Holyoke's History

[Otto]

Holyoke's history rich in so many ways
Wednesday, August 03, 2005

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In 1658, early settler John Pynchon took full advantage of his surroundings.
According to John J. Zwisler's book "Ireland Parish," Pynchon became "judge,
recorder, honest dealer, able manager with the Indians and the Godly teacher
in a pulpit that sometimes had no minister." A respected member of early
pioneer society - particularly after remaining behind when his father,
William Pynchon, returned to England - he became known to the settlers as a
"protector and a leader." 


Referred to in later records as "Major" Pynchon and "the worshipful
Colonel," John Pynchon understood the American Indians because he had grown
up alongside tribal boys on Long Hill and on the Agawam Meadows. An avid
trader, he utilized the Connecticut River to peddle furs and merchandise,
bringing back such things as "bushels of white or blue shells that the
Indians had gathered along the seashore and shaped."
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