Jean Baptiste Thomas Type: Person Identifier: 215042 Title: Jean Baptiste Thomas Unique ID: Jean Baptiste Thomas Standard Name: Thomas Manuscript Name: Sabates Tomer Sabatis Thoma Sabatis Toma Sabatis Tomah Sabatis Toman Sabatis Tomas Sabatis Tomer Sabattes Tomer Sabattis Thomas Sabattis Toma Sabattis Tomah Sabattis Tomer Sabattus Tomah Sabattus Tomer Sabatus Tomer Sabbatis Thomal Sabbatis Tromal Sabbatis Tumer Sebatis Tomer Sebatti Thomas Sebattis Thomas Sebattis Toma Sebattis Tomah Sebattis Tomer Sebattus Tomer Ethnicity: Penobscot Family: Husband of Marie Francois Jean Baptiste Thomas Place Event: Augusta, ME Place Vital: Bangor, MEOld Town, ME Date: 1816-09-19 1818-10-13 1820-08-17 1823 1823-01-01 1827-12-26 1829-07-16 1832-03-06 1832-12-28 1833-02-15 1835 1837-12-26 1838-01 1838-02-24 1838-05-23 1838-07-29 1839-06-15 1839-08-23 1840-02-03 1840-06-18 1841 1841-02-23 1841-12-29 1842 1842-01 1842-01-15 1842-02-15 1842-07-10 1843-01 1843-12-27 1844 1844-01-01 1844-12-30 1845-06-12 1845-07-01 1845-11-04 1846-08-03 1847 1858-03-27 Alias: Loring? Events that this Person attendedItem 105597 Paid $50 for travel to legislature.Item 128288 At a meeting re: land dealings.Item 128289 Promised contribution toward construction of a church.Item 128310 Signed a treaty with the State of Maine.Item 128486 Head of families 6 persons.Item 132291 census of Penobscot Indians, 70 years old.Item 132851 Petitioned Governor for funds to support a priest.Item 100937 Petitioned for new agent. Hayford provides shoddy goods, lived too far away, let their fishing privelege out to rent.Item 102582 Petitioned regarding agent's leasing fisheries without tribal consent. Chiefs.Item 132993 Wrote with others of the Old Party to complain about the agent.Item 133023 Agent paid to have his old land plowed.Item 133216 Agent bought seed potatoes for him.Item 133407 Agent recorded crop production for the year in detail.Item 133409 Agent recorded estimate of crop production for the year in detail.Item 133458 Penobscot Governor and Council appointed Joseph Petit Paul agent to legislature.Item 133468 Received agricultural bounty from agent for produce raised in 1841.Item 100977 Penobscots petition for no money for delegates to travel to tribes in New York and New Brunswick, etc.Item 133500 Penobscots petition for money to send leaders to Caughnawaga (Canawaga); want a priest instead of a school master. (Different from the letter with identical text dated 01/30/1844 in MSAECR 54.)Item 101567 Petitioned for money to send representatives to Canada regarding border troubles.Item 133589 Penobscot Governor and Council request no change in agent.Item 133688 Letter to Gov. & Council in support of agent Richardson.Item 101565 Petitioned in opposition to abolish tradditional practice of chosing tribal officers "for life."Item 133722 Petitioned complaining of injustice by the Fairfield administration; request payment for Rev. Thomas Sullivan, Pastor of the Catholic Church in Bangor.Item 101566 Petitioned for up to $1000 (from the Indian fund) for a conference with the Saint Johns and Pasamaquoddy Indians. Indefinitely postponed.Item 133744 Petitioned to remove agent Richardson; some unreadable names on attached signature list.Item 133782 Old Party member, wanted Pierre Thomas's expenses held up for investigation of his activities in Augusta.Item 133825 Penobscot petition to Gov. Kent expressing anger at the former Fairfield adnimistration for witholding their priest's salary.Item 134559 census of Penobscot Indians, 5 souls, 1 hunter, 3 children under 10, no persons under 10.Show 22 moreSpousesItem 215112 Marie Francois Jean Baptiste ThomasItem 215115 Marie Jean Baptiste ThomasItem 214971 Anne Labauve Jean Baptiste ThomasItem 215146 Nanette Paul Jean Baptiste ThomasItem 215016 Frances Thomas Jean Baptiste ThomasChildrenItem 201954 Thomas BernardItem 215051 Joachim Jean Baptiste ThomasItem 215151 Noel Jean Baptiste ThomasMentions of this PersonItem 53496 Paid $50 for travel to legislature.Item 53469 Promised contribution toward construction of a church.Item 53471 At a meeting re: land dealings.Item 53465 Blake's Roster of the Penobscot Tribe, 1818. Endorsed "Fall Supplies for 1818," 4 souls, 1 man.Item 53472 He and wife Frances owned island south of Mattanawcook Island.Item 53494 Head of families 6 persons.Item 53464 Blake roster of the Penobscot tribe, undated but Attean and Neptune are at the head of the list indicating their ascention to office;5 souls; 1 hunter.Item 53490 census of Penobscot Indians, 70 years old.Item 53458 Petitioned Governor for funds to support a priest.Item 53501 Petitioned regarding agent's leasing fisheries without tribal consent. Chiefs.Item 53502 Petitioned for new agent. Hayford provides shoddy goods, lived too far away, let their fishing privelege out to rent.Item 53488 Agent's vouchers for 1846. Multiple entries follow.Item 53489 Wrote with others of the Old Party to complain about the agent.Item 53485 Agent's supply vouchers for 1845; for a hoe.Item 53486 Agent paid him.Item 53487 Agent paid to have his old land plowed.Item 53473 Agent bought seed potatoes for him.Item 53481 Promised to pay Noel Sol for potatoes.Item 53495 Agent paid bounty for harvest on Mattanawcook Island.Item 53482 Agent recorded crop production for the year in detail.Item 53484 Agent recorded estimate of crop production for the year in detail.Item 53478 Penobscot Governor and Council appointed Joseph Petit Paul agent to legislature.Item 53480 Received agricultural bounty from agent for produce raised in 1841.Item 53503 Penobscots petition for no money for delegates to travel to tribes in New York and New Brunswick, etc.Item 53483 Penobscots petition for money to send leaders to Caughnawaga (Canawaga); want a priest instead of a school master. (Different from the letter with identical text dated 01/30/1844 in MSAECR 54.)Item 53500 Petitioned for money to send representatives to Canada regarding border troubles.Item 53479 Penobscot Governor and Council request no change in agent.Item 53474 Agent bought wheat seed for him.Item 53477 Agent's 1841 vouchers for supplies.Item 53468 Letter to Gov. & Council in support of agent Richardson.Item 53497 Petitioned in opposition to abolish tradditional practice of chosing tribal officers "for life."Item 53476 Petitioned complaining of injustice by the Fairfield administration; request payment for Rev. Thomas Sullivan, Pastor of the Catholic Church in Bangor.Item 53498 Petitioned for up to $1000 (from the Indian fund) for a conference with the Saint Johns and Pasamaquoddy Indians. Indefinitely postponed.Item 53499 Petitioned to remove agent Richardson; some unreadable names on attached signature list.Item 53475 Old Party member, wanted Pierre Thomas's expenses held up for investigation of his activities in Augusta.Item 53466 Signed a treaty with the State of Maine.Item 54046 Release of Penobscot Claims, August 17, 1832Item 53504 Penobscot petition to Gov. Kent expressing anger at the former Fairfield adnimistration for witholding their priest's salary.Item 53470 Married Mary Francois.Item 53467 census of Penobscot Indians, 5 souls, 1 hunter, 3 children under 10, no persons under 10.Show 34 moreSource Manuscripts for this PersonItem 300003 Acts and Resolves, Public and Private, of ...Item 300031 Penobscot Records. Bangor Public Library ...Item 300056 John Blake Papers. Bangor Historical Society ...Item 300075 Bradley, Zebulon. Survey of the Islands in ...Item 300077 Brewer, Josiah. 1823 Journal. Maine Historical ...Item 300160 Eckstorm, Fannie Hardy Gen. John Blake’s ...Item 300287 Knowlton, J. C. “Census of the Penobscot ...Item 300365 Maine State Archives Executive Council Report ...Item 300368 Maine State Archives Indian Affairs Box. ...Item 300370 Maine State Legislature Graveyard, Maine ...Item 300371 Maine State Archives Legislative Index.Item 300894 Maine State Library.Item 300375 1795 Resolve Regarding a Treaty Between the ...Item 300391 1841 Petition of the Penobscot Tribe to Governor ...Item 300434 Old Town Register. Portland Chancery, Portland ...Item 300369 Penobscot Census, 1823Show 10 more Relationships Enlarge Citation “Jean Baptiste Thomas,” Historical Documents of Indians of the Far Northeast, accessed May 3, 2025, https://www.hrifne.avantlogic.net/digitalarchive/items/show/57741.Item215042 Save this item as a PDF file
