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F. ADAMS, LL.D. . . .
REV. GEORGE
E. ELLIS, D.D. . . .
Recording
Secretary.
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Corresponding Secretary.
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Cabinet-Keeper.
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APPLETON, A.M. . . .
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RICHARD
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CHARLES C.
PERKINS, A.M. . . . .
WINSLOW
WARREN, LL.B.. . . . .
CHARLES W.
TUTTLE, A.M. . . . .
LEVERETT
SALTON STALL, A.M. . . .
RESIDENT
MEMBERS,
AT THE DATE
OF THE PUBLICATION OF THIS VOLUME IN THE ORDER OF
THEIR ELECTION.
Hon. Robert
C. Winthrop, LL.D. Henry W. Torrey,
A.M.
Hon. Charles
Francis Adams, LL.D. Williams Latham,
A.B.
Rev. George
E. Ellis, D.D. Hon.
Charles Hudson, A.M.
Hon. John C.
Gray, LL.D. Rev. Robert
C. Waterston, A.M.
Hon. George
S. Hillard, LL.D. Thomas C.
Amory, A.M.
Hon. Peleg
W. Chandler, LL.D. Samuel A.
Green, M.D.
Rev. George
W. Blagden., D.D. Hon. James M.
Robbins.
Rev. Lucius
R. Paige, D.D. Charles
Eliot Norton, A.M.
Hon. Solomon
Lincoln, A.M. Hon. John J.
Babson.
Rev.
John Langdon
Sibley, A.M. Rev. Edward E.
Hale, A.M.
Hon. Richard
Frothingham,. LL.D. Rev. Andrew P.
Peabody, D.D.
Henry
Wheatland, M.D. William
G. Brooks, Esq.
Charles Deane,
LL.D. Hon. Horace
Gray, LL.D.
Francis
Parkman, LL.B. Amos
A. Lawrence, A.M.
Ellis Ames,
A.B. Rev.
Edwards A. Park, D.D.
Rev. Samuel
K. Lothrop, D.D. Hon. Francis
E. Parker, LL.B.
Rev. William
Newell, D.D. William H.
Whitmore, A.M.
John A.
Lowell, LL.D. George
B. Emerson, LL.D.
Oliver
Wendell Holmes, M.D. James
Russell Lowell, LL.D.
Henry W.
Longfellow, LL.D. Rev.
Nicholas Hoppin, D.D.
Jacob
Bigelow, LL.D. Nathaniel
Thayer, A.M.
Hon. Stephen
Salisbury, LL.D. Erastus B. Bigelow,
LL.D.
Henry Austin
Whitney, A.M. Hon. William
C. Endicott, A.B.
Rev. William
S. Bartlet, A.M. Hon. Eben.
Rockwood Hoar, LL.D
Leverett
Saltonstall, A.M. Hon.
Seth Ames, A.M.
Rev. Alonzo
H. Quint, D.D. Josiah P.
Quincy, A.M.
Samuel F. Haven,
A.M. Samuel Eliot,
LL.D.
Hon. Richard
H. Dana, Jr., LL.D. Henry G. Denny,
A.M.
Hon. Caleb
Cushing, LL.D. Charles C.
Smith, Esq.
[vi]
RESIDENT MEMBERS. vii
Hon. George
S. Hale, A.B. Charles C.
Perkins, A.M.
Robert M.
Mason, Esq. Charles F. Dunbar, A.B.
William S.
Appleton, A.M. Hon.
Charles Devens, LL.D.
Rev. Henry
M. Dexter, D.D. Charles F.
Adams, Jr., A.B.
Theodore
Lyman, S.B. William
P. Upham, A.M.
Ron. William
T. Davis, A.B. Hon. A. H.
Bullock, LL.D.
Rev. George
Punchard, A.M. Fitch Edward
Oliver, M.D.
Abner C.
Goodell, A.M. William
Everett, Ph.D.
William
Amory, A.M. George
B. Chase, A.M.
Edward D.
Harris, Esq. Henry
Cabot Lodge, Ph.D.
Ralph Waldo
Emerson, LL.D. John T. Morse,
Jr., A.B.
Augustus T.
Perkins, A.M. Justin
Winsor, A.B.
Hon. Mellen
Chamberlain, LL.B. J. Elliot
Cabot, LL.B. ,
Winslow
Warren, LL.B. George
Dexter, A.M.
Francis W.
Palfrey, A.M. Hon.
Gustavus Vasa Fox.
Charles W.
Tuttle, A.M. Henry
Lee, A.M.
Charles W.
Eliot, LL.D. Gamaliel
Bradford, A.B.
William
Gray, A.M. Rev.
Edward J. Young, A.M.
Rev. Henry
W. Foote, A.M.
HONORARY AND CORRESPONDING
MEMBERS,
ELECTED UNDER THE ORIGINAL ACT OF
INCORPORATION, 1794, IN THE ORDER OF THEIR ELECTION.
T. A.
Moerenhout, Esq. James
Ricker, Jr., Esq.
Rev. Luther
Halsey, D.D. Henry
Stevens, F .S.A.
Rev. Leonard
Bacon, D.D. Frederick
Griffin, Esq.
John
Winthrop, Esq. Rev.
William S. Southgate.
Rt. Rev.
William B. Stevens, D.D. Hon. Samuel
G. Arnold, LL.D.
Major E. B.
Jarvis. John
Gilmary Shea, LL.D.
E. George
Squier, Esq. James
Lenox, Esq.
Hon. George
Bancroft, LL.D. Hon. John R.
Bartlett, A.M.
J. Hammond
Trumbull, LL.D. G. P.
Faribault, Esq. [viii]
[viii]
HONORARY AND CORRESPONDING MEMBERS,
ELECTED SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE ACT OF
1851.
Honorary. Rev.
William G. Eliot, D.D.
Francois.A..
A. Mignet. Henry.
B. Dawson, Esq.
Comte
Adolphe de Circourt. Goldwin
Smith, LL.D.
M. Edouard
Rene Lefebre Labou- George
T. Curtis, A.B.
laye, LL.D. James
Parton, Esq.
Hon. John A.
Dix, LL.D. Hon.
John Meredith Read, A.M.
Leopold Von
Ranke. Joseph
Jackson Howard, LL.D.
James
Anthony Froude, M.A. Brantz
Mayer, Esq.
The Very
Rev. Arthur Penrhyn John
Winter Jones, F.S.A.
Stanley, D.D. Richard
Henry Major, F.S.A.
Thomas
Carlyle, D.C.L. Rev.
Edmond de Pressense.
Edward A.
Freeman, D.C.L. Charles
J. Stille, LL.D.
Hon. George
P. Marsh, LL.D. William W.
Story, A.M.
The Right
Rev. Lord Arthur Her- M.
Jules Marcou.
vey, LL.D. Thomas
B. Akins, Esq.
Hon. Hugh
Blair Grigsby, LL.D. M.
Pierre Margry.
Rev. Leonard
Woods, D.D., LL.D. Charles
J. Hoadly, Esq.
Rev.
Theodore Dwight Woolsey, John
Foster Kirk, Esq.
D.D. Rev.
William I. Budington, D.D.
David
Masson, LL.D. Benjamin Scott, F.R.A.S.
Rev. Barnas
Sears. D.D. Hon. Charles H. Bell, A.M.
Baron F. von
Holtzendorff. Rev.
William Barry.
Comte de
Paris. Rev.
Edward D. Neill, A.B.
Prof. William Stubbs, D.C.L. Rev. J. Lewis Diman, D.D.
Hon. William M. Evarts, LL.D. Col. Joseph L. Chester,
LL.D.
Hon. Horatio
Seymour, LL.D. WillIam
Gammell, LL.D.
Henri Martin Rev.
Thomas Hill, D.D., LL.D.
Josiah G. Holland, M.D.
Hon. Manning F. Force, LL.B.
Corresponding. Comte
Achille de Rochambeau.
Rev. Samuel
Osgood, D.D. Sir
Bernard Burke, C.B., LL.D.
William
Durrant Cooper, F.S.A. Samnel
Rawson Gardiner, A.M.
Edmnnd B.
O'Callaghan, LL.D. Hon.
John Bigelow.
Benjamin F.
French, Esq. George
William Curtis, LL.D.
William H.
Trescot, Esq. Henry
C. Lea, Esq.
John G.
Kohl, LL.D. Hubert
H. Bancroft, A.M.
Benjamin R.
Winthrop, Esq. Thomas
Wentworth Higginson,
J. Carson
Brevoort, LL.D. A.M.
George H.
Moore, LL.D. Rev. John R. Green,
LL.D.
W. Noel Sainsbury, Esq. Rev. Richard S. Storrs, D.D.
S. Austin
Allibone, LL.D. William
F. Poole, A.M.
Henry T.
Parker, A.M. Rev.
E. Edwards Beardsley, D.D.
Benson J.
Lossing, LL.D. John
Austin Stevens, A.B.
Lyman C.
Draper, LL.D. Joseph
F. Loubat, LL.D.
George
Washington Greene, LL.D. Charles
H. Hart, LL.B.
[ix]
MEMBERS DECEASED.
Resident,
Honorary, and Corresponding Members, who have died since the publica-
tion of the List of Members in the last volume of the Collections,
April 1,
1878; or of whose death information has been received since that
date.
Resident.
Hon. George
T.,Bigelow, LL.D. Hon. Benjamin
F. Thomas, LL.D.
Honorary and Corresponding.
Erastus
Smith, Esq. William
Cullen Bryant, LL.D.
[x]
TABLE
OF CONTENTS OF
NOTES.
VOL. I.
PAGE PAGE
1.
Biographical.
3. Urian
Oakes. 70.
King James II. proclaimed.
5. John
Bowles. 71.
Apsoon.
5.
Fessendens. 71.
Francis Bond.
7.
7. Batters. 72.
Sewall's walk around Beacon
8. Sewall's
birth-place. Hill.
8. Thomas
Parker. 76.
Benjamin Eliot.
9. Almanacs.
86.
Veal and Graham, the pirates.
10. "
87.
Colonel Piercy Kirk.
11. " 89.
George Monk and the Blue An-
12. " chor
Tavern.
15. James,
the printer. 92.
Adams and Richards families.
16.
Almanacs. 98.
Rev. Laurence Vandenbosk.
24. " 104.
Lady Alice Lisle and the Ushers.
25. Tempore
post meridian 105.
Thanksgivings and Fasts.
28.
31. John
Reyuer, Jr. 108.
James Mudge.
32.
Almanacs. 108.
Susanna Vertigoose and the
33. " Mother
Goose fable.
37. Coney's
Street or Lane. 108.
Roxbury Gate.
38.
43.
Almanacs. 112.
John Odlin.
45.
Antapologia. 119.
Peter Butler.
47. Robert
Walker. 122.
Mather's " Arrow against Danc-
48. Almanac.
ing."
56. Death of
Mrs. Brattle. 126.
Execution of James Morgan.
59.
60. Governor
Endicott's house. 133.
Warner Wesendunk.
161.
62-65.
Cotton-Hill and other
lands. 143. The form of
taking an oath.
68. Election
day. 145.
William Johnson.
ii TABLE
OF CONTENTS OF
NOTES IN VOL. I.
PAGE PAGE
147.
Cotton's arguments about the 212.
Elizabeth Woodmansey
cross. 213.
Deodat Lawson.
148. Rev.
Samuel Lee and his family. 219. Sir
William Phips's chaplain.
152. David
Jeffries. 221.
Sir William Phips's house.
153. Mr.
Brightman. 229.
Letter to Rev. Increase Mather
155. Charles
Morton. from S. Sewall.
158. Thomas
Jenner. 231.
The King's chapel,
160. Town
House of
162. Madam
Taylor. 250.
Cotton Mather's sermons.
167. Shrove
Tuesday. 251.
Lord Wharton.
168. Elijah
Corlet. 252.
Thomas Papilliori.
168.
Preservation of the Colonial 253.
Lockier's Monument.
Records. 255.
Richard Wharton.
169. Hez.
Usher's house. 256.
"Considerations," &c., a politi-
170. Anthony
Stoddard. cal
pamphlet.
170. Daniel
Gookin. 261.
The revolution at
174. Summary
of
ment. 263.
Penny posts.
177. Richard
Walker. 264.
Thomas Saffin's epitaph.
179. Robert
Walker. 266.
Theophilus Pool.
182. Wan [or
Wanton or Harris]. 269.
"
182.
Allerton's Point. pamphlet.
182. Andrew
Bordman. 270.
The quaternion.
183. Affray
at
186.
Blackstone's Point. 291.
The Faneuils.
186. King
James's first Declaration 293.
Sewall's notes in
of Indulgence. an
almanac.
186.
Benjamin Eliot. 309.
Tho. Johnson, and other pirates.
189.
Hole. 315.
190. Mr.
Gibbs. 315-317.
Commissioners for the war.
190.
Disturbances about taxes. 320.
Sewall's letter about the war.
192. Lady
Andros. 321.
Sir William Props's expedition.
193. Sir
William Phips. 322.
Captain Frary.
193.
Woodcock's
194. The
fort on Fort Hill. 332.
First
196. Wing's
Tavern or the Castle 334.
Indian chiefs.
Tavern. 336.
Governor Menevall, of Acadie.
197. Colonel
Robert Gibbs's house. 340.
Captain Francis Johnson.
198. Edmund
Randolph's suit against 350. John
Nelson.
Increase Mather. 355.
Mrs. Hamlen.
202.
Governor Andros's house. 356.
Mrs. Elisa Pool.
203. Lady
Andros's tomb. 358.
203. Sir
William Phips. 360.
The Council Records.
206. Michael
Shaller. 361.
Captain John Alden.
209. Rev.
Increase Mather's escape 362.
from
TABLE OF CONTENTS
OF NOTES IN
VOL. I. iii
PAGE PAGE
368. Oyer
and Terminer. 439.
Cotton Mather's proclamation
373. Law
relating to ministers. for
a fast.
376.
Mehitable, meaning of the 442.
An act to incorporate Harvard
name. College.
377.
Wheeler's Pond. 442.
The cold winter of 1696.
378.
379. Elisha
Cooke. 447.
Rev. John Harvard.
386.
Non-resident representatives 452.
Richard Wilkins.
forbidden. 453.
Blue
389.
"Whig and Torey;" a pam- taverns.
phlet. 455.
Neals of
394. Phips's
administration. 456.
Hezekiah Usher's will.
395. Sarah;
meaning of the name. 457.
Salt works on Boston Neck.
395. William
Stoughton. 458.
Discovery of limestone.
400.
Corunna. 460.
Rev. John Cotton, Jr.
401. Wheeler's
pond and Sewall's 461.
Blue Anchor tavern.
trees. 464.
Rev. John Higginson.
402. Colonel
Archdall. 470.
404. Sir
William Phips's monument.
405. Driving
a nail or pin. 474.
Sewall's town-offices.
406.
Symond's estate called Argilla. 474.
Seth Perry.
407.
Marriage with a deceased wife's 477.
Richard Coote, Earl of
sister. monte
412.
Sewall's house. 478.
The Province House.
414. Thomas
Maule. 480.
An
424.
Shrimpton family. bridge.
425. Eliot
family; estates and suits. 482.
The Wishing Stone on
427. Vagum. Common.
429. Laws to
be accepted by the 482.
Wait-Still
Crown. 488.
Colonel Romer.
430. Dr.
Benjamin Bullivant. 491.
Huguenot church in
430.
Association to sustain King 496.
William Paterson.
William. 496.
John Borland.
430. Rev.
William Veazie. 499.
Nathaniel Higginson.
431.
Navigation Act. 506.
The Virginals.
431. Rev.
George Burroughs. 506.
Brattle Street manifesoo.
432. Mrs.
Martha Oakes. 507.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe.
433. Captain
Chubb's surrender. mela.
433.
Association to sustain King 508.
Measurements of Sewall's lands.
William 509.
Flavel's sermons
DIARY
OF
SAM U E
L SEWALL.
1674-1729.
VOL. I.
1674-1700.
The Engraving of JUDGE SEWALL, here presented, is
from what is
supposed to be an original Portrait of him, in
possession
of his descendants, the Misses Ridgway, of
They have very
kindly permitted the Society the privilege of
having this
engraved copy made from the painting.
The
Editors are
endeavoring to trace the origin and history of the
Portrait,
with its date, and the name of the artist whose work
it is.
INTRODUCTION.
INASMUCH as in the following Diary there is
so frequent men-
tion of
family affairs, and reference to relatives whose affinity is
not readily
discernible, it may be well to devote some pages to
the
genealogy of the Sewall family, and of those allied to it.
For convenience we will treat first of the
main family and of
such of the
blood-relations of the Chief Justice as were alive in
his time;
secondly, of the family of his mother, the Dummers,
and of the
own
descendants.
OF THE MAIN LINE OF SEWALLS.
First in importance in this branch is a
letter written by Sam-
uel Sewall
to his son, dated Aug. 26, 1720, and printed in the
111-113. This letter was in the possession of the late
Rev.
Samuel
Sewall, of
son. This printed copy, however, has been collated
with a
transcript
made by Samuel Sewall, Jr., to whom it was ad-
dressed, and
the very trifling differences noted.
DEAR SON, -- You have often desired, that
I would give you some
account of
the family of which you are. And
although I am much less
able to doe
any thing of this nature now when I have been left of my
dear Parents
very near Twenty years, yet considering the longer I stay,
the more
unfit I shall be, take what I have to say as follows:
Mr Henry Sewall, my great Grandfather, was
a Linen Draper in the
City of
prudent Man,
and was more than once chosen Mayor of the City.
xii INTRODUCTION.
Mr Henry Sewall, my Grandfather, was his
eldest Son, who out of
dislike to
the English Hierarchy sent over his onely Son, my Father, Mr
Henry
Sewall, to
Provisions
sutable for a new
my Father
settle at
to Newbury,
whether my Grandfather soon followed him.
Where also
my
Grandfather Mr Stephen Dummer and Alice his wife likewise
dwelled
under the Ministry of the Reverend Mr Thomas Parker and
Mr James
Noyes.
On the 25th March, 1646, Richard Salton
stall, Esq. Grandfather of
Gurdon Saltonstall,
Esq. now Governour of Connecticut, joined to-
gether in
Marriage my father Mr Henry Sewall and my Mother Mrs
Jane Dummer,
eldest Child of Mr Stephen Dummer aforesaid and Alice
his
wife: my Father being then about 32, and
my Mother about 19
years of
age.
But the Climat being not agreeable to my
Grandfather and Grand-
mother
Dummer, (whose Maiden name was Archer) they returned to
awhile at
Hannah
Tappin, their eldest Child, was born at Tunworth May 10th,
1649. Baptised by Mr Haskins.
I was born at Bishop Stoke, March 28, 1652;
so that the light of the
Lord's Day
was the first light that my Eyes saw, being: born a little
before
day-break. I was baptised by Mr Rashly,
(sometime Member
of the
Rashly first
preached a Sermon, and then baptised me.
After which
an
entertainment was made for him and many more.
Some months
after, my
Father removed to Badesly, where my Brother John Sewall
was born
Oct. 10. 1654, and was baptised in my Father's House Nov. 22
by Mr Henry
Cox, Minister of Bishop Stoke.
My brother Stephen Sewall was born at
Badesly Aug. 19th, 1657,
baptised in
my father's house by the said Mr Cox. My
Father had
made one
Voyage to
Sewall. And in the year 1659 he went thither again;
his rents at New-
bury coming
to very little when remitted to
absence,
October 25, 1659, my sister Jane Gerrish was born at Badesly
and was
baptised by Mr Cox at Bishop Stoke in the house of Mr Boys.
At this Badesly, by the merciful goodness
of God, I was taught to
read
English. And afterwards was educated in
the
Rumsey of
which Mr Figes was Master.
My Father sent for my Mother to come to him
to
remember
being at Bishop Stoke and Badesly, April 23, 1661, the day
of the
Coronation of K. Charles the 2d, the Thunder and Lightening of it.
INTRODUCTION. xiii
Quickly
after my Mother went to
Hannah,
Samuel, John. Stephen and Jane; and John Nash and Mary
Hobs her
Servants there to be in a readiness for the Pool Waggons. At
this place
her near Relations, especially my very worthy and pious Uncle
Mr Stephen
Dummer took leave with Tears. Capt. Dummer of Swath-
ling treated
us with Raisins and Almonds. My Mother
lodged in Pump-
yard.
Isaac
Woodgreen, Commander. Went by water to
Graves-End where
the Ship
lay. Took in Sheep at
same time
were Major Brown, a young brisk Merchant and a consider-
able Freighter;
Mr Gilbert and his wife, He was Minister at Topsfield;
Madam
Bradstreet, then Gardener; Mrs Martha, Mr Pitkins Sister, who
died lately
at Windsor, and many others. We were
about eight weeks
at Sea,
where we had nothing to see but Water and the Sky; so that I be-
gan to fear
I should never get to Shoar again; only I thought the Capt.
and Mariners
would not have ventured themselves if they had not hopes
of getting
to Land again. Capt. Woodgreen arrived
here on Satterday.
I was
overjoyed to see Land again, especially being so near it as in the
held a
discourse with them whether they should fire or no, and reckoned
was agreed
not to doe it. But presently after the
Castle fired; which
much
displeased the Ship's Company; and then they fired. On the
Lord's day
my Mother kept aboard; but I went ashoar, the Boat
grounded,
and I was carried out in arms July 6, 1661.
My Mother
lodg'd at Mr
Richard Collicott's. This week there was
a publick Thanks-
giving. My Father hastened to
Newbury by
Water in Mr Lewis. Brother Tapan has
told me our
arrival
there was upon Lecture-day which was Wednesday.
Mr Ordway
carried me
ashore in his Canoe. We sojourned at Mr
Titcomb's. My
Father
presently sent me to school to the Reverend and Excellent Mr
Thomas
Parker, with whom I continued till my entrance into the
lege; being
admitted by the very learned and pious Mr Charles Chauncey.
Sept. 3, 1662, Mother was brought to bed of
Sister Anne, Mr Joshua
Moodey the
Minister's Mother being her Midwife.
Baptised by Mr
Parker.
May, 8, 1665, Sister Mehetabel was born:
Baptised by Mr Parker. She
became wife
to the midwife's Grandson, Mr William Moodey.
Dor-
othy Sewall
(now Northend) was born Oct. 29, 1668.
Baptised by Mr
Parker.
At this time the commencement was in
August. In the year 1667
my father
brought me to be admitted, by which means I heard Mr Rich-
ard Mather
of Dorchester preach Mr Wilson's Funeral Sermon. "Your
Fathers
where are they?" I was admitted by
the very learned and
xiv INTRODUCTION.
pious Mr
Charles Chauncey, who gave me my first Degree in the year
1671. There were no Masters in that year. These Bachelours were the
last Mr
Chauncey gave a decree to, for he died the February following.
In July 1672, Dr Hoar came over with his
Lady and sojourned with
your
Grandfather Hull. He was my Aunt
Quincey's Brother; and
preached, as
an assistant, to the Rev. Mr Thomas Thacher at the South
Church. The College quickly called him to be
President. He was in-
stalled in
the College Hall in December 1672. Gov.
Bellingham lay
dead in his
House, and Dep. Gov. Leverett was the Chief Civil Magis-
trat present
at that Solemnity. The March following
Mrs Bridget Hoar,
now Cotton,
was born in
Mrs Hannah
Hull, my dear Wife, your honoured Mother, was invited
by the Dr.
and his Lady to be with them a while at
me when I
took my Degree and set her affection on me, though I knew
nothing of
it till after our Marriage; which was February 28th. 1675-6.
Gov.
Bradstreet married us in that we now call the Old Hall; 't was then
all in one,
a very large Room. As I remember, Madam
Thacher and
Madam Paige,
with whom Gov. Bradstreet boarded, visited us the next
day.
On the 2d of April, 1677, it
pleased God to favour us with the birth
of your
brother John Sewall, our first-born. In
June 1678 you were
born. Your brother lived till the September
following, and then died.
So that by
the Undeserved Goodness of God your Mother and I never
were without
a child after the 2d of April 1677.
In the Fall 1678, I was seized with the
Small Pocks and brought very
near to
death; so near that I was reported to be dead.
But it pleased
God of his
Mercy to Recover me. Multitudes died,
two of my special
Friends viz.
Mr John Noyes, and Ensign Benjamin Thirston, who both
died while I
lay sick: and Mr William Dummer, Son of
Jeremiah Dum-
mer Esq.
aged about 19 years.* Presently after my
Recovery, in De-
cember, Col.
Townsend and I were bearers to Mr Joseph Tappin one of
the most
noted Shop-keepers in
And now what shall I render to the Lord for
all his benefits? The
* By some
oversight iu copying, this line regarding Dummer was omitted
in the
Register. The following note was
printed, however, in that maga-
zine, being
an endorsement made by the recipient of the letter, Samuel
Sewall,
Jr.:--
"June 30th, 1729. Recd. the following acco.
of my
my Great
Grandfather Sewall lived at Newbury at Old Town Green, where
the first
Meeting House stood: and upon the
Removal of the Meeting House
where it now
stands (being Mr. Tappin's Meeting House), He sold his
House and
Ground and moved to Rowley where he died and was Buried."
--EDS.
INTRODUCTION. xv
good Lord
help me to walk humbly and Thankfully with Him all my
days; and
profit by Mercies and by Afflictions; that through Faith and
Patience I
may also in due time fully inherit the Promises. Let us in-
cessantly
pray for each other, that it may be so !
SAMUEL SEWALL.
AUGT. 26.
1720.
Recently, at the request of a descendant,
investigations have
been made in
ber, Col.
Joseph L. Chester; and, by the kindness of the gen-
tleman who
procured the search, the main results are here
submitted.
The family cannot, as yet, be traced
beyond the two brothers,
Henry and
William Sewall, both Mayors of
after be
identified. We assume that these
brothers were the
true
founders of their race.
A strong argument against the supposition
that Henry Sewall
was of
ascertained gentle birth is the following fact:
His
youngest
son, Richard, of Nuneaton,
Mary, only
sister of Sir William Dugdale, Garter King of Arms.
Yet Dugdale
nowhere terms him any thing beyond "youngest"
son of Henry
Sewall, Alderman of Coventry." So
the "Visita-
tion of
Warwickshire" (Harleian Society) of 1619 gives this
match (p.
327), and terms him "of
On the other hand, the arms of which we
annex a copy from
Hurd's
engraved portrait of Rev. Joseph Sewall, dated 1768, are
said by a
writer in the American Quarterly Register for 1841,
p. 238,
note, to have been handed down among the Sewalls in
New England
and
among the
Sewalls in the Southern States.
xvi INTRODUCTION.
There was, in
John Seawale
was Sheriff of Essex and Herts in the fourth year
of Richard
II. (A. D. 1381), said by Fuller, in his "Worthies of
being the
same arms as those above engraved. (See a reference
to Fuller's
book in the Diary, post, p. 484.)
Papworth gives the
same arms to
Seewell, of Thingdon,
Sewale,
gad-flies,
he credits to Sewell, of
We have no example of the use of these arms
by Chief-Justice
Sewall
himself, nor are they depicted on a portrait of his brother,
Stephen
Sewall, now preserved in the Essex Institute at
What amount
of authority appertains to this use of these arms
by the
American family we will not attempt to decide.
It is
possible
that some seal-engraver or herald-painter of New
lacks proof
equally. Of course, in theory, no
coat-of-arms
is of value
unless recognized by Heralds' College, or fortified
by centuries
of public use. Yet it may be presumed
that the
descendants
of any person holding in
alent to
that of Judge Sewall would use any arms which he
might have
borne, without scruple or challenge.
One little trace we discern. Sewall himself (post, p. 305)
speaks of
seeing at
great-grandfather's
name without any alias." On the
same
page he
speaks of his "namesake, Mr. Shewell," a clergyman.
Again, in the "Visitation of
Warwickshire," 1619, p. 289, in
this
generation we find that Anna, daughter of Henry Wag-
staffe, of
Harbery, married William Shawell, of the city of
entry. This we presume to be the brother of Henry;
and we
infer that
any future search must be under the name of Shewell
or Shawell.
We now proceed to the pedigree as traced:
--
1. HENRY1 SEWALL, born about 1544, Alderman of
Coventry, Mayor in
1589 and 1606. Will dated 1 Sept., 1624; proved 30 June, 1628.
Died 16 April, 1628, aged 84. Buried in St. Michael's Church,
brook of Middleton, co.
1628; adm. 23 Nov., 1629.
Buried in St. Michael's.
Issue, two sons and two
daughters, of whom hereafter.
INTRODUCTION.
xvii
2. WILLIAM1
SEWALL, vintner, Mayor of Coventry in 1617.
Will
dated 29 June, 1624; proved 11
Sept., 1624. Married Ann (prob-
ably Wagstaffe, see above), who died
20 Dec., 1609, aged 46, and
was buried in St. Michael's.
They had three daughters, all living in 1624, viz. : --
i. Elizabeth,2
wife of Thomas Symes, of
ii. Lucy,2
wife of Henry Tadlow.
iii. Anne,2
unmarried then.
1. HENRY1
SEWALL, already mentioned, and Margaret Grazebrook, had
issue.
3. I. Henry,2 of whom
presently.
II. Richard,2 of Nuneaton, co.
39; married Mary, sister
of Sir William Dugdale; bapt.
7 Dec., 1597; died about
1648.
They had
issue: -
i.
Richard,3 of
proved 29
April, 1648.
ii. Henry,3 an
apprentice in 1642; living 1648.
iii. Samuel,3
a minor in 1648.
iv. Margaret,3
aged 4 in 1619; d. young.
v. Mary,3 b. 1616; living in 1642;
wife of --
vi.
lic; living
1648.
vii. Anne,3
living 1648.
viii. Prudence,3
living 1648.
ix. Sarah,3 living 1648.
III. Anne 2 (Sewall), m. before 1
Sept., 1624, Anthony Power,
of Kenilworth, co.
Dec., 1632, and 15
January following. Her will is dated
15 January, and proved 1
May, 1633.
They had:-
i. Henry,3 in
1632.
ii. Stephen,3
living 1646.
iii. William,3
m. 1632.
iv. Anthony,3
living in 1648.
v. Hannah,3 wife of Thomas Lee in
1646.
vi. Mary,3
wife of William Holbech in 1646.
IV. Margaret2. (Sewall) *
m. Abraham Randall, of
gent; d. s. p. before
1646. Her will dated May 4th,
proved May 22, 1646.
3. HENRY2
SEWALL, of
at St. Michael's, 8 April, 1576;
emigrated to
died at Rowley,
Their only child was: --
* Sewall
(post, pp. 305, 306) visited some of these cousins, though most
of his
relatives whom he mentions were on his mother's side, and so one
generation
nearer. We have endeavored to
distinguish the two classes in
this
genealogical sketch.
xviii INTRODUCTION.
4. HENRY3
SEWALL, of
came to
1646, Jane, daughter of Stephen and Alice Dummer, and died 16
May, 1700, aged 86. His
widow died 13 Jan., 1701, aged 74.
Their children were: --
5.
i. Hannah,4 b. in
6. ii.
Samuel,4
" " 28 March, 1652.
7. iii. John,4 " " 10 Oct., 1654.
8. iv. Stephen,4 " " 10 Aug., 1657.
9. v.
Jane,4
" " 25 Oct., 1659.
10. vi. Anne,4 " New
11. vii. Mehetable,4" " 8 May, 1665.
12. viii. Dorothy,4 " " 29 Oct., 1668.
Generation in
which Samuel Sewall belongs, with his Nephews
and Nieces.
5. HANNAH4
SEWALL married, 24 Aug., 1670, Jacob Tappan, or Top-
pan, of Newbury, and had: --
i. Jacob,5 b. 20 May, 1671.
ii. Samuel,5 b. 30 Sept., 1672;
d. 25 Aug., 1691.
iii. Jane,5 b. 28 Sept., 1674.
iv. John,5 b. 29 Jan., 1677.
v. Hannah,5 b. 4 March, 1679.
vi.
vii. Abraham,5 b. 29 June.
1684.
viii. Ann,5 b. 16 May, 1686.
His wife died 11 Nov., 1699, and he
married secondly Hannah, widow
of John
Sewall, his brother-in-law, and died 30 Dec., 1717. His widow
died 4
April, 1723.
6. SAMUEL4
SEWALL, the writer of the Journal, married first Hannah,
only daughter of John Hull, and had: --
i. John,5 b. 2 April, 1677; d.
11 Sept., 1678.
13. ii. Samuel,5
b. 11 June, 1618.
iii. Hannah,5 b. 3 Feb.,
1679-80; d. unrn., 16 Aug., 1724. 14.
iv.
v.
vi. Henry,5 b. 7 Dec., 1685; d.
22 Dec., 1685.
vii. Stephen,5 b. 30 Jan.,
1686-87; d. 26 July, 1687. 15.
viii. Joseph,5 b. 15 Aug.,
1688.
ix. Judith,5 b. 13 Aug., 1690; d. 21
Sept., 1690.
16. x. Mary,5
b. 28 Oct., 1691; m. Samuel Gerrish.
xi. Jane,5 b. 7 Aug., 1693; d.
13 Sept., 1693.
xii. Sarah,5 b. 21 Nov., 1694;
d.
xiii. A still-born child, b. 21 May, 1696.
17. xiv. Judith,5
b. 2 Jan., 1701-2; m.. Rev. William Cooper.
His wife died 19 Oct., 1717, and he married secondly, 29 Oct.,
1719,
Abigail, daughter of Jacob Melyen, who had been married twice
before;
INTRODUCTION. xix
viz., to
JamesWoodmansey and William Tilley. She died 26 May, 1720,
and he
married thirdly, 29 March, 1722, Mary, daughter of Henry Shrimp-
ton, and
widow of Robert Gibbs. He had no
children by the last two
wives. He died 1 Jan., 1730. His widow died *
7. JOHN4
SEWALL, of Newbury, married, 27 Oct., 1671, Hannah Fes-
enden, of
i. Hannah,5 b. 21 Dec., 1675;
d.
ii. Hannah,5 b. 26 Dec., 1677;
m. Rev. Samuel Moody.
iii. John,5 b. 10 April, 1680.
iv. Henry,5 b. 7 Sept., 1682.
v. Stephen,5 b. 17 Jan., 1685.
vi. Samuel,5 b. 9 April, 1688.
vii. Nicholas,5 b. 1 June, 1690.
viii.
---------5 ;
d.
ix. Thomas,5 b. 5 March, 1693;
d. at college, 18 July,
1716.
He died 8 Aug., 1699, and his widow married
Jacob Toppan, who had
married
first Hannah, sister of her husband, and died 4 April, 1723.
8. STEPHEN4
SEWALL, of Newbury, married, 13 June, 1682, Margaret.
daughter of Rev. Jonathan Mitchell, and had:-
i. Margaret,5 b. 7 May, 1687.
ii. Samuel,5 b. 24 Nov., 1689.
iii. Susanna,5 b. 24 Oct.,
1691.
iv. Jonathan,5 b. 7 Feb., 1693.
v. Jane,5 b. 10 Feb., 1695.
vi. Mehetable,5 b. 21 May,
1697.
vii. Mitchell,5 b. 29 Oct.,
1699.
*The
following extracts are from the note books of Samuel Sewall, Jr.
-EDS.
"1717. H. S. dies. October 19, my dear
mother dies, a quarter after 4
in the
afternoon; buried the 23d instant. 27th.
Dr. C. Mather preaches a
funeral sermon."
"October 29th, father Sewall married by
brother Sewall to Madam Abi-
gai1
Tilley. Brother prayed and married them;
then Mr Prince prayed, then
sung a
psa.lm. 30th, a great dinner provided for Govr and Council with many
others."
"1720 May 26. Mother Madam Abigael Sewall dies suddenly,
being
taken a
little after 10 at night, and expired about 12 in the night. Her
maiden name
was Melyen, and then Tilley, and then Sewall."
"March 29th, 1722. Brother William
Cooper marries F[ather] Sewall
to Madam
Mary Gibbs; my wife and I present, with brethren and sisters.
Brother
Cooper prayed before marriage and brother Sewall after."
"August 16th, 1724. Forenoon about 11 of the clock, my dear
sister
Hannah dies,
after a long langnishment. 18th buried;
pall bearers Habij-
jah Savage,
Esqr. Mr. Wm Pain, Mr. Boydal, Mr Franklin, Mr John
Walley,
and Mr Henry
Gibbs. Father puts his children into
mourning. Gave
B[rother]
Gerrish mourning. Put into the
tomb. Brother Sewall prays at
the house
after the funeral. Gave us rings."
xx INTRODUCTION.
viii. Henry,5 b. 25 Oct., 1701.
ix. Stephen,5 b. 18 Dec., 1704.
x. Benjamin,5 b. 6 April, 1708.
He died 17
Oct., 1725.
9. JANE
SEWALL married, 24 Sept., 1677, Moses Gerrish, of Newbury,
and had: --
i.
Joanna,5 b. 3 Oct., 1678.
ii. * Jane.
iii. Joseph,5 b. 20 March,
1682.
iv. Sarah,5 b. 25 Dec., 1683.
v.
vi. Mary,5 b. 20 Sept., 1687.
vii. John,5 b. 2 April, 1695.
* William.5
* Moses.5
He died 4
Dec., 1694; she died 29 Jan., 1716-17. !
10. ANNE4
SEWALL married first, 10 Nov., 1678, William Longfellow,
of Newbury, and had: --
i.
William,5 b. 25 Nov., 1679.
ii. Stephen,5 b. 10 Jan., 1681;
d.
iii. Ann,5 b. 3 Oct., 1683.
iv. Stephen,5 b. 22 Sept.,
1685.
v.
vi. Nathan,5 b. 5 Feb., 1690.
And two more died before July, 1692. See post, p. 361.
He died in Phips's expedition against
widow
married secondly, 11 May, 1692, Henry Short, of Newbury, as his
second wife,
and had: --
vii. Jane,5 b. 4 March, 1693.
viii. Samuel,5 b. 18 Nov.,
1694; d.
ix. Mehitable,5 b. 12 Jan.,
1696.
x. Samuel,5 b. 22 Feb., 1699.
xi. Hannah,5 b. 2 March, 1701;
d.
xii. Joseph,5 b. 8 April,
.1702.
She died
1706.
11.
MEHITABLE4 SEWALL married
William Moody, of Newbury, 15
Nov.,
1684, and had: --
i. Mary,5 b. 30 May, 1685.
ii. Dorothy.5
iii. Samuel,5 b. 21 March,
1689.
iv. Mehitable,5 b. 15 Feb.,
1691.
He died 23
Feb., 1700 (Coffin seems to say so).
She died 8
Aug., 1702.
* These
three, Jane, William, and Moses, are added from Sewall's own
note, post,
p. 361. --EDS.
! 1716-17.
January 29th. Aunt Gerrish dyed about
one or two a clock
in the
afternoon. Went to Newbury to her interment, which was 31 instant.
"S.S. jr."
INTRODUCTION. xxi
12. DOROTHY4
SEWALL married first Ezekiel Northend, of Rowley, 10
Sept., 1691, and had: --
i. John,5 b. 10 Oct., 1692.
ii. Edna,5 b. 10 Jan., 1694.
iii. Ezekiel,5 b. 25 Jan:,
1696.
iv. Jane,5 b. 517 March, 1699.
v. Dorothy,5 b. 20 March, 1701.
vi. Hannah,5 b. 31 Jan., 1703.
vii. Mehitable,5 b. 2 March,
1705.
viii. Samuel,5 b. 12 Jan.,
1707.
ix.
He died 23 Dec., 1732; his widow married
secondly Moses Bradstreet,
of Rowley.
She died 17 June, 1752.
We do not propose to trace the general
history of the family
farther. John, brother of our journalist, had numerous
de-
scendants in
guished
bearers of the name. We may refer those
interested
to a
valuable tabular pedigree in Drake's "History of Boston."
Samuel's brother Stephen was father of
Stephen, Jr., who,
like his
uncle, became Chief Justice of Massachusetts.
A cousin
of Stephen,
Jr., was Jonathan Sewall, Attorney-General of
Justice of
Canada, and Stephen, Solicitor-General of that prov-
ince.
We have thought it proper; secondly, to
trace the family of
Samuel's
mother, and that of his wife; i. e., the Dummers, and
the Hulls
with the
THE DUMMER FAMILY.
Our first authority on this subject is the
following paper,
entered by
Samuel Sewall, Jr., in his memorandum book, now
in the
possession of the Misses Ridgway, of
"The Genealogy of the Dummers, Taken
July, 1712, from a copy taken
by Mr. Willm
Dummer, son to Jeremy Dummer Esq., when in
of one of
his aunts at Rumsey.
"Thomas Dummer our grandfather, that
lyeth interred in Bishop
Stoke church
in Hampshire, had six sons:
"John, who had three sons and four
daughters; Edmund and Thomas Dummer
the younger,
that now are in
"Richard was the father of Jeremy
Dummer, Esq., now living in New
xxii INTRODUCTION.
"Thomas, whose daughter Jane was
grandmother to Samuel Storke:
Jane,
daughter to the same Thomas, was mother to Samuel Carter: this
Thomas
Dummer was my father, also. M. D.[ummer].
"Stephen Dummer: his eldest daughter was mother to Samuel
Sewall,
Esq., now
living in
"My grandfather had also two Williams,
his sons, one of whom left
one son
which hath children living. M. D."
It seems, then, that there were four
brothers, of whom Stephen
came herein
1638, with wife, Alice, and children:
Jane, aged 10;
Dorothy,
aged 6; Richard, aged 4; and Thomas, aged 2.
Here
he had
Mehitable, born Jan. 1, 1640, and returned to
in 1647,
accompanied, probably, by all his family except Jane,
who had
married Henry Sewall, Jr.
We presume that, of Stephen's children,
Richard is the one
called by
the Judge "uncle Richard" (post, p. 300), and that
there was
another brother, "uncle Stephen" (ib.). Then there
are
"uncle Nathaniel," cousin Nathaniel Dummer, "aunt Al-
ice,"
cousin Abigail, cousin John, cousin Stephen, cousin Sarah,
all
mentioned by Sewall in this connection; and, on p. 294, we
find mention
of aunt Rider. Again (p. 293), Sewall
speaks of
aunt
Fessenden, her son John, and daughters Mary,
and Jane;
cousin Jane Holt. On p. 295, he mentions
aunt
Hills and
cousin Thomas Dummer, cousin Mary, cousin New-
man, cousin
Bear; p. 298, cousin John Stork, or Stock, cousin
Thomas Holt;
p. 302, cousin Richard Cornish, aunt Mehitable
Holt.
We cannot explain all these relationships,
though cousin
Storcke may
have been only a distant cousin.
Richard Dummer, grand-uncle to our
journalist, came to New
pages. He had sons Jeremiah,2 Richard,2 William,2 and Shubael,2
and daughter
Hannah.2
Jeremiah2 came to
prentice of
John Hull, married, and had sons Jeremy,3
agent for
the Colony,
William,3 Lieutenant-Governor, Samuel,3 and Ann,3
wife of John
Powell.
Richard2 Dummer,
Jr., of Newbury, married Elizabeth Ap-
pleton, and
had sons John,3 Richard,3 Nathaniel,3 and Shubael;3
daughters
Hannah3 and Elizabeth.3 His descendants continue
the name.
Rev. Shubael2 Dummer was of
ably had no
issue.
INTRODUCTION. xxiii
With this
outline of the family it will be easy for the reader
to trace any
of the Dummers mentioned by Sewall.
THE
As Sewall so often refers to his wife's
relations as his own,
some statement
of these may be serviceable.
Hannah (Sewall)
age, of John
Hull and Judith Quincy.
Her father, John Hull, was the son of
Robert Hull, by his
first wife,
widow Elizabeth Storer.
John2 Hull had an own brother,
Edward2 Hull, of
(who had a
son Edward,3 according to Savage), and a half
brother,
Richard Storer.
Robert Hull married secondly Judith --, who
had been
first the
wife of Edmund Quincy, and secondly of Moses Paine.
Thus John
Hull had a step-brother, Edmund Quincy, Jr., and
a
step-sister, Judith Quincy, whom he himself married. And a
still more
remote connection is to be found in the fact that this
second wife
of Robert Hull had been the second wife of Moses
Paine, a widower
with three children; 1'Ioses, Jr., Stephen, and
Elizabeth
Paine.
In the next generation, the own cousins to
Mrs. Sewall were
the children
of Edmund Quincy, by his wife Joanna Hoar.
These were:
--
Mary, m. Ephraim Savage.
Darnel, m. Hannah Shepard.
Joanna, m. David Hobart.
Judith, m. Rev. John Reyner, Jr.
Ruth, m. John Hunt.
Experience, m. William Savil.
And also Edmund Quincy's children by his
second wife, Elizabeth
Gookin,
widow of John Eliot, Jr., viz.: --
Edmund, 3d, m. Dorothy Flynt.
Mary, who m. Rev. Daniel Baker.
The following pages are evidence of the
interest which Sewall
felt in all
of these
relatives. Later on, we shall see that Sewall's grandson
married
Elizabeth
Quincy, grand-daughter of Edmund, 3d, and Dorothy
(Flynt)
xxiv INTRODUCTION.
TABLE
I.
Male lines
of Sewalls, descended from Judge Samuel the Diarist.
22 SAMUEL.
"
ABIGAIL
SPARHAWK,
29 HENRY F.
23 HENRY D. 30 JOHN G.
"
MARY C. NORTON. 31EDMUND Q.
SAMUEL, 32 WALTER D.
13 SAMUEL.
J " 18 HENRY.
U
REBECCA " 24
EDMUND Q. 33 EDMUND Q.
D
G CAROLINE WARD 34GEORGE W.
E EDWARD
WOLCOTT,
S left issue.
A
M
U 25
CHARLES C.
E " 35 CHARLES C.
L4 AMY
PETERS.
S 20
SAMUEL;
E C.J
.of
W "
A 15 Rev. ABIGAIL
L JOSEPH. DEVEREUX.
L " 19 SAMUEL.
WALLEY.
" 36
JOSEPH S.
ELIZABETH Q. SEWALL.
21 JOSEPH.
"
MARY
ROBIE.
27 SAMUEL E.
"
LOUISA M. WINSLOW.
INTRODUCTION. xxv
TABLE II.
Showing the
principal female lines of the descendants of Judge Samuel Sewall, Sr.
i. MARY.
"
Sir
WILLIAM PEPPERRELL.
ii.
"
Rev. CHARLES CHAUNCY. "
14
"
GROVE HIRST. iii.
HANNAH.
"
J NATHANIEL
BALSTON. HANNAH
U "
D JAMES
HILL.
G iv.
JANE.
E "
Rev. ADDINGTON
A "
M JOSEPH
MAY
U 15
JOSEPH SEWALL. 19 SAMUEL SEWALL.
E
KATHERINE.
L "
HENRY GALLISON.
S
E
W SAMUEL.
A WILLIAM
COOPER. RICHARD W.
L 16
MARY. " JOHN.
L " CATHARINE WENDALL. JUDITH
SAMUEL GERRISH. "
No issue. PARK.
JUDITH
"
Rev. SAMUEL
COOPER. GABRIEL JOHONNOT.
"
JUDITH BULFINCH.
17 JUDITH. ABIGAIL.
" "
WILLIAM COOPER. JOSEPH
HIXON.
JUDITH COOPER.
"
JOHN SEVER.
xxvi INTRODUCTION.
THE DESCENDANTS OF JUDGE SAMUEL SEWALL.
We
will now return to the regular course of the genealogy, and trace
the issue of
the five children of Judge Sewall who left descendants.
These were:
--
No. 13. Samuel.5
14. Elizabeth.5
15. Joseph.5
16. Mary.5
17. Judith.5
13. SAMUEL5
SEWALL, JR., lived at
fill a very large space in the history of the time. He married
Rebecca Dudley, daughter of Gov. Joseph Dudley.* Their chil-
dren were: --
* Samuel
Sewall, Jr., Family Record as entered in various parts of his
book: --
" Roxbury Sept. 16, 1702. Sept. 15 was
celebrated my marriage with Mrs
Rebeckah
Dudley. Was married by Mr Walter.
Present, The Govr. and
Lady, with
Mr. Dudley and Brothers and sisters, My Father and Mother,
sister
Hannah and Bro. Joseph and sister Mary, also Mr Willard and Lady,
Mr White, Mr
Lynde and Lady. About 7 of the Clock.
"July 19, 1703. Roxbury. My wife
brought forth a son 10 minutes be-
fore six in
the afternoon. A very hot day and a
tedious painfull time. The
25th instant
he was baptized per Mr Walter. Was named
grandfather
I pray God
he may live and doe worthily in his generation, and that he
may credit
the name which he bears: that he and [his] father may follow
their
ancestors steps as they followed Christ.
Entered his name in the Town
records of
Roxbury.
"Hull Sewall, the son of Samuel and
Rebecca Sewall died Dec. 11, 1703
of
convulsion fits. The first two was ten
daies distance each. Nov. 20th.
one fitt,
21st another, 22nd another. All three in
the morning about day,
and three
more the Sabbath after; two about day and one at noon. Thanks-
giving
December 9th, 1703, had a fit at ten a clock at night, and so con-
tinued till Satterday
following at about six and seven a clock at night, and
then died,
after great pain and sore strugling in his fitts, with great skreak-
ing. So that he finished a short and painfull life
before he was five months
old. He had some an hour's distance, some less,
some quarter an hour; and
the last
very sore and painfull.
"Was buried at
Mr. Nath.
Oliver, junr., and Mr David Stoddard, the son of Mr. Symion
Stoddard; a
pretty large company attended him to his long whome. . . .
Was buried
December 15th, 1703.
"Came to live at my house December
17th, 1703, on a Friday.
"Tuesday, November 18, 1707. About 5 in the morning my wife was
INTRODUCTION. xxvii
i.
ii. Rebecca,6 b. 30 Dec., 1704;
d. 3 Aug., 1710.
iii. Samuel,6 b. 18 Nov., 1707; d. 18 Dec., 1708.
iv. Hannah,6 b. 25 Oct., 1709;
d. 1 Oct., 1719.
brought to
bed of a lusty son. Mr Walter baptized
him Samuel on the 23d. instant. . . .
"Daughter Rebecca was born Satterday,
Dec. 30, 1704, about three quar-
ters after
seven in the morning. Was baptized by Mr
Walter Dec. 31, 1704,
on the day
following.
"December 18, 1708. A little before 9 in morning, my son Samuel dyed
of a
fever. Was interred Wednesday, 22d.
instant, in my grandfather
tomb, being
carried from my father's house by Mr. Joshua Chickly and Mr
Timothy
Ruggles. Gave them black scarves and
gloves. Gave Mr. Walter,
Doctor Noyes
and Mrs Baily scarves. Gave 22 pairs of
Welsh leather gloves
to watchers
and people of the house. My wife and I
went into mourning.
"Tuesday
night about 7 or 8 a clock, October 25, 1709, my wife brought
me a
daughter. The Sabbath following, Mr
Walter baptized it Hannah, for
mother
Sewall's sake.
"An Account of my daughter Rebekah's
death.
"Aug. 2, 1710. In the afternoon she was taken ill at the
Govrs. Sent
for Doctor
Noyes and Mrs Baily; so continued ill; in the morning after, her
mother and
myself were sent for: gott there about 6
of the clock. Doctor
Noyes and
Mrs Baily applying those things which they thought most proper.
My daughter
Rebeckah dyed Aug. 3, 1710, ten minutes before nine in the
morning;
being lamented by all that knew her.
Friday, Aug. 4, she was
carried from
the Govrs. house pr Dan1 Allen, Sam1
Wainwright, Thomas
them white
scarves and gloves. Gave Mr. Walter a
scarf and gloves; also
Mrs Bayly
scarf and gloves. My wife and I went
into deep mourning.
Gave gloves
to several relations, Govrs. servants and mine. Gave Mr
Tompson a
pair; he made 2 coppies of verses on her.
Gave Doctor Noyes
a
scarf. She lived 5 years, 7 months and 4
days.
"July 20, 1711. Friday, a quarter of an hour after one of the
clock in
the morning,
my wife was brought to bed of a daughter.
Sabbath follow-
ing Mr.
Walter baptized it Mary for sister Mary Gerrish's sake.
"August 24, 1712. Sabbath day morning,
about one or two, dyed my
daughter
Mary, after a long continued flux, and afterwards a fevour with it.
Interred in
my grandfather
Bearers,
William Cooper and Col. John Appleton's second son. Gave nurse
Davis,
Doctor Whear; Galusha, 3s each to buy them gloves. Gave at Govrs.
maid Mary,
Betty Bril, two and sixpence each; gave Sarah Davis and Beck,
Sarah
Cummings and Kitty Hill, two and sixpence each.
Coffin, 10 plates
and making.
"January 22 1714-15 went to
untill I
could find better treatment in my own.
Lived at
3, 1717-18,
at which time I returned home.
"1717, July 22, my wife came to see me
at my father's and confesseth
xxviii INTRODUCTION.
v. Mary,6 b. 20 July, 1711; d. 24 Aug., 1712.
18. vi. Henry,6 b. 8 March, 1719-20.
vii John,6 b. 9 April, 1723; d. 19 Aug., 1724.
her faults,
with tears, with promises of amendment.
The Lord instruct me
in my duty
and give me a heart to perform it.
"1717-18 March 3 Returned to live at
Brooklin. The Lord give me a
heart and
ability to doe my duty to my wife, and make us mutual blessings
each to
other."
1719.
October 21st, his daughter Hannah died.
There is a copy of a
letter to
his father about it, which we do not transcribe. She had been sick
with a cold
and fever for some ten days. Funeral at
buried in
"[1719-20.] March 8th.
My wife brought me a lusty boy betwixt six
and seven at
night, she being very weak and ill the most of the time. Did
not carry
him forth to be baptized till the 20th instant, by reason his mother
was so very
ill and weak. Mr Allen baptized him
Henry for my grandfather
Sewall's
sake. My wife was desirous of having it
named Dudley, but her
relations
were very averse to it. Madam Dudley,
March 19th, told me at
Roxbury,
that there were two sons and they were young enough to have a
great many
children; the Govrs. father had children when he was old. I told
her I bad no
design to gett any thing by it, for I had names of my own rela-
tions enough
to name it, and I would not do any thing to trouble them.
Brother Col.
Wm Dudley sent a letter to my wife which disturbed her very
much, and
made her so ill that she could not rest for 3 nights."
"April 9th, 1723, my wife brought me a
son about 2 houres before day.
14th, the
Revd Mr James Allen of Brooklin baptized him John; his name
being for my
grandfather
"1724 August 18th. Mrs Ruggles sends
her daughter to acquaint us, that
our son John
had a flux and vomited. As we went to
see him, he
being considerable ill. As we goe by Dr
.Tompson's we asked
for him and
he was not at home. Call as we came back
and take the Dr.
with
us. The Dr. did not perceive any danger,
but we thought he was
better, and
so left him and went home.
"August 19th, being a very stormy,
rainy morning, it having rained
abundance in
the night and continuing stormy with a great deal of rain,
Mrs.
Ruggles' son came to acquaint us, early in the morning, that the child
had been
very bad all night. Matthew carried my
wife forthwith in the
calash, and
by the time she could gett into the house he fetched his last
breath and
died. Mrs. Woods laid him out, who
watched with him the
night
before. 20th, Mr. Craft and Matthew put
him in his coffin, and in the
evening
Matthew carried it in my calash to
"August 21st, went with wife and Henry
to the funeral. Four young
gentlemen
carried him to the tomb with napkins, viz Mr Addington Daven-
port, junr. Mr. Ebenezer Pemberton, Mr Edmund Quincey,
and Mr Samuel
Mather, son
of Dr. C. Mather. Gave them rings and
gloves. Gave Mrs.
Allen, Mrs.
Rugles son aud daughter, and Matthew, a pair of gloves. A
large
funeral for a child. Put his coffin upon my sister Hannah's in grand-
INTRODUCTION. xxix
He died .27 Feb., 1750-51, of numb palsy;
his widow d. 14 April,
1761. As his branch expired so soon in the male
line we will finish
that portion
at once.
18. HENRY6
SEWALL, of
Ann White, and had: --
i.
1766, Abigail Sparhawk, and d. s.p. 27
Nov., 1767.
His widow m. Palsgrave Wellington.
ii. Samuel,7 b. 31 Dec., 1745;
H. C. 1761, lawyer in
6 May, 1811.
iii. Rebecca,7 b. 19 Oct.,
1747; d. 29 Nov., 1747.
iv. Henry,7 b. 19 Jan., 1749;
d. 17 Oct., 1772, unm.
v. Hannah,7 b. 2 Sept., 1751;
m. Edward K. Wolcott.
Henry Sewall died 29 May, 1771; his wife
d. 5 Jan., 1755, in her
32d year.
HANNAH7
SEWALL (daughter of Henry) married Edward Kitchin Wol-
cott, and had: --
Samuel,8 ; died unmarried.
1
Hannah,8 m. 2 Folsom.
Ann,8 b. 4 Sept., 1778.
Daughter,8 m. Barber, and had no children.
Rebecca,8 m.
daughter.
Mrs. Wolcott's obituary is in Boston
Advertiser, 27 Aug., 1832.
ANN8
WOLCOTT, above named, married Philip Reynolds Ridgway, 6
Dec., 1801, and had: --
Philip R.,9 b. 26 Aug., 1802;
d. 10 Nov.. 1803.
Samuel S.,9 b. 29 Oct., 1803;
d. 8 May, 1871.
Philip R.,9 b. 29 Nov., 1804;
d. 4 Dec., 1831.
Edward W.,9 b. 15 Sept., 1805;
d. 24 Sept., 1805.
John W.,9 b. 17 Feb., 1807; d. 24 Sept., 1864.
Ann S.,9 b. 14 Feb., 1808; m.
Dr. Daniel Gilbert.
Henry W.,9 b. 20 April, 1809;
d. 16 April, 1859.
Edward W.,9 b. 6 July, 1810.
Sarah,9 b. 24 Aug., 1814; d. 25
Sept., 1814.
Sarah A.,9 b.10 Jan., 1816;
d.19 Feb., 1817.
Joseph C.,9 b. 8 Nov., 1816; d.
22 March, 1819.
Anthony B.,9 b. 9 March, 1819;
d. 19 Oct., 1866.
father
prayer after
the funeral. Son John had severall convulsive fitts, and, as I
am informed,
died in one.
"Monday, July 10th, 1727. Moved with my family to
house in
Deacon Williams's Court, next house to Deacon Williams. N. Gates
and N.
Gleason bringing my household stuff." -- EDS.
xxx INTRODUCTION.
SEWALL LINE RESUMED.
15. REV.
JOSEPH5 SEWALL, H. C. 1707, was minister at the Old South
Church,
of Hon. John Walley,* and had:--
19. Samuel,6 b. 2 May, 1715.
Joseph,6 b. 13 July, 1719; d.
18 Aug., 1719.
He died 27 June, 1769; his wife died 27
Oct., 1756.
19. SAMUEL6
SEWALL, of
married 18 May, 1749, Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund Quincy,
and had: --
i.
See later.
ii. Hannah,7 b. 15 March, 1753;
m. James Hill. See
later.
iii. Sarah7, b. 14 Jan., 1756;
d. unm., 14 Sept., 1780.
20. iv. Samuel,7 b. 11 Dec., 1757.
v. Dorothy,7 b. 23 Dec., 1758;
m. Joseph May. See
later.
vi. Katherine,7 b. 5 June,
1760; m. Henry Gallison, and
had John,8 b. 24 Oct., 1788; d.
24 Dec., 1820.
21. vii. Joseph,7 b. 9 March, 1762.
He died 19 Jan., 1771; his wife died 15
Feb., 1770.
20. SAMUEL7
SEWALL, of
Court, 1800; Chief Justice, 1814; m.,8 Dec., 1781, Abigail Dev-
ereux, and had:--
22. i. Samuel,8 b. 1 June, 1785.
23. ii. Henry Devereux,8 b. 21 Aug.,
1786.
iii. Joseph H., b. 5 Oct., 1788; d. 17
Feb. 1795.
iv. Lydia Maria,8 b. 14 April,
1791; m. Samuel Greele.
v. Anne Henchman,8 b. 18 March,
1793; d. 6 Feb.,
1848.
vi. Joseph Henchman,8 b. 6 Feb., 1795; d. unm., 26
Sept.,
1813.
24. vii. Edmund Quincy,8 b. 1 Oct.,
1796.
viii. Elizabeth Quincy,8 b. 10
June, 1798; m. Thomas R.
Sewall.
* Extracts from Diary of Samuel Sewall,
Jr.: --
"Thursday, 29th of October, 1713, was
celebrated the marriage betwixt
Mr. Joseph
Sewall and Mrs Elizabeth Walley, daughter to Judge Walley,
esqre,
deceased. Gave my wife and daughter
Hannah with myself, gloves.
Mr.
Pemberton married them.
"May 2, 1715. Sister Sewall at 3 in the morning was brought
to bed of
a stately
son. 8th inst. brother
baptized him Samuel.
"1719, July 13th, sister brought to
bed of a son, called him Joseph.
"August 19th. My wife and I went to the burial of my
brother Sewall's
son,
Joseph. Dyed 18th instant in the
morning." --EDS.
INTRODUCTION. xxxi
25. ix.
Charles Chauncy,8 b. 10 May, 1802.
He died 8 June, 1814; his widow died 22
Feb., 1847.
21. JOSEPH7
SEWALL, of
1832. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mary
Robie,
21 Sept., 1788, and had:--
i. Mary8, b.
1 July, 1789; d. unm., 21 April, 1816.
ii.
26. iii.
Thomas Robie,8 b. 29 July, 1792.
iv. Joseph, b. 7 July,
1794; d. 2 Sept., 1797.
v. Elizabeth Q., b. June, 1796; d. Feb., 1797.
vi. Joseph, b. 24 Dec.,
1797; d. 20 Sept., 1800.
27. vii.
Samuel Edmund,8 b. 9 Nov., 1799.
viii. Edward Bradstreet,8
b. 24 Sept., 1801; d. unm., 12 : Sept.,
1827.
ix. Martha Higginson, b.
11 Dec., 1803 ; d. unm., 12 Dec.,
1832.
x. Elizabeth Salisbury,
b. 20 Dec. 1804; d. unm., 2 Sept.,
1827.
xi. Frances R., b. 17
Nov., 1807; d. 30 June, 1830.
He died 5 May, 1850; his wife d. 23 July,
1834, aged 70.
22. Rev.
SAMUEL8 SEWALL, of
Martha, daughter of Rev. John
Marrett, and had:--
28. i.
Samuel,9 b. 29 Nov., 1819.
ii. Martha M.,9
b. 31 Oct., 1823; m., 26 Nov., 1861,
Luther P.
Martin.
iii. Abigail D.,9
b. 7 Sept., 1830.
He died 18 Feb., 1868.
23. HENRY
DEVEREUX8 SEWALL, of
C. Norton, 22 Jan., 1816, and had: --
29. i.
Henry F .,9 b. 31 Oct., 1816.
ii. Frederick N.,9 b. 24 Sept., 1818; d. 8 Nov., 1819.
iii. Mary,9
b. 15 July, 1820; m. Charles Goodale. .
30. iv.
John G.,9 b. 2 Nov., 1822.
v. Ann Elizabeth,9 b. 4 Aug., 1824;
m. Talcott H. Camp.
31. vi.
Edmund Q.,9 b. 1 July, 1826.
vii. Grace,9
b. 94 Oc~, 1828; d. 6 Jan., 1837.
viii. Frank D., b. 2;;
Feb., 1833; d. 15 Nov., 1852.
32.
ix. Walter p.,9.b. 28 Aug.,
1837.
He died 8 June, 1846; his wile d. 30 Dec.,
1840.
24. Rev.
EDMUND QUINCY8 SEWALL, of
N. H., and
Ward, and had: --
i. Ellen Devereux,9
b. 10 March, 1822; m. Rev. Joseph
Osgood. *
* Married 20 May, 1844. Children: Caroline W. Osgood,10
Elizabeth,10 Joseph
O.,10 Edmund Q.,10 (George,10
Ellen D.,10 Mary F.,10 William
S.,10
Frances P.,10
and Louisa L.10 Of these
Joseph O. Osgood is married and
has issue.
--EDS.
xxxii INTRODUCTION.
33. ii. Edmund Quincy,9
b. 29 Feb., 1828.
34. iii. George Ward,9
b. 7 Feb., 1834.
He died 15 Sept., 1866; his widow died 8
Dec., 1867.
25. Rev.
CHARLES CHAUNCY8 SEWALL, of
married Amy, daughter of William Peters, Esq., in Medfield,
1 Oct., 1823. Mrs. Sewall
died in Medfield, 15 Aug;, 1872.
Their children were: --
i. Mary Abigail,9 b. 4 Oct.,
1825; d. 4 Oct., 1829.
ii. Elisabeth Salisbury,9 b. 10
Aug., 1827.
iii. Mary Abigail,9 b. 4 Oct.,
1829.
iv. Rebecca Phillips,9 b. 29
Feb., 1831; d. 20 May, 1855.
35. v. Charles Chauncy,9
b. 24 May, 1834; m. Mary Fair-
banks,9 in Medfield, 25 Nov.,
1859.
vi. Ellen Frances,9
b. 28 May, 1836; d. 19 Jan., 1858.
vii. William Peters,9 b. 6
Oct., 1839; d. 17 Nov., 1860.
viii. Edward Upham,9 b. 3
March, 1843.
ix. Alice Orne,9 b. 29 March,
1847.
x. Henry Devereux,9 b. 3 July,
1850.
26. THOMAS
ROBIE 8 SEWALL, of
his cousin Elizabeth Quincy8 Sewall, and had: --
36. i. Joseph S.,9 b. 26 May, 1827.
ii. Mary R.,9 b. 14 March,
1829.
iii. Edward B.,9 b. 26 Dec.,
1830; d. 18 Jan., 1837.
iv. Francis E.,9 b. 21 Feb.,
1834; d. 20 April, 1857.
He died 30 Sept., 1864; his wife died 19
June, 1848.
27. SAMUEL
EDMUND8 SEWALL, of
1836, Louisa M., daughter of Nathan Winslow, and had: --
i. Lucy E.,9 b. 26 April, 1837.
ii. Louisa W.,9 b. 3 June,
1846; m. Edward C. Cabot,
and has issue.
His wife dying 4 Nov., 1850, he married
secondly Harriet, daughter of
Nathan
Winslow, 18 June, 1857, by whom he has no children.
28. SAMUEL9
SEWALL, of
Elizabeth Brown, and had: --
i. Samuel B.,10 b. 17 Aug.,
1846, who m. Louisa E. Far-
rington, and has: --
Nellie L.11 b. 8 April, 1873.
Samuel F., 11 b. 6 Feb.,
1875.
John M.,11 b. 2 Sept., 1877.
ii. Martha E.,10 b.. 18 May,
1858.
29. HENRY
FOSTER9 SEWALL, of
Sarah Allyne Rich, and had: --
i. Mary N.,10 b. 21 July, 1844;
d. 17 Sept., 1845.
ii. Henry D.,10 b. 24 July,
1846.
iii. Charles J.,10 b. 9 Aug.,
1849.
iv. Samuel,10 b. 25 Jan., 1853;
d. 31 Jan., 1854.
v.
Dora M.,10 b. 13 Jan., 1855.
INTRODUCTION. xxxiii
80. JOHN
GALLISON9 SEWALL, of
Gannett, 28 June, 1858 (who died 18 Jan., 1874) and had: --
i. Frank,10 b. 14 April, 1854;
d. 14 April, 1854.
ii. William G.,10 b. 22 Jan.,
1856.
iii. John,10 b. 17 Jan., 1858;
d. 20 Jan., 1861.
iv. Katherine,10 b. 81 Aug.,
1863.
31. EDMUND
QUINCY9 SEWALL, of
Cynthia Smith, 28 June, 1866, and had: --
i. Grace F .,10 b. 16 June, 1867.
ii. Katherine E. N.,10 b. 24 Aug., 1870
iii. Josephine D.,10 b. 14 Oct., 1875.
32. WALTER
DEVEREUX9 SEWALL, of
Ellen Carina Houghton, 6 May, 1875, and has no children.
33. EDMUND
Q.9 SEWALL, of
ett, 27 Nov., 1852, and had: --
i. Theodore L.,10 b. 20 Sept.,
1853.
ii.
Edmund D.,10 b. 12
April, 1855.
iii. Caroline W.,10 b. 28
Nov., 1860.
iv. Samuel L.,10 b. 27 June,
1862.
v. Frederick F .,10 b. 7 Jan.,
1867.
vi. George Q.,10 b. 27 April,
1868; d. 18 Dec., 1869.
vii. Louise L.,10 b. 16 Oct.,
1871.
34. GEORGE
W.9 SEWALL, of married Mary
F. Cottingham,
17 Jan., 1872, and had: --
i. George C.,10 b. 1 July,
1873; d. 26 Sept., 1873.
ii. Alfred C.,10 b. 16 Jan.,
1875.
Mr.
Sewall is at present attached to the U. S. Survey.
35. CHARLES
CHAUNCY SEWALL, JR.,9 of Medfield, married Mary Fair-
banks, 25 Nov., 1859, and had: --
i. Frank.10 b. 10 June. 1862.
ii. Lily,10 b. 24 Oct., 1863;
d. 7 Nov., 1863.
iii. Amy P.,10 b. 20 Aug.,
1865.
iv. Mary,10 be 31 Jan., 1868.
36. JOSEPH
SEWALL9 SEWALL, married, 20 Dec., 1860, Mary-Yashon,
daughter of Elizur Wright, of
i. Hannah R.,10 b. 22 Oct.,
1861.
ii. Susan W.,10 b. 4 Nov.,
1862.
iii. Elizabeth Q.10 b. 5 July,
1865.
iv. Mary F .,10 b. 20 Feb.,
1867.
v. Margaret L.,10 b. 5 June,
1868.
xxxiv INTRODUCTION.
Descendants in the female lines from Rev.
Joseph Sewall.
HANNAH7
SEWALL (daughter of Samuel6 No. 19) married James Hill,
and had: --
James, b. 1 March, 1772.
Samuel S., b. 13 Feb., 1774; d. 25 Dec.,
1775.
Margaret F., b. 12 Aug., 1775; d. 28 Feb.,
1833.
Joseph S., b. 2 March, 1777; d. 8 Aug.,
1788.
Sewall, b. 20 March, 1779; d. 26 Aug.,
1833.
Samuel, b. 8 Dec., 1780.
Joseph, b. 1 Jan., 1783; d. 19 Feb., 1809.
Richard S., b. 15 Sept., 1785.
William R., b. 9 Nov., 1787; d. 19 Oct.,
1788.
William R., b. 20 Sept., 1790; d. 8 Oct.,
1792.
He died 19 June, 1824; his widow d. 24
July, 1827.
ELIZABETH'T
SEWALL (daughter of Samuel,6 No. 19) married Samuel
i. Samuel,8 b. 13 Aug., 1769; m. 1st,
Elizabeth Green
May, 1802, and had: --
Samuel,9 b. 5 March, 1803; m.
Maria Morgan.
He m. 2d, Nancy Gardner, 18 July, 1806, and had
seven children; viz.,--
Elizabeth S.,9 b. 5 July, 1807;
m. Nathaniel
Chauncy.
Ann G.9
Sarah,9 m. Elbridge G. Austin.
Stephen,9 b. 12 Sept., 1812; m.
Elizabeth P.
Francis G.,9 d. young.
Rebecca.9
Daniel W.9
ii. Martha,8 b. 14 March, 1771;
m., Aug., 1794, Stephen
Higginson, and had: --
Elizabeth S,9 m. Rev. Reuel
Keith.
Martha S,9 m. Rev. I. Nichols.
iii.
had issue, seven children. See Leverett Memorial,
p. 156.
iv. Rebecca Waldo,8 b. 15 Aug.,
1776;.m., 30 Sept.,
1805, Jonathan Phillips, of
March, 1828. Their only surviving child was Wil-
liam9 Phillips, b. 11 Jan.,
1819, who died 8 April,
1873, leaving a vast property to a distant
cousin, the
heir male of the name.
v. Stephen,8 b. 27 Feb., 1778;
d. 16 Dec., 1786.
vi. Joseph Sewall,8 be 1 Nov.,
1779; d. 9 Dec., 1779.
INTRODUCTION. xxxv
vii. Josiah,8 b. 15 Feb., 1781;
H. C. 1798, m. Abigail,
daughter of Judge Samuel Breese, and had:
--
Elizabeth M.,9 b. 30 Nov.,
1812, m. Theodore D.
Woolsey, of
Edmund E.,9 b. 6 April, 1814;
m. 1st, his cousin
Abigail S. Phillips, 27 April, 1836; 2d,
Eve-
lyn McCurdy, 23 Nov., 1871.
viii. Sarah,8 b. 19 Nov., 1782; m. John Tappan, of
and had: --
John G.,9 b. 5 Feb., 1808; m.
Eliza L. Trask.
Samuel S.,9 b. 2 Sept., 1809;
m. Eveline Stearns.
Sarah S.,9 b. l March, 1811; m.
Thomas Denny.
Rebecca W.,9 b. 5 Nov., 1812;
m. Henry E. Davies.
Lewis W.,9 b. 3 Aug., 1814; m.
Mary C. Swift.
Mary S.,9 b. 3 April, 1816; m.
James W. Kimball.
Francis W.,9 b. 29 Dec., 1817;
m. Laura B. De
Peyster.
Elizabeth S.,9 b. 28 May. 1819.
Lucy P.,9 b. 8 April, 1821; d.
13 Aug., 1839.
Henry E.,9 b. July, 1825; d.
1823.
Henry M.,9 b. July, 1825; d.
1825.
Josiah S.,9 b. 20 Jan., 1836;
m. Helen De Peyster.
ix. Abby,8 b. 14 May, 1785; m. Aaron P. Cleaveland, of
Stephen H.,9 b. 23 March, 1811;
m. Rebecca B. Vose.
Rebecca S.,9 b. 17 Feb., 1814;
m. Edward
McLellan.
x. Mary,8 b. 18 May, 1787; m. Edward Phillips (brother
of her sister's husband) and left only one
child,
Abigail S.,9 b. 3 Nov., 1814,
who m. her cousin
Edward E. Salisbury.
DOROTHY7
SEWALL (daughter of Samuel,6 No. 19) married, 28 Dec.,
1784, Joseph May, of
i. Charles,8 b. 2 Nov., 1785;
d. 16 April, 1786.
ii. Catherine,8 b. 30 Dec.,
1786; m., 10 April, 1808,
Charles W.9 Windship, and had Charles M., b. 23
March, 1809.
iii. Charles,8 b. 19 March,
1788; m., 1845, Caroline M.
Gove; d. 21 March, 1856.
iv. Louisa,8 b. 11 Sept., 1789; m. Samuel
Greele, 19 Oct.,
1823, and had: --
Samuel S.,9 b. 11 Oct., 1824.
Louisa M.,9 b. 1 Jan., 1827.
v. Eliza S.,8 b. 23 Dec., 1790; d. 21 Oct., 1791.
vi. Louisa,8 b. 31 Dec., 1792; d. 14 Nov., 1828.
vii. Samuel J.,8 b. 10 Aug.,
1794; d. 28 Dec., 1795.
viii. Edward,8 b. 26 Aug.,
1795; d. 29 April, 1802.
ix. Samuel J.,8 b. 25 Oct.,
1796; d. 17 Sept., 1797.
xxxvi INTRODUCTION.
x. Samuel J.,8
b. 12 Sept., 1797.
xi. Elizabeth S.,8
b. 5 Dec., 1798; m. Hamilton Willis,
and had: --
daughter of C. W. Windship by a second
wife.
xii. Abigail,8
b. 8 Oct., 1800; m. A. Bronson Alcott, and
had: --
Anna B.9
Louisa M.9
Abby M.9
He died 27 Feb., 1841; his wife died 31
Oct., 1825.
SAMUEL J.8
MAY, of
and had: --
Joseph,9
b. 27 June, 1827; d. 12 Dec., 1828.
John E.,9
b. 7 Oct., 1829.
Charlotte
C.,9 b. 24 April, 1833.
Joseph,9
b. 21 Jan., 1836.
George E.,9
b. 25 Sept., 1844.
We will now return to the issue of the
daughters of Judge
Sewall who
married.
HIRST LINE.
14.
ELIZABETH5 SEWALL (daughter of Judge Samuel) married, 17 Oct.,
1700, Grove Hirst, of
* Extracts from notes of Samuel Sewall, Jr.:
--
"October 17, 1700 Mr Grove Hirst was
married to Mrs Elizabeth Se-
wall by Mr
Cotton Mather.
"November 28, 1702 sister Hirst brought
to bed at
"Jan'y 31, 1703-4 Mary Hirst born.
"June 22, 1727 Hannah Hirst married to
Mr N. Balston.
"May 9, 1728 Mr C. Chauncy married to
Mrs. Eliz. Hirst.
"Thursday April 9th, 1713, went to
Hirst's son
William, about 9 months old. Sent my
wife and I gloves. Dyed
the 6th
instant, about 10 at night.
"August 5th 1714. My sister Hirst was brought to bed of a son;
named
it William
for its father Hirst's sake.
"13th March 1714-15. Brother Hirst's son William (the second son
of
that name)
dyed about eight at night, being 7 months old. Buried the
INTRODUCTION. xxxvii
i.
Still-born, 28 Nov., 1708.
ii. Mary, b.
31 Jan., 1703-4; m. Sir Wm. Pepperrell.
iii. Samuel.
b. 23 Oct., 1705.
iv.
v. Hannah,
b. 4 May, 1708; m. Nathaniel Balston.
vi. Jane, b.
4 Sept., 1709; m. Addington Davenport, Jr.
vii.
William, b. 9 July, 1712; d. 6 April, 1713.
viii.
William, b. 5 Aug., 1714; d. 13 March, 1714-15.
He died 28 Oct., 1717; his wife died 11
July, 1716.
The only son, Samuel, died suddenly, 14
Jan., 1726-27. See Prince's
sermon
Jan. 18, 1730 (Suff. Deeds, lib. 45, f.
79), there was a division of the
issue of
Elizabeth Hirst were her four daughters; viz.:
Mary, wife of
William
Pepperrell; Elizabeth, wife of Rev. Charles Chauncy; Hannah,
wife of
Nathaniel Balston; and Jane, wife of Addington Davenport.
Of their descendants we will speak
briefly.
I. William Pepperrell was the famous
baronet, who left an only daugh-
ter, Elizabeth, wife of Nathaniel
Sparhawk. For a record of nu-
merous descendants, see Usher
Parsons's Life of Pepperrell.
II. Rev. Charles Chauncy,
had three wives. The first wife was Elizabeth Hirst, by whom
he had one son, Charles, and two
daughters, one of whom, Eliza-
beth, married Benjamin Greenleaf,
and had issue. For a full
record of the descendants, see the
Chauncy Memorials; the list
comprises many well-known names;
among them, Gen. Fitz-John
Porter.
16th inst.
in grandfather
wife not
come to the funeral.
"July 11, 1716. Last night at 12 a clock, dyes my dear sister
Hirst,
after a long
sickness and languishment. 13th inst.
interred in grandfather's
tomb; being
in her 35th year.
"1717, October 28. between 3 and 4 in
the morning dies my dear brother,
Grove Hirst,
esqr. being taken of a violent fevour just after my mother's
death.
"February 21st, 1722-23. At night betwixt 7 and 8, was married
per Father
Sewall, couz. Mary Hirst to Capt. Wm Pepperrell of
B[rothers]
Sewall and Cooper prayed, one before and the other after the
wedding. Wife and I present, with little Henry. Gave us gloves.
"January 14th, 1726-7, Samuel Hirst
dies, suddenly on the Long Wharff.
See News
Letter) Weekly News Letter, No 3; See sermons printed. 18th,
buried in
grandfather
Mr Chauncy,
minister, Mr Andrew Oliver, Mr T. Cooper and Mr Palmer.
Gave us
rings and gloves.
"June 22d, 1727. Couz. Hannah Hirst married to Mr Nathaniel
Bal-
ston by her
grandfather, at her unkle J. Sewall's.
Gave us gloves." -- EDS.
xxxviii INTRODUCTION.
III.
Addington Davenport, Jr., H. C. 1719, Rector of
married, 23 Dec., 1729, Jane Hirst for his first wife. Their children
were: --
Addington, b. 1731; m. Ann; d. 24 Feb., 1761.
Jane, b. 1733;
m. Benjamin Faneuil, Jr., a refugee.
and 2nd, Nathaniel Hatch, 4 Aug., 1755.
Jane (Hirst) Davenport died prior to 1738.
IV.
Nathaniel Balstone, of Boston, was son of Captain Nathaniel Bal-
stone, by his second wife, Rebecca, and was grandson of Jonathan
Balston, merchant. He was
born 6 Sept., 1691, married Hannah
Hirst 22 June, 1727, and was living 28 April, 1796 (Suff. Deeds,
lib. 78, f. 142), when he and wife Hannah sold
I find record of only two children,
viz.: Hannah, b. 2 Oct., 1730;
Nathaniel Balstone, who, with wife Eunice (Nathaniel Balstone,
and Mrs. Eunice Brown, of
called sister by Nathaniel in his will, proved 30 April, 1773
(Suff.
Wills, lib. 72, f. 538), when he gives her the interest on £100,
and gives all the rest of the estate to wife Eunice.
Probably this line is extinct.
16. MARY5
SEWALL (daughter of Judge Samuel) married Samuel Ger-
rish, 24 Aug., 1709. The
husband was son of Rev. Joseph Ger-
rish, of Wenham, and nephew of the Moses Gerrish who married
Mary Sewall's aunt. The
following extracts, from Samuel Sewall
Jr.' s notes, sums up the record: --
"Aug. 24, 1709. Was celebrated the marriage of my sister,
Mrs. Mary
Sewall, to
Mr. Samuel Gerrish, youngest son of Mr. Gerrish, minister of
Wenham. Married per Mr. Pemberton. Present my wife and daughter
Beck.
"Nov. 9th, 1710. Sister Gerrish brought to bed of a
daughter. 12th.
inst.
baptized it Hannah. Nov. 17th Father
Sewall writes me word of the
sad newes of
the death of my sister Gerrish. She
expired about 4 hours
after
midnight, dying in childbed very suddenly.
Was interred in grand-
father
up a note
for a sanctified use of the early death of my sister for himself and
family. I and my wife was there at the funeral. Pal bearers, Paul Dud-
ley, Esqr:
Mr Daniel Oliver, Mr Samuel Philips, Mr John Winthrop, Mr John
Smith, Mr
Giles Dyer. Given scarves and gloves. Born October 28th
lived 19
years, 20 dayes."
Gerrish was a bookseller in
marriage is
thus recorded by S. S. Jr.: --
"Thursday night, May 8, 1712, Dr. I.
Mather married brother Gerrish
to Mrs Sarah
Coney. I was there present; gave my wife
and I gloves.
"1715. May 22, brother Gerrish's son
Samuel, baptized."
xxxix INTRODUCTION.
17. JUDITH6 SEWALL (daughter of Judge
Samuel) married Rev. Wil-
liam Cooper,* 12 May, 1720, and had: --
William,6 b. 1 Oct., 1721.
Samuel,6 b. 28 March, 1725.
Thomas,6 b. living
in 1753; sold his share of estate.
Judith,6 b. m. 1st Dr. John
Sever, of Kingston,
13 Dec., 1753; had one daughter, Judith;
m. 2d,
William Rand, Jr. (Seaver Genealogy.)
Judith (Sewall) Cooper died 23 Dec., 1740;
her husband died 13 Dec.,
1743. Of the
children: --
I. Rev. SAMUEL6 COOPER was minister
at Brattle Street Church,
Boston; married Judith Bulfinch, 11 Sept., 1746.
His will (Suff. Deeds, lib. 83, f. 8)
mentions wife Judith, grandson
Samuel Cooper9 Johonnot, daughter Abigail,7
wife of Joseph
Hixon (Joseph Hixon, of Montserrat, and Abigail Cooper, were
published 2 Jan., 1777.
They have issue, whom we have been
unable to trace). Of the
other daughter, we learn by the N. E.
Hist. Register, VII, 142, that Gabriel Johonnet married, 18 Dec.,
1761, Judith Cooper, and had two sons, Samuel C.,9
baptized 13
March, 1768, H. C. 1783, went to Demerara, and died in 1806,
leaving issue, and Zachary,9 baptized 12 Feb., 1769.
Gabriel had a second wife (married in
1774), and died 9 Oct., 1820.
II. WILLIAM6
COOPER, son of Rev. William and Judith5 (Sewall)
Cooper, was the famous Town Clerk of Boston, the friend of Han-
cock and
Their children, who were alive when his estate was distributed in
1813 (Suff. Wills, lib. iii, f. 40) were: --
Samuel.7
Richard W7 [ybird].
John.7
Judith,7 wife of Matthew Park.
William Cooper died 28 Nov., 1809.
We have been unable to trace his brother
Thomas6 Cooper, or his
son
Richard W. Cooper. Of the other children
we can give the
following account: --
*Notes by Samuel Sewall, Jr.
1720 May 12. Sister Judith Sewall married to the Revd Mr.
Wm. Cooper,
by her
father. Brother Sewall prays. Mr Colman prays after marriage.
None but
brothers and sisters, with Mr. Colman and his wife, Mr Stoddard
and wife, Mr
Cooper's mother.
1721 October 1st, Sabbath-day morning,
between twelve and one, sister
Cooper brought
to bed of a son at Brooklin, in our best lower room. 8th
brother
Cooper preach'd at Brooklin and baptized his son William, taking
him in his
arms.
June 28th, 1723, sister brought to bed of
a daughter; named it Mehitta-
bel for his
mother's sake.
September 15th, 1724, sister Cooper's
daughter, Mehittabel, dies after
long
languishment. Buried in grandfather
Hull's tomb the 17th.
xl INTRODUCTION.
JOHN7
COOPER, of Machias, was the first sheriff of Washington County,
Maine, married. in 1788, Elizabeth Savage, sister of James Savage,
of Boston,* and had: --
John T.8
William,8 m. Eliza Dutton, and had: --
William S.
Elizabeth D.
Emma P.
Caroline P.
Helen M. .
Mary.
Harriet C.
Emma E,8 m. Rufus K. Porter,
and had issue.
Charles W.8
Samuel.8
James S.,8 m. 1st Mary E.
Savage; 2d, Abby I.
Girdler; had: --
Mary E.
Elizabeth S.
James I.
Charles W.
Alice G.
Caroline S,8 m. William J.
Newman, and had issue.
SAMUEL7
COOPER, of Boston, ! was a lawyer, and Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas for Suffolk, 1800-9, and died between 1810 and
1820. He married his cousin
Margaret, daughter of William
Phillips; she died 19 Feb., 1844.
Their children were: --
Samuel T.8 Cooper, of Andover,
who married and
left issue.
William P.,8 who went to
Illinois, and left two sons,
now residing there.
George,8 who was a lieutenant
in the Navy, and died
unm., at Charlestown, about 1825.
* See his letter, in the Machias
Centennial of 1863, p. 80, from which
book the
above facts are copied. -- EDS.
! By some confusion of names, Mr. Drake
has entered in his biographies
of the
Massachusetts Society of the
thus wrongly
identifying him with Gen; Samuel Cooper of
EDS.
DIARY
OF SAMUEL SEWALL.
[MR. SEWALL graduated at Harvard College in
the Class of 1671.
Most of the
other ten members of his class were his intimates or
associates
during their joint lives. Under the
usage which then pre-
vailed he
became, soon after graduation, a Resident Fellow of the
College. March 1, 1674, it was "ordered by the
Corporation that Sir
Sewall shall
be from henceforth the keeper of the College Library."
April 15,
1674, "Ordered that Mr. Gookin and Sir Sewall, Fellows
of the
College, have half a year's salary of their proportion forthwith
paid them of
the Piscataway gift now in the Treasurer's hands.
Also, fifty
shillings a peece due in February last by Mr. Glover's gift."
He appears
to have taken up his residence in Boston in 1674-5, at
the house of
his father-in-law, undecided whether to enter the minis-
try or to
follow merchandise. April 1, 1675, he
writes that he
preached in
the afternoon, in Newbury, "being afraid to look on the
[hour]
glass: ignorantly and unwillingly I stood two hours and a
half." He married, Feb. 28, 167 5/6, Hannah,
daughter of Captain John
Hull,
Mint-master, Treasurer of the town of Boston and of the colony
of
In the
VII. and
VIII. (1853-54), were published extracts from some inter-
leaved
almanacs formerly in the possession of Judge Sewall, the
annalist,
and then owned by Frederic Kidder, Esq.
As these were
evidently
the first notes made by him, afterwards reproduced in his
Diary, we
have copied the omitted portions in such places as seemed
best.
The almanacs for 1671 and 1672 contain no
notes. In 1673, prior
to the date
of our text, we find the following: --
"1673, May 12, 3 [i.e. third day,
Tuesday] morning Seth Flynt dyed.
June 5, 5, Elder Jo. Caysly [?] dyed.
21, 7, night Ruth Flynt dyed.
Sept. 5, 6, Joyce went to
Jo. Dassitt.
6, 7, Then Leah Nucom came.
Oct. 10, 6,
Joyce came from Jo. Dassitt.
Nov. 15, 17, 14 day night, Mrs. Coleborn dyed, buried the
17th."
In almanac
for 1674 no notes. --EDS.]
2 DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. [1674.
Dec. 3,
1673. I read to the Junior Sophisters,
the 14th
Chapter of
Heerboords Physick, i.e. part of it, which
beginnes
thus, Sensus Communes &c. I went to
the end,
and then red
it over from the beginning, which I ended
the 24th of
March, 167 3/4.
Feb. 20, 167 3/4. Brother Stephen admitted. My Father
brought down
my Brother Stephen to be admitted, which
was done the
23d of that month.
March 9, 167 3/4. I sent my Brother
Stephen's cloaths
to be washed
by Mrs. Clark.
Mar. 23.
I had my hair cut by G. Barret.
"
24. My Father came down; Harry
Summerby
attending
him; brought my Sister Jane to the Dr's. My
Sister Anne
was brought to Mr. Butler's to live by my B.
John, March
20, 167 3/4. In the Evening the Townsmen
of
Cambridge
had a meeting and Mr. Gookin and I being sent
for went to
them. They treated us very civily and
agreed
that the
School boyes should sit no longer in the Students
hinder
seat. It was also consented to by us
that some sober
youths for
the present might be seated there. Hoec
hactenus.
March 25, 1674. My Father went away and Henry
Somerby with
him intending for Salem. It rained hard
in the
afternoon. Madam How brought to bed of a
daughter in
the afternoon.
April 2.
Benjamin Gourd of Roxbury (being about 17
years of
age) was executed for committing Bestiality
* * *
N. B. He committed the filthines at noon day in an
open
yard. He after confessed that he had lived in that
sin
a year. The causes he alledged were, idlenes, not
obey-
ing parents,
&c.
April 6.
Mr. Ganson, Mr. of a Catch set sail for Liver-
poll, in
which Mr. Higginson went.
April 7. The D., Mr. Gookin and myself
were invited
and went to
dinner with the Magistrates in the Court
Chamber. Mr.
Sherman and Mr. Willard came with me
to my
chamber.
1674.] DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. 3
April 8.
Mr. Gookin and I gave Mr. Nehemiah Hobart
a visit, 6d
to the P'ts man.
April 9.
Mr. Gookin and I went down to Boston.
I
went to
visit my Couzen Dumer and his wife my Couzen,
who Jay in
of Mary Dummer, born the 14th of March
167 ¾ . To the Nurse 2d, for a pair of
sizers 4d.
April 10. 3d milk, 6d
for spice &c.
April 15, 1674. 4d Beer. News of Peace in Lecture
time. 3d for Wine, 6d to
Onesiphorus. Tobacco Pipes
3d. At night I lay with Sir Adams at Mr. Oakes's.
Memen. it thundered and lightened and rained very
much.
Friday, April 17. My Brother went to Boston and
bought me an
Hour-glasse and penknife 1. 1. 3d.
One
shilling to
my Brother. 23, A pair of Glovs from
Goodman
Fissenden. Laurence and Hannah Oakes
were at my
chamber in the evening. Received my
Quarter pay;
borrowed money subducted, 2l . 12s. 9d.
Mr. Henry
Short married the 30th March '74. Mr.
Treat to Mr.
Maihos [Mayo's]1 Granchild the 16th of
April, '74.
June 5, 1674. Mr. Oakes gave me to understand that
though he
respected and loved me as formerly, yet he
desired that
I would refrain coming to his house, and that
he did it se
defendendo, least he should be mistrusted to
discourage
and dissettle me.2
Monday, June 15, 1674. Mr. Thatcher, Fellow. The
Corporation
met and chose Sir Thatcher Fellow, Mr.
Johnson,
Printer. N. B. There were this day two
boyes
killed at
Watertown with the tumbling of a load of brush
1 Enclosures in square brackets, in the text, indicate conjectural
correc-
tions or
explanations. --EDS.
2 Rev. Urian Oakes, pastor of the Cambridge Church, and afterwards
President of
the College. The reference probably is
to the difficulty existing
at the time
between Oakes, who was also a Fellow of the College, and Presi-
dent Hoar.
--EDS.
4 DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. [1674.
on them, on
which they road: the one was about the
age of 12
years, and the other 9.
Thomas Sargeant was examined by the
Corporation:
finally, the
advice of Mr. Danforth, Mr. Stoughton, Mr.
Thatcher,
Mr. Mather (then present) was taken.
This
was his
sentence.
That being convicted of speaking
blasphemous words
concerning
the H. G. he should be therefore publickly
whipped
before all the Scholars. 2. That he should
be
suspended as
to taking his degree of Bachelour (this sen-
tence read
before him twice at the Prts. before the com-
mittee, and
in the library 1 up before execution.)
3. Sit
alone by
himself in the Hall uncovered at meals, during the
pleasure of
the President and Fellows, and be in all things
obedient,
doing what exercise was appointed him by the
President,
or else be finally expelled the Colledge. The
first was
presently put in execution in the Library (Mr.
Danforth,
Jr. being present) before the Scholars.
He
kneeled down
and the instrument Goodman Hely attended
the
President's word as to the performance of his part in
the
work. Prayer was had before and after by
the Presi-
dent. July 1, 1674.
Sir Thacher Commonplaced, Jus-
tification
was his head. He had a solid good piece:
stood
above an
hour, and yet brake of before he came to any
use. By reason that there was no warping given,
none
(after the
undergraduates) were present, save Mr. Dan
Gookin, Sr.
the President and myself. July 3, 1674.
N. B. Mr. Gookin, Jr. was gone a fishing with his
brothers.
Had my hair cut by Goodman Barret, July 6.
July the 8th being Cambridge lecture day,
Mr. Wallie
set sail,
with whom went Mr. Chauncy and Mr. Epps.
July 10. I Commonplaced. Nobody save the 6 plm.
[placemen?]
was present.
July 17. Sir Weld commonplaced. His subject was
Man as
created in God's Image.
1674.] DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. 5
July 21.
Sir Bowles1 Commonplaced.
His subject was
the Creation
of the Soul.
August 7, 1674. New Colledge raised. John Francis
helping
about raising of the new Colledge had his right
legg (both
bones) broke a little above his anckle, and his
left thigh
about 4 inches below the joint, by a peece that
fell on him,
and had like to have killed several others and
yet hurt
none.
Friday, August 14. I with my two Brothers went home
to Newbury.
Tuesday, August 18. Visited Mr. Parker, Mr. Wood-
bridge and
Mr. Richardson.
Aug. 19.
Tim. Woodbridge visited me.
Thorsday, Sept. 3. Mrs. Martha Noyes dyed.
Sept. 4.
Buried. Her death suddain, the 5th
day after
her Travail.
Monday, Sept. 7. First Frost. Sept. 8th Generall Train-
ing. My Brother John went down and had discourse
with
my Sister
Hannah, (that now is ).2
Brought up my Sister
Jane, Sept.
11. About the 18th of this month my
Father
went down,
carried my Sister Jane, and brought up the
Publishment.
Monday, Sept. 28th. My little Neece Born.
Sept. 29.
Broth. John went to Boston, and B. Stephen
to Mr.
Batters, upon Tryal.
Tuesday, Oct. 6. My Father went to Cambridge.
Oct. 8.
My Father was at Boston, on which day he
spake
sconcerning my Buisines to a Gentleman there.
1674.
Tuesday, Oct. 13. I went to
Cambridge, being
summoned to
wait on the Court the next day.
Oct. 16.
by Mr. Richardson's means I was called to
speak. The sum of my Speech was that the causes of
1 John Bowles -- sometimes written Bowels
-- and Thomas Weld were
Sewall's
classmates. The title Sir designated
graduates before they took
the Master's
degree. --EDS.
2 John Sewall married Hannah Fessenden of
Cambridge, probably sister
of Nicholas
F., both being called "cousin" by John F. -- EDS.
6 DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. [1674.
the lownes
of the Colledge were external as well as
internal.
The first day of my coming to
with my
Couzen Dumer. The Thorsday Oct. 15 I
rode
first to
Charlestown Ferry, thinking to have my horse
over, and so
accompany Mr. Gookin, but could not, and so
was fam to
ride round in the night.
Oct. 17. Nicol. Fissenden came with me
home.
Tuesday, Oct. 20. My Father went down to see how
things were
after my information. Nic urged to have
my
Brother
[who?] has gone too. My Mother and I
with-
stood
it. Father (as it was thought he would)
set the
match
forward, her friends earnest.
Oct. 23.
Brother Stephen came to visit us.
Oct. 26.
Brothers John and Steph, with Father Lum-
macks, went
down the next day, Tuesday, Oct. 27.
Brother was
married by Mr. Danforth.
Oct. 29.
They came home, it being a rainy day.
Saturday, 31st, They returned. Goodman Cheyny, Nic.
Fissenden,
and Thomas Cheyny. Stephen my Brother to
Salem.
Nov. 3. Mr. Adams married. Mr. William Adams and
Miss Mary
Manning, his wife, coming from Salisbury came
to visit
me. Memen. They were married by Mr. Dan-
forth on
Wednesday, the 21 of Sept. [Oct.?] Mr.
Taylor
married.
Thorsday, Nov. 5, Mr. Edward Taylor, of
Westfield is
married (as
he gave out.)
Copys of Letters in Almanack, 1672.
Memento, that about Novem. 12 I wrote four
Letters to
England. Imp. one to my Aunt Rider.1 It. one to my
Aunt
Mehetabel Holt. It. one to my
Cousin Thomas
Dummer. It. one to my Landlord Marice. In that of
my Aunt
Holts were also enclosed one of my Mothers to
1 For the various relations of Sewall, the
reader is referred to the pre-
liminary
sketch. -- EDs.
1674.] DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. 7
my Unckle,
St. Dummer, one of my Brother John's to be
sent to my
Aunt Sarah Holt. The Copies of mine are
in
the Almanack
for the year '72. My Bro. went to Salem
Nov. 13,
intending for Boston Saturday, Nov. 14 to
give these
Letters to Mr. Hull by him to be sent for
England.
Thorsday, Nov. 19, My Mother and Self went
to see
Goodman
Moody, whom we found extream ill of the yel-
low
jaundice. We visited Goodman and
Goodwife Little
also.
Tuesday, Nov. 24. My Father received a letter from
Capt. Pike,
of Woodbridge,1 by which he sollicited my
Father for
my coming thether to be their Minister.
Let-
ters date,
Sept. 10. '74.
Monday, Nov. 30th. My Father and self went to Salem.
The next day
my Brother Stephen was bound Apprentice
to Mr.
Edmund Batter, Merch. His time expires
on the
29th of
Sept. 1679 (unless Mr. Batter dye before).2 At the
time
specified he is to receive ten £ in good and currant
pay.
Tuesday, Dec. 22, 1674. Lieutenant Way, Mr. Weaver,
Tho. Norman
came to our house. The Lieuten. related
distinctly
several things about Mr. Nicolets Church gather-
ing at Lin.3
Wednesday, Dec. 23. I was at an Arbitration between
Thos.
W. and John W. Weaver: was cast 300 and odde £
in W's
debdt. The Arb. were Mr. Den, C'p'l. Saltonstall,
Mr. Pike, C'p'l. Gerrish, and Mr. Doel. The last set not
his hand at
all. Mr. Pike but to part.
Friday, Dec. 25. Sam. Guile of Havarel, ravished Good-
wife Nash of
Amesbury, about G. Bailyes Pasture at the
white
Bottoms.
1 Probably, Rev. John Woodbridge, of
Andover. -- EDS.
2 Mr. Batters did not die until 1685,
when he was seventy-six years
old. -- EDS.
3 See History of Lynn (ed. 1865), p. 261.
-- EDS.
8 DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. [167 4/5
Mond.
Jan. 25, 167 4/5. Mr. Smith came
to visit us, and
brought with
him one Mr. Bradly, who is allso a Southton1
man, and
told me that he went to old Mr. Goldwire's to
school at
Broadling, with 34 more. He allso told
me that
Thos. Warren
was Apprentice to an Orange Merchant at
Billingsgate,
and Sam. to a Coal-seller at Cheapside.
Thurs. Feb. 13. There was a Fast held at Sam. Moody's,
principally
upon the occasion of his sicknes: whereat
were present,
Mr. Woodbridge, Mr. Philips, Mr. Moody,
Mr. Reinor,
Mr. Richardson. The 3 first mentioned
seemed to be
very sensible of the state of things and of
the plots of
papists, Atheists: and Mr. Phillips spake how
the
Ministers in England, when they had their liberty, look
after their
own houses, quarrelled, &c. I
carried my
Mother to
the Fast, and there we with many more, had
(I hope) a
feast day.
A Scotchman and Frenchman kill their
Master, knock-
ing him in
the head as he was taking Tobacko. They
are
taken by Hew
and Cry, and condemned: Hanged.
Nicolas Feaver, born in the Ile of Jersey,
Robert Driver,
born in the
Ile of Orknye in Scotland, Executed, Mar. 18,
167 4/5.
Monday, March 15, 167 4/5. I visited Mr. Parker.2 He
told me what
one Mr. Stockman related to Mr. Parker his
father, at
the table of the Earl of Pembrook. This
Stock-
man went
into Spain with the Embassadour, and there
hearing of
one that could foretell things went to him to
enquire
concerning England. He showed in a glass
for
K. Henry 3
time, the Cross leaning, and stooping:
for
1 Southton means, of course,
Southampton. Sewall was born at Bishop's
Stoke, in
the county of Hampshire [or Southamptonshire], a parish some
eight miles
north of the city of that name.
Baddesley, where he went first
to school,
was a mile or two west of Stoke, and Broadlands (possibly, the
Broadling of
the text) was a few miles farther west. --EDS.
2 Rev. Thomas Parker, pastor of the church
at Newbury. Having lost
his sight,
he devoted himself to teaching Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Sewall
had been
under his tuition. --EDS.
1675.] DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. 9
K. Edward
the Wizard showed a Child, a cloud drawn over
his
head. Q. Mary, Ferro et Flamis: Q. Elizabeth, Excel-
lentissima:
K. James, one coming over a river with the
crown on his
head, Infelix pacis amator.
1April 3. 1675. About one of the clock at night, Sam.
Moody dyed
quietly, having lyen sick of the jaundice
by the space
of half-an-year. He was buried on
Monday.
There was a
great funeral.
April 4, Sab. day. I holp preach for my Master, [Mr.
Parker] in
the afternoon. Being afraid to look on
the
glass,
ignorantly and unwillingly I stood two hours and a
half.
April 29 Brother John and Sister Hanah
Sewall begin
to keep
house at the Falls.
My Father having found things out of order
at the Lit-
tle Farm,
viz, Fences down, ground Eaten and rooted up
by Cattle
and hogs, and wanting a good Tenant, the Sea-
son of the
year now spending, resolves and goes to live
there,
notwithstanding the littleness and unpretines of the
house.
2Saturday, May 15. Brothers house was raised, at the
raising of
which I was. Two Pins lower Sumer.
1 The following items are supplied from
the interleaved almanacs. -- EDS.
"1675. March 29, 2.
Now a [] Capt. Alli [ ] of
Charl [ ] dyes. T. [ ]
frater.
March 30, 3. Brother brought home Sister Jane from the Dr. at
Cambridge.
March 31, 4. No Lecture, because Mr. Rich f. home. I visited
Mr. Parker and Mr. Wood. Mr. Parkerus
natus
et baptizatus die Pentecoste, Ano 1595,
being yn. June
8th as I take it."
2 "May
1, 7.
Beans planted.
5. 4
Diet Sisters.
June 3.
5 David Perkins. Brt. Arad.
June
- Two troopers pressed to go against the
Indians: Noyes,
Tho. Thurrel. I went to the farm in the evening.
July 18, 1. News of Ninicrafts yeelding.
27. 3. John Godfrey.
Aug. 25, 4. The fight was of two hours, 12
miles from Hatfield. John
10 DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. [1675.
Friday, May 21. Goodman Adams (coming to visit his
Mother
Woodman) was invited by and came over and
lodged with
me.
N. B. Tuesday, May 4 C'p'l
Scarlet, Mr. Smith, Mr.
Freak killed
by a blow of powder on Ship board. Mr.
Freak killed
outright.
July 31, at midnight, Tho. Wood, Carpenter
of Rowly,
had his
house and goods burnt, and, voe malum, a daughter
of about 10
years of age, who directed her brother so that
he got out,
was herself consumed to ashes.
This said Saturday night, in a dream, I
fancyed myself
to have Mrs.
Richardson's child in my arms, and herself
following me
up a pair of stairs going to heaven, all sor-
rowfull and
weeping. I went up innumerable steps and
still saw
nothing, so that I was discouraged, doubting with
myself
whether there was such a place as sedes beatorum.
Yet I
strengthened myself as well as I could, considering
how apt
things only heard of are to be doubted (if diffi-
cultly
obtained and not of a long time) though they be
never so
true. Thus thinking, I went on; at last
I came
to a fair
chamber with goodly lodgings. When I saw
that
was all, I
earnestly prayed that God would help us, or
else we
should never get to our journey's end.
Amazed
I was, Dot
being able to conceive how furniture should
be brought
up those stairs so high. Afterward it
was a
chamber in
the N. Building, [at the College], after, part
of an old
[house] (Goff, as I take it) that joined to it, of
the same
height. A schollar told me that those
things
were drawn
up by a pully, and so took in at a window
which was
all ranshacled like that in Goff Colledge over
the Fellows'
chamber, and all things began to seem more
Plumer dies. Steven Greenleaf wounded. Ex
litelis
S. Greenleaf.
Sept. 18. Capt. Latrop.
Oct. 13. Marsh.
Skerry.
Oct. 6. 4. Springfield, 32 houses; with their barns." Almanacs.
--
EDS.
1675.] DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. 11
vile. Herabout I waked, being much troubled at the
former part,
and much wondring at the latter of my
dream. 'Desinit in piscem mulier formosa
superne.' Deus
det, deus
misericors et benignus, me, et comites meos, non
tantm et de
somnis, sed vere tandem divinis gradibus ad
coelum usque
ascendere.
Novem. 10, 1675. Lecture day.
Remember the cour-
teous speech
and behaviour of Tho. and. Will. Noyse.
Ingemous
men. Will came to me (speaking with Tim.
Woodbridge)
and excused his not coming to see me, &c.
Nov. 11.
Morning proper fair, the wether exceedingly
benign, but
(to me) metaphoric, dismal, dark and por-
tentous,
some prodigie appearing in every corner of the
skies. Father went to Attach Ben Goodridge, at which
(as all) so
especially Mother, troubled and disswaded him.
Nothing
moves, at which Mother was exceedingly trou-
bled, and,
e. h. w. o. L. w. h. [every hour wishes our Lord
would help?]
N. B.
Tuesday, Dec. 21, 1675, about the time of the
Eclips
Sister Sewall was delivered in my chamber of a
daughter,
Goodwife Brown being Midwife.
Sept. 13.
Saturday, was that lamentable fight, when
Capt. Latrop
with sixty-four killed.
1Decem. 19. Sabbath day, that formidable engage-
ment at
Narraganset, 34 English put in one pit, 3 after
1 " Nov. 29,
1. Dr. Hoar dies.
Dec.
14. 3. Judith March.
Dec.
19. Sunday. Engagement.
____ 29, 4.
Mr. Reyner came in the evening to our house, delivered
me a letter. Lodged here; in bed we had much and
various discourse.
_____ 30, 5.
Mr. Jer. Hobart lodges here. I at
sisters with little
Jacob.
30th. 5. Rainy m. mist, hold
up. Mr. R. goes on his journey.
Gave him letters of Dec 28 for Boston.
13 Jany. Brother John Sewall.
29Feb. (Tues.) Miss Thatcher, Senior,
and Miss Page visit us, they
the first." [Sewall was married the
preceding day.]
Almanacs. -- EDS.
12 DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. [1676.
Joseph
Plumer, 26 gon already, 75 more pressed; advance
towards
Lecture day Jan. 5. Hints of discourse. One (speak-
ing of
twelve + ide) said it may be we knew not 11 from
12. I said it was best if (in that sense) we did
not. In
defence of
Mr. Graves I said that the Application of Xt's
merits was a
greater wonder than the sending of Xt. into
the
world. That no person could be said to
be mankind:
that such an
one was not, which was thought very ridicu-
lous.1 Jan. 3, cold wether hindred writing till
now.
Jan. 10, 167 5/6. Felled the oak at the E. end of the
house. Matre et Sorore valde plangentibus.
Nota bene. Friday about 3 in the afternoon, April
21, 1676,
Capt. Wadsworth and Capt. Brocklebank fall.
Almost an
hundred, since, I hear, about fifty men, slain 3
miles off
Sudbury: the said Town burned, Garrison
houses
except.
Sabbath day, evening, 23 April,
considerable thunder
shower. Monday 24, about 6 afternoon, a Woman taken,
and a Man
knocked in the head, at Menocticot, Brain-
trey.
2April 5, Wednesday, Governour
Winthrop dyes. In-
terred old
Burying place Monday following.
April 25 Tuesday, Major Willard dyes at
Charleston,
buryed 27th. April 26.
Mr. Lidget dyes: interred the
28th
1676.
Monday, May 8. Considerable Thunder and rain in
the
night. Mrs. Wharton Dyes: Buried Wednesday after-
noon.
Tuesday, Fast, Magistrates, Deputies. Sisters sail toward
Newbury.
1 The reader can hardly fail to think the
same, on account of the obscurity
of the text.
-- EDS.
2 1676. Feb. 10,
7. Mr. Sanford dyes.
Mch. 10. 6.
Mr. Ransford. 26. Marlborough.
June 20. 8.
No lecture, but past the week at Mr. Mathers.
Almanacs. -- EDS.
1676.] DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. 13
Friday, May 5. 16 Indians killed: no
English hurt:
near
Mendham. 19 May. Capt. Turner, 200
Indians. 22
May, about
12 Indians killed by Troop.
Monday, May 9. Cold encreases mightily, all night
burning
Fever: next night rested indifferently.
Sabbath, May 14, 1676. 2 or 3 in the morning, Mr.
Usher
dyes. At night Mr. Russel dyes, being
drowned
in
flegm. Mr. Tho. Shepard buried Tuesd. 5,
afternoon.
Wednes: aftern. Mr. Usher buried. Tuesd. 16. Mr.,
Atwater
dyes: buried Thursday following, after
Lecture.
Three such
Funerals, one after another, imediately, I
never before
saw. Mr. Atwater was at meeting in the
forenoon and
afternoon the Sabbath before. N. B. As
we came from
the Funeral, we saw an huddle of persons,
who were
bringing Jabez Eaton that died just then in the
street.
Wednesday, May, 24, about 10 M., Capt.
Davis dies,
fever, he
had been delirious severall times between while
before his
death.
Mr. Willard preaches the Lecture.
Mr. Woodrop, Hobart Ger., Nehem. Phips,
Weld, Faild,
came after
lecture and sat with me. God grant we
may
sit together
in heaven. May 25. Mr. Adams had a very
pithy and
pertinent discourse from Nahum 2. 2. Old
Church.
Monday, June 5. Mr. Hutchison chosen Capt., Mr.
Turin,
Lieut., Mr. Bendal, Ensign of the Artillery.
Tuesd. 6, late in the Afternoon, a violent
wind, and
thunder
shower arose. Mr. Bendal, Mrs. Bendal,
Mr.
James
Edmunds, and a Quaker female were drowned:
their Boat
(in which coming from Nodle's Iland) being
overset, and
sinking by reason of ballast. Mr.
Charles
Lidget
hardly escaped by the help of an oar.
Wednesday, June 7., 5 Afternoon Mr.
Bendal, Mrs, car-
ried one
after another, and laid by one another in the
same
grave. Eight young children. Tuesday, June 6,
14 DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. [1676.
Hatfield
fight, 5 English killed, about 14 Indians.
Wed-
nesday, June
7, Ninety Indians killed and taken by Conec-
ticut
ferry: 30 and odd by C. Henchman.
June 10th., Received a Letter from Unckle St. Dumer,
dated March
24, 1675 [6] i. e. last March, for it was in
answer to
one wrote, Oct. 29. '75. Aunt Sarah died
about a year
and 1/2 before. Peace and plenty. Nothing
of Father's
buisiness.
June 16, 1676. Went with my Father to Mr. Smith's,
there to see
the maner of the Merchants.
June 22.
Two Indians, Capt. Tom and another, exe-
cuted after
Lecture.
Note, at the Execution I delivered 2
Letters, one to
Unckle
Steph, another enclosed to unckle Nath, unto John
Pike, to be
by him conveyed. Last week two killed by
Taunton
Scouts, as they were in the river, fishing.
Note.
This week Troopers, a party, killed two men, and
took an
Indian Boy alive. Just between the
Thanksgiv-
ing, June
29, and Sab. day, July, 2, Capt. Bradfords ex-
pedition 20
killed and taken, almost an 100 came in:
Squaw
Sachem. July 1., 9 Indians sold for
30£. Capt.
Hincksman
took a little before. The night after,
James
the Printer
and other Indians came into
Father Sewall
came Tuesday June 27. Went home
Friday last
of June.
Saturday, July 1, 1676. Mr. Hezekiah Willet slain by
Naragansets,
a little more than Gun-shot off from his
house, his
head taken off, body stript. Jethro, his
Niger,
was then
taken: retaken by Capt. Bradford the Thorsday
following. He saw the English and ran to them. He
related
Philip to be sound and well, about a 1000 Indians
(all sorts)
with him, but sickly: three died while he was
there. Related that the Mount Hope Indians that knew
Mr. Willet,
were sorry for his death, mourned, kombed
his head,
and hung peag in his hair.
Saturday, July 8, 9 Indians, 2 English
sallied out, slew
1676.] DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. 15
5 and took
two alive. These Indians were killed not
many miles
from Dedham.1
July 9, 10, &c. This week Indians come in at Ply-
mouth to
prove themselves faithful, fetch in others by
force: among those discovered are some that murdered
Mr. Clark's
family: viz, two Indians: they accuse one of
them that
surrendered to the English. All three
put to
death.
Saturday, July 15. Quaker marcht through the town,
crying,
"Repent, &c." After, heard
of an hundred twenty
one Indians
killed and taken. Note. One Englishman
lost in the
woods taken and tortured to death.
Several
Indians (now
about) come in at Plymouth, behave them-
selves very
well in discovering and taking others.
Med-
field men
with volunteers, English and Indians, kill and
take
Canonicus with his son and 50 more.
July 27.
Sagamore John comes in, brings Mattoonus
and his
sonne prisoner. Mattoonus shot to death
the
same day by
John's men.
Friday, July 28. Mr. Chickery dyes, about 5, afternoon.
Comencement
day: Mr. Phips married.
Saturday Even. Aug. 12, 1676, just as prayer ended
Tim. Dwight sank down in a Swoun, and for a good
space
was as if he
perceived not what was done to him: after,
kicked and
sprawled, knocking his hands and feet upon
the floor
like a distracted man. Was carried
pickpack to
1 The reports and rumors which are entered
on the Journal are but a
few of those
daily reaching Boston of the direful horrors of Philip's War.
"James
the Printer" above referred to, was a native Indian, son of a deacon
of the
church of "Praying Indians" at Grafton. He had been educated at
the Indian
School in Cambridge, and was an apprentice to Samuel Green,
printer in
that town, helping in the printing of Eliot's Bible. He ran off to
join his own
people in their assaults on the settlements of the English, but
availing
himself of the Declaration put forth by the Court of Massachusetts
in 1676,
promising mercy to all who would come in within fourteen days, he
returned and
was soon allowed to resume his trade.
His name, with that
of Green, is
on the title-page, as printer, of the Indian Psalter, printed in
1709. --
EDS.
16 DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. [1676.
bed by John
Alcock, there his cloaths pulled off. In
the
night it
seems he talked of ships, his master, father, and
unckle
Eliot. The Sabbath following Father went
to him,
spake to him
to know what ailed him, asked if he would
be prayed
for, and for what he would desire his friends
to
pray. He answered, for more sight of
sin, and God's
healing
grace. I asked him, being alone with
him, whether
his troubles
were from some outward cause or spiritual.
He answered,
spiritual. I asked him why then he could
not tell it
his master, as well as any other, since it is the
honour of
any man to see sin and be sorry for it.
He
gave no
answer, as I remember. Asked him if he
would
goe to
meeting. He said, 'twas in vain for him;
his day
was
out. I asked, what day: he answered, of Grace. I
told him
'twas sin for anyone to conclude themselves
Reprobate,
that this was all one. He said he would
speak
more, but
could not, &c. Notwithstanding, all
this sem-
blance (and
much more than is written) of compunction
for Sin,
'tis to be feared that his trouble arose from a
maid whom he
passionately loved: for that when Mr.
Dwight and
his master had agreed to let him goe to her,
he eftsoons
grew well.
1Friday, Aug. 25. I spake to Tim of this, asked him
whether his
convictions were off. He answered,
no. I
told him how
dangerous it was to make the convictions
wrought by
God's spirit a stalking horse to any other
thing. Broke off, he being called away by Sam.
Sabbath day, Aug. 20, we heard the amazing
newes of
sixty
persons killed at Quinebeck, by barbarous Indians,
1
"Aug. 3. 5. Capt.
Henchman began.
Aug. 12. 7. Philipus exit.
16. 4. Mr. Buckley.
Mr. Zech. Long, Comr.
31st. 5. The great ship stops in
launching; falls on one side out of
her cradle.
Sept: 11. 2. Mock Fight.
Indian Fight.
14. 5. Miss Brown. -- 16, 7. Wheler Henry." Almanacs.- -
EDS.
1676.] DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. 17
of which
were Capt. Lake, Mr. Collicot, Mr. Padashell.
Dilati sunt
in futurum.
Aug. 27.
We hear of Major Talcots coming on Indians
travailing
towards Albany, to dwell on this side Connect.
river. He slew some, took others with most of the
plunder.
Aug. 31.
Cousin Allah Quinsey is taken ill of the flux,
accompanied,
as it is said, with a Fever. Note, Aunt
Quinsey is
providentially here. My dear Mother,
Mrs.
Judith Hull
grows sick the same night and is extreamly
distrested.
Sept. 1.
Her Face very much swelled. Night
following,
Mother's
pains something abated: humours
dissipated.
Sept. 3.
Anna Quinsey Died about ten of the Clock,
A. M. Buried Monday Sept. 4. N. B. Cousin Ana's
Water was
carried to Dr. Snelling on Sab. morn. He
affirmed her
not to be dangerously ill. My Father-in-
Law from the
first feared her death, from her trembling
pulse,
restlessness, Wormes coming away without amend-
ment, and
the well-looking of her Water, when she was
manifestly
very ill.
Relations at the Funeral: Unckle and Aunt
Quinsey,
Parents,
Epr. Savage, Ruth Quinsey, germans, Experience,
whom my
Father led, Sam. and Hannah Sewall, Cousin
Henchman,
Pounden. Bearers, Henry Philips, Tim.
Dwight,
Joseph Tappi[n], John Alcock. Note. This is
the first
person that I know of buried out of an house
where I was
then dwelling. The Lord in his mercy
Sanctify it
to me, and overcome death for me by Jesus
Christ.
Sept. 13.
The after part of the day very rainy.
Note,
there were
eight Indians shot to death on the Comon,
upon
Wind-mill hill. This day a Souldier,
Thorn. Fisk,
leaves part.
of a Libel here by accident. His debent.
was
signed to
Muddy River, when it should have been to
Cambridge,
which he came to have altered. The paper
18 DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. [1676.
he wrapt
them in was wet, wherefore I profered him dry,
that so his
writings might not be spoyled. He
accepted
it and left
his old wet paper, which, coming after into the
room, I
read.
Sept. 14, at night my Mother Hull, praised
be God, had
comfortable
Rest.
Sept. 15.
Friday, received Letters by Mr. Clark from
my Unckle
St. Dumer, to Father and Mother Sewall,
where in he
informs, "We do through some difficulty hear
Mr. Cox most
Lords dayes." Letter to Mother of
May
29, '76.
In that to my Father of same dates, "Mr. Quinsey
is copying
out your Writings. He shall also take my
Ac-
count. I am at a weak Hand. Something hangs about
me like a
consumption. You must imploy some other
man in your
Buisiness, for I think I shall not be able to
doe it. You may see that the Leases (in that of June
20, mentions
onely Stoak Lease) of your Bargains are
almost run
out. You must take some course to new
Let
your Land,
or come and live in it, or else it will lye to the
wide world,
and nothing will be made of it &c."
Paulo
ante.
"The Bill of £20 you ordered me to pay Tho. Papil.
of
Bills. Mrs. Hatten's Bill is not yet paid. I am out of
purse
already, and if I pay hers I must borrow money,
the which I
think to doe this time, but hope that you or
some other
of my Cousins will come over, or get some
other to doe
your business here. I have done it a
long
time, and am
unwilling to meddle of paying or receiving
any
more. I desire you would send me in your
next what
Goods and
money you have received of mine. Before
finishing my
Letter in comes Mr. Quinsey, &c."
DEAR BRO., &c., Jonas Clark being at
my house about Miss. Hat-
ten's Bill,
&c. I have been sick this Spring,
and am at a weak Hand
still. Therefore did desire you and doe still, that
you will now take
some speedy
course to have your Business done by some other. I
have sent
you an Account, with Copyes of your Leases and Lee
1676.] DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. 19
Deeds. Stoak Lease (you may see) will quickly be
out. The Tenant
is a good
Tenant, but tells me he will not give so much Rent, when
his time is
out. Amongst all your Writings, I can't
find, nor never
did see the
Copy of your Bargain at Stoake. Mr.
Clark told me
you were
resolved, or minded, to come over with him.
I should be
glad to see
you. It seems you have charged another
Bill upon me,
payable to
Mr. Papil. [Papillon] or his order. I shall leave that for
some
other. I told him he would be paid as
soon as the money could
be
gotten. I have paid all the other Bills
that I could hear of. Thus
with my
love, &c.
Your loving Brother, STEPHEN DUMER.
June 20,
1676.
"DEAR SISTER, -- From what I heard
from Mr. Clark I have
great hopes
that your enemyes, the Indians, are conquered before
this. Yourselves and troubles have been much upon
my spirit. I
should be
glad to hear of the prosperity of New England.
I have so
to much love
to you and the Country that, had I my health, I could will-
ingly
undertake the journey to see you. But I
was very glad to hear
that God had
preserved you and yours, when so many have lost their
lives and
Estates. Its a time of great sufferings
in many places of
the
World. London and several other towns
have had great loss by
fire this
summer. Its said a 1000 houses burnt at
London, in South-
worke; and
its judged set on fire by Rogues. Yet,
through great
mercy, we
enjoy the Gospel, though it be with some hazard. I hope
it will
please God to continue his Gospel to poor England, for I hope
here are
many thousands that have not bowed the knee to Baal. I
of think I
writ to you in my last of the death of sister Sarah. She hath
left two
children. They are far from us, 8 miles
beyond Chichester,
or and so
can hear from them or see them but seldom, &c. I have
desired my
Brother, your Husband, to receive, and send you your
Rents. My Reason chiefly is because I am very
unhealthy.
Yours, &c.,
STEPHEN DUMMER."
June 20,
'76.
In the Letter to Father of May 24,
'76: "I find that
you are Debtor,
£24. 4. 2. which, when I have received,
Ile meddle
no more." Here followeth a Copy of
the
Account.
20 DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. [1676.
Disbursements
at several times and for several things. £515. 14.
2.
More to Mrs.
Hatten, 010.
00. 0.
This Account
till March 26, 1676.
Receipts:
Fifteen
years Rent at Lee. £300. 00.
00.
Thirteen
years Rent at Stoke. 275.
10. 00.
Two years at Stoke when the land was cast on me, 020. 00.
00.
The Total. 495.
10. 00.
This Account
is till Lady-day, 1676.
From me
STEPHEN DUMER."
My Aunt Mehetabel writes to Mother, May
26, '76.
Informs that
she hath four children living, viz: Thomas,
Robert, Jane
and Mehetabel. Cousin Thomas, enclosed
"We
have been in many fears for you, because your
enemies are
many, both at home and abroad. But I
hope
the Lord
will deliver you out of all their Hands, in his
due
time."
Unckles of May 29, saith "before I
finished my Letter,
in comes Mr.
Quinsey. Mr. Quinsey's to me from Lon-
don, is
dated May 27, so that Mr. Quinsey made very
little stay
at Bishop Stoke: ex consequentia.
Sept. 16, '76. Mother Hull rested not so well on Friday
night, as
before. Mrs. Brown was buried, who died
on
Thursday
night before, about 10 o'clock. Note. I
holp
carry her
part of the way to the Grave. Put in a
wooden
Chest.
Sept. 18. Mr. Broughton and his son George
being
here, said
Mr. George agreed to deliver up his Writings
of the
Mills, and give up the management of it to Father
Hull. Mement:
sent Letters to Newbury by Mr. G. B.
imprimis, a little packet 6 Letters, Stoke Lease,
Unckles
Account, one
letter, which had enclosed two from England
to my
Father, Unckle Riders, Mary Gouldings:
one to
Mrs. Noyes,
the last to Richard Smith.
Mr. Reyner, of Sept. 25, saith that their
Indian Messen-
gers
returned the night before, and informed they saw
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two Indians
dead, their Scalps taken off; one of them was
Canonic us
his Captain. Tis judged that Canonicus
him-
self is also
killed or taken by the same Hand, viz, of the
Mohawks.
This day, viz, Sept. 18. Goodman Dull, meets with a
Lively
Spring, the Well 23 foot deep.
Sept. 19.
Mane, Eliza Alcock informs that Mother had
a good
night, though she Rested ill on Sabbath day night.
Laus Deo qui
orationem non vult non exaudire.
Sept. 20.
Judith Hull slept better last night than at
all since
her sickness. Note, mark Kerseyes,
&c.
Sept. 21, '76. Stephen Goble of Concord, was executed
for murder
of Indians: three Indians for firing
Eames his
house, and
murder. The wether was cloudy and rawly
cold, though
little or no rain. Mr. Mighil
prayed: four
others sate
on the Gallows, two men and two impudent
Women, one
of which, at least, Laughed on the Gallows,
as several
testified. Mothers last nights rest was
inferiour
to the
former. Dr. Brackenbury called in
here. Note.
Mr. Joseph
Gillam comes in from St. Michaels, five weeks
pasage,
Loading, Wheat, Wine.
Sept. 22, Spent the day from 9 in the M.
with Mr.
[Dr. ]
Brakenbury, Mr. Thomson, Butler, Hooper, Cragg,
Pemberton,
dissecting the middlemost of the Indian exe-
cuted the
day before. X [Hooper] who, taking
the [heart] in
his hand,
affirmed it to be the stomack. I spent
18s., 6d,
in Ale, 6d
in Madera Wine, and 6d I gave to the maid.
Sept. 23.
Looked into Mr. Russels Accompts.
Mother
rests
indifferent well now a-nights. Father
ill of a pain
caused in
his shoulder, and then on his left side, by reason
of taking
cold.
Mr. Reynor, in a Letter dated at
Salisbury, Sept. 21,
'76., hath
these passages: "God still is at
work for us.
One:-ey'd
John, with about 45 of your Southern Indians,
have been
apprehended since the Souldiers went East-
ward. They we judge them All of our Southern
Indians.
22 DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. [1676.
And nothing
yet lately heard of damage in the Eastern
parts. A Sagamore of Quapaug is one of the Indians
taken and
sent. Canonicus we believe was killed by
the
Mohawks,
when his Captain was slain. N. B. We
have
in our
Business here great discoveries of our shameful
Natures. Pray that the Sanctification and
Reconciliation
by Xt. may
prevail to his honour."
Sept. 26, Tuesday, Dr. Hawkins takes away
from my
Mother Hull
about 4 ounces of blood. Sagamore Sam
goes, and
Daniel Goble is drawn in a Cart upon bed
cloaths to
Execution. T. Mat. Tep. pomor. [?] One
ey'd
John,
Maliompe, Sagamore of Quapaug, General at Lan-
caster,
&c, Jethro, (the Father) walk to the Gallows.
Note. One ey'd John accuses Sag. John to have fired
the
first at
Quapaug, and killed Capt. Hutchison.
Mothers
two last
nights were very restless.
Sep. 27, Brother John Sewall came to visit
me. Told
me of my
friends Wellfare, and of the death of Goodman
Titcomb last
Sabbath day, after about a fortnight sickness
of the Fever
and Ague. One week or thereabout lay
regardless
of any person, and in great pain.
Sept. 28.
Brought my Brother John going so far as
the little
Locust tree, beyond the Causy, on the Neck.
Sept. 30.
This morn. about the dawning of
the day,
H. Sewall is
called up by the Flux, which it seems troubled
her Friday
in the afternoon, though unknown to me.
Oct. 1, Sabbath day. The last night H. Sewall rose
twice. Had sundry Stools this day. Mother recovers
more and
more. Oct. 2. H. S. had a very ill night
and
day. Oct. 3. Last night I watched. Han. S. had an
extream
restless night. 8 or 10 Stools. Dr. Brackenbury
advises to
Diacodium to move Rest, and approves.
Pep-
par boyled
in Milk and Water, alike of each.
Diacod.
6
ounces. Mother hath scarce any
Rest. Oct. 4. Mrs.
Herlakendine
Simonds watches: two stools. Considerable
sleep. 6 ounces Diacod. I lodge in the Chamber over
1676.] DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. 23
the
Kitchen. Mother hath a very ill
night: concerned
for her
daughter. I should have noted before
that Dr.
Brackenbury
said such malignity in the lower bowels was
most times
accompanied with an extream binding in the
upper, and
therefore things tending to solubility most
proper,
though he was loath to give an absolute purge
unless
necessity required. Monday, first visit
in the even.
Tuesday two
visits, to-day one.
Oct. 5.
Wednesday. I lodge with my
wife. Nurse
Hurd
watches. But one Stool, that in the
morn., tho.
slept not
all night, yet rested indifferently.
Note. Mother
had very
little or no sleep. Chirur. Hawkins
Breaths
two veins in
her Foot, takes away about 7 or 8 ounces of
blood. Drs. Brakenbury and Avery present. Dr. Avery
saith the
Diacodion would render persons faint.
News of
Canon. Squaw and Sonne taken at Salmon Falls Mill,
being
seen as they
went over the Boom. Information of
Canon.
being killed
by Mohawks, (according with the first Story,
and that
they had not seen a fire of some weeks eastward.
Wife rose in
Lecture time.
Oct. 6.
One Stool. I rose about 10., went
not to bed
again. Betty is taken ill. Mother rests finerly, had not
Betty been
ill. My wife sits up almost all day,
without
faintness: so that I mistrust Diacodion. Oct. 7. last
night, H.
and S. S. sleep together (small intervals except)
till break
of day, then I rise. She hath one
Stool. Mother
hath little
or no sleep: Betty no good night. Cousin
Mary Savage
dies about noon. Oct. 8. Last night no
Stool: all 3 sick persons had a very good night,
praised
be God. Note.
this Even. Mr. [Dr.] Brak. visits
Mother,
Wife; Dr. Alcock, Betty: both together at our
chamber.
Oct. 9. Sabbath night a good night of all hands. An
hard Frost, Teste
Isabele Pierce Nutrice.
Oct. 9.
Cousin Mary Savage buried in the afternoon.
Father and I
at the Funeral.
Bro. Stephen visits me in the evening and
tells me
24 DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. [1676.
of a sad
accident at Salem last Friday. A youth,
when
fowling, saw
one by a pond with black hair, and was
thereat
frighted, supposing the person to be an Indian,
and so shot
and killed him: came home flying with the
fright for
fear of more Indians. The next day found
to
be an
Englishman shot dead. The Actour in
prison.
Mr. Dwight tells that the Minister, Mr.
Woodward,
dyed
ravingly distracted. Dei Semitoe
investigabit.
Oct. 10. Last night, H. S. somewhat
feverish, slept
not so well
as formerly, yet indifferently; cheerly not-
withstanding,
this day. Violent rain and cold. Oct. 11.
Had a
comfortable night, tho. rose once. Oct.
12. Had
a
comfortable night. Betty extream ill of
the bloody
Flux, which
almost casts Mother down.
1Note, went not to Lecture Two
Indians executed.
Oct. 13.
Mother and wife had a good night.
Betty
indifferent. Mement. Made an Hen Coop. Mr. Clark
came and
stood by me. He, Capt. Henchman, C.
Green,
Mrs. Flint,
Mrs. Plaisted, dined with me.
Gave Mrs. Williams Letter and my own to
Mr. Brough-
ton to be
given Mr. Hill for conveyance.
Oct. 14.
Last night very comfortable to wife and
Mother. Oct. 15, a good night. This day we have intel-
ligence that
the Garrison at Blackpoint is surrendered to
the
Indians. Note, Capt. Scottow at home,
here at Bos-
ton.
16. Good night. Mr. Brackenbury, the 17th. Best
night that
mother has yet had, slept without so much as
dreaming. 18, 19, 20, all Good nights. Mother con-
versant in
the Kitchen and our chamber. My Wife
every
day since
the Sabbath goes to Mothers chamber without
hurt. 21 Good night, all Hands. Cousin Reynor comes
1 "Oct.
12 (Thurs.) turned to a fast, and two Indians executed.
--
30, 2, Anderson sets sail.
Nov. 4,
7, Mugge comes in.
Dec:
4, 2. Gillam sails." Almanacs. -- EDS.
1676.] DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. 25
to Town: in
the night passes to Braintrey, because of
's
wife there.
A Copy of the first Letter I ever wrote to
my Cousin, Mr. Ed ward Hull:
MR. EDWARD
H. AND LOVING COUSIN, Although I never saw you,
yet your
Name, Affinity to me, and what I have heard concerning
you, make me
desirous of your acquaintance and Correspondence.
Your
Remembrance to me in my Father's I take very kindly. And
I, with your
Cousin, my Wife, do by these, heartily re-salute you.
My Wife hath
been dangerously ill, yet is now finely recovered and
getting
strength. It hath been generally a sick
summer with us.
The Autumn
promiseth better. As to our enemie's,
God hath, in a
great
measure, given us to see our desire on them.
Most Ring
leaders in
the late Massacre have themselves had blood to drink,
ending their
lives by Bullets and Halters. Yet there
is some trouble
and
bloodshed still in the more remote Eastern parts. What is past
hath been so
far from ushering in a Famine, that all sorts of Grain
are very
plenty and cheap. Sir, my Father in Law
hath consigned
to yourself
two hh of Peltry, to be for his and my joint Account, as
you will see
by the Letter and Invoice. I shall not
need to entreat
your utmost
care for the best Disposal of them according to what is
prescribed
you: which shall oblige the writer of these Lines, your
loving
friend and Kinsman,
SAMUEL SEWALL.
BOSTON, Oct.
23, 1676.
Now dies Capt. Tho. Russel, well the
preceding Sab-
bath, and
intended for England in Mr. Anderson. Homo
prop. Deus
disp. Omnia. Mother slept not so well as
formerly,
yet went to Church in the Afternoon.
Oct. 23.
Went from Boston about five T. P.l to Mil-
ton, there
accidentally meeting with Moses Collier, Mr.
Senderlen
and I went on to Hingham, to John Jacobs.
Oct. 24,
Tuesday, went from thence to Plymouth, about
noon;
refreshed there. Note, James Percival
met us
there, and
so we went cheerfully together from thence
about 2. T.
P.; got to Sandwich about a quarter of an
1 This same contraction occurs below. We find, by the entry on p. 489,
that it
stands for tempore post-meridiano. --EDS.
26 DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. 1676.
hour by
sun: lodged at Percivals with Mr.
Senderlen.
Oct. 25,
Wednesday, Breakfasted at Stephen Skiphs.
He,
Percival and
I rode out about 12 miles, within sight of
Marthah's
Vinyard, to look Horses: at last happily came
on 11,
whereof five my Fathers, viz, three chessnut col-
oured Mares,
and 2 Colts: put them in Mr. Bourns
sheep-
pen all
night. Note. Supped at Mr. Smiths, good Sup-
per. Oct. 26, Thursday, Took up the young four
yeer old
Mare, slit
the two near ears of the Colts, their colour was
a chesnut
Sorrel, whiteish Manes and Tails. The
Bigger
had all his
Hoofs white: the Lesser all black. Both
Stone-
Colts. The Hair of the Tails cut square with a
knife.
After this
Mr. Smith rode with me and shewed me the
place which
some had thought to cut, for to make, a pas-
sage from
the South Sea to the North: said 'twas about a
mile and a
half between the utmost flowing of the two
Seas in
Herring River and Scusset, the land very low and
level,
Herrin River exceeding Pleasant by reason that it
runs pretty
broad, shallow, of an equal depth, and upon
white
sand. Showed me also the 3 Hills on the
which 4
towns kept
Warders, before which was such an Isthmus
of about 3
miles and barren plain, that scarce any thing
might pass
unseen. Moniment Harbour said to be very
good. Note.
Had a very good Supper at Mr. Dexter's.
Being in trouble
how to bring along my Mare, in came
one Downing
and Benjamin his son, who, being asked, to
my gladness
promised Assistance. Oct. 27, Got very
well
to Plymouth,
Tailing my Mare, and Ben strapping her on,
though we
were fain to come over the Clifts the upper
way because
of the flowing Tide. There saw Acorns
upon
bushes about
a foot high, which they call running Oak;
it is
content with that Stature. From Plimouth
Ben and
's father mounted a Trifle before me, I waved my
Hat
and
Hankerchief to them, but they left me to toil with
my tired
jade: was fain at last to untail and so drive them
before me,
at last ride and lead the Mare with great diffi-
1676.] DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. 27
culty. When came to Jones his Bridge, (supposing the
house had
been just by) put the bridle on the Horses
neck, drove
him on the Bridge, holding the Halter in my
Hand. When I came on the other side, could not
catch
my Horse,
but tired myself leading my tired Mare some-
times on the
left Hand into the Marsh, sometimes on the
right Hand:
at last left him, went to the Bridge to ensure
myself of
the path, so led her to Tracies about ½
mile. He
not at Home,
could scarce get them to entertain me, though
'twas
night. At length his son John put up my
Mare,
then took up
his own Horse, and so helped me to look
for mine,
but could not find him: after his Father and he
went on
foot, and met him almost at the House, Saddle
Cover lost,
which John found in the Morn. Oct. 28,
Saturday,
Goodman Tracy directed and set me in the
way, so I
went all alone to the end, almost, of rocky
plain, then,
by God's good providence, Mr. Senderlen
overtook me,
so we came along cheerfully together, called
at my Aunt's
[in Braintree], refreshed, left my tired jade
there, set
out to Boston ward about half an hour by Sun,
and got well
home before shutting in, Praised be God.
Note. Seeing the wonderfull works of God in the
jour-
neye, I was
thereby more perswaded of his justice, and
inhability
to do any wrong: put in mind likewise of Mr.
Thachers
Sermon, Oct. 22.
The Humble Springs of stately Sandwich
Beach
To all Inferiours may observance teach,
They (without Complement) do all concur,
Praying the Sea, Accept our Duty, Sir,
He mild severe, I've (now) no need: and when --
As you are come: go back and come agen.
Novem. 6.
Very Cold blustering wether.
Note, I and
John went on
board. of Mr. Downe, to see Father's Horse
and my Mare
Shipped. 7, clear wether. Wednesday,
cloudy. In the night great deal of rain fell. Thurs.
Thanksgiving
day, cloudy, soultry, wind, S. E. Friday,
28 DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. [1676.
Nov. 10
clears up, westerly, wind roars. Mr. Downe sets
sail.
Nov. 11. Brave, mild, clear whether, and
fresh Gale
of Wind.
Novem. 27, 1676, about 5 M. Boston's
greatest Fire1
1 This was the second great fire in
Boston, the first being in 1653. HUB-
BARD, in his
"Narrative of the Troubles," &c., p. 115, writes: "After all
the
forementioned Calamities and Troubles, it pleased God to alarm the
Town of
Boston, and in them the whole Country, by a sad Fire, accidentally
Kindled by
the Carelessness of an Apprentice that sat up too late over Night,
as was
conceived; which began an Hour before Day, continuing three or
four, in
which Time it burned down to the Ground forty six Dwelling
Houses,
besides other Buildings, together with a Meeting-house of consid-
erable
bigness: some Mercy was observed mixt with the Judgment: for if a
great Rain
had not continued all the time, (the Roofs and Walls of their
ordinary
Buildings consisting of such combustible Matter) that whole end of
the Town had
at that Time been consumed."
HUTCHINSON (Hist. I. 349) copies from an
interleaved almanack, the
following
account: --
"Nov. 27, 1676. A fire broke out in Boston, about 5 in the
morning, at
one
Wakefield's house, by the Red Lion, by a candle carelessly set, which so
prevailed,
that it burnt down about 45 dwelling-houses, the north meeting-
house, and
several warehouses; the wind was at south-east when it began
and blew
hard; soon after it veered south, and brought so much rain as much
prevented
further mischief, without which, all that end of the town had prob-
ably been
laid in ashes, and Charlestown also endangered, by the flakes of
fire which
were carried over the river."
The church thus burned was that of Rev.
Increase Mather, of whom the
following
story is told by his son in his "Remarkables," pp. 78, 79 : --
"In the Year, 1676, he had a strange
Impression on his mind that caused
him, on Nov
19, to Preach a Sermon on those Words, Zeph., iii. 7- . . .
and Conclude
the Sermon with a Strange Prediction, That a Fire was a com-
ing, which
would make a Deplorable Desolation. . . .
At the same time, he
Earnestly
urged upon his Consort, a Speedy Change of Habitation; which
could not be
Accomplished. On the next Lords-Day, he
preached, Not aware
of its being
so, a Farewel-sermon, on those Words, Rev. iii. 3.
"The very Night following, a
Desolating Fire broke forth in his Neigh-
borhood. The House in which he with his Flock, had
Praised God, was
Burnt with
the Fire. Whole Streets were Consumed in
the Devouring
Flames, and
laid in Ashes. His own House also took a
part in the Ruines:
But by the
Gracious Providence of God, he lost little of his Beloved Library:
Not an
Hnndred Books from above a Thousand: Of
these also he had an
immediate
Recruit, by a Generous Offer which the Honourable Mrs. Bridget
Hoar made
him, to take what he Pleased from the Library of her Deceased
Husband. In less than Two Years also, he became Owner
of a Better
1676.] DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. 29
brake forth
at Mr. Moors, through the default of a Tay-
lour Boy,
who rising alone and early to work, fell asleep
and let his
Light fire the House, which gave fire to the
next, so
that about fifty Landlords were despoyled of their
Housing. N. B.
The House of the Man of God, Mr.
Mather, and
Gods House were burnt with fire. Yet God
mingled
mercy, and sent a considerable rain, which gave
check in
great measure to the (otherwise) masterless
flames: lasted all the time of the fire, though fair
before
and
after. Mr. Mather saved his Books and
other Goods.
Dec. 12, Mr.
Ben. Davis came from on Board Boon at
Marthah's
Vinyard to Boston on foot. Dec. 13,
Cousin
Savage, my
wife and self, visited Mr. Hezekiah Usher and
his wife
(Note, that she spake for Jane) where saw Mr.
Davis. This day at even went to a private meeting
held
at Mr. Nath.
Williams's. Emaus Smith spake well to
Script.
Philip 2. 3.
latter part. Smith spake more to my
satisfac-
tion than
before. Note, The first Conference
meeting
that ever I
was at, was at our House, Aug. 30, '76 at which
Anna Quinsey
was standing against the Closet door next
the
Entry. Mr. Smith spake to Ps. 119.
9. The next was
Oct. 18, at
Mrs. Olivers: Capt. Henchman spake well
to
Heb. 6. 18.
The Wednesday following I was at
Sandwich.
The 3d
at Mr. Hill's. Goodm. Needam and my
Father
spake to
Heb. 3. 12. Nov. 1.
The 4th, Nov. 15, at Mr. Wings
where Mr. Willard spake
well to that
proper place, Malach, 3, 16.
The 5th, at Mrs. Tappins,
where Mr. Sanford and Mr.
Noyes spake
to 1 Peter, 5. 7. Nov. 22. Mr. Fox prayed
after. 6th, Nov. 29, at Mrs. Aldens,
where Mr. Williams
and Wing
spake to Heb. 5. 7. Dec. 6. no meeting
because
House: and
though his Flock was now Scattered, for several months, God
made it an
opportunity for him to Preach every Lords-Day in the other
Churches,
and Entertain successively the whole City with his Enlightening
and
Awakening Ministry." --EDs.
30 DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. [1676.
of the
ensuing Fast. The 7th. at Mr. Williams's
mentioned
first.
Dec. 14, 1676, Seth Shove was brought to
our House to
dwell, i. e.
Father Hull's. N. B. In the evening, seeing a
shagged dogg
in the Kitchin, I spake to John Alcock, I
am afraid we
shall be troubled with the ugly dogg: where-
upon John
asked which way he went. I said out at
the
Street
door. He presently went that way, and
meeting
Seth (who
went out a little before) took him for the dogg,
and smote
him so hard upon the bare head with a pipe
staff, or
something like it, that it grieved me that he had
strook the
dogg so hard. There arose a considerable
wheal in the
childs head, but it seems the weapon smote
him plain,
for the Rising was almost from the forehead to
the Crown,
grew well quickly, wearing a Cap that night.
'Twas God's
mercy the stick and manner of the blow was
not such as
to have spilled his Brains on the Ground.
The Devil,
(I think) seemed to be angry at the childs
coming to
dwell here. Written, Dec. 18, '76.
Dec. 18, Mr. Rowlandson and Mr. Willard
came and
visited my
Father. While they were here, Mr.
Shepard
also came in
and discoursed of Reformation, especially the
disorderly
Meetings of Quakers and Anabaptists: thought
if all did
agree, i. e. Magistrates and Ministers, the former
I might
easily be suprest, and that then, The Magistrates
would see
reason to Handle the latter. As to what
it
might injure
the country in respect of England, trust God
with
it. Wished, (speaking of Mr. Dean's)
that all the
children in
the country were baptised, that religion with-
out it come
to nothing. Before Mr. Shepards coming
in,
one might
gather by Mr. Willards speech that there was
some
Animosity in him toward Mr. Mather: for that he
said he
chose the Afternoon that so he might have a copi-
ous
auditory: and that when the Town House was offered
him to
preach to his Church distinct, said he would not
preach in a
corner.
1676.] DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. 31
Dec. 20, Went to the Meeting at Capt.
Scottows, where
Edward Allin
and John Hayward spoke to Provo 3. 11.
How get such a Frame as neither to Faint
nor Despise.
(8)
meeting. Mrs. Usher lyes very sick of an
Inflammation
in the
Throat, which began on Monday. Called at
her
House coming
home, to tell Mr. Fosterling's Receipt, i. e,
A Swallows
Nest (the inside) stamped and applied to the
throat
outwardly.
Va malum. Dec. 21, being Thorsday, Worthy Mr.
Reyner1
fell asleep: was taken with a violent
vomiting the
Friday
before, Lightheaded by Saturday, Lay speechless
24 hours,
and then died on Thorsday even. We heard
not that he
was sick till Friday about 9 at night: on
the Sabbath
morn. comes William Furbur and brings the
newes of
Death. After last Exercise Father
dispatches
Tim to
Braintry. Monday morn. Uncle and Tim come
back. Uncle concludes from the Winter, his own
infirm-
ity and my
Cousins indisposedness, to dispatch away Wm.
Furbur with
Letters onely. O how earnestly did I
expect
his coming
hether, and say with myself, what makes him
stay so
long? I might have seen him as I went to
Sand-
wich, but
God had appointed I should see him no more.
The Lord
that lives forever, grant us a comfortable joyous
meeting at
Christ's appearance. Note. None of us saw
Mr. Reyner
Oct. 21, for he posted to Braintrey in the
night, and
he went back when I was at Sandwich.
I suppose the last time that I saw and
discoursed him
was --
[blank]. He was here with Mr. Broughton
earn-
estly urging
to make sure Lands of Mr. Broughton at
Dover to my
Father, and so take him Paymaster for the
Anuity laid
on it. Mr. Broughton withstood, and Mr.
Reyner
feared it was because he would not let it go out
of his
hands, though he pretended other things and seemed
to reflect
on Mr. Reyner. Note. Mr. Reyner and I dis-
1 This was Rev. John Reyner, Jr., of
Dover, who married Judith Quincy,
own cousin
to Sewall's wife. --EDS.
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coursed of
it in the orchard, and he professed his integrity
in it, and
that he thought Father would never have it
sure, if not
that way. Advised me not to keep over
much
within, but
goe among men, and that thereby I should
advantage
myself.
1Decem. 27. Ninth Meeting that I have been at. Which
was at
Edward Allin's. Script. Jer. 10.
24. N. B. Mr.
Moody got me
to supply his room: Capt. Scottow con-
cluded.
Dec. 28.
Mr. Willard preaches. N. B. I got but just
to hear the
text. This day pleasant and smiling were
it
not the day
of Mr. Reyner's Funeral.
Dec. 30, Saturday. Capt. Henchman and I witnessed
Mr. Dudlyes
Comission for collecting the Customs.
January 3, 167 6/7. Mr. Nath. Oliver and Elizabetha Brat-
tle, a Simon
Bradstreet, equit. connubio junguntur.
Note.
This day we
have intelligence of Boon's being at Road
Iland.
Jan. 6.
Note. Mr. Dean came hether this
morning,
and spent a
considerable time in discoursing my Father.
Advised me
to Acquaint myself with Merchants, and In-
vited me
(courteously) to their Caballs. A great
deal of
rain last
night and former part of this day.
Jan. 8. Bro. Stephen came to see us in the
even: I
walked out
after Super and discoursed with him.
Jan. 9. Tuesday, at noon stepped out and
visited Mr.
Nath. and
Eliza. Oliver. Snowy day.
Jan. 10.
Cloudy, Cold, noren wind. Note,
went on
foot to Mr.
Flints at Dorchester, there to be in the com-
pany of
Ministers: but none came save Mr.
Torry. Mr.
Fisk was
gone to his sick Father: Mr. Hubbard and
Adams
hindred (as
conjectured) by the wether. So that
there
was Mr.
Flint, Mr. Torry, Elder Humphreys, John Hoar,
Mrs.
Stoughton, Mrs. Flint, Senior, Junior, Mrs. Pool and
1"Dec. 24. 1. Wm. Furbur. 25. Visi Sim.
Gates." Almanacs. --EDS.
167 6/7.] DIARY OF
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her daughter
Bethesda,1 with a Nurse named Clap.
Not-
withstanding
the fewness of persons, the day (thro. Gods
grace) was
spent to good purpose. Mr. Flint prayed,
then
preached singularly well from that place, Cant. 1. 6.
But my own
Vineyard have I not kept; which he handled
well,
Pressing every particular person to look to their own
Souls Elder
H. prayed. After some pause (because the
day/much
spent and I to goe home) Mr. Torrey prayed
onely: which
he did divinely, that we might not think
strange of
fiery Tryal, might be sure not to deceive our-
selves as to
our union with Christ. Indeed, the
exercise
was such,
preaching and praying, as if God did intend it
for me. I prayed earnestly before I went that God
would
shew me
favour at the meeting, and I hope he will set
home those
things that were by him Carved for me.
Mr.
Flint sent
his Man after the Exercise, so when I had well
supped,
comfortably rode home. Chief design (it
seems)
in Meeting
to pray for Mr. Stoughton.
2 Jan. 17. Wrote a letter to my Uncle St. Dumer, to
desire him
to pay Mr. Papil. Bill, and at present (at least)
take care of
my Fathers Lands, espec. Lee, writing down
all his
Receipts and payments, &c. Sent it
in Father H's
Packet to
Cousin Hull.
Jan. 17.
Went to the Meeting at Mrs. Macharta's,
which is the
10th I have been at. The
Script. spoken
to was
Hoseah 6. 3. Then shall we have
knowledge and
endeavour
ourselves to know the Lord (as in the Transla-
tion I have
by me). Capt. Henchman handled it.
Jan. 19.
Father and self went to visit Mr. Sanford, who
was very
short-winded. He said he had been a
careless
Xn. And when I mentioned Mr. Dod's words, he said
1 The combination of Bethesda and Pool has
had similar examples.
Buenos Ayres
lived in Brookfield a century ago, and Virgil Delphinl Parris
was a member
of the Legislature of Maine. -EDS.
2 " Jany. 13. 7. Mr. Alford buried.
17. 4. Thanksgiving at Cambridge." Almanacs. -EDS.
34 DIARY OF
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that was his
very case, viz: he feared all he had done for
God was out
of hypocrisy. If so gracious and sober a
man
say so, what
condition may it be expected many will be in
on a
Death-bed.
Monday, 2 of the Clock, P. M. Jan, 22. 167
6/7. went to
Mr.
Thacher's, and spake to him about joyning to his
Church.
Wednesday, Jan. 24. Went to the 11th Meeting at Mr.
Haywards, in
the Chamber over Mr. Brattles Room, where
G. J.ames
Hill and Joseph Davis spake to Job, 22. 21.
Acquaint
thyself with him, &c. Note. Mr.
Brattle and
his
Son-in-Law Mr. Oliver were there. See
the Copy of
the Letter
wherein the Houses of some were threatened
to be
burnt. Jan. 23. 7 6/7.
Thorsday, Jan. 25, Mr. Numan was here, to
whome and
to Mr.
Serjeant (who staid here near an hour) I showed
the Copy of
the Letter cast into the Governours the
Tuesday
before.
Jan. 26.
Went to Charlestown Lecture, was 1/2 an
hour too
soon, so went in to Sir Allin, whether came
also the
Governour, his Lady, Mr. Mrs. Dudley, Mr. Hub-
bard,
&c.
Jan. 30.
Sent a letter to Cousin Quinsey, which enclosed
a piece of
Gold that cost me 23s.
Gave the Letter to Mr.
Josson. In it ordered to buy 2 pair of Silk
Stockings, pink
colored,
black, 1 pair Tabby Bodyes, cloath-coloured, 1/2 wide
and long
wastied: also Turkish Alcoran, 2d
Hand, Map of
London. Sent him a copy of verses made on Mr. Reynor.
Jan. ult.,
sent a letter to Mr. Thacher, by the Bagg, in which
Salutations,
and some newes. Wednesday, 31 Brother
John
Sewall
brought down Sister Jane to live with Mrs. Usher,
but the next
morn I went to her and she gave me to
understand
that she thought Jane would not come, and
so had
supplyed herself. Father Hull kindly
invited her
to stay here
till she should change her condition if she
so
liked. Note. Just now wanted a Maid very much,
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SAMUEL SEWALL. 35
courted
Goodwife Fellows Daughter: she could not come
till spring:
hard to find a good one. So that Jane
came
in a
critical time.
Feb. 2.
Brother journeys homeward. Had
him in to
Dr.
Brakenburyes as he went along, who judgeth he may
cure him.
Feb. 8.
John Holyday stands in the Pillory for Coun-
terfieting a
Lease, making false Bargains, &c.
This morn.
I visited
Mr. Sanford, who desired me to remember his
Christian
(he hoped) Love to my Father Sewall, and mind
him of
Discourse had between them at Belchers, Cam-
bridge,
which he professed pleased him as much or more
than any he
had heard from any person before.
Feb. 10.
Mr. Sanford dyes about 9 in the morning.
Buried
Sabbath day after Sun-set.
Feb. 7.
Went to the 12th meeting at Mr. Morse his
House, where
Mr. Gershom Hobart spake well to James
1. 19. Feb. 14, 13th Meeting at Goodman Davis's, where
G. Tappin
and Cousin Savage spake to 1 Peter 1. 6.
By
which words
I seriously considered that no godly man hath
any more
afflictions than what he hath need of: qua medi-
tatione mihi
quidem die sequente usus fuit: nam socer
(jam pene
fervidus propter avenas sibi inconsulto obla-
tas) de stipite requo grandiore quem in ignem
intempestive
(ut aiebat)
conjeci mihi iratus fuit, et si ita insipiens forem
dixit se
mihi fidem non habitutum, et ventosam mentem
meam fore
cattsativam. Deus del me sibi soli
confidere,
et creato
nulli. Psal 37. 3. 4. 5, principium
hujus psal.
canebam.
conscius, quem propter ea quae dicta sunt maestus
petivi.
[See translation in Hull's Diary, p. 253.]
In the thorsday even Mr. Smith of Hingham
speaks to
me to
solicit that his Son, and my former Bedfellow,
Henry Smith,
might obtain Mr. Sanfords House and
authority
therein to teach School. Sister Jane
brought,
us in
Beer. Friday morn Feb. 16, I go to Mrs.
Sanford
and (by her
hint) to Mr. Frary, one of the overseers, who
36 DIARY OF
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gave me some
encouragement, and said that within a day
or two, I
should have an Answer.
Wrote a Letter to Mr. Smith that Frary had
given an
encouraging
answer, and that I thought no Delay was to
be made
least the Scholars should be lodged elsewhere.
Feb.
18. The seats full of Scholars brought
in by a
Stranger who
took Mr. Sanfords place: this I knew not
of before.
Friday, Feb. 16. Brewed my Wives Groaning Beer.
Feb. 21.
Went to the 13th Meeting at Cousin Savage's;
where my
Father-in-Law and Goodman Needham spake to
Psal. 6. 1.
Feb. 23, 167 6/7. Mr. Torrey spake with my Father at
Mrs.
Norton's, told him that he would fain have me preach,
and not
leave off my studies to follow Merchandize.
Note.
The evening
before, Feb. 22, I resolved (if I could get an
opportunity)
to speak with Mr. Torrey, and ask his Coun-
sel as to
coming into Church, about my estate, and the
temptations
that made me to fear. But he went home
when I was
at the Warehouse about Wood that Tho.
Elkins
brought.
Satterday, Mar. 3, 167 6/7 went to Mr. Norton to dis-
course with
him about coming into the Church. He
told
me that he
waited to see whether his faith were of the
operation of
God's spirit, and yet often said that he had
very good
hope of his good Estate, and that one might be
of the
Church (i. e. Mystical) though not joined to a par-
ticular
Congregation. I objected that of Ames,
he said
vere
quaerentibus, the
meaning was that such sought not
God's kingdom
in every thing. I said it was meant of
not
at all. He said, was unsettled, had thoughts of going
out
of the
country: that in coming into Church there was a
covenanting
to watch over one another which carried with
it a strict
obligation. And at last, that he was for
that
way which
was purely Independent. I urged what
that
was. He said that all of the Church were a royal
Priest-
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hood, all of
them Prophets, and taught of God's Spirit, and
that a few
words from the heart were worth a great deal:
intimating
the Benefit of Brethrens prophesying: for this
he cited Mr.
Dell. I could not get any more. Dr. Mason
(whom I have
often seen with him) came in, after him
Mr. Alden,
so our Discourse was broken off. March
6.
March 6, O great
Menasseh, were it not for thee,
In hopes of Pardon, I could hardly be.l
March 7.
A pretty deal of Thunder this day.
Went
to the 14th Meeting at B. Needham's, where Mr. Noyes
and Mr.
Alden spake to 1 Sam. 15. 22. To obey
better
than
Sacrifice, &c.
March 9, 167 6/7, Cold and Clear. N. B. The corner
House in the
Street called Conney's,2 next the Harbour,
toward the
North end of the Town, was set on fire about
four in the
Morn, as is rationally conjectured: for the
middle of
the roof onely was fired, and upon a Roof of a
Leanto that
came under that there were several drops of
Tallow. It was discovered by an ancient Woman rising
early, and
so prevented, praised be God.
March 11.
Thanks were returned by the Selectmen in
behalf of
the Town, for its preservation.
March 12.
Went to the first Town Meeting that ever
I was at in
Boston. Capt. Brattle, Capt. Oliver, Mr.
Joy-
liff, Mr.
Lake, Mr. Turell, Mr. Allen, Deacon, Mr. Eliot,
1 Genesis xli. 51. An application to God of the epithet, The Great
Forgetter of
Sins. --EDS.
2 Coney's street or lane seems to have
been overlooked in 1708, when the
Selectmen
passed their order establishing the names, as printed in the
"Historical
Magazine" for September, 1868. From
deeds on record (Suff.
Reg. xxiii.
93), it seems that Cuney's lane was known in 1704, when the
heirs of
John Mellows sold their father's estate there.
It seems as if this
land was on
the north side of Sudbury street, on the curve from Hanover
street to
Portland street. If so, Coney's lane may
have been the name of part
of Sudbury
street; or it may have been some lane, now obliterated, leading
across or
through that land above described.
Sudbury end is on our Town
Records in
1636, and Sudbury street in the Book of Possessions, dated
c.
1643-1650. --EDS.
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Deacon: the
last pleaded hard, but could not get off.
Severall
Constables, Fin'd, as Mr. Hez. Usher, Mr. Jonath.
Corwin [for
not being willing to serve].
March 13.
Capt. Lake, the Remainder of his Corps, was
honourably
buried: Captains and Commissioners car-
ried: no
Magistrate save Major Clark there, because of
the
Court. I was not present because it was
Tuesday.l
March 14.
Visited Mr. Willard, and so forgot to goe
to the
Meeting at Mr. Smith's.
March 15.
Mane, oravit Bocer (indefinite) ne simus
oneri
tentationi crucis locis quibus posuit nos provi-
dentia.
March 16.
Dr. Alcock dyes about midnight.
Note,
Mrs.
Williams told us presently after Dutyes how danger-
ously ill he
was, and to get John to go for his Grand-
mother. I was glad of that Information, and resolved
to goe and
pray earnestly for him; but going into the
Kitchin,
fell into discourse with Tim about Mettals, and
so took up
the time. The Lord forgive me and help
me
not to be so
slack for time to come, and so easy to disre-
gard and let
dye so good a Resolution. Dr. Alcock was
39 yeers
old.
March 19, 167 6/7 Dr. Alcock was buried, at whoes
Funeral I
was. After it, went to Mr.
Thachers. He
not within,
so walkt with Capt. Scottow on the Change
till about
5, then went again, yet he not come. At
last
came Elder
Rainsford, after, Mr. Thacher, who took us
up into his
Chamber; went to prayer, then told me I had
liberty to
tell what God had done for my soul.
After I
had spoken,
prayed again. Before I came away told
him
1 Captain Thomas
the Indians,
on Aug. 14; near a fort on
continuance
of the war at the eastward. He had
escaped to another island,
and his fate
was not known, nor his mangled body recovered, till many
months
afterwards. His monument may be seen on
Copp's Hill, where he
was
interred, though it is not decorated with the coat of arms shown in Bridg-
man's
Inscriptions. -- EDS.
1677.] DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. 39
my
Temptations to him alone, and bad him acquaint me
if he knew
any thing by me that might hinder justly my
coming into
Church. He said he thought I ought to be
encouraged,
and that my stirring up to it was of God.
March 21, 167 6\7. Father and self rode to Dorchester
to the Fast,
which is the first time that ever I was in
that
Meeting-House. So was absent from the
private
Meetings.
March 22. 23. Plenty of Rain after a great deal of
dry and
pleasant wether. In the afternoon of the
23d,
Seth and I
gather what herbs we could get, as Yarrow,
Garglio,
&c.
March 26, 1677. Mr. Philips arrives from Scotland,
brings the
Newes of the Messengers Arrival about the
beginning of
December. They send Letters of the
latter
end of
January. Brought likewise the lamentable
newes
of Mr.
Samuel Danforth's Death, of the Small Pox.
March 30, 1677. I, together with Gilbert Cole, was
admitted
into Mr. Thacher's Church, making a Solem
covenant to
take the L. Jehovah for our God, and to
walk in
Brotherly Love and watchfulness to Edification.
Goodm. Cole
first spake, then I, then the Relations of the
Women were
read: as we spake so were we admitted;
then
alltogether covenanted. Prayed before,
and after.
Mar. 31.
Old Mr. Oakes came hether, so I wrote a Let-
ter to his
Son, after this tenour :
SIR, I have been, and am, under great
exercise of mind with regard
to my
Spiritual Estate. Wherefore I do
earnestly desire that you
would bear
me on your heal-tomorrow in Prayer, that God would
give me a
true Godly Sorrow for Sin, as such: Love to himself and
Christ, that
I may admire his goodness, grace, kindness in that
way of
saving man, which I greatly want. I
think I shall sit down
tomorrow to
the Lords Table, and I fear I shall be an unworthy par-
taker. Those words, If your own hearts condemn you,
God is greater,
and knoweth
all things, have often affrighted me.
SAMUEL SEWALL.
40 DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. [1677.
April 1, 1677. About Two of the Clock at night I
waked and
perceived my wife ill: asked her to call
Mother. She said I should goe to prayer, then she
would
tell
me. Then I rose, lighted a Candle at
Father's fire,
that had
been raked up from Saturday night, kindled a
Fire in the
chamber, and after 5 when our folks up, went
and gave
Mother warning. She came and bad me call
the
Midwife,
Goodwife Weeden, which I did. But my
Wives
pains went
away in a great measure after she was up;
toward night
came on again, and about a quarter of an
hour after
ten at night, April 2, Father and I sitting in
the great
Hall, heard the child cry, whereas we were
afraid
'twould have been 12 before she would have been
brought to
Bed. Went home with the Midwife about
2 o'clock,
carrying her Stool, whoes parts were included
in a
Bagg. Met with the Watch at Mr. Rocks
Brew
house, who
bad us stand, enquired what we were. I told
the Woman's
occupation, so they bad God bless our
labours, and
let us pass. The first Woman the Child
sucked was
Bridget Davenport.
April 3.
Cousin Flint came to us. She said
we ought
to lay
scarlet on the Child's head for that it had received
some
harm. Nurse Hurd watches. April 4.
Clear cold
weather. Goodwife Ellis watches. April 7, Saturday, first
laboured to
cause the child suck his mother, which he
scarce did
at all. In the afternoon my Wife set up,
and
he sucked
the right Breast bravely, . . .
April 8, 1677. Sabbath day, rainy and stormy in the
morning, but
in the afternoon fair and sunshine, though a
blustering
Wind. So Eliz. Weeden, the Midwife,
brought
the Infant
to the third Church when Sermon was about
half done in
the afternoon, Mr. Thacher preaching.
After
Sermon and
Prayer, Mr. Thacher prayed for Capt. Scot-
tow's Cousin
and it. Then I named him John, and Mr.
Thacher
baptized hill into the name of the Father, Son,
and H.
Ghost. The Lord give the Father and Son
may
1677.] DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. 41
be convinced
of and washed from Sin in the blood of
Christ.
April 9, morn. hot and gloomy with scattered Clouds:
about 11
o'clk there fell a considerable Storm of Hail, after
that it
thundered a pretty while. The Child. . .
.
April 4th was at the 15th
Meeting, kept at our house in
the little
Hall, because of my wives weakness. Mr.
Scottow
spoke to Is.
27. 9. prin.
April 11 Stormy, blustering fore part,
left raining a lit-
tle before
night. Went to the 16th
Meeting at B. Easts,
where Br.
Edward Allen and John Hayward spake to John
6. 57, which
was very Suitable for me, and I hope God did
me some good
at that meeting as to my Love to Christ.
We heard
after of the Slaughter of some persons at
by the
Indians, among whom was Isaac Smith, who went
thether
about boards. This is Isaac Smith of
Win-
nesimet.
April 9, 1677. Seth Shove began to goe to School to
Mr.
Smith. April 18. My Father-in-Law and I went on
foot to
Dorchester, so were not at the Meeting.
'Twas a
cold
blustering day, as the last of March, and almost all this
month has
been very cold. Mr. Adams at Supper told
of
his wife
being brought to bed of a Son about three weeks
before, whom
he named Eliphelet.
April 25. even. Mr. Gershom and Nehemiah Hobart
gave me a
visit.
April 27, Friday. Hannah Henchman and Susannah
Everenden
with two Eastern women taken into Church.
Warm fair
wether these two dayes. April 28. Consider-
able Claps
of Thunder.
April 28, 1677. Mr. Moody was here, he told me that
Mr. Parker
dyed last Tuesday, and was buried on Thorsday.
Mr. Hubbard
preached his funeral Sermon. The Lord
give me
grace to follow my dear Master as he followed
Christ, that
I may at last get to heaven whether he has
already
gone.
42 DIARY OF
SAMUEL SEWALL. [1677.
April
30. Went to Mr. Oakes, carried him 50s,
dis-
coursed
largely with him concerning my temptations: he
exhorted me
to study the Doctrine of Xt. well, to read
Dr.
Goodwin. Spake to him of the Doctor's
death: he
told me that
he died of a Cough and Cold which he caught
standing in
the cold after being hot in going from the Ferry.
Told me
'twas not safe to conceive a resemblance of Xt.
in ones mind
any more than to picture him. Read to me
occasionally
part of his Sermon yesterday, wherein he
amply proved
the confirmation and gathering together in
a head the
elect Angels in Xt. Heb. 12. 22, 33: cum
multis aliis.
Note.
[May Training No date] I went out
this morning
without
private prayer and riding on the Comon, thinking
to escape
the Souldiers (because of my fearfull Horse);
notwithstanding
there was a Company at a great distance
which my
Horse was so transported at that I could no way
govern him,
but was fain to let him go full speed, and hold
my Hat under
my Arm. The wind was Norwest, so that
I suppose I
took great cold in my ear thereby, and also
by wearing a
great thick Coat of my Fathers part of the
way, because
it rained, and then leaving it off.
However
it was, I
felt my throat ill, the danger of which I thought
had been now
over with the winter, and so neglected it too
much,
relapsed, and grew very sick of it from Friday to
Monday
following, which was the worst day: after that it
mended. Mr. Mather visited me and prayed on that
day.
May 5, Saturday: Mr. Gillam arrived from the Streights.
May 9, Mr.
Tanner arrived from London, wherein came
Mr. Thacher
who brought news of the death of Mr. George
Alcock, he
dyed of the Pocks: also Mr. Thacher and his
Sister
Davenport were here.
May 15. Mr. Anderson's Vessel Arrived; as
for him-
self, he
dyed yesterday about 4 of the clock. T.
pomer.
[i.e.,
tempore post meridiano. ]
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SAMUEL SEWALL. 43
May 16, went to the 17th
Meeting at B. Hills, where B.
Tapin and
Cousin Savage spake to Heb. 10. 24.
May 30, went to the 18th
Meeting at Mr. Wings, where
Mr. Thacher
spake to the 4 last verses of 92 Psal.
June 4.
Went to Plimouth. June 6. Returned.
June 13.1 Went to the 19th Meeting at B.
Williams,
where G.
Needham and my Father spake to Ps. 119. 11.
June 17.
Sabbath day about 7 m, John Sewall had a
Convulsion
Fit. He was asleep in the Cradle, and
suddenly
started,
trembled, his fingers contracted, his eyes starting
and being
distorted. I went to Mr. Brackenbury,
and
thence to
Charlestown, and set him to the child.
June the nineteenth he had another about
noon.
June 21,1677. Just at the end of the Sermon (it made
Mr. Allen
break off the more abruptly) one Torrey, of
Roxbury,
gave a suddain and amazing cry which disturbed
the whole
Assembly. It seems he had the falling
sickness.
Tis to be
feared the Quaker disturbance and this are ominous.
July 8, 1677. New Meeting House [the third, or South]
Mane: In Sermon time there came in a female Quaker,
in a Canvas
Frock, her hair disshevelled and loose like a
Periwigg,
her face as black as ink, led by two other Qua-
kers, and
two other followed. It occasioned the
greatest
and most
amazing uproar that I ever saw. Isaiah
1.12, 14.
Wednesday May 19, 1675. [so dated] that place of the
1 Sam. 15.
26. came to my mind (as I came down from
my Brother,)
which gave me great comfort, especially for
that
presently after reading Mr. Caryl on course, I found