Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 3

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William Hilton to John Winthrop1

Hilton, William Wintrhop, John

1637-07-14

To the Right worshipfull John Winthrop esqire Gouernor of the Masachsets giue these

Pascataque, July the 14th 1637 Ser,

My humble duty remembred the bearer hereof beeing Sonne to Passaconoway2 is in debted vnto mr. Vane, three skines which hee desighreth to pay but hee is affread to come to pay them by reason that the Sagamofre of Aguawam serteffieth him that if hee come in to the bay you will take awey his head hee hath desighred mee to write in his beehalffe that hee may come and pay his debts and likewise that you would bee pleased to bid him welcome and soe desighring the lord to blese you and yours I humbly rest Your worships to command to his poure

William Hilton

Ser this beearer desighreth mee to serteyffie in his behalffe that the Eanglish haue awais bin verry welcome vnto him I am able to testeffie that hee hath euer since I knew him bin a verry loving Indean.

W. 1. 119; 2 Proceedings , X. 362.

Possibly this was Wonnalansit, who was the eldest son of Passaconaway, the great sachem of the Merrimac River region.