Became the first Ordained Indian minister November 1681 in America and the successor to Rev John "Apostle to the Indians" Eliot as preacher to the Indians.
By 1663, after a yearlong printing process, Rev. John Eliot successfully created the first edition of the Eliot Indian Bible, or Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblum God, the first Bible printed in America as well as the first physical representation of the phoneticization of the Algonquian language.
Rev. John Eliot gathered various tribes from eastern Massachusetts during the early 1600's to teach and convert them to Christianity. These Indian's were known as the Natick Praying Indians. Eliot developed the Natick dictionary and developed the first Native American written language. He was also credited with creating the Natick Bible, the first Bible printed for Indians. Also, the first Native American minister came through Eliot's efforts, Daniel Takawambpait.
When he was 83 years of age Mr. Eliot preached to his Indian friends as often as once in 2 months, and as long as he was able to give them this amount of service they were adverse to any movement respecting the choice and ordination of his successor. But the matter assumed a new aspect when the aged man found the journey from and to Roxbury wearisome.
When the election of a new pastor at length took place, the choice fell upon Daniel Takawambpait, who, without doubt, was also the first choice of Mr. Eliot. He was an Indian. His name is variously spelled in the records of that time, and sometimes certainly he, himself, omitted the "b" in giving his signature, while, perhaps oftener than otherwise, he called him self simply "Daniel", the name by which he was most generally known.
Takawambpait appears to have been one of the earliest convers to Christianity and to have enjoyed the confidence of Mr. Eliot and all the better class of the Indians, while his scholarship was so good that for years he taught the Indian School at Natick.
Two of the pastors of neighboring churches, after having made the tour of the Indian settlement in 1698, reported thus: "At Natick we find a small church consisting of 7 men and 3 women. Their pastor is Daniel Takawambpait, and is a person of good knowledge.
In 1691 the Indians petitioned the General Court for permission to sell s "nook of land" that they might pay a carpenter for a new church, their old one having "fallen down." This was granted, and their native preacher ministered to them until his death, in 1716.
He died 17 Sept 1716 and his tomb-stone stands in the inner line of the sidewalk, near in front of the Unitarian Church in South Natick.
ref: TAKAWAMBPAIT Daniel Sept 1716 a. 64 y. - MA Middlesex Co. VR Death; US Congressional Serial Set Issue 2264;
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Beside the Eliot Church of South Natick in the center of the village of South Natick, Massachusetts, is a gravestone for the Reverend Daniel Takawambpait, who was minister to the Natick "Praying Indians" after John Eliot on this location.
By 1663, after a yearlong printing process, Rev. John Eliot successfully created the first edition of the Eliot Indian Bible, or Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblum God, the first Bible printed in America as well as the first physical representation of the phoneticization of the Algonquian language.
Rev. John Eliot gathered various tribes from eastern Massachusetts during the early 1600's to teach and convert them to Christianity. These Indian's were known as the Natick Praying Indians. Eliot developed the Natick dictionary and developed the first Native American written language. He was also credited with creating the Natick Bible, the first Bible printed for Indians. Also, the first Native American minister came through Eliot's efforts, Daniel Takawambpait.
When he was 83 years of age Mr. Eliot preached to his Indian friends as often as once in 2 months, and as long as he was able to give them this amount of service they were adverse to any movement respecting the choice and ordination of his successor. But the matter assumed a new aspect when the aged man found the journey from and to Roxbury wearisome.
When the election of a new pastor at length took place, the choice fell upon Daniel Takawambpait, who, without doubt, was also the first choice of Mr. Eliot. He was an Indian. His name is variously spelled in the records of that time, and sometimes certainly he, himself, omitted the "b" in giving his signature, while, perhaps oftener than otherwise, he called him self simply "Daniel", the name by which he was most generally known.
Takawambpait appears to have been one of the earliest convers to Christianity and to have enjoyed the confidence of Mr. Eliot and all the better class of the Indians, while his scholarship was so good that for years he taught the Indian School at Natick.
Two of the pastors of neighboring churches, after having made the tour of the Indian settlement in 1698, reported thus: "At Natick we find a small church consisting of 7 men and 3 women. Their pastor is Daniel Takawambpait, and is a person of good knowledge.
In 1691 the Indians petitioned the General Court for permission to sell s "nook of land" that they might pay a carpenter for a new church, their old one having "fallen down." This was granted, and their native preacher ministered to them until his death, in 1716.
He died 17 Sept 1716 and his tomb-stone stands in the inner line of the sidewalk, near in front of the Unitarian Church in South Natick.
ref: TAKAWAMBPAIT Daniel Sept 1716 a. 64 y. - MA Middlesex Co. VR Death; US Congressional Serial Set Issue 2264;
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Beside the Eliot Church of South Natick in the center of the village of South Natick, Massachusetts, is a gravestone for the Reverend Daniel Takawambpait, who was minister to the Natick "Praying Indians" after John Eliot on this location.
Became the first Ordained Indian minister November 1681 in America and the successor to Rev John "Apostle to the Indians" Eliot as preacher to the Indians.
By 1663, after a yearlong printing process, Rev. John Eliot successfully created the first edition of the Eliot Indian Bible, or Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblum God, the first Bible printed in America as well as the first physical representation of the phoneticization of the Algonquian language.
Rev. John Eliot gathered various tribes from eastern Massachusetts during the early 1600's to teach and convert them to Christianity. These Indian's were known as the Natick Praying Indians. Eliot developed the Natick dictionary and developed the first Native American written language. He was also credited with creating the Natick Bible, the first Bible printed for Indians. Also, the first Native American minister came through Eliot's efforts, Daniel Takawambpait.
When he was 83 years of age Mr. Eliot preached to his Indian friends as often as once in 2 months, and as long as he was able to give them this amount of service they were adverse to any movement respecting the choice and ordination of his successor. But the matter assumed a new aspect when the aged man found the journey from and to Roxbury wearisome.
When the election of a new pastor at length took place, the choice fell upon Daniel Takawambpait, who, without doubt, was also the first choice of Mr. Eliot. He was an Indian. His name is variously spelled in the records of that time, and sometimes certainly he, himself, omitted the "b" in giving his signature, while, perhaps oftener than otherwise, he called him self simply "Daniel", the name by which he was most generally known.
Takawambpait appears to have been one of the earliest convers to Christianity and to have enjoyed the confidence of Mr. Eliot and all the better class of the Indians, while his scholarship was so good that for years he taught the Indian School at Natick.
Two of the pastors of neighboring churches, after having made the tour of the Indian settlement in 1698, reported thus: "At Natick we find a small church consisting of 7 men and 3 women. Their pastor is Daniel Takawambpait, and is a person of good knowledge.
In 1691 the Indians petitioned the General Court for permission to sell s "nook of land" that they might pay a carpenter for a new church, their old one having "fallen down." This was granted, and their native preacher ministered to them until his death, in 1716.
He died 17 Sept 1716 and his tomb-stone stands in the inner line of the sidewalk, near in front of the Unitarian Church in South Natick.
ref: TAKAWAMBPAIT Daniel Sept 1716 a. 64 y. - MA Middlesex Co. VR Death; US Congressional Serial Set Issue 2264;
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Beside the Eliot Church of South Natick in the center of the village of South Natick, Massachusetts, is a gravestone for the Reverend Daniel Takawambpait, who was minister to the Natick "Praying Indians" after John Eliot on this location.
By 1663, after a yearlong printing process, Rev. John Eliot successfully created the first edition of the Eliot Indian Bible, or Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblum God, the first Bible printed in America as well as the first physical representation of the phoneticization of the Algonquian language.
Rev. John Eliot gathered various tribes from eastern Massachusetts during the early 1600's to teach and convert them to Christianity. These Indian's were known as the Natick Praying Indians. Eliot developed the Natick dictionary and developed the first Native American written language. He was also credited with creating the Natick Bible, the first Bible printed for Indians. Also, the first Native American minister came through Eliot's efforts, Daniel Takawambpait.
When he was 83 years of age Mr. Eliot preached to his Indian friends as often as once in 2 months, and as long as he was able to give them this amount of service they were adverse to any movement respecting the choice and ordination of his successor. But the matter assumed a new aspect when the aged man found the journey from and to Roxbury wearisome.
When the election of a new pastor at length took place, the choice fell upon Daniel Takawambpait, who, without doubt, was also the first choice of Mr. Eliot. He was an Indian. His name is variously spelled in the records of that time, and sometimes certainly he, himself, omitted the "b" in giving his signature, while, perhaps oftener than otherwise, he called him self simply "Daniel", the name by which he was most generally known.
Takawambpait appears to have been one of the earliest convers to Christianity and to have enjoyed the confidence of Mr. Eliot and all the better class of the Indians, while his scholarship was so good that for years he taught the Indian School at Natick.
Two of the pastors of neighboring churches, after having made the tour of the Indian settlement in 1698, reported thus: "At Natick we find a small church consisting of 7 men and 3 women. Their pastor is Daniel Takawambpait, and is a person of good knowledge.
In 1691 the Indians petitioned the General Court for permission to sell s "nook of land" that they might pay a carpenter for a new church, their old one having "fallen down." This was granted, and their native preacher ministered to them until his death, in 1716.
He died 17 Sept 1716 and his tomb-stone stands in the inner line of the sidewalk, near in front of the Unitarian Church in South Natick.
ref: TAKAWAMBPAIT Daniel Sept 1716 a. 64 y. - MA Middlesex Co. VR Death; US Congressional Serial Set Issue 2264;
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Beside the Eliot Church of South Natick in the center of the village of South Natick, Massachusetts, is a gravestone for the Reverend Daniel Takawambpait, who was minister to the Natick "Praying Indians" after John Eliot on this location.
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Here Lyes the
Body of Daniel
Takawambpait
Aged 6? Ys
Died September
the ? 1716
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