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1657 Augt 30 Elizabeth Hagbourne cast out of ye Church.
m' [Theophilus] Eaton Governour at Newhaven dyed.
1658 moneth 1 day 28 Recd again.
[1658] moneth 2. much rainy & intemp'ate weather wch was a gt hindrance in seed time.
month 6 & 7. The season intemp'ate, rain imoderate, much wheat corrupted, ye getting of fodder for ye Cattel much hindred. Generall agues in ye southwd pts of ye Countrey. Fevers & fluxes in ye bay ; wrof not a few dyed.
moneth 12. 11d. At midnight yr happened a great Burning. The fire began in ye outside of Henry Farnham's work-house next ye orchard & it burnt up his work house & his dwelling house & consumed a gt pt of Ins Timber, some of his goods & corne & all his Tooles, but it pleased God not to suffer it to proceed any further.
March 9. 1658-9 m' Peter Bulkley Teacher to ye Church at Concord rested fro his labours.
1659.
. April The greatest part of ye 2ª moneth was cold & rainie weather.
April. 13d. m' Thomas Shepherd was ordamed Teacher to ye church at Charlestowne.
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3m 1ª. John Matthews was excommunicated.
7m 26. The Councill began to set at Boston, consisting of ye mbers of 9 ch's. viz. Boston, Dorchester, Roxbury, Dedham Charlestowne, Cambridge, Watertown, Sudbury & Ipswich.
9m & 10m. The Lord sent a general visitation of Children by conghs & colds, of weh my 3 children Sarah, Mary & Elisabeth Danforth died, all of ym within ye space of a fortnight.
10m. m' Norrice Teacher to ye church at Salem rested fro his labours.
12m 22ª. A fast in ye Bay in reference to ye state of England.
1660.
11m. The Lord was pleased to visite vs, with epidemical colds, coughs, agues, & fevers. .
21ª. Elder Heath dyed of a sore throat, being ye issue of his cold wth fever.
23d. mª Ezekiel Rogers. Pastor to ye church at Rowley rested fro his labors,
31ª. In ye evening about 7th hour there was a great Earthquake. besides yt wch was about 9 weeks before.
March 23 (60) m' Thomas Welde sometime Pastor to this Church dyed in London.
1661 April 28 Lydia Smith publicly admonished by the Church. Decr 29 John Matthews released fro censure.
This year also in ye moneth 10th died m' Dalton of Hampton.
This yeare 1661. April 22d or Soveraigne Lord, Charles ye 2ª was Crowned.
January 1. 1661. The Generall court agreed to send m' Brad- street & mn' Norton to England to solicite his majesty in ye behalle of this Countrey.
Jan. 31. Ilere fell a very great & deep Snow.
1661. Febr 10th m" Bradstreet & m' Norton wth m' Davis & m- Hull took ship & set saile ye next morning.
Feb 23 Lydia Smith reconciled to the Church.
March. [20.] m' [Nathaniel] Vpham, who sometime preached at Malden died at Cambridge.
1661-2. March ii. The Synod began, which sat at Boston the Messengers being sent frö ye seuerall churches according to ye order of ye general Court. The Quest'o's discussed were 1, who are ye subjects of Baptisme? 2. whether according to scripture there ought to be Consociat'o' of churches & what is ye manner of it. The Assemblie continued vntill ye 21 of March & then adjourned unto ye 10th of June next.
1662.
1662. March 30. mª Samuel Hough Pastor of ye ch. at Read- ing, to ye Synod, fell sick at Boston & died.
1662 April 20 Joshua Seaver servant to m' Eliot was brought before ye church & convicted of lying & stealing weh he con- fessed.
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1662.
It pleased the Ld this spring to exercise ye Country wth a very severe drought wch some were so rash as to impute to the sitting of ye synod ; but he was pleased to bear witnesse agst yr rashnes ; For no sooner was ye synod mett June 10. but they agreed to set ye next day apt to seek his favourable presence & to ask raine, & ye day following Gd sent showers fro heaven, & fro that day follow- ing visited ye Land wth seasonable showers of rain week after week vnto ye harvest. The synod also agreed upon several propositions in answer to ye first Question ppounded by ye Generall Court.
This Summer several came to vs fro England. m' James Allin, minister. m' Franciss Willowby, m' Leveret. m' wheelwright, m" Leverich, m' william Stoughton.
August 1. mr William Colbron, ruling Elder of ya church of Boston died.
Sept. 3. m' Bradstreet & m' Norton returned from England, bringing wth ym a Gracious letter fro his Majesty confirming our Charter & liberties.
Sept. 9. was ye 3d Session of ye Synod who agreed upon propo- sitions concerning ye subject of Baptisme & Consociation of churches weh are since printed by order of ye general Court.
Jan. 26. about 6 o'clock at night there happened an Earthquake weh shook mens houses & caused many to run out of their houses into the streets, & ye tops of 2 or 3 chimneys fell off, or some p't of ym likewise there was another earthquake about midnight. also in ye morning once or twice ye earth trembled & mens houses were shaken.
Jan. 28. about 10 o'clock in ye morning there was another earth. quake.
1663.
1663. Aprill 5. m' John Norton, teacher to the church of Bos- ton, rested from his labours. His death was suddaine. The night before about midnight he awakened with a pain voder his left pap. yet he went to meeting in ye forenoon (it being ye Lords day) and made account to preach in ye afternoon, but his wife & friends perswaded him to stay at home. after meetinge freinds came in to visite him & he walked up & downe ye room & dis- coursed pleasantly after his wonted manner. About shutting in, as he was walking up & down in his parlour, he went to ye fire side & leaned his head forward, as if he meant to vomitt. his wife & m' Duneun stept to him to help to hold him & he sunk downe vnder them & never spake more.
June 14. mr John Miller Preacher of ye Gospell at Groyton, some- time Pastor to ye Church at Yarmouth rested fro his labours.
July 5. mr Samuel Newman Teacher to ye Church at Rehoboth rested fro his labours.
This spring may 24 Came m' Walley a Preacher fro England. And mr Williams. This Summer came m' Brewster.
July 20. m' Samuel Stone Teacher to ye church at Hartford rested fro his labours & sorrows.
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The Churches in ye Bay kept a we kly fast in p't of 6m all ye 7th moneth & most of ye 8th moneth.
Novemb. 4. A church, was gathered at Topsfield & mr Gilbert was ordained.
11. A church was gathered at Billerica & m' Samuel Whiting jun ordained Pastor thereof.
Decemb. 9. The ordination of m" Benj. Bunker to ye office of a Pastor in Maldon.
10. A church was gathered at Wenham & m' Antipas Newman ordained.
The churches of ye Bay began a monethly fast, one one moneth another another moneth.
Jan. & Febr. It pleased G. to visit vs wth general Colds & coughs. In some they were accompanyed with fevers.
March 9. There was dreadfull thunder & lightning in ye night, Teh smot ye house of one Wakefield in Boston tore two of ye rafters of ye house & ye gt Corner post of ye House fro top to Bottom & rent of ye boards yt end yet there were 3 men lying in ye chamber, one who lay with his head neer to ye said post yet they had no hurt, onely they smelt a gt stink of Brimstone.
1664.
1664. The churches set up their monethly fasts.
May 27. m' Encrease Mather was ordained Teacher to ye ch: last gathered at Boston.
June 15. there was a solemn fast kept in the ch's through- out ye jurisdictio by order of ye Gen1 Court.
[1644.] June 26. About this time began ye blasting of ye wheat to be p'ceived.
July 13. A church gathered at Groyton & mr Willard or- dained.
July 20. A church gathered in ye bounds of Cambridge & m' John Eliot jun. ordained Pastor & mr Tho Wiswall Ruling Elder.
July 22. The kings Commissioners arried here, viz Colonel Nichols, mr Cartwright, S' Rob' Carr & m' Maverick.
31. They departed for Long Island & Monhados [Menbaden. ]
Sept. 1. Wee had a solemn & publick Fast throughout ye Jurisdictio.
2. A great storm of Wind that beat down much of or fruit, & ye nipping Cold & frost did much hurt amongst ye Indian Corne.
Octob. 30. Major Daniel Denison had his House fired at Ipswich & burnt down.
Nov. 16. A solemn Publick fast throughout this jurisdiction.
Nov. 17. About this time there appeared a Comet in ye Heavens the first time I saw it weh was ye 5th of 10m. It appeared a little below the Crows Bill in Hydra in ye Tropick of Capricorn or neer to it. on ye 18th day it appeared in Canis Major 2 degrees below ye Tropick On ye 19th day I observed it to passe on re upper star in ye Hares foot about 2 degrees & ¿ above the tropicke. It continued till Feb. 4.
1664. December 18. Robert Pepper publickly admonished
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restored again. Isaac Heath also was admonished but reconciled again. June 13. 1665.
Feb. 4. m" Samuell Torry was ordained to ye office of a Pastor in ye Church at Waymouth.
we had a very mild & moderate winter till ye middle of February. Feb. 19 & 21. Bitter Cold weather. Feb. 22 Snow & Feb. 27 Snow.
March 5. John Harris was publicly dealt with.
March 11. Another Comet appeared in ye East in ye constella- tion of Antinous.
15. Our aged Governor m' John Endicot dyed.
1665. 22. A publick fast throughout this Colony.
5 May. In this month were our debates wth ye k's Comissioners.
June 3. was a gt battell betw. England & Holland.
June 20. At shutting in happened a burning in Roxbury in ye dwelling House of Abraha Newell senior, & June 23, his old barne fired by his girle.
June 22. A publick Fast.
This moneth ye lord smot our wheat both winter & summer wth Mildew.
July 5. There happened a very sad accident at Situate. lief- tenant Torry, having reed order fro the Governor of Plimouth (by reaso of the kings letter yt informes of ye Hollanders coming agst vs) to look to ye powder & ammunition of ye Towne, He went into ye House of Goodmā Tickner where ye Magazine of ye Town was, weh was but two barrels of powder & opened ym & while ye said lieftenant was drying some of ye powder, abroad upo boards & doores, by some accident, G. knows what, ye powder was fired both that in ye house & and that abroad, & ye house blown up & broken in pieces, And ye woman of ye House Goodwife Tickner miserably burnt esp'ly on her belly (for it seems she was at that instant stepping upõ ye barrell yt was in ye house to reach something) & a little childe also was sadly burnt & buryed amongst ye rubbish & Timber, but ye woman & childe lived sey'rall houres after about 10 or 11. Also ye lieftenant was sadly burnt esp'ly on his breast, face hands & armes, yet he lived till ye next day and then dyed.
July 15. There was dreadful thunder [&] lightning. A stream of fire was observed to fall upon m' Benj. Gilhams House, wch shattered his chimney & some of ye principall beams in ye house, wounded & hurt his daughter mrs More, stupifyed ye rest that were in ye house. Also at charlstown ye lightning rent a Mast of a lit- tle Vessell.
And at ye Castle it wounded 3 or 4 men In so much that they cryed out some houres after, some that yir tooes, others yt their legs were falling off, and ye Captain of the Castle, m' Rich. Daven- port, a man of a choice & excellent sp't. having bin hard at work, was layd down upon his bed in ye Castle, there being but a Wainscot betw. ye bed & ye Magazine of Powder, the lightning came in at ye window & sinot ye Captain on ye right eare so yt it bled, bruised his flesh upon his head, wounded & burnt his breast & belly, & stroke him dead that he never spake more: but it pleased God ye powder escaped ye fire. likewise there was a dog
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lay at ye gate & a boy, one of ye Captains sons was not far from him : the lightning stroke ye dog & killed Him, but ye boy through 'nerey had no hurt.
The same day about ye same time yr was a whirlwind betw. Ded- ham & Dorchester wch took water out of ye River & spouted it up in ye air, cast down many trees & carryed away many cocks of Hay, & other hay that lay in ye swath & in windrows.
Abont ye same time also at Malbury was a storm of Iaile, some as big as an Egge, some long & flatt, some Cornered, some neer as big as a ma's fist.
July & Angust. A great Drought weh burnt up ye pastures & threatned ye Indian Corn.
The Anabaptists gathered yms, into a church, prophesied one by one, & some one amongst ym administred ye Lords supper, after he was regularly excomunicated by ye ch. at Charlestown. They also set up a lecture at Drinkers house, once a fortnight They were admonished by ye Comt of Assista[ ].
10th 7m 65. Hugh Clark was called before ye church & charged with telling a lye in ye face of ye Court, slandering Authority in saying that his son in law was Committed for Murder which was proved 1. By his own Confession to ye Elders yt [t]he court had reprehended Him for so speaking, & yt ye foreman of ye Jury affirmed yt he had so spoken. 2. By ye Testimony of Samuel Williams, who heard Hugh Clark speak those very words in open court. But Hugh Clark in ye church denyed yt ye [he?] spake these words & that the court or any of ye magistrates imputed it to him y' he had so spoken or reprehended & blamed him for it : By all wch it appeared to ye church yt his soul was siek & needed medicine & therefore dispensed a publick admonition vnto Hini. It doth appear yt Hugh Clark did herein tell a notorious lye agst ye light of his Conscience. 1. Bec: ye Court laboured to convince Him of his error in so speaking & argued ye matter with him to shew him his error & yet he stood to justify what he had said [at- tested by Samuel Williams. ] 2. bec. Ilugh Clark told myself yt his aim & intent in what he said in ye Court was to get some satis- faction & recompence for ye wrong yt was done to his son in law.
7. 7. 65. m' Adam Blakeman Pastor to ye church at Stratford rested from his labours.
5th 8m 65. About 10 a clocke at night there happened an Earth- quake.
9m 65. Contributions were made in several churches for ye ie- lief of ye distressed by reasõ of ye Sicknes in London.
27th gm 1665. Mrs Sarah Alcock dyed, a vertuous woman, of vnstained life, very skilful in physick & chirurgery, exceeding active yea vnwearied in ministering to ye necessities of others. Her workes praise her in ye gates.
8th 9m G5. A solemn Thanksgiving.
15. 9m 65. m' Samuel Shepard was ordained Pastor to ye church at Rowley.
mr Shore was ordained to ye church at Taunton. Gilliams Ves- sell, wherein was Colonel Cartwright one of yek's Commissioners, was taken by ye Dutch, and all his writings agst ye Countrie, made void.
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22. 9m 65. A solemn Fast in reference to ye Sicknes in England &c.
8th 10m 65. A great Storm of Winde, Wherein m' Shoot & all his Company were cast away at Marble-head.
This moneth ye churches in ye Bay set upon a Course of Fasting and prayer.
1666.
.5t 2m 66. All the churches in this Jurisdiction kept a solemn day of fasting & Prayer.
Cristophers Island was taken by ye French inhabiting there & ye English dispossest.
It pleased God this Summer to arm ye Caterpillers agst vs, wch did much damage in our Orchards, and to, exercise ye Bay with a severe drought. The churches in ye Bay sought ye Ld by Fasting & Prayer, our Church of Roxbury began, ye 19th of 4m The La gave rain ye next day. The rest of ye churches in like manner be- sought ye Lord 21st of 4m And it pleased God send rain more plentifully on ye 23d day following. At weh time happened a sad accident at Marshfield. for in that town a certain woman sitting in her house (some neighbours being present) & hearing dreadful thunder crackes, spake to her son & said Boy, shut ye door, for I rem'ber this time 4 yeares we had like to have been killed by thun- der & lightning. The Boy answered, Mother, its all one wth God whether ye door be shutt or open ; The woman said ag'n, Boy shut ye coor : At her comand the Boy shut ye door : but immediately yr came a Ball of Fire fro heaven, down ye chimney & slew ye old woman (whose name was Goodwife Phileps) & ye Boy, and an old man, a neighbor that was present. & dog vt was in ye House, but a little child yt was in ye armes of ye old man escaped : and a woman wth child being present was soor amazed.
It pleased God that our wheat was Mildewed & blasted this year also.
10th 5m 1666. There happened a dreadful burning at Andover. in" Bradstreets house & ye g'test p't of his goods were burnt. The occasion of ich burning was ye Carelesnes of ye maid, who put hot ashes into an hogshead over ye porch : the tub fired about 2 o clock in ye morning & set ye Chamber & house on fire.
29. 5m 66. Divers strangers yt came from Christophers Island being in yt necessitie & distress by sicknes lamenesse &c besides ye p'vision made for y" by ye Generall Court, the severall Churches contributed towards their relief.
26. 5m 66. Tidings came to vs of Forreiners invading our Coast. Two French ships lying at Martins Vineyard & having taken Plumbs ship & another Sloop, lay at Martins Vineyard.
31. 5m 66. The next week we understood that it was one Dutch man, a man of war, with 12 guns & a prize weh he took upo' ye coasts of Virginia who took Armstrong & Plumb & A shallop : & after he had taken out wt he saw good, set ye men at liberty with their vessels, & carried away none but a Boy, & so left our coasts.
7m & Sth. Wee heard of a dreadfull HIeracano at Barbados & ye neighbouring Islands wherein many vessels p'ished & my Lord
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Willoughbey fleet in his expeditio aget ye French at Christophers, were lost.
21. 8m 66. Hugh Clark had a solemn admonition dispensed to him.
25. 9 56. Hugh Clark was forgiven by ve church.
It pleased ye Lord this Summer to visit ye Countrey with ye small pox, which greatly encreased in the Winter & proved very afflictive & mortal vnto many.
12. 10m 66. mr William Tompson Pastor to ye church at Brain- tree departed this life in ye 69 year of his age. He had been held vnder ye power of melancholy for ye space of 8 yeares. During ych time He had diverse lucid intervales, & sweet revivings, esp'ly ye week before he dyed, in so much that he assayed to go to ye church and administer ye Lord's supper to them, but his body was so weak that he could neither go nor ride.
30. 10m. An Earth-quake was perceived by severall.
2ª 12. 66. m" Henry Withington, Ruling Elder iu ye Church of Dorchester. A man that excelled in Wisdom, meeknes and goodnes, being aged 79, departed this life, and was buryed on ye 5t of 12m.
4th 12m 66. Terrible & dreadfull Tidings came vnto vs by ye way of Mevis & Jamaica concerning the taking of Antigea. & ye burning of ye city of London.
11. 12m 66. Tidings came to vs from Connecticot, how that on v-e 15th of 10m 66. Sergeant Heart je son of Deacon Heart and his wife & six children, were all burnt in their House at Farmington, no man knowing how the fire was kindled, neither did any of ye Neighbors see ye fire till it was past remedy. The church there had kept a Fast at this mans house 2 dayes before. One of his sons being at a farm escaped this burning.
This Winter there was a house burnt at Piscataque w'in 3 p'sons p'ished.
Also at ConCord ye House of mr Woodies was burnt & his onely son p'ished in ye fire.
21. 1m $. There was a publick Fast throughout ye Jurisdictson.
This day of church made a Collection for m' Wigglesworth, 41b 178
27. 1m 67. M' John Alcock Physician, dyed. His liver was dryed np & become schirrous.
8. 2ª 67. Our Church made a collection for ye relief of our Brethren & Countrymen who were reduced to extremities at Cape- Feare. The sum was about 7!b
25. 3m 67. There was a dreadful crack of thunder. Samuel Ruggles happened at that instant to be upon ye meeting-house-Hill with oxen & horse & cart loaden with Corne. The horse & one ox were strucken dead wth ye lightning, the other had a little life in it, but it dyed presently. The man was singed and scorched a little on his legs, one shooe torn a pieces & ye heel carrried away, the man was hurled of fro ye cart & flung on ye off side, but through mercy soon recovered himself & felt little harm. There was chest in ye cart wrin was Peuter & linnen, the peuter had small holes melted in it & the linnen some of it singed & burnt.
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19th 4m 67. A sad accident happened at Boston to one Wake- field a boatman, who helping ye rope maker about a Cable had his head splitt & his braines beaten out.
7th 6m 67. About two of ye clock in ye Morning, my honoured Father, m" John Wilson, Pastour to ye church of Boston, aged about 78 years & an half, a man eminent in Faith, love, humility, self-denyal, prayer, soundnes of minde, zeal for God, liberality to all men, esp'ly to ye sts & ministers of christ, rested from his labors & sorrowes, beloved & lamented of all, and very honourably in- terred ye day following.
28. 8m 67. About break of ye day there happened dreadfull thunder & lightning, whereby an Hay cock of 4 Load of Hay belonging to Robt. Seaver, was fired in our Marishes & burnt up.
5th gm. A day of publick Thanksgiving vnto God for ye Con- tinnance of o'r peace & liberties. The Day before God sent vs tidings of the Cessatio. of war & ye Conclusion of peace betw. England & ye neighbouring Nations. viz Capt. Martyn, and ye week after both ye Prontz & Harrison, & Skarlet & a while after Christopher Clark.
4th 10m. A Publick Fast throughout ye Jurisdictio.
12m. Strange noises were heard in ye air like guns, drums, vollies of gt shot at Waymonth, Hingham &c.
This winter many women died in childbirth not being able to be deliv'd, as [blank] Craft, Alice Davis, in our Town, and severall in other Townes.
29th 12m 67. There appeared a Coma or blazing Stream weh shone fro ye western horizon & extended to a small star in ye river Eridanus, but ye Head or star itself was occult & hidden by reason of its propinquity to ye Sun.
This winter was very moderate, little snow or hard weather.
15. 1m. 63. Edward Bugbey admonished by the church.
22. 1m. 63. Sarah Chamberlain was excommunicated.
1668.
26. 1m 1668. A publick Fast throughout ye Jurisdiction ap- pointed by ye Council.
3. 2ª 68. An Earthquake.
7th 2m 1668. m' Samuel Shepard Pastor to yo Church of Christ at Rowley, rested fro his labors.
14 & 15. 2ª 68. A publiek Disputation by order of ye Council for ye Conviction of Tho. Goole, John Farnham sen. Tho. Osborn & their Company, who schismatically withdrew from ye Comunion of these churches & set up another assembly in ye way of Anabap- tism & boldly intermeddled with those institutions of ye La Jesus, weh are proper to office trust. showing that their practice is not justifiable by ye word of God nor to be allowed by ye government of this Jurisdiction.
14. 2ª 68. m' Thomas More's Vessel cast away at Cape-Cod in ye storm, wrin 4 persons perished, and much wealth lost.
27. 2m 68. m" Henry Flint, Teacher to ye church at Braintrey, aged 61, deceased.
29. 2m. The general Court of Elections. This Court banished
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Tho. Gool, John Farnham & [William] Turner, schismatical Anabaptists.
22. 3m. A frost wrby ye Corn & fruit suffered Damage. Tidings came concerning ye Burning of ye Bridge at Barbados.
16. 3m 68. There were prodigies seen in ye heaven in ye night before ye Lords day by 500 p'le, in this forme. + [X]. This spring was a time of much infirmity & sicknes, many were visited with feavers & some dyed.
3ª 4m 68. One Stratton at Boston stabbed & murdered him- selfe. It pleased God to restrain the Palmer worm amongst vs in ye Bay & to spare of fruit trees.
15. 4m 68. John, ye son of John Gorton about 12 yeares old, going into ye water to wash himsif in ye companie of several little boyes, was drowned & perished in ye river.
16. 4. 68. After much dry weather, wch scorcht ye fruits of ye earth, it pleased Gd to send us rain, even showres of blessing.
4m 68. mr Tho. Wells of Hartford one of their Magistrates, fell down fro one of his cherri trees and so died.
6t 5m 68. [blank] Robinson, a brother of ve Ch. at Dorchester was drawn through by ye cog-wheel of his Mill & was torn in pieces & slain.
9th 5m 68. mª Jonathan Mitchel, Pastor of ye Church at Cam- bridge rested from his labors.
5m 68. A Council of 4 churches called by ye Elder & major part of ye church of Boston in reference to their dissenting Breth- ren. . Their advice was to dismiss them in order to ye propagatio. of another church in Boston.
13th 8m 68. mr John Eliot jun. Pastor to ye Church at Cam- bridge-village rested fro his labors.
17th gm 68. John Web, alias, Everit, pursning a Whale, was caught in ye rope, twisted about his middle, & being drawn into ye sea, was drowned.
5. 9m 68. One of Salem was Executed for murdering her childe, born in fornication. Doctor Emery & ye mother of ye woman sat upo ye Gallows an Hour.
9. 9. 68. mr Waltam, ye minister at Marblehead, who died of an Apoplexie, was buried.
20. 9. 68. A notable conjunction of f & D wherein yr was a visible contact.
9. 10m 68. m" John Davenport was ordained Pastor to ye Church at Boston and m' James Allin was ordained Teacher.
11m 68. m" [blank ] Wings Catch cast away at Cape Ann.
13. 11m 68. Bro. James Humphryes was ordained Ruling Elder in Dorchester.
25. 1m 69. A Publick Fast throughout ye Colonie.
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