Class_r Book. J^u% JO (kpiglrtls'? COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT. The MacSparran Diary / LETTER BOOK AND abstract of iBut ^ertjtces Written during the Years 1743— 175 1 By the REV^^. JAMES M^^SPARRAN Do(5lor in Divinity, and sometime Rector of Saint PauPs Church, Narragansett, Rhode Island Edited^ with Sketch of the Author & numerous Notes ^ by the Reverend DANIEL GOODWIN, Ph. D. lately ReBor of the Same Parish Printed & Published by D. B. Updike, 'The Merry- mount Press^ Chestnut Street, Boston, A. D. 1899 # V" 9, Copyright, 1 899, by Daniel Goodwin. ^WO COPIES BI-CEIV ED. 48620 SECOND COPY, % TO THE MEMORY OF miMns SapDtfte, esq" BORN AT COCUMSCUSSUC, W1CK.F0RD, 1784 DIED at: KINGSTON, RHODE ISLAND, 1867 T^he Pioneer in Narragansett Ecclesiastical Anti- quarian Research^ who^ by his History of the Nar- ragansett Church, revived and established the Fame of the Author of the Diary herewith presented to the Public, this Volume is gratefully dedicated by The Editor A Table of Contents 1 I. To the Reader vii II. A Biographical Sketch of the Author of the Diary xv III. The Diary i IV. Notes by the Editor 69 V. Index of Persons 175 VI. Index of Places 193 The Portrait of Dr. MacSparran is taken from a photograph of the original painting by Smibert, now in the possession of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, and is here reproduced by permission. The Portrait of Mrs. MacSparran from the original — also by Smibert — in the gallery of the Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Boston is reproduced by kind permission of the Trustees. To the Reader )HE discovery of the time-stained Manu- script, herewith presented with annota- tions, after it had lain in concealment for a century or more, was on this wise. When the late Rev. Alexis Caswell, D. D., hav- ing been ele5led President of Brown University in 1868, was removing from his private residence on Angel I Street, Providence, into the '■''President's House,'' it became necessary, in preparing the for- mer for another tenant, to clear the attic of the ac- cumulation of years. After much of it had been already destroyed, certain dusty and discoloured papers came to light, which appeared, to the member of the family having the work in charge, as of possible antiquarian value. T'hese having accordingly been reserved for the DoSlors own inspediion, he presently identified them as sermons and private journals of the distin- guished Dr. fames MacSparran, reSlor of the Narragansett Church from 1721 to 1757, ^ sketch of whose life will be found below. The presence of these venerable documents in that unsuspeSied receptacle is believed to be thus ex- plained. The ancient house, at forty Angel I Street, before it was purchased by Dr. Caswell, belonged to his mother-in- law, Mrs. Edward Thompson, whose husband was [ vii ] Co tl)e laeatier a grandson of the much respeSled Rev. Ehenezer Thompson, missionary of the Society for the Propa- gation of the Gospel, in Scituate, Massachusetts, from iy^2 ^^ ^^^^ death in 1775, and himself mentioned in the Diary of Dr. MacSparran. It is known that upon the breaking up of Mr. Thompson s Parsonage on " Church Hill,'' after the death of the seven daughters who survived hi?n, his papers were brought to Provi- dence and stowed in the Angell Street house. It cannot be reasonably doubted, although not a mat- ter of positive evidence, that the MacSparran manu- scripts, finally found among these papers of Mr. Thompson, had, after the demise of the former with- out surviving relatives in New England, been en- trusted to the care of his old friend at Scituate. In Dr. MacSparran s will, executed before his last visit to England in 1754, he bequeathed the docu- ments and manuscripts, he had collcBed, to his wife to be sold by her. But, she not living to return to America, his papers, upon his death shortly after reaching home, necessarily passed into the hands of those less closely connected with hmi. Whether or not the manuscript of the DoBors His- tory of the Narragansett Country, known to have been previously in existence, was also among the pa- pers placed in the custody of Mr. Thompson and was subsequently tnislaid or destroyed, can ?iow be only a matter of c on] c dure. At the period of the publica- tion of the well-known History of the Narragansett Church, by Wilkins Updike, Esqr., in i 847, which served to arouse such a widespread interest in the [ viii ] Co tlje laeaUer personality of Dr. MacSparran, the existence of tikis Diary does not appear to have been even sus- pedied^ and it did not transpire for more than a score of years. The avidity with which Mr. Updike would have seized upon the precious relic, could it have come into his hands, and the eagerness with which he would have woven its contents into his story can he readily and pleasantly imagined. After the manuscript had remained for some years in the hands of the writer, then reSlor of S. Paul's, to whom it had been transferred by Dr. Caswell, it was deposited in the Registry of the Diocese of Rhode Island and became the property of the Con- vention by the express authorization of which it is now published. As is natural in a record of life in a remote country parsonage, much of the Diary is of a common-place and even trivial charaSier. But yet just these trifing and homely details, — the gather- ing of crops, the building offences and stone-walls, the ""^ letting the cows into the upper pasture ^^ the procession of rustic visitors at the redlory, the sight of ^^ a bear, last night in Mrs. Cole's farm," the escapade of the slave-boy, Hannibal, and the " In- fair,''' after a wedding, — help to fill out a most graphic presentment of the life of a rural Rhode Island clergyman, in the reign of King George II, a century and a half ago. How, too, is the faithful stewardship of the DoSlor portrayed in the recital of innumerable services and baptisms and pastoral visits and all the countless incidents in the life of a tireless parish priest ever [ i'^] Co tl)e iaeatier goifjg in and out among his people. Even the allu- sions to forgotten controversies and long-buried jeal- ousies serve to remind us of the identity of human nature in the idealized past with that of the unillu- sioned present. There are not, however, wanting entries which con- cern the interests of the Church at large in those olden days, — the account of the meetings of the Con- vention at Newport in 1743 and 1745, the record of the visit of the famous George Whitefield at the same city in the latter year and the several refer- ences to the Rev. Samuel Seabury of New London. As a background to the ordinary local incidents abounding in the Diary, there may be found, likewise, hints of stirring events then enabling on the world's wider stage, — the ViBory at Dettingen on the Main in 1743, the Expedition to Cape Breton and the capture of Louis burg in 1745, ''''whence arises this Smoaky, noisy foy,'' as well as the celebration of the ''''Coronation Day'' of King George II in iJS^, with '''■ye Guns of Rhode Island Fort fired on ye Occasion'' But perhaps the chief value of the Diary lies in the frequent introduction into its pages of prominent di- vines of the day and other people of distinBion and, especially, of members of the leading families of Narragansett and Newport. Among the former may be noted the Rev. fohn Checkley, a distinguished redlor of King's Church, Providence, the Rev. George Pigot earlier holding the same ofiice, the Rev. fames Honyman, the emi- Co tlje IReaDer nent head of Trinity Church, Newport, the worthy Rev. 'John Usher, reSlor of S. Michael's, Bristol, the Rev. Ebenezer Thompson, the apostle ofScituate, Massachusetts, the Rev. Matthew Graves, reSior of S. fames' s Church, New London, the Rev. Arthur Browne, of Piscataqua, New Hampshire, who is said to have been the original of the ^'''ReSlor" in Longfellow's Tales of a Wayside Inn, as well as the Rev. Samuel Auchmuty, later a re£ior of Trinity Church, New York. Not less than a score of the honoured names on the ''''Missionary Roll" of that period, preserved in the Archives of the S. P. G., in London, appear in the Diary. Among the prominent citizens mentioned, not a few of them frequently, are Colonel Daniel Updike, At- torney General of the Colony, and several members of his family, ^'' Old Thomas Hazard" and many other Hazards, Gov. William Robinson, his stern son Rowland and others of the name. Col. Francis Willet, Dr. Silvester Gardiner and other Gardiner s almost innumerable, Daniel Ayrault of Huguenot fame, Thomas and Christopher Phillips, Moses Lippet, the progenitor of the well-known Lippitt family of Rhode hi and, fudge fohn Cole, Col. Christopher Champlin and the Vernon family of Newport. To these may be added Com. Sir Peter Warren, the Indian King, George Ninigret, and many others of greater or less importance, but all combining to make up a living piSiure of that far- away day. Not less than three hundred and seventy-five dis- [ xi ] Co tl)e deader tinB individuals are referred to by name in the course of the Diary. Not improbably the minuteness and amplitude of the Notes appended^ in bulk about double the text, will appear, to many, out of due proportion, especially in view of the inconspicuous and very humble station of a large part of the persons treated. But it must be remembered that, after all, the chief interest of this homely chronicle is a local one. There are few persons mentioned who are not now represented in the South County by descendants or recalled for having contributed, in some manner, to ''''the rustic murmur of their bourg'' Even the most lowly names of all, Harry, Mar oca. Stepney, Tom, Sampson and Abigail, illustrate the manners of that day and its peculiar classes of people, — the negro slaves, In- dians and mustees, — thus helpmg to give colour and movement to the whole reproduBion of Narragansett every-day affairs, in the first half of the eighteenth century. Should it strike some readers that unnecessarily fre- quent references are attached to the recurrences of names, whose connexion with Notes has been al- ready sufficiently indicated, it may be remarked that many will not peruse the Diary continuously and will often find it convenient, wherever they chance to open it, to refer immediately to the corresponding Note. The apparently indifferent use, in the Diary, of ''''ye'" and kindred antiquated forms and of our mod- ern ''''the'''' etc., and the occasional, but not uniform, [ xii ] Co tlje laeader employment of contraSiions^ like g*^'" for contain^ show that language was then, as it always is, in- deed, in a process of transition. So, Gentle Reader, addressing you in the style of Advertisements oj books of the period under review, be indulgent and judge charitably this Modest At- tempt to bring to Life and set again in Motion the Figures found in this faded and mouldered Transcript of the Days of a hun- dred and ffty years ago. [ xiii ] JAMES MACSPARRAN, D. D. FROM THE PORTRAIT BY SMIBERT The Rev"^ James M^^'Sparran Doctor in DitJinitp in Narragansett^ New England )HE visitor to the Narragansett Coun- try, a century and a half ago, could not have remained long w^ithin its borders w^ithout encountering a portly elderly figure, — a kind of L)r. 'Johnson in clerical garb, — with a full, round, benevo- lent face encompassed by a massive vv^ig, mov- ing with an air of authority and self-contained dignity, such as could arise from only the most assured position in the community. This per- sonage, — for he was well worthy of the title, — was the Rev. James MacSparran, Do6lor in Divinity, Missionary of the Society for the Propa- gation of the Gospel in Foreign Farts and Reftor of S. Paul's Church, Narragansett. Probably in all New England, — perhaps throughout the American colonies, — at that day, there could have been seen no more ideal picture of a well-learned parish priest, beloved, respe6led, honoured, dwelling among his flock for more than a generation, and of a people exceptionally cultured, well-to-do, hospitable to a proverb, proud of their pastor, loyal to the Church and secure in the conviction that to be a Narragansett Flanter, with large estates and 2in :account of tl)e a^utt)or troops of slaves, was a sufficient patent of aris- tocracy. Nor was the good Do6lor's parish any "pent up Utica," only two or three square miles in extent. Practically, it covered Southern Con- tinental Rhode Island, so far as it was then settled, — the territory now embraced in Kent and Washington Counties, some twenty miles broad and twenty-five miles long. Over those within this tra6t, acknowledging the authority of the Church of England, — that is, the ma- jority of the people of substance and stand- ing, — Dr. MacSparran ruled with a firm, if gentle, hand, frowning upon all straying into what he considered the thorny fields of dissent and striving, with faithful zeal and large ability, to gather the whole body of sheep into the safe Fold. But the Doctor's activities were not limited by ordinary parochial bounds, however ample their enclosure. Sometimes the Churchmen of Con- necticut appealed to him for guidance. In the ecclesiastical Councils of the period, whether held in Newport or Boston, he figured as a potent personality, ever listened to with consideration. He carried on, likewise, a correspondence with some of the leading clergy of New York. His representations and appeals were entertained by the Society in London and by the highest dignitaries in the Church of England. [ xvi ] Zn Zttonnt of tt)e ;autl)or Such having been, then, the character and the sphere of the author of the recently discovered manuscript Diary^ herewith presented to the world, a brief sketch of his career cannot, in this connexion, be deemed out of place. James MacSparran was born September lo, 1 693, in, — as it is commonly believed, although we possess no direct evidence of the faft, — Dungiven, County of Derry, Ireland. When, in 1752, in apprehension of the close of his life, aftually occurring only five years later, he sent the diplomas of his Master's and Doctor's de- grees to be recorded in the Parish Register of Dungiven, he pathetically expressed his desire to have his name "preserved in his native coun- try," as if that town had been the place of his birth. Not unlikely is it, however, that he merely intended to indicate that the islands in the British seas were his native country^ in dis- tinftion from his later place of residence in the American colonies. In any case young Mac- Sparran was of distinctly Scottish lineage and was quite possibly born in Scotland. An uncle, to whom he repeatedly alludes, the Rev. Archibald MacSparran, appears to have been long settled, as a Presbyterian clergyman, at Dungiven, being a land-holder and a man of good estate. There is a well-founded tradition that, about the year 1700, this relative brought over from Scotland to Ireland the only brother [ xvii ] :an :account of tl)e ;autl)or of James, whose name was also Archibald and who eventually emigrated to Pennsylvania. How probable is it, from the evidently peculiar attachment of Dr. MacSparran to his uncle and his failure, in his extant writings, to allude to his father^ that he, also, was transferred, while still a lad, from the larger island and adopted by the good Dominie of Dungiven. But, even so, he must, somehow, have been inoculated, artificially, with genuine Irish serum. He pos- sessed the characteristic silver tongue of the ora- tor, as if he, too, had kissed the Blarney Stone. It was his singular eloquence that made him such a favourite at Bristol. The warm heart and choleric temper, also, of Erin were his. He records his profound grief at the death of one of his slaves, — a second Onesimus^ — and his for- bearance from beating another, in anger, on the expostulation of a gentler layman of his flock. Like Dean Swift, who was English in all but the accident of his birth in Dublin, he was not free from those delicious little slips in lan- guage, known as Irish bulls. He registers, for example, the baptism of Mr. and Mrs. Benja- min Mumford, both adults.^ and of Jeremiah, son of Peggy Pierce, his mother. He records his performance of the marriage of Dr. Edward Ellis to Abigail, his wife, and remarks that a certain man could not have been a Frenchman, since he was an Irishman. The MacSparrans of Scotland were a branch [ xviii ] :an :account of ttje Zuti^ot of the MacDonalds of the Isles. It is related that the founder of the family was accustomed to wear a sack-like apron, called a sporran, and, habitually paying his retainers from this recep- tacle, came to be dubbed by his chieftain the Son of the Purse, — MacSporran, — the title clinging, with a slight modification in orthog- raphy, to his descendants, as a surname. It is known that a portion of the MacDonald clan dwelt in the Mull of Kintyre, the part of Scot- land reaching nearest to Ireland. It is likely, too, that that peninsula was the original home of the MacSparrans, Kintore, their recorded '^cot- tish residence, being either erroneously spelled or an alternative form. With such a lineage, it is not strange that young MacSparran, whether a native of Scotland or Ireland, possessed, as he was, of a bright mind and rare precocity, was sent, for his education, to the University of Glas- gow. There he took the degree of Master of Arts in 1709, at the astonishingly early age of fifteen, being styled, in his diploma, ^""ingenuus et probus adolescens, jacobus MacSparran^^ After completing his classical training, the "ingenuous and upright youth " eventually proceeded, prob- ably at the prompting of his clerical mentor at Dungiven,to study for the Presbyterian ministry and received credentials as a licentiate of the Presbytery of Scotland. With the circumstances first inducing Mr. MacSparran to emigrate to America, we are [ xix ] :an :account of tl)e ;autl)or entirely unacquainted, but find him landing in Boston in June, 171 8, at the age of twenty-four. While lingering in the Puritan capital he some- how came into contact with the redoubtable Cotton Mather and appears to have been un- lucky enough also to arouse his jealousy or disapproval. After a brief tarry there and at Plymouth and its vicinity, the young minister proceeded to visit a relative, the relid: of Peter Papillion, at Bristol, then embraced in the Ply- mouth Colony. The pulpit of the Congrega- tional church in that town chancing to be vacant, he was invited to occupy it on the first Sunday after his arrival, and made, at once, such an impression on the congregation, by his fine rhetorical powers and attractive person, that he was shortly asked to become the regular pas- tor, at the then liberal stipend of a hundred pounds sterling per annum. Soon, however, there arose, concerning him, a fierce contro- versy which embittered the town for years. Certain charges, probably dictated by rivalry, were hurled at the brilliant and popular young preacher and the bright sun of his opening ministry was quickly overclouded. What the specific accusations were has not transpired, it only appearing that they related to some un- guarded language or conduct while visiting near Plymouth. But, whatever they were, it is a matter of record at Bristol that a committee, especially appointed to investigate them, re- [XX ] Zn :account of ttjt ;autt)or ported favourably, Mr. MacSparran being fully- exonerated in town meeting. May 25, 171 9, by a vote unanimous but for a single excep- tion. But the mysterious opponent, whoever he was, was not to be thus baffled. It was next urged, from Boston, that the pastor-ele6t should not be installed, on the ground that his credentials were fraudulent, and leave was accordingly voted him, in Oftober, 1 7 1 9, to take a voyage to Ireland for their confirmation, with a provision that he should return the succeeding June. It appears that already for nearly a year Mr. MacSparran had afted as pastor at Bristol, being styled in the Town Records "our present min- ister." He, however, never returned to that charge. It was not until the spring of 1721 that he again sought the shores of the New World and then it was as a presbyter of the Church of England and a missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. What happened thus completely to change the status of the young theologue, in this interval of one and a half years, no chronicle of the fafts being preserved, it is easier to imagine than to affirm. The only existing light upon the question is contained in an allusion to the circumstance, in America T)isse5led^ written a generation later, when the now aging clergy- man remarks, "I have great reason to thank God, that I was afflicted and abused by a false [ xxi ] an :account of tt)e :a:utt)Dr charge in my youth, as that opened me a way into the Christian priesthood in the most excel- lent of all churches^ This transparently sincere declaration in near view of the end of life, re- inforced as it was by thirty-six blameless years spent in Narragansett, sufficiently disposes, also, of the vague suspicions awakened at Bristol. The foundation of S. Michael's Church in that town, in 171 9, primarily due, as it is believed to have been, to the presence of early settlers already strongly attached to the Church of England, was, perhaps, expedited by the disaffe6lion to the Puri- tan organization of a considerable number of Mr. MacSparran's friends, in view of what they con- sidered his unwarrantable treatment. Whether the young Presbyterian licentiate accomplished this transformation of his ecclesiastical convic- tions during the long voyage to the Old World, in the Autumn of 171 9, or after his arrival on its shores, there is now no means of determin- ing. What is a matter of record is that he was ordained to the diaconate in the Church of Eng- land, by the Bishop of London, August 21, 1720, and to the priesthood, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, on the 25th day of the succeeding September, being licensed, by the former, on October 3rd of the same year, to discharge his ministerial office in the Province of New Eng- land. It was not, however, until the following spring that Mr. MacSparran sailed upon his return to [ xxii ] Zn ;account of tl)e :autl)or America, reaching Narragansett, Friday, April 28, 1721. The commission of the Society, under whose auspices he came back, provides that he "shall also officiate, as opportunity shall offer, at Bris- tol, Freetown, Swansey and Little Compton, where there are many people, members of the Church of England, destitute of a minister." That the young missionary had not bettered himself, in a worldly point of view, is shown by the fa6t that, in place of the j[^i 00 per an- num offered him at Bristol, he received only jTyo in Narragansett. Ahhough the parish of S. Paul had been or- ganized about fifteen years before the advent of the new Reftor, little had been accom- plished by the fitful and intermittent efforts of his predecessors towards its enlargement and consolidation. Neither of the two incumbents, as he observes in America DisseSled^ had "had resolution enough to grapple with the difficul- ties of the mission above a year apiece." At the first recorded celebration of the Holy Commu- nion after the arrival of the long desired pastor, there were only seven to partake. He found, how- ever, a commodious church edifice, erefted in 1707, in what is now the extreme southern part of North Kingstown (on the spot since occupied by the MacSparran monument) but removed, in 1800, to the site in Wickford, where it still stands as an honoured relic of olden times. Its [ xxiii ] 2in Zttonnt of tl)e :autl)Dr high square pews with their panelled doors, its lofty and ample pulpit, its spacious galleries and its round-topped windows must have constituted it a very dignified and elegant structure in the eyes of primitive Narragansett. It was, no doubt, also a source of encourage- ment to the young incumbent to discover, upon the list of vestrymen, one known to be so able and devoted a Churchman as the famous Hu- guenot refugee, Gabriel Bernon, although his residence appears to have been already removed to Providence. Under the energetic exertions of Mr. MacSparran matters began rapidly to improve. Soon he was able to acquaint the Ven- erable Society that his congregation, though small at first, consisted then of about one hun- dred and sixty and that he had baptized thirty persons, six of them adults, the number of com- municants being twelve. The next year the congregation had increased, when he made his return, to two hundred and sixty, while, in the following one, all the Church people, young and old, amounted to three hundred. At the Eas- ter celebration of the Eucharist, in 1727, there were twenty communicants. The pastor devoted himself, with great self-sacrifice, to ministra- tions among also the Indians and negroes of his cure, frequently catechizing and instru6t- ing, before divine service on Sunday, a class of seventy of them. The baptism, in 1730, of a man of such commanding influence in the com- [ xxiv ] :an :accDunt of tt^t :autl)or munity as Col. Daniel Updike, Attorney-Gen- eral of the Colony and a very great landholder, and the adhesion to the Church of Judge Fran- cis Willet must have enhanced, not a little, the social status of the young parish of S. Paul. An event which affefted, very largely, the standing of the new^ Re6tor in Narragansett society, as well as ministered most beneficently to his do- mestic happiness, was his marriage a year after his arrival. May 22, 1722, by the Rev. James Honyman, of Newport, to Miss Hannah Gar- diner, a member of the numerous and influential Narragansett family of that name. Her brother Silvester, baptized as a lad a few days before the wedding, became a distinguished physician and the founder and eponym of the city of Gardiner in Maine. The Gardiners were allied, by mar- riage, with the powerful Robinson and Hazard families and, eventually, with the Updikes ; so that the bridegroom became identified with the highest social circles of Narragansett. Mrs. Mac- Sparran was a very handsome woman, being only seventeen years of age at the time of her mar- riage, and possessed such qualities of mind and heart that her husband charafterized her, with evident sincerity, at the close of her pilgrimage thirty-three years later, as "the most pious of women, the best of wives in the world." To great sprightliness of manner she added a master- ful spirit and such a fervid temperament as sometimes broke into a flame, being styled in [ XXV ] :an :accottnt of tl)e :atttI)or afFeftionate deprecation, on one occasion noted in the Diary, "my poor passionate dear." But it must be permitted to queens to have tempers. Early in the ministry of Mr. MacSparran, he obtained a tra6t of land on the easterly slope of what is now known as MacSparran Hill, in South Kingstown, extending to the long inlet of the sea, styled Pettaquamscutt or Narrow River. Upon this farm he built a comfortable mansion, since called the Glebe House ; but not, probably so styled, during his life, it not be- ing until subsequently the property of the par- ish. It was a good-sized, but not very large, two- storied, gambrel-roofed stru6ture, with a nar- rower wing attached to the southern end. In the main part of the house was a very long family room, in which the Sunday services were held, often for many weeks, during the severe winter weather, the church being re- mote from the Reftory as well as from a large part of the parish. This apartment is now di- vided into two. Although not blessed with children, both the Redlor and Mrs. MacSparran were very fond of young society and seldom remained long without guests from among their youthful kinsfolk. On one occasion the Doctor draws an idyllic picture of a family grouping in the "Great Room" on a very rainy 0(5lober day, when, as he himself sat writing, his wife had put her "Red Durance Petticoat" into the [ xxvi ] Zn :account of t!)e Znttjox frame and, with her niece Miss Betty Gardi- ner's assistance, was quilting it, while Robert Hazard, her nephew and an incipient M. D., was making such headway in "reading Phy- sick," as frequent glances at his fair cousin Elizabeth permitted. The south wing, not many years since demol- ished, contained, on the main floor, the Doctor's study, a very cheerful, sunny room, of ample dimensions, with windows on all sides but the north. What chiefly lent the apartment its delightful scholarly aroma was, of course, the beloved library of the Redtor, with its dignified row of russet-bound folios, of which there still remain, in the hands of a neighbouring clergyman, Pearson on the Greedy and Whitby s Commentary on the New Testament^ with their plain book-plates, inscribed "James MacSparran, His Book." The titles of some of the smaller volumes, also, have a quaint and old-world sound, — ne Ax laid to ye Root of the tree^ Religious Courtships Nel- son on ye Heats and Frosts ^ The Sick Unvisited^ and Whitby on Five Points. The Dodlor notes how, in 1750, he loaned the above Religious Courtship to Xtopher Fowler, presumably a young man, but with what results there is, unfortunately, no record. It was in this cosy and comfortable san6lum that Dr. and Mrs. MacSparran were sitting, on the evening of "a brief November day," after [ xxvii ] Zn Tittonnt of tt)e :autl)Dr thirty years of their married life had passed and the lady had been very ill, when he records, in the Diary, so pleasantly, " my wife and I were making tea in ye study." Narragansett life, in those last century days, was of an exceedingly social type, and while the occupants of the Reftory were frequently entertained in the great hospitable mansions of Boston Neck, Tower Hill, Updike's New Town and Point Judith, they were not themselves a whit be- hind their wealthier parishioners in welcoming all comers to their door. Almost never were they without a guest and frequently was the plentiful table, in the "Great Room," filled to its amplest capacity. The Doctor's enumeration of those coming and going sounds more like the list of the arrivals and departures of an inn than of a modest pri- vate house. On one occasion, after he was fifty years of age, he remarks, very feelingly and not unnaturally, upon naming at least a dozen visi- tors "all here at once," "so much Company fatigues me at one time." Outside the Re6tory a pleasant prospe6l met the eye. The garden, planted with lilacs and old-fashioned flowers, fell in terraces to the highroad, where stood the Mounting Block, al- ways needful in the land of the famous Narra- gansett Pacers. Beyond the road, in summer, green fields sloped to the Narrow River, across which could be seen, boldly rising, the heights [ xxviii ] Tin :account of tl)e :autt)Dr of Boston Neck. Towards the northeast, the landscape, with its pretty lake, diversified by wooded points jutting into its bosom, was strikingly attractive. It must have been an ex- ceedingly agreeable view which the good Doc- tor beheld from his easterly windows, as now and then he raised his eyes when he paused to rest, in the middle of his sermon on the Enor- mity of Lay Reading or of the one on the Cold Winter of ij^o. Most notable of all events, variegating life in the quiet Narragansett Parsonage, was the visit of the celebrated George Berkeley, then Dean of Derry and subsequently Lord Bishop of Cloyne. It is recorded that soon after his arrival in Newport, in 1729, he went to Mr. Mac- Sparran's and remained for a somewhat length- ened period, preaching a sermon, on May i ith, from St. Luke 16:16. Impossible is it to doubt, however, that so honeyed an orator repeatedly preached in S. Paul's, as he is known to have done, with large acceptableness, in Trinity, Newport. Inasmuch as Berkeley's prime object, in crossing the sea, was to inquire into the con- dition and character of the Indians of the New World, the presence of so many members of the Narragansett tribe in the parish of his host furnished him with unusual facilities for his work. At one time he contemplated carrying out in that very locality his rather visionary scheme [ xxix ] Zn :account of t!)e :autl)or for founding a college for the Indians, and a noble traft of land on Hammond Hill, a mile or two north of the Glebe House, is still pointed out as the College Reservation. But whatever his immediate purpose, the advent of this brilliant and genial Irish philosopher and ecclesiastic must have proved, in that slum- berous region, a most animating incident. In the band of enthusiastic young men, who formed the satellites of the Dean in his Amer- ican expedition, was the celebrated Scottish portrait painter, John Smibert, who also be- came a visitor at Mr. MacSparran's. He had just been sojourning in Italy and painting, for the last Medicean Grand Duke of Tus- cany, the pleasure-loving Giovan Gastone, the portraits of two or three Siberian Tartars, presented to him by Peter the Great. Very interesting, if not convincing, is it to note the tradition that, when Smibert tarried with Berkeley, in Narragansett, he immediately recognized the Indians of the country as being identical, in race, with the northern Asiatics, whom he had lately been portraying, thus sug- gesting that their progenitors had passed into America across Behring Strait. It is scarcely possible that this clever painter could have re- mained long in Narragansett without, also, relating, to those he met, some of his observa- tions in that land of poetry and art, where he had so recently been dwelling and which, then, [ XXX ] Zn Zttonnt of tt)e :autl)or must have seemed so much more remote and enwrapped in so much greater mystery than in the present day of universal travel. Perhaps, on some w^intry night, when the snow lay deep on the Narragansett hills and the icy covering of the Bay, from shore to shore, was glittering in the light of the moon, while now and then the barking of a wolf or the growl of a bear in the neighbouring forest broke the brooding silence, and when everything around betokened such a contrast to sunny Italy, the visitor sat by the blazing logs in the broad fire-place of the "Great Room" at the Reftory and discoursed upon the pictures in the Ducal Gallery at Flor- ence. Perhaps he described that lovely work of Rafaello, as he would have called him then, the painting of the Virgin Mother and the Divine Child, which had been held so dear by a late Grand Duke that he was not content to gaze upon it only in his palace but carried it everywhere upon his travels, until it gained the title, which it has borne to the present day, of the Madonna del Granduca. Perhaps he pictured to his delighted listeners that other masterpiece of the painter of Urbino, which he must often have seen in the same col- leftion, now so familiar and so prime a favour- ite, the Madonna of the Chair, Or it may be he dwelt also upon the splendid work of the Spaniard, Velasquez, somehow added, from be- yond the Pyrenees, to the ducal collection by [ xxxi ] 2in :account of tl)e :autl)or the Arno, the equestrian portrait of Phihp IV, where, as in other pi(5tures of the Court Painter of Madrid, the horse seems, as has been said, to be " galloping out of the frame." It must have been a quarter of a century later that Dr. MacSparran baptized, with his father's name, that wondrous boy, the "son of Gilbert Stewart, ye Snuff Grinder," whose mill stood in sight of the Reftory door, — that boy des- tined to produce the immortal canvas of Wash- ington with a steed so fitted to remind one, by its pose and a6lion, of the Spanish painter's masterpieces. Who can tell but that some echoes of those glorious evenings by the Rec- tory hearth, when Smibert's audience was trans- ferred, as on the Magic Carpet, from shivering Narragansett to olive-clad Tuscany, may have persisted, through a generation, to fire the heart of the budding child of genius ? Who knows but that the little Elizabeth Anthony, erewhile the mother of Gilbert Stuart, Painter, may have sat along with Robert Hazard and Betty Gardiner, in acorner of the "Great Room " of the Glebe House, on some of those Ambro- sian Nights, and listened, with childhood's open ears and wondering eyes, to these tales of Italian art-treasures, to bear on the story of the Spanish horseman, in due time, to her offspring, sent down from among the gods .? How like a breath from another world must have seemed such converse with the genial [ xxxii ] Tin i^ccount of tt)e :aut!)or traveller, to the denizens of the primeval Nar- ragansett shore. But, forsaking fancy for well-attested faft, we can assert that to this painter, who had strayed so strangely from dreamy Florence to stern New England and who, later, took up his residence in Boston and portrayed so many of her worthies, we owe the existing portraits of Dr. and Mrs. MacSparran. As Smibert re- mained in America until his death, a score of years after Berkeley's return to England, it is not necessary to surmise that these portraits are of the date of his original visit at the Rec- tory. The mature aspe6l of the Do6tor, in the pifture, even making allowance for the digni- fying influence of the wig, indicates a consider- ably greater age than the thirty-seventh year he had attained in 1729, while, although ladies never grow old, his spouse certainly looks more than twenty-five. It was the Doctor's cherished wish that his portrait should, after his death, be hung in the hall of his old friend. Col. Henry Gary, at Dungiven in Ireland, but it, nevertheless, re- mained, with that of Mrs. MacSparran, in the possession of the Gardiners, at the city of Gardi- ner, Maine. It is related that the late Wilkins Updike, Esqr., of Kingston, a lively chronicler of those old days, caused one of his daughters, possessing a talent for painting, to be instructed in the art, with an especial view to producing the [ xxxiii ] :an :account of tl)e :autl)ot very creditable copies of the portraits now in the cabinet of the Rhode Island Historical Society in Providence and those still hanging in the Up- dike family mansion at Little Rest. The origi- nal pi6ture of the Doctor was bequeathed by a member of the Gardiner family to Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine ; the portrait of Mrs. MacSparran was given to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Both have found, therefore, permanent resting-places which are accessible to the public. It was soon after the departure of Dean Berke- ley from Rhode Island, about the end of 1731, that there occurred, in the quiet life of Mr. MacSparran's parish, another incident associ- ated with the early history of the Church in New England. On May 27, 1733, he was called upon to marry the Rev. Samuel Seabury, minister of the Church at New London, to Mrs. Elizabeth Powell of Narragansett. The first wife of Mr. Seabury had been a cousin of Mrs. MacSparran, and her son, Samuel, born in 1729, became the first Bishop of Conne6licut as well as the first in the Episcopal Church in America. The elder Mr. Seabury was, origi- nally, a Congregational minister, but, largely through intercourse with his kinsman of S. Paul's, conformed to the Church of England during the infancy of his illustrious son, about 1730. To James MacSparran it was, therefore, to a [ xxxiv ] an Account of tt)e ;autl)or great extent due that Samuel Seabury, the younger, was reared amidst churchly surround- ings and thus trained for his signal position. After a residence of fifteen years in Narragan- sett Mr. MacSparran made a voyage to Eng- land, his absence extending from June, 1736, to August, 1737. It was during this visit that he was honoured with the degree of Do6tor of Sacred Theology, by the University of Oxford, it having been ascertained, as the stately Latin of the diploma sets forth, " that the Rev. James MacSparran, Master of Arts, a Presbyter of the Church of England, of the British Colony called Rhode Island, is distinguished among the Divines in the West Indies (apud Indos Occi- dentales)^ occupied with the propagation of the Gospel, for his talents, learning, good deport- ment, judgment and gravity, deserving to be numbered among the first thereof." With all due allowance for the formal laudation of academic documents, it is believed that the above commendation is so far just, as that the newly-made Do6lor was probably the ablest of all the missionaries sent out by the Society, to New England, during that early period and certainly among the most erudite. Although the style of his sermons, after the fashion of that day, was somewhat pedantic and perhaps overladen with classical allusions, Marius, Pompey, Philip of Macedon and "the wise Cato" figuring in his discourse on the Cold [ xxxv ] Zn :account of ttjt :autI)or Winter of 1740, and Mercury, Jove, Tiberius and Nero in his convention sermon at New- port in 1747, yet are they evidently the pro- duction of a consummate scholar and ready thinker. Right nobly does the preacher say of S. Paul, in the latter discourse, " He surely had a masculine and flowing eloquence, a cer- tain majestic simplicity of words that entered the hearts of his hearers. . . . Had there not been a majesty in his speech, whereby he spoke greatly of great things, it is not likely the Lys- trians would have mistaken him for . . . fove's interpreter.'' America DisseSled, composed in 1752, is a series of familiar letters to friends in Ireland, rather than a literary work. In this treatise Dr. MacSparran mentions that he in- tended publishing A History of New England and there is a tradition that he actually wrote An Account of the Narragansett Country, but, if either ever appeared, it is not now extant. One of the most singular productions of Dr. Mac- Sparran's facile pen was a discourse, written in 1 75 1 and preached at the Court on Tower Hill before Thomas Carter, a criminal con- demned to die for murder and soon after actu- ally hanged in irons, he being the last in America to meet his end in that manner. This curious sermon is now deposited in the Registry of the Diocese of Rhode Island. There is in it no "beating about the bush," the text being St. Matthew v. 21, "Ye have heard that it was [ xxxvi ] ;an Account of tt)e Znttjox said by them of old time, T/iou shall not kill^ The preacher is careful to repeat this text in the original Greek, so that the poor murderer may be assured that there is no possible loop- hole for escape through hermeneutic subtleties, as he must be so likely to be contemplating. One of the main propositions which the Doc- tor strives to establish is the somewhat evi- dent one that "murder is an a6l of excessive mischief and cruelty to our neighbour." Alto- gether, it may well be questioned whether the criminal suffered the keener torture in listen- ing, " in the presence of a numerous congrega- tion," to this very personal discourse, or in the subsequent consummation of the tragedy, at the foot of Tower Hill. It was after Dr. MacSparran's return to Rhode Island, in the ripest period of his life, while he was at the height of his commanding position in the Narragansett community, that the manu- script Diary, discovered more than a century after his death, was kept during 1743, 1744, 1745 and 1 75 1. In it he sets down many things that testify, in the frankness of self- communion, to the great qualities of his heart as well as of his mind, — his unfeigned piety, his zeal for the souls of men, his family affe6tion, his justice towards great and small, — and, also, it must be acknowledged, just as frankly and simple-heartedly, not a few of his own failings and foibles. [ xxxvii ] :an i^ccount of tt)e :autl)or He was frequently suspicious of his friends where no good grounds for suspicion appear. Again and again was he profoundly disturbed by dreams, particularly when he saw himself separated from his friends by water, although measurably consoled by the absence of the added sensation of having thereby wet his feet. Lay-reading was an abomination in his eyes. He looked with little favour upon what he styled "New England men," among the clergy, who had not, like himself and Mr. Honyman, had the good fortune to be born in Great Britain or Ireland ; bequeathing his farm for the use and support of bishops whose jurisdiction should include the Narragansett Country, pro- vided that at least the Jirst three should have been born or educated abroad, — a provision which would have excluded all the bishops of Rhode Island to the present moment. At one time he records, with evident depreca- tion, as if derogatory to his dignity, that "necessity compelled him to pitch hay." His low estimation of all religious teachers out- side his own church sometimes led him into unseasonable remarks and occasionally into ill- timed jocularity, rebounding upon himself. There dwelt, not far from the Glebe House, a humble Quaker, of poor natural abilities and little or no education, but withal esteemed a wonderful preacher. Of so small capacity that he got his living by the most menial labour [ xxxviii ] 2in :account of tt)e Zntt^ov and a very poor living at that, receiving noth- ing for his preaching, he was one day employed in laying a stone-wall by the roadside, when the Do6lor, passing on horse-back, reined up his steed and demanded, with slightly cumbrous wit, " Well, James, how many barrels of pud- ding and milk will it take to make forty rods of stone-wall ? " Whereupon James dropped the stone in his hands into its place and, looking straight up at his somewhat self-sufficient inter- locutor, replied, "Just as many as it will take of hireling priests to make a Gospel minister ^ Perhaps the good Doftor had visions floating through his mind, about that moment, of some of Mr. Smibert's Siberian Tartars and methods of capturing them. But, like very small spots on a very large sun, these petty failings of the Narragansett evange- list are lost in his really magnanimous Christian spirit, and their memory serves only to accentu- ate the rather obvious faft that, with all his ex- alted virtues, he, too, belonged among the frail sons of men. He went on his endless round of toil year after year, through a generation, preaching the Word, teaching the ignorant, lifting up the lowly, ministering by the bedside of the sick both to spirit and body, — for he frequently afted as a physician, — impressing his own elevation of character on all around him and, if any man ever did, "working while it was day." Except for him, Narragansett would not be what it is. [ xxxix ] :an :account of tt)e :Kutt)or But at length, congenial as had been, in many as- pefts, his lot, there came a time when his thoughts began to turn, with eager craving, towards his childhood's home and the society of his kindred and he felt an irrepressible desire for change. In a letter to his cousin in Ireland, the Rev. Paul Limrick, written November lo, 1752, N. S., on the threshold of three-score, the weary wayfarer remarks with touching pathos, { " As the shadows lengthen, as the sun grows low ; so, as years increase, my longings after Europe increase also. My labours and toils are inexpressible and age makes them still more in- tolerable." The lithe, aftive youth who sought Narragansett at the age of twenty-seven, has been metamorphosed, by "the process of the years," into an exceptionally stout, unwieldy old man, half doubting the warmth of his wel- come among the friends of his early days. "I know you would be pleased with the person and accomplishments of my comort" he assures his kinsman, "but how you would fancy a full- bodied fat fellow, like old Archibald of the Hass," he goes on to say, " I cannot tell till I try." Even somewhat earlier, there are mysteri- ous intimations, in his diary, of a project for en- tering on a new and broader field. A scheme, which he calls, quite enigmatically, "my salt- water interest," dominates his thoughts for a considerable period. He hints at a petition, which he has presented to the Commodore [ '^i ] Zn ;^ctount of tl)e ;Kutl)or commanding the Royal squadron in North America, his countryman, Sir Peter Warren, Almost pitiful is it to observe his boyish eager- ness for success, veiled under obscure intima- tions, and his faithful spouse's ingenious device of" 2i present to ye C re," and we hardly know whether to smile at the simple-heartedness of the primitive offering, — "6 Hams, some Beets, an old cheese and a Barril of Apples," — sent off from Newport " on Board Vernon's vessels," like Jacob's gift to the lord of Egypt, — "a little balm and a little honey," — or to drop a tear of genuine sympathy over the evident failure of the ven- ture. There must have been some dark and gloomy days that year, in the ordinarily sunny Narragansett Rectory, as the elderly occupants saw the autumn lengthening into winter and "ye Commodore" sent no response. Perhaps the Do6lor indited a sermon, during the season, on the text, "Put not your trust in princes." In any case, the curtain fell upon the rainbow- hued project and left no recorded sign. It was not until the summer of 1754 that there was carried out the long cherished purpose of Dr. MacSparran to make one more visit to Eng- land, this time taking his wife with him, with an intention of seeking a provision on that shore for the rest of his days. There is a tradition that he had an alternative prospeft, likewise, of be- ing consecrated a bishop for the New England Church. But the outcome of the journey was [ xli ] Tin TLttonnt of tl)e :autt)or far more tragical than could have been antici- pated. Not only was it written, in the Book of Fate, that the pilgrim should not come back with a mitre, an English bishop not being yet persona grata in the land of the Puritans, — it was thirty years before Seabury became the pioneer, — and that he should not even find a settlement in the British Isles, but that he should leave behind him, on that distant strand, the be- loved and constant companion of a third of a century. In the early summer of 1755 Mrs. Mac- Sparran contracted the small-pox in London. The sad incidents are best recited in the affect- ing entry made by the husband himself in the Narragansett Parish Register, upon his return in the latter portion of that year or the early part of 1 7 5 6, — " The Doctor being returned from ye sorrowful and fatal voyage he made to England, where his wife died and was buried in Broadway Chapel burying-ground in Westm"". She died ye 24th of June a few minutes after 1 2 in ye morn- ing and was interred on ye evening of ye 25th." It is a striking example of the childlike simpli- city of the Do6lor's mind that, after detailing the bearers and the mourners, he appears to draw a shadow of comfort from continuing, "The Corpse was carried in a Hearse drawn by six Horses and two mourning coaches, one for ye service of ye bearers and ye other for ye ReV^ and two Mourners." The spot is still pointed out where Mrs. MacSparran lies interred, in a [ xlii ] :an :%ccount of tt)e :a:utl)or grassy churchyard, hard by Victoria Street in Westminster, within the sound of the feet of the mighty throng and the noise of the multi- tudinous traffic for ever proceeding between the Houses of Parhament and the Abbey, on the one hand, and Buckingham Palace and Vic- toria Station, on the other. A few years since, her nephew in the fourth degree, Mr. Daniel Berkeley Updike, the ancient inscription having become nearly illegible, caused her name, " Han- nah MacSparran," to be distinftly recut upon the stone, then lying flat in the turf, near the main door of what is now called Christ Church. This slab, however, with many other old stones near it, has been lately sunken beneath the surface ; so that no visible trace abides of the slumbering- place of the hapless visitor, who fell far from her Narragansett home. Not much remains to be recorded concerning her consort. Although returning bereaved and baffled in his plans, he is said to have declared that " he would rather dwell in the hearts of his parishioners, than wear all the bishop's gowns in the world." In broken spirits and with decaying vigour, but still struggling as best he could through his round of duties, two years later the summons to the aged warrior to lay down his armour came to the silent Redtoryon the Pettaquamscutt, but erewhile so filled with joyous voices. After an interval of six weeks since the Redlor's last entry [ xliii ] Tin :account of tl)e :autl)or in his own chirography, some friendly hand in- scribed upon the Narragansett Parish Register, the following record. "On ye 5th day of De- cember A. D. 1757 ye Rev'^ Doctor James Mac- Sparran died at his House in South Kingstown, who was minister of S. Paul's Church in ye Nar- ragansett for ye space of Thirty Seven years, and was decently interred under ye Communion Table in said Church, on ye sixth day of said month. Much Lamented by his Parishioners and all whom he had Acquaintance with." It is almost solely due to the late enthusiastic student of Narragansett ecclesiastical records and traditions, Wilkins Updike, Esqr., of Kings- ton, the author of the well-known History of the Narragansett Churchy that the memory of Dr. MacSparran has been kept green. Nor need there be conceived any nobler or more eloquent eulogy than the simple sentences, in which Mr. Updike summarizes the career of the honoured veteran. "Thus ended," he writes, "the pilgrimage of the most able Divine that was sent over to this country by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. With manly firmness, and with the undaunted courage of the Christian soldier, ready to combat and die in the hallowed cause, he triumphed over all the difficulties of this la- borious and untried mission. Clad in gospel ar- mour, and inspired by a supreme love to God, he succeeded in planting the Church of the Re- [ xliv ] :an :accDunt of tl)e :autl)or deemer here and gathered numerous devoted followers around the altar." 2te, iSiL ii/L ^ ^ ^ 2^ 2SI It was not until more than a century had elapsed, after the decease of Dr. MacSparran, that any monument marked his resting-place. The Church, under which he was buried, hav- ing been removed to Wickford in 1800, the spot seemed destined to be forgotten. In 1868, however, chiefly as a result of the interest cre- ated by Mr. Updike's book published a score of years before, a costly and substantial memo- rial of granite, surmounted by a cross, was erefted by the Churchmen of Rhode Island, near the tumulus of earth traditionally marking the exaft site of the grave, and dedicated, in June 1869, by the Bishop and other clergy, in the presence of several hundred deeply interested laymen. Al- ready has the silent churchyard containing the monument, five miles south of Wickford, be- come a place of pilgrimage. Doubtless, as the years roll by, more and more pious feet will press the turf beneath the massive cross, in token of their veneration for the Apos- tle of Narragansett. A Letter Book MRS. MAC S P A RR A N FROM T HK PORT R A n BY SMIBKRT 1 >OK act of C>u r 174 ^r 29^' Trinity & Mr. Plant* of Newbury '^ "ophlhis Morris^ o<^ ) their wav to the ( secret ] the Pri'v..; ■.... ^.-x,......, ., .. .,, . ■^ Commissary does not exert him. ' 5''' Mr. Morris officiated at my churc ' ' '"ciated at Conanicut.' ' to Col. Updike's '° on nv ' at Co [>i^«r_ 7 'uly 5 y Reason ot L:\, .. break off their har not go. LETTER BOOK :ab0tract of ^ut S)ert)tces' 1743-1751 v^r 29*-" Trinity & y" Restoration.' Mr. Plant* of Newbury and Mr. Theophilus Morris' officiated for me in their way to the Convention.^ 7une i''- The clergy met at Newport. Mr. Check- ley^ preached. Many secret Doings to obtrude ministers on Places without their Privity or the Privity of Commissary.^ No Peace in y^ church if Commissary does not exert himself. June the c,"-^- Mr. Morris officiated at my church and I went and officiated at Conanicut.^ June ii""- Went to Col. Updike's '° on my way to Coeset church." [June'] 12^- I officiated at Coeset church and bap- tized one child and gave notice of y" Sacrament the next time, viz^, i"^ Sunday in July. June I9'''- At St. Paul's.'* \_June~\ 21. I preached at Conanicut. 7 1743 'uly 5'''- People so busy at Conanicut, by Reason of Drought & worms, could not break off their harvest to attend, so I did not go. [ ■ ] 2L Uttttv Booft anD 1743 y^^y lo'*'' I preached at Coeset, administered y^ Eu- w~^ — • charist, received a new Communicant, viz*, Nurse Bell, alias Mrs. Baker. Miller Major StaflFord,'' Dun- bar, Mr. Francis'* at church etc. July 12"*- Rained. [y^/jy] 13. Rained all last night in great mercy to us. I have been full of melancholy and Dulness ever since Sunday night. Lord lift up the light of y^ Countenance upon me. Am now going to visit at Bro' Jn°'.'^ Lord dired: our Conversation. [y///y] 14*" I visited George Hazard's wife,'^ who, I think, is better. Open a door there for spiritual Con- versation. He carried me over the Narrow River '^ in a canoe and y" swam over my Horse. I visited my Sister Robinson,'^ whose sore has been cut the third time. Recuperato eam^ Domine^ to her former Esteem of y^ Sacraments.'^ I left my wife*° with her Sister, where I also found her, and returned home with Rowland Robinson*' and his wife. He carried my tropick Bird" home with him to pasture @ 3''' 6'* per week. It looks like rain. [y^/y] I5'''- It rained all night. I have been in my Study all Day. It hath rained all Day. Stepney*' payed 3** per Plant for y" CoUiflowers. Capt. Ailmy*'* made me a present of an old cheese. Stepney brought home y^ morning ^ of an hundred and 7 pound Sugar, which at £g per ct.*^ cost me JC^'] : 6. My wife is de- tained by the Rain. \_July] 16"' My wife came from Mr. Robinson's in Company with Billy Hazard.*^ [July] \f^- Officiated at St. Paul's. [2] Z\)Qtxatt of Dut ^txWts. [7«/y] iS'^- Anth:«* Daniel Wier^^ and Harry*' 1743 reaped the wheat/^ '— v— ' [7^6'] 1 9"'" My wife and I visited Anstis'° and Judge Willet,'' & that night with moon Light the two ne- gro's carted the wheat into the Barn, with WilHam Gardiner's'^ oxen, mare and Cart. [7^/)'] 20. Geo. Hazard's wife wrote me she had caught cold. Answered her Letter and promised to go there on Saturday. Anstis sent two pound Butter by Moll. [Ja/y] 21. Emblo" has been this morning at Mr. Robinson's'* and bro't one Q' of mutton and one of Lamb and says Mrs. Ailmy*'* intends [coming] here this afternoon. This afternoon Mistress Ailmy came & a little after her Husband to stay all night. [y^/y] 22. Capt. Ailmy and his wife and Col. Up- -^ dike'° lodged here. The two former dined with us and, a little after, Mr. Seabury'^ arrived, who bro't me Letters, one from Mr. Morris,* another from Mr. Stewart.'^ I doubt it will not be for y*' Good of y^ church or Morris's Comfort to come to New London. May God rule all to his own Glory, the Good of y* church and clergy. [y^/y] 23. Mr. Seabury went to Newport y' morn- ing. It rains today. Gracious God dired me in all my ways and cause thy Countenance to shine through and dispel the Clouds of humane {sic) Malice and un- grounded and endless Calumny'^ y^ hangs over me. And in y'' great Goodness bring to a sight and sense of his sinful ways my poor Bro' Arnold,'^ who seems, ; from no Provocation, but in obedience to the Evil [3] 2i JLetter IBooft anti iy4j one he dwells with, to oppose the Progress of y" ' — ^ — church in y' poor, benighted Island.'^ To thee, o God, I look for Help. Mr. Gibbs*° is come here from Newport. He is going for orders. Good Lord make him an Instrument of much Good, and let his Contemners see, y' thou seest not as men see; but y* he is singled out for eminent Service in y'' church. It thunders and I believe will rain again. Prepare me for the Lord's Day and go with me to y'' House. Else send me not thither. [7^6'] ^4^'^' Sunday. It rained hard last night & this morning but cleared away soon enough to have a fuller Congregation than we had. I catechized y^ Ne- gro's,"^' y^ white children, read Prayers and preached. Lord enlighten y'' understanding and spiritualize the Affedions of Cujo, the negro, who told me he has thought of Baptism. Prepare him. Good Lord, for such an Entrance into y^ church, y'' Kingdom here, as shall terminate in his free and welcome Admittance into y*" church triumphant, thy glorious Kingdom above. Mrs. Patty Updike"^* lodged here last night & walked to church.*^ My wife was not at church. . . . [7^6'] ^S'""' S^' JcLvnss s Day. It is fine, hot, sunshiny weather. Mr. Mumford,"^ Dr. Hooper"^' and a Scotch Dr."^^ dined with me upon fine veal Mr. Mumford bro't. In the afternoon, I visited y^ young Squire,'^^ who is sick at North Kingstown and sent for me. I prayed with him and gave him some diredlions.'** [y«/y] i6. I visited George Hazard's wife,'* crossed y^ Narrow River, went to see sister Robinson,'^ called at Esq. Mumford's,'^^got home by moon Light&found Billy Gibbs"^" here. Very hot weather these two days past. [Julyl Q.f^- Wrote, per Mr. Gibbs, to Mr. Roe^° & [4] ^ft0tract of Cut ^txWts. Dr. Gardiner,^' and to Martin'^ of Newport, to pro- ij^^ mote a colledlion for Gibbs. — , — - My wife had y^ Hysterick last night. Benjamin Mumford" visited us y' evening. [y^/y] 28. A hot Day. My wife is gone, with her niece Anstis,*' to visit at Benjamin Mumford's. Un- cle Mumford,"'"^ in his way to Boston, bro't me a Letter from y^Ch. Wardens, imploring my Assistance that Mr. Morris' might not be their minister. If God make him counselable, he will not. I wrote to the commissary & Dr. Gardiner. [7^6'] ^9'*^' ^^ "^y study all day. My wife visited at Mr. Robinson's, viz* her sister's, who is now, blessed be God, able to walk ab'. She visited also at Mr. Joseph Mumford's.'"^ He gave her a Fan, 9sh. price. Mr. Honyman,'' (God forgive him for venting slanders at second Hand,) makes it his Business to complain of my not doing my Duty at Warwick. W" he was sick, I used him in a better manner and now, tho' his People complains they cannot under- stand him, yet I have never encouraged them to make him unhappy. Lord, cleanse his Heart from malice and Pride. Received Com. Garden's'^ L' dated July 8'^- 1743. Gazzet inclosed." [7«/y] 30"^- William Murray fell from a Cart at Bro' Jn° Gardiner's.'^ I went and bled him. He could speak and knew every body. Complained his neck was broke. My men made the Fence on south side of the wood Lane. Shaw'^ bro't Home my saddle for w'^'' I paid him in Full j[g. I sent J^6 to Taylor for Flocks,'^ 2sh. for two chickens to Aunt Sherman.^ Lord, hear all my Prayers & make me more lively in my Devotions. [s] :a JLetter Boofe atiD 1743 [7^6'] 31''' Sunday. I hear W'"- Murray is dead. Give w-^^ — ' me thy presence, my God, at thy house, in Instruct- ing the negro's, in preaching, praying & praising. yfug'st i^'- 1743. Col. Homans dined with me. I yj[ wrote Bro' Arnold'^ an expostulatory L' upon the Causeless Abuses, he has lately given me. Aug'st a""*' I preached at Conanicut. Capt. Paine^' promised me to deliver Mr. Arnold my letter as soon as he should come home from Milford. I dined at Home and Col. Updike is here in order to stay all night. We have had a shower of Rain and it's likely to be more. I complained to Col. Updike of my bad usage from Mr. Honyman" and Arnold. August 3'*' 1743. We have had a fine Rain a great part of last night and this morning. I am now sat down to write in Favour of Mr. Gibbs**" i U to y^ Arch Bp.,'* I L^ to Bp. LondV' i L' to Mr. Sandford, i L' to the Society. Col. Updike, Uncle Mumford and Capt. Mumford^* lodge here tonight. I had a L' from y^ Commissary, who is tender of Mr. Morris' and, yet, loth he should stay at New London. Lord, please to quiet and compose those People's Spirits and make them more tractable, and forgive those of the western Clergie,^' who have too much contributed to aggravate Morris's Indiscretion and unguardedness. Aug' St ^"^^ 1743. The 3 Gentlemen, y' lodged here, went to Court.^*^ My men are threshing wheat. \_August\ 5""- Col. Updike and Uncle Mumford lodged here. I wrote a pacificatory L' to y' Ch. Wardens of New London; but heard, this Evening, [6] :aftgtract of £)ut ^ertjtces. they had, vi & armis, opposed Morris's Entrance 1743 into y^ church. Seabury simple^'' in Countenancing w.^— ' them so far as to preach to y"". A great Indignity to the Priesthood, w'*" y^ Clergy should properly re- sent & no doubt the Society will. Lord grant the Innocence or Repentance of Morris may appear. Col. Coddington^^ dined here. \_Augusf\ 6^^' Col. Coddington, who lodged at Ja?. Helmes,^ called in his way home and so did Col. Updike. [August] Sunday the y"'* I read prayers, preached and administered y^ Eucharist to 18 persons. It rained while we were at the Altar. O y^ God would shower down his Grace into our Hearts and make us fruit- ful in Holiness. It rained again in the Afternoon. \_August~\ 8'*' Day. I 've let my Cows into the upper after Feed and have sent Stepney to Town,'° with Gibbs's Packet,^' to fetch nails and salmon, to pay for two Bags and buy a Pound chocolate. Mrs. Cole,^* her Daughter Naby, & Will'" Mumford^^ of New- port his two eldest Daughters dined here, & Mr. Willet'' visited us in the afternoon, & Mrs. Peck- ham, Mrs. Kenny and hauty Daughter were here in the Evening. [August] 9* 'Tuesday. Winnowed the wheat and we are setting out, this Afternoon, for Col. Updike's in our way to Warwick,^'^ to Saml Chase's ^^ wedding. [August] id^' We set out, after Dinner, from Col. Updike's and arrived at Warwick just as the great Tempest of wind, thunder. Lightning & Rain began. I married Samuel Chase to Freelove Lippet^^ in the time of y^ Tempest. Lodged at Abraham Francis's.''^ [August] ii'''- Dined at Mr. Lippet's''^ and then set out and reached Col. Updike's. '° [7] :a ILttttx Booft anD 1743 \_-^ugusi] 12. Spent this Day at Col. Updike's. — , — ' [_y^ugust] 13. Saturday. A prodigious Rain w"'' hin- dered the Col. & I from going to dine with Col. Mauny.^^ Fair in the afternoon. \_Augusf\ 14. Sunday. I read Prayers and preached at Coeset Ch. & dined at Col. Updike's &, then, reached Home. My servants told me that the un- happy Mr. Arnold ^^ is come over to the Quaker meeting. That Lewd woman will ruin him. This is a confirmatory Instance y' the Conventicle is the Sink ofy'^Ch. [August] 15'^- Capt. Benj" Wickham79 called here and told us Mr. Watmough^° & wife sent us their Ser- vice in his last L'. \_August'\ \G^- Last night we apprehended Thieves were aV y" House. I opened Manny Clark's Car- buncle^' and let out much matter. Benj" Mumford's^' Eldest Son and Daughter and W""- Mumford's two eldest Daughters ^^ & W""- Clark's Son Latham visited and drank Tea here, and Stepney went to Mill and Harry began to dig stones. [August'] ly'**- PF'ednesday, Sent Stepney to catch Col. Updike's mare who stoped by the way and he carried her to Mrs. Cole's.^' Benjamin Mumford & Anthony^* were here talking about y^ shingling y^ church and say it will be done in two or three Days more. Col. Updike and Jn° Cole Esq.^' supped here upon Smoaked Salmon & red Herring. A great Flux of Humors has fell into my Eyes. [August] I S'*'' Thursday. I slept better last night. My Fever is less but my Eyes still sore. [August] Kf"- Friday. [August] 10. Saturday. [8] :at)gtract of Dut ^ertjtces. \_^ugusf\ 21. Sunday. Read Prayers & preached at 1743 my own Ch. Anstis" & D'- Hazard^"^ dined with us. • — ^-w Young Jo: Whiple^^ was at Ch. [Jugust] ^a"'*- Monday. Mr. William Robinson & wife'^ & his Son Will^^ dined with us y' Day. I gave her 40'''' to give Robert.^* \_August\ 23. 'Tuesday. I immersed Mr. Thomas El- dred.^^ His witnesses, Daniel Wier/^ Benjamin Mumford, Mrs. Cole, who, with Benjamin Mum- ford's wife, Mr. Stewart's'*^ maid, Sarah^ old Tho* Hazard^^ and Tom Walmsley^^ were present at the Baptism, all w""*" People and Mr. George Hazard's wife'° dined with us. In the afternoon Mrs. Updike and her Daughter came and staid all night. \Augusi\ 24. Wednesday. After Dinner Mrs. Updike, my wife. Miss Molly ^' and Harry to wait on y"" drove to Tower Hill, thence to Curtis's^* and got safe Home in a Shower at night. \_August\ 25. Thursday. I drove my wife and Mrs. Updike her Daughter to Esq' Willet's,^' where we dined and were well entertained. My twin Calves were sent there y^morningto wean. God being Good to us, we returned all home safe at night. \Augusi\ 26. Friday. After Dinner Mrs. Updike, her Son, Daughter and Jn" Updike^^ took their leave and went Home. \Augusi\ 1^. Saturday. \ drove my wife to Mrs. Cole's where we dined. She sent Jack to open y^ Gates and Bars. Got well Home. \_August\ 28. Sunday. Read prayers and preached and gave notice of y^ Sacrament n"' Sunday. O Domine prepara nos. I catechized the negroes and white chil- dren. Young Jo: Wh:^* at church. [9] :a ^letter Boofe and s- 1743 \^y^ugusf\ 29. I drove my wife to Bro' Jn°'', where we w-^-^ dined and stay'd till night. He was at Newport. There we saw Mr. Willet and got Safe Home. \^y4ugusf\ 30. As my men mowed Sedge Island yester- day, today their gone to cart y^ Hay and Mr. Rob- inson has sent a load of salt Hay in two Carts. Mr. Benj" Mumford bro't i qr Lamb, w^''' lb 5. 'Twas Town meeting. Rob' Hazard^"* went to Newport after my wife gave him j[20, w"^ Thomas Gardiner^'^ in- trusted her with. Bro't Home two Load Sedge. [y4ugusf\ 3i''' Wednesday. My men are going to help Jo: Mumford^'' to cut Corn Stalks. They returned ab' y^ midle of Afternoon. . . . September V^ Thursday. It rains this morning. [September] i^- Friday. Sister Robinson and three of her Sons,^^viz. Rob'& Caleb Hazard and Xto- pher Robinson dined here. Rob' went to Boston.^^ \_September'\ 3'^- Saturday. I took Phisick. Anthony^* here at night. [^September] 4'^- Sunday. I catechized y^ Negro's, read Prayers, preached and administered the Eucharist to 20 persons besides myself. Bro' Jn°'' wife and Anstis & Will Martin'* dined with us. He gave me the list of Conanicut people, viz. 434. [^September] 5'*"" Monday. I am going to Conanicut. May God make our Journey prosperous. We lodged at Capt. Pain's.^' We had for Dinner a Breast of y^ best Veal I ever saw in y^ Country. We were used with great Civility. \_September'\ 6'''" Tuesday. We went from Capt. Pain's to Martin's, where I preached. After Service and Ser- mon my wife went to Newport. Capt. Paine told me he delivered my L' to Mr. Arnold,^* who denyed he had Spoke to my Disadvantage, but he lyeth. [ 10] abstract of C>ut ^txWts, Lord, lead him out of his vile way [of] Life, make 1743 him break off his unclean and Incestuous Commerce — ^ — with his Bro'' wjidow and hasten his Repentance. I re- turned back over the Ferry, called at Bro' Jn°'^ and got home at night. [^Septemi^er] y'-^- Judge Willet and Bro' Jn° dined with me and the first stayed till late in the Afternoon. I pray God quicken him up to Baptism. Harry Northrup's wife^ came for Phisical Advice.'°° \_September'\ S'''' Thursday. I sent Stepney early for his mistress. . . . Harry sledded stones this Forenoon. \_September~\ 9. Friday. My wife at Home. Mrs. Susy Neargrass,'°' y* was but now Ayrault, died in tra- vail Wednesday night. [September^ lo'*"" Saturday. A great Storm of rain, w"*" hindered my going to Col. Updike's on my way to Ca[use] of few at church. [September^ 1 1'*"- Sunday. Broken of my rest last night. Went and officiated at Coeset Ch. and returned home the same Day. No Sacrament quia no Elements Ca[use] of few at church. [September'] 12. Monday. \ havebeenall Day at Home. Mrs. Ann Mumford " is here and I am much fatigued. [September] 13. Tuesday. I visited Geo. Hazard's wife &c. and Bro' Jn°, with w'" I dined. My men have been pulling Beans. A Hot Day. [September] 14. Wednesday. A ^n^ Morning. Young Jo Hammond '°* his wife and Sister Gardiner '°^ dined here, and Mr. Paine^' called upon us. My wife is gone to Point Judith. [September] 1 5. Thursday. Stepney carried my Horse and oats to Mrs. Cole's last night. Maroca'°'^ is sick. Y" negro's gathering Beans, Harry is gone for his mistress to her Sister Robinson's. [ ■! ] Z. JLctter Boofe anD 1743 \_September] 16. Friday. Negro's gathered Beans this « — ^-w morning. Tom Walmsley came the midle of the Forenoon and they began the wall to the northward of the north orchard. \_September~\ 1 7"^- Saturday. Walmsley and the negro's worked upon said wall. \_September~\ i B'*'' Sunday. Read prayers and preached upon the subjed: of the Lord's Day at St. Paul's. \_September~\ \g^^- Monday. Harry threshed Beans and Stepney Corn. Capt. Hill'°^ & wife visited us. '[September'] 20'^' Tuesday. It blew hard and cold from y^ northwest last night and so it does y' morning. Harry winnowed Beans y^ morning and Tom Walms- ley and the two negroes are at work on the Stone wall. Sunday night a young man named Avery & a new light '"'^ had a Conversation with me, in w'*" I hope I said something y* will do him good. [September] 2i"' Wednesday. Cold wind from north and north East. Tom Walmsley and my People at work on y^ wall to the northward of the north orchard. At night Tom went Home and my wife paid him ^Qshs {-Q^ards his wages for 7^ Days works, viz' 1 ab't Salt Sedge, 1 ab' y*" Sled and 3^ ab' Said wall. [September] ii^- 'Thursday. It rained at the full moon. The negro's put y^ wheat straw in y^ Barn loft, mended Baskets and worked some on the wall. [September] ii^^' Friday. We began to gather Indian Corn.'°7 I visited Mrs. Hiir°^ at Rowlands. She is better. Capt. Hill went with me to Tower Hill. At Case's'"^ I had two news Papers and some Letters, [from] a Dr. Astey (?), Mrs. Walker"° & Uncle Mumford,'^'* who advises me the Cyder Mill and Press is come and cost ^3:10 Freight. I visited Mrs. [ i^- ] :at)gtract of C>ut ^erUtceg. Hammond'"^ who is sick with an Intermitting Fever 1743 & Capt. Thomas Hazard's"' wife who is sick Hke- ^— v-^ wise. I visited Mr. Jo: JMumford'*^''' and bo't a pound of chocolate not yet made up, and got home safe, God be praised. Troubled with y^ Head ache this afternoon. \_September\ 24^' Saturday. My Head ached all night. My men stayed out long a husking at Ephraim Gardi- ner's House "^ hard by. They are gathering Corn. Fine weather and warm these two Days. [September] i^^^' Sunday. Catechized the negro's, read Prayers, catechized y^ white children, gave notice of y" Communion next Sunday and preached the Second Part of my Sunday Sermon, as I did the i"' Part the Sunday before, from Ads, 20:7. [September] iG-^' Monday. This morning Harry bro't my Cyder Screws and Mill from y^ Ferry. Benjamin Mumford carryed 2 Jugs and 1 2''' to bring me a Gal- lon of Rhum from Tower Hill. [September] if^- Tuesday. Bro't the timber from .... 05i [ober] 2"'*" Read Prayers, preached & adminis- tered the Eucharist at St. Paul's. [O^ober] 3. Got Timber for Press at Mr. Wil- let's. Dawley this afternoon. [October] 4. Tuesday. Got Home the Timber. Dawley here. [O^ober] 5. Wednesday. Dawley at work. Went to Col. Updike's, in the Evening, in my way to Boston. [prober] 6. Thursday. Drove this Day from Updike's to Robins's, 51 miles. [O^ober] j^^- Friday. Reached Boston by noon. At- tended the funeral of Johnny Gibbins. [ >3 ] Z ^Letter Booft and 1743 \_0 Golfer'] 8. Wrote letters to England. ' — ^ — ' [_0^ohr'] g^^- Sunday. Went to church at the Chapel,'" but would not preach because of my Eyes. [^O^oi^er'] lo'**- Monday. Wrote more Letters. Dined with Jemmy Smith. \0^ober\ w"^- Doctor Gardiner^' went to Piscata- qua"'^ at 2 o clock post meridiem and had Capt. Os- born with him, in order to embark on the Gosport, man of war. \0^ober^ \i. Could not get my horses shod. Dined at Mrs. Hutchinson's."* \05lober\ 13. A thanksgiving at Boston on acc't of the Vidory at Detingen'"^ on y* River Mayne. \05loher~\ 14. Friday. Set out in the Afternoon. Reached Robbins's. \05lober\ i ^'^- Travelled 5 1 miles to Col. Updike's. \05lober\ \(i^- Preached at my church and thro' God's great Goodness reached Home. \05lobef\ ly'*"- I meet with many misfortunes. God lessen and sandify them to me. \05lober'\ \%^' Tuesday. My men are making stone wall and fine weather. Billy Gardiner "Modged [here] and Sebastian Kerhaut"^ & his sister. [O^ober]^ 1 9'''- Wednesday": Fine weather. After Din- ner Mr. Robinson'^ called and asked me to go and see his wife at Newport. I paid him j/^30 and £11 to Bro' Jn°, wh. I borrowed when I went to Boston. \0£fober\ id^- Thursday. I went to Newport. Found my sister's Breast, I think, not so bad as I expedled. If ... , perhaps a Suppuration and Cancer, too, may be prevented. Capt. Ailmy is bad and astmatick. Mrs. Wilkinson "9 has a bloody Flux, but better. I visited Mrs. Coddington.'*° [ -4] ;aftstract of £>ut ^etttccg, [O^foberl i\.l prescribed Oxymel Scylliticum'*' as a 1743 vomit for Capt. Ailmy. Dined with Tom.'" Paid 16''' ^^^ — ■ to Stephen Ayrault'*' for Porter casks, ;^3:i2, by the Hands of Daniel Ayrault,'°' to his sister Goldin'^"* for 400 ft. of Board, I had of Mr. Goulding. I stayed all the afternoon at Capt. Ellery's "' waiting for the Boat. Got to Conanicut in the night, crossed to Sheffield's, no Boat. Returned [to] Martin's^^ and sent for Ben- jamin Thomas, who, for five shillings, bro't me to Bills. '^^ I walked home in the time of Eclipse. [05fober~\ 11. Saturday. A great Storm this Day, w'^'' began last night of Wind and Rain. Blessed be God, who bro't me Home last night safe. [prober] 23'*- Sunday. Read Prayers and preached at St. Paul's. A cold Day, but no frost after y^ Storm. [prober] 24""- Monday. This morning my negro woman Maroca was bro't to bed of another Girl. Good God do thou dired: me wh' to do with her. I am perplexed about her Condudl with Col. Updike's negro. She is a Xn, but seems not concerned about her soul nor minds her promise of chastity, w''*' she has often made me. A fine Day. Took up Turneps and some Potatoes. [prober] 25*^- Tuesday. Wind at Southwest. A fine Day. Negro's Digging Potatoes. [05fober^ 26. JVednesday. Sam: Wickham'*^ break- fasted here. Negro's digging Potatoes. Maroca better. Wind at Southwest. [October] if^- It rained last night. Rowland Robinson and his wife lodged here. At Conanicut once a month all y*" winter of 1743. At Mrs. Updike's, N: Town,"^ March 8"* 1743."' [ -5] Z Hettet Boofe anD ^1 M- 1743-4 71//^^^^^ ^°"'" "^^ ^^- Francis's.'* ^^-Y-^ ^r/ M^r^/^ ii"'- At Coeset. [Marc/q 1 8^- At St. Paul's. [^Marc/i] 20. Tuesday. At Conanicut. [Af(:zrr/z] 23. Good-Friday. A great Snow Storm. Read Prayers at Home.'^° 1744 [Afi^r^y^] 25. Easter Sunday. At Home. f/>n7 i^'- Preached at Home. 1744. [y/pr//] 3"'- I officiated at Conanicut. \_A'prir\ 5. I married Daniel Weir^'' to Phebe Mumford.''' \Aprir\ 8. Sunday. Preached at Coeset Ch. 'ay i^'- 1744. I preached at Conanicut. 2"'*' Sunday in May I preached at Coeset. May 13- Monday. At Warwick. May 14. Sunday., May 2o'''" At King's Chappel, Boston. Sunday., May 27^' At Coeset, on my Return. hine 3"*' Sunday. At St. Paul's. A Funeral Ser- mon for Mrs. Anstis Updike.''* June 5'''- At Conanicut. Tuesday. June lo^'- At St. Paul's. June 17*- At St. Paul's. June 24'''- St. Jn° Baptist's. At St. Paul's & catechized negroes & white children. ^uly !"• At St. Paul's. Administered Eucharist. July S"'- At Coeset. July 9^^' At Old Warwick. Administered Eu- charist to Mr. Moses Lippet/^ who, a few days be- [ 16] 7 7 Z\)Stxatt of Dut ^txWts. fore received Clinick Baptism at y^ hands of Mr. 1744 Checkley.^ ^— v— ' Ju/y 1 5"'- At St. Paul's. Baptized two Adults and 3 children and catechized negro's & white children. July Id"- At St. Paul's. [July'] 29. At Ditto. yfug \ust\ 5'''- 1744. At Ditto. Administered Eu- ^^/jf charist. \_August\ Tuesday^ y^^- At Conanicut. [y^ugus/] Sunday y 1 2 . At Coeset & administered Eucha- rist to 7 persons. [Jugust] Sund: 19. At St, Paul's. Churched Mistress Anstis Robinson.^' Catechized negroes and white chil- dren. \_Augusf\ Sunday y 26. At St. Paul's. Cyept \_ember~\ i^- Sunday. At St. Paul's. Adm. Eu- 1^ charist. Churched Mrs. Mary Gardiner.'^ Tuesday y Sept \_ember~\ 4*- Officiated at Conanicut. Baptized an Adult viz' William Mott.'^^ Married George DunweP^'* to Phebe Tennant.'^^ A Congrega- tion of above an 100 in both Rooms. Mr. Honyman" of Newport and Mr. Davenport'^^ of Boston both at ch. there. Sunday y Sept [ember] 9'*'- At Coeset. A large Congre- gation. Monday y Sept [ember] lo*' I was 51 years old.'^'' I preached &c. at Ab. Francis's, in old Warwick, and baptized Mary Green, the wife of Jonathan Green, Taylor. Her maiden name was Stafford. '^^ Her wit- nesses were Mr. Francis & his wife and Miss Molly Lippet. And returned to Col. Updike's. [September 1 1""] Tuesday. In coming Home, visited y^ [ ■?] :a JLetter Idoofe anU 1744 widow Thomas, Capt. Cole's^^^ sick wife and Mrs. >— ^.^ Cole,''* who has dislocated her Elbow. Y' night Billy & Harry Vassal lodged at my House. \_September i2^*] Wednesday. Billy Vassal bo't my Tropick Bird'^' for £^1^^ sterling. Dr. Hazard and Betty Gardiner '*° went to Conanicut to Billy Haz- ard's*^ weding. [September 13'^] Thursday. They are both gone again to Mr. Robinson's ''^^ to the Infair.'** Sunday, 16'^ Septl Preached at St. Paul's. [September 1Q^'\ Thursday. W"- on the Hill in a great passion about my new stone wall by y^ Rock.''^^ My People helpt to raise the Bridge.'*^ [September 2i^''] Friday. Mr. Cazneau carried away the Tropick Bird by Mr. Vassal's order, who, by him, sent me Bills for £^'^'1^, sterling.''^^ I wish he may prosper with him. In my Study. [September 22"''"] Saturday.^\wdi south. Men at work on y^ wall. In my Study. Benj. Mumford, Anthony, Jn° Goodbody here. My Humbird'**^ came home. Sunday^ 23"*" Sept^- Go with me to y"^ House, o Lord, open our Hearts and, by thy Spirit, Seal Instruction to us. Pardon and remove all my unworthiness of every sort. Monday., n^ Sepf- 1744. Visited Abigail Sampson, a sick Mustee.'"^^ She is desirous to be admitted into ch. Lord, pardon her sin, give her Faith in X Jesus, and, in y^ strength, enable her to resolve upon and live a new life. Went and came, through the River,''^^ Safe in my Chair.'*^ O God to thee be y^ Praises of all my Preservations. [September 25^*"] Tuesday. It rains this morning. [ >8 ] abstract of £>ut ^tvMitts. Wind at so. west. My wife indisposed. ... I doubt 1744 we shall be disappointed in our visit to Mrs. Ailmy's.*'* — , — - \_Sepiember 26^] Wednesday. Visited Mrs. Ailmy's in Boston Neck.'^° Afternoon, visited Jeoffrey Watson,'*' a sick Person. [September i']^-'\ Thursday. Visited Mrs. Cole, whose Arm has been dislocated. Heard there that Nath: Coddington''* is past Recovery. \Septemher aS*''] Friday. Visited Mr. Robinson's sick children'" in Point Judith."'* In my Return, paid Joseph Mumford's Son Dick'" ^£'13: 17:6, in full of all Acd's. Saturday Sept [ember^ 2g^^- Paid ofFTho: Peckham's Acc't. Studied. It is now certain y' Taylor,'*^ Mr. Cod- dington'*'' and Sueton Grant,'*^ three of the four Persons, y' were blown up with Gunpowder, are dead and y' Mr. Gidley's''^ life is dispaired of. Sunday Sept [ember"] 30. Catechized the negroes and white children. Read Prayers and preached suitable to y^ occasion of the above accident. Post Meridiem. Visited [and] pray[ed] with my wife's Grandmother'^ and visited Jeoffrey Watson. O ^ober Monday S''" i"- Dr. Hazard visited Bill,"^ who also sent for me. Tuesday 2""* do. I visited Bill. Went to Conanicut, but, the people not being warned, I did not preach, but proceeded to Newport and attended Mr. John Gidley 's funeral, the fourth and last of y^ four Persons blown up with Gunpowder. I had a Ring, Scarf and Gloves.'^' Mr. Honyman preached his funeral Sermon, I lodged at Daniel Ayrault's.'^' [ 19 ] ;a ^Letter Booft and :744 [O^ohr'l Wednesday 3"*- Agreed with Capt Dennis '^^ — V — ab't Tom Commock's'^'^ share of the Prize, in behalf of Tom Walmsley, his Master, for ^19 cash, ^69:9 in sugar. Gave Mr, William Mumford'^' an order on him w'^*' he accepted. Supped at Mr. M's andlodged at Capt.Wilkinson's."^ [05tober~\ 'Thursday^ ^^^- Was sent for to my wive's grandmo''^ funeral,"^'^ who died but y' Day but she was buried before I could get there. [O^fober^ Friday^ 5*- My wife made a visit of Con- dolence to her Mo'- '^^ [O^fobef] Saturday, 6'^ At Home. My People all this week on stone wall and Tom 4 Days, [prober] Sunday, j^^' Read Prayers, preached, admin- istered y^ Eucharist. Anstis went y* Day to Westerly to be at a Husking instead of the Sacrament, w'''' she has not received since she lay in. Lord give her a sight of her sin and rouse her up from her sad [ind] iffer- ency in Religion. [prober] Monday, S'*"' My two negroes digging stones. I went to Boston Neck, this afternoon. Long Will's wife"^^ dined with us. I gave her a Bible for her Daugh- ter Cook. I lodged at Mrs. Ailmy's. \_0^ober'] Tuesday, g^^- Preached at Conanicut. My Discourse turned chiefly on y" Accident''^ of blowing up y' happened to Sueton Grant, Nath' Coddington, Jn° Gidley and one Mr. Taylor, y' are all dead. [prober] Wednesday, lo^' At Home. \0^ober\ Thursday, i\^- At Home. \05fober'\ Friday \2^^- At Home. Uncle Mumford lodged here last night. It is a rainy Day. Tom has worked 4 Days y^ week. ^O^fober^ Saturday , 13^' Tom & my men upon y® [ao] abstract of €)ut ^erUtces. Stone wall. I went to Col. Updike's after Dinner and 1744 lodged all night. ■ — ^— * [O^fober] Sunday I4'''- Read Prayers and preached at Coeset. Returned in my Chair, drawn by Mrs. Up- dike's chaise Horse, old Joe, to y" Col's and n"' morn- ing being \0^ober\ Monday^ I5'''- in my way Home bo't of Xtopher Phillips'''^ one Side of Sole another ditto of upper Leather for my negroe's Shoes. Y*'' cost me ^3 : 1 6 : & he & I are clear. I called and left the leather at Benjamin Mumford's to be made up. Tom here y^ afternoon. \0^ober\ Tuesday^ 16. Tom & my men at work on the wall. \0£loher\ Wednesday 17. Ditto on y*" wall. \05lober\ 'Thursday 1 8. It is a storm of rain. Wind at North west. My wife put her red Durance Petticoat '^° in the Frame and Betty '■*° and she is at work thereon and Dr. Hazard is reading Physick.'^' 71 T'ovember 4*''- At St. Paul's. Administered Eu- ^ \f charist. \_November~\ 6"'- I officiated at Conanicut. This sent home Nov'- f^- by Mr. Mason. '^^ \_November~\ Sunday the ii'*'- At Coeset & adminis- tered Eucharist. [November] 12. At Old Warwick and returned home y' night. \_November'] iS'*"- Officiated at Home at St. Paul's. Catechized y^ negro's & baptized Abigail Samp- son,'''' a Mustee woman of a^' 50 years or more. [November] ic^^^- Officiated at St. Paul's and married George Read and Eleanor Read'^'^ in the church, — a thing too litle {sic) pradiced among us.'^^ 7i %ttttt »ooft mn 1744 'T^ecem' q}- 1744. Sunday. Officiated at St. Paul's. "—^ J^ [December] g'^- At £84^*= Martin's on Conan- icut. [December] 16. At St. Paul's. [December] 23. At St. Paul's. 7*anuary i''] Circumcision. At Home. January G^- 1744.'^^ At St. Paul's. [January] On Sunday the i^^^ I officiated at Conanicut. [January] The id^- At St. Paul's. [January] The 27*- At St. Paul's. Tl But on Sundays the 3*^, i o'\ 1 7'''' and i/^^o^ February I officiated at my own House to larger Congregations than usually meet at y^ Season at the ch. This oc- casioned by a humor y* for sometime has distilled into y^ upper lids of my Eyes, and was then so bad y' I could not bear the external air. J j^sb [ruary] i^^- Rode in company with my wife ^^ and her niece Elizabeth Gardiner '''^ to Capt. Hill's.'"^ Stepney attended us. [February] 26''' Rode from H ill's toUncleMumford's of Groton."^ [February] I'j^^- Ash-Wednesday. Tarried at Mr. Mumford's and officiated to a few people there. [February] 28'''" Went over to New London where I had been often importuned to go and long expected. 11 /T arch i & i^' At Mr. Mathew {sic) Stewart's '^^ J^yj[ of New London. [MarcK] 3'*" Being Sunday, read Prayers, preached and administered y' Eucharist in St. James's ch. in New London. '^^ :at)0tract of £)ut ^txWts, Here I found fresh Instances of Mr. Morris's^ In- 1744 gratitude and Indiscretion, who represents me as his ' — y~^ Enemy, tho' he would have been ruined if I had not befriended him. I wish him well. May God give him more Solidity and more Grace and with y' a greater Discernment of his own Foibles and of others Pre- tences of Friendship to him. \_March'] id^^- Officiated again at New London and baptized a child by the name of Elizabeth,'^" Daugh- ter of Mathew Stewart, born during our Stay in his House. [March'] 17'^- Officiated at St. Paul's. iMarch] 0.4}^- At Ditto. [March] 3 1 . At Ditto. i y^r yf^ril f^- At St. Paul's & baptized Jn° Wier,'^' "^^^ ^^^/jf a child. [Aprif] \i. Good Friday. At St. Paul's. Preached and baptized Robert Dickson, a child. [Aprif] \^^- Easter Sunday. At St. Paul's, w'** put me out of my ordinary Course of supplying Coeset, so y' I did not go there, as usual, on y^ 1^ [Sunday in the month,] but officiated at Coeset April 2i''- and baptized Samuel King,'^* a child, and y^ Day before at Old Warwick, viz. 20* and ap- pointed y^ 3^ Sunday for their supply during this Summer. \_Aprir\ 2i^'" 1745. Inmyreturnfrom Coeset I married James Boon'^' to Mary Updike,'^'^ Daughter of Richard deceased, at the house of her Uncle, Col. Daniel Updike and reached Home late y' night. [April] 11^- I rode 5 miles from Home and baptized child 7 years old called Christopher Dickinson. '^^ April i^'^- Sunday, 1745. Officiated at St. Paul's. [^3 ] ;a JLetter 20oofe and 1745 ]\ /T ^y ^"'^' ^745' '^^^^.g' Thursday. My first, best " — V — ^f/£ and most principal Servant was drowned out of the Skow, w^*" sunk and Stepney '^'^ could not swim, but Harry, who could escaped. \_May~\ 3'*- We found his Body and y' Afternoon rode 5 miles and administered Clinick Baptism to Ed"*^ Sherman. '^^ \_May~\ 4^' I preached his Funeral Sermon to a great Assembly of negro's in the ch. & interred him in y^ ch. yard. \_May'] f"- Sunday. Officiated at St. Paul's. [Mrv] f^- At Conanicut. May iq}^- Sunday. Officiated at St. Paul's &c. May \G^- Rode 30 miles up into y^ wilderness '^^ and lodged at Samuel Cooper's. '^^ \_May~\ ly**"' Preached at said Cooper's, receiving one child '^° into y^ Congregation, formerly baptized by Mr. Pigot,'^' and baptized another,'^* both y^ children of one Howard, an Englishman. Dined with Major Browne, an Anabaptist, who, be- ing at ch., invited me, and from there, in the After- j noon, rode 14 miles to Xtopher Lippet's,''^ who lives ''' well and kind[ly] entertained my Companion, Benj" Mumford, and myself \_May'\ 1 8*' Rode 12 miles from Mr. Xtopher Lip- pet's at Mr. Francis's of Old Warwick in y^ Rain, as we had done all day to Cooper's on y^ i6'''" It was Quaker General Meetingj'^"* so I did not preach at Francis's as usual. \_May~\ Sunday, iff"' Officiated at Coeset ch. Few people. They are all gone to y^ Frolick of y^ general Meeting at Greenwich. I reached Home, without eat- ing or drinking, before sun set. 12 miles y' Day. Zbstxatt of Cut g>erUtces. \^May~\ lo''^- I reposed myself at Home. We had a 1745 visit from Misses Betty Cole '^^ and Betty Mumford,'^^ ^-^w y'' latter, Mr. Honyman's Grandaughter {sic). Mr. Whitefield'^'' has been one Sunday at Providence and two at Newport. Small numbers attend him now to w' did some years ago.'^^ There is a change some- where, in him or them. May i\. Tom Walmsley is here to help Harry to Hough,and Mrs. Hatch '^^ to mend my Cassock. I am now about sitting down to study. Lord God dired: me to a suitable subjed and enable me to write upon it to the Purpose of Edification. May 11^ 1745- My wife and I have been married this Day 23 years.^°° For y'' great Goodness to us, all this time, Lord make us truly and fruitfully thank- ful and give us y^ Presence and Blessing in all times to come. My Spouse's head aches. Tom and Harry howing and picking Peas. A Messenger came for me to at- tend Edward Sherman's FuneraP^^ tomorrow. He dyed this morning. Yesterday poor Mary Willet^°' visited here, in company with her niece, Mrs. Gardi- ner,^"* and, in the Evening, her Husband, Br° Jn°' May iif"- I preached a Funeral sermon at William Sherman's, in N. Kingstown, and buried his Son Edward, who dyed of a Decay and to wh"" I admin- istered clinick Baptism on the j'' Day of this May. Upon my Return Home I found at my House Br°" Jn°'' wife, his Daughter, Anstis Robinson, Mistress Holmes*°' and Mrs. Eliot,*°+ to whom soon came Roland Robinson, Capt. Holmes*°' and Tho- Gar- diner to carry y"" to Boston Neck. Mrs. Eliot told me Mr. Whitefield was gone from Newport and waited on Mr. H n,*°' the Saturday before he [^5] ;a liettet Boofe anD 1 745 w^^^> ^° ^^^ ^^^ Pulpit but was refused. Mr. Bourse*'^ «— V — ' can tell me what passed between y"". Bennet*°^ came to see y^ Chaise and says he will come tomorrow to put a new Fellow in the wheel. May 24"'' Harry is gone this morning for Molasses, but stays long. Stepney, poor Boy, is dead and I have no Servant I can now so well depend upon to go and come quick and [do] his errands well. \May\ if"- Bennet put a Fellow in the wheel, and Harry carryed the Chaise to Mr. Duglass's.*°^ \_May\ 26. Sunday. It rained, but I went to ch. in y' chair, Harry and y^ young Horse. I preached to ab' 30 People. \May'\ i']'^- Monday. Harry hoed Potatoes and, in the Evening, bro't Home the chaise. It rained, so y* Jn° Gardiner did not sheer. Jn° Goodbody*^' here. [May'] 28. Tuesday. Br° Jn° sheered.'°9 My [wife] went in the chaise, with litle [sic] Nab Gardiner*'" and Bolico.*" Jn° Goodbody followed. They bro't the 50 lbs. wool, I bo't of Jn° in winter. All this Day in my Study. [May~\ 29. Wednesday. Jn° Goodbody took Phisick again. [^Mayl 30. Thursday. My wife, Jn" Goodbody & litle Abigail Gardiner went to sheering at Rowland's. Bro't home 1 2 lbs. wool Anstis owed her for work. Capt. Sweet"* came and I wrote his will, w'''' was witnessed by Jeffry Watson, Tho- Peckham and myself. After they went, JefFry and I had some talk of the Anabaptists. I pray God that he may be in earnest about Religion and y' w' I said may be blessed for his Instrudion & persuasion. Benj" Mumford dined with me and acquainted me y^ Caesar, the Ne- gro, has preached, for two Sundays past to the Qua- [26] Mstxatt of £>ut ^trMitts. kers, at their Meeting house in South Kingstowne. 174c Deputy Gov' Robinson*'' present. — , — ' [Af^jy] 31. Friday. Jn° Goodbody took Phisick. It rained. 7une i"- 1745. Saturday. A clear Day, Wind at North. Harry has been this 4 Days carting wood out of Mrs. Cole's^* Farm to y" upward Pond.*''* Grant, Good Lord, I may have better For- tune in boating y^ wood than the last, in the last Boatload whereof I lost my dear Servant Stepney. Harry is come home about two o'clock, has carted 1 6 Load, saw a Bear,*'^ last night in Mrs. Cole's Farm, & has bro't home Pea Sticks. We expedt Mrs. Ailmy. May God shower down upon us his Holy Spirit to- morrow, being Whit Sunday, as he did on his Ser- vants at Pentecost, and may the Eucharist convey to us in a sensible manner, if it be thy will, thy Grace and Holy Spirit. Amen, Amen, Lord Jesus. Received a letter on Thursday from Dr. Gardiner, on Friday from Samuel Mason dated in London March i S^''-, in Capt. Adams, {sic) Give us, if it be y'' blessed will, victory over our French Enemies at Cape Breton*'^ &c. June q}- Sunday. Officiated at St. Paul's, administered the Eucharist to 22 inclusive, being Whit Sunday. June 3'*- A verry Hott Day. Harry hoeing at B — neck.*'^ I wrote to Mr. Vassal. June 4^- This morning I am going to preach at Co- nanicut. Lord God, prosper y'' work in my Hands, I beseech thee, increase y" Prosped:. I preached at Conanicut y' Day to a small Congrega- tion, about 1 5, and had a tedious calm Passage Home. June 5^- A Northerly Breeze this Forenoon. Maroca [27] Z ^Letter Booft anfi 174c carried a Calf Skin to Paul Woodbridge*'* & went V— >^— ^ upon Tower Hill. Jn° Goodbody here taking Physick and picking wool. June 9'''- 1745. Mr. Lyons *'^ preached for me & \_JuHe] lo'*"' my wife & Lyons is gone to visit at Will Brown's."° [^June] 1 1'''- Tuesday. Went in Company with y^ Rev'' Messrs. Lyons and Gibbs/° (the last of w'^'' arrived from Symsbury,"' via New London, last night,) to Newport and lodged at Capt. Wilkinson's. June I2"'- 1745. Convention at Newport. Mr. Henry Caner"^ preached before the Clergy, viz. the Com- missary,^ Dr. MacSparran, Mr. Honyman," Mr. Millar,"^ Mr.Usher,"^ Mr. Punderson,"^ Mr. Check- ley ,^ Mr. Lyons,''9 Mr. Thompson,"^ Mr. Gibbs^ and Mr. Beach."^ I am sorry to see y' the Party Spirit prevails, & y* Mr. Honyman" is so silly as to join the New Eng- land"^ men, in their selfish Schemes. I observe they are driving at the Destrudion of the Glebe Scheme, but hope the Society will see the good EfFed: of it and insist upon it. June ij'*"- The Clergy, all but Mr. Checkley, who went home, dined at Capt. Jn° Brown's."^ I visited ^ Mr. Bourse,*"^ in Company with Beach, Lyons and Gibbs. June i/\}^- Dined at Mrs. Mumford's, upon the Hill,*'° in Company with all Mrs. Cole's^* children. My God extricate Jn° Cole *'' out of the Difficul- ties, he has involved himself in. Calm his Passions and prevent his ruining himself and grieving his Mo'. I came home y' Afternoon. June I ^^^- Mr. Punderson and his wife dined at my House, as they drank Tea there on the lo'*"' He is [a8 ] :afa0tract of €)ut ^txWts, to preach at Westerly*'* tomorrow. Mr. Lyons and 1-74^ Gibbs came before y^ went off. — , — ' June i6'''- Mr. Lyons preached for me at St. Paul's and Mr. Gibbs at Coeset, and y^ next day I hope will do so at Old Warwick. June ly^*"- After Dinner Mr. Lyons visited at Mr. Brown's."° Miss Browne says she intends never to marry. June iS**' Mr. Lyons here writing Letters. June 19*- Mr. Lyons still here writing. June 20'''- Mr. Lyons took his Leave, called at Brown's. The same Tune,*" as he tells me in his Letter from Case's.*''* June 2i^'" Friday. Our People busy in making Hay. June 11^- Saturday. Tom and Harry put the Hay in y^ Barn. Tom has been here about 5 Days y^ week. I payed him ^^8 Bill & gave him some Turnips. June ii^^- Sunday. Catechized y"" Negro's & white children, read Prayers and preached at St. Paul's. My wife sick and not at church. Br° Jn° and his wife and Daughter Ab: dined here, as did Sebastian Carhort, Stewart's man, in his way to Boston. I sent Lyons' L" and one of my own to Dr. Gardiner. June 1^^- My oxen went to George Hazard's in the Neck. Harry began to hill Corn. Thunder and a little Rain in y^ night. June 1^^^- Harry hilling Corn. I bled George Fow- ler *'*'■* and [gave] Maroca one or two Lashes for receiving Presents from Mingo. I think it was my Duty to corred: her, and w'ever Passion passed be- tween my wife and me on y' occasion. Good L'' for- give it. [^9] 2i better Boofe mtt ijAC I bo't 13 lbs. veal of Jn° Browne, 9''' per lb., losh. *— V — ■ June 26^' It rained hard last night, is a foggy morn- ing, but seems [as] if it would clear up. Bro' Jn°' wife sent us a Loin of veal. Harry is a hilling. Clear y^ Afternoon. Wind at South West. All my Negro's dined upon green Peas. June 2j^^' Harry hilling Corn. Jn° Goodbody came here the night before. I was angry with Harry. Misses Betty Cole'95 ^ Mumford,''^ W"- Sherman's wife & Daughter '^^ dined here on green Pease. June iS^- Friday. Harry went to hill Corn in the Neck. I carryd my wife to Br° Jn°' in the Chaise. She carried green Peas for her Mo', not y" come. Gave some to Phebe Weir and 4sh. to Daniel for weaving her Mo'" Linnen. It came up Rain from y^ North West and continued more than a hour from Sunset. June i^^'^- Saturday. In y^ Neck hilling. Alice Gardi- ner*^' dined with us. It has rained a good many showers from y^ North y^ Day. My wife in better Health. L^ prepare us for sandifying y^ holy Day tomorrow and go with us to y^ House & make us more than ever sensible of & thankful for y'' Good- ness. 30 June, 1745. Read Prayers & preached at St. Paul's. Mistress Ailmy dined with us. f^^uly !*'• 1745. Monday. As we were preparing to /go to Mrs. Cole's, my niece Anstis came and *>/ we stayed and dined at Home. She complained of bad usage from her next neighbour on y^ north side. God Almighty give him a due Sight of and Com- pund:ion for all his sins, his Ad:*'^ and Falseness of Heart in a particular manner, and prevent his talk- [30] Zbstxatt of €>ut ^ertJtceg. ing Tongue's doing Mischief. Convert and bring him 1745 back to y*" ch., if it be his blessed will. After dinner — , — ■ we went to Mrs. Cole's. July 2^- Lodged at Mrs. Cole's. I rode one of her Mares to Bissel's.^^'' He is in my Debt notwithstand- ing his muttering and whispering about y' I was in his. I dined with him and then went to visit Mistress Essex/'^ who had lately a Shock with an Apopleftick Fit. I fear they are poor, and Ev. went from thence to Esq'" Ephraim Gardiner's^'' and left 30 sh. with him to give them, and returned to and lodged at Mrs. Cole's. July 2^' JVednesday. Dined at Mrs. Cole's, came home in the Afternoon & found Thomas Walmsley here a mowing. July the 4^' Tom Walmsley here again today. It is now about i and has set in for a heavy North East Rain. The 3 Companys of Land Forces sailed from Newport on Tuesday for Lewisbourg,*"*" besieged by the English. Good Lord preserve and prosper, in all Respects, Lieut. Edward Cole,*'^' the young [man] belonging to my ch. Grant him Favour in thy Sight and in the Sight of the Superior officers, especially Commodore Warren,^"^ to whose Favour I have pre- sumed to recommend him. I am now about writing to England. Good Lord grant y' no ill use shall be made of the Truths I shall write. Suggest proper tho'ts and Expressions. This Account transmitted by letters of the /^^- of July 1745. July 4*- 1745. In the Afternoon of this Day, about 6 of y" Clock, we have heard, at the least, 1 50 great Guns from Newport, w'^'' I imagine, by their manner, to be Guns of Rejoicing and hope y' news of the taking Lewis bourg,*"^' alias Cape Breton, is arrived, [31 ] ;a Hctter Book anb I yj. f from whence arises this Smoaky, noisy Joy. May God, • — ,— ' in whose hands our Hearts are and has y^ Superin- tendence over our Passions, make us joyful in a Ch'n manner and to manifest the same by Behaving suitable to all our Blessings. Let not the People's Joy throw y"" into fresh Provocations, by Sinful Excesses, w'''' they too commonly do. Samuel Browne**^^ visited me this Afternoon and we have had a blessed Rain. Tom Walmsley half a Day. My L'' to the Society, originals and Duplicates No. 1:2, to Dr. Bearcroft^-*Mitto, to the Archbishop Ditto, to Mr. Sandford Ditto, dated this 4'''' of July 1745. Lewisbourg taken. May God countenance my writings and all my other Proceedings. July i^^- Fair weather and cool all Day. Tom & Harry mowing on the Hill. Bentley^'*^ his wife, Benjamin Mumford,"'^'*^ (who p'' me 50 sh. Contribution & had orders to give my Ac'^ Credit for 30 shillings I gave Mistress Essex, and he to take said sum out of offer- ings in his hand,) and Anstis all visited here this After- noon & Mrs. Ailmy was here also. July G^- Mrs. Ailmy staid all night. Tom, Harry and Emblo raking Hay. Finished writing to Mr. Randal & others. July 7. Sunday. Officiated and administered the Eu- charist at St. Paul's. Gave my English Letters to Mr. Cole*'*^ to carry to Boston. He promised to come to my House for more; as he does not go away till Wednesday. Mrs. Gardiner*'*^ dined and left her Daughter Aby here & Mrs. Ailmy who staid here the night before went Home with her. July %^^- Wrote letters to Commodore Warren, as I had done to y^ Archb^' on y^ same subjed: before.**° Lord raise up Friends in this ma% if it be y'' will I should succeed in it. If not, let w^ I have done not [32] Ti'bstxatt of €»ut ^txWts. turn out to my Dishonour or Disadvantage. Joseph ijac Northrup/^' Taylor, at work here and Tom Walms- • — ^.w ley stacking Hay &c. July 9""- Tuesday. Harry mowing, but did not finish on the Hill as I expeded. My [wife] went on a visit to her Niece Anstis Robinson and carried Penelope Dyer in her chaise and Miss Pine rode on Horse- back. Jo Northrup's Mare, y' swam over to Jn° Smith's Farm,*^^ was found by him y' Evening. Lord I thank thee for y^ Goodness of this Day. My wife complainedofthewantof MannersinKit [M?] ''Argil, who rode out of the way rather than let down Jn° Smith's Barrs; but Penelope Dyer, by laying a Pole across Jn° Smith's gate made it nec"^ for him to get down. July lo^" tVednesday. I dreamed*" last nighty' a Boat overset with me and was refused Help from y^ Shore. Good Lord grant y' it may portend no Evil to me, especially y* it may not forebode the Refusal of the Salt water Interest*''^ I have been longing for. But as I went thro' water first, and did not feel my Feet wet or cold and waked floating, I hope there is no great evil final Consequence to be feared from it. Jo: Northrup and his Boy here to Day, as they were yesterday. July ii''^- Thursday. Mr. Peebles, Mr. Benj" Mum- ford & Daniel Wier here to Day. Jo Northrup fin- ished my two Jackets & 1 p'' Breech's. I paid j£i:iy for his work. Went on a visit to Br° Jn°', where we found Aunt Sherman,^ Aunt Kynion*" and uncle Henry's wife. Mrs. Ailmy gave me ^3. It has been an exceeding hot Day. My wife, Litle Nabby and I got safe home in the chaise, blessed be God. July 12. Friday morning. I got up before Sunrise. Litle wind at South. I dreamed last night I saw Dr. ;a ilettet Boofe and 1745 Gardiner coming in a chaise. I was going to condud ' — , — ' him to my House, but a great Deal of water stopt us. Good Lord avert Troubles if y' be signified by water of w"^ I have now dreamed twice as I do often. Jn° Cole's Boy carryed the Commodore's Letters un- der Mr. Apthorp's Cover. ^^^' '^-^ Prosper me, o Lord, in this thing, if it be y^ will.*^° My wife is going to walk to Ben Mumford's. Mr. Mumfordbro'tmy wife Home not well. Capt. Hill and his wife & Anstis visited here y' Afternoon. Capt. Hill tells me the agreeable news of the Assem- bly's allowing King George Ninigret*" to give 20 Acres more for a Glebe, as an addition to y" 20 his Bro' gave and he has given it out of Clark's Farm. It is worth 20 JC per Acre. I have promised to get the Society's Draught, to draw a Deed by. July 13"'- Necessity obliged me*^^ to pitch Hay y' Forenoon. We topt and finished 3 Stacks, Col. Up- dike, Mrs. Ailmy and her sister Kynion dined with us, and the Col. drew an Adt of Assembly, to exempt the Clergy from Rates,*^^ w"*" they are to pray for. July \^^- Sunday. OfHciated at St. Paul's. A very hot Day. This evening it thundered and lightened and we had a plentiful and blessed Rain. Rain down the Influences of y^ Spirit upon my Soul, o Lord &c. Capt. Hiir°5 his wife, Anstis & Roland^' dined with [us] after ch. & Mr. Updike*'' Jr. has carry** my Dr. for y-^ Deed.^^7 July 15. Monday, 16. 'Tuesday, 17. Wednesday, 18. Thursday. Mowing and making Hay. We finished mowing this i S'*" Day. I have been to see Anstis, who is sick, and my wife, upon my Return, went thither to stay all night. July I9'''" Friday. My wife not come Home. Fine [34] :abgtract of £)ut ^ert>tceg. Hay-weather. Strong wind all Day yesterday and y' ijac morning from y^ Southwest & blows strong. Rowland w-^.^ bro't Home my wife. Anstis better. He bo't 12 lbs. Sugar, @ 2:8 pr lb.*' We finished stacking our Hay. It thunders and looks like Rain this Evening. Lord prosper my Journey*'^ tomorrow and prepare Mrs. Essex*'^ &c. for the Holy Sacrament. July 2o"'- Saturday. Thunder & Lightning & Rain last night. I am going to Coeset. Go with me, my God. Administered y^ Eucharist to Mrs. Essex, a Clinick, and Mrs. Bently*+^and MollySmith.A thunder storm while I was there. I went and lodged at Col. Updike's. '° July 2i''- Sunday. Officiated at Coeset ch. and ad- ministered the Sacra't and went to Mr. Francis's'* of Warwick. July 11^- Last night, being surfeited with the Heat the preceding Days, was taken with a severe vomit- ing. Towards Day it ceased. I preached to a small Congregation and, the night following, was seized with as severe a Purging, w"'' has much reduced me. July ij"*- Tuesday. All Day at Mr. Francis's, not being able to proceed to Providence, as I intended. Sent Abraham for Mr. Checkley,^ but he could not come. Jn° Cole^' & Lodowick Updike*^ called to see me in their way from Boston. They acquainted my wife, at Mr. Updike's where she was on a visit, with my Illness and she and Molly Browne"°'*" came to me y' night and found me better. July i/i^- Wednesday. This afternoon got to Col. Up- dike's '° very weak and feeble. July if"- Thursday. Got Home and Molly Browne went home in the afternoon, after eating some green Corn. [35] ;a JLttttx 2doofe anti 745 7^^y 26. Rowland Robinson^' & his wife and Molly -^ — ' Bissel/^7 QqI Updike his wife and mo' in Law, Mrs. Godfrey/'' Molly Updike/' litle Molly Wanton/^ Betty Cole '55 and Betty Mumford'^^ and Lodowick, with Mrs. Ailmy '-^and Br^Jn^'^'^wife all here together. So much Company fatigues me at one time.**^^ Jn/y if^- Saturday. At Home. July 28^- Sunday. Officiated at St. Paul's. July 2^^^- At Home. July 30^- Wrote Mr. Lyons/'^ Capt. Hill'"^ &c. July 31''- Wednesday. I dined with Anstis^' whither I and my wife went on a visit. yfug\usi\ i''- Thursday. At Home. YM \Augusi\ 1^- Friday. At Home, and so also the 3"'' viz' Saturday. Very great Drowth. Aug\usi\ 4^" Sunday. We are going to ch. O Lord, give us thy Presence to go along with us and bless all y'' People, y' worship thee y' Day in publick, and for- give those y' are wilfully absent and pity those that are necessarily so. August f"- I went to Br° Jn°'' & lodged there all night. August 6'''" I preached at Conanicut and from there went to Newport where I stayed till Friday morn- ing. Mr. Honyman,'^ by a Fall from his Horse was disabled from officiating at all the last Sunday in July and could only read Prayers the first Sunday in August. But all his People, roundly and without ex- ception, went to y^ several meetings. His strange Conduct has given his People inconsistent Princi- ples, and lessened y' Reverence, they were noted for, to y*" Clergy. [36] i^bstract of C»ut ^ertotceg. August (f"- Friday. Came Home from Newport. Col. 174c Updike '° and his wife has lodged here 4 Nights, being > — , — - Court time.^^ August id^' Saturday. Harry drove my wife and me to Mrs. Cole's,^* in Company with Mrs. Updike/^' where we dined and returned home at night. Aug" II*''' Mr. Francis'"* came on Friday. Stayed till Sunday. I officiated at St. Paul's and catechized the white children & expounded to y""" Aug" iq}^- Monday. Anstis*' is here. I am prepar- ing for Charlestown to execute Ninigret's Deed*^'* of the Glebe Land. Lord, prosper my Journey. Aug. 12,^- I arrived at Col. Champlin's,*^* last night, and preached at his House y' Day. I find Col. Stan- ton^^^ puts remoras^^"^ in the way and alledges he must confer with Ninigret's Trustees before he can pitch on the Spot where the last 20 acres is to be. Aug"- I4'''' I came from Col. Champlin's to Capt. Hill's'"' last [night] and got Home y' Day in y^ Afternoon, much fatigued and my Eyes very sore. I heard on Tower Hill that Capt. Dick Mumford*^* had sent for his winter cloathes to Cape Breton.*'^ I hope to have good news from Ned Cole.**' Au^* I5'''- Jn° Cole^' sent me word last night he would come and breakfast here, but he is so mindless of his Promises y' I did not expedt him, and I find I was not mistaken. I pray God to succeed the Ap- plication I have made to y*" Commodore*"**' *'° &c. Jn° Cole here, has read us two letters from his Bro' Ned. I am glad to hear he is well and hope Jn° will succeed in his voyage thither. Aug" iG^- Bro' Jn°'' mowed my Rye. Tom Walms- ley^9 cut and topt my stacks with Emblo's Assistance [37] :a ^Letter Boofe anb 1JA.C and Harry harrowed. My wife is meditating a Pre- w.^— ' sent to ye C re/*^^ w'^*' pray may be acceptable. y^ug^^ 17^" I have Harry still harrowing and Tom Walmsley at work too. It rained all y^ Afternoon, w""*" hindered my going part of the way to Coeset. Mrs. Ailmy** here. y^ug^'- 18. Sunday. It is a great Rain, so y* I cannot go to Coeset and, if I did, no one would attend there. Mrs. Ailmy is here and stays all night. Jug'' I9"'- Monday. Rode Rowland's^' Horse to Mrs. Cole's.'^* I bo't an old cheese to send to y^ Commo- dore, @ 1 "*'■ per lb. I dined there. Jn° came home from Providence. Says he will go to Cape Breton. Aug^"- io^' "Tuesday. Emblo and I went to Sam' Browne's*'^ and filled a Barrel with Aples. Abigail Robinson'^ went over to Boston Neck and staid a few hours. Mr. Stewart ^^ from New London dined with us. Aug^"- 21. Wednesday. Sam' Browne headed the Casks and nailed the Box for the Commodore. Contents,*'^ 6 Hams, some Beets, an old cheese and a Barril of Apples, and Harry carted them to the Ferry. Aug""' 11. Thursday. I and Harry went to Town*^° and carry the Barrils &c. Aug'''' 23*^' Friday. Mr. Mumford^' put y" on Board Vernon's*'" vessels and, y' Evening, at Capt. Wilkin- son's,"9 alt'*^'' my L' to y" Commodore, as Jn° Cole^' does not go. Aug^' i^"^- Saturday. Bo't a Barril of Flower, w^*"- i"= 3'" 5.® £3 P^ ct., £S'-S'^'' and got Home in y^^ Evening. Laus Deo. Aug''- ic^'^- Sunday. Officiated at St. Paul's. Mrs. Gid- ley'7' and Sally Freebody"^' at ch. Mrs. Ailmy, An- stis,*' Stewart & Billv Gardiner"^ dined with us. ■ [38 ] MQtxatt of €)ut ^txWts. \_Augusf\ 16^^' Monday. My wife staid at Home wait- inAc ing for those visitors, but y''^ did not come. ^-^-^ \Augusf\ ay'*'' My wife carryed her Mo'*^ in her chaise to dine at Mrs. Cole's and to proceed, in the After- noon, to Uncle Ephraim's.*'' Anstis stayed with me all Day till her Husband came for her from y^ Towne Meeting. \_August] 28"'- Wednesday. I sent for Hatch, '^9 f Morning, to shoot Geese y^ got into my Corn Field. He breakfasted with me. It looks like rain. May God send it in Plenty to refresh y^ parched Earth. My wife, thro' God'sGoodness returnedsafe. Harry*^ finished pulling the Corn Stalks and Nep Dyre*^* came in y^ Evening. \_Augusi\ 29^- Thursday. Still dry weather. I walked up the Hill and down again with my wife. Rob' Browne *^^ to be married, (y^^ say,) this Day to Frank- lin's Daughter. Nep Dyre and her Daughter Hannah dined here. I have finished my Sermon and I pray God it may be a means of impressing my People with a due sense of Divine Providence, as y' will help y" live well. Harry and Moll gathering Beans. High wind and scud from y^ Southwest. \_Augusi\ 30. Friday. It rained last night. Mrs. Ail- my^"^ and Penelope Gardiner *^^ came here in my chaise and Dorcas *^^ and Mrs. Easton^^^ on Horse back. Wrote a letter for Mrs. Dyre to her Husband. An- stis & Molly Browne."°'*" \_August\ 3 1 . Saturday. My wife to Anstis's to gather Hops. Jn° Gardiner '^ bro't 11 chickens, for w"*" pd. 20 sh. Daniel Wier^^ carried away the flannel chair. I finished another Sermon on Providence. L** God pre- pare me and Thine for the service of the Sanctuary to Morrow. A windy morning. Wind at South. [39 ] a better Booft atiD 1745 C^iepir. i''- 1745. Sunday. Read Prayers, preached ' — * — ' O ^^^ administered y^ Eucharist at St. Paul's. Mrs. Ailmy and Bro' Jn° dined with us. It rained, they say, last night. Lord refresh our Souls as thou refreshest the Earth and let not our Souls be so barren, and our Land will be also more fruitful. [September] i^- Monday. I went and lodged at Mrs. Ailmy's. [September] 3. From Boston Neck I went and offi- ciated at Conanicut and returned y^ same Day. [September] 4. Wednesday. At Home. [September] 5. 'Thursday. Ephraim"* got the Plank for y^ Cyder Mill sawed. [September] 6. Friday. Ephraim cut the Logs and Harry carted all Home. Eph: and his two Boys at work. [September] 7. Saturday. Ephraim and two Boys at work. [September] 8. Sunday. I officiated at St. Paul's. Cate- chized y^ negro's & white children. 9^*" Sept- Monday. Gave Bond to Jn° Goodbody.*''^ Ephraim and Harry at work. Capt. Morris, White*^° &c. here on a visit. Mrs. Ailmy""* here. [September] lo*" 'Tuesday. Ephraim and his Boy Harry here. My Harry bro't yi side sole Leather from Clark's.^^' Mrs. Ailmy has been here all Day, went Home at night. Dry weather still. [September] ii^''" Wednesday. I will try to see Mrs. Cole^* who is sick. Eph: & 1 Boys here to Day. [September] 12. 'Thursday. Eph. & Hen & Sylv' here. A hot Day. [September] 13. Friday. Pd. Ephraim ^9 and I am to pay Capt. Cole*** I4'''' for y^ Plank. That same Day [40] :atigtract of £>ut ^txWts. got [to] Warwick. My wife sick y^ night. Abraham ij ac Francis''^ at Newport. —-v^ \_September\ 14^" Saturday. I read Prayers & preached at Ab: Francis's. After dinner visited Jeremiah Lip- pet*^' and his Mo' in Law Howland.^*-^ Both sick of a bloody Flux and y" old Mr. Lippet.*^^ \_September\ 1 5*" Sunday. Read Prayers and preached at y^ ch. in Coeset and, after Service, my wife and I got Home. \_Sepiember~\ i6"'" Monday. At Home to Day. Harry finished cribbing y^ Corn of y^ old Ground. Put my Cows into the meadow. [September] ly'*"- Tuesday. It drizled a little y^ morn- ing, but clears up again notwithstanding the North East wind and other Appearances we have had for Rain ever since Saturday. Goddard's Son Ebenezer came y^ morning to caulk the Scow & expedis his Fa'. Goddard came for Afternoon. Tom at work part of y' Day. [September] i S'*'' Wednesday. Goddard and Son at work. At night Mrs. Punderson"^ and her Son came and lodged here. [September] 1 9'''- 'Thursday. Goddard & Son Ebenezer & Tom Walmsley.^9 1 sent /8 to Duglass'°^ per Tom on Tuesday. I have been to visit Moses Slocum.*^*^ Mrs. Punderson and her Son gone Home. [September] 10. Friday. Goddard & his Son here. WiUiam Anderson, Son of Tho- Anderson, my Uncle's Tennant**^ formerly in Bally ness,*^^ in Ire- land, came here. [September] 21. Saturday. Goddard done. William Anderson here. [September] 12. Sunday. I officiated at Narragansett. [41 ] :a JLetter Boofe anti 174c William Anderson at c\ Mrs. Ailmy^'* and Anstis^' w.^.^ dined with me. \_September'\ 23. Monday. William Anderson went to Newport. Tom and Harry bro't i boat load of wood and gathered the Corn. \_September\ 24. Tom and Harry bro't wood and made the Rye field Fence. \_September'\ 25. Wednesday. Tom here scowing 3 Load wood. [September] 16. Thursday. It rained. [September] 2J^' Friday. Harry went and bro't Home the Scow loaded. Jn° Janis's Son helped him & I gave him 16''. [Sep/ember] 28. Saturday. Harry carted the Hhds. and then he and Emblo bro't y^ Corn and stalks from Boston Neck. [September] 29^' Sunday. The Feast of St. Michael. 1 officiated at St. Paul's. Mrs. Ailmy and Anstis dined here. [September] 30. Monday. I heard Joseph Hull/^^ the Quaker, preach, as, alas, it is called, at the Funeral of great William Gardiner's^^° only Daughter, De- sire, who died y^ Friday before. Mrs. Ailmy, Mr. Benjamin Mumford's" wife. Miss Browne"° and Miss Ruth Browne"° dined here. October i^'' Tuesday. I officiated at Conanicut and this night have writ a Certificate of Abraham Dennis's Marriage.*^' Sam' Mumford^^* has been at work 5 Days, and this Day paid Clark,*^' for Leather, ^4:10 and Jn° Browne,"^ for 5 Hhds. and 2 Barrils ^TS. O^*"- G^- 1745. Sunday. I officiated at St. Paul's. All y' week making Cyder. My wife not well. [42] MStxatt of j^ut ^txWts. O^[ober] 1 3"'- I officiated at St. Paul's. Abraham ly^^ Francis''* here. — , — ' \_0£fober~\ 14. Abraham went to Newport. \05fober~\ 15. I was at Home. Ben Allen's Son came for me. [O^iober] 16. 1 rode Sam Gardiner's*^' Horse to Ben Allen's & dined at Rowland's." \05fober~\ 17. Anstis came here and her husband came for her in the Evening. \0^ober\ 18. Harry carted wood. I sent for Row- land's Horse. \0^ober~\ 1 9. Mrs. Ailmy came in y^ afternoon. I went toTho.^ Phillips's.^94 \03lober~\ 10. Sunday. It rained all last night. Tho'! Phillips & Benjamin Mumford went with me to Coe- set c*"', where I officiated and administered y^ Eu- charist. \0^ober\ 21. I preached at Mr. Lippet's^'' where I lodged y^ night before, and, after Divine Service, gave the Sacrament to him, his wife, Mrs. Francis and her Husband, and stayed again all night. \0^ober\ 11. In my way from Warwick called at Thomas Phillips's and Justice Gardiner's*^^ and got safe Home ^ an hour after Sunset. Mrs. Ailmy at my House ever since my Departure. Sherman car- ried my Steers. \05iober\ 23. Harry carry** Mrs. Ailmy home in y^ chaise. He and y^ Girls digged Potatoes. Sam. Gar- diner*^' came from his House with me and supped here. Joseph Northrup*'^ desired me to publish him next Sunday, to Mary Congdon, Daughter of Jn° Congdon. [43 ] :a ILttttx Boofe anD c 1745 [O^ober] 24}^' It is a pleasant morning. Harry and w~^ — • y'= Girls digging Potatoes. [O^ol>er] 25. Remarkably fine weather. Wind at South west. Harry carry'* my Horse to George Haz- ard's.'^ Began the South Battry {sic). \0^ober\ 26. Harry finished the Battery. He com- plains of a sore throat. [prober] 27. Sunday. Officiated at St. Paul's. I drove my wife, Harry being ill with a sore Throat. Anstis^' dined here. My dear has no need to think I shall be worse than my promise, if she survives me. We heard Capt. Richard Mumford^'^ is dead. If so, L** sandify it to his wife and Son.^^^ The Diary is resumed after an interval of nearly Six Tears. *uly Friday 19''' 1751, a fine morning, cool and wind at west. My men stacking Hay. Joseph [esse^^^ came to me on a Message from Betty Sweet, to attend her Husband's Capt. Sweet's Fu- neraP°° tomorrow; he died y^ Morning. Saturday July 20''' 1751, a fine clear Morning fore- boding a hot Day; wind at N: W. Tom^' has bro't Mo'"^ mare for me to ride to Capt. Sweet's Fu- neral, and thence to Xtopher Phillips's '^^ in my way to Coeset c''\" My men carrying Cocks of Hay. I received a Packet of Mr. Greaves's'°' for to be for- warded to London, and a Present of writing Paper. Sunday July iV^ 1751- I rode in the Heat from Xtopher Phillips's to Coeset, read Prayers, preached and administered y^ Eucharist, returned and outrid y^ Rain to Phillips's, dined th'^ and got Home in y^ Evening. HannibaP°* went with me on y^ Ranger, as I rode Mo" mare. Samuel Casey Jun' '°' and George Mumford" Peter's Bro' stayed y' night at my House. [ 44 1 ;abstract of C>ut ^txWts. Monday, July ii""^- 1751. Peter and y^ Negro's fin- \n c\ ished mowing raked and stacked some Hay. ^— v— ' \yuly 23"^-] Tuesday. Peter and y^ Negro's finished stacking y^ Hay in y^ Forenoon. Wednesday, July 24'''' 1751. My two Negro's plowing in y^ Buckwheat as Manure for English wheat. I had an ugly Dream ^""^ last night. ... I told her of it, but will not set it down least these Pages fall into bad Hands. . . . Lord lengthen out our Tran- quillity. Thursday, July 25** 1751. I have slept (blessed be God) without much Distress and dreamed but a litle to y'' Purpose of my last night's Dream; but was assisted to drive from my Mind the Dream y' a litle disturbed me. I believe y' reading the Life of Cleaveland'°^ nat' Son to Cromwel gave me all y'^ Distresses. The whole is certainly a Fid:ion, y'^ never having been such a man, nor such occurrences as it relates. I believe it is wrote to blacken y" Stuart Family,'''^ to raise men's Esteem of y" Revolution w'^'' seems now to be sinking; But Romance can't, ought not to discredit Realitys. Blud could not be G . . . a Frenchman, since he was an Irishman. Harry** and HannibaP°* are plowing down y^ Buck- wheat — let me, o God, w'*" some tolerable Degree of Pleasure, if it be y'' will wait till my change comes. Make me more humble, useful and cheerful and not so much as heretofore vallue Esteem and Applause from man; but behave so as to get and secure thy Approbation and an absolving Sentence from mine own Heart. Bless my wife and servants with y^ needfuUest and best Blessings. Friday, July 26"'' 1751. This morning Peter" and my [45] :a: Jletter Boofe atiD 1751 two negro's are gone to help Mr. Mumford" to mow. w-^—' Col: Updike ■" came to Breakfast with us y' morning from Tower hill^^ where he had been filing Declara- tions. He told us a Surprizing Piece of news, but of a Piece w'*' the other late Proceedings of y*" Rhode Island'"^ ch'^menjvis' y^ y^ young Peter Bourse'"^ read Prayers and preached in y'' c''*' there last Sunday w'''' any kind of ordination. May God open y* young man's eyes y' he may see y' he has transgressed against y^ Lord in offering up y*" Publick Prayers, w"** is y^ Same in y^ X" ch'', y' offering Incense on y^ Altar was in y" Jewish Uzziah was thrust out of y^ Sanduary for such a Desecration w'" turned to his Dishonour he became a Leper to his dying Day. Mo'^'^ came here to stay all night. Saturday^ July i']^ i75i.My two negro's howing in y" Buckwheat and sowed turnips to Day. Mo- is here. I have not been well and my Arm is in its old weak Frame. Sunday, July 28*" 175 1. Good God go w"" me to y^ House and bless both Priest and People. Mr. Mumford^' tells me Bourse's reading &c hath disgusted many at Newport and y"'' have sent for Mr. Usher."-^ Sunday, July i"^^- 1751. It is a hot Day, I am re- turned from ch^ Mo' is gone Home, it looks like Rain. Monday, July 29*" 175 1. 1 wrote by Samuel Browne ^-^'^ to Mr. Usher, we have had a fine refreshing Rain y^ Forenoon. My two Negro's are threshing Rye. Mr. Usher who had officiated y" Day before at Newport came here. By him I understand y' Peter Bourse's'"* officiating is disliked by many, and will [46] MStxatt of €>ut ^txWts. breed Disturbance: God guard my ch'' against y" In- 1751 roads of Lay Readers. ^-^— ' Tuesday, July 30^*^ ^7S^' After Dinner, I caried Mr. Usher in my chaise to y^ Ferry. '°^ He promised to inquire farther about Dr. Avery's Letter ^'° advers: Episcopos Americanos instituendos, Ben Peckham's wife rode with me in my chaise from Ferry to Wat- son's.^" Wednesday, July 31*'- It rained, and my Men are threshing yfug'* i^' 1751- Thursday. I have been in my _^^/j|r Study all Day. I pray God y^ Sermon^'* I have in hand, may do good, & give no Of- fense. I think it my Duty to bear Testimony against Lay-reading, especially in y" Eldest ch*' in y^ Col- ony,''' and whose Example may prove perilious to Country Parishes and ignorant People. Jn° Good- body^''' here a Combing,'"'^ Mary Chappel at work also, and Gideon Casey ''^ bro't my Gold Buttons for mending w'^'' I gave him 30 sh: Friday, Aug^^ 1^ I75i- My men who threshed yester- day and winnowed 12 Bushels Rye are threshing to Day, Jn° Goodbody and Mary Chappel at work. I fin- ished my Sermon ab' Noon God Almighty add his Blessing to it Saturday, Aug'-'' 3, 1751. Mo--** came here yesterday and is here to Day. Sunday, Aug'''' /^^- 1751. I read Prayers, & preached from Heb: 5:4,'" ag'' unordained Teachers, ^r«?«^^/^ Lay Readers in our ch\ It has been an exceeding hot Day. Mo' dined with us upon Suckatash''^ and Ham and went Home in y^ Evening. Mary ChappeP'-' [47] 2L ILetter Jdoofe anh in CI dined here also. I wrote to Capt. Campbel & Dr. w^ MofFat.''« Monday, Aug''^ 5''' 175 1. we got up early and I drove my wife to y^ Ferry in her way to Newport whither she is gone and Peter" and Bolico*" to attend her. I went over y^ Ferry with her wh'^ we waited long for the Boat; but having got over ab' 10 ante merid: we went to Mr. Martin's^*^ and stayed to Dinner. I p"* Martin £^i\ for wool, being 6' over, and my wife rode behind Peter on Martin's gray horse and Mrs. Martin went over to Town with her. I got home in y^ Afternoon, and found Jn°: comb- ing wool for Anstis.^' Tuesday, Aug^^ G^ 1751- My men are plowing down Rye Stuble and weeds, Peter got Home in y^ Fore- noon and bro't me a Letter from Capt. Campbel y' he was to sail on to Day, he tells me my wife and Friends are well, and several Familys so disgusted at Peter Bourse's'"^ reading Prayers, y' they will not go to ch\ I don't wonder at it. O God work good out of y' Evil and Disorder, & dispose y^ Patrons of Religion at Home to discountenance and suppress y^ Practice. Jn° Goodbody*^^ went away y' Evening & Peter bro't Home a Puppy w'^'' is to be called Rambler since changed to Ringwood. Wednesday, Aug^"- 7^ 1751- Harry ^^ is gone to mill w"" y^ Rye Jn" BulP'^ sent Home yesterday by Tom^^ Last night it lightened and thundered. I dreampt^"' '°'* of a divine Appearance, y' a Beautiful Building began to flash fire and y' it was y" Shechinah, y* it contained Seven Stones y' 6 of y"" were wrote on y^ inside and outside with y" Names of the tribes of Israel y' y^ 7'*" was for my Name to be wrote in. May God Almighty [48] Mstxatt of €)ut ^ert3tceg. grant me the white Stone promised to his chosen 1751 [illegible] y^ meaning of y' Dream. Harry abused — , — - his Fellow servant Hannibal last night for w"*" must remember to corred; him. Thursday y Aug^' 8"" 175 1. My Negro's plowed in the Forenoon, and since Dinner have been winnowing Rye. I have wrote to Capt. Campbel '" & sent 7 Dol- lars ^^" for some small Books & Pamphlets; And by Hannybal, who goes to Town tomorrow, those, and a Letter to my dear wife will be g'''=>''='*. Friday, Aug^'- 9"" 1751. HannibaP°* went to Newport y^ Morning & carry*^ green Corn, Beans and Apples, to Mrs. Willcinson."^ I have searched everywhere, and can find no Sugar, w'^'' I susped: Maroca'"-^ stole out of y^ Barril last Monday, w" we were all from Home. I found a Cheese w'^'' Harry bo't of Jn°: Gard- ner's wife on y^ Hill.^" Gracious God, give my Ser- vants Grace to live in a holier manner, y^ my Peace & Property mayn't be invaded by y*"' evil doings, and y' y^" own Guilt mayn't be increased; par*"'^ reform y"", if it be y^ blessed will, from y^ sins of uncleaness, stealing & lying. Gideon Casey ^'^ was here to Day; And Harry ^^ and Tom are plowing in Stuble. Samuel Browne^"" borrowed one Bushel of Rye. S atur day, A ug^^ 10'^ My Negro's have been winnowing Rye, and we have in all ab' 2>S% Bushels; instead of 40 as I expeded. I had a broiled chicken for Din- ner, w"*" is all y^ meat I have eat since Monday, ex- cept two or 3 mouthfuls of Ham on Friday night, Hannibal bro't me a letter from my wife, w"" God preserve; But my dear Friend Wilkinson is laid up again with his gouty Humor, w"** siezes him now like y*" Cramp. Col. Updike ^^' has not been so kind, as to visit me all y' Court.^^ Well ; I am inured to g'^""?' & [49] Z fLttttx Booft anfi ly ci may God give me Grace to bear it with Equanimity, — , — and give my troubles of every kind a happy Issue; to w'^'' End do thou my dear Redeemer enable me to live like y^ best Servants and w' I want in y' world, will be made up in y^ Rewards of y^ next. Sunday, Aug^^ 1 1"" 1751. I am going to God's House, I pray thee my God to go w''' me; be graciously pres- ent in our Assembly, and in all y" Assemblys of y^ Saints. I read Prayers & preached, catechised y^ chil- dren and expounded y^ Creed. Mo'*-^ & Amos ^^^ dined w'"" us, and she stay'd and drank Tea. Monday, Aug^^ 12, 1751. I got up before y^ Sun y^ Morning and am going w'"" God's Permission, and I hope under his Proteftion and Guidance to see Capt. Wilkinson"^ who is ill, and to bring Home my wife. Tuesday, Aug'''' 13''' Stay'd all Day with Capt. Wilkin- son, save the time I was dining w'*" Peleg Browne'** and making a visit at Hunter's.'*^ Then I met my wife at Daniel Ayrault's'°''"' who was come from a visit at Edw** Cole's.**' Wednesday, \/^ Aug^^ I took leave of my dear Friend whose Pains were a litle easier, but not fixed, as I believe they will be before y' Fit of Gout is over. I read Prayers and preached at Mr. Martin's.^^ Peleg Browne, Daniel Ayrault, Samuel Freebody,'*^Do6ter Hooper"** and one Carter was there from Newport. I came over y^ Ferry went to Bro' Jn°'"* to talk w'*" him, and soften him about his Son Amos who intends to marry Sarah Bill.'*'* But Jn°, as he always was, is of stiff and sturdy Temper. And y' will give him the agreeable Excuse of not parting with his Pelf, as he does not like y^ Match. [August] Thursday, 15''' at Home all Day. [50] :abgtract of Out ^txWts. \Augusf\ Friday, i6% it rained, and prevented our ly^i Journey to Warwick. — ^ — ' \_August\ Saturday, 17^^ we went in the Afternoon to Col. Updike's '° to lodge all night. [August] Sunday, i %'^, we rode from Col. Updike's, called at Xtopher Phillips's/^' got to ch*" where I read Prayers preached, and got y' night to Warwick." the ch"" was full. \_August'\ Monday, 1 9"". I read Prayers and preached at Mrs. Lippet's,^'' visited twice at Jer:*^^ and once at Joseph Lippet's.^^^ \_August~\ Tuesday, 10. got up early, set out, oated at Pierce's,^"*^ reached Mr. Phillips's; and in y^ After- noon got Home, blessed be God. \_August'\ Wednesday, 'Thursday, Friday and Part of Saturday viz* i\, 11, 23, 24 I spent in transcribing my Sermon''* on Heb: 5. 4 for y^ Press and perus- ing Authoritys, in y^ Evening of Saturday wrote to Mr. Auchmuty'*' of New York, and a Cover to Rich"! Nichols Esq^ Postmaster."" Sunday, Aug^^ 1 ^^- 1 7 5 1 , officiated at my own ch\ wrote a Letter in y^ Evening to Dr. Gardiner.'' Mo'** dined here. Monday, Aug''"' iQ^ 1751, wrote to Mr. Wilkinson "^ & inclosed in it mine to Peleg Browne, wrote to Mr. Greaves '°' inclosing tho'ts in answer to Jn° Wesley in favor of Lay Preaching. Tuesday Morning, Aug'''' 27*'' 1 75 1 • We opened a Barril of Flower yesterday, and the same Day Mary Chap- peP''' came to work upon my waistcoat and her Sis- ter Bentley*'^^ on a visit, when y^ eat Watermellons sent by Isaac Fowler"' who sent for Honey and had it. Widow Shearman"* sent me some rare ripe Peaches [51 ] Z Iletter Boofe and lyci of w"*" my wife gave some to Kit Fowler'" y" Taylor w-^w who supped with Peter." This morning Amos'^'^ came for my wife, who is gone with him to see her Mo' very bad with a Flux May God relieve her, and fit her for her End [if] it should be his will to re- move her by y^ Illness"'^ Lord give a Sight and Sense of all her Sins, have Repentance and firm Faith and believe on y^ Merits and Intercession of her dear Redeemer. I am going to see her, good Lord go with me, & suggest such y^*"" to my mind, and words to my mouth as may be adapted to the State and [illegible] of her Soul. Jn°'^ two children viz' Jn° & Molly "^ have been here since last Wednesday. JVednesday^ Aug""^ 1%'^' 1751. My men cutting Corn Stalks. Thursday y A ug^^ i— ^^ rains some, It is Coronation Day,''^^ and we plainly heard y^ Guns of Rhode Island Fort'^ fired on y^ occasion, began to fill Tom Walmsly's^^ Cyder and picked some Apples. Peter ^^ came from y^ wedding at night.'^^' '^" Saturday, S'" i^'*"" 1 751. we finished gathering up and carting apples and Pompions,^^° finished Walmsly's 2 Barrils; And he carted them home with my Cart, in w'*" Harry bro't Home a ^^ weather from Isaac Fowler's ''' Amos Gardiner, and Capt. James Gardiner from New London, were here, who bro't me a Letter from M' Greaves. '°' Emblo's^' child very sick with a Cold and Pthisick. I paid M^ Mumford" 8^ for Mr. Browne's '^^ Letter and 16' for Mo'''*^ Bundle from Boston, w'^'' he says is — ^ in all. Sunday, S^' i^'^- 1751. God be gracious to me this Day, forgive me all my Sins, and give me y^ presence and Spirit in y^ Sanctuary. Monday, 8*" i4"'' 1751. ground Apples. Tuesday, %^' i <^^- 175 1. Sent a h''' of Apples and 4 B^'^ Cyder to y^ Ferry for Capt. Wilkinson. "^ Wednesday, 8*" i6"'- ground Apples. M' Clevesly and his Girl Came here this Evening, as did Dr. Mofi^at,"*^ Capt. Ned Cole,^^'^"^' and Capt. Jemmy Gardiner and lodged all night. I am bad with a Cold. 'Thursday, 8^" I7'''" 1751. Our Guests are all gone, and Dr. Moffat is sent for to Col. Updike's,'° whose wife y^ say is sick. \0£loher 18'''] Friday, ground our last pressing of Apples and finished putting up some for winter. Saturday, 8^' I9'''" 1751. finished pressing good Cyder. Lord, prepare us for Sunday. [60] Mstx&tt of £)ut ^txWts. Sunday, 8*" 2o'''- 1 7 5 1 . 1 went to ch\ and during Prayers \n c\ and Sermon it thundered lightened and rained ex- ^-^,w ceedingly. It was so Dark, the People could hardly see to read, I made a Shift to do without Speftacles,'^' save reading y^ 1^ Lesson. The Thunder struck Col: Northrup^^''*° and his Son, as they sat by y^ Fire, singed y^ Boy's Eye Brows, and killed y^ Col: 4 fat Hogs, y' were in a Pen contiguous to y^ House. Monday, 8*" 2i''- 1751. I drove in my chair '•♦^ to see Col. Updike's wife,^^' who has been verry ill with a Flux and vomiting but both are abated, and I hope and think she will do well. The Col. bargained with me for a Bill of ^50 St''^.'^* I got home well thro' God's Goodness and found Hannah Minturn^^' at work for my wife. Black Natt has carried my Mare and Colt to Sago,^''* she having been starved on y^ Plain I hayed from y^ Col. Updike's ab' a week ago, and Pierce bro't her Home to my House in my Absence I am bound to Newport and Bristol, Good God do thou go with and guide me in all my ways, prosper and succeed all my Interprizes and bring me Home in Safety if it be y'' blessed will. I was bound to Town to Day, but y^ visit I made disappointed me, and I hope it was for y^ best. O God all thou doest is best, who Evr would repine at any y"^ we com''' call a Dis- appointment. Tuesday, 8*" ii^- 1751. I went over the Ferry to Co- nanicut, dined with Mr. Martin ^^ and got to New- port in y^ Afternoon. Wednesday, y' 23**' 'Thursday, 24""' and the Forenoon of Friday, y' 25^^' I spent at Newport, in y^ After- noon of Friday, Capt. Wilkinson "^ on his young [6, ] 2i 2.etter Booft and lyri Horse, and I .m his Chair with y^ old Horse went w-^ — ' to Borden's Ferry;"* But the wind blowing hard, we took our Horses out of the Boat & lodged at Borden's and one Mr. Lowel"*^ of Boston with us. Saturday ^f 26 of S''"' 1751, we crossed Bristol Ferry "* and went to M' Usher's,"'* where we dined, & y" Afternoon I visited several old Friends"^ and re- turned to Mr. Usher's where we lodged y' night. Sunday, S'^ay"'- M' Usher read Prayers, and I preached both Fore and Afternoon. It was a dark and raining Day and towards y^ End of my Afternoon Sermon I was forced to use Spedacles in y^ ch"" for y^ first time. Litle Nath. Bosworth"^ and Billy Gallop "^ came to see us at Usher's in y^ Evening. Ab' 10 aclock at Night it Lightened and Thundered terri- bly. M' Usher has not been able yet to get Inform- ation ab' Col. Williams's and Dr. Avery's ''° Letter. Monday, S''' i2>^^' 1751. we crossed Bristol Ferry and got to Newport ab' 1-2 an Hour after 12. I p'' Capt. Wilkinson jC^ii for 4 new h'"'', to Capt. Harrison '^° j^45 : 10 for a Piece of black Sagathee ^^' he sometime ago sent me, ^2 to Col. Coddington^^' '" for i lb Pep- per and I lb of Salt Petre. Mrs. Wilkinson gave me ^317: 12 w"*" Col. Updike left with her for me being in Part for a Bill of Exchange"* of ^£"50 SterK Tuesday, S'"' 29'''' fearing a Storm I came over the Ferrys and thro' God's Goodness got home safe by walking from Capt. Bill's.'*' I found Mo^*-*and Miss Nabby Gardiner *'° at my House. Wednesday, Ocf 3o'''' Cold and windy with y^ wind at Northwest. I thank God I came yesterday since I could not have crossed y" Ferrys with so much wind ag"' me. Mo' went Home in y*" Evening. Thursday, 8*" ji''' cold and windy again wind at [61] :a6stract of £)ut ^erUtceg. N:W. My wife carry'' Nabby home in y' Chair but lyp came home to Dinner. — , — - 71 Y'ov'' I "• 1751. Friday Soft and warm weather. I / y have been writing my Extra6l of out Services and y^ Notitia Parochialis.^^^ It rains y' Evening. Saturday^ Novl 2'*' 1751. Silvester Robinson ^^^ was here y^ morning. Br° Jn""^'^ wife visited and dined here. Called here Col, Updike, '° who is also to be here on Tuesday. Jn° Goodbody*^^ is returned from Town, has sold his Horse to Capt. Wilkinson"^ for X^5> and has bro't Home y^ Bag he carried the Carrots in to Mrs. Wilkinson wind at N : W : and blows high. Sunday y Nov'', j"*' 1751. The Congregation at ch'' verry thin, being cold weather windatN: W.John Smith's^'"' wife of Boston Neck buryed to Day occasioned some to be absent, my wife's Tooth Ache hindered her Attendance at ch*". I sealed up my Letters for London in a Cover to Charles Apthorp, Merch'.'^-* Monday, Nov'' ^'^' I received a L' from Capt. Wilkin- son advising me y' my B'' of Sugar and some Celery were come in Bill's Boat,'^^ and Harry is going to cart y" from y^ Ferry. A clear morning and litle wind from N:W: I went w* Harry in the Afternoon to mark trees to cut down for Firewood. Tuesday, Nov. 5^- 1751. I paid Mr. Mumford" ^£"3 for a p' of wool Cards he bo't for my wife, and 4^ shi: on Mo'' Ace'. I wrote to Aunt Mumford^^"*^ ab' Ruth and her Son,^^^ ^q M' Martin^^ to sell Hannibal,'"^ as my wife did to Miss Kate Cod'"".^^ Col. Updike carried away my London Letters of Nov' i^' i75i> under Cover to Charles Apthorp and one to Mr. Sandford to be forwarded by Dr. Gar- [63 ] 2i JLetter 2doofe anO lyrj diner.^' I let him'^^ have Bills for ^^50 sterling & w^-w besides w' he p**, he owes me 106 Dollars,'^' 50 Bushels of Indian Corn and XH- ^ in old Tenor i^''^ a Fine Day, but I fear a weather Breeder, as y^ wild Geese flew to Day. Col. Updike dined here in his way to Newport. JVednesday^ Nov: 6"^^- 1 7 5 1 , a Fine Day . Tom Walmsly ^^ cutting wood, as he was yesterday. Sister Robinson'^ and her Son Xtopher"^ dined here, poor woman she is now a widow, and will meet with Diflicultys eno' if God prevent not. 'Thursday, Nov: j"^- 175 1, one Willet Laraby'^^ was cropped on Tower Hill^* for uttering counterfeit Bills pursuant to a Sentence of y^ Superior Court the week before. Peter ^' bro't me a Letter from Kit Robinson^" inclosing an Abstrad of his Fa""* will, it rained. Friday y Nov' 8^^- 1 75 1 , a fine Day, wind at S : W. Isaac Fowler's"' two fellows cut wood and Harry carted. In the Evening Paul Woodbridge Tanner'*^ bro't his Acc't of ^9: 18 to ballance w'"" I paid, he re- turned me ^i : 18 as a Present; but in truth, I im- agined him in my Debt and y' I owed him nothing. Saturday, Nov" 9""- 175 1. It rained from y^ N: E: yet Tom Walmsly and one of Fowlers People and Harry cut wood all Day. my wife who has been ill for 48 hours past is better and up. I wrote a Letter at her Request to Mrs. Wilkinson"^ to go with Stocking yarn, and yesterday I inclosed y^ Abstra6l of W: R: will,"* and stated y*" Case for Dr. Gardiner" to get a Lawyer's opinion upon it. the Storm still g"""", now about 8 a Clock at night O God, prepare me for to morrow, for y^ Sanduary & y^ Services of it. Sunday, Nov' lo""- 1751. It snowed all this Forenoon, [64] :abgtract of £)ut ^ertjtces. from y' N: and N:W; but melted as it fell. I did not ly^i go to ch*", but read Prayers at Home, and published — ^ — ■ Tom Weeks '9° & Ruth Browne"° y' 2' time, my wife still ill a Bed. Monday^ Nov" 1 1*- 175 1 . My wife verry ill, & sent for Mrs. Bentley'+^and Mrs. Mumford." Tom Walmsly & Fowler's Cesar cut wood and Harry carted 4 Load; a drizzling Day. Tuesday J Nov'' lo}^- 1751. Ja' Easton^^*' bro't 2 oxen, and he, and Peter and Harry killed y" Mrs. Mum- ford went to see Phebe,*^ and Mo'*^ came here, as my wife and I were making Tea in y'^ Study '^' Mrs. Mumford returned and stayed all night. Wednesday y Nov'' I3"'- 1751. Harry carted 3 Load wood, Sam' Albro'^* came here, and Jas. Easton weighed y*" oxen @ 1788"' I paid £11 :4' 3 B"' Cyder @ £6 besides one I gave his wife, w"'*' w'*" y^ ^loo he had before is ^127:4, Eleven shill: above 17*^ a Pound. 'Thursday^ Nov'' 14}^- 1751. Harry finished salting w^ Beef he left undone last night, carry'' Hannah Dick 100 lb Beef, some salt and a Bushel Potatoes, the Boys pulling Turnips and Harry gone for Tho' Gardiner's''*^ mare w'^'' I'm to ride to Warwick to Morrow with God's Permission, whose Blessing how undeserving soever I am, I heartily pray for and trust to have. Friday y Nov" 15^- 1751. I travelled in Company with Sam' Albro to Warwick, going down near Joseph Jesse's ^^' the Mare I rode trip'd and fell down with her Nose to y^ ground but so recovered y* I kept my Sadie with Difficulty, and gave me such a Shake y^ the Pain across my Diaphragm has been very bad ever since. O God I thank thee from y^ Bottom of [65] :a Jletter 2i5ooft and I y r I my Heart, for y', and many other signal Preservations — , — • thou hast wrought for me. we called and dined [at] Xtopher Phillips's '^^'^^'^ and Harry carry"* two oxhides there, one weighed 92"" the other 104, and he carried back with him two curryed calf skins. Saturday^ Nov' i6'^" I read Prayers and preached at Mrs. Lippet's,^^ and baptized a child, y^ Son of Jo- seph Lippet,'^^ and Lucy his wife by y^ name of Joseph and beca" nec^^ inforced it, I myself only and Mrs. Francis''* were Sureties for y^ child, we dined at M' Jeremiah Lippet's.*^^ Sunday^ Nov'' ly'^- 1751. I read Prayers and preached at Coeset Church, went to Shanticut^^' to see Mr. Xtopher Lippet,'^'* who has lost his Eldest Son and 5 other of his children are sick with y*" Distemper called y" Canker in y^ Throat. Mr. Knox^^^ lead my Horse over y^ River and I went over on y^ String Pieces of y^ low bridge having hold of Sam' Albro's'^* Hand with my left hand and having a Stick in my Right. God preserved me also here & o y' I may thank him, and be forever Dear to him both in y' and y^ other world. Monday^ Nov'' i8*- 1 751, we left M' Lippet's about II a Clock, crossed one Bridge ^^^ near his Saw mill, rode over y^ Force,^^^ and crossed y^ South Branch at Daniel Greene's Bridge ^^^ by his Saw Mill, we turned to y' Right and rode a Cross y^ Country to y'^ French Town,'^^ called at Davis y-^ Fuller's,''^' '^'^ p"* him 34' for scowring and pressing Flannel from thence we crossed y^ Country and by rides thro' y^ Easternmost Skirt of y*" great Plain,"*"' thro' Smiths Farm entered y' Road by y' ch'','*°^ and thro' y^ never failing Goodness of God y' followed us got Home safe in y° Dusk of y*" Evening it being after the finest [ 66] :abgtract of Out tiett>tces, weather, I ever saw at y' Season, a Foggy night. lyri Mr. Albro eat something as we had not dined and w-^.,-. after an Hour or two went Home. I met at Home a letter from Capt. Wilkinson "^ one from Mr. Greaves,'°' and another at 30' Postage,'*"^ from New Londonderry'*"'* in Pensilvania advising me, y' my only Bro' Archibald'*"' dyed last June, as did his wife the March before; Lord provide thou for his chil- dren, and if it might g"'" with thy wisdom, put me in a way to help them, if it can be done with Peace in my own House. O y' I were well settled in my own Country ,'*°^ and y' that poor man had never transported himself into these Parts, to y"" Detriment, I doubt [not?] of his Family. But my dear and good God I submit myself and all y^ concerns me to y'' wise disposal, and work in me true Resignation, Sub- mission to y^ will and Contentment with my Lot; but above all, prepare me for a happy Departure out of y^ Vale of Tears and Trouble. Tuesday y Nov'' ig^' 1751. Still Superfine weather, p** Mr. Mumford" 30' for y'^ L' 5' shillings for y'^ T and 15 towards a yard & half a la mode.'*"'' Amos'*"* was here and Harry is carting wood. T^ ecenf 1 5'''' Xmas, 1 7 5 1 > Wednesday^ a great Snow, ^iB thro' w''*' I wallowed to ch*" and to my great Comfort Capt. Sam' Albro'^* received y^ Sac- ra'. He had heretofore in a great Sickness received clinick Co'", but now I hope God will give him Grace to g''""^ in y' Co™ of y^ ch*" It snowed y' Evening. Decern'' 16'^' Thursday. Snowed again. Jn° Gardiner'*"^ on y*" Hill had my oxen to sled wood, Jn° Janis was here and had a Cag of Cyder.*"^ [67] Notes )ETTER BOOK and Abstra£f of Out Services.''^ The Diary appears to have been planned with a more limited scope than it aftually assumed. Not only does it embrace, in ac- cordance with its title, a memorandum of letters written and received by Dr. MacSparran and a record o^ services held by him outside the reputed limits of S. Paul's Parish, in Narra- gansett, as for example, at Coeset, Conanicut, Old Warwick and Westerly, but it also notes many of the daily incidents of his domestic life, the social events of the vicinage and, although to a somewhat limited extent, items of public interest. 2 ^^May 29M." No year is here indicated, but the entry of August 1st, fol- lowing, shows it to have been 1743, 3 "r^ Restoration. "" The Restoration of King Charles II. to the English throne. "The Act 12, Car. II., Cap. 14, appointed May 2<^th to be observed with public thanksgiving for a double reason, as being the birthday of Charles II. as well as the day of his Restoration." — Blunt's Annotated Book of Common Prayer. London. 1869. p. 578. 4 '-''Mr. Plant of Newbury.'" The Rev. Matthias Plant was a missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts and was set- tled at Newbury, in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, from 1721 to 1753, the year of his death. It is noticeable that his ministry was, thus, nearly conterminous with that of Doftor MacSparran, in Narragansett. The chief highway between New York and Connefticut, on the one hand, and Providence and Boston, on the other, was, in the Doftor's day, the Post Road, more anciently called the Pequot Path of the Indians, passing lengthwise along the ridge of what is now MacSparran Hill, above and a little to the [69] j]5otes westward of the Glebe House. For travellers approaching from either direftion and destined for Newport, the route diverged from the Post Road, at this point, and ran easterly across Nar- row River and over Boston Neck towards the South Ferry. What is now one of the most unfrequented spots in Rhode Island, far from the haunts of modern men, was, hence, at that period, the resort of many a passing visitor. Thus it might be said that all roads led to Narragansett Reftory. But natural was it, then, that clergymen travelling to the Convention at New- port, whether from Massachusetts or Connefticut, should tarry a little at the Doftor's. This central position of the Glebe par- tially accounts, also, for the remarkable flow of local visitors, noted in the Diary. 5 '■^ Mr.Theophilus Morris." The Rev. Mr. Morris was a graduate of Dublin College, Ire- land, and was appointed by the S. P. G., in 1740, an itinerant missionary in Connefticut, continuing until 1743 at West Haven, Waterbury, Derby and contiguous places. After an un- fortunate and apparently ill-advised attempt, in the latter year, at his introduction into the reftorship of S. James's Church, New London, as referred to later in the Diary, Mr. Morris was transferred to Delaware, remaining settled at Lewes until his death in 1745. 6 " The Convention." Until 1784 New England formed what we should now style one diocese, Connefticut, soon followed by Massachusetts, being in that year erefted into a separate one. This Convention was, therefore, composed of all the New England clergy, no mention being made of lay delegates. It is thus noticeable that the term Convention, sometimes ob- jedled to as an ecclesiastical designation by reason of its politi- cal associations, was applied to councils of the Church many years before the formation of state and federal governments with their trains of conventions, nominating and constitutional. 7 ''Mr. Checkley." John Checkley was born in Boston in 1680 ; and was for many years a publisher and bookseller there. He edited, about 1723, an edition of Leslie's Short and Easy Method with the Deists [7°] JlJotes which, through a traftate (entitled A Discourse Concerning Episcopacy) appended to it, caused him to be tried for libel upon the Puritan ministry and sentenced by the Courts. He visited England no less than three times to obtain ordination, but, owing to the misrepresentations of his enemies, failed in his objeft until 1739, when, already in his sixtieth year, he was ordained by the Bishop of Exeter. From that date until his death in 1754 ^^' Checkley was settled in Providence, as reftor of S. John's Church. He was a noted controversialist and possessed great skill in the Indian language in use in Rhode Island and enjoyed a lengthened acquaintance with the natives themselves. A biographical sketch of Checkley has lately been prepared by the Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, D. D., Registrar of the Diocese of Massachusetts, and issued as a volume of the Prince Soci- ety's Publications. It is entitled : — John Checkley ; or the Evo- lution of Religious Tolerance in Massachusetts Bay. Including Mr. Checkley's Controversial Writings; His Letters and Other Papers ; His Presentment on the Charge of a Libel for Publish- ing a Book; His Speech at His Trial; the Hon. John Read's Plea in Arrest of Judgment; and a Bibliography of the Great Controversy on Episcopacy by the Ministers of the Standing Or- der and the Clergy of the Church of England. 17 19-1774. With Historical Illustrations and a Memoir. It is a monument of painstaking research. " Commissary. ^^ For the regulation and increase of religion in America the Bishop of London, deriving his authority from an order of Charles II., appointed as his commissaries, before the close of the seventeenth century, the Rev. James Blair to Virginia, about 1690, and the Rev. Dr. Thomas Bray to Maryland, in 1696. See Classified Digest of the Records of the S. P. G. Lon- don, 1895. p. 2. It is on record that Commissary Bray sent a nucleus of a parochial library to Rhode Island in 1700. While Dodlor MacSparran does not mention the name of the commis- sary having jurisdiftion in Rhode Island at the period of this entry, it was probably Commissary Garden, from whom he notes the reception of a letter at a later date and who in 1 743 opened a training-school for negro teachers at Charleston, South Carolina. [71 ] /IJotes g " Conanicut." This island, lying direftly between Narragansett and Newport, was frequently visited by Doftor MacSparran. In the Narra- gansett Church Register, August 4, 1741, it is recorded, "Pur- suant to a request made in writing by sundry gentlemen of Jamestown, alias Conanicut, to the ReV^- Dr. MacSparran, the said Doftor preached at Capt. Josiah Arnold's House." There does not appear to have been any church building or any regu- lar congregation upon Conanicut during the Doftor's life. Ser- vices were frequently held by him there, at the residence of John Martin, Esq., and sometimes at that of the above men- tioned Mr. Arnold, a brother-in-law of Mrs. MacSparran. 10 '•''Went to Colonel Updike s^ Daniel Updike was born about the end of the seventeenth cen- tury, and died in 1757. His grandfather, Gysbert op Dyck, of Wesel, Westphalia (where the family originated about 1297), married Katharine, daughter of Richard Smith, the first white settler of Narragansett, and a relative of John Smyth, of North Nibley, near Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. Daniel Up- dike's father, Lodowick, married his cousin, Abigail (Smith) Newton. It was through these two marriages that the Richard Smith estate came into the hands of the Updike family. Colonel Updike's house "Cocumscussuc," sometimes called "Smith's Castle," was at the head of the North Cove, in what is now known as Wickford, in North Kingstown, and is still stand- ing. Daniel Updike was carefully educated by tutors at home, and, after his education was finished, spent some time in Barba- does. Upon his return he studied law, living principally in New- port. From 1 72 2-3 2, and from 1743-57, he was Attorney Gen- eral of the colony. In 1729 he was a member of the committee appointed to revise the laws of the colony, and in 1730 was made Lieutenant Colonel. He was one of the founders of the literary society later known as the Redwood Library, of New- port, and was an intimate friend of George Berkeley, then Dean of Derry, afterward Bishop of Cloyne. The latter, on his de- parture for England, presented Mr. Updike with an ancient silver flagon, which is still an heirloom in the Updike family. In 1740 Mr. Updike was appointed to determine the bounda- [7^] i^otts ries between Rhode Island and Massachusetts, and also served in other similar commissions. He married, in 1 716, Sarah, daugh- ter of Benedidt and Sarah (Mumford) Arnold; second, in 1722, Anstis, daughter of Richard and Mary (Wilkins) Jenkins ; and, third, in 1745, Mary, widow of Governor William Wanton, and daughter of John and Elizabeth (Carr) Godfrey, He was baptized by immersion, by Doftor MacSparran, in 1730 ; and was, without question, the leading layman in the Narragansett Church at the period covered by the Diary. His son, Lodo- wick, married Abigail Gardiner, niece of Mrs. MacSparran. 1 1 « Coeset Church." This church, at which Dr. MacSparran was accustomed to hold monthly services, stood upon the Warwick shore about a mile and a half north of East Greenwich. It was first erefted for the use of Trinity Parish, Newport, and was removed to Coeset in or about 1726. The land upon which it was set up was con- veyed to the S. P. G. by the Rev. George Pigot, out of land belonging to his wife, he having a residence upon a large farm a mile and a half to the southwest, the ruins of the house being still visible. See Updike's History of the Narragansett C/'arr^ New York. 1847. p. 370. About 1764, the congregation, after Dr. MacSparran 's death in 1757, having dwindled away, this church was again taken down to be re-ere£led at Old Warwick Cove, but a gale arising, the timbers, which were in process of being floated across, were scattered and never reassembled. Traces of a number of graves in the former churchyard may still be discerned near the present Cowesett railway station. A set of fine service books, presented to the ancient Warwick Church by the Bishop of London in 1750* was, for more than a century, piously preserved by a private family and placed upon the altar of S. Mary's Chapel, War- wick Neck, upon its consecration in 1880, where the vener- able volumes still remain. At the time of the demolition of the Coeset Church the opinion was expressed that there was plainly no demand for the Church of England in the town of Warwick. Within the past eighteen years (1898), however, four Episcopal churches have been consecrated inside the borders of this town and two or three others, largely attended by Warwick people, just outside its limits. Warwick Church [73] j^otesf is first mentioned, in the Narragansett Parish Register, on August 14, 1737. 12 ''At S. Paurs." The Narragansett Church of S. Paul, erefted in 1707, in the southern part of North Kingstown, about five miles below Wickford, stood upon the spot now marked by a monument to Dr. MacSparran set up by the Diocese of Rhode Island in 1868. The ancient strufture was removed in 1800 to the village of Wickford, where, although superseded by a newer parish church, it still stands in good preservation, being used every summer for Divine Service. 13 ''Miller Major Stafford^ This was Samuel Stafford (born September 24, 1692), a son of Amos and a descendant, in the third degree, of Thomas Stafford who settled in Warwick in 1652. Thomas Stafford, about 1626, emigrated from Warwickshire, England, to Ply- mouth, New England, where he built the first grist-mill, run by water. It is claimed by a descendant that later he removed to Providence, where he erefled the first grist-mill in Rhode Island, near Mill Bridge, at the North End. After his settle- ment at Old Warwick, he built a grist-mill for the Shawomet settlers(lVlajor Samuel Stafford, therefore, inherited the busi- Pness of "miller" from his ancestor. — Updike's Hist, of Nar- ragansett Church, p. 375. 14 "Mr. Francis" Abraham Francis, of Old Warwick and previously of Boston, was said to have been an heir of most of the territory of that city, without being so fortunate, however, as ever to enter upon its possession. He married Ann Phillis (or Anphillis), a daughter of Moses Lippet of Old Warwick. Dr. MacSparran appears to have held Mr. Francis in unusually high esteem and frequently held services at his house. — Updike's Hist, of Narragansett Church, p. 372. 15 "Bro' J no'." John Gardiner, eldest son of William Gardiner of Boston Neck and a brother of Mrs. MacSparran and Dr. Silvester Gardiner, was born in 1696 and died in 1770. His life was spent upon the homestead farm of his ancestors, at Bonnet Point, comprising [74] Jl?otes five hundred acres and reputed the most fertile land in Nar- ragansett.The ancient Gardiner house is still standing, occupy- ing a commanding position, not far from the South Ferry. John Gardiner was first married to Mary Hill, who died in I739,leav- ing several children, and then to Mary Taylor, a niece of Fran- cis Willet, Esq. Mrs. Rowland Robinson, the mother of the lady styled, in the chronicles of the countryside, the "Un- fortunate Hannah Robinson," Amos Gardiner, the builder of the "Four Chimney House," in Boston Neck, and Mrs. Lodo- wick Updike, a progenitor of the best known branch of the Updike family, were among John Gardiner's ten children. He was, in many respefts, highly esteemed by his brother-in-law, the Dodlor, near whose monument he lies buried in the Nar- ragansett churchyard. — Updike's Hist, of Narragansett Church, pp. 125, 330. 16 ^'^ George Hazard^ s wife." George Hazard of Boston Neck was a son of Thomas (known, at that time, as "Old Thomas Hazard," See Note 88) and Su- sannah Hazard, having been born January 18, 1699. He was a great-grandson of Thomas Hazard, the originator of the Haz- ard family in Rhode Island, who emigrated from England or Wales and settled in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in 1638 or 1639. See Thomas R. Hazard's Recolle£lions of Olden Times, pp. 181-184, 201. The children of George Hazard and his wife Mary, to whom he was married November 17, 172 1, were Benjamin, Simeon, Mary, George, Susannah, Enoch and Thomas G. George Hazard was a brother of Robert (the great-grandfather of the well-known Thomas R., "Shepherd Tom," and Rowland G. Hazard) and a first cousin of George Hazard, Deputy Gov- ernor of Rhode Island, the ancestor of the late Edward H. Hazard of Wakefield. "Old Thomas Hazard" was the possessor of the six southern farms on Boston Neck, which he divided among four of his sons, the two farms nearest the end of the Neck falling to George, one of them being still occupied by his lineal descend- ant, Thomas G. Hazard. The point at which Mr. Hazard car- ried the Doftor across the Narrow River, in a canoe, was near the present covered bridge between Boston Neck and Little [75] JSotes Neck, the residence of Mrs. Robinson. It is a curious example of the changes wrought by a century and a half that an eleftric railway now (1898) spans the river at about the point where the Dodlor was ferried over in a canoe. The Doftor was fre- quently, as in this case, called to give medical or surgical advice to the sick, 17" The Narrow River. *^ The arm of the sea extending north and south, for several miles, in front of Dodlor MacSparran's house, and spreading out into a charming lake towards the northeast. The river separates MacSparran Hill and Tower Hill from Boston Neck, the residence of many of the chief parishioners of the Doftor, and forms one of the most prominent features in the pros- peft from the Glebe House. It used to be, also, a praftical facElor in its every-day life, wood and hay being often floated across it. 18 ''Sister Robinson." Abigail Gardiner, a daughter of William Gardiner of Boston Neck, and a sister of Mrs, MacSparran, first married Caleb Hazard (born November 24, 1697), a brother of Deputy Governor George Hazard. Caleb Hazard died leaving three sons. Mrs. Hazard subsequently married Deputy Governor William Robinson (born January 26, 1693), by whom she had several children. Gov, Robinson's farm, at the time of this visit of Dr. MacSparran, included Little Neck, between Nar- ragansett Pier Beach and Pettaquamscutt Cove, and extended southward beyond the present Hazard Castle and westward to Sugar Loaf Hill, thus embracing the territory now covered by Narragansett Pier and a part of Wakefield. Governor Robin- son built three houses, the one in which he is believed to have been living, at this date, being the nucleus of "Canon- chet," the present residence of Governor William Sprague. — Updike's Hist, of Narragansett Church, p. 179. Hazard's RecolleSlions of Olden Times, p. 118, 19 ''Her former Esteem of y^ Sacraments." Gov. Robinson was a Quaker and Dr. MacSparran here ap- pears to intimate that Mrs. Robinson, who had now been [76] jl5otes married to him above sixteen years, had been somewhat influ- enced by his opinions concerning outward ordinances. 20 "-My Wifer Mrs. MacSparran, as is more fully noted in the accompanying biographical sketch of her husband, was Hannah, a daughter of William Gardiner of Boston Neck, and was married at the age of seventeen, to Mr. MacSparran, by the Rev. James Honyman of Newport, May 22, 1722. She is said to have been a very handsome woman. Her portrait, painted by Smi- bert, is now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 21" Rowland Robinson and his wife.^'' Mr. Robinson was the eldest son of Gov. William Robinson (Note 18), by his first wife, Martha Potter, and was, like his father, a Quaker. About eighteen months previously to this entry he had married Anstis, a daughter of John Gardiner, brother of Mrs. MacSparran. Their residence was the well- known house (still bearing their name and standing in Boston Neck, just south of the line separating North and South Kings- town,) so frequently visited on account of its association with the beautiful and unfortunate Hannah Robinson spoken of below. The youngest of their three children, William, mar- ried Miss Ann Scott, of Newport, where he took up his resi- dence ; being, for several years, senior Warden of Trinity Church and dying without issue. The second, Mary, died unmarried. The eldest, Hannah, was the heroine of a ro- mance described at length in Hazard's RecolleSfions of Olden Times. Rowland Robinson was, naturally, harsh and unyield- ing, but, not without good reason, opposed his daughter's marriage to the man of her choice, Peter Simons, a gay and unprincipled young music-master of Newport, much below her in social position. When Mrs. Robinson and other rela- tives and friends yielded a reluftant assent, influenced by the pitiful constancy of the young girl to her lover, her father re- mained inexorable. The affair ended in an elopement and secret marriage, soon followed, on the part of the volatile hus- band, by praftical desertion and by the decline and early death of the ill-starred wife. The window at which Hannah used to sit at night, and converse with her visitor beneath, and the [77] 0OUS vvine-closct in which he was once, upon the unexpedled re- turn of the father, hurriedly hidden, are still pointed out to the curious pilgrim. A path, worn by many feet, leads from the house to the grave of this vidlim of misplaced affeftion. The Robinson house is otherwise of interest, by reason of its carved staircase of maple, its quaint buffet in the corner of the parlour, its fresco of a hunting scene over one of its mantles, its Dutch fire-place tiles, its ancient mounting-block telling of the days of the famous Narragansett pacers, and its tradition that here Lafayette once tarried for a night. It be- longs to the estate of the late Mr. Rowland Hazard, of Peace- dale, the great-grandnephewof Rowland Robinson. — Updike's Hist, of Narragansett Church, pp. 1 88-19 1. 22 "Afy tropick Bird" Probably a horse, again referred to in this Diary at the time of its sale. The homeward course of the Robinsons lay in the same direflion as the Glebe House, making it convenient for Mr. Robinson to take the "tropick Bird" home with him, for pasturage. They must have journeyed together until reach- ing the Ferry Road, where the Doftor turned westward to- wards Narrow River and the bridge or ferry just below the Parsonage. A new bridge was built shortly after this date, but it is possible that there had been a previous one, as the Doftor never speaks of using a boat in crossing to and from Boston Neck. (Note 144.) When, however, the Ferry Road across Bos- ton Neck was laid out and given by the brothers John and Jeremiah Smith, in 1716, it was said to be "very commodi- ous . . . for travellers passing ixctm. ferry to ferry" 23 "-Stepney." A faithful man-servant belonging to Dodor MacSparran, drowned, a year or two later, in Narrow River. Under the date "June y* 6'*^ 1736," it is recorded in the Narragansett Parish Register, "Stepney, a negro Boy, was baptized by his Master, Mr. MacSparran." In the same Register we read that on April 26th, 1748, "Phillis, daughter of Negro Moll, was baptized by y'= Doctor, before he sold her to Daniel Dennison." Slavery was, in those days, a marked institution of Narragan- sett and no doubt contributed largely to the wealth ot the [78 ] i^otts planters as well as to the aristocratic atmosphere of the region, the number of negroes on many estates, as, for example, that of George Rome, Esq., a little later, being very great. In the basement of the Rome mansion, on one side of the kitchen, with its vast fire-place, where his famous dinners were wont to be roasted, baked and boiled, there were to be seen, until the recent demolishment of the house, a group of tiny white- washed bedrooms where a part of his numerous retinue of slaves was lodged. A range of negro quarters was formerly at- tached to the eastern end of the Rowland Robinson house, also; making its total length, originally, one hundred feet. Many of the coloured citizens of southern Rhode Island still bear the names (such as Hazard, Fry and Rome) of the fami- lies to which their progenitors belonged. 24 " Captain Ji/my." The mother of Mrs. MacSparran, Mrs. William Gardiner (Mr. Gardiner having died in 1732), married, in 1740, Capt. Job Almy (born October 10, 1675), a merchant of Newport.*^ Soon after Captain Almy's death, December 2, 1743, Mrs. Almy appears to have removed to Narragansett, as she was evidently residing in Boston Neck during the latter years cov- ered by this Diary. The Do6lor's uniform spelling Ailniy points to the well-known pronunciation prevailing among old- fashioned people almost to the present day. Parson Fayerwea- ther, Doftor MacSparran 's successor, guided apparently by his ear alone, always, in the Parish Records, spelt the name Amy. Mrs. Almy lingered on until extreme age, not dying until 1763 ; although so old as to have been married, the first time, not later than 1695; her eldest son, John Gardiner, having been born July 8, 1696. Mr. Fayerweather rather quaintly records that, on January 15, 1763, he "was called on to visit old Mrs. Amy," that "divers times he had visited and prayed with her," that "during her whole illness she expressed an entire Resig- nation to God's Holy Will and pleasure, and through God's help, it was hoped, she made a good End" and that, on Febru- ary 8th, of the same year, he preached a funeral sermon over her, "the corpse being carried into church, and the number present were sixty people, who behaved gravely and solemnly." The very frequent mention, in this Diary, of visits between [79] i^otts Mrs, MacSparran and her mother and their evidently excep- tional mutual afFedlion emphasize the great loss of Mrs. Almy, when in 1754, nine years before her own death, her daugh- ter went to England, never to return. 25 ^^ Sugar . . . at jCg per ct^"* Dr. MacSparran's references to prices, where sterling is not specifically stated, relate to the greatly depreciated paper cur- rency of that period. Prices thus appear severalfold larger than they were in English coin. At "j^g per ct," the price of sugar would be the apparently extravagant sum of 19 2-7 pence, or 38 cents, per lb. The depreciation of the currency was progressive for many years, making it very difficult to state its degree at a particu- lar date. The question is also complicated by the distinftion between "old tenor" and "new tenor," the former referring to all Rhode Island issues previous to 1740, and the latter to subsequent ones. "Old tenor" notes were merely "fiat "money, expressing so many pounds, shillings, or pence, but, being ir- redeemable, they naturally diminished rapidly in purchasing power. The value of "new tenor" notes the General As- sembly attempted to fix in gold or silver coin. See Rhode Island Historical Traft, No. 8, Colonial Paper Currency, p. 53. In 1740, three years previously to the present entry, the com> parative values of "old tenor" and "new" (the latter, then, being probably equal to specie,) were as one to four. By 1749 the ratio of "old tenor" to sterling was one to eleven. In 1755 the Vestry of Trinity Church, Newport, voted "that Mr. Pollen should be paid his salary at the rate of sixteen hundred pounds, 'old tenor,' for one hundred sterling." — Mason's History of Trinity Church, p. 114. In 1764 the current value of "old tenor" was jj^i for fj, a ratio of about one to thirty^ four. — Updike's Hist, of the Narragansett Church, p. 136. By 1786, when a penalty was incurred by all who refused to receive "old tenor " notes at their face value, amusing instances are narrated of creditors leaping from the rear windows of their houses or hiding in attics to elude payment, in that currency, by their debtors. To conclude that the Doflor's sugar cost him, in paper, five to six-fold what it would have done in sterling is not unreasonable. Two years later, July 19, 1745, the value [80] i^otts of the currency had so much farther depreciated that the price paid for sugar was at the rate of nearly ,^15 per cwt., instead of ;^9' as in 1743. 26 «5;7/y Hazard." The children of Mrs. MacSparran's sister Abigail by her first husband, Caleb Hazard, were William, Caleb and Robert, and they appear to have been still living with their mother, at the house of her second husband. Governor Robinson. The eldest is the "Billy Hazard," who here accompanied his aunt to the Glebe House. 27 ^^ Daniel TVier." A worthy young man, who frequently assisted Dr. MacSpar- ran in his farm work. A few months later he became a son-in- law of the Doctor's highly respedled parishioner, Benjamin Mumford, by marrying his daughter Phebe. Mr. Wier served as Precentor or Parish Clerk. 28 ''Harry." One of the Doftor's negro slaves, frequently mentioned in the Diary. The preceding year he was baptized, by the Doftor, as "Harry MacSparran." 29 " Reaped the wheat." Wheat could not, at that date, have been a staple crop in Nar- ragansett. Doftor MacSparran, in describing the principal pro- du£ls of the Colony of Rhode Island, in America DisseSled, does not mention it, enumerating only "butter, cheese, fat cattle, wool and fine horses." Dr. Edward Channing, in his re- cent study, The Narragansett Planters, (written, in part, to show that they were not, striftly, planters at all, in the Virginia sense,) correftly asserts, "The Narragansetter's wealth was de- rived not so much from the cultivation of any great staple, . . . as from the produft of their dairies, their flocks of sheep, and their droves of splendid horses, the once famous Narragan- sett pacers." Wheat is now almost unknown as a produft of Rhode Island. 30 '■'■Anstis." Mrs. Rowland Robinson, nieceof Mrs. MacSparran. (Note 21.) 31 ''Judge Willet." Col. Francis Willet (born June 25, 1693), who was then liv- ix [81 ] / il5otes ing in superior style at the Willet mansion in Boston Neck, North Kingstown, about a mile north of the South Ferry. This house, which, in its day, had been one of the most ele- gant in Narragansett, was, by reason of its dilapidation, de- molished in 1869, but its site, in the midst of beautiful shade trees, is still distinftly traceable. The late Dr. Usher Parsons, of Providence, carried away some of the shingles covering one side of the house, averring that he was well assured they had been in their position nearly two hundred years. The original Willet farm, which had been the seat of the great sachem, Miantonomo, extended from Narragansett Bay to the Narrow River and from the South Ferry one and one-half miles to the northward. A year or two before this entry, however, three hundred acres of the southern portion of the estate had been sold to Gov. William Robinson, to be occupied by his son Rowland Rob- inson, for the eredlion of his now venerable and noted house. Mrs. Robinson was a grand-niece, by marriage, of Squire Willet, and the two families were living as neighbours, at the time of this visit on both by Dr. and Mrs. MacSparran. The line be- tween their farms was the then not long established bound- ary line between North and South Kingstown. ^ Col. Francis Willet was a grandson of Thomas Willet, the first Mayor of the city of New York, in 1665, after its surrender by the Dutch. The latter died and was buried, in 1674., in Swansea, now Barrington, Rhode Island. After the death of Colonel Willet, without children, in 1776, the estate passed to his favourite nephew and, at least virtually, adopted son, Fran- cis Carpenter, and thence to his son Willet, the father of the late Rev. James H. Carpenter and the grandfather of the late Miss Esther Bernon Carpenter, the author of South County Neighbors and several other works. A chapel, as a memorial of Miss Carpenter, has just been erefted upon the ancestral farm, on a lot given by her during her lifetime. For an account of the death of Mrs. Willet, see Narragansett Parish Register, April 16 and 18, 1769. 32 " William Gardiner s oxen." Mrs. MacSparran had a brother, William Gardiner, living at this time, but as there were several others of that name in [ 8^] i^otts the vicinity, known as "Long William," "Great William," etc., and, presumably residing nearer the Glebe House, it is probable that this is one of them. A female negro servant or slave of Dr. MacSparran, frequently mentioned in the Diary and in the Narragansett Parish Regis- ter. 34 "J/r. Robinson's" Probably Gov. William Robinson, rather than his son Row- land. 35 '■'■Mr. Seabury." The Rev. Samuel Seabury, father of the first Bishop of Con- nefticut and Rhode Island. Mr. Seabury was born at Groton, Connefticut, July 8, 1706, and graduated at Harvard College in 1724. He was first settled, as a Congregational minister, in his native town. Having embraced the faith and order of the Church of England, he was ordained by the Bishop of Lon- don in 1730 and immediately appointed, by the Venerable Society, the first missionary at S. James's Church, New Lon- don, Connefticut. There he remained for twelve years, having been, the year before the present entry, transferred to Hemp- stead, Long Island, where he continued until his death in 1764. The first wife of Mr. Seabury and the mother of the Bishop, was Abigail, daughter of Thomas Mumford of North Groton and first cousin of Mrs. MacSparran, their mothers being sisters, named Remington. On account of this family conneftion, Mr. Seabury early became intimate with Mr. MacSparran and it is recorded that it was largely through the influence and enlightenment of the latter that he became a Churchman. This fa6l, in its relation to the first introduftion of the Episcopate into America, forms one of Dr. MacSpar- ran's chief claims to general remembrance. To him, likewise, belongs the credit of having begun, by occasional visits at New London, the important church, of which Mr. Seabury became the earliest regular minister. The first wife of the Rev. Sam- uel Seabury having died in 1 73 1, he was married, two years later, by Dr. MacSparran, to Elizabeth, daughter of Adam Powell (a merchant, of Newport, and a warden of Trinity Church), and granddaughter of the celebrated Gabriel Bernon. [ 83 ] ilJotes He was thus brought into association with her relatives, the Helmes of Narragansett. Mrs. Seabury survived her husband more than thirty years. "Few better men have lived than Mr. Seabury," testifies Mr. Updike. The "Seabury Memorial Chapel," at Groton, perpetuates the memory of the origin of the family in that town. 36 "i^r. Stewart" Matthew Stewart, of New London, whose wife, Abigail, was the niece of Mrs. MacSparran, being the daughter of her brother, William Gardiner, of Narragansett, Mr. Stewart was an emigrant from Ireland. This letter of his plainly contained information unfavourable to the settlement of Mr. Morris in New London. There was, apparently, no connexion between Mr. Matthew Stewart and Dr. MacSparran's parishioner at a later date, Gilbert Stewart (or Stuart), the Scotchman, the father of the painter of the same name. 37 ^^ Endless Calumny." With all the wise and magnanimous qualities of Dr. Mac- Sparran, it cannot but be recognized that he possessed a some- what sensitive nature, leading to frequent perturbations of mind, such as, with a more trustful temperament, he might, perhaps, have largely escaped. 38 ^^ My poor Bro'- Arnold" Mrs. MacSparran's sister, Lydia Gardiner, married Capt. Jo- siah Arnold, of Jamestown, in 1724, dying in childbirth about two years after, at the age of less than twenty-one. It was at Capt. Arnold's house that the Doftor began to hold services on Conanicut Island, in 1741. The apparently unhappy cir- cumstances here alluded to are now forgotten. Josiah Arnold V was a grandson of Gov. Benedift Arnold, whose seal, lettered B. A., and bearing an anchor surmounted by the word Hope, is in the cabinet of the Rhode Island Historical Society. 39 " T* poor^ benighted Island" Conanicut. 40 ''Mr. G'lbbs." William Gibbs, of Newport, graduated at Harvard College and was ordained by the Bishop of London to both the diac- onate and the priesthood, in the year following this entry, [84] litotes viz., 1744. He was settled, the same year, at Simsbury, Con- nefticut. He died in 1776, having been for more than twelve years incapacitated for duty by a disordered mind. It is not un- likely that William Gibbs was a nephew of Mrs. MacSpar- ran's sister-in-law, Mrs. William Gardiner, who was Elizabeth, daughter of William Gibbs of Newport. Such a connexion would help to explain the manifestly deep interest the Doftor evinced in the young man, whom he styles, familiarly, "Billy Gibbs." 41 ^*' I catechized y' Negros." Dr. MacSparran devoted himself most earnestly to the welfare of the negro and Indian slaves, owned in his parish. In 1741, it is recorded, in the Register of S. Paul's, that on one occa- sion he catechized "near about or more than one hundred" negroes. At this period South Kingstown, the Doftor's resi- dence, contained more negroes than any other Rhode Island town except Newport. In 1748 the whole population of the colony was 32,733, of whom 3,077 were negroes. In 1780 45 per cent of all the slaves in Rhode Island, outside of Newport, were to be found in North and South Kingstown. After March l, 1784, all children that should be born of slaves, were, by law, declared free, so that, without any formal abolition of slavery, it died out naturally in the middle of the present century, there being but seventeen bondmen remain- ing in 1830. The earth in the lower and eastern portion of the old Narragansett churchyard still undulates with the name- less graves of the slaves, whose masters slumber in the upper part, and there, under the same turf. Dr. MacSparran and his coloured catechumens. Stepney and Cujo and Emblo and Phillis, lie awaiting the resurreftion morning. 42 "Afn. Patty Updike" Miss Martha was a sister of Col. Daniel Updike. Their father, Capt. Lodowick Updike, died about 1736 leaving, in addition to his well-known son, five daughters. Of these Sarah married Dr. Giles Goddard, of New London, the grandfather of the late Prof. William G. Goddard, of Providence. Martha, the one mentioned in the text as "Mrs. Patty," died single at an advanced age. It was customary, in those days, to apply the [85] ilJotes prefix "Mrs.," as a term of respedt, to unmarried ladies, a notable instance being "Mrs. Hannah More." Mrs. Mac- Sparran is called in the Parish Register, at the time of her marriage, when she was only seventeen years of age, "Mrs. Hannah Gardiner," and Mrs. Goddard is styled, before her marriage, "Mrs. Sarah Updike." 43 " Walked to church" The site of the church, at that date, was at least three miles from the Glebe House. This speaks well for the vigour of Miss Patty and probably of most of the other ladies of her day. 44 '■^Mr. Mumfordy Probably Mr. Thomas Mumford (born April i, 1687), of Groton, Connefticut, uncle, by marriage, of Mrs. MacSpar- ran. (Note 35.) Thomas Mumford was the eldest brother of Benjamin. (Note 53.) 45 "£>r. Hooper." Dr. Henry Hooper, of Newport, was a surgeon on board a privateer, in the French War. He was married at Newport, in 17 16, to Mrs. Remembrance Perkins and had a son Henry, also a physician, who died in 1745, aged twenty-nine. Dr. Hooper, the elder, died February 17, 1757, at the age of seventy. 46 ''A Scotch DoSiorr Probably Dr. Thomas Moffat of Newport, who was a Scotch- man. The fadl that Doftor MacSparran designated him only as "a Scotch Doftor," without naming him, implies that he was a stranger and came as a companion of Doftor Hooper. He had probably recently settled in this country. Mr. Updike {History of Narragansett Churchy p. 252) informs us that Doc- tor Moffat's dress and manners were so unfitted to the plain- ness of Rhode Island Quakers that he could not make his way as a praftitioner in Newport. Looking around for some other genteel mode of subsistence, he hit upon cultivating tobacco and making snuff and, finally, selefted, for his mill-seat, the stream which empties into the head of the Narrow River, within sight of the Glebe House. Not being able to find a millwright in this country competent to construct a snuff- [86] iI?otes mill, he sent to Scotland for Gilbert Stuart to do the work. This was the Gilbert Stuart, whose son, of the same name, was born in the mill and baptized by Dodlor MacSparran in 1756, to become the painter of portraits of Sir Joshua Rey- nolds and General Washington. If the surmise be correfl that the "Scotch Doftor" was Doftor Moffat and that he was al- ready prospefting for a site for his new enterprise, this first visit of his to Narragansett, taken in connexion with the sig- nal distinction which it was indireftly the means of ultimately conferring on the spot, becomes an incident of interest and im- portance. What lends more probability to the identity of Doc- tor Moffat with the visitor at the Glebe House is the fa£l that, among more than a score of physicians mentioned by Mr. Mason in the Annals of Trinity Church, Newport, only he and one other are designated as Scotch, and that other. Dr. William Hunter, is especially asserted not to have come to America until 1752, nine years after the present date. It must have taken some years to perfeft the plan for the new manufac- ture and to bring over Mr. Stuart from Scotland and, accord- ingly, we find, among the Land Title Records of North Kings- town, the entry, in 175 1, "Edward Cole of Newport, Thomas Moffitt, M.D., of Newport, and Gilbert Stuart of North Kings- town, enter into articles of copartnership to manufafture snuff and to ereft a mill at Pettaquamscutt." At a later date Doftor Moffat accepted office under the Stamp Aft, in 1765, and was, in consequence, with three others, burnt in effigy, by an ungov- ernable mob, in front of the Court House in Newport. On the day following, the houses of these unpopular office-holders were rifled and they themselves forced toseekproteftion on board the " Cygnet " sloop-of-war, lying in the harbour. — Mason's Annals of Trinity Church, Newport, p. 91. — On the i6th and 17th of Oftober, 175 1, Doftor MacSparran records a visit from Doftor Moffat, by name, he then having become well known. 47 *' T' young Squire.''^ Lodowick Updike, the only son of Col. Daniel Updike, was, at this time, just eighteen years of age, having been born July 12, 1725. He was educated under private tutors, in ac- cordance with the custom of the time. His latest instruftor was the learned and versatile Rev. John Checkley, an Oxford [ 87] il5ote0 scholar and Reftor of King's Church, now S. John's, Provi- dence. Familiarity with his father's large and scholarly library must have enhanced the culture of the ingenuous "young Squire." Mr. Updike studied for the bar, but never prac- tised. He married, somewhat towards middle life, Abigail Gardiner, a daughter of John Gardiner, of Boston Neck, and a niece of Mrs. MacSparran, with whom, as the "little Nabby " of this Diary, she was, evidently, a great favourite. Mr. Updike left eleven children, most of whom lived to ex- treme old age ; Daniel Updike, of East Greenwich, being the eldest and Wilkins Updike, of Kingston, the youngest. The death of Lodowick Updike occurred on June 6, 1804. He re- collefted his father's taking him to Trinity Church, Newport, to listen to the preaching of Dean Berkeley, at, of course, a very early age ; since he was only six when the Dean, afterwards Bishop, is believed to have returned to England. 48 " Gave him some d'lreSfions.^^ It thus appears that it was as a physician of the body as well as of the soul, if not chiefly the former, that, at this time, "y* young Squire " sent for Doftor MacSparran. 49 " Called at Esqr. Mumford's." Mr. Joseph Mumford (born September 17, 1691) was Justice of the Peace in South Kingstown and had a store there. He was baptized, in S. Paul's Church, by Dr. MacSparran, on December 17, 1727, and, twelve days later, his four sons, Stephen, John, Richard and Caleb, were baptized at his house. Mr. Mumford was subsequently one of the Church-Wardens of S. Paul's. He was a brother of Thomas and Benjamin Mum- ford. (Notes 44 and 53.) 50 ''Mr. Roe:* The Rev. Stephen Roe was a settled minister in Boston in 1743—4. He had been ordained to the diaconate, by the Arch- bishop of Tuam, in 1730, and to the priesthood, by the Arch- bishop of Dublin, in 1732. From 1737 to 1742 he had been settled at S. George's, South Carolina. It was, doubtless, in his power to influence some of the well-to-do Churchmen of Boston to aid young Mr. Gibbs in his expensive voyage to England, in quest of orders. [88] JI5ote0 51 '■^ DoSIor Gardiner" Silvester Gardiner, a son of William Gardiner, of Boston Neck, and a brother of Mrs. MacSparran, was born in South Kings- town, in 1707. The ancient Register of S. Paul's Church re- cords how, on May 10, 1722, "Silvester Gardiner, a youth, was baptized by Mr. MacSparran," but twelve days before the marriage of his older sister, Hannah, to the Redlor. Encour- aged by his clerical brother-in-law, young Gardiner studied medicine in England and France and returned to Boston an accomplished physician and surgeon. By means of his profes- sion and of a large establishment for the importation and sale of drugs, he accumulated an ample fortune and purchased ex- tensive trafts of land on the Kennebec River, where the city of Gardiner, named in his honour, now stands. In the Revolu- tion, Do6tor Gardiner adhered to the royal cause and tem- porarily lost his estates by confiscation. Upon the conclusion of the war, he took up his residence in Newport, where he continued in the praftice of medicine until his death in 1786, when he was interred amidst demonstrations of public sorrow and esteem. He was a most liberal patron of religion, con- tributing a large glebe and a partial endowment to Christ Church, Gardiner, Maine, and exhibiting similar generosity to the church in Narragansett. It was, therefore, with the ut- most confidence that Doftor MacSparran could appeal to him, in behalf of young "Billy Gibbs." — Updike's History of the Narragansett Church, pp. 126—128. 52 ^'■Martin of Newport ." James Martin, an Englishman, sometime Warden of Trinity Church, Newport, and Clerk of the Vestry. From 1733 to the time of his death, in 1746, Mr. Martin was Secretary of the Colony. — Mason's Annals of Trinity Church, Newport, p. 65. 53 '■^Benjamin Mumford." Mr. Mumford (born April 10, 1696), with Ann, his wife, was a resident of South Kingstown and was among the most staunch and valued friends of Dodlor MacSparran, in S. Paul's Parish. Few other names appear on the Register as often as theirs, on the occasions of the baptism of their numerous children, as well as on those of their subsequent marriages ; and, also, when they [89] J15ote0 themselves were frequently called upon to aft as sponsors or "gossips," in the quaint language of the day. Few other names recur as commonly in this Diary, likewise, as those of this wor- thy couple. They continued faithful communicants until old age. Parson Fayerweather, the Doftor's successor, noting their presence at his first Whitsunday celebration of the Eucharist, in 1761, and habitually styling the husband "old Mr. Mum- ford." He mentions him, as a sponsor, as late as 1768. Peter Mumford, one of the sons of Benjamin, was long employed by the Doftor, upon his farm, and is frequently referred to in the Diary, evidently with the highest confidence and esteem. 54 '■'■At Mr. Joseph Mumford'' s'' Note 49. According to Note 25 Mrs. MacSparran's fan cannot have been worth, in coin, more than a couple of shillings. 55 "J25] JI?ote0 England in the following year to coUeft funds to build an orphan asylum near Savannah. In 1739 he began to preach in the open air, in a field near Bristol, England. 198 ^^ Some years ago^ Mr. Whitefield had visited New England about 1740 and preached to 20,000 persons on Boston Common. He returned to England in January, 1 741. The present visit appears to have been his second to New England. He made seven American tours in all. 199 ''Mrs. Hatch." On June 28, 1744, ^^- MacSparran married Capt. Ezekiel Hatch, of Newport, to Mary Peckham, at the house of her father, Thomas Peckham, a carpenter. Hatch was a sailor and was reported "missing" in 1747. 200 ''Married this Day 23 years." The Narragansett Parish Register records as follows : "The 22nd of May, 1722, the Rev*^- Mr. MacSparran was married to Mrs. Hannah Gardiner, at y'= church, by y^ Rev^- Mr. Ja^- H" [onyman of Newport.] 201 "Poor Mary Willet." Mrs. Francis Willet. She lived until 1769, when Mr. Fayer- weather records that on April 16, he "visited old Mrs. Wil- let, who was taken ill with an apoplexy," and that, on April 18, "she was buried and Funeral sermon preached by Mr. F., after her interment, at the Esq'''^ House." (Note 31.) Mrs. Willet was born in 1678, her maiden name being Taylor. 202 "Her niece, Mrs. Gardiner." The second Mrs. John Gardiner was formerly Mary Taylor, a niece of Mrs. Willet. (Note 15.) 203 "Mistress Holmes." "Capt. Holmes." Probably James Holmes, a member of Trinity Parish, New- port. The Thomas Gardiner mentioned with Capt. Holmes was probably Mrs. MacSparran's brother of that name, born Oftober 30, 1702, although he may have been her nephew, Thomas, born March 11, 1725, son of her brother, John. 204 "Mrs. Eliot." Mrs. Capt. Robert Elliot, of Newport, before her marriage Almy Coggeshall. [ 126] il^Dteii 205 ''Mr. H n." Rev, Mr. Honyman, reftor of Trinity Church, Newport, the blank indicating a need of reticence. 206 ''Mr. Bourse." Peter Bours of Newport, a man of influence in the Church ■'^ and the community, and the father of the Rev. Peter Bours. He died in 176 1 at the age of 56. (Note 308.) 207 "Bennett Thomas Bennet. He and his wife, Ann, are repeatedly men- tioned in the Narragansett Register, as sponsors, — in one case, for their grandson, Benjamin Bailey. 208 "Mr. Duglass's." The Douglass house, built about 1737, is still standing in North Kingstown, upon the Post Road, at the corner of that and the road running easterly over "Kit's Hill" to the Gil- bert Stuart house and the old North Ferry. The date of its ereflion may yet be read upon the heavy stone chim- ney, the last figure, however, being difficult to decipher. It is so placed that one driving between the church and the Glebe House was obliged always to pass it. It is again re- ferred to later in the Diary. The house and farm have lately been sold, but, so deserted and unattraftive has the neighbourhood become, they brought but a few hundred dollars. 209 "Br^ Jn' sheered." A sheep shearing was in those days an occasion of festivity, as witnessed by the presence of Mrs. MacSparran and her niece at this and the one two days later at Rowland Robin- son's. The Narragansett people were of so social a disposi- tion as to take advantage of every favourable opportunity for a merry-making. 210 "Little Nab Gardiner." Abigail Gardiner, a daughter of Mr. John Gardiner, of Boston Neck, and a niece of Mrs. MacSparran. She was at this date not yet five years of age, having been born September 26, 1740. About fifteen years later she married Lodowick Updike, "y« young Squire" of the Diary. (Note 47.) [ 127 ] 211 ''Bolico." A servant of the Doftor's who went to drive Mrs. Mac- Sparran and is several times referred to in the Diary. 212 '■'■Capt. Sweet." Capt. Benoni Sweet, sometimes styled "Dr." Sweet, lived in a house still standing, in a somewhat dilapidated condition, on the Post Road, at the foot of "Ridge Hill," about a half mile south of Silver Spring in North Kingstown. He was a son of James Sweet, who is said to have emigrated from Wales and purchased the above estate. But it is certain that John Sweet, the father of James, was living in Salem, Mas- sachusetts, as early as 1632 and in Providence as early as 1637. James, who was born in 1622, was doubtless brought over to this country in early childhood, Benoni had been a captain in the British service, being well-informed and of polished manners. His principal claim to note is the faft that he was a "natural bone-setter" and the ancestor of the well-known family so widely and numerously famed for that gift. The explanation given by one of the family of the way in which he was enabled to deteft dislocations, which had eluded the skill of scientific surgeons, although recorded many years since, sounds like an account of the employment of the newly-discovered X-rays, — "Why, . . . I see the bone as plainly as if it had no flesh on it." (Hazard's Recolle£lions of Olden Times, p. 286.) The peculiar capacity of Benoni Sweet and his descendants, to the present generation, cer- tainly implies some highly exceptional power. Capt. Sweet was a communicant of S. Paul's, having been baptized by Dr. MacSparran, November 28, 1724, and at the succeeding Easter having become a Vestryman. He died in 175 1, as noted later in this Diary. (Note 300.) — Updike's Narragan- sett Church, p. 94. 213 '•'•Deputy Governor Robinson^ William Robinson, the husband of Mrs. MacSparran's sister, who, probably, built the original portion of the house now called "Canonchet" and appears to have been living there at this date. The Doftor commonly speaks of his brother-in- law as Mr. Robinson, and this present very formal style of [ '^8] JI?otes naming him seems to imply displeasure in conneftion with the Doftor's well-known dislike of Quakerism. As Gov. Robin- son belonged to a family of Friends, it was not unnatural that he should have attended on this occasion. (Notes i8, 352.) 214 " r"' upward Pond." Pettaquamscutt Pond is divided nearly into two, by a piftur- esque point, running into it from the west, upon which a club house has been lately erefted. The upper pond ex- tends from this point to the vicinity of the Stuart Mill. 215 '■''Saw a Bear last nights The incidental manner of mentioning this event and the failure to dwell farther upon it illustrate the very primitive state of Narragansett in 1745. 216 '"'■Our French Enemies at Cape Breton." After the surrender to England, in 17 1 3, of the French set- tlements in Nova Scotia, emigrants from them occupied the shores of Cape Breton Island and began to fortify Louisburg on a gigantic scale, thereby threatening with destruftion the important fisheries of New England, as privateers found re- fuge in that harbour. On June 17, 1745, Louisburg capitu- lated to a New England army, under William Peperell, afterwards a baronet, supported by a British squadron under Commodore Warren. 217 "5 Neck." Boston Neck. (Note 150.) 218 ''Paul Woodbridge." Probably a son of Rev. Ephraim Woodbridge, who is re- corded as performing a marriage in North Kingstown, in March, 1720-1. (Note 389.) 219 "-Mr. Lyons." The Rev. James Lyons had been an itinerant of the S. P. G., in Conneflicut, in 1744. During the year 1745 he was trans- ferred to Brookhaven, New York, where he remained until 1765. It seems probable that he was the Rev. J. Lyon, who subsequently exercised his ministry at Taunton, Massachu- setts, tradition stamping him, there, as "a most estimable and exemplary minister of Christ." — Updike's Hist, of the Narragansett Church, pp. 318, 319. [ 129 ] J]?otcs 220 " Gone to visit at Will Brown sT William Brown, of Boston Neck, belonged to a family which emigrated from Glasgow, Scotland, and settled in Narragan- sett. He married Elizabeth Robinson, a sister of Deputy Governor William Robinson, by whom he had at least seven children. His grandson, Lieut. Governor George Brown (son of Robert), who married his cousin, Hannah, a granddaugh- ter of Gov. William Robinson, and died in 1836, at the age of ninety-one, left a large family of children, one of whom, Hannah, became the wife of Rowse Babcock of Westerly. — Updike's Hist, of the N arragansett Church, pp. 319, 320 and Hazard's Recolle£lions of Olden Times, pp. 147, 152. This incident in the Diary seems to involve a bit of attempted match-making on the part of Mrs. MacSparran, inasmuch as Mr. Will Brown had three attraftive daughters, of whom the eldest, Mary, born June 4, 17 10, seems to have been the objedl of Mr. Lyons's visit and the one whom his hostess had selefled for him. The youngest sister, Ruth, afterwards became the wife of Thomas Wickes, of Old Warwick. 221 ^■^ Arrived from Symsbury.'''' Mr. Gibbs was settled at Simsbury, Connefticut, from 1744 to 1776, being, however, on account of a disordered mind, replaced, as to aftive duty, after 1762, by the Rev. Roger Viets. Alexander Viets Griswold, the saintly bishop of the Eastern Diocese, was born in Simsbury, in 1766, and must have come, indireftly, through his excellent mother and grandmother, under the still surviving influence of Mr. Gibbs. Bishop Griswold was connedled, through his mother, with the Viets family, to which Mr. Gibbs's successor belonged. 222 ^''Mr. Henry Caner." The Rev. Henry Caner, born about 1700, was a graduate of Yale College and received the honorary degree of D.D. from Oxford University. From 1727 to 1747 he was settled at Fairfield, Connefticut, and from the latter date until the Revolution, was reftor of King's Chapel, Boston. The Rev. Mr. Fayerweather records, in the Narragansett Register, his own attendance at the "Convention of the Episcopal clergy," at Boston, June 4, 1768, when the Rev. Dr. Caner preached [ 130 ] /I?otes in King's Chapel from the words "Follow me." In 1776, Dr. Caner, being a Royalist, fled to Halifax and thence to Eng- land. (Some of the sacramental plate of King's Chapel is said to be still preserved in the Caner family, for restoration to its original use should the Chapel ever return to the Anglican com- munion.) At this time the S. P. G. appointed him a nominal missionary at Bristol, Rhode Island, in which honorary posi- tion he continued until 1782, although it is not likely that he ever visited the town. (Munro's History of Bristol,Y>. 151.) Dr. Caner died in London, in 1792. On account of his early entry into the ministry he has been styled "the Father of the American Clergy." His brother, Richard, was a clergyman and was settled at Fairfield and other towns in Connefticut. — Updike's History of the N arragansett Churchy pp. 506, 507, 223 '■'■Mr. Millar r The Rev. Ebenezer Miller received the degree of D.D. from both Harvard College and Oxford University. He was settled at Braintree, Massachusetts, from 1727 to 1761 and is believed to have died in 1763. 224 " Mr. Usher." The Rev. John Usher was born about 1689 and was a grad- uate of Harvard College, being a son of the Lieut. Governor of New Hampshire. He was ordained in 1722 and, after a short time spent as missionary at St. George's, South Caro- lina, was settled at Bristol, Rhode Island, from 1723 to 1775, dying on April 30th, in the latter year. The aifairs of S. Michael's Church, under the untiring care of Mr. Usher, were prosperous both spiritually and temporally. He found the parish weak and built it up, on such strong foundations that it was able to withstand the great convulsion of the seven years succeeding his death. During his reftorship, he baptized seven hundred and thirteen persons. 225 '■'■Mr. Punderson." The Rev. Ebenezer Punderson was a graduate of Yale Col- lege and was appointed an itinerant missionary, by the S. P. G., for a large number of Connefticut towns from 1 7 34 to 1763, when he was transferred to New York and settled at Rye. During the thirty years before his death, September, [ >3i ] Jl?ote0 1764, he failed to officiate for only one Sunday. The Diary records, in September, 1745, a visit of Mrs. Punderson and her son at Dr. MacSparran's. Mr. Punderson was one of the original grantees in the deed executed by the Indian King Ninigret, conveying fortyacresof land to" Westerly Church." 226 ^^Mr. Thompson." The Rev. Ebenezer Thompson graduated at Yale College and was settled at Scituate, Massachusetts, having charge of several other stations also, from 1743 to his death in 1775. Mr. Thompson was ordained to the priesthood in the Chapel of Fulham Palace, by the Bishop of London, August 24, 1743. Being a Royalist he felt it imperative upon him, during the Revolution, to continue praying for the King and was im- prisoned therefor, dying from the accompanying exposure. It adds to the interest otherwise inspired by Mr. Thomp- son, to know that it was among his papers that this Diary and some of Dr. MacSparran's manuscript sermons were preserved, presumably as a result of the intimacy existing between them. One hundred years after the death of Mr. Thompson, a memorial service was held at his grave on "Church Hill," where his parsonage was situated and his seven daughters long continued to reside, 227 « Mr. Beach." The Rev. John Beach was born about 1700 and graduated at Yale College, becoming, at first, a Congregational minis- ter. In 1732, Trinity Church, Newport, contributed to a fund to send him to England for Holy Orders. From 1732 to 1782, he was settled at Newtown and Reading, Connecticut, dying during the latter year. An old letter speaks of "the indefati- gable labours of the ever industrious Mr. Beach." At the time of the Revolutionary War he is said to have declared that he would "pray for the King, till the Rebels cut out his tongue." {Digest of the S. P. G. Records, p. 76.) After the death of the Rev. Mr. Honyraan, Mr. Beach was urgently invited to become reftor of Trinity Church, Newport. — Annals of Trinity Church, pp. 54, 100, 102 and 103. 228 " The New England Men." The native New England clergv, in distin6lion from those [ '3^ ] ilJotcs born in Great Britain or Ireland. In America Disse£led, Dr. MacSparran speaks of the "native Nov-Anglian clergy," as adling "against the opinions of European missionaries." {Hist, of the Narragansett Church, p. 238.) Mr. Honyman, although born in Scotland, is here said to have "joined the New^ England men." 229 ^^ Dined at Capt. Jn" Brown s^ He was an aftive member of the Vestry of Trinity Church and a merchant, who fitted out privateers with Godfrey Malbone and George Wanton during the second Spanish War. He married, in 17 17, Jane, a daughter of Augustus Lucas and died January 2, 1764. Their daughter Jane was, at this time, the wife of Thomas Vernon, of Newport. 230 *-^Mrs. Mumford upon the Hill''' Doubtless Mrs. William Mumford of Newport. (Note 73.) 231 "7«" Cokr Son of Elisha Cole and future Judge. (Notes 72 and 83.) He was born in 171 5 and was now thirty years of age. Judge Cole's honourable career shows that, whatever the forgotten occasion of the Doftor's pious ejaculations, his counsels were duly regarded. 232 "i/^ is to preach at Westerly ^ What was then called "Westerly Church" was within the present limits of Charleston, near "Cross's Mills." 233 " The same tune." Note 220. "Miss Brown says she intends never to marry." Mr. Fayer- weather enumerates '■'• Miss Molly Brown," sixteen years later, among the dozen communicants on Whitsunday, May 10, 1761, in the Narragansett Register. 234"CfliA." The residence of John Case, Esq., Tower Hill. Mr. Lyons, on his return from Mr. William Brown's, on Boston Neck, did not stop at the Glebe House, but proceeded immediately to Tower Hill, on his way to Connefticut. 234/^ " George Fowler.'''' It is recorded in the Narragansett Parish Register that on "January ye 1^' Day 175 1-2 Dr. MacSparran married George [ ^33 ] t^ JSotes Fowler, Jun' to Deborah Tanner, at ye House of Mr. Chris- topher Phillips in North Kingstown, their Banns being first duly published." 235 "y///cf Gardiner." "Nov. 8'*^- 1749, Dr. MacSparran baptized a negro child, w'^'' he gave to Mistress Alice Gardiner, by the name of Jane." — Narragansett Register. 2z(>''His Ad:" The Doflor was accustomed to veil unpleasant thoughts in abbreviations or in Latin. 237 ''BisselPs." Now Hamilton village, a little to the north of Mrs. Cole's large farm, in North Kingstown. The Bissell family, for several generations, had possession of mill property, both • saw mills and grist mills, at this point, it being the mouth of the Annaquatucket River. The land was conveyed by Richard Smith, at first, to Richard Wharton, for mill purposes as early as 1686. Notwithstanding the change of name, many years since, to Hamilton, the designation "Bissell's" still lingers among the older inhabitants. It is interesting to note that al- though the Doftor is by no means pleased with Mr. Samuel Bissell's insinuations that he is in his debt, the truth being the other way, he yet, in accordance with the rites of hospitality prevailing at that day, remains to dine with him. It throws some light upon the disposition of this rather uncomfortable parishioner of Dr. MacSparran, that when, a few months later, the latter married Mr. Bissell's daughter Mary, to Capt. John Cole, the wedding occurred at the house of her brother Thomas. Samuel was living as late as 1755. (Note 282.) 238 '■'■Mistress Essex." The Essex family was a numerous one in the part of North Kingstown lying on Potowomut or Greene's River and here was, probably, the point visited by the Doflor on this occa- sion and again on his way to Coeset, two or three weeks later. A grove and a mill site, in this vicinity, still bear the name of Essex. 239 '■'■Esq" Ephraim Gardiner-'' s." In another part of this Diarv, August 27, 1745, Mr. Gardi- [ '-w ] il5ote0 ner is spoken of as "uncle Ephraim," he being a half-brother of Mrs. MacSparran's mother and a son of Henry Gardiner. "Esq"'^ Ephraim" is probably to be distinguished from the Ephraim Gardiner mentioned in the Diary, September 24, 1743, inasmuch as the latter lived "hard by" the Doflor's house (Note 1 1 2), whereas the residence of the former was at the northof Mrs. Cole's farm at the head of Boston Neck. It is, of course, possible that Mr. Gardiner may have changed his resi- dence, in the intervening two years. At the time of his death, at the age of eighty, he is called "Co/. Ephraim Gardiner." 240 '■^ For LewUbourg.^'' Note 216. Rhode Island raised three hundred men to join the British forces at Cape Breton and go on an expedition against Can- ada. From this entry it appears that they sailed from New- port, for the seat of war, only two days before the news of the capitulation of Louisburg was received, 241 *■'■ Lieut. Edward Cole," The third son of Elisha and Elizabeth (Dexter) Cole [Note 72] was born about 1723 and died about 1793, being a well- educated and accomplished gentleman. As he was predis- posed to a military life, he early entered the service as a First Lieutenant and, afterwards, as a Captain of a company, at the reduftion of Louisburg. In 1759 ^^ ^^^ ^ Colonel of a regi- ment, under Gen. Wolfe, at the siege of Quebec. Subsequently Col. Cole was appointed Superintendent of Indian affairs, by Sir William Johnson. At the outbreak of the Revolution, un- like his patriotic brother. Judge John Cole, Edward adhered to the cause of the Crown, fleeing from Newport, then his residence, to Nova Scotia and dying on the island of St. Johns. "Ned Cole" was particularly dear to the Doftor. 242 " Commodore Warren." Sir Peter Warren, Commander of the British squadron sup- porting the land forces at Cape Breton. The town of War- ren, Rhode Island, derived its name from the Commodore, later an Admiral. 243 ''*■ Lewishourg" As already noted (Note 216), Louisburg capitulated June 17, 1745, after a siege of forty-nine days. The news had travelled [ 135 ] i^otts rapidly, for that period, to reach Newport in seventeen days. "The smoaky, noisy Joy " of this July 4th, was a sort of pre- monition of much more of the same sort, after the Declara- tion of Independence, on that date, thirty-one years later. In 1748 Louisburg was restored to France to be again captured in 1758 and definitively demolished. 244 " Samuel Browne." Repeatedly a Church-warden of S. Paul's and frequently mentioned in the Diary and the Narragansett Register (1732- 1761). 245 "Z)r. Bearcroft." The Rev. Philip Bcarcroft was the fourth Secretary of the S. P. G., serving from 1739 to 176 1. Mr. Updike prints, in his Hist, of the Narragansett Church, several letters from Dr. Bearcroft. 246 ''Bentleyr William Bentley, a tailor, belonging to S. Paul's Parish, whose three children the Doftor baptized June 24, 1744. "Bently his wife" is, of course, equivalent to "Bentley's wife," not implying the presence of Mr. Bentley. 247 ''^Benjamin Mumford." Note 53. It thus appears that Mr. Mumford afted as Parish Treasurer. 248 ''Mr. Cole." Probably John Cole. (Notes 72 and 83.) 249 '■'■Mrs. Gardiner." The wife of John Gardiner of Boston Neck, Mrs. MacSpar- ran's brother. (Note 15.) "Her daughter Aby" is the Abi- gail Gardiner (afterwards Mrs. Lodowick Updike) so often referred to, in the Diary, as visiting at the Glebe. 250 '■'T' same subjeSf before." In this seftion of the Diary Dr. MacSparran frequently re- fers to an enterprise, in which he is deeply interested but concerning which it is now impossible to form more than a surmise. From its connexion with Commodore Warren and the phrase employed, two days later, "the Salt water Interest I have been longing for," it might be inferred that he was endeavouring to obtain an appointment to some position, like Chaplain of the Fleet. That the Dodor was not cntirelv [ >36 ] i^otts contented with his lot in Narragansett is shown by several of his expressions, as, for example, that in the Diary, in 175 1, upon hearing of his brother's death in Pennsylvania, "O yM were well settled in my own Country," and, again, in 1752, in America Dissected, "As the shadows lengthen as the sun grows low, so, as years increase, my longings after Europe increase also." The Diary being suspended, some- what abruptly, after about three months, and not being re- sumed until a half-dozen years later, the issue of this aspira- tion is lost in oblivion, beyond the faft that the Dodlor did not change his position, if that were his desire. 251 '■'■ Joseph Northrupy This name appears in the list of freemen in Kingstown, in 1696, its bearer being, no doubt, a progenitor of the pre- sent one. Several of the family were land-holders in North Kingstown, in the upper part of Boston Neck, (Notes 99 and 296.) The first Joseph Northrup appears to have been an uncle of the Harry Northrup, mentioned earlier in the Diary. 252 ^^Jn" Smith's Farm.'' This farm is frequently mentioned in the Diary and was situated in Boston Neck, extending from Narrow River to Narragansett Bay, not far from opposite the Glebe House. There was a long succession of John Smiths, the present being the third of the line in Rhode Island. 253 "/ dreamed last night''' A curious illustration of the coexistence of a high order of intelligence and enlightenment with a childish superstition about dreams. Dr. MacSparran frequently alludes to dreams, as again on the day next but one after this. (Note 304.) A belief in dreams was, however, charafteristic of the time. The curious minuteness with which Archbishop Laud notes his dreams in his Diary is an instance of the same belief carried to a great extreme 254 " Salt water interest." Has this some conneftion with the Doftor's petition to Com- modore Warren, who sailed on the high seas? (Note 250.) [ 137 ] i^otts 255 '■^Junt Kynion." Mrs. Kenyon is mentioned in the Diary, on July 13th, fol- lowing, as a sister of Mrs. Almy, Mrs. MacSparran's mother. Her Christian name was Elizabeth and she was a daughter of John and Abigail Remington. 256 "J^r. Apthorp's Covert One of the missionaries of the Society, soon after the Doc- tor's death, was the Rev. East Apthorp, who was settled at Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 1759 ^° ^7^\- His death occurred in Cambridge, England, in 1816, where he was a Fellow of Jesus College. As Mr. Apthorp was born in Bos- ton, Massachusetts, in 1733, it is not improbable, that it is his father who is here alluded to and who must have been a citizen of that city about that time, although, perhaps, later of London. A half-dozen years later, November 3, 17 51, Dr. MacSparran notes, in the Diary, "I sealed up my Letters for London in a Cover to Charles Apthorp Mercht." 257 ^^ King George Ninigret." Indian Chief or "King "at Charlestown, Rhode Island. On one of the gravestones in the old Indian Burying Ground on Fort Neck, Charlestown, is the inscription, "Here lies the Body of George, the son of Charles Ninigret, King of the Natives." He was born in the summer of 1732 and lived only six months. This George Ninigret of the Diary was the younger brother and successor of the Charles mentioned on the stone, and is the one to whom the Doftor refers, in the Diary, July 12, 1745, as having given the original twenty acres for the church. In the deed of conveyance* of the larger trafl, drawn in 1745-6, King George is styled "Chief Sachem and Prince of the Narragansett Indians," who "for and in consideration of the love and affcftion," which he had for "the people of the Church of England in Charlestown and Westerly . . . conveyed ... to the use of the Society" forty acres of land in Charlestown, Rhode Island. {Digest of the Records of the S. P. G., p. 4.7, Note.) George Ninigret • yls Dr. MiicSparran spiaks, in thic Diary, on July 14, 1 745, of "my Dr. for y Deed," it is probahU thiat Ninignt's deed, as no-iv existing, executed only six monl/ts later, is thie Doilofs composition. [ >.!« ] J^otes became Sachem in 1735 and was succeeded by his son, Thomas, in the summer following the giving of the above deed. In 1765 King Thomas Ninigret petitioned the S. P. G. successfully to establish, in Charlestown, a free school, clos- ing his letter with the following words : — "that when time shall be with us no more, that when we and the children over whom you have been such benefadlors shall leave the sun and stars, we shall rejoice in a far superior Light." In 1750, Dr. MacSparran married John Anthony, an Indian man, to Sarah George, an Indian woman, "the widow and Dow- ager Queen to George Augustus Ninigret, deceased." The land above conveyed adjoined the Champlin farm, in Charles- town. — Updike's Hist, of the Narragansett Church., pp. 223, 512. 258 ^''Necessity obliged me." This remark shows that it was an exception for Dr. Mac- Sparran to join in the farm labour. 259 ''Rates.'" Exemption from taxation was a favourite idea of the Doftor. In the Narragansett Register is the following entry: — "At the Church of St. Paul on Sunday y<= 24^ of Nov''> 1751, after Divine Service, the Gentlemen of y^ Vestry of said Congre- gation stayed and considered y^ Complaint of y^ Rev** Dr. MacSparran, Pastor of this Church, seting forth, that he is greatly aggrieved and bro't under oppression by the Asses- sors or Rate makers of South Kingstowne within y^ said Doc- tor's Cure." After due consideration, two very temperate resolutions were passed, in accordance with the Doftor's complaint. "Are to pray for," in the Diary, refers, of course, to the petition upon the subjedl, to be offered to the As- sembly, by the clergy. 260 ''■My Journey." The Dodlor intended proceeding to Providence, after com- pleting his duties at Cowesett and old Warwick, but was prevented by illness from carrying out his purpose. 261 "Mrs. Godfrey." Col. Daniel Updike's second wife, Anstis Jenkins, the "Mrs. Updike" of the earlier portion of this Diary (Note 132), [ 139 ] JI?ote0 died in May, 1744, during Dr. MacSparran's absence in Bos- ton, where he preached at King's Chapel, on the twentieth of that month. (See Diary, June 3, 1744, where her funeral sermon is mentioned.) The third wife of Col. Updike was Mary, widow of William Wanton, of Newport, colonial Governor in 1732 and 1733, who died in December of the latter year, aged 63 years. She was the daughter of John and Elizabeth [Carr] Godfrey and was born March 23, 1702. Mrs. Godfrey was, therefore, Col. Updike's mother-in-law. Mrs. Updike was a sister of Capt. Caleb Godfrey, who was ad- mitted a Vestryman of Trinity Church, Newport, in 1737. She survived her husband. Col. Updike, many years. (Up- dike's Hist, of Narragansett Church, p. 296. Mason's Annals of Trinity Church, Newport, pp. 52, 53.) "Her daughter, Ruth Wanton," who is mentioned, along with herself, in an entry of the Narragansett Parish Register, September 26, 175 I, was a step-daughter. Gov. Wanton having been first married to Ruth Bryant. 262 '-'■Litle Molly JVantonT Evidently a daughter of Mrs. Updike, by her first husband. 263 "44] i^otts 285 ''OldMr.Lippetr Moses Lippet, father of Jeremiah. (Note 77.) He lived only three months after this visit, dying December 12, 1 745. 286 ^'Mo$es Slocum:' A resident of North Kingstown, married in 1746 to Frances Watson. 287 " William Anderson^ son of Tho' Andenon^ my Uncle s Ten- antr This uncle was, undoubtedly, the Rev. Archibald MacSpar- ran, a clergyman of the Presbyterian Church, in the County of Londonderry, Ireland. See accompanying Sketch of Dr. Mac S parr an. 288 "/« Ballynessr Probably the name of the Rev. Mr. MacSparran's estate, in the vicinity of Dungiven, or of the village where he lived. 289 " Joseph Hulir The original Quaker preacher of this name was born in 1652. He married Experience Hooper and died after 1709. The first meeting for worship of the Quakers of Falmouth, Mas- sachusetts, where he was then living, was held at his house in 1 68 1. By the time of the establishment of Narragansett Monthly Meeting, in 1699, Joseph Hull had removed to "King's Town," Rhode Island, and early "First Day meet- ings" were held at his dwelling, which was described as "a very large, wide house," supposed by some to have been near Wickford but probably farther south within the limits of the present South Kingstown. In 1702 Mr. Hull is recorded to have given six shillings towards building a Quaker Meeting- House at Mashapaug. Notwithstanding his peaceable princi- ples as a Friend, Joseph Hull seems to have possessed a con- tentious and combative disposition. While he was living in Massachusetts, he beat the Sheriff for persecution of him as a Quaker and was fined therefor fj^ a fine subsequently abated. After his removal to " King's Town," in consequence of a difference beween a certain Jack Turner and himself and some dissatisfaftion expressed by Friends respefting the latter's conduft, the meetings were removed, for a time, from [ H5] JI?otes his house to that of William Gardiner, the great-uncle of Mrs. MacSparran. Both Gardiner and Hull are spoken of as "retaining so much of the Old Adam that they received and justly deserved the frequent admonition of their watchful brethren." If this Joseph Hull was the preacher whom Dr. MacSparran heard at Desire Gardiner's funeral, he must have been over ninety years of age. It is more probable, therefore, that it was his son Joseph or one of his two grandsons of the same name, although it docs not appear certain that they were ministers. It is plain that the Doflor was by no means as friendly to Quakerism as he would have been had he lived a century later and seen it in its more inviting forms. In speaking in America DisseSied (Updike's Hist, of Narragansett Church, pp. 510, 511,) of the introduftion of the sedl, he remarks "no sooner did their preachers appear in Rhode Island, but they found many of the posterity of the first planters too well prepared for the reception of that pestilent heresy. ... I entered on this mission in 1721 and found the people not a tabula rasa, or clean sheet of paper, upon which I might make any impression I pleased ; but a field full of briars and thorns and noxious weeds, that were all to be eradicated, be- fore I could implant in them the simplicity of truth," All the clergy of that day had the same general method of allu- sion to the Quakers. See the titles of traftates against the seft in Leslie's Works, some of which the Rev. John Check- ley afterwards edited : The Snake in th?e Grass, or Satan Trans- formed into an Angel of Light, and Primitive Heresy Revived in the Faith and Practice of tl:e People called Quakers. The un- happy extravagances of the Quakers, both as to doftrine and condufl, in early days, had little in common with the quiet- ism we associate with the gray-garbed Christians now bear- ing the name. (Note 194..) 290 " Great IVilliam Gardiner s only Daughter .^ Desire.''^ Thus distinguished from '■'■Long William Gardiner." (Note 168.) He could not have been Mrs. MacSparran *s brother, William Gardiner, who had several daughters living at this date, but was, very probably, the " W"" on the Hill," to whom the Doftor alludes September 20, 174+. (Note 143.) [ 146 ] #otes 291 ''^ Abraham Dennis's Marriage." This marriage had plainly occurred the same day, while the Dodlor was officiating at Conanicut. It is not recorded in the Narragansett Parish Register, no entries having been made in it during the summer and autumn of 1745. Dennis was a Portsmouth and Newport name, it being recorded that, about that time, Capt. John Dennis drew a half of a pew in Trin- ity Church, in the latter town. 292 ^'■Samuel Mumford." Eldest son of Benjamin Mumford, born January 20, 1723. (Note 53.) He was married by Dr. MacSparran, Oflober 25, 1750, to Elizabeth Goddard, "the Banns of Marriage duly asked, sans objeSlion." In 1757, the last year of the Doftor's life, he baptized a child of Samuel and Elizabeth Mumford, by the name of Elizabeth. 293 "5^w Gardiner's Horse.** Samuel Gardiner was a son of Ephraim and Penelope Gardi- ner and was born January 16, 1719-20. It is recorded in the Narragansett Register that Mr. John Gardiner was married, December 13, 1772, to Miss Sarah Gardiner, eldest daugh- ter of Capt. Samuel Gardiner. "The bride was given away by her father about half an hour after four o'clock, in the presence of sundry witnesses." It is probable that these two Samuels were identical. 294 ''Went to Tho!. Phillips* s." Thomas Phillips was the eldest son of Samuel Phillips, who died in 1736, aged eighty-one, and is believed to have been the first of the family in North Kingstown. Thomas and his brother Christopher (Note 169) were among Do£lor Mac- Sparran's strongest friends, being often mentioned in this Diary and the Narragansett Parish Register. The Phillips family was one of the main pillars of S. Paul's Church, giving it a warden and a vestryman, in the persons of Samuel and his son Thomas, as early as 1 7 1 8, three years before the arrival of Mr. MacSparran. There formerly stood, in the north-east- ern part of the village of Wickford, a fine old house, the resi- dence of the Hon. Peter Phillips (born 1731, died 1807), a [ 147 ] il?otes son of Christopher and nephew of the Thomas mentioned in the Diary, but it, some years since, fell into utter decay and has been removed. This estate was once considered the handsomest in Wickford and was famous, in its day, for its beautiful flower gardens. — Updike's Hist, of the Narragan- sett Church, pp. 120-125. 295 ^^yustice Gardiner^ s." This was, no doubt, Judge Ezekiel Gardiner. It is probable that his residence at this time was the old Gardiner house, still standing at the corner, on the Post Road, about a quarter of a mile east of the original site of the Narragansett Church, where the MacSparran monument now marks the spot. Nich- olas Gardiner, son of Nicholas and second cousin to Mrs. MacSparran, deeded, about 17 14, "a farm on the great plain," to his brother Ezekiel, believed to be the Justice Gardiner of this entry in the Diary. The Gardiner house, just alluded to, is on the eastern border of the Great Plain. This corner is still popularly called "Pinder Zeke's Corner," after some Ezekiel Gardiner, it is supposed, whose mother was of the Pinder family, a somewhat prevailing one in North Kingstown, in past days. Such devices were very common in the Narragansett country and were often necessary to dis- tinguish those of the same name. Judge Gardiner's residence would thus be direftly on the way from Thomas Phillips's to the Doftor's own house. It is stated, in the town records of North Kingstown, that, after the confiscation of the farm of George Rome, the Toryof Boston Neck, in 1776, itwassold to Judge Ezekiel Gardiner. Ezekiel Gardiner, Jr., who married Susannah Congdon, in 1764, was, probably, a son of Justice Gardiner and may have been the one known as" Pinder Zeke." 296 " Joseph Northrupy This Joseph Northrup, who married Mary Congdon, was, probably, a son of Henry, commonly called "Harry" North- rup. (Note 99.) He does not appear to be the same Joseph Northrup who was a tailor and worked at his trade at Dr. MacSparran *s house (Note 251), having his boy with him. There is a record of the birth of two children of Joseph Northrup (son of Henry) and of Mary his wife. [ 148 ] j]?otes 297 '■'■Capt. Richard Mumford" Note 64. It proved to be true that Capt. Mumford had died at Cape Breton, Lieut. Edward Cole, the Doftor's young friend, being promoted to be captain in his place. 298 H Nearly five blank pages follow this entry ^ suggesting that this portion of the Diary was not continued in some other book but closed abruptly with this entry. There is, therefore, no account of the wedding of the foseph Northrup referred to, two or three days before, and, singularly enough, no record of it in the Narragansett Parish Register, as the DoSior made no entries during the summer and autumn of 1745. There is a gap of nearly six years between this instalment of the Diary and the opening, in 175I) of the next part extant. 299 *■*■ Joseph Jesse.^^ The Jesses were near neighbours of Capt. Benoni Sweet. In the town records the name is spelt Jess and was, no doubt, pronounced in one syllable with even the Doftor's orthog- raphy. Jess was married on June 25, 1744, ^^ North Kingstown, to Martha Haxson. The first name, in the record, has been burned away, but is, presumably, Joseph. The births of Elizabeth and Mary Jess are also recorded. 300 '-'•Capt. Sweet's Funeral.''' Note 212. The Narragansett Parish Register records that on "July 20*''» 175 I, Dr. MacSparran, after preaching his funeral sermon, buried Capt. Benoni Sweet in his Family Burying Place, and in his 90'*^ year." Job Sweet, who was a descendant, probably a grandson, of Benoni, early in life removed to South Kings- town, settling near Sugar Loaf Hill and the present village of Wakefield, where his descendants still live and praftise natural bone-setting. During the Revolutionary War he became so well known that he was called to Newport to attend some of the wounded French officers. Somewhat later he was .summoned to New York to reset the dislocated hip of Aaron Burr's daughter, Theodosia, afterwards Mrs. Allston. [ 149 ] i^otts Benoni, one of the sons of Dr. Job Sweet, removed to Leba- non, Connefticut, where he and his sons have continued to praftise. — Updike's Hist of the N arragansett Church, pp. 94, 95- 301 "yl^r. Greaves' s."" The Rev. Matthew Graves of New London. He came to S. James's Church from the neighbourhood of Chester, Eng- land, in 1747, as a missionary of the S. P. G. and proved to be a man of discretion and ability, his ministry there being long, happy and useful. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, he refused to desist from praying for the King and was, therefore, driven out of the church, fleeing in his surplice and taking refuge in the woods, where he had a large congrega- tion. In 1779, he appears to have abandoned the contest and repaired to New York, as a refugee, where he died in 1780, Mr. Graves was a truly good man and greatly beloved and respedled. He was noted for cheerfulness, contentment and simplicity. His temper and habits were social and he was fond of tea and indulged in copious potations of it. His stipend was small and his circumstances often straitened, but nothing dis- turbed his tranquillity or shook his confidence in God. He was a bachelor, his house being kept by his sister. Mr. Graves was the founder of the churches at Norwich and Hebron. The Rev. John Graves, a brother of Matthew and vicar of Clapham, in Cheshire, England, was sent, by the S. P. G., to be Reflor of S. John's Church, Providence, 1754. — Digest of the S. P. G. Records, London, 1895, p. 853. Updike's Hist, of the N arragansett Church, pp. 262-264. 302 *■'■ Hannibal.'" A slave of Dr. MacSparran, frequently mentioned in the Diary. On account of his intradlableness, his master was obliged to send him to be under the care of his friend, Mr, Martin, of Conanicut. About three months after this entry, in curious contrast with the sentiments of the present day, the Dodor mentions, incidentally, "I wrote ... to Mr. Martin to sell Hannibal." 303 ^^Samuf/ Casey, J^r." Samuel Casey, Sr., Justice, is recorded as performing mar- [ >5o] i^otts riages in North and South Kingstown in 1737 and 175^- The births of four children of Samuel Casey, Jr., (born about 1724) are recorded in the South Kingstown Records, The connec- tion of these Caseys with the distinguished family of the name, which bought of the Indians the farm in Boston Neck, owned by the late Gen. Thomas Lincoln Casey, lends an interest to this notice by Dr. MacSparran. Gen. Casey's great-great- grandfather, Thomas Casey, was a first cousin of Samuel Casey, Jr., both being grandsons of the original Thomas Casey of Newport, born about 1636. (Note 315.) 304 "^« ugly Dream.'''' Note 253. Dr. MacSparran gave more heed to dreams than would have been expefted. But we may recall that within a year of the date of his birth "witches" had been executed on Gallows Hill, in Salem, and that the Magnalia of Cotton Mather had appeared during his childhood. 305 " L'lfe of Cleaveland" Probably an English version of VHistoire de M. Cleveland^ Fils naturel de Cromwell, ou le Philosophe Anglais, written be- tween 1732 and 1739 '^y ^^ Abbe Prevost, author of Manon Lescaut. Prevost was born at Artois in 1697, lived for some time in England and died in 1763, near Chantilly. 306 " Te Stuart Family ^ It is evident that the trend of the book was against the Roy- alists, rather than the Roundheads. 307 ^^ Rhode Island chhmen." Here used in the restrifted sense of the island only and equivalent to '•'■Newport churchmen." 308 " Ye young Peter Bourse.''^ Afterwards the Rev. Peter Hours. He was a son of Peter Bours, Esq., of Newport, a man of influence both in the Church and in the community. He graduated at Harvard College and was settled at Marblehead, Massachusetts, from 1752 to the time of his death, at the age of thirty-six, Feb- ruary 24, 1762. The Rev. James Honyman, Reftor of Trinity Church, Newport, had died about a year before the present entry and the reftorship remained vacant until the arrival [ 151 ] i^otts of the Rev. Thomas Pollen in 1754. ^^- MacSparran's vig- orous opposition to lay-reading is distindlly out of harmony with the order and sentiment of the present day, when more than forty licensed lay-readers are reported by the Bishop of Rhode Island. It is interesting to note, in this conneftion, that, on Sunday, February 27, 1763, the Rev. Mr. Fayer- weather, the successor of Dr. MacSparran, was married in the church at Newport, to Mrs. Abigail, the widow of the Rev. Peter Bours of Marblehead. (Note 1 11.) — Digest of the S. P. G. Records, p. 852. Mason's Annals of Trinity Churchy Newport, p. 121. Narragansett Parish Register, February 27, 1763- 309 " Te Ferry." The South, or Narragansett, Ferry, connefting Narragansett with Newport, via Conanicut. 310 '■'■Dr. Avery s Letter." Who this opposer of the establishment of bishops in America was, has not been ascertained. It is possible that he was the father of the Rev. Ephraim Avery, who was graduated at Yale College, ordained by the Bishop of London, settled at Rye, New York, in 1765, as a missionary of the S. P. G., and found dead near his house in 1776, being said to have been "murdered by the rebels, . . . for not praying for the Con- gress," although his death was otherwise explained by Dr. Seabury. (Digest of the S. P. G. Records, pp. 75, 855.) That the Society was not responsible for the delay in sending bishops to the American colonies is shown by the subscriptions of ;^looo each, for this objeft, by two of its Presidents, Arch- bishops Tenison and Seeker, as well as by those of other large suras by some of its friends. Dr. MacSparran, also, con- ditionally bequeathed his farm in Narragansett for the pur- pose. — Id. p. 745. 311 ''IVatiorCi." John Watson, at an early day, settled on a farm on Tower Hill. He married two daughters of the original George Gardiner, and died in 1728. "Watson's farm" remained in the family for five generations and many of its members lie buried upon it. — Cole's History of U\is/ iti^ton and Kent Counties, p. 532. [ '50 Jgotes 312 "21? Sermon^ "On Sunday, August 4'''' 175 1, a discourse was delivered by Dr. MacSparran, from Hebrews v, 4., styled 'The sacred Dig- nity of the Christian Priesthood Vindicated,' [The Sacred Dignity of the Christian Priesthood Vindicated, in a Dis- course on Hebrews, v. 4. Delivered at St, Paul's in Narra- gansett, on Sunday, August 4, 175 1. By the Rev. Dr. Mac- Sparran. Newport, Printed by J. Franklin, MDCCLII. l6mo. pp. 46.] which was printed at Newport. The objeft of the sermon is thus described by himself, . . . 'The native nov- anglian clergy of our church, against the opinion of Euro- pean missionaries, have introduced a custom of young scholars going about and reading prayers, etc., when there are vacan- cies, on purpose that they may step into them, when they get orders ; yea they have so represented the necessity and advantage of the thing, that the very society connive at, if not encourage, it. This occasioned my preaching, and after- wards printing, the enclosed discourse.' The publication of this discourse, by an Episcopalian presbyter, produced a great excitement among the clergy of the non-Episcopal churches, who falsely apprehended it was direfted against them." The incident led to a war of pamphlets, in which Dr. MacSparran does not seem to have taken any part. — Updike's Hist, of Narragansett Church, pp. 238-9. For the answers which this pamphlet called out see Bibliography of Episcopal Controversy in Checkleys Life, edited by Rev. Edmund H. Slafter, pp. 271, 272. 313 '■^Te eldest ch^ in y' Colony." Trinity Church, Newport, founded 1 698, where Peter Bours (Note 308) had been lay-reading. 314 "y/ Combing" i.e. wool. All the processes of carding, spinning or weaving seem to have been carried on in the Doftor's house, only scouring and pressing being done at a fuller's. 315 *■*■ Gideon Casey." Gideon was a younger brother of Samuel and was born about 1726. (Note 303.) He and his wife, Jane, lived in South [ '53] i^otts Kingstown, children being born to them in 1747, 175 i and 316 ^^ Suckatash." Green corn and beans cooked together, it being a dish, as well as a name, borrowed from the Narragansett Indians. The ordinary orthography is succotash^ the Indian form being msickquatasb, said to mean "maize boiled whole." 317 '■'■Mary Chappel" She was a widow, whose name occurs frequently in the Nar- ragansett Parish Register, In several cases she is mentioned in the Diary as working at the Glebe House, apparently as a tailoress. Mrs. Chappel became a communicant in 1756. Her daughter Esther was the wife of William Davis, who lived in the Glebe House after the death of Dr. MacSparran. On April 4, 1763, the Rev. Mr. Fayerweather, having been lately married (Note 308), records, in his usual quaint fashion, in the Parish Register, "Mr. W'"- Davis and family moved away from the Parsonage House, where they had lived with Mr. F. for two years, in great unanimity and Peace." 318 ''Dr. Moffat r Note 46. Dr. MofFatt is no longer mentioned, as before, as a "Scotch Doftor," having, no doubt, in the meantime, become familiar by frequent visits. It was in this year, 175 I, that the enter- prise of manufacturing snufF was aftually begun. — Cole's History of Washington and Kent Counties, p. 395. 319 "7«°- Buiir He was a son of Isaac and Rebecca Bull, having been born in South Kingstown May 15, 1732, and seems to have been visiting at the Doftor's, No connexion appears between these Bulls of South Kingstown and Capt. Henry Bull of Newport. 320 " Capt. CampbeL" Master of a vessel sailing from Newport. The Doftor refers to him repeatedly in this part of the Diary. 321 "7 Dollars:' This is the first mention, in the Diary, of any money except English. These were, undoubtedly, Mexican "Pillar Dol- lars," American silver dollars not being coined until 1794. [ >54] ilJotes In a memorandum scribbled on the cover of the Diary, the Doftor mentions "no good pillard Dollars of Mexico . . . of the full weight of Seventeen Penny halfpenny weight," thus showing his familiarity with this kind of money. The Captain was, probably, expedled to fulfil the Doftor's commis- sion at some port where colonial currency was not passable. 322 " Tw" Gardiner^ s wife on ye Hilir To be distinguished from Mrs. MacSparran's brother, John Gardiner, who lived on the Bonnet farm, near South Ferry. This one may be of the family of " W™- on the Hill." (Note H3-) 323 "C^/. Updike" Notes 10 and 37. 324 ^■^Amos.'" Amos Gardiner was a son of John Gardiner (Note 15) and a nephew of Mrs. MacSparran. He was born March 27, 1729, and baptized on the following September 7th. About two months after this entry (Odlober loth), Doftor MacSparran married him to Sarah, a daughter of Capt. Joshua Bill (Note 126), not quite with the approval of his father (See below Wednesday, August 14th). Amos Gardiner, after his mar- riage, lived at the "Four Chimney House," now demolished, direftly west of the South Ferry. The Amos Gardiner who accompanied Gilbert Stuart to the latter's birth-place, shortly before his death, /. e. about 1826 (Updike's Hist, of Narra- gansett Churchy p. 257), may have been a grandson of the above. It is plain that Amos Gardiner was a favourite nephew of the Dodtor. 325 *-*-Peleg Brown" He was a son of Capt. John Brown, of Newport (Note 229), born 1709, died 1756. He married, February 20, 1745-6, Sarah Freebody (Note 273), a younger sister of Mrs. Capt. Wilkinson. (Note 119.) Peleg Brown was, for many years, a Vestryman of Trinity Church. 326 "y^ visit at Hunter s." Andrew Hunter, subsequently one of the Wardens of Trin- ity Church, Newport. He served on the vestry until 1771, when it is recorded, in the Parish Records, that "Mr. An- [ 155] 115Dte0 drew Hunter, in consequence of the infirmities of age, asked to be excused from longer serving as a vestryman ; when it was unanimously voted that the thanks of the church be given to Mr. Hunter for his past good services to the church." (Mason's Annals of Trinity Churchy pp. 149, 150.) It does not appear that Andrew Hunter was of the family of the distin- guished Dr. Wm. Hunter who did not emigrate from Scot- land to Newport until 1752. 327 ^'' Samuel FreebodyT He is first mentioned, in the Records of Trinity Church, Newport, in 1750, and last, as one of the Wardens, in 1788. His name is joined with that of John Freebody (Notes 119 and 273) in such a way as to suggest that the two were brothers. 328 "-Joseph Llppet\r Fourth son of Moses and Ann Lippet (Note 77) of Old Warwick. He was born September 4, 1715, and married Lucy, a daughter of Capt. Thomas Brown, of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, February 19, 1746. He had two sons, Joseph and Thomas, and five daughters. 329 "A/r. Auchmuty of New Tork." The Rev. Samuel Auchmuty, afterwards reftor of Trinity Church, New York, was a son of Robert Auchmuty, Judge of Admiralty at Boston and a descendant of an ancient Scot- tish family. He was born in Boston in 1725 and graduated at Harvard College in 1742. He was taken by his father to England, where he was ordained by the Bishop of London in 1747 and appointed to the charge of a Negro mission in New York, probably as an assistant minister of Trinity Church. On the death of the Reftor, Dr. Barclay, in 1764, Mr. Auchmuty became Redlor. In 1749, ^^ ^^^ married to a daughter of Richard Nichols, Governor of the Province of New York. Among his children was Sir Samuel Auchmuty, a distinguished General in the British army. Another son of the Rev. Samuel Auchmuty, Robert Nichols Auchmuty, a Warden of Trinity Church, resided in Newport, where he died January 28, 181 3. Arthur Gates Auchmuty, whom Dr. MacSparran, according to the Narragaiisctt Register, married [ >S6] il5otefif to Ann Dickinson, in South Kingstown, September 3, 1734, is believed to have been an uncle of the Rev. Dr. Auchmuty. The latter expefted to be consecrated Bishop of New York and was often addressed as Bishop by his afFeftionate parish- ioners, but his plan of going to England for the purpose was frustrated by the outbreak of the war of the Revolution, He, therefore, continued in the faithful discharge of his duties as Reftor, until the occupation of New York by the American Army, when he closed the churches of the parish and re- paired to New Jersey. Upon the occupation of the city by the British he returned, having undergone many hardships on the way, and, after preaching a single Sunday in S. Paul's, succumbed to illness and died March 4, 1777, being buried under the altar of that chapel. The objeft of Dr. MacSparran's letter to Mr. Auchmuty was, probably, the promotion, in some way, of the publication of his sermon against lay-read- ing. (Note 312.) — Mason's Annals of Trinity Church, New- port, pp. 176 and 177. Updike's Hist, of the Narragansett Church, pp. 148-153. 330 ^^Rich'' Nichols Esq' Postmaster." As this is the same name as that of the Governor, Mr. Auch- muty's father-in-law, it seems likely that this Richard Nichols was a relative of Mrs. Auchmuty, The Dodlor's letter was sent under cover to the Postmaster, apparently, to save the heavy postage of the day, in accordance with a custom re- peatedly referred to, by him, in the Diary and elsewhere. 331 *•'■ Isaac Fowler." A resident of North Kingstown, who married Mary Hop- kins, January 15, 1 720-1, a daughter of Samuel and Susanna Hopkins of South Kingstown. 332 " Widow Shearman." Mrs. Sherman was the widow of Abiel Sherman and the mother of Hannah Sherman, whom Dr. MacSparran married to Jeremiah, son of Samuel Brown, December 9, 1742. 333 " Kit Fowler ye Taylor." In an "Account of Books lent by Dr. MacSparran," attached to this Diary, it is noted that he loaned Religious Courtship to Xtopher Fowler, March 26, 1750, an amusing example of the [ '57] jf]?otes kind of reading for young people, in vogue at that day. Other volumes of this lending library are named in the Sketch of Dr. MacSparran prefixed to this volume. 334 *' To remove her by y' Illness" Mrs. Ailmy (Almy) survived, after this date (August 27, 175 1,) until February 1763, more than five years longer than Dr. MacSparran and nearly eight after the death of her daughter, the Dodor's wife. (Note 24.) 335 " 7^" ^'^° children^ viz* Jn' iff Molly." The children of Mrs. MacSparran's eldest brother, John Gardiner (Note 15), and his second wife, Mary Taylor, to whom he was married December 13, 1739. Mary, here called Molly, was baptized Oftober 28, 1744. She never married. John was baptized May 8, 1748, and married Sarah Gardiner, by whom he had issue. — Updike's Hist, of Narragansett Church, pp. 354-5. 336 '■'■At Block Island Henry Gardiner s" There were at least three adult Henry Gardiners living in South Kingstown, at this period, and this one is thus desig- nated for distinftion. 337 '-'■ Molly Robinson" A daughter of Gov. William Robinson, by his second wife, Abigail, Mrs. MacSparran's sister. (Note 18.) She was born Oftober 8, 1736, and was thus in her fifteenth year. The mare she was riding belonged to her grandmother, Mrs. Almy, the mother of Mrs. MacSparran. (Note 24.) 338 '■'■ Bathsheba Martin." A daughter of the Doftor's particular friend, John Martin, Esq., of Conanicut Island. (Note 98.) She was baptized, as an adult, by Dr. MacSparran, with her four brothers and sisters, at their father's house, February 9, 1743-4. '■^ Tom Siveet." Thomas Sweet was the third son of Capt. Bcnoni Sweet, of North Kingstown. (Notes 212 and 300.) He was born in August, 1703, and married Tabitha Bcntley, February 9, I743-+- [ 158 ] 339 il?ote0 340 "C(?/. Northrup's Land^ Notes 99, 251 and 296. "Col. Northrup" is, no doubt, the "Harry Northrup" of the earlier part of the Diary. Both Jess's and Northrup's swamps lay upon Mill, or Mattatoxet, River, above the Stuart Mill. 341 ''The Miiir The mill, upon the site of which the SnufF Mill of Gilbert Stuart fame was soon afterwards built (Note 318) at the head of the Narrow River and in view of the Dodlor's farm. 342 " Tho' Gardiner's wife." Thomas, the eldest son of John Gardiner, Mrs. MacSparran's brother (Note 15) was born March 11, 1725. Mr. Updike {Hist, of N arragansett Church, p. 125) states that he "died without issue." The Town Record, however, shows that, in accordance with this entry, he had a son Fred, born August 24, 175 I. The child did not, probably, survive his father. 343 " Capt. BulPs . . . wife." Capt. Henry Bull, of Newport, was a great-grandson of the first settler, of the same name, and was born November 23, 1687. He was a man of strong charafter and attained an in- fluential position, becoming Attorney-General, Speaker of the House of Representatives, a member of the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Boundary Commission and Chief Justice for Newport County. He died December 24, 1771. Henry Bull, of the fifth generation from the first settler, was a dis- tinguished citizen of Newport, dying in 1841. He wrote a series of valuable papers, known as Memoirs of Rhode Island. — Mason's Annals of Trinity Church., pp. 62 and 325. 344«P^«/M/^5." A son of Nathaniel and Mary Niles, born May 16, 1721. The swamps which the Doftor searched for maples fit for cider-mill screws, a few days before, lay to the north of his house. The one he now explored lay to the south of it. Paul was a nephew of the Rev. Samuel Niles for several years Congregational pastor in South Kingstown. 345 " Tom Dickson." A son of Anthony and Hannah Dickson. (Note 82.) The [ -59] i^otts Doftor mentions, Oftober 7, 175 1, "Jemmy Dickson," an older brother of Thomas. (Note 364.) The baptisms of younger brothers, Robert and William, are recorded in the Narragansett Register. 346 ''Nathaniel Sheffieldr A son of Joseph Sheffield, born in Kingstown, May 1 1, 1714. (Note 354.) 347 "y^ note of Christopher Phillips' s."" A curious glimpse at the confidential relations existing be- tween a beloved reftor and a trusted parishioner, suggesting the somewhat stern and impetuous reputation of the one and the mild mercifulness of the other, although, himself, an owner of slaves. 348 '''•'Jeremiah Pierce^ a child." In the Narragansett Parish Register, under this date, it is recorded, "Dr. MacSparran baptized Jeremiah Pierce, a child, Son of one Pierce, who died at sea, and Peggy Martin his Mother^ On a preceding date the Doftor recounts how, on his return from Old Warwick, he "got up early, set out, oated at Pierce's, etc." The house of Mrs. Pierce was at Coeset. 349 " Peggy Martin y' was." Perhaps the reason oftheDoftor's frequently mentioning Mrs. Pierce by her maiden name was the faft that he had known her father, Robert Martin, in Ireland, "Nuffield, alias Lon- donderry" being presumably near the scene of his own early life, at Dungiven. In the "Acc't of Books lent by Dr. MacSparran," attached to the Diary, is found the entry, "Peggy Martin of Coeset, i vol. of Family Instruftor, Feb- ruary, 1 749-" 350 "r^ Parting Gate." The gate on the Post Road at the entrance of the old Up- dike estate, about a mile north of Wickford. The present north gate is, no doubt, on the site of the one where Col. and Mrs. Updike bade adieu to Dr. MacSparran, that September Sundav afternoon. [ '60 ] i^otts 351 ^^ Robert Hazard's Jack of N. Kingstown." So called to distinguish him from other Robert Hazards, in South Kingstown. (Note 84.) There were, however, at least a half-dozen of this name in North Kingstown, at this period. 352 ^^Mr. Robinson's Funeral.'''' Notes 18 and 213. Gov, Robinson died September 19, 175 1. The Doftor means that he went to the funeral on the last day mentioned, viz., September 21st. As Mr. Robinson was a Friend, Dr. Mac- Sparran did not officiate, but was present merely as a relative. ZSZ ''L^S, besides ly.ior The same apparently large sums which have been previously explained as due to the depreciated paper currency. (Note 2 5.) 354 *■'■ His Fa'' in Law Everet ye Baptist Teacher" Dr. MacSparran uses the term "father-in-law" here in the popular sense, instead of "step-father," in which relation the Rev. Daniel Everett stood to Nathaniel Sheffield (Note 346), having been married to Mary Sheffield, his mother, July 12, 1739. Her first husband, Joseph Sheffield, the father of Na- thaniel, came from Portsmouth. Daniel Everett was, for many years and probably as long as it existed, pastor of the first Baptist society organized in South Kingstown, it being connected with the "Six Principle Baptist" association. Great dissensions prevailed in the organization, in the latter part of his ministry, and the society never recovered from its division, finally becoming extinft. The reason of Mr. Ever- ett's being in need was, doubtless, the impoverishment of his church, by the secession of a large part of its members to form a Separatist body, in 1750, under Elder David Sprague. The name of Elder Everett appears frequently, in the South Kingstown Records, as a performer of marriages. (Cole's History of Washington and Kent Counties, pp. 591-2.) It is curious to note the Doftor's reluftance to accord any title but "ye Baptist teacher" to the Rev. Mr. Everett even while his compassionateness was leading him to praftise towards him such generosity. 355 ^'■Xtopher Robinson" Christopher, eldest son of Mrs. Robinson, by her second [ .6,] 5I?otes husband. Gov. William Robinson, was born December 31, 1727, and was married, by Dr. MacSparran, November 30, 1752, to Ruhamah Champlin "at ye house of Col. Christo- pher Champlin, Father to ye Bride, in Charlestowne." (Notes 18 and 265 and Narragansett Parish Register at latter date.) 356 '■^Toung Xtopher Phillips's" Notes 169 and 294. Christopher Phillips, Jr., in 1749, married his own cousin, Mary, daughter of Thomas Phillips, and died in 1757. Be- fore the birth of his son Christopher, whose baptism the Doc- tor here records, he had become the father of Samuel, known as Major Phillips, who commanded one of the five boats in Barton's expedition to Rhode Island, for the capture of Gen. Prescott, in 1777. 357 ''Te Shipyard fieUr As the tide-water of the arm of the sea, known as Narrow River, formed the eastern boundary of Dr. MacSparran's farm, it may well have been that small vessels had, at some period, been built upon the beach. 358 " Two young Irishmen" The faft of the Dodor's Irish birth seems, on more than one occasion, to have attrafted Irish visitors and wayfarers to his house. 359 ''So. Carolina." There seems to have been an exceptional degree of reciprocity between South Carolina and Narragansett, as well as other parts of Rhode Island and New England, in those days. The Rev. Wm. Guy was transferred from South Carolina to the charge of S. Paul's in 17 17 and, in the following year, re- transferred to South Carolina. The Rev. John Usher, so long settled at Bristol, Rhode Island, had been previously a mis- sionary at S. George's, South Carolina. The Rev. Stephen Roe was transferred from South Carolina to Boston in 1743. Commissary Garden, with whom Dr. MacSparran was in correspondence, lived in Charleston, South Carolina. The Doftor's successor, the Rev. Samuel Faycrwcathcr, came from Charleston, South Carolina. — Digest of tie S. P. G. Records, pp. 18, 853-4. J<1 arragansett Parish Register, July I 8, 1 763. [ '60 fl5otes 360 '"'■ Zephaniah Browned Youngest son of Samuel Browne, the Doftor's parishioner (Note 244.), born December 23, 1721. He became the father of six children, born 1756— 1768. 361 *■'' George Hazard^ Son of George^ deceased.^* Among the numerous George Hazards of the day, this one cannot, with any certainty, be identified. Circumstances in- dicate, however, that he was the one whom Dr. MacSparran married, November 7, 1752, to Sarah, third daughter of Col. Thomas Hazard, of Boston Neck. This George was a son of George Hazard of Boston Neck (Note 16) and a grandson of "Old Thomas Hazard." (Note 88.) It is known that the elder George had died when his youngest son, Thomas G., was but four years old, (Hazard's RecolleBions of Olden Times, p. 209.) As Dr. MacSparran often bought hides and had shoes made from them at his house, there is nothing improb- able in his sometimes supplying even his well-to-do neigh- bours with the latter. Mr. Updike {Hist, of Narragansett Church, p. 247) notes that the above younger George Haz- ard was styled, by way of distindlion, "Little Neck George," from his owning and occupying the "Little Neck Farm." 362 ''Old Esq' Helme's widow." Mrs. Helme was originally Sarah Niles and was married July 21, 1709, to Rouse Helme, who died August 28, 175 1. Their eldest son, James Helme, Esq. (Note 69), was born May 7, 1710. 363 ''Mr. Jn' Berriman." A clergyman of London, born 1689, and the Reftor of S. Alban's, Wood Street, until his death, December 8, 1768. In literature he is known as the author of eight very learned sermons, preached at "Lady Moyer's Lefture" and pub- lished in 1741, exhibiting a critical view of more than a hundred Greek manuscripts of S. Paul's Epistles, many of them not previously collated. His still more distinguished brother. Dr. William Berriman, was an eminent scholar and a Fellow of Eton College. There is an extraft from a letter of "Dr. Berriman" in Updike's Hist, of Narragansett Churchy [ '63 ] 515otes p. 261. This was, undoubtedly, John Berriman, as his bro- ther William had died previously to the date of this letter. It is noticeable that the letter to Dr. MacSparran, presuma- bly from London, was one hundred days in transit. 364 " yemmy Dickson^ A son of Anthony Dickson of North Kingstown. (Notes 82 and 345.) James Dickson married Ann, a daughter of Ben- jamin Mumford (Note 53), by whom he had a son Anthony. By the Doftor's reference to his return home, with a letter to Capt. Wilkinson of Newport, it is plain that "Jemmy" was then living in that town. 365 "Mr. Robert Hamilton" In a letter written by the Doftor to "the Hon. Col. Henry Gary, Esq.," Ireland, August 20, 1752, forming a part of America Disseiled, the opening sentence is as follows: "By the hands of Mr. Robert Hamilton, son of Bellyfattan, near Strabane, I did myself the honour a few years ago, of writing you a letter." There can hardly be a doubt that the Robert Hamilton here mentioned and the bearer of that letter were the same. Strabane is in the county of Tyrone, about twenty miles south of Londonderry. — Updike's Hist, of Narragan- sett Ckurch, p. 483. 366 ''^arah Bilir Note 126. Dr. MacSparran entered this marriage, in the Narragansett Parish Register, in a large engrossing hand, quite different from ordinarily, as if in triumph and to mark a signal event, doubtless from his sense of the unreasonableness of John Gardiner's objedion to the marriage (Diary, August 14, 175 I, and Note 324), as well as his peculiar affeftion for the young bridegroom. After this little ripple in the placid pool of fam- ily life, all four of the persons most interested, reftor, father, bride and groom, have slumbered tranquilly for a century, side by side, in the Narragansett Churchyard. 367 ''■Ye Re¥ Mr. Brown of Piscary The Rev. Arthur Browne was born at Drogheda, Ireland, in 1700, educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and ordained by the Bishop of London in 1729. He was settled at Provi- dence from that year to 1735, and at "Queen's Chapel" ■ [ 164 ] JBotes Portsmouth (or Piscataqua), New Hampshire, and Kittery, Maine, from 1736 to 1773, in which year he died, suddenly, in June, at Cambridge, Massachusetts. {Digest of the S. P. G. Records^ pp. 852-3.) Mr. Browne left four sons, one of whom, Marmaduke, was Redlor of Trinity Church, New- port. Arthur Browne was so highly esteemed, as Reftor of S. John's Church, Providence, that a glebe was purchased for him in Providence Neck and presented to him in fee simple. When, after some time, he was persuaded by Gov. Dunbar to remove to New Hampshire, he was parted with very re- luftantly and honourably redeeded the glebe and the house, which is still standing, for the use of future ministers of the congregation. (Updike's Hist, of N arragansett Church, pp. 409, 410.) Mr. Browne is said to be the "Reftor" (or "Parson") in Longfellow's Tales of a Wayside Inn, — The Poet's Tale. — Digest of the S. P. G. Records, p. 852. 368 ^^ Coronation Day" George II. was crowned Oflober 1 1, 1727, and died Odober 25, 1760. 369 ''Rhode Is/and Fort." Although the name of Rhode Island was early extended to the colony on the mainland, it is here, undoubtedly, used in its restricted sense of the island upon which Newport is sit- uated. The first battery in Newport harbour was ordered to be built on Goat Island, at the expense of the "CoUeny," in 1702, "sufficient to mount twelve pieces of ordnance or cannon," and was named "Fort Anne" for the Queen. In 1730, after George II. ascended the throne, the name was changed to "Fort George" and, again, at the outbreak of the Revolution, its armament having been increased to forty cannon, to " Fort Liberty." This work was the " Rhode Island Fort" mentioned in the Diary. The first work near the site of the present "Fort Adams" (itself not planned and erefted until 1820) was a slight battery thrown up in 1776, at which date, also, appears to have been begun the defence at North Point, since known as "Fort Greene." — Gen. Cullum's His- torical Sketch of the Fortification Defences of N arragansett Bay, as quoted in the Providence Journal. [ '65] 51?otes 370 *■*■ Pompions.^^ This now obsolete variant of pumpkins introduces us to an- other of the produfts of the Dodlor's farm. 371 '■'■Made a shift to do without spe^acles^ This shows a remarkable preservation of eyesight, in the darkness of a thunderstorm, at the age of fifty-eight. See Oftober 27th, following. 372 ''A Bill of I SO St-'L" The faft that this sum was "sterling" and yet so large sug- gests that it was a semi-annual payment upon the Dodlor's stipend, which the Proceedings of the Society show to have been ;^ioo per annum, viz. £^0 as missionary at Narragan- sett and ^^30 for officiating at Warwick. £^0 would have amounted, at this period, to not less than ^^600 in the depre- ciated paper currency of the Colony. 373 ^^ Hannah Minturn" A daughter of Jonas Minturn and a granddaughter of Samuel Brown, the Doftor's well-known parishioner (Note 244), the former having been married to Penelope Brown, by Dr. MacSparran, December 21, 1732. Hannah Minturn re- mained unmarried, dying at an advanced age in Newport. Her brother, William, became a distinguished merchant and the founder of the well-known Minturn family of New York. Even fifty years since the number of his descendants had reached one hundred and forty. The ancestor of the Minturns in Narragansett, where he was one of the early settlers, was a native of England. — Updike's Hist, of Narragansett Church, pp. I 3 1-3. 374"%.." This name is indistinflly written and may be Sligo, in either case the locality being now unknown. It is, possibly, Yago (or Yawgoo), the Indian name of the locality now known as Exe- ter, still preserved in the designation of a manufaduring ham- let in the southeast part of that town and within a few miles of the Glebe House. 375 '■'■Borden i Ferry." Same as that now known as "Bristol Ferry," connefting the island of Rhode Island with the mainland two miles south [ '66] i^otes of the village of Bristol. It is called "Bristol Ferry" by the Dodlor on the following day. 376 "On^ Mr. Low el of Boston r No doubt a member of the subsequently distinguished family descended from Percival Lowell, a merchant, who emigrated from Bristol, England, in 1639 and died in 1665. The first of the family to attain distinction was John Lowell, statesman and jurist, but this "one Mr. Lowel" could not have been he, as he was born only in 1743 and was, thus, but eight years of age at this date. 377 *■'■ Several old Friends.''^ The circumstances attending Dr. MacSparran's residence in Bristol, before settling at Narragansett, are related in the sketch of his life, prefixed to this volume. It is not likely that, after the expiration of a third of a century, there re- mained many of his original friends except those of the younger generation. Perhaps Obadiah Papillion, at the house of whose widowed step-mother, a relative, he first tarried after his arrival at Bristol in 1718, was among those who now greeted him, Mr. Papillion having been a member of the first vestry of S. Michael's Church in 1724 and surviving until 1760, when he died in South Carolina. The first baptism upon the Church records of Bristol was performed by Mr. MacSparran, — that of Alice Woodale, adult, 172 1. — Munro's The Story of the Mount Hope Lands, Providence, 1880, p. 145. 378 "Z/V/^ Nath Bosworth.'' One of the original Wardens of S. Michael's Church, defied in 1724, was Nathaniel Bosworth, being, doubtless, among the Doftor's "old friends." This lad was, probably, a grand- son of Mr. Bosworth or one of his own younger children, as he appears to have been married a second time in 1727. The original Nathaniel Bosworth, one of the early settlers of Bris- tol, was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, in 165 1, and was chosen deacon on the organization of the Congregational So- ciety in Bristol, its first religious services being held in his house, lately the residence of Mrs. James De Wolfe Perry. It seems likely that Nathaniel Bosworth, the first Warden [ 167] #otes of S, Michael's, was among those who adhered to Mr. Mac- Sparran after the troubles of 1718-19. — Munro's The Story of the Mount Hope Lands, pp. 91, 126 and 145. 379 '■'Billy Gallopr Probably a grandson of Capt. Samuel Gallup, who had been an aftive man in the affairs of Bristol at the close of the seven- teenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth. His son, William, was married by Mr. MacSparran, in Bristol, Decem- ber 19, 1721, showing that he was one of his adherents and that he sent to Narragansett for his services. He died at Cambridge in 1774, in his eightieth year. "Billy" can hardly have been otherwise than his son. He appears to have died in Bristol three or four months after his call upon the Doftor. (Munro's The Story of the Mount Hope Lands, p. 122.) Capt. Samuel Gallup led a company in the expedition against Canada in 1690. 380 '■''Capt. Harrison." Capt. Peter Harrison was an accomplished architedl of New- port, exercising his profession in Boston likewise. The origi- nal front of the Redwood Library, a beautiful example of Roman Doric, was his work, as well as the Newport City Hall, the Jewish Synagogue and, probably, some of the finer specimens of domestic architecture still preserved in New- port. (Mason's Annals of Trinity Church, Newport, p. 114.) Peter Harrison designed also King's Chapel, Boston, and Christ Church, Cambridge. 381 "Black Sagathee.'' Sagathy is a mixed woven fabric of silk and cotton, called also sayette. 382 " Extraii of Out Services and ye Notitia Parochialis." Note I. This was probably what wc should now style the Doftor's '•Parochial Report" to the Society at London. 383 "Silvester Robinson." Silvester Robinson was a son of Gov. Wm. Robinson (Note 18) and a resident of South Kingstown. He was born in 1734 and was married in 1756 to Alice Perry. He had four chil- [ 168 ] Jgotes dren, James, William, Mary and Abigail, and died in 1 809, 384 " Charles Apthorp^ Merch\" Note 256. This Mr. Apthorp is unquestionably the same as the one alluded to in this Diary on July 12, 1745, when, however, he appears to have been in America rather than London, the letter to Commodore Warren being enclosed to him. But it is quite possible that these letters, too, were merely enclosed to him at Boston, to be forwarded to London. 385 ''Ruth and her Son." Probably slaves. The name Ruth is not quite distindl. 386 "i/zW* Col. Updike. (Diary, Oftober 21 and 28, 175 1.) 387 "^^14:8 in old Tenor." Note 25. This statement affords ground for a comparative estimate of the current value of the colonial paper currency and sterling money. To meet the £1^0 sterling Col. Updike seems to have agreed to payj^332 in paper, one hundred and six Mexican dollars and fifty bushels of Indian corn. This appears to in- dicate a ratio of one to twelve or thirteen. Two years previ- ously, in 1749, the ratio was one to eleven. 388 " One Willet Laraby." It is for the credit of North and South Kingstown that the name of Laraby does not appear upon its early records, thus implying that this criminal was an outsider. The praenomen, Willet, is, however, a well-known family name of the former town. The cropping of the ears as a penalty for crime has been long disused in Rhode Island as a barbarism. 389 ''Paul Woodbridge^ Tanner" The Rev. Ephraim Woodbridge is recorded as performing a marriage in Kingstown in 1 7 20-1. It is probable that this Paul was of the same family, perhaps his son. The Wood- bridges were a well-known clerical family, the Rev. John Woodbridge having been the first pastor of the first church at Andover, Massachusetts, and his three sons, John, Timothy and Benjamin having all been ministers, the latter in Conneft- icut. New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Bristol, Rhode Is- land. — Munro's The Story of the Mount Hope Lands, pp. 1 2 5-6. [ '69] i^otts 390 " Tom IVeeks" Thomas Wickes, of old Warwick, was born September 8, 171 5, and was the fifth son of John Wickes and third in de- scent from the John Wickes who was one of the first settlers of Shawomet and an associate with Samuel Gorton. This original John Wickes is said by Callender to have been "slain by the Indians, 1675, a very ancient man," although but sixty-six years of age. Thomas Wickes, whose publishment to Ruth Brown (Note 220) is here recorded, left two daugh- ters, one of whom, Elizabeth, became the wife of Benjamin Gardiner, who resided in Middletown and was a nephew of Mrs. MacSparran. Mr. Wickes was repeatedly a represen- tative and a senator of the colony and proved a wise, firm and temperate counsellor in the troublous days preceding the Revolution. He was one of those who joined Gov. Wanton, in 1775, in a protest against the formation of an "army of observation." He died in 1803 and is declared, by the late Hon. Elisha R. Potter, to have been "firm in purpose, cour- teous in manner, scrupulously exa£l in all his worldly rela- tions and fond of the social intercourses of life." — Updike's Hist, of N arragansett Churchy pp. 381-3. 391 ^'•Making Tea in ye Study. ''^ Dr. MacSparran's study occupied the lower part of the wing at the south end of the Glebe House, the portion, within a few years, demolished. 392 ''Sam^ Albror The names of Samuel Albro and his wife Isabel are included in "A List of Persons Baptized by Mr. Honyman before he went to England last," [1708] entered on the records of Trinity Church, Newport. (Mason's Annals of Trinity C lurch, Newport, p. 17.) The name of Mr. Albro appears also in the first entry in the Narragansett Parish Register, "April ye 14th, 1718," where it is recorded that Samuel Albro was elcded a Church Warden. The Samuel Albro referred to in the Diary was a grandson of the former, born 17 16 and probably the father of Samuel Albro, 'Jr., who was married to Jane Cole, December 3, 1758, in North Kingstown. There was, also, a Rev. Samuel .Mbro, who performed many mar- [ 170 ] 0otts riages in North Kingstown from 1757 to a much later date. The Cap(. Samuel Albro mentioned below by the Doftor seems to have been the same as the one here named. 393 ^^Shanticut." Meshanticut, which is the full Indian name of the locality, is so called from the Meshanticut Brook, which runs from the north into the Pawtuxet River, between the present villages of Natick and Pontiac. The name is still preserved in "Meshanticut Park," a platted village of suburban resi- dences. 394 " J/r. Xtopher Lippet." Christopher, the third son of Moses and Ann (or Anphillis) Lippet (Note 77), was born November 29, 17 12, and was married to Catherine Holden, a daughter of Anthony, Janu- ary 2, 1740. His son. Col. Christopher Lippet, was a prom- inent officer in the Revolutionary War, being in command of a regiment at the battles of Trenton and Princeton. After the close of the war. Col. Lippet was appointed Major-Gen- eral of the State Militia. The Narragansett Parish Register contains a record of the baptism by immersion, in Warwick Cove, of Katherine, wife of Christopher Lippet of Shanticut, by Dr. MacSparran, August 9, 1746. (Note 193.) — Updike's Hist, of Narragansett Church, pp. 372-4. 395 ^^Mr. Knox lead my Horse.'''' Over the ford called "the Weir," across the Pawtuxet River, at about the present site of "Arnold's Bridge," at Pontiac. There were Knoxes living in Cumberland, at this period. 396 '■'■Bridge near his saw-mill.''^ This is quite plainly a bridge over the North Branch of the Pawtuxet, indicating, apparently, that Christopher Lippet's saw-mill was near the present village of Lippitt. 397 " Over ye Force.'''' The chirography here is somewhat obscure, but the Do6lor seems to use the provincial English word for waterfall. 398 ''Daniel Greene'' s Bridge.''^ This was situated at or very near the present Centreville Bridge over the South Branch of the Pawtuxet. Even as late [ I?! ] /I?otes as the breaking out of the Revolutionary War there were but three houses where Ccntreville now is, one of them being the dwelling of Daniel Greene, a son of Job (born August 24, 1656), a long, low building of one story, burned only about twenty years since. Daniel Greene died November 24, 1798, at a few months over a hundred years of age. — Cole's History of Washington and Kent Counties^ p. 963. 399 '■'■Ye French Town." The south-western portion of East Greenwich and a part of the western seftion of North Kingstown were styled French- town and the region is still known by that name, by reason of its having been settled by Huguenot families. (Note loi.) The names of Lucas, Ayrault, Le Moine (Mawney), Chad- sey, Tourgee, Tarbeaux (Tarbox), Fry and Nicol (Nichols), in the vicinity, have long borne witness, or still bear it, to the French associations of the locality. Frenchtown comprises the richest land in East Greenwich, being still noted for the pros- perity of its farmers and testifying to the Gallic discrimination of its settlers. — Potter's Early History of Narragansett, Provi- dence, 1835, PP- I05i 3H- 400 " Davis ye Fuller 5" It was customary, in those days, to carry domestic woollen fabrics, such as this "flannel," to professional fullers for press- ing. The present village of Apponaug was, for many years, known as "Fulling-Mill," such an establishment having been erefted there, as early as 1696, by John Micarter, of Provi- dence, on Kickemuit Brook. — Cole's History of Washington and Kent Counties^ p. 943. 401 '■'■Ye great Plain." This extensive flat region lies at the westward of the present village of Allenton, in North Kingstowp. 402 " Ye Road by / C/;^" The easterly and westerly road, on which the Narragansett Church then stood and the MacSparran Monument now stands, is said to have been laid out to conned with the old "North Ferry," at the foot of "Barber's Heights," on Boston Neck, and to form a highway towards Connedicut and New York. The anticipated popularity of the thoroughfare was, [ ^7^ ] i^otts probably, the occasion for the now apparently strange seleftion of a site for the new church and its pradlical abandonment, after the suspension of the "North Ferry," must have been one occasion for the removal of the church to Wickford in 1800. At present the highway, soon after passing the monu- ment towards the west, is lost in drift ways, closed by gates and running through private property, and the whole region is dotted by old houses, in many cases deserted and falling into dilapidation. 403 "y// 2^^' postage." To carry on a correspondence, in those days, was no inex- pensive matter. With even due allowance for the deprecia- tion of the colonial paper currency, thirty shillings could not have been less than fifty or sixty cents of our present money. 404 ^'^ New London Derry in Pensi/vania." As Dr. MacSparran's family came from the county of Lon- donderry, in Ireland, it seems probable that this town, where his brother established himself in Pennsylvania, was settled and named by people from that locality. 405 ^^My only Bro'^ Jrchibald" In Letter II [1752] of America Z)^^^^^' (Updike's Hist, of the Narragansett Church, p. 526), Dr. MacSparran writes, "My brother and his wife died a year ago last summer, at a short distance of time from one another. ... I assisted him to the amount of much more than he brought with him. . . . I was against his coming away, and was in England when he landed in Pennsylvania." 406 "/« my own Country." See latter portion of the "Sketch of Dr. MacSparran " at the beginning of this volume. 407 '■'' A yard &' half a la mode" A la mode (or mode) was a thin, glossy, black silk, used for hoods, scarfs, etc. This had, probably, been procured by the Doftor to be made into stoles. 408 " Jn' Gardiner on ye Hill." He is thus distinguished from Mrs. MacSparran's brother, John Gardiner of Boston Neck, and perhaps others of the name. [ 173 ] j^otcs 409 " Had a cag of Cyder.'''' With this "cag of Cyder," the second instalment, and the last that is known to exist, of Dr. MacSparran's Diary comes to an end. The Doftor lived nearly six years longer, until December 5, 1757- FINIS [174] i Index of Persons ADAMS, Capt., 27. Albro, Mrs. Isabel k. (w. of Samuel), 1 70. Albro, Samuel, 170. Albro, Capt. Samuel, 65, 66, 67, 170, 171. Albro, Samuel, Jr., 170. Albro, Rev. Samuel, 170. Alford, James, 124. Allen, Benjamin, 43. Allston, Mrs. Theodosia (Burr), 149. Almy, Mrs. Abigail, 3, 19, 20, 27, 30, 32, 33, 34, 36, 38, 39) 40, 42, 43) 79) 80, 92, 117, 119, 120, 138, 158. Almy, Capt. Job, 2, 3, 14, 15) 79- Anderson, Thomas, 41, 145. Anderson, William, 41, 42, Anthony, Elizabeth, xxxii. Anthony, John, 139. Apthorp, Charles, 34, 63, 138, 169. Apthorp, Rev. East, 138. Arnold, Anne, 97. Arnold, Gov. Benedidl, 84, 94) 97- Arnold, Benedidl, 73. Arnold, Content, 94. Arnold, Capt. Josiah, 3, 6, 8, 10, 72, 84. Arnold, Sarah, 73. Arnold, Sarah (Mumford), 73. [ ■ Astley, Dr., 12. Auchmuty, Arthur Gates, 156. Auchmuty, Robert, 156. Auchmuty, Robert Nichols, 156. Auchmuty, Sir Samuel, 156. Auchmuty, Rev. Samuel, xi, 51, 58, 156, 157. Auchmuty, Mrs. Samuel, 157- Auchmuty Family, 123, 156. Avery, Mr., 12. Avery, Dr., 47, 62, 152. Avery, Rev. Ephraim, 152. Ayrault, Daniel, xi, 19, 50, 104, III, 120. Ayrault, Daniel, Jr., 15, 104, no. III. Ayrault, Mrs. Daniel, Jr., 1 1. Ayrault, Mary (d. of Dan- iel, Sr.), III. Ayrault, Dr. Pierre, 104. Ayrault, Stephen, 15, iii. Ayrault Family, 172. BABCOCK, Rowse, 130. Bailey, Benjamin, 127. Baker, Mrs., 2. Baker, Benjamin, 58. Barclay, Rev. Dr., 156. Beach, Rev. John, 28, 132. Bearcroft, Rev. Philip, 32, 114, 136. Bell, Major John, 119. 75] 3nhtx of persons Belly fattan, 164. Bennett, Ann, 127. Bennett, Thomas, 26, 127. Bentley, Tabitha, 158. Bentley, William, 136. Bentley, Mrs. William, 32, 35, 51, 58, 65, 136. Berkeley, Rt. Rev. George, xxix,xxx, xxxiii,xxxiv, 72, 88,96, 105, 119. Bernon, Gabriel, xxiv, 83, 94, III. Bernon, Jean (or Jane) (Mrs. William Coddington), 94, III. Berriman, Rev. John, 58, 163, 164. [164. Berriman, Rev. William, 163, Bill, Capt. Joshua, 15, 19, 62, 63, 112, 155. Bill, Sarah, 50, 53, 59, 112, 155, 164. Bissell, Mary, 36, 134, 144. Bissell, Samuel, 31, 134. Bissell, Thomas (s. of Sam- uel), 134, 144- Bissell Family, 134. Blair, Rev. James, 71. Blud, 45. Bolico (slave), 26, 48, 58, 128. Boone, James, 23, 123. Boone, Samuel, 123. Boone, Samuel, Jr., 123. Borden, Mr., 62. Bosworth, Nathaniel (b. 1651), 167. Bosworth, Nathaniel (circa 1724), 167. Bosworth, Nathaniel ("Lit- tle Nath."), 62, 167. [ I Bours, Mrs. Abigail, 108, 152. Bours, Ann (Mrs. Stephen Ayrault), iii. [151. Bours,Peter, 26, 28, 11 1, 127, Bours, Rev. Peter (s. of Pe- ter), 46,48,108,127,151, 152, 153- Bray, Rev. Thomas, 71. Brenton, Abigail (Mrs. Wil- kinson), III. Bridget (slave), 56. Brown, Elizabeth (Mrs. John Gidley), 142, Brown, Mrs. Elizabeth, 143. Brown, Franklin (s. of Rob- ert), 143. [143. Brown, Gov. George, 130, Brown, Hannah (Mrs. Rowse Babcock), 130. Brown, Hannah (Mrs. Wm. Robinson), lOO. Brown, Hope, 117. Brown, Jane (Mrs. Thomas Vernon), 133, 142. Brown, Jeremiah (s. of Sam- uel), 157. Brown, John (of Narragan- sett), 30. [143. Brown, John (s. of Robert), Brown, Capt. John (of New- port), 28, 42, 133, 142, 155. Brown, Lucy (Mrs. Joseph Lippitt), 156. Brown, Molly, 29, 35, 39, 42, 53, 130, 133- Brown, Peleg (of Newport), 50, 51, 14^2, 155. Brown, Penelope (d. of Sam- uel), 166. Brown, Robert, 39, 130, 143. 76 ] 3InUe;i: of person© Brown, Ruth (Mrs. Wickes), 42, 65, 130, 170. Brown, Samuel, 32, 38, 46, 49> 136, i57> 163, 166. Brown, Mrs. Sarah (Free- body) (w. of Peleg), 142. Brown, Mrs. Sarah (w. of Robert), 143. Brown, Thomas, 143. Brown, Capt. Thomas (of Rehoboth), 156. Brown, William, 28, 29, 52, 130, I33» 143- Brown, William (s. of Rob- ert), 143. Brown, Zephaniah, 57, 163. Browne, Major, 24. Browne, Rev. Arthur, xi, 59, 60, 164, 165. Browne, Rev. Marmaduke, 108, 165. Bryant, Ruth, 140. Bull, Capt. Henry (of New- port), 154, 159. Bull, Mrs. Henry, 53, 159. Bull, Henry (of Newport ; d. 1841), 159. Bull, Isaac, 154. Bull, John, 48, 154. Bull, Rebecca, 154. Burr, Aaron, 149. Burr, Theodosia (Mrs. AU- ston), 149. Burroughs, Mr., 57. C C^SAR (slave), 26, 65. Calais (slave), 56, 59. Callender, James Thompson, 170. [ ■ Campbell, Capt., 48, 49, 154. Caner, Rev, Henry, 28, 130, 131- Caner, Rev. Richard, 131. Canterbury, Archbishop of, xxii, 6, 32, 92. Carhort, Sebastian, 29, no. Carpenter, Esther B., 82. Carpenter, Francis, 82. Carpenter, Rev. James H., 82. Carpenter, Willett, 82. Carr, Francis, 124. Carr, Sarah (Mrs. George Pigot), 124. Carter, Mr., 50. Carter, Thomas, xxxvi. Cary, Col. Henry, xxxiii, 164. Case, Amie, 102. Case, John, 12,29, lo?) I33- Casey, Gideon, 47, 49, 153. Casey, Mrs. Jane (w. of Gid- eon), 153. Casey, Samuel, Sr., 150. Casey, Samuel, Jr., 44, 150, 151, 153- Casey, Thomas (of Newport ; b. about 1636), 151. Casey, Thomas, 151. Casey, Gen. Thomas Lin- coln, 151. Casey Family, 151. Caswell, Rev. Alexis, vii, ix. Cazneau, Mr., 18. Chadsey Family, 172. Champlin, Col. Christopher, xi, 37; 105, 141, 162. Champlin, Christopher, Jr., 141. 77 ] '^nhtv of i&ersons Champlin, Christopher Grant, 141. Champlin, Mrs. Hannah (w. of Col. Christopher), 53. Champlin, Ruhamah, 162. Champlin Family, 140, 141. Channing, Dr. Edward, 81. Chappell, Esther, 154. Chappell, Mrs. Mary, 47, 5 1, 54, 154- Chase, Capt. John, 97. Chase, Dr. John, 97. Chase, John B., 97. Chase, Samuel, 7, 97. Checkley, Rev. John, x, i, 17, 28,35,70,71,87,114,146. Checkley, John, Jr., 107. Clark, Mr., 34. Clark, John, 40, 42, 144. Clark, John, Jr., 144. Clark, Latham, 8. Clark, Manny, 8, 98. Clark, William, 8. Clay, Jonas, 58, 59. Cleaveland, 45, 151. Clevesly, Mr., 60. Coddington, Kate, 63. Coddington, Nathaniel, 19, 20, 117, 118, 119. [117. Coddington, Hon. Nathaniel , Coddington, Col. William, 7, 62, 93,94, III, 118. Coddington, Gov. William, 93- Coddington, Mrs. Col. Wil- liam, 14, 1 1 1. Coggeshall, Almy, 126. Cole, Abigail, 7, 95. Cole, Mrs. Ann (ist w. of Capt. John), 18, 144. [ I Cole, Betty, 25, 30,36, 125. Cole, Capt. Edward, 31, 37, 50, 60, 87, 95, 135, 149. Cole, Ehsha, 95,99, 133, 135, 144. Cole, Mrs. Elizabeth (Dex- ter) (w. of Elisha), ix, 7, 8, 9,11,18,19,27,28,30, 31, 37, 38, 39,40,95,96, 97, 99, 134, 135. Cole, Jane (Mrs. Samuel Al- bro Jr.), 170. _ Cole, John (original), 144. Cole, Capt. John, 40, 134, 144. Cole,("Esq^'=")John,xi,8,28, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 95, 99, 102, 133, 135, 136, 144. Cole, Mrs. Mary (w. of John), 115, 123. Cole, Mrs. Mary (Bissell) (2nd w. of Capt. John), 1 44. Cole, Susannah, 125. Cole, Thomas (s. of Capt. John), 144. Cole, William, 144. Cole Family, 95, 109. Commock, Thomas, 20, lOi, 120. Compton, Bishop, 92. Congdon, John, 43. Congdon, Mary (d. of John), 43, 148. Congdon, Susannah, 148. Cook, Mrs., 20. Cooper, Abigail, 124. Cooper, Matthew, 124. Cooper, Samuel, 24, 124. Copley, John Singleton, 90. Cotton, Rev. Joiin, 109. 78] 3lnDe;c of j^txsons Cranston, James, iii. Cranston, Col. John, 119. Cranston, Mary, 119. Cromwell, Oliver, 45. Cujo (slave), 4, 85. Cullum, Gen., 165. Curtis, Samuel, I02. T> DAVENPORT, Rev. Adding- ton, 17, 115. [106. Davenport (A " New Light"), Davis, Mrs. Esther (Chap- pell), 154. Davis, William, 154. Davis, Mr. ("ye Fuller"), 66, 172. Dawley, Mr., 13. Dennis, Abraham, 42, 147. Dennis, Capt. John, 20, 120, 147. Dennison, Daniel, 78. Dick, Hannah (Mrs. Hannah Dickson ?), 65. Dickinson, Ann, 123, 157. Dickinson, Charles, 123. Dickinson, Christopher, 23, 123. Dickinson, Capt. John, 123. Dickson, Anthony, 3, 8, 10, 18, 98, 99, 159, 164. Dickson, Anthony, 2nd, 164. Dickson, Mrs. Hannah, 99, 159- Dickson, James (s. of Antho- ny), 59, 99, 160, 164. Dickson, Robert (s. of An- thony), 23, 160. Dickson, Thomas (s. of An- thony), 54, 159, 160. [ I Dickson, William (s. of An- thony), 160. Douglas, Mr., 26, 41, 52, 127. Dublin, Archbishop of, 88. Dunbar, Mr,, 2. Dunbar, Governor (of New Hampshire), 165. Dunwell, George, 17, 115. Dyer, Charles, 143. Dyer, Edward, 143. Dyer, Hannah (d. of Charles), 39, 143- Dyer, Mrs. Penelope (w. of Charles), 33, 39, 143. Dyer, William, 92. EASTON, James, 59,65, 143. Easton, Mary, 143. Easton, Mercy, 143. Easton, Sarah, 143. Easton, Mrs. Waite (w. of James), 39, 143. Edwards, Jonathan, 106. Eldred, Hannah, 100, 102. Eldred, Capt. John, lOO. Eldred, John, 100. Eldred, Thomas, 9, lOO. Eldred Family, 100. Ellery, Martha Redwood, 141. [112. Ellery, Capt. (William?), 15, Ellery, William, 112. Elliot, Mrs. Robert, 25, 126. Ellis, Abigail, xviii, 121. Ellis, Dr. Edward, xviii, 12 1. Emblo (slave), 3, 32, 37, 38, 42, 57, 58, 59, 60, 83, 85. Essex, Mrs., 31,32, 35, 134. 79 ] gntiejc of i&ersons Everett, Rev. Daniel, 56, 1 6 1 . Exeter, Bishop of, 71. F FAYERWEATHER,ReV.Sam- uel, 79, 90, 99, 108, 126, i30> i33> 152, i54> 162- Fowler, Christopher, xxvii, 52, 157- Fovi^ler, George, 29, 133. Fovi^ler, Isaac, 51, 53, 58, 60, 64,65, 157. Francis, Abraham, 2, 7, 16, i7> 24, 35, 37>4i,43>74- Francis, Mrs. Abraham (Lip- pitt), 43. 55, 66, 74. Franklin, Mr., 39. Freebody, Elizabeth (Mrs. Philip Wilkinson), no. Freebody, John, no, 142, 156. Freebody, Samuel, 50, 156. Freebody, Sarah, 38, 142, 155- Freebody, Mrs. Sarah, 142. Fry Family, 79, 172. Q GALLUP,Capt.Samuel,i68. Gallup, William (s. of Samuel), 168. Gallup, William ("Billy"), 62, 168. Garden, Commissary, I, 5, 28, 71, 91, 162. Garden, Dr. Alexander, 91. Garden, Rev. Alexander, 91. Gardiner, Abigail (Mrs. Wil- liam Robinson), 76. Gardiner, Abigail (Mrs. Lo- [ ■ dow^ick Updike), 26, 29, 32, 33^62,63,73,88, 127, 136. Gardiner, Alice, 30, 134. Gardiner, Amos (s. of John), 50, 52, 53. 56,59*60,67, 75, 155- Gardiner, Mrs. Amos, 112. Gardiner, Amos (circa 1826), 155. Gardiner, Anstis, 77. Gardiner, Benjamin (s. of John), 170. Gardiner, Betty (Mrs. Nich- olas Lechmere), xxvii, xxxii, 18, 21, 22, 115, 116, 122. Gardiner, Desire, 42, 146. Gardiner, Dorcas, 39, 143. Gardiner, Ephraim, 13, 40, 108, 109, 135. Gardiner, (" Esq^=-") Ephraim, 3i,39»io9»i34, i35>i43, 147. [148. Gardiner, Justice Ezekiel, 43, Gardiner, Ezekiel, Jr., 148. Gardiner, Frederick (s. of Thomas), 159. Gardiner, George (original, d. 1677), 108, 152. Gardiner, Hannah (Mrs. Mac- Sparran), xxv, 77,86, 126. Gardiner, Henry (b. 1645), "9, 135. Gardiner, Mrs. Henry (for- merly Mrs. John Reming- ton), 120. Gardiner, Henry (brother of Nathan), 53. Gardiner, Henry (s. of Eph- raim), 40. 80 ] i 3Jntje)c of persons Gardiner, ("Block Island") Henry, 52, 158. Gardiner, Mrs. Henry, 33. Gardiner, Capt. James, 60. Gardiner, John (s. of Wil- liam), 2, 5, 10, II, 14,25, 26, 29, 30, 33, 36, 37, 39, 40, 48, 50, 52, 53, 54, 57, 74, 75, 77> 79, 88, 102, 105, no, 126, 127, 136, 155, 158, 159, 164, 173. Gardiner, Mrs. John (Taylor), 10, II, 17, 25,30,32,36, 63, 105, 126, 136. Gardiner, John (s. of John), 52, 147, 158. Gardiner,John ("on yeHill "), 67, 173- Gardiner, Mrs. John ("on ye Hill"), 49, 155. Gardiner, Lydia (Mrs. Josiah Arnold), 84. Gardiner, Molly (d. of John), 52, 158. Gardiner, Nathan (brother of Henry), 53. Gardiner, Nicholas, 148. Gardiner, Nicholas, Jr., 148. Gardiner, Penelope, 39, 143. Gardiner, Mrs. Penelope (El- dred), 143, 147. Gardiner, Capt. Samuel, 43, 147. Gardiner, Sarah (w. of John Gardiner, Jr.), 147, 158. Gardiner, Dr. Silvester, xi, XXV, 5, 14, 27, 29,34,51, 63, 64, 74, 89, 99, 103. Gardiner, Silvester (s. of Eph- raim), 40. [ ■ Gardiner, Thomas (s. of Wil- liam), 10, 25, 102, 126. Gardiner, Thomas (s. of John), 65, 126, 159. Gardiner, Mrs. Thomas, 53, 159. Gardiner, William (d. 171 1), 146. Gardiner, William (d. 1732), 74, 76, 77, 79, 89, no. Gardiner, Mrs. William(Mrs. Capt. Almy), 79. Gardiner, William (s. of Wil- liam), 14, 38, 82, 84, no, 115, 122, 146. Gardiner, Mrs. William, 85. Gardiner,William(s.of John), no. Gardiner, ("Great") William, 3, 42, 83, 146. Gardiner, William ("on the Hill"), 18, 116, 146, 155. Gardiner, (" Long") William, 3, 83, 120, 146. Gardiner, Mrs. ("Long") William, 20, 120. Gardiner Family, xi, xxv, xxxiii, xxxiv, 109. George, Sarah, 139. Gibbins, John, 13. Gibbs, Elizabeth (Mrs. Wil- liam Gardiner), 85, no, 122. Gibbs, William (of Newport), 85, no. Gibbs, Rev. William (s. of William), 4, 5, 6, 7, 28, 29, 84, 85, 88, 89, 92, 95, 130. Gidley, John, 119. I ] 3JnDe]c of j^txsons Gidley, John, Jr., 1 9, 20, 1 1 8, 119, 142. Gidley, Mrs. John, Jr., 38, 142. Goddard, Ebenezer, 41. Goddard, Ebenezer, 2nd, 41. Goddard, Elizabeth, 147. Goddard, Dr. Giles, 85. Goddard, Mrs. Giles, 86. Goddard, Prof. William G., 85. Godfrey, Capt. Caleb, 140. Godfrey, Mrs. Elizabeth (Carr), 36, 73, 139, 140. Godfrey, John, 73, 140. Goodbody,Mrs. Anna (Rose), 143- Goodbody, John, 18, 26, 27, 28, 30, 40, 47, 48, 59, 63, 143- Gorton, Samuel, 170. Goulding, George, 15, 112. Goulding, Mrs. George, 15, III. Grant, Jane, 119. Grant, Mary, 119. Grant, Sueton, 19, 20, 118, 119. Graves, Rev. John, 150. Graves, Rev. Matthew, xi, 44, 51, 60, 67, 150. Greene, Daniel, 66, 171, 172. Greene, Job, 172. Greene, Jonathan, 17, 115. Greene, Mrs. Jonathan, 17, 115. Greene, Richard, 144. Greene, Weltham(Welthan), 144. [ I Griswold, Rt. Rev. Alexander v., 130. Guy, Rev. William, 162. H HALLAM, Rev. Robert A., 122. Hamilton, Robert, 59, 164. Hammond, Joseph (b. 1690), 104. Hammond, Mrs. ("Young") Joseph, II, 13, 104. Hannibal (slave), ix, 44, 45, 49> 52, 53, 54, 55, 63, 150. Harrison, Capt. Peter, 62, 109, 168. Harry (slave), xii, 3, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 24, 25,26,27,29, 30, 32, 33, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41,42,43,44,45,48,49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 5^, 59, 60, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 81. Hatch, Ezekiel, 39, 126. Hatch, Mrs. Ezekiel, 25, 126. Havens, Robert, 124. Havens, Ruth, 124. Haxson, Martha, 149. Hazard, Abigail (Mrs. Peter Bours, Jr.), 108. Hazard, Mrs. Abigail (w. of Caleb), 81, 99. Hazard, Alice (Mrs. Carder Hazard), 108. Hazard, Benjamin (s. of George)^, 75. Hazard, Caleb, 76, 81, 99, 103. Hazard, Caleb, Jr., 10, 81, 103. 3nhtx of j^txsons Hazard, Carder, io8. Hazard, Edward H., 75, 108. Hazard, Elizabeth (Mrs. Dr. Robert Hazard), 99. Hazard, Enoch (s. of George), 75. Hazard, George (of Boston Neck), 29,44,58,75,163. Hazard, Mrs. George, 2, 3, 4, 9> ii> 75, loi. Hazard, George, Jr. ("Little Neck"?), 58, 75, 163. Hazard, Gov. George, 75, 76, 108. [75. Hazard, Mary (d. of George), Hazard, Robert (b. 1635) (s. of original Thomas), loi. Hazard, Dr. Robert, xxvii, xxxii, 9, 10, 18, 19, 21, 81, 99, 103, 116, 121. Hazard, Robert (b. 1689) (s. of "Old Thomas"), 75. Hazard, Gov. Robert (of Pt. Judith), 99. Hazard, Robert (of North Kingstown), 55, 161. Hazard, Rowland (of Peace- dale), 78. Hazard, Rowland G. (of Peacedale), 75. Hazard, Sarah (d. of Col. Tho- mas), 163. Hazard, Simeon (s. of George), 75. Hazard, ("Long") Stephen, 120. Hazard, ("Short") Stephen, 120. Hazard, Susannah (w. of" Old Thomas"), 75. [ I Hazard, Susannah (d. of George), 75. Hazard, Thomas (b. 16 10), 75, lOI. Hazard, (" Old ") Thomas, xi, 9, 75, 100, 108, 163. Hazard, Col. Thomas (of Bos- ton Neck), 108, 163. Hazard, Mrs. Col. (or Capt.) Thomas, 13, 108. Hazard, Thomas G. (s. of George), 75, 163. Hazard, Thomas G., 2nd, 75. Hazard, Thomas R. ("Shep- herd Tom"), 75. Hazard, William ("Billy") (s. of Caleb), 2, 18, 81, 100, 116. Hazard Family, xi, xxv, 75, 79, loi, 108. Helme, James, 7, 94, 163. Helme, Rowse, 163. Helme, Mrs. Rowse, 58,163. Helme Family, 84. Hill, Hannah, 105, 141. Hill, Capt. John, 12, 22, 34, 36, 37, 105, 106, 107. Hill, Mrs. John, 12, 107. Hill, Mary (Mrs. John Gardi- ner), 75. Holden, Anthony, 125, 171. Holden, Catherine (Kather- ine), 171. Holmes, Capt. James, 25,1 26. Holmes, Mrs., 25, 126. Homans, Col., 6. Honyman, Elizabeth, 96. Honyman, Mrs. Elizabeth (w. of Rev. James), 96. Honyman, Francis, 96. 83 ] '^ntitx of persons Honyman, Rev. James, x, XXV, xxxviii, 5, 6, 17, 19, 25>28, 36,77,90,96, 126, 127, 132, i33> 151, 170- Hooper, Experience, 145. Hooper, Dr. Henry, 4, 50, 86. Hooper, Dr. Henry, Jr., 86. Hopkins, Mary, 157. Hopkins, Samuel, 157. Hopkins, Mrs. Susannah, 157. How^ard, Mr., 24. Howard, John, 124. How^ard, Joseph, 125. How^land, Daniel, 106. Hov^^land, Mrs., 41, 144. Hull, Joseph, 42, 145, 146. Hull, Joseph, Jr., 146. Hunter, Andrew^, 50, 155, 156. Hunter, Dr. William, 87,1 56. Hutchinson, Mrs. Ann, 95, 109. Hutchinson, Susannah, 95. Hutchinson, Hon. Thomas, 109. Hutchinson,Mrs. (Thomas ?), 14, 109. Hutchinson Family, 109. JACK (Mrs. Cole's slave), 9. Jack (Robert Hazard's slave), 55, 161. Jane (slave), 134. Janis, (r) John, 42, 67. Jenkins, Anstis, 73, 1 14, 115, ^39- Jenkins, Mary (Wilkins) (w. of Richard Jenkins), 73. [ • Jenkins, Richard, 73. Jess, Elizabeth, 149. Jess, Joseph, 44, 53, 55, 65, 149, 159. Jess, Mary, 149. Johnson, Mr., 57. Johnson, Sir William, 135. KAY, Nathaniel, 96. Kenney, Mrs., 7. Kenyon, Mrs. Elizabeth, 33, 34, 138- Kerhaut, Sebastian [see Car- hort\ 14, no. Kerigan, James, 57. King, Magdalene, 122. King, Samuel, 23, 122. Knight, Madame, 104. Knox, Mr., 66, 171. LAFAYETTE, Gen., 78. Laraby, Willet, 64, 169. Laud, Archbishop, 137. Lawton, Lydia, 120. Lechmere, Nicholas, 116. Lechmere, Mrs. Nicholas (Betty Gardiner), 1 1 o, 1 1 6. Le Moine (Mawney) family, 98, 172. Levally, Peter, 122. Limrick, Rev. Paul, xl. Lippitt, Anphillis (Mrs. Fran- cis), 74. Lippitt, Mrs. Ann Phillis [Anphillis] (w. of Moses), 51, 55, 66, 144, 156, 171. Lippitt, Christopher, 24, 66, 125, 171. 84 ] 3t(btx of persons Lippitt, Col. Christopher, 98, Lippitt, Freelove, 7, 97. Lippitt, Jeremiah, 41, 51, 66, 144, 145. Lippitt, John, 97. Lippitt, Joseph (s. of Moses), 51,66, 156. Lippitt, Joseph (s. of Joseph), 66, 156. Lippitt, Mrs. Katherine (w. of Christopher), 125, 171. Lippitt, Mrs. Lucy (w. of Joseph), 66. Lippitt, Molly, 17. Lippitt, Moses, xi, 7, 16, 41, 43> 74, 97> 144,145, 156, .^71- Lippitt, Thomas (s. of Jo- seph), 156. Lippitt Family, xi. London, Bishop of, xxii, 6, 7h 73, ^3, 84, 91, 92- Lowell, Mr., 62, 167. Lowell, John, 167. Lowell, Percival, 167. Lucas, Augustus, 133. Lucas, Jane, 133. Lucas Family, 172. Lyons, Rev. James, 28, 29, 36, 129, 130, 133. MAcSpARRANjRev. Archi- bald, xvii, 145. MacSparran, Archibald, xviii, 67, 173- MacSparran, Mrs. Hannah, XXV, xxvi, xxvii, xxxiii, xxxiv, xlii, xliii, 72, 73, [ 18 74, 76, 77, 79,80,81,82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 92, 98, 99, loi, 102, 105, 107, 108, 109, no, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 126, 127, 128, 130, 135, 136, 138, 143, 146, 148, 155, 158, 159, 170, 173- MacSparran, D. D., Rev. James, vii, viii, ix, xv, xvi, xvii, xviii, xix. xxi, xxii, xxiv, xxvi, xxvii, xxix, xxx, xxxii, xxxiii, xxxiv, xxxv, xxxvi, xxxvii, xli, xliv, xlv, 28,69, 71,72,73, 74, 76, 78, 79,80,81,82,83,84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, loi, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 109, no, III, 112, 113, 114, 115, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 126, 128, 132, 133, 134, 136, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 144, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 15^, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 173, 174. MacSparran Family,xviii,xix, 173- [133- Malbone, Col. Godfrey, 118, Maroca (slave), xii, 11, 15, 27, 29, 49, 105. Martin, Bathsheba (d. of John), 53, 158. Martin, James (of Newport), 5,89. 5] 3JntieT of ^txsom Martin, John (of Conanicut), 15,22,48, 50, 54,56,61, 63,72,103,115,150,158. Martin, Mrs. John, 48. Martin, Peggy (Mrs. Peirce), 55, 160. Martin, Robert, 55, 160. Martin, WiUiam, 10, 103. Mason, Mr., 21, 121. Mason, Samuel, 27. Mather, Rev. Cotton, xx, 151. Mawney, Col. Peter, 8, 98. Mears, Mary (Mrs. Thomas Vernon), 142. Miantonomo, 82. Micarter, John, 172. Miller, Rev. Ebenezer, 28, 131- Mingo (slave), 29. Minturn, Hannah, 61, 166. Minturn, Jonas, 166. Minturn, William, 166. Minturn Family, 166. Moffatt, Dr. Thomas, 4, 48, 60, 86, 87, 103, 154. Moll (slave), 3, 39, 78. Morris, Capt., 40, 143, 144. Morris, Rev. Theophilus, i, 3, 5, 6, 7, 23, 70, 84, 93. Mott, Katrine, 115. Mott, William, 115. Mott, William, Jr., 17, 115. Mumford, Abigail (Mrs. Sam- uel Seabury), 83. Mumford, Ann (Mrs. James Dickson), 99, 164. Mumford, Mrs. Ann (w. of Benjamin), xviii, 9, 1 1, 42, 65, ^9, 99- Mumford, Benjamin, xviii, [ I 5, 8, 9, 10, 13,18,21,24, 26, 32, 33, 34, 43, 46, 58, 60, 63, 67, 81, 86,88,89, 90, 93, 97, 99, 114, 122, 136, 147, 164. Mumford, Betty, 25, 30, 36, 125. [88. Mumford,Caleb (s.of Joseph), Mumford, Cecilia (d. of Wil- liam), 96. Mumford, Mrs. Elizabeth (w. of Samuel), 147. Mumford, George (s. of Ben- jamin), 44. Mumford, John (s. of Jo- seph), 88. Mumford, John (s. of Wil- liam), 96. Mumford, Joseph, 4, 5, 10, 13, 19,88,90,93,97,102, 103,118. Mumford, Peter (s. of Benja- min), 44, 45, 48, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 64, 65, 90. Mumford, Phebe (Mrs. Dan- iel Wier), 16, 81, 1 14. Mumford, Capt. Richard, 6, 37, 44, 93, 97, i49- Mumford, Richard (s. of Jo- seph), 19, 88, 1 18. Mumford, Samuel (s. of Ben- jamin), 42, 147. Mumford, Stephen (s. of Jo- seph), 88. Mumford, Susannah (w. of William), 96. Mumford, Thomas, 4, 5, 6, 12, 20, 22,83, 86,88,93, 97- 86 ] 3Jntiej: of j^txsons Mumford, Mrs. Thomas, 63. Mumford, William (of New- port), 7, 8, 20, 38, 95, 96, 97, 120, 125. Mumford, Mrs. William, 28, 96, 125, 133- Mumford, William, Jr., 96. Murray, William, 5, 6. St NATT (slave), 61. NeargrasSjEdward, 104. Neargrass, Mrs. Edward, 104. Neargrass, Susannah, 1 1, 104. Newton, Abigail (Mrs. Capt. Lodowick Updike), 72. Nichols, Gov. Richard, 156. Nichols, Richard, 51, 157. Nicol (Nichols) Family, 172. Niles, Mrs. Mary, 159. Niles, Nathaniel, 159. Niles, Paul, 53, 159. Niles, Rev. Samuel, 159. Niles, Sarah, 163. Ninigret, King Charles, 138. Ninigret, George, 138. Ninigret, King George Au- gustus, xi, 34, 37, 106, 132, 138, I39» 140, 141. Ninigret, Thomas, 139. Northup, Col. Henry (or Harry), 53, 61, 103, 137, 148, 159. Northup, Mrs. Henry, 11, 103- . [137- Northup, Joseph (circa 1696), Northup, Joseph (s. of Col. Harry), 43, 148, 149. Northup, Mrs. Mary (w. of Joseph), 148. [ 187 ] Northup, Joseph (Tailor), 33, 137, 148. Northup, Nicholas (s. of Ste- phen 2nd), 103. Northup, Stephen, 103. Northup, Stephen, 2nd, 103. Northup, Thomas (s. of Ste- phen 2nd), 103. o OpDyck, Gysbert, 72, 1 1 3. {See Updike.) Osborn, Capt., 14. Oxford, Bishop of, 92. T PAINE, Capt. John, 6, 1 o, 1 1 , 92. Paine, Mercy (or Marcy), 92. Papillion, Obadiah, 167. Papillion, Mrs. Peter, xx. Parsons, Dr. Usher, 82. Peckham, Mrs., 7. Peckham, Mrs. Benjamin, 47. Peckham, Mary, 126. Peckham, Thomas, 19, 26, 126. Peebles, Mr., 33. Peirce, Mr., 61, 160. Peirce (Mrs. Peggy?), 51. Peirce, Jeremiah, xviii, 55, 160. Peirce, Peggy, xviii, 160. Pepperell, Sir William, 129. Perkins, Mrs. Remembrance, 86. Perry, Alice (Mrs. Silvester Robinson), 168. Perry, Mrs. James De Wolf, 167. 3lttt)ejr of i&ersons Phillips, Christopher, xi, 21, 44, 51, 55) 56, 66, 120, 121, 123, 134, 147, 148, 160. Phillips, Jr., Christopher, 56, 162. [162. Phillips, Christopher, 3rd, 56, Phillips, Elizabeth, 123. Phillips, Mary (Mrs. John Dickinson), 123. Phillips, Mary (Mrs. Christo- pher Phillips, Jr.), 162. Phillips, Hon. Peter, 147. Phillips, Samuel, 121, 123, 147. Phillips, Major Samuel, 162. Phillips, Thomas, xi, 43, 56, 121, 147, 148, 162. Phillips Family, 1 21, 147. Phillis (slave), 78, 85. Pigot, Edward, 124. Pigot, Rev. George, x, 24, 73, 124. Pigot, Rebecca, 124. Pigot, Richard, 124. Pinder Family, 148. Pine, Miss, 33. Plant, Rev. Matthias, i, 69. Pollen, Rev. Thomas,8o, 1 52. Pompey (slave), 57. Potter, Archbishop, 92. Potter, Elisha R., 170. Potter, Jo: (Indian), 58. Potter, Martha (Mrs. Wil- liam Robinson), 77, Powell, Adam, 83. Powell, Elizabeth, xxxiv. Powell, Esther, 94. Powell, Mrs. John, 119. Prescott, Gen., 162. [ • Prevost, Abbe, 151. Punderson, Rev. Ebenezer, 28, 131, 132. Punderson, Mrs. Ebenezer, 41, 132. RANDALL, Mr., 32. Read, Edmund (of Wickford, England), 1 12. Read, Eleanor, 21, 121. Read, George, 21, I2I. Redwood, Abraham, 141. Remington, Mrs. Abigail, 138.^ Remington, John, 119, 138. Remington Family, 83, 92. Richmond, Abigail, 119. Richmond, Edward, 119. Robinson, Abigail (d. of Sil- vester), 169. Robinson, Mrs. Abigail (w. of Gov. William), 2, 4, lO, 11,38,57,64,76,100,103, 158, 161. Robinson, Mrs. Anstis (w. of Rowland), 3, 5, 9, lo, 17, 20, 25, 26, 30,32,33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 48, 53,75,77, ^i, 82. Robinson, Christopher (s. of William), 10, 56, 64, 103, 161. Robinson, Elizabeth, 130. Robinson, Hannah(d. of Row- land), 75, 77. Robinson, Hannah (w. of Gov. George Brown), 130, H3- :8] 3lntie;c of persons Robinson, James (s. of Silves- ter), 169. [land), 77. Robinson, Mary (d. of Row- Robinson, Mary (d. of Silves- ter), 169. Robinson, Molly (d. of Gov. William), 52, 53, 158. Robinson, Row^land, xi, 2, 12, 15, 25,26, 34,35,36>38, 43, 53> 11^ 78, 79, 82, 83, 127. Robinson, Silvester (s. of Gov. William), 63, 168. Robinson, Gov. William, xi, 2,3,5,9,10,14,18,19,27, 56,64, 76, 77, 81,82,83, 99, 100, 103, 116, 118, 128, 129, 130, 158, 161, 162, 168. Robinson, William (s. of Gov. William), 9, 100. Robinson, William (s. of Row^- land), 77. Robinson, William (s. of Sil- vester), 169. Robinson Family, xxv. Roe, Rev. Stephen, 4, 88, 1 62. Rome, George, 79, 148. Rose, Anna, 143. Ruth (slave?), 63, 169. SALTONSTALL,RoSWell,I22. Sampson, xii, 121. Sampson, Abigail, xii, 18, 21, 116, 121. Sandford, Mr., 6, 32, 63. Sarah (slave ?), 9. Scott, Ann (Mrs. William Robinson), 77. [ I Scriven, James, xxxix. Seabury, Rt. Rev. Samuel, xxxiv, XXXV, xlii, 83, 152. Seabury, Rev. Samuel, x, xxxiv, 3, 7, 83, 84, 93. Seabury, Mrs. Samuel (Abi- gail Mumford), 83. Seabury, Mrs. Samuel (Eliza- beth Pow^ell), 83, 84, 94. Seeker, Archbishop, 152. Shackmaple, Sarah (Mrs. Jo- seph Gidley), 119. Shaw^, Job, 5, 91. Sheffield, Joseph, 160, 161. Sheffield, Mrs. Mary, 161. Sheffield, Nathaniel, 54, 55, 56, 160, 161. Sheldon, John, 143. Sherman, Abiel, 157. Sherman, Mrs. Abiel, 51,157. Sherman, Eber, 92. Sherman, Edward, 24, 25, 123. Sherman, Hannah, 157. Sherman, Mrs. Martha, 5, 33, 92. Sherman, William, 25, 123. Sherman, Mrs. Abigail (w. of William), 30, 123. Shirley, Mr., 57. Simons, Peter, 77. Slafter, Rev. Edmund F., 71, 153- Slocum, Moses, 41, 145. Smibert, John, xxx, xxxii, xxxiii, xxxix, 77. Smith, James (of Boston), 14. Smith, Jemmy (slave), 57. Smith, Jeremiah, 780 Smith, John, 33, 58, 78, 137. 89 ] 3InDer of i&ersons Smith, Mrs. John, 63. Smith, Katherine, 72. Smith, Molly, 35. Smith, Richard, 72, 113, 134. Smyth, John, 72. Sprague, Elder David, 161. Sprague, Gov. William, 76. Stafford, Amos, 74. Stafford, Mary, 17. Stafford, Major Samuel, 2, 74, 115. Stafford, Thomas, 74. Stanton, Col. Joseph, 37, 141. Stanton, Joseph (of Quono- contaug), 141. Stanton, Thomas (of Stoning- ton. Conn.), 141. Stepney (slave), xii, 2, 7, 8, II, 12, 22, 24, 26, 27, 58, 78, 85, 123. Stepney, 2nd (slave), 57. Stewart, Mrs. Abigail {w. of Matthevi^), 84, no, 122. Stew^art, Elizabeth, 23, 122. Stewart, Matthew, 3, 9, 22, 23, 29, 38, 84, no, 122. Stuart, Gilbert, xxxii, 84, 87, 103. Stuart, Gilbert (Painter), xxxii, 95, 127, 155, 159. Sweet, Capt. Benoni, 26, 44, 128, 149, 158. Sweet, Benoni, 2nd, 150. Sweet, Mrs. Elizabeth, 44. Sweet, James, 128. Sweet, Job, 149, 150. Sweet, John, 128. Sweet, Thomas (s. of Benoni), [ I TANNER, Deborah, 134. Tarbox Family, 172. Taylor, Mr,, 19, 20, 118. Taylor, Rt. Rev. Jeremy, 1 44. Taylor, Mary (Mrs. John Gardiner), 75, 105, 126, 158. Tennison, Archbishop, 152. Tennant, John, 115. Tennant, Phebe, 17, 115, Thomas, Benjamin, 15. Thomas, Mrs., 18. Thompson, Rev. Ebenezer, viii, xi, 28, 132. Thompson, Mrs. Edward, vii. Tourgee Family, 172. Tuam, Archbishop of, 88. Turner, Jack, 145. u UPDIKE, Mrs. Sarah (w. of Col. Daniel), 97. Updike, Mrs. Anstis (w. of Col. Daniel), 9, 15, 16, 21, 112, 114, 115, 117, 123, 139. Updike, Col. Daniel, xi, xxv, I, 3» 6, 7, 8, "5 i3> H, i5> i7» 21, 23,34,35,37, 46, 4% 5i> 55,5^,60,61, 62,63, 64, 72,85,87,95, 99, 100, 102, 107, no, 114, 115, 123, 124, 139, 140, 155, 160, 169. Updike, Daniel (s. of Rich- ard), 102. Updike, Daniel (of East Greenwich), 88. [xliii. Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 90 ] 3Intie;i: of }^txsons Updike, Elizabeth (d. of Rich- ard), 102. Updike (Op Dyck), Gysbert, 72, 113- Updike, James (s. of Richard), 102. Updike, John (s. of Richard), 9, 102, 123. Updike, Capt. Lodowick, 72, 85, 102, 123. Updike, Lodowick (s. of Col. Daniel), 4, 34, 35, 36, 73, 87,88,115,127. Updike,Mrs. Lodowick (Abi- gail Gardiner), 75, 136. Updike, Mary (d. of Col. Daniel), 9, 36, 95, 99, 102, 115, 123. Updike, Mary (d. of Rich- ard), 23, 102, 123. Updike, Mrs. Mary (w. of Col. Daniel), 36, 37, 56, 61, 140, 160. Updike, Patty (Martha), 4, 85, 86. Updike, Richard (s. of Capt. Lodowick), 23, 100, 102, 123. Updike, Richard Smith (s. of Richard), I02. Updike, Sarah (Mrs. Giles Goddard), 85, 86. Updike, Wilkins, viii, ix, xxxiii, xliv, xlv, 84, 86, 88, 94, 108, 114, 115, 118, 122, 136, 159, 163. Updike Family, xxv, xxxiv, 72, 75, 90, 120, 124. Usher, Governor (of New Hampshire), 131. [ 19 Usher, Rev. John, xi, 28, 46, 47, 62, 131, 162. V VASSAL, Harry, 18. Vassal, William, 18,27. Vernon, Samuel, 142. Vernon, Thomas (?), xli, 38, I33> 142. Vernon, William, 142. Vernon Family, xi, 142. Viets, Rev. Roger, 130. w WALKER, Capt. William, 107, 108. Walker, Mrs. William (?), 12, 107. Walker, William (of Bristol), 107, 108. Walmsley,Thomas("Tom"), xii, 9, 12, 20, 21, 25, 29, 31^ 32, 33> 37538,41,42, 44, 48, 49, 52, 53> 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 64, 65, lOI, 120. Walmsley, Mrs. Elizabeth, lOI. Wanton, George, 133. Wanton, Mary (Mrs. Daniel Updike), 73, 140. Wanton, Molly, 36, 140. Wanton, Ruth, 56, 140. Wanton, Gov. William, 73, 115, 140, 170. Warren, Commodore Sir Pe- ter, xi, xli, 31, 32, 34,37, 38, 129, 135, 136, 137, 141, 169. Watmough, Edmund, 8, 98. ■ ] 3lntie;r of persons Watmough, George, 98. Watmough, Rebecca (Mrs. Capt. Benjamin Wick- ham), 98. Watmough Family, 98. Watson, Frances, 145. Watson, JeofFrey, 19, 26, 47, 54, "7- Watson, John, 117, 152. Watson, John, Jr., 117. Wesley, Rev. John, 51. Wharton, Richard, 134. Whipple, Ann (or Anphillis), 97- Whipple, Joseph (of New- port), 100. Whipple, Joseph (s. of Jo- seph), 9, 100. Whipple, Joseph (of Provi- dence), 97. White, Capt. Nicholas (or Nichols), 40, 143, 144. Whitefield, Rev. George, x, 25, 125, 126. Wiclces, Elizabeth (d. of Thomas), 170. Wiclces, John (b. 1609), 170. Wickes, John (b. 1677), 170. Wickes, Thomas (s. of John), Wickham, Capt. Benjamin, 8,98,111. [98. Wickham, Mrs. Benjamin, Wickham, Capt. Charles, 1 1 1. Wickham, Capt. Samuel, 1 5, I II, 112. Wickham, Capt.Thomas, 15, II I, 1 12. Wier, Daniel, 3, 9, 16, 30, 33, 39, ^i- [ 19 Wier, John, 23, 122. Wier, Mrs. Phebe (Mum- ford), 30, 65, 81. Wilkins, Mr., 114. Wilkinson, Capt. Philip, 20, 2B, 38,49,50,51,59,60, 61, 62, 63, 67, 104, no, III, 164. Wilkinson, Mrs. Philip, 14, 49, 58, 62, 63, 64, no, ^55- Willett, Col. Francis, xi, xxv, 3, 7, 9, 10, II, 13,75,81, 82, 105. Willett, Mrs. Mary (Taylor), 25, 53, 82, 126. Willett, Thomas, 82. Williams, Col., 62. Winthrop, Mrs. Elizabeth (Read) (w^. of John Win- throp, Jr.), 112, 113. Winthrop, Gov. John, Jr. (of Conn.), 112, 113. Winthrop, John (grands, of above), 112. Wolfe, Gen. James, 135. Woodale, Alice, 167. Woodbridge, Rev. Benjamin, 169. Woodbridge, Rev. Ephraim, 129, 169. Woodbridge, Rev. John, 169. Woodbridge, Rev. John, Jr., 169. Woodbridge, Paul, 28, 64, 129, 169. Woodbridge, Rev. Timothy, 169. ^] I Index of Places ALBANY, N. Y., 93. AUenton, R. I., 172. ^ Andover, Mass., 169. Angiers (or Angers), France, 104. [117, 134. Annaquatucket River, R. I., Apponaug, R. I., 172. Aquidneck, R. I., 95. Arnold's Bridge, R. I., 171. Artois, France, 151. s BALLYNEss, Ireland, 41, 145. Barbadoes, 72, 97. Barber's Heights, R. L, 105, 172. Barrington, R. L, 82. Belleville, R. L, 121. Berkeley, England, 72. Block Island, R. I., 115. Bonnet Pt., R. I., 74, 155. Borden's Ferry, R. I., 62, 166. Boston, Mass., xvi, xx, xxi, xxxiv, 5, 10, 13, 14, 16, I7> 29, 32, 35,60,62,69, 70> 74, 77, 88. Boston Neck, R. I., xxviii, xxix, 19, 20, 25, 27, 38, 40, 42, 63, 70, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 82, 88, loi. Braintree, Mass., 131. Bristol, England, 126. Bristol, R. I., xi, xviii, xx, xxi, xxii, xxiii, 61, loi. [ I Bristol Ferry, R. I., 62, 166, 167. [xlii. Broadw^ay Chapel, London, Brookhaven, N. Y., 129. Brunswick, Maine, xxxiv. c CAMBRIDGE, England, 138. Cambridge, Mass., 138, 165, 168. [128. Canonchet, R. I., 76, 116, Cape Breton, x, 27, 31, 37, 38, 129, 135, 149. Centreville, R. I., 171, 172. Chaldon, England, 124. Chantilly, France, 151. Charleston,S.C., 71,91, 162. Charlestown, R. I., 37, 105. Chester, England, 150. Clapham, England, 150. Cocumscussuc, R. I., 72. Coeset, R. I., i, 2, 8, 11, 16, 17, 21, 23, 24,29,35,38, 41,43,44,66,69,73, 123. Conanicut, R. I., 1,6, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 36, 40, 42, 54, 56, 61, 69, 72, 84, 103. Coventry, R. I., 122. Cross's Mills, R. I., 133, 141. Cumberland, R. I., 171. D ERBY, Conn., 70. Dettingen, Germany, x, 14, 109. n ] 3nhtx of i&laces Devil's Foot, R. I., 104. Drogheda, Ireland, 164. Dublin, Ireland, xviii, 70. Dungiven, Ireland, xvii, xviii, xix, xxxiii, 145, 160. e EAST Chester, N. Y., 95. East Greenwich, R. I., 24, 73> 88, 98, 104, III, 125, 172. Eton, England, 119. Exeter, R. I., 166. F FAIRFIELD, Conn., 130, 131. Falmouth, Mass., 145. Fort Adams, R. L, 165. Fort Anne, R. I., 165. Fort George, R. I., 165. Fort Greene, R. I., 165. Fort Liberty, R. I., 165. Fort Neck, R. L, 138. Freetow^n, Mass., xxiii. French Town, R. I., 66, 98, 104, III, 172. Q GARDINER, Maine, xxv, xxxiii, 89. Glasgow, Scotland, xix, 130. Goat Island, R. I., 165. Great Plain, R. I., 148, 172. Groton, Conn., 22, 83, 84, 86. H HALIFAX, N. S., 131. Hamilton, R. I., 117, 134- [ I Hammond Hill, R. I., xxx, 105. Hebron, Conn., 150. Hempstead, N. Y., 83, 93. Hingham, Mass., 167. 7 JAMAICA, N. Y., 90. Jamestown, R. I., 72, 84. King's Chapel, Boston, 16, 109, 130. King's Church (St. John's), Providence, x, 71, 88, 97. Kingston, R. I., xxxiii, xliv, 88. Kintore, Scotland, xix. Kintyre, Mull of, Scotland, XIX. Kit's kill, R. I., 127. Kit's Pond, R. I., 118. Kittery, Maine, 165. L Lebanon, Conn., 150. Lewes, Delaware, 70. Lippitt, R. I., 171. Lisburne, Ireland, 144. Little Compton, R. I., xxiii. Little Rest, R. I., xxxiv, 93. London, xi, xvi, xlii, 27, 44, 63, 98. Londonderry, Ireland, 55, 173- Louisburg,x, 31,32, 93, 129, 135, 136. MacSparran Hill, R. I., xxvi, 69, 76, loi. 94 ] 3nhtx of j&laces Main River, Germany, x, 1 4, 109. Mashapaug, 145. Marblehead, Mass., 108, 124, 151. Mattatoxet River, R. L, 103, 159. Meshanticut Park, R. L, 171. Middletow^n, R. I., 170. Milford, 6. NAMCOOK, R. I. (Boston Neck), 117. Narragansett, R. I., viii, x, xii, XV, xxii, xxiii, xxiv, XXV, xxviii, xxix, xxx, xxxi, xxxii, xxxiii, xxxiv, XXXV, xxxvii, xxxviii,xxxix, xl, xli, xlii, xliv, xlv,4i,69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87. Narragansett Pier, R. I., 76, 116. Narrovv^ River, R. I., xxviii, 2, 4, 18, 70, 75, 76, 78, 82, 86, loi. Natick, R. I., 125, 171. New Amsterdam, N. Y., 113. Newbury, Mass., i, 69. Newbury port, Mass., 125. New London, Conn., x, xi, xxxiv, 3, 6, 22, 23, 28, 38, 60, 70, 83, 84, 85. New Londonderry, Penn.,67, 173- Newport, R. L, x. xi, xvi, XXV, xxix, xxxvi, xli, i, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10,14,17,19,25, 28,31, 36,37,41,42,43, [ I 46, 48, 49, 50, 61, 62, 64, 70, 72, 73, 77y 79, 80, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88. Newtown, Conn., 132. New York, xi, xvi, 51, 69, 82. North Ferry, R. L, 127, 172, 173- North Groton, Conn., 83. North Kingstown, R. I., xxiii,4, 25, 55, 72, 74, 77, 82, 85, 87, 100. North Nibley, England, 72. Norwich, Conn., 150. Nutfield, Ireland, 55, 160. PAWTUxETRiver,R.L,i25, 171. Peacedale, R. L, 78, 102. Pettaquamscutt Pond, 100, no, 123, 129, 142. Pettaquamscutt River (Nar- row River), xxvi, xliii, 87. Philadelphia, 98. Piscataqua, N. H. (Ports- mouth), xi, 14, 59, 109, 165. Plymouth, Mass., xx, 74. Point Judith, R. L, xxviii, II, 19, 56,99. Pontiac, R. L, 125, 171. Poppasquash Neck, R. L, lOI. Portsmouth, N. H., 109, 165. Portsmouth, R. L, 75, 120, 147. Potowomut River, R. L, 134. Princeton, N. J., 171. Providence, R. L, viii, x, xxiv, 95] gntiejc of j&lace0 xxxiv, 25, 35, 38, 69, 71, 74, 82, 85, 88, 97. Providence Neck, 165. Que a UEBEC, 135. Quonocontaug, R. L, 141. READING, Conn., 132. Rehoboth, Mass., 156. Rhode Island Fort, x, 60, 165. Ridge Hill, R. I., 128. Rochelle, PVance, 104. Rochester (Kingstown), R. I., US- Rye, N. Y., 131, 152. S SAGO, R. I., 61, 166. Salem, Mass., 124, 128, 151. [162. St. George's, S. C, 88, 131, St. James's Church, New London, Conn., xi, 22, 70, 83, 122, 150. St. John's Church (King's), Providence, R. I., x, 71, 88, 97. St. John's Island, 135. St. Michael's Church, Bris- tol, R. I.,xi, xxii, 131, 167, 168. St. Paul's Church, Narragan- sett, XV, xxiii, xxv, xxix, xxxiv, xliv, I, 2, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22,23, 24, 27, 29, 30, 32, 34, 36, 37> 38, 40, 42, 43> 44> 69, 74, 85, 88. St. Thomas', S. C, 91, Scheneftady, N. Y., 93. Scituate, Mass., viii, xi, 115, 132. Scituate, R. I., 124. Shanticut, R. I., 66, 125, 171. Shawomet, R. I., 74, 170. Silverspring, R. I., 128. Simsbury, Conn., 28, 85,1 30. South Ferry, R. I., 11, 13, 47, 48, 50, 59, 60,61,63, 70, 75, 82. South Kingstown, R. I., xxvi, xliv, 27, 77, 82, 85, 88. Stonington, Conn., 141. Strabane, Ireland, 164. Stratford, Conn., 124. Sugar Loaf Hill, R. I., 76, 149- Swansea, Mass., xxiii, 82. T TAUNTON, Mass., 129. Tower Hill, R. I.,xxviii, xxxvi, xxxvii, 9, 12, 13, 28, 37,46, 57,64,76,93- Trenton, N. J., 171. Trinity Church, Newport, R. I., xi, xxix, 73, 77, 80, 83, 88. [xi. Trinity Church, New York, U NIVERSITY of Glasgow, u University of Oxford, xxxv. Updike's New Town, xxviii, 15, 112, 113. [ 196 ] gintiej: of ^latts w WAKEFIELD, R. I., 75, 76, 102, 118. Walmsley Hill, R. L, loi. Warren, R, L, 135. Warwick, R. I., 5, 7, 16, 17, 21, 23, 24, 29,35,41,43, 51,53,55,65,69,73,74, 97- Warwick Neck, R. I., 73. Warwickshire, England, 74. Washington, D. C, 98. Waterbury, Conn., 70. Wesel, Germany, 72. Westerly, R. I., 20, 29, 69, 105. West Haven, Conn., 70. Wickford, England, II2. Wickford, R. I., xxiii, xlv, 72, 74, 112, 113. r ^W'awgoo, R. I., 166. [ 197 ] ^ Printed hy D. B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, At the Sign of the Maypole, 104 Chest- nut St., Boston, U. S. A., November 11, 1899.