Samson Occom, Mohegan, was the first of Eleazer Wheelock’s pupils in the Moor Charity School.

In 1754, missionary John Brainerd sent Jacob Woolley and John Pumshire of the Delawares to Wheelock’s school. The third to attend was Samson Wauby a Groton Pequot.

Two Delawares, Hezekiah Calvin and Joseph Woolley, enrolled in 1757. Woolley worked with Samuel Kirkland with the Six Nations and Calvin taught among the Mohawks for awhile.

Amy Johnson, Joseph Johnson, Aaron Occom, Isaiah Uncas and David Fowler were the next five pupils. All but David Fowler were Mohegans. Fowler was a Montauk.

Three Mohawks enrolled in 1761 – Joseph, Negyes and Center. Negyes and Center quickly became ill and were returned home. Joseph was the Mohawk, Thayendaneges, Joseph Brant.

Over the years, 15 other Mohawks became students. Named among them were Paulis, Margaret, Seth, Katherine, Mary, Susannah, Elias, Peter, Johanas, Moses, Abraham Primus/Major-Minor, Abram Secundus, William Secundus, and John Green. Primus was the natural son of Sir William Johnson. Primus died fighting against the Americans in the Revolution. John Green was probably the son of the Mohawk chief. Johanas became an interpretor for white missionaries. Moses, Johanas, Peter, William Secundus, Abraham Primus/Major-Minor, and Abram Secundus were all approved as schoolmasters.

Eight Oneidas attended the school. Listed names include Dawet, Mundius, Jacob, William, and Little Peter. Little Peter was the son of the late Oneida chief, Gawke. Also enrolled was a Tuscorora, an Oriske Indian and the son of the Seneca chief, Tekananda. Hannah Thomas, a daughter of the Oneida deacon, Thomas, was a pupil. In 1769, Thomas removed all the Oneidas from the school.

Three other Delawares later attended the school. They were Mariam Stores, Enoch Close, and Samuel Tallman.

There were 70 Indian pupils that attended the Charity school. Among the New England Indians was Daniel Mossuck, son of Solomon Mossuck, a prominent Tunxis. Other students were Sarah Wyyougs and Patience Johnson, both Mohegans, Hannah Nonesuch – daughter of Mohegans Joshua and Hannah Nonesuch; Hannah Poquiantup of the Niantics; Nathan Clap, a Cape Cod Indian; Mary and John Secatur, children of the prominent Narragansett, John Secetur, James Niles – nephew of the Narragansett Indian minister, Samuel Niles; Samuel Niles, Jr., the minister’s son; John Mathews, who became an Oneida missionary under Samuel Kirkland; the children of Sarah Simons, Emanuel, Sarah, James, Abraham, and Daniel, all Narragansetts; Hannah Garret, a Pequot; Charles Daniel, son of John Daniels, narragansett; two girls named Abigail and Martha; John and Tobias Shattock, sons of John Shattock/ Shaddock, Narragansetts;

The Moor Charity School Records can be found at Dartmouth and at Wheaton, Illinois. Dartmouth University printed many of the letters of the Indian Missionaries in a book titled "Letters of Eleazer Wheelock’s Indians"

Laura J. Murray wrote "To Do Good To My Indian Brethren The Writings of Joseph Johnson, 1751-1776".

"American Indians and Christian Missions" University of Chicago Press