William Blaxton noticed the Puritan settlement, and invited them to move to the Shawmut peninsula, for the peninsula had an "excellent spring" on the north side of what is now Beacon Hill. The Puritans accepted, acquired the land on the peninsula from Blaxton and Chickatawbut, the Native American sachem. The Puritans eventually settled around the spring near the Beacon Hill; their settlement would eventually become today's Boston. They granted Blaxton some lands in return, which eventually evolves into today's Boston Common.