of five verso and finishing on one verso, the phrase "Samson Occom of Mohegan" is written upside-down in large letters, indicating that Occom was reusing paper for the pages of this journal.]

EventsOccom’s First Mission to the Oneidas

Persistent Identifier

[Sepr | September]SeprSeptember [ye | the]yethe 15[1761-09-15]

I [Sot | set]Sotset out from
Conn[illegible]oo[illegible]ah by way
of [Tuſcarora | Tuscarora]TuſcaroraTuscarora[place0288.ocp] and took
my Leave of them [a bout | about]a boutabout
10 [O'C | o'clock]O'Co'clock Several of the India[above] nsns
went with me to [onoyda | Oneida]onoydaOneida[place0179.ocp]
got there about 1 in the
[after-Noon | afternoon]after-Noonafternoon — was [kndly | kindly]kndlykindly
[Receivd | received]Receivdreceived by the [onoydas | Oneidas]onoydasOneidas[org0075.ocp]

Sabbath [Sepr | September]SeprSeptember [ye | the]yethe 20[1761-09-20]

[Preachd | Preached]PreachdPreached
at [onoyda | Oneida]onoydaOneida[place0179.ocp] a great Num
ber of the Indians Came to
gether from all of the [Caſtle | Castle]CaſtleCastle[place0179.ocp]
to hear the word of god. I
[Baptizd | baptized]Baptizdbaptized 3 [Perſons | persons]Perſonspersons
at Night Several made
a [Publick | public]Publickpublic [Confeſ | confes]Confeſconfes[illegible][guess (ivys): te]teon
three of the [gap: tear]Heads of [ye | the]yethe
3 [Caſtles | Castles]CaſtlesCastles [gap: tear][guess (ivys): ma]made a [PC | public confession]PCpublic confession
and [returnd | returned]returndreturned thanks by a
Belt of Wampum [&c | etc.]&cetc.

Monday [Sepr | September]SeprSeptember [ye | the]yethe 21[1761-09-21]

I Left [onoyda | Oneida]onoydaOneida[place0179.ocp] and
Several [a Companyd | accompanied]a Companydaccompanied
me to fort [Herkermer | Herkimer]HerkermerHerkimer[place0077.ocp].
my mare got away
from me at Night,
and did not find me
her [till | 'til]till'til [Fryday | Friday]FrydayFriday [Juſt | just]Juſtjust
Night,

Saturday [Sepr | September]SeprSeptember
[ye | the]yethe 26[1761-09-26]

we [Sot | set]Sotset away from
Fort [Herkummer | Herkimer]HerkummerHerkimer[place0077.ocp]s — got
about 4 miles below
Sir William [Jahnſon | Johnson]JahnſonJohnson[pers0292.ocp]s

[Sabath | Sabbath]SabathSabbath [Sepr | September]SeprSeptember [ye | the]yethe 27[1761-09-27]

[Sot | set]Sotset
out very Early, and
got to Schenectady[place0202.ocp] a
bout 10. went Meeting
with the People
[bottom] om of Mohegan[place0143.ocp]om of Mohegan[place0143.ocp]
hear[above] dd [mr | Mr.]mrMr. Vroman[pers1021.ocp] Preach,
but I [Cou'd | could]Cou'dcould not [underſt | underst]underſtunderst[illegible][guess (ivys): d]d
went to See the [Preaſt | priest]Preaſtpriest
in the Evening and the
Next morning, he treatde[above] dd
very Kindly gave me
a Moha[illegible: [guess (h-dawnd): q]q]ue Book —
[Sot | Set]SotSet ut out about 9 got
to Albany[place0001.ocp] at 12
and Several [Inſiſted | insisted]Inſiſtedinsisted upon [above] mymy
[Saying | staying]Sayingstaying at Albany[place0001.ocp] the week
out, and to Preach on the
Sabbath, and I at Len[above] ggth
I [Complyd | complied]Complydcomplied with their [Diſire | desire]Diſiredesire

[Sabath | Sabbath]SabathSabbath [octor | October]octorOctober [ye | the]yethe 4[1761-10-04]

I [Preachd | preached]Preachdpreached
in the morning in the City
Hall[place0430.ocp]
, to [Prebyterian | Presbyterian]PrebyterianPresbyterian Con‐
gregation, and in the [af
ter Noon | af
ternoon]
af
ter Noon
af
ternoon
I [Preachd | preached]Preachdpreached in
the [Engliſh | English]EngliſhEnglish Church—
Monday. Married a
[Cupple | couple]Cupplecouple in Albany[place0001.ocp], had
3 [Dolars | dollars]Dolarsdollars Marrying. —
and the Pe
[Sot | set]Sotset out in the after
Noon towards Home, got
So far as [Quemuns | Coeymans]QuemunsCoeymans[place0435.ocp]. —

[Tueſday | Tuesday]TueſdayTuesday. [Octr | October]OctrOctober [ye | the]yethe 6[1761-10-06]

[Sot | Set]SotSet
out very Early in the
Morning, and [Reachd | reached]Reachdreached
to Kings Bridge[place0434.ocp] at Night

october [ye | the]yethe 7[1761-10-07]

we [Sot | set]Sotset out
from the Kings Bridge[place0434.ocp] very
Early in the Morning, and
about the [Midle | middle]Midlemiddle of the after
Noon my mare was about
Sli[illegible][guess (ivys): nk]nking her fold and we
were obliged to Put up
at [gap: omitted]
[Sot | set]Sotset out very early in the
Morning [for ward | forward]for wardforward and [illegible]
Stop at [Poughkeepſie | Poughkeepsie]PoughkeepſiePoughkeepsie[place0191.ocp] to [illegible]
Preach in the Evening.
and about Candle Light
we began our [Exerciſe | exercise]Exerciſeexercise in
the State [Houſe | House]HouſeHouse[place0436.ocp] and there
was a great Number of
People to attend, and at
tended very [Seriouſly | seriously]Seriouſlyseriously
and they [gatherd | gathered]gatherdgathered [illegible]
[above] ££1: 7: 0. for me —; and they
were very [Soliſcitous | solicitous]Soliſcitoussolicitous to
have me Stay the Sabbath
over but I [Cou'd | could]Cou'dcould not to be
my Duty to Comply —

[Fryday | Friday]FrydayFriday [Octr | October]OctrOctober [ye | the]yethe 9[1761-10-09]

we [Sot | set]Sotset
out from [Poughkeepſie | Poughkeepsie]PoughkeepſiePoughkeepsie[place0191.ocp]
Towards York[place0308.ocp]. and got
So far as Rogers at Nig
and so far as Roger's
at Night, and there [turn'd | turned]turn'dturned
in.

Saturday [Octr | October]OctrOctober [ye | the]yethe 10[1761-10-10]

we [Sot | set]Sotset out very Early in
the Morning on our Jour‐
ney, and got So far as
Browns by [Dobs's | Dobbs]Dobs'sDobbs ferry[place0431.ocp], and
there [turnd | turned]turndturned in, but met
with very [Diſagreeable | disagreeable]Diſagreeabledisagreeable
Company,—

Sabbath [Octr | October]OctrOctober [ye | the]yethe 11[1761-10-11]

about
2 o'C in the after we [Sot | set]Sotset
out for [N. | New]N.New York[place0308.ocp] and by
way of [White [above] SoneSone | Whitestone]White [above] SoneSoneWhitestone Ferry[place0437.ocp] and
[Lodgd | lodged]Lodgdlodged by the Ferry —

Monday [Octr | October]OctrOctober [ye | the]yethe 12[1761-10-12]

about
9 we got over upon Long
Islangd[place0129.ocp]
, and from there [Sot | set]Sotset
away for [N | New]NNew York[place0308.ocp] and
got into the City about
[Sot | set]Sotset [illegible] went to M wells
and were very Kindly
[Receiv'd | received]Receiv'dreceived, found them all
well [& | and]&and — Next Day went
to [viſiting | visiting]viſitingvisiting my Friends was
kindly [Receivd | received]Receivdreceived by all —

[Fryday | Friday]FrydayFriday October ye 16[1761-10-16]

to‐
wards Night we went over
to Long Island[place0129.ocp] [gap: faded] and to
[Jamaca | Jamaica]JamacaJamaica[place0433.ocp] at Night, and

Saturday [Octr | October]OctrOctober [ye | the]yethe 17[1761-10-17]

[Sot | set]Sotset
Early in the Morning, and
got to Huntington[place0406.ocp] at Nig[gap: stain]
and [illegible] kept Sabbath there

Monday [Ocr | October]OcrOctober [ye | the]yethe 18[1761-10-18]

we [Sot | set]Sotset away [homward | homeward]homwardhomeward
Got So far as Mulfords
at Night T

[Tueſday | Tuesday]TueſdayTuesday [Ocr | October]OcrOctober 19[1761-10-19]

[Sot | set]Sotset out
very Early in the Morning.
and got [Shenecock | Shinnecock]ShenecockShinnecock[place0423.ocp] at
Night found the Indians
well. they were very glad
to See me once more, —

[Wedneſday | Wednesday]WedneſdayWednesday [Ocr | October]OcrOctober 20[1761-10-20]

we went
off very Early in the [Morng | morning]Morngmorning
got to Bridgehampton[place0018.ocp] be‐
fore Night [Lodg'd | lodged]Lodg'dlodged at [Mr | Mr.]MrMr.
Brown[pers0101.ocp]
s, my Friends were
Exceeding glad to See me

[Thirdſday | Thursday]ThirdſdayThursday [Ocr | October]OcrOctober 21[1761-10-16]

we
went on our Journey, got
to [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Buell[pers0006.ocp]'s at [Eaſtham– | Easthampton]Eaſtham–Easthampton[place0062.ocp]
Some Time in the after
Noon, we were very
Kindly [receiv'd | received]receiv'dreceived by all
my Friends,

[Fryday | Friday]FrydayFriday [Ocr | October]OcrOctober 22[1761-10-22]

went
on towards home, [viſited | visited]viſitedvisited
my Friends and Neighbou[above] rsrs
all the way, got were
[Extreamly | extremely]Extreamlyextremely well [receivd | received]receivdreceived by
them all, got home at
Night found my Poor
Family well except our
[youngeſt | youngest]youngeſtyoungest Child. it had
been very Sick but it
was [geting | getting]getinggetting well, —
Thanks be to Almighty
god for [goodneſs | goodness]goodneſsgoodness to us.
[note (type: editorial): Blank page.]
Samson Occ[pers0030.ocp]
[note (type: editorial): Page not transcribed.]
Document Summary

People identified in this document:

id Text in document Role in header Authorized Name
pers0292.ocp Sir William Jahnſon Johnson mentioned Johnson, William
pers1021.ocp m r Mr. Vroman mentioned Vroman
pers0101.ocp M r Mr. Brown mentioned Brown, James
pers0006.ocp M r Mr. Buell mentioned Buell, Samuel
pers0030.ocp Samson Occ writer Occom, Samson

Places identified in this document:

id Text in document Authorized Name
place0288.ocp Tuſcarora Tuscarora Tuscarora
place0179.ocp onoyda Oneida Oneida
place0179.ocp the Caſtle Castle Oneida
place0077.ocp fort Herkermer Herkimer Fort Herkimer
place0077.ocp Fort Herkummer Herkimer Fort Herkimer
place0202.ocp Schenectady Schenectady
place0143.ocp Mohegan Mohegan
place0001.ocp Albany Albany
place0430.ocp City Hall Albany City Hall
place0435.ocp Quemuns Coeymans Coeymans
place0434.ocp Kings Bridge Kings Bridge
place0191.ocp Poughkeepſie Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie
place0436.ocp the State Houſe House State House
place0308.ocp York New York City
place0431.ocp Dobs's Dobbs ferry Dobbs Ferry
place0308.ocp N. New York New York City
place0437.ocp White Sone Whitestone Ferry Whitestone Ferry
place0129.ocp Long Islan g d Long Island
place0308.ocp N New York New York City
place0129.ocp Long Island Long Island
place0433.ocp Jamaca Jamaica Jamaica
place0406.ocp Huntington Huntington
place0423.ocp Shenecock Shinnecock Shinnecock
place0018.ocp Bridgehampton Bridgehampton
place0062.ocp Eaſtham– Easthampton East Hampton

Organizations identified in this document:

id Text in document Authorized Name
org0075.ocp onoydasOneidas Oneida Nation

Dates identified in this document:

Standard Form Text
1761-09-15 SeprSeptember yethe 15
1761-09-20 Sabbath SeprSeptember yethe 20
1761-09-21 Monday SeprSeptember yethe 21
1761-09-26 Saturday SeprSeptember yethe 26
1761-09-27 SabathSabbath SeprSeptember yethe 27
1761-10-04 SabathSabbath octorOctober yethe 4
1761-10-06 TueſdayTuesday. OctrOctober yethe 6
1761-10-07 october yethe 7
1761-10-09 FrydayFriday OctrOctober yethe 9
1761-10-10 Saturday OctrOctober yethe 10
1761-10-11 Sabbath OctrOctober yethe 11
1761-10-12 Monday OctrOctober yethe 12
1761-10-16 FrydayFriday October ye 16
1761-10-17 Saturday OctrOctober yethe 17
1761-10-18 Monday OcrOctober yethe 18
1761-10-19 TueſdayTuesday OcrOctober 19
1761-10-20 WedneſdayWednesday OcrOctober 20
1761-10-16 ThirdſdayThursday OcrOctober 21
1761-10-22 FrydayFriday OcrOctober 22

Regularized text:

Type Original Regularized
modernization ye the
variation Sot set
modernization Tuſcarora Tuscarora
variation a bout about
variation onoyda Oneida
variation after-Noon afternoon
variation kndly kindly
variation Receivd received
variation onoydas Oneidas
variation Preachd Preached
modernization Caſtle Castle
variation Baptizd baptized
modernization Perſons persons
variation Publick public
modernization Confeſ confes
modernization Caſtles Castles
variation returnd returned
modernization &c etc.
variation a Companyd accompanied
variation Herkermer Herkimer
modernization till 'til
variation Fryday Friday
modernization Juſt just
variation Herkummer Herkimer
variation Jahnſon Johnson
variation Sabath Sabbath
modernization mr Mr.
modernization underſt underst
variation Preaſt priest
variation Sot Set
modernization Inſiſted insisted
variation Complyd complied
variation Diſire desire
variation Preachd preached
variation Prebyterian Presbyterian
variation af
ter Noon
af
ternoon
modernization Engliſh English
variation Cupple couple
variation Dolars dollars
variation Quemuns Coeymans
modernization Tueſday Tuesday
variation Reachd reached
variation Midle middle
variation for ward forward
modernization Poughkeepſie Poughkeepsie
modernization Exerciſe exercise
modernization Houſe House
modernization Seriouſly seriously
variation gatherd gathered
variation Soliſcitous solicitous
variation Dobs's Dobbs
variation turnd turned
modernization Diſagreeable disagreeable
variation White [above] SoneSone Whitestone
variation Lodgd lodged
modernization viſiting visiting
variation Jamaca Jamaica
variation homward homeward
variation Shenecock Shinnecock
modernization Wedneſday Wednesday
modernization Mr Mr.
variation Thirdſday Thursday
modernization viſited visited
variation Extreamly extremely
variation receivd received
modernization youngeſt youngest
variation geting getting
modernization goodneſs goodness

Expanded abbreviations:

Abbreviation Expansion
Sepr September
O'C o'clock
PC public confession
Cou'd could
octor October
Octr October
turn'd turned
N. New
N New
Receiv'd received
& and
Receivd received
Ocr October
Morng morning
Lodg'd lodged
Eaſtham– Easthampton
receiv'd received

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