| Dates | Name | Author's notes from the articles |
|---|---|---|
| 1771 | Samuel Squintup (Squintap, Squntup, Squontup) |
On June 7, 1772 he was given four pounds, 16 shillings for a long canoe trip up the river, probably to St. Francis. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: Unable to find any one at Odanak in the proper time period that would fit for this person. This might be the Skeetup family from Martha's Vineyard. One branch of this family had moved up to the Sandy River in Maine by 1815. | ||
| 1772 | Lewis Vincent |
Graduated in the class of 1781 Dartmouth College. One of the three Indians in the 18th Century who were graduated from the college. He was Huron from Lorette and served with great distinction in the Rev. War. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: Probably Louis Vincent who is listed as "Interpreter & scout" with Timothy Bedel in 1779. He may be the same person as or related to Capt. John (Jean) Vincent of Bedel's Indian Ranger Company in 1780. The family is said to be Huron, but many believe Jean was Abenaki. There are Abenaki Vincent families. | ||
| 1772 | Sebastian Vincent | Huron - brother of Lewis. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: none | ||
| 1772 | Peter Indian | A private in the company formed in Lebanon NH and Hanover to fight Burgoyne. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: Tribe unknown, but possibly a St. Francis Indian. | ||
| 1775 | Francis Joseph Gill (Annance) | St. Francis - Called the Great Francis. Was son of Joseph Lewis Gill, head of the Indians at St. Francis. Entered college in 1778 but did not graduate. Afterwards known as Annance. The Great Francis remained at Hanover during the Rev. and later sent his son to school there. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: NOT! The known sons of Joseph Louis Gill are too young to be at college in 1778 with the exception of the one we know only as 'Pabomnolette'. Another Francois Joseph Gill, son of Francois Louis Gill was b.1769, also too young to be here. This should be Francois Joseph Annance b.1759, son of Gabiel Annance. His mother was probably Marie Appoline Gill. See Odanak Families - Annance for more on this family name. | ||
| 1775 | Francois Gill | the Second or the Lesser, brother or half-brother to the Great Francis. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: No one in our files fits this person. He may have died young, never returned to Odanak, or was recorded under a different name in Odanak records. | ||
| 1775 | Benedict Gill | St. Francis. |
| 1775 | Anthony Gill | St. Francis. |
| 1775 | Montuit Gill | St. Francis - Left college in 1777 with Anthony and Benedict, probably because of War between America and England. |
| The author writes about the Gill family: "The Gills were famous descendants of a white Captive taken early in the 17th Century who married among the St. Francis Indians." | ||
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: Samuel Gill was taken captive 10-Jun-1697 -- LATE in the 17th Century! The five Gill boys listed above and several listed below are probably Gill only on their mother's side of the family or possibly not Gill at all. We do not find any Gill using these given names at Odanak in the proper time periods. They may have been sponsored by or sent to the school by the Gill family. Most descendants of Samuel Gill were born and lived at Odanak and raised as Abenaki, although many had very little or no Abenaki blood flowing in their veins. Odanak Families - Gill for more on this family name. | ||
| 1778 | John Bolden | One of Wheelock's Indians in Capt. Freeman's company in Rev. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: Tribe not given. Unable to find any one at Odanak in the proper time period that would fit for this person. | ||
| 1779 | John Batiste | |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: This would be 'Sabatis' in Abenaki. Tribe unknown and a very common name found in many Native communities of this period. | ||
| 1803-1809 | Louis Annance | St. Francis tribe - Son of Francis Annance, a former pupil in the elder Wheelock's day. |
| 1803 | Louis Annance | Son of Great Francis Gill. Remained at Hanover until 1809. Known as Old Louis Annance in Maine where he was a famous guide, a member of the Masons, and prominent in Indian affairs. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: See Louis Annance - Picture and Biography of Louis Annance OFF SITE LINK >>> for more info on this famous Maine guide. See Odanak Families - Annance for more on this family name. | ||
| 1803-1804 | John Taubausanda | St. Francis - Twelve years old. |
| 1803 | John Taubausanda | Brought from St. Francis. Returned 1804. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: Unable to find any one at Odanak in the proper time period that would fit for this person. | ||
| 1803-1805 | Joseph Taukwermant | St. Francis - Nine years old. |
| 1803 | Joseph Taukerman | from St. Francis brought by Jacob Kimball. Left in 1805. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: This is possibly the Odanak family name Manwermet, or perhaps the surname Tuckerman. | ||
| 1803-1810 | Paul Joseph Gill | St. Francis - Twelve years old. At seventeen elected chief of his tribe. Considered at first to be a star pupil; one of his compositions was sent to Scotland as a sample of the work of the school. Enrolled in the college class of 1810, and continued in the institution for three years and a portion of the fourth year. At last he became troublesome on account of his "haughty disposition," and in 1810 was dismissed as "wholly bent to vice." |
| 1803 | Paul J. Gill | Entered Dartmouth College in class on 1810 but did not graduate. Name appears in early catalog. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: Paul Joseph Gill was the son of Robert Gill & Marie Louise Chenevert. He was the grandson of Samuel Gill. On the Gill side of the family his ancestry is 100% white New Englander. His mother bares a French surname but may have been part Native. | ||
| 1804-1807 | Stanislas Joseph | St. Francis - Sixteen years old. |
| 1804 | Stanislas Joseph Gill. | |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: Unable to find any one at Odanak in the proper time period that would fit for this person. | ||
| 1806-1808 | William | St. Francis. |
| 1806 | William Gill | Mentioned also as William Francis. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: Probably Guillaume Gill who fought in the war of 1812 and was married in 1808 at Odanak. Guillaume is a brother to Paul Joseph Gill. | ||
| 1807 | Rev. Eleazar Williams | Supposed descendant of Eunice Williams, famous Indian captive from Deerfield. Roomer at Samuel Dewey's. Left suddenly after illness. Later became Episcopal clergyman, leader of Indians at Green Bay, Wisconsin, and was supposed to be the the Lost Dauphin, Louis 17, Hero of Hanson's Lost Prince, and the more recent novel Lazarre. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: Perhaps someone researching the Green Bay region can supply us with more on this person. Eunice's descendants are commonly through to be Iroquois, but recent discoveries indicate that the Abenaki Watso/Otondosonne family of Odanak are her descendants. | ||
| 1807 | Vincent | son of Huron pupil Sebastian of 1771. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: none | ||
| 1808-1813 | Noel Annance | St. Francis - Sixteen years old. |
| 1808 | Noel Annance | Class of 1814 Dartmouth College. Was not graduated. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: Noel Francois Joseph Annance b.abt.1787, s/o Francois Joseph Annance & Marie Josephte Thomas. He died at Durham PQ 4-Sep-1869. Noel served as a Lieutenant during the War of 1812 for the British (the war is commonly believed to be the reason why he left Dartmouth). He was granted an island in the St. Francois River for his service during the war. About 1820 he began working for the Northwest Company and later the Hudson Bay Company. He is recorded in their records as Francois Noel Annance. He served as a hunter, interpreter, & clerk while in the service of the companies. He married a Flathead Indian women and had 3 sons while in the West. Only one, Archie, is known to have survived and returned east with his father about 1835. While in the fur trade, Noel was stationed at Ft. Langeley on the Fraser River in British Columbia for several years. From Vancouver historians we learn that an Island was named for him. "ANNACIS ISLAND A slurred form of 'Annance's Island,' being named after Francois Noel Annance." In 1836, Noel m. at Odanak to Marie Nagazoa (b.abt.1821). He served as a school teacher after his return from the west. The Canadian and Hudson Bay Archives contain many documents written by or about Noel. See Odanak Families - Annance for more on this family name. | ||
| 1809-1813 | Ignatius | Algonquin tribe - near Montreal. Twelve years old. At his entrance he "knows not a letter and cannot speak a word of English." |
| 1809 | Ignatius Algonquin | Brought by J. Emerson from Canada. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: none | ||
| 1810 | Louis Langford | Brought by E.F. Willey from Canada, stayed until 1812. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: none | ||
| 1815-(?)1816 | Simon Annance | St. Francis. |
| 1815 | Simon Annance | St. Francis. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: There are two of this name at Odanak in this time period. This is probably Simon (1791-1880) s/o Barthelemie Annance. He fought in the War of 1812 for the British and received a pension later in life. He m. in 1834 at Odanak to Angelique Marie Nagazoa (b.abt.1805). The other Simon was a brother to Noel & Louis. We have no dates for him. See Odanak Families - Annance for more on this family name. | ||
| 1816 1816 |
Annance & No name |
both St. Francis - These two boys were received by President Brown, but sent away when support was refused by the Scotch Society. Later the bills incurred during their short stay were paid by that organization. |
| 1816 | Unknown | age 16 from Saratoga |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: The boy referred to only as Annance is possibly the boy age 16 from Saratoga on the other list. Several of the Annance family are found in NY later in the century. At Odanak, a good match would be Jacques Joseph Annance, brother to Noel & Louis. | ||
| 1822-1823 & 1826-1829 |
Peter Osunkherhine or Peter Masta |
St. Francis - Received by President Tyler, but bills were not paid on his demand by the Scotch Society. They were finally paid for one year, but notification was given that no further draughts would be honored. The Indian was sent home. In 1827 the Society resumed payments and the same Indian returned. He became, perhaps, the one Indian in whom the purposes of the school were most fully realized. He passed his life in laborious service as schoolmaster and minister of his tribe. |
| 1827 | Rev. Paul Pierre Osunkhirhine | an Iroquois or Cherokee who came to St. Francis and was there called Wzokhilain in the Abenaki. Remained at Hanover some years and published several books for use in Indian schools. Founded school at St. Francis. Was known at Dartmouth as Peter Masta. Church and school still standing at St. Francis, now Odanak. Walked about three hundred miles to attend the Moor School. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: Pierre Paul Osunkhirhine, b.1800 Odanak, d.abt.1890 at Port Huron MI, s/o Francois Joseph Louis Osunkhirhine & Catherine Lazar Vassal - both Abenaki from St.Francois. His father d.bef.1812 and his mother remarried to Toussaint Masta. Pierre sometimes used his stepfather's surname. He m.(1) 1831 Marguerite Obomsawine (1814-1848), and m.(2) in 1848 to Angelique Lawless. By his second wife he fathered more than a dozen children at St. Francis, many of whom died very young. He founded the first Protestant Church at St. Francis in 1838. Prior to establishing the Church at Odanak, he was with the Penobscot in Maine for a while. See Odanak Families - Masta for more on this family name. See Odanak Families - Osunkhirhine for more on this family name. | ||
| 1827-1830 | Joseph Masta | Sent home as "lacking in intelligence." |
| 1836 | Joseph Alex Masta | St. Francis |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: Joseph Masta, b.1819 at St. Francois, s/o Toussaint Masta & Catherine Lazar Vassal. About 1856, he is mentioned as a 'Indian Doctor' at Lowell MA (see the Life of John W. Johnson on this web site). He died at Lowell MA. See Odanak Families - Masta for more on this family name. | ||
| 1828-1830 | Joseph Williams | St. Francis. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: Unable to find any one at Odanak in the proper time period that would fit for this person. | ||
| 1826-1831 | Peter Annance | St. Francis - Sent to Kimball Union Academy in 1830, and enrolled as a freshman in the class of 1835. On his departure President Lord recorded, "He will be another instance of Indian fickleness and lawlessness which have always been proverbial on this ground." His name is recorded in the catalogue as Joseph Annance. |
| 1831 | James Joseph Annance | Dart. Coll. Class of 1833. Remained one year 31-32. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: These two are probably the same person. Possibly James Joseph Annance (1810-1843), s/o Charles Cesar 'Cadnash' Annance & Clemence Robert Capino/Pinawans. He m. 1835 to Marie Anne de Gonzague. See Odanak Families - Annance for more on this family name. | ||
| 1830(?) | Cartnache Annance | supposed son of Louis Annance. Was asked to speak in own language on public occasion in Hanover, and said in own language, "You are all confounded fools." The audience applauded him greatly. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: Unable to find any one at Odanak in the proper time period that would fit for this person. It would seem more likely that he is a son of Charles Cesar 'Cadnash' Annance. He gifted Dartmouth with a good example of Indian humor at his public speaking engagement. See Odanak Families - Annance for more on this family name. | ||
| 1832-1847 | John Stanislaus, Jr. | St. Francis - Four years old. A reversion to the ideas of the elder Wheelock in capturing the boys young, and training them from the start. Stanislaus and Benedict were placed with Deacon Pinneo to be treated as his own children, and brought up until ready for Moor's School, at an expense of $1.00 per week, each. The experiment was not a success. The boy grew up to be "lazy and stupid." |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: Son of John, who is listed next. He was b.19-Nov-1827 or 27-Mar-1829. Probably the John Stanilas that m. Therese Taksus. | ||
| 1832-1835 | John Stanislaus | St. Francis - Father of the above. Placed in school to learn to read. Returned to Canada "not much improved intellectually, but a sincere Christian." |
| 1833 | J. Stanislas | |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: Jean 'Piloakaus' Stanilas, b.1799-1801 in New Brunswick Canada. He m.1826 at St. Francis to Anastasie Alamkassat. See Odanak Families - Stanislas for more on this family name. | ||
| 1835-1847 | Levi Benedict | St. Francis - Another child of four, placed with Deacon Pinneo. Moor's School training began in 1844. President Lord finally refused to maintain him longer as "he showed no evidence of religious character." |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: Unable to find any one at Odanak in the proper time period that would fit for this person. See Odanak Families - Benedict for more on this family name. | ||
| 1839-1845 1847-1850 |
John Masta | St. Francis - On his first stay remained until 1845. President Lord did not consider him intelligent enough for a college training. He returned, however, in 1847 to the Medical School, and after attending the customary three courses of lectures, received the M.D. degree in 1850. He practiced in Barton, Vt., and died in 1861. |
| 1850 | John Batiste Masta | Graduate of Medical School. Died 1861. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: Jean Baptiste Masta, b.1819 at St. Francis, s/o Toussaint Masta & Catherine Lazar Vassal. He m.1852 to Emeline Burleigh Quimby. See Odanak Families - Masta for more on this family name. | ||
| 1841-1844 | Archelaus Annance | St. Francis - Apparently he ran away in 1844. President Lord "fears he is worthless." |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: Archleas 'Archie' Annance, b.abt.1824 in the Pacific Northwest, d. 1891 at Chesham PQ, s/o Noel Annance & his Flathead Indian wife. He was well known to the settlers of Compton Co. PQ, teaching many of them to read and write. He frequently spent time panning for gold in the mountain streams of the region and was reasonably successful at it. See Odanak Families - Annance for more on this family name. | ||
| 1843-1848 | Elijah Tahamont | President Lord did not consider him to be college material. "Worthy but unintelligent." |
| 1843-(?) | Elijah Solon. | This may be another way of referring to Tahamont, as nothing definite is said about him. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: Elijah 'Lazare' Tahamont, b.abt.1824 in the US, s/o Laurent Tahamont & Marie Agatha Sasiboite. Lazare m.1854 at St.Francis to Marguerite Msadoquis. His son, Elijah 'Dark Cloud', became an early motion picture actor. See Odanak Families - Tahamont for more on this family name. | ||
| 1854-1856 | John Lawless | St. Francis - A disappointment. "His mind not lively." |
| 1854 | J. Lawless | No record. |
| Ne-Do-Ba Notes: John Lawless m. 1862 at St. Francis to Rosanna Maise. He was of Drummondville at the time of marriage. He is probably the s/o John Lawless & Anastasie Helen Sasiboite who lived at Drummondville. | ||
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