Sholan Type: Person Identifier: 214385 Title: Sholan Unique ID: Sholan Standard Name: Sholan Manuscript Name: Shanlon Sholan Showanon Ethnicity: Nashaway (Lancaster, MA) Family: Uncle of George Tohanto Uncle of Mathew Place Event: Nashaway (Lancaster, MA) Place Vital: Nashaway (Nashua, NH) Date: 1643 1648 1654-10 1664 1701-06-26 Alias: Showanon KinsmanItem 215275 George TohantoItem 209307 MascarominetItem 209360 MathewItem 215276 John TohantoMentions of this PersonItem 51404 Mentioned in Tohanto deed to Houghton as a former grantor in Lancaster; called "sometimes Sagamore of Nashuah.".Item 51407 Sachem there, tried to sell beaver pelts at Watertown. Discussed trade with Thomas King.Item 51408 Embraced God, according to Eliot.Item 51409 Deceased; sachem of Nipmuk village there.Item 51406 Sachem of Washacum, welcomed settlers to Lancaster.Item 51405 Sold land in Groton (later Westford) to John Prescott and Thomas King and others.Item 51403 Thomas King "with others, procured of said Sholan, a deed of Nashawogg (Nashaway), ten miles in lengh, and eight in breadth.” Sholan of Washakum (Sterling)Source Manuscripts for this PersonItem 300250 Houghton, John W. The Houghton Genealogy ...Item 300268 Jaffee, David. People of the Wachusett: Greater ...Item 300417 Nourse, Henry S. The Early Records of Lancaster ...Item 300542 Somers, Amos Newton. History of Lancaster ...Item 300551 Stearns, Ezrah S. Genealogical and Family ...Item 300616 Whitney, Peter. The History of the County ... Relationships Enlarge Citation “Sholan,” Historical Documents of Indians of the Far Northeast, accessed May 3, 2025, https://www.hrifne.avantlogic.net/digitalarchive/items/show/67116.Item214385 Save this item as a PDF file
