Map of Chauncy - 1702 Courtesy of Dennis Connole

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Map of Chauncy - 1702 Courtesy of Dennis Connole

This plan shows an area the English called Chauncy (Northborough, Massachusetts). It encompassed land between the Blackstone River and Natick, and was one of the grants made by claimants to John Wampas' estate. They included Thomas Tray, Benjamin Tray, Simon Sassomit, James Rumneymarsh, Peter Ephriam, Samuel Awasamog, Zachary Abraham, James Printer, George Momeskoue and Joseph Roberts.

The original four square miles granted by Massachusetts as a praying Town lay at its center.

For a discussion of John Wampas' land claims see Connole 2007:131-135. (113).