Job Nesuton (died 1675) was a Native American translator who translated large parts of the

Eliot Indian Bible The ''Eliot Indian Bible'' ( alq, Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblum God; also known as the ''Algonquian Bible'') was the first translation of the Christian Bible into an indigenous American language, as well as the first Bible publishe ...

, the first Bible printed in America. Job Nesuton was a

Massachusett The Massachusett were a Native American tribe from the region in and around present-day Greater Boston in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The name comes from the Massachusett language term for "At the Great Hill," referring to the Blue Hills ...

active in John Eliot's mission to the Indians of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. After meeting Eliot in Nonantum in 1646, by 1651 Nesuton became a teacher in Natick, Massachusetts, one of the

Praying town Praying towns were a settlements established by English colonial governments in New England from 1646 to 1675 in an effort to convert local Native Americans to Christianity. The Native people who moved into these towns were known as Praying I ...

s that Eliot had established for the Masschusett people of Nonantum. After the departure of

Cockenoe Cockenoe (also known as Cockeno, Cockenow, Chachaneu, Cheekanoo, Cockenoe, Chickino, Chekkonnow, Cockoo) (born before 1630 and died after 1687) was an early Native American translator from Long Island in New York where he was a member of the Mon ...

, Nesuton became one of the primary translators (along with

and

James Printer James Printer, also known as Wowaus, (1640–1709) was a Native American from the Nipmuc tribe who studied and worked as a printer in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was one of the most famous early Nipmuc writers. Printer was the first Native Ameri ...

) for Eliot's Bible translation project which was completed in 1663. While serving as a translator for the English forces during

King Philip's War King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) was an armed conflict in 1675–1676 between indigenous inhabitants of New England and New England coloni ...

, Nesuton was killed in 1675.''Indian Education in the American Colonies, 1607-1783'' (2007) https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0803233833

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nesuton, Job Massachusett people 1600s births 1675 deaths People of colonial Massachusetts Converts to Christianity from pagan religions 17th-century Native Americans Native American history of Massachusetts Native American people from Massachusetts Translators of the Bible into indigenous languages of the Americas 17th-century translators