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Title: Deed of Pacomtuck land granted by Chauk
to Dedham residents
Date: 1666
Creator: Chauk alias Chaqve, sachem of Pacomtuck
accession #: L98.012
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These
presents Testifie That Chauk alias Chaque the sachem of Pacomtuck
for good & valluable consi=
dirations him there unto moveing, hath Given Granted Bargained
& sold, & by these presents doth (for himself &
his Brother Wapahoale) fully clearely & absolutely give
grant Bargaine & sell unto Capt John Pynchon of Springfeild
for ye use & behoofe of Major Eleazer Lusher & Ensign
Daniel ffisher & other English of Dedham their associates
& successsors & to them & theire heires for ever
Certaine persels of Land at Pacomtuck on ye further side or
upper side or North side of Pa=
comtuck river, that is to say beginning a little above where
Pukcommeagon river runs into Pacomtuck river and so a little
way up Puckommeag river & then leaving Puckcomeagon river
runs off to ye hill Sunsick westward: All ye land from ye hill
Sunsick on westward, downe ye River Pacomtuck eastward below
Nayyaocossick to Pochewee, neare ye Mouth of Puckcomeagon river,
wch persells of Land are called Nayyyocossick, Tomholissick,
Masquomcossick, vssowwack Wusquiawwag & so to Sunsick hill,
or by what ever other Names ye sd Land is or may be called:
All ye aforedescri bed Tract of Land, being called by several
names as aforesd viz. Nayyocossick Tomholissick Masquomcossick
vssowwack Wusquiawawag & Sunsick, or by what ever names
it may be called, Togither wth the Trees, waters, mea= dows,
woods, Brooke, upland, stone, proffits, comoditys & advantages
thereoff & there unto belonging or in any wise appertaining,
the aforesd Major Eleazer Lusher & Ensign Danl ffisher of
Dedham, theire Associates & successors, & their Heires
are to Have Hold & Injoy & that forever, only the sd
Chauk alias Chaque doth reserve Liberty of fishing for ye Indians
in ye Rivers or waters & free Liberty to hunt Deere or other
Wild creatures & to gather Walnuts chestnuts and other nuts
things &c on ye commons: And the sd Chaque doth hereby covenant
& promise to & wth ye sd Maj Eleazer Lusher & Danl
ffisher, That he will saue ye sd Major Lusher & Danl ffisher,
therire Associates & theire Heires & assignes, Harmless
or & from all manner of Claimes of any person or persons
Lawfully claiming any right Title or Interest in any of ye sd
lands hereby Sold or in any part or parsell thereof & will
Defend the same from any molestation or Imcumbrance by Indians
otherwise than as before reserved. In witness whereoff the sd
Chaque hath hereunto set his hand this 24th ffebr 1666-7 The
marke of Chaque In presence of Jon Pynchon Jur Wequanock an
Indian witness The day aforementioned Chaque acknowledged his
V mark who helped ye this Instrumet to be his act & Deed
Sachem in making ye Bargaine Before me John Pynchon, Asist |
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