Etienne Thomas [1799] : Penobscot Type: Person Identifier: 215013 Title: Etienne Thomas [1799] : Penobscot Unique ID: Etienne Thomas 2 Standard Name: Thomas Manuscript Name: Attain Tomer Attean Tomah Attean Tomer Atteon Tomah Attian Loma Attian Thomas Attian Tomer Etean Toma Eteon Toma Etienne Thoma Etienne Thomas etiain toman etian tomah Ethnicity: Penobscot Family: Father of Louis Etienne Thomas Place Vital: Neguac, NBOld Town, ME Date: 1799-08-15 1817-07-12 1823-07-28 1837-06 1838-01-23 1838-06-16 1838-07-29 1838-12-17 1839 1839-01-26 1839-06-04 1839-07-26 1840-01-14 1840-02-03 1842-02-14 1843-01-17 1843-02-01 1843-02-04 1858-03-27 Alias: A. Tomer Events that this Person attendedItem 131486 Witnessed baptism of Etienne laude.Item 132213 census of Penobscot Indians, no age given.Item 132849 Signed a petition to governor and council for funds for a priest.Item 100549 Petitioned to defend agent Hayford.Item 101450 Petitioned to support lease of fishing priviledge to Jo Mary Michel and Winslow Staples.Item 132852 Counter to petition of 01/00/1843; dividend goods were not shoddy.Item 133250 Penobscots petitioned for compensation for hosting Saint John and Passamaquoddy delegates.Item 133252 Petitioned to have spending of tribal funds changed to focus instead on education, poor relief and cultivation.Item 133598 Agent's 1839 vouchers for supplies.Item 133743 Names are hard to read. Ten not attempted; signed petition to keep Henry Richardson as their agent.Item 133744 Petitioned to remove agent Richardson; some unreadable names on attached signature list.Item 133750 Petitioned to elect governor by ballot.Item 133762 Petitioned the legislature that Pierre Thomas was the Penobscot representative, not John Neptune.Item 133785 Requested that no more funds be spent on schooling away from Old Town Island.ChildItem 215082 Louis Etienne Thomas [1817]Mentions of this PersonItem 53311 Deceased; 8 months old.Item 53310 Son Louis Thomas was baptized.Item 53309 Witnessed baptism of Etienne laude.Item 53330 census of Penobscot Indians, no age given.Item 53327 Signed a petition to governor and council for funds for a priest.Item 53329 Counter to petition of 01/00/1843; dividend goods were not shoddy.Item 53333 Petitioned to support lease of fishing priviledge to Jo Mary Michel and Winslow Staples.Item 53334 Petitioned to defend agent Hayford.Item 53318 Agent bought potatoes for him.Item 53317 Petitioned to have spending of tribal funds changed to focus instead on education, poor relief and cultivation.Item 53320 Penobscots petitioned for compensation for hosting Saint John and Passamaquoddy delegates.Item 53322 His bill paid by agent.Item 53321 Agent's 1839 vouchers for supplies.Item 53323 Agent bought potatoes for him.Item 53324 Paid for spading his land.Item 53315 Agent paid him for plowing.Item 53316 Names are hard to read. Ten not attempted; signed petition to keep Henry Richardson as their agent.Item 53319 Petitioned to remove agent Richardson; some unreadable names on attached signature list.Item 53326 Petitioned to elect governor by ballot.Item 53328 Petitioned the legislature that Pierre Thomas was the Penobscot representative, not John Neptune.Item 53325 Requested that no more funds be spent on schooling away from Old Town Island.Show 15 moreSource Manuscripts for this PersonItem 300233 Hamilton, Willis D., Evelyn Fider, and Robert ...Item 300287 Knowlton, J. C. “Census of the Penobscot ...Item 300365 Maine State Archives Executive Council Report ...Item 300370 Maine State Legislature Graveyard, Maine ...Item 300371 Maine State Archives Legislative Index. Relationships Enlarge Citation “Etienne Thomas [1799] : Penobscot,” HRI-FNE, accessed June 4, 2026, https://www.hrifne.avantlogic.net/digitalarchive/items/show/64647.Item215013 Save this item as a PDF file
