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515oteg
England in the following year to collect 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, 1741. 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, -^r' MacSparran married Capt. Ezekiel
Hatch, of Newport, to Mary Peckham, at the house of her
father, Thomas Peckham, a carpenter. Hatch was a sailor
an,d was reported "missing" in 1747.
200 " Married this Day 23 years."
The Narragansett Parish Register records as follows: "The
22nd of May, 1722, the Revd- Mr. MacSparran was married
to Mrs. Hannah Gardiner, at ye church, by ye Revd- Mr.
Jas- 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. Willet, 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 Esqr's 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, Newport. The Thomas Gardiner mentioned with Capt. Holmes
was probably Mrs. MacSparran's brother of that name, born
October 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.
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| 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 | 00000187 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 515oteg England in the following year to collect 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, 1741. 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, -^r' MacSparran married Capt. Ezekiel Hatch, of Newport, to Mary Peckham, at the house of her father, Thomas Peckham, a carpenter. Hatch was a sailor an,d was reported "missing" in 1747. 200 " Married this Day 23 years." The Narragansett Parish Register records as follows: "The 22nd of May, 1722, the Revd- Mr. MacSparran was married to Mrs. Hannah Gardiner, at ye church, by ye Revd- Mr. Jas- 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. Willet, 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 Esqr's 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, Newport. The Thomas Gardiner mentioned with Capt. Holmes was probably Mrs. MacSparran's brother of that name, born October 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. [ «« ] |
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