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a better Booft ano
ay 2nd- 1745, being Thursday. My first, best
and most principal Servant was drowned out
ofthe Skow, wch sunk and Stepney186 could
not swim, but Harry, who could escaped.
[May] 3d- We found his Body and y9 Afternoon rode
5 miles and administered Clinick Baptism to Edwd
Sherman.187
[May] 4th* I preached his Funeral Sermon to a great
Assembly of negro's in the ch. & interred him in
ye ch. yard.
[May] 5th- Sunday. Officiated at St. Paul's.
[May] 7th- At Conanicut.
May 12th- Sunday. Officiated at St. Paul's &c.
May 16th- Rode 30 miles up into ye wilderness188 and
lodged at Samuel Cooper's.189
[May] 17th- Preached at said Cooper's, receiving one
child190 into ye Congregation, formerly baptized by
Mr. Pigot,191 and baptized another,192 both ye children
of one Howard, an Englishman.
Dined with Major Browne, an Anabaptist, who, being at ch., invited me, and from there, in the Afternoon, rode 14 miles to Xtopher Lippet's,193 who lives
well and kind[ly] entertained my Companion, Benjn
Mumford, and myself.
[May] 18th- Rode 12 miles from Mr. Xtopher Lip-
pet's at Mr. Francis's of Old Warwick in ye Rain, as
we had done all day to Cooper's on ye 16th* It was
Quaker General Meeting,194 so I did not preach at
Francis's as usual.
[May] Sunday, 19th* Officiated at Coeset ch. Few
people. They are all gone to ye Frolick of ye general
Meeting at Greenwich. I reached Home, without eating or drinking, before sun set.
22 miles yl Day.
[H]
| Title | A letter book and abstract of out services written during the years 1743-1751 |
| Creator | MacSparran, James |
| Publisher | D.B. Updike, Merrymount Press |
| Place of Publication | Boston |
| Date | 1899 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000085 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | a better Booft ano ay 2nd- 1745, being Thursday. My first, best and most principal Servant was drowned out ofthe Skow, wch sunk and Stepney186 could not swim, but Harry, who could escaped. [May] 3d- We found his Body and y9 Afternoon rode 5 miles and administered Clinick Baptism to Edwd Sherman.187 [May] 4th* I preached his Funeral Sermon to a great Assembly of negro's in the ch. & interred him in ye ch. yard. [May] 5th- Sunday. Officiated at St. Paul's. [May] 7th- At Conanicut. May 12th- Sunday. Officiated at St. Paul's &c. May 16th- Rode 30 miles up into ye wilderness188 and lodged at Samuel Cooper's.189 [May] 17th- Preached at said Cooper's, receiving one child190 into ye Congregation, formerly baptized by Mr. Pigot,191 and baptized another,192 both ye children of one Howard, an Englishman. Dined with Major Browne, an Anabaptist, who, being at ch., invited me, and from there, in the Afternoon, rode 14 miles to Xtopher Lippet's,193 who lives well and kind[ly] entertained my Companion, Benjn Mumford, and myself. [May] 18th- Rode 12 miles from Mr. Xtopher Lip- pet's at Mr. Francis's of Old Warwick in ye Rain, as we had done all day to Cooper's on ye 16th* It was Quaker General Meeting,194 so I did not preach at Francis's as usual. [May] Sunday, 19th* Officiated at Coeset ch. Few people. They are all gone to ye Frolick of ye general Meeting at Greenwich. I reached Home, without eating or drinking, before sun set. 22 miles yl Day. [H] |
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