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Native Americans Historical Records

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Report to the Governor and Council concerning the Indians of the Commonwealth, by John Milton Earle, Commissioner, Boston 1861

1861 Earle Report Appendix

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    Part 1

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    Part 2

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    Full 1861 Earle Report

NOTE - All these documents are word searchable.  Open selected document, click Ctrl F on Windows (Command F on Mac) to open search box.
Search errors and omissions happen as these are scanned images of documents not a true text layer.

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    Index of geographical and personal names for the following document

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    Territorial Boundaries - Wampanoags 1029

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    Part 1 - The Indian Reservation and Water Supply of fall River 1907

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    Part 2 - History of the Fall River Reservation

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    Index to Part 1 & 2

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    Some Historic People of Color - Compiled by Richard Gifford

  • Earle Census - Native American's of Dartmouth - Compiled by Richard Gifford

  • Earle Census - Native American's of Fall River - Compiled by Richard Gifford

  • ​​Wampanoag Families of Dartmouth & Westport

    ​Permission granted by Jenny O'Neil, Westport Historical Society (WHS)

  • Betty Slade Papers: "Historical Comments, Native American and African American Residents"

    ​​Permission granted by Jenny O'Neil, Westport Historical Society (WHS)

“The Pocasset, From Farming to Gathering’’

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List of Proprietors of Dartmouth in 1652

List of Proprietors of Dartmouth in 1652

Each With One Full Share Except as Noted

  • ALDEN, John
  • BARTLETT, Robert
  • BASSETT, William **
  • BRADFORD, William
  • BREWSTER, Sarah * (widow of William)
  • BROWNE, Peter
  • BUMPAS, Edward
  • COLLIER, William *
  • COOKE, Francis
  • COOKE, John
  • CUTBERT, Samuel
  • DELANO, Philip
  • DOTEY, Edward
  • DUNHAM, John Sr.
  • EATON, Samuel
  • FAUNCE, John
  • HICKS, Samuel
  • HOLMAN, Edward
  • HOWLAND, John **
  • HURST, James
  • JENNEY, Sarah (widow of John)
  • KEMPTON, Manasses
  • MORTON, George
  • MORTON, Thomas
  • PALMER, William Link to genealogy info
  • PRATT, Joshua
  • SAMPSON, Henry
  • SHAW, John Sr.
  • SIMONS, Moses
  • SOULE, George
  • SOUTHWORTH, Constant
  • SOUTHWORTH, Thomas
  • SPRAGUE, Francis
  • STANDISH, (Capt.) Myles
  • TRACY, Stephen
  • WARREN, Elizabeth (widow of Richard)

This list is a composite prepared from a number of sources by Sally M. Aldrich in 1987.