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THE ARMS OF THE HOLYOKE FAMILY.
From the original, probably painted before 1750, now in the possession of Miss Mary W. of Danvers, Mass. These arms also appear on the seal attached to the will of Elizur Holyoke ( I 65 I - 1 7 I I ) of Boston.
THE
HOLYOKE DIARIES
1709-1856
REV. EDWARD HOLYOKE
Marblehead and Cambridge, 1709 - 1768
EDWARD AUGUSTUS HOLYOKE, M. D.
Cambridge. 1742 - 1747
JOHN HOLYOKE
Cambridge, 1748
MRS. MARY (VIAL) HOLYOKE
Salem, 1760 - 1800
MARGARET HOLYOKE
Salem, 1801 - 1823
MRS. SUSANNA (HOLYOKE) WARD
Salem, 1793 - 1856
With an Introduction and Annotations by GEORGE FRANCIS DOW
SALEM, MASS.
THE ESSEX INSTITUTE
1911
ILLUSTRATIONS.
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Arms of the Holyoke Family |
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Mrs. Mary (Elliot) Holyoke |
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Rev. Edward Holyoke, age 26 years . |
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Mrs. Elizabeth (Browne) Holyoke |
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Mrs. Mary (Whipple-Epes) Holyoke . |
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Rev. Edward Holyoke, aged 60 years . |
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Miss Judith Pickman .... |
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Rev. Edward Holyoke |
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Edward Augustus Holyoke, M. D |
., aged 42 |
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Harvard College . |
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Miss Mary Vial . |
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Col. William Browne . |
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The Brick Schoolhouse, Salem, in 1768 |
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The Bowditch-Holyoke House, Salem |
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Capt. Richard Derby .... |
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The Benjamin Pickman House, Salem |
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Col. David Mason .... |
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Mrs. Mary (Vial) Holyoke, aged 33 years . |
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Col. Benjamin Pickman (1708-1773) . |
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Gen. Alexander Leslie |
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Jonathan Simpson |
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Elias Hasket Derby |
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Capt. John Derby |
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Judge Samuel Curwen |
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Court House, Salem, 1785 |
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George Washington |
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Rev. William Bentley . |
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WiUiam Biglow . |
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ILLUSTRATIONS.
Benjamin Pickman (1763-1843) 143
Maj. Joseph Sprague 149
Ship Margaret 153
The Elias Hasket Derby House, Salem .... 163
Edward Augustus Holyoke, M. D., aged 95 years . . 169
Mrs. Susanna (Holyoke) Ward 175
Joshua Ward, jr. 179
Andrew Nichols, M. D 185
INTRODUCTION.
The following diaries of various members of the Holyoke fam- ily are contained in interleaved almanacs, the larger number of which have been preserved in their original condition. The entries generally are of a line-a-day character and are very concise. In the diaries of President Holyoke and his sons are daily meteorological records which it has not seemed best to include in the present vol- ume, but nearly all of the other entries were deemed to be of suf- ficient interest and are here preserved. On the other hand, the diaries of Mrs. Mary (Vial) Holyoke and her daughters Margaret and Su- sanna are little more than a record of calls, guests at dinner, and attendance at meetings. Interspersed, however, are valuable mem- oranda of births, marriages and deaths, and not infrequently entries having historical significance and well worthy of preservation. The names of those moving in the immediate circle of the Holyoke family appear so frequently in the constant round of tea drinking and dining, it was imperative that the original record should be greatly condensed. Every few years, however, the entries of a few months are printed very nearly verbatim in order that the se- quence of names may not be lost. The numerous informal refer- ences to relatives, found throughout the diaries, have made it nec- essary to include a genealogy of a few generations of the Holyoke family and also of branches of several closely related families.
The diary of President Holyoke, contained in sixty almanacs, was inherited by Mr. Andrew Nichols of Hathorne, Mass., and is now in his possession. Through his courtesy it is included in the present volume. Mr. Nichols and his sister Miss Mary W. Nichols, have been of great assistance in copying from the original, the larger part of the matter included in this volume and also in permitting the reproduction of family portraits.
The diaries of Edward Augustus Holyoke, M. D. and of his brother John are in the library of Harvard University, five of them having been presented by Joshua Ward of Salem. The leaves for the year 1747, separated from the printed pages of the alma- nac, have recently been given to the library by Mr. Frederick L. Gay of Brookline, who purchased them at the sale of the Matthew A. Stickney manuscripts. The diaries are here included through the courtesy of Mr. William C. Lane, the librarian.
The diaries of Mrs. Mary (Vial) Holyoke, and of her daughters Margaret and Elizabeth, were formerly in the possession of Mrs.
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Joshua Ward of Salem. About fifty-five years ago they passed into the hands of the late Matthew A. Stickney of Salem, and at the sale of his library in 1907 at Libbie's auction rooms in Boston, were purchased by Senator George Peabody Wetmore of Ehode Island, who is of Salem ancestry. The publication of the present volume is made possible through his courtesy and substantial assistance. At some time before the diaries were sold, Mr. Stickney had carefully removed the sheets of manuscript from between the printed leaves of the almanacs and, placing them in the original covers, had stitched them together again. The almanacs no doubt were dis- persed at the sale of his printed books. Mrs. Holyoke's daughter Elizabeth died at the age of eighteen years. Only two of her al- manac-diaries are included in the collection purchased by Senator Wetmore, and such few entries as have been used will be found en- closed within brackets.
Mrs. Holyoke's daughter Susanna, married Joshua Ward of Salem. She, too, kept an almanac-diary and the collection of an- nual volumes covering the period from 1793 to 1830 is now in the possession of her grandson, Mr. Robert Osgood of Salem, who in turn has greatly aided the preparation of this volume by defraying the cost of considerable copying and also by supplying illustrative material. Mrs. Ward's diaries from 1831 to 1856 are now in the possession of Mr. Andrew Nichols.
Rev. Edward Holyoke came from an ancient and respectable family whose ancestral lines have been traced to Tamworth, in Warwickshire, England. The first of the name to come to New England was Edward, who arrived in 1638 and settled at Lynn. His son Elizur removed to Springfield, where he became one of the most distinguished inhabitants of the place. His son Elizur came to Boston and engaged in business and here his son Edward was born in 1689. The rudiments of his education were received at the North Grammar school in Boston and in 1705 he was grad- uated from Harvard College. In 1712 he was chosen a Tutor in the College and in 1713 he became a Fellow of the Corporation. Having prepared himself for the ministry, in 1714 he went to Mar- blehead and became a candidate as colleague pastor to their aged minister, the Rev. Samuel Cheever. Rev. John Barnard of Boston was also a candidate and received the vote of the church, but as the friends of Mr. Holyoke were unwilling to yield there was a controversy that finally ended in the organizing of the Second Con- gregational church and the calling of Mr. Holyoke as their pastor. He took up his residence in Marblehead in February, 1716 and was ordained on the 25th of April following. " As the smiles of Provi- dence were seen in the temperateness of the day," says the record, " so the solemnity was countenanced with the presence of several councillors, many ministers and a vast assembly of people from all parts."
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A few years before, the Marblehead schoolmaster, Josiah Cotton, described the township " as not much bigger than a large farm, and very rocky, so they are forc't to get their living out of the sea, not having room to confound the fisherman with the husbandman, and so spoil both as they do in some places. It has a very good Har- bour which they improve to the best advantage for Fishing both Summer and AVinter." Here Mr. Holyoke continued to officiate with acceptance to his congregation and to the community for twenty-one years, and here he married his first wife, Elizabeth Browne, the daughter of a prominent merchant of the town.
Upon the death of President Wadsworth of Harvard College, in 1737, the attention of the corporation was directed to Mr. Holyoke by the Rev. John Barnard, pastor of the First Church in Marblehead, who had defeated Mr. Holyoke in 1715 in the choice of colleague pastor. Dr. Eliot records that Father Barnard even went to Gov- ernor Belcher and asked why the corporation continued to chose one Boston minister after another to the neglect of the man most qualified to fill the chair — " his worthy brother, Holyoke." On May 30, 1737, the corporation unanimously elected Rev. Edward Holyoke and upon his acceptance, the General Court voted to pay his church in Marblehead, the sum of £140, to encourage the settle- ment of a new minister. His induction took place on Sept. 28th following. But this was not accomplished without strong op- position from his congregation and several meetings were held before they gave their consent and at the last meeting Father Bar- nard prayed long and earnestly that the people might be reconciled to part with their pastor. The prayer had the desired effect, and when some of the people were afterwards asked why they consented to part with so valuable a man, the quaint reply was: "Old Bar- nard prayed him away." In Father Barnard's autobiography (Mass. Hist. Coll. 3d series, Vol. V, p. 220) is preserved a vivid picture of Mr. Holyoke's training and qualifications for the Presi- dential chair, emphasis being laid upon his " orthodox Calvinism," a prime requisite at that time.
Harvard College at that time had about one hundred students who were instructed by the President and four tutors, and over the destinies of this institution, President Holyoke presided with care and acceptability for thirty-two years. He became somewhat involved in the controversy over Rev. George "Whitefield, more particularly in defense of the College against animadversions of Whitefield, but acquited himself with dignity and repute. Presi- dent Holyoke retained his mental faculties and strength of body until he was far advanced in life and died June 1, 1769 in the eightieth year of his age. He was especially distinguished as a mathematician and classical scholar. A contemporary has described him as being of " fine commanding presence and united great dignity with great urbanity in his manners. In conversation, as
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well as in public discourse, he spoke with fluency and appropri- ateness, and yet without any appearance of ostentation. In the government of the college he was mild, but yet firm and efi&cient and in the whole admirably qualified to be its head."
President Holyoke's eldest son was Edward Augustus, who was born in Marblehead in 1728 and died in Salem, aged one hundred years. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1746 and after studying medicine with Doctor Berry of Ipswich, he settled in Salem in 1749 and became an eminent physician. His practice covered the remarkable period of eighty years and his charge books, recording the first professional call and the last fee collected, are now preserved by the Essex Institute. " He possessed much viva- city of disposition accompanied with great agility of body and when at college was remarkable for his feats of activity." He was a good scholar and found much pleasure in the physical sciences, particularly astronomy. Meteorology and astronomy seem to have had peculiar attractions to the members of the Holyoke family. In all of the diaries that have been preserved a more or less careful record of the weather and temperature is to be found together with the appearance of comets, remarkable displays of the aurora bore- alis, the occurrence of eclipses, etc. President Holyoke published an almanac for the year and his son, the Doctor, made accurate ob- servations in 1769, of the transit of Venus over the sun's disk and in 1782, of the transit of Mercury. He also made calculations of eclipses of the sun and moon covering a long period, which have proved to be very exact.
Following the custom of the physicians of his time. Dr. Holyoke received pupils during nearly the entire period of his active prac- tice and some of the most distinguished physicians of New England were educated under his care. The total number was thirty -five, among whom were James Jackson of Boston, Nathaniel Bradstreet of Newbury port, and B. Lynde Oliver, J. D. Treadwell, and Abiel Pearson of Salem.
Dr. Holyoke was very attentive to his medical practice and seldom went away from Salem for longer than a day or two. His charge books show an average of eleven professional visits a day for a period of seventy-five years. At one time in his practice he could say there was not a house in Salem in which he had not visited professionally. Greatly respected and esteemed by his fel- low citizens, his name was sought for in connection with every undertaking for the welfare of the community, as a sort of pass- port to the confidence of the public.
Coming from an excellent family, and one prominent in the Province, it is natural that his intimate friends and connections before the Revolution, should be attached to the established order of things and favor the royal cause. While he believed that his country was destined to be independent, yet it was a very trying
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time for him when the larger number of his immediate associates felt compelled to abandon their homes and friends. All the while he kept steadily at work and no doubt the benevolent character of his duties preserved him from insult or harm. It does not appear that his practice was ever injured in any way by the unpopularity of his opinions.
Dr. Holyoke was one of the founders of the Massachusetts Med- ical Society and its first President. He also was one of the original members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was at one time its President. He was President of the Salem Athe- naeum from its organization in 1810 until the day of his death, President of the Essex Historical Society, the Institution for Sav- ings, the Salem Dispensary, and always manifested great interest in everything that concerned the public welfare.
On his one hundredth birthday his medical friends of Salem and Boston united in tendering to him a public dinner at which he ap- peared in perfect health and took part in the hilarity of the occa- sion with evident zest. He was dressed in his usual studied neat- ness, with powdered wig and just enough of the antiquated fashion in his attire and manner to show him to be typical of the old school of gentlemen. It was, however, the last lighting up of the spark of life and within a month he began to feel the approach of the disease which ended his life, March 31, 1829, at the age of one hundred years and eight months, lacking one day.
THE HOLYOKE FAMILY.
1. Elizur Holtoke, son of Capt. Elizur and Mary (Pynchon) Holyoke, was born Oct. 13, 1661, at Springfield, Mass. His father removed from Lynn and settled at Springfield about 1640 and be- came one of the most distinguished inhabitants of the place. He was recorder of all the courts, captain of the military company, and frequently a representative to the General Court. His son Elizur removed to Boston, where he learned the trade of brazier and engaged in business on his own account, becoming a wealthy and influential man and one of the founders of the Old South Church. He married, Jan. 2, 1677, Mary, daughter of Jacob Elliot of Bos- ton. He died Aug. 11, 1711, and she died Feb. 2, 1721.
Children of Elizur and Mary (Elliot) Holyoke :
2. Elizur, b. Mar. 28, 1679; d. Feb., 1701.
3. Edward, b. Sept. 30, 1680; d. Nov. 30, 1680.
4. Mary, b. Sept. 1, 1681; m. Sept. 17, 1713, William Arnold of Boston.
He d. July 6, 1727, and she d. Dec. 17, 1750, without issue.
5. John, b. Feb. 10, 1683 ; m. Jan. 9, 1727, Joanna Walker. The family
have a record that he m. a Mrs. Green of Cambridge and d. Dec. 1, 1759, without issue.
6. Hannah, b. Oct. 12, 1685; d. Sept. 4, 1686.
7. Hannah, b. Feb. 15, 1686; m. 1st, Jan. 27, 1720, Capt. John Charnock,
merchant, of Boston; m. 2d, Nov. 6, 1727, Col. Theophilus Burrill of Lynn, representative and councillor. He d. July 5, 1737, and shed. Nov. 19, 1704. Had: William, b. Feb. 15, 1722, and d. June 23, 1740. No issue by the second marriage.
8. Edward (twin), b. June 26, 1689.
9. Samukl (twin), b. June 26, 1689; d. March, 1692, drowned.
10. Samukl, b. Mar. 21, 1694.
11. Sakah, b. Feb. 2, 1695; m. Apr. 3, 1723, John Elliot, son of Joseph
Elliot, a bookseller of Boston. She d. Sept, 6, 1755. He d. Nov. 14, 1771.
12. Jacob, b. Nov. 6, 1697.
8. Edwaud Holyoke, born June 26, 1689, was graduated at Harvard College in 1705 ; chosen tutor in 1712 and a fellow of the corporation the next year. In 1714 he became a candidate as colleague pastor of the Rev. Samuel Cheever of Marblehead, but a
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MRS. MARY (ELLIOT) HOLYOKE.
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The mother of President Holyoke. From the portrait now in the possession of Andrew Nichols.
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majority of the church favored another candidate, and the minority withdrew and formed a second church, over which Mr. Holyoke was invited to become pastor. He was ordained April 25, 1716. There he remained until 1737, when he was chosen President of Harvard College, which office he held until his death, on June 1, 17G9. He married, first, Aug. 8, 1717, Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. John and Elizabeth (Legg) Browne* of Marblehead. She died Aug. 15, 1719, aged 28 years, and he married, second, Nov. 9, 1725, Margaret, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Rogers) Apple- tunt of Ipswich. She died June 25, 1740, and he married, third, March 17, 1742, Mary (Whipple), widow of Hon. Symonds EpesJ of Ipswich. She died Mar. 20, 1790, aged 92 years. He died June 1, 1769.
Children of Edward and Elizabeth :
13. Elizabeth, b. June 22, 1718; d. July 1, 1718.
14. Elizabeth, b. May 31, 1719; d. Jan. 1, 1720-21.
Children of Edward and Margaret :
15. Margaret, b. Sept. 22, 1726; m. Aug. 9, 1750, JohnMascarene, comp-
troller of the King's customs at Salem. He d Sept. 24, 1779, and she d. Dec. 21, 1792, in Boston. Had: (1) Elizabeth, b. May 12, 1751, d. May 22, 1783; (2) Joanna, b. June 15, 1756, d. Sept. 24, 1756; (3) a son, Nov. 23, 1758; (4) Peggy, d. Oct. 9, 1760; (5) John, b. July 24, 1766.
16. Edward Augustus, b. Aug. 1, 1728.
*Capt. John Browne, son of Giles, came from Exeter, England, to Marblehead, and m. May 28, 1686, Elizabeth Legg. He was a merchant and d. May 7, 1707, aged 47 years, leaving an estate of £1342.11.9. His wife continued to carry on his store and was known as " Madam Browne." She was alive in 1724. Had: (1) Deborah, bp. Apr. 15, 1G88; m. Mar. 28, 1711, John Onlton, merchant, of Boston; d. July 14, 1732. (2) John, bp. Jan. 19, 1689-90; d. Feb. 17, 1702-3. (3) Elizabeth, bp. Feb. 21, 1691-2; m. Aug. 8, 1717, Rev. Ed- ward flolyoke, minister at Marblehead, and d. Aug. 15, 1719. (4) Mary, tap. Oct 29, 1693, m. Jan. 4, 1712-13, Stephen Minott, jr., merchant of Boston; d. Dec. 25, 1768. (5) Legg, bp. Jan. 26, 1695-6; d. Mar., 1G95-6. (6) Giles, bp. Jan. 31, 1696-7; d, Dec. 21, 1707. (7) Jane, tap. Feb. 19, 1698-9; m. Apr. 7, 1720, John Lege, merchant of Boston; d. Sept. 16, 1726. (8) Ann, bp. Feb. 19, 1700-1; d. Jan. 6, 1719. (9) Hannah, bp. Feb. 14, 1702-3; m. July 30, 1727, Capt. David LeGallais; d. Feb. 7, 1750-1. (10) Sarah, bp. Apr. 16, 1704.
+Hon. John Appleton, son of Capt. John and Priscilla (Glover) Appleton, was b. in Ipswich Oct. 17, 16.52, where he afterwards lived and became a merchant, representative, member of the council, judge of probate, colonel in the militia, clerk of courts, and chief justice of the Inferior Courc of Common Pleas. He m., Nov. 23, 1081, Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of President Rogers of Harvard College. He d. Sept. 11, 1739, and yhe d. Mar. 12, 1754. Had : (1) Elizabeth, b. Apr. 23, 1682, m. July 26, 1704, Rev. Jabez Fitch of Portsmouth, d. Oct. 18, 1765; (2) John, b. Nov. 23, 1683, d. Sept. 23, 1699, at Cambridge; (3) William, b. Oct. 15, 1686, d. Julv 10, 1689; (4) Daniel, b. Aug. 17, 1688, d. Oct. 7, 16s9; (5) Daniel, b. Aug. 8, 1692, m. June 8, 1715, Elizabeth Berry of Cambridge, judge of Court of Sessions, d. Aug. 17, 1762; (6) Nathaniel, b. Dec. 9, 1693, m. June 25, 1719, Marararet Gibbs of Watertown, minister at Cambridge, she d. Jan. 17, 1771, he d. Feb. 9, 1784; (7) Priscilla, b. Jan. 3, 1697, m. June 28, 1722, Ker. Robert Ward of Wenham, d. July 22, 1724; (8) Margaret, b. Mar. 19, 1701, m. Nov. 9, 1725, Rev. Edward Holyoke of Marble- head, d. June 25, 1740; (9) John, b. Aug. 18, 1704, d. Sept. 13, 1705.
tMaj. Symonds Epes, born about 1662, was the son of Capt. Daniel Epes of Ipswich. He was justice of the Court of Sessions and member of the Council. He married for his second wife, when she was 16 years old (int. Ma r. 26, 1715), Mary, daughter of .loseph and Mary (Symond.s) Whipple of Ipswich. After his death, Aug. 30. 1741, she m., 2d, Mar. 17, 1741-2, Rev. Edward Holyoke, President of Harvard College. Maj. Symonds and Mary Epes had : (1) Mary, b. July 7, 1724, d. July 24, 1724; (2) Mary, b. Oct. 5, 1725, d. Jan. 3, 1730; (3) Symonds, b. Nov. 13, 1729, d. Sept. 18, 1730; (4) Samuel, b. Mar. 27, 1734, d. June 30, 1760, at Cambridge; (5) Elizabeth, b. Feb. 20, 1736, d. Feb. 16, 1759.
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17. Maky, b. Apr. 30, 1730; d. Oct. 1, 1741.
18. Elizabeth (" Betsey "), b. Apr. 25, 1732; m. Oct. 25, 1763, William
Kneeland, M. D., of Cambridge (Harvard, 1751), for several years President of the Mass. Medical Sec. He d. Nov. 2, 1788, and she d. Sept. 15, 1821. Had: (1) Lydia, b. July 15, 1768; d. unm.abt. July, 1837; (2) Elizabeth Holyoke, bp. May 13, 1770; d. umn., Dec. 23, 1826; (3) Mary, b. March, 1773; ra. Levi Hedges.
19. John, b, Feb. 18, 1734; d. unm. Dec. 30, 1753 (Harvard, 1751).
20. Anna (" Nanoy"), b. Nov. 26, 1735; ni. Dec. 9, 1762, Samuel Cutts,
merchant, of Portsmouth, N. H. He d. May 29, 1801, and she d. Mar. 28, 1812. Had: (1) Edward, b. Sept. 28, 1763; m. April, 1796, Mary Carter; d. Sept. 20, 1824; (2) Eliza Eppes, b. May 6, 1765, m. May 1, 1788, Nathaniel Carter, jr., d. June, 1857; (3) Samuel, b. Sept. 27, 1766, d. unm., Dec, 1797 ; (4) Anna Holyoke, b. Nov. 7,
1767, d. unm. Aug. 30, 1788; (5) Charles, b. Jan. 30, 1769, m. ,
1812, Lucy H. Southall, d. Jan., 1846; (6), George, b. Mar. 16, 1771, d. unm. Dec, 1824; (7) Priscilla, b. May 24, 1773, m. Sept. 3, 1808, Joseph Storer, d. Feb., 19, 1860 ; (8) Sidney, b. June 17, 1775, d. unm., Feb. 26, 1792; (9) Hampden, b. Mar. 7, 1777, d. unm., Jan. 29, 1802.
21. William, b. 1737; d. June 25, 1740.
22. Priscilla, b. July 29, 1739 ; m. July 17, 1780, Rev. Eliphalet Pear-
son, first Principal of Phillips Academy in Andover, and Professor of Hebrew at Harvard College, 1786-1806. She d. Mar. 29, 1782 at Andover, and he m. 2d, Sept. 29, 1785, Sarah Broomfield of Harvard, Mass. He d. Sept. 12, 1826 at Greenland, N. H. Had by 1st m: (1) Mary Holyoke, b. Mar. 6, 1782, m. Jan. 5,1814, Rev. Ephraim Abbot of Greenland, N. H., d. July 15, 1829.
Children of Edward and Mary :
23. Mary, b. Dec. 12, 1742; d. Nov. 13, 1753.
10. Samuel Holyoke born in Boston Mar. 21, 1693, married [Oct. 20, 1724, Edward Holyoke Diary; Jan. 14, 1724, Boston Rds.], Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Bridgham of Boston. He died Mar. 16, 1768, and she died May 21, 1770.
Children of Samuel and Elizabeth :
24. Elizabeth, b. July 25, 1725; d, Nov., 1725.
25. Samuel, b. Sept. 25, 1726; d. 1751, Bath, North Carolina.
26. Mercy, b. Feb. 7, 1727-8; d. Apr., 1728.
27. Elizur, b. May 11, 1731.
28. John, b. Aug. 26, 1733; d. Oct., 1783.
29. A SON, b. Oct. 17, 1734; d. Oct. 20, 1734.
30. Hannah, b. Oct. 18, 1736; d. Jan. 23, 1737.
31. Mary, b. Sept., 1738; d. May 20, 1739.
32. John, b. Nov., 1739; d. Dec. 24, 1740.
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12. Jacob Holtoke born in Boston, Nov. G, 1697, married Aug. 13, 1730, Susannah, daughter of Capt. Edward and Sarali Marty n of Boston. He died Sept. 19, 1768 and she died July, 1784.
Children of Jacob and Susannah :
33. Jacob, b. June 26, 1731; d. June, 1747, in Jamaica.
34. Edward, b. Dec. 21, 1733; d. Nov. 29, 1805.
35. Sarah, b. Sept. 28, 1735; m. (int. Mar. 20, 1702), John Skinner of
Boston. She d. Mar., 1806; he d. 1813. 35a. Mary, b. Jan. 20, 1737; d. young.
36. Elizur, b. Sept. 25, 1739.
37. Mary, b. July 3, 1741 ; ra. July 11, 1769, James Sherman, silversmith,
of Boston; she d. Feb., 1809.
38. John, b. Aug. 27, 1743; said to have been one of "the tea party";
removed to Orrington, Me. about 1777 and was a cooper by trade ; m. Dec. 13, 1768, Elizabeth, dau. Joseph and Mary (Farmer) Treat. He d. Apr. 21, 1807 and she d. Dec. 4, 1830. Had: (1) John; (2) Caleb Hopkins; (3) Polly; (4) Edward; (5) Elizabeth; (6) Jacob; (7) Sarah; (8) William; (9) Robert Treat; (10) Richard.
39. Richard, d. Aug. 3, 1769.
16. Edward Augustus Holtoke, M. D., born Aug. 1, 1728, Harvard, 1746, practiced medicine in Salem for eighty years ; first President Massachusetts Medical Society and first person on whom the degree of M. D. was conferred by Harvard College. Married, first, June 1, 1755, in Salem, Judith, daughter of Benjamin Pick- man. She died Nov. 19, 1756, and he married, second, Nov. 22, 1759, Mary, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Simpson) Vial* of Boston. She was born Dec. 19, 1737 and died Apr. 15, 1802. He died March 31, 1829.
Children of Edward Augustus and Judith :
40. Judith, Oct., 1756; d. Dec. 4, 1756.
•Nathaniel Vial, shopkeeper of Boston, m. May 20, 1735, Mary, daughter of Jonathant and Mary (Baker) Simpson of Boston. Had. in 1752 (will probated July 21, 1752). His widow m. 2nd. (int. Aug. 23, 1753), Rev. Samuel Porter of Sherburne. Had: Mary, b. Dec. 19, 1737, m. Nov. 22, 1759, Kdward Augustus Holyoke, M. D. and d. Apr. 15, 1802. She was named in her father's will as his " only child.'*
t Jonathan Simpson of Boston, was the son of Jonathan and Wait (Clap) Simpson of Charlestown. He was b. (bp. Mar. 1, 1685) and m. 1st. Apr. 10, 1707, Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mary Baker ; m. 2d Esther Wheeler. He was "a noted shop keei)er" of Boston and deacon of the Old South Church for thirty years. He d. Feb. 18, 1763. Had : (1) Jonathan, b. Feb. 24, 1707-8, d. young; (2) John, b. July 9, 1710, m. Sept. 29, 1741, Hannah Davis. He d. in 1764 while on a voyage to Lisbon. They had (a) Jonathan a loyalist, who was commissary to the British Army at Charlestown, S. C. and returned to Boston and d. in 1834, (b) Mary, m. Aug. 27, 1707, John, son of Joshua Wm- Blow ; (3) Jonathan, b. Oct. 30, 1712, Boston Rds. ; Oct. 19, 1711, Bible Kd., m. Feb. 1, 1754, Margaret Lech more. He was a merchant of Boston and a loyalist who d. Sept. 19, 1796 at Bristol, Eng., leaving no children; (4) Mary, b. Oct. 8, 1714, m. 1st. May 20, 17.35, Nath- anlel Vial, m. 2d. (int. Aug. 23, 1753), Rev. Samuel Porter of Sherburne; (5) Anne, b. June 12, 1718, m. Sept. 27, 1750, Nathaniel Glover who d. May 20, 1773; (0) Susanna, b. Sept. 30, 17140. (A Susanna Simpson, m. July 29, 1766, in Boston, James Morris.)
XVi INTEODTJCTION.
Children of Edward Augustus and Mary :
41. Mary (" Polly "), b. Sept. 14, 1700; d. Jan. 13, 1764.
42. Margaeet (" Peggy"), b. Mar. 4, 1763; d. unm. Jan. 25, 1825.
43. Mary (" Polly "), b. Jan. 9, 1765; d. Oct. 31, 1765.
44. Edward Augustus, b. Aug. 12, 1766; d. Nov. 3, 1766.
45. Mary (•' Polly "), b. Sept. 5, 1767; d. Sept. 9, 1767.
46. Anna (" Nancy "), b. Oct. 12, 1768 ; d. Oct. 31, 1768.
47. Edward, b. May 17, 1770; d. May 21, 1770.
48. Elizabeth (" Betsy "), b. Sept. 11, 1771; d. Mar. 26, 1789.
49. Judith, b. Jan. 20, 1774.
50. Henrietta, b. Dec. 5, 1776; d. Dec. 27, 1776.
51. Susanna, b. Apr. 21, 1779.
52. Edward Augustus, b. Mar. 8, 1782; d. Oct., 1782.
27. Eev. Elizur Holtoke born May 11, 1731, Harvard, 1750, was ordained at Boxford, Mass., Jan. 31, 1759, where he remained until his death Mar. 31, 1806. He married Nov. 13, 1760, Hannah, daughter of Eev. Oliver Peabody of Natick. She died Dec. 20, 1808 in Boxford.
Children of Rev. Elizur and Hannah :
63. Samuel, b. Aug. 5, 1761; d. Aug. 18, 1761.
54. Samuel, b. Oct. 15, 1762; d. unm. Feb. 22, 1820, at Concord, N. H.
Harvard, 1789; distinguished composer of music.
55. Elizur, b. Nov. 18, 1764; d. unm. Sept. 25, 1834.
56. Elizabeth, b. May 28, 1767; d. Aug. 2, 1767.
57. Oliver Peabody, b. Apr. 4, 1769; m. Elizabeth Bourne. He d. Feb.,
1810, and she was drovpned Oct. 9, 1810, in Havana harbor.
58. Edward, b. Jan. 15, 1772; d. unm. July 1, 1846. Farmer.
59. Hannah, b. Oct. 16, 1774; d. unm, in Boxford.
60. Charles, Nov. 11, 1781; d. 1784.
36. Elizur Holyoke born Sept. 25, 1739, settled in Marl- borough, Mass. and married Feb. 15, 1775, Sarah, daughter of Silas and Elizabeth Yates. He marched to Cambridge on the 19th of April, 1775 and afterwards entered the regular service. He died Sept. 4, 1794, and she died Apr. 14, 1830.
Children of Elizur and Sarah :
61. Lydia, b. Feb. 22, 1775.
62. Richard, b. Jan. 8, 1777. Removed to St. Albans, Vt.
63. William, b. Feb. 23, 1779; m. Apr. 8, 1805, Rebecca Howe of Sudbury.
He was Captain in the militia. 7 children. 04. Mary, b. Mar. 13, 1781; d. unm. Aug. 17, 1834.
65. Elizabeth, b. Feb, 18, 1783.
66. Sarah Skinner, b. Feb. 13, 1785; m. Moore.
67. Susanna, b. Mar. 7, 1787.
THE HOLYOKE FAMILY. Xvii
68. Martin, b. Aug. 10, 1789; d. Feb. 8, 1796.
69. Jacob, b. Dec. 4, 1791; m. May 13, 1823, Lydia Howe; 7 children. He
d. Nov. 7, 1853.
70. Elizur, b. Jan. 26, 1794; m. Apr. 1, 1824, Martha Howe.
49. Judith Holyoke born Jan. 20, 1774 in Salem, married in Boston, Oct. 29, 1795, William Turner, a dancing master, of Bos- ton. They lived in Boston and Salem. He died April, 1828, and she died Feb. 5, 1841.
Children of William and Judith Turner, all born in Boston :
71. Edward Augustus, b. July 12, 179C; m. Oct. 18, 1826, Maria Osgood
of Andover. Physician; changed his name to Holyoke and prac- ticed in Salem and Syracuse, N. Y. He d. Dec. 17, 18i)o at Syra- cuse. Had: (1) Edward Augustus, b. Aug. 19, 1827; (2) Charles, b. Apr. 24, 1829; (3) Frank, b. May 12, 1831; (4) George Osgood; (5) Maria, b. Nov. 21, lS3o; (0) William.
72. Wilmam Henry, b. Aug. 31, 1798; removed to Maine and d. Aug.
17, 1868.
73. Samuel (twin), b. July 22, 1800; d. young.
74. Charles (twin), b. July 22, 1800; d. Apr. 6, 1802.
75. Margaret Holyoke, b. Oct. 1, 1802; d. unm. Dec. 18, 1860, in Salem.
76. Samuel Epes, b. Dec. 8, 1809; removed to Baltimore and d. June 17,
1875.
77. Nathaniel Vial, b. May 27, 1811; d. May 30, 1811.
78. Judith Pickman, b. Nov. 29, 1813; d. Mar. 12, 1814.
51. Susanna Holyoke born April 21, 1779 in Salem, married Aug. 7, 1799, Joshua, son of Capt. Joshua Ward. He was born May 11, 1776 and died Sept. 8, 1840. She died Feb. 5, 1860.
Children of Joshua and Susanna Ward :
79. Mary Holyoke, b. May 2, 1800; m. Oct. 3, 1833, Andrew Nichols, M.D.
of Danvers. He d. Mar. 30, 1853 and she d. Apr. 15, 1880. Had: (1) Mary Augusta, b. Sept. 20, 1836, d. Nov. 7, 1836; (2) Andrew, b. Sept. 17, 1837; m. Sept. 5, 1861, Elizabeth Perkins Stanley and had (a) Andrew, b. June 10, 1862, d. Dec. 12, 1897, m. Nov. 23, 1886, Mary Ann Bill, who d. Dec. 24, 1910. They had: Annie Bowlraan, Andrew, Marion Bill; (b) Elizabeth Hunt, b. May 1, 1864, d. Feb. 5, 1873; (c) John Holyoke, b. April 9, 1866, physician, m. Oct. 2, 1902, Oda Howe; (d) Joshua Ward, b. Feb. 26, 1868; m. Oct. 20, 1903, Clara Louise Ballou and had: John Ballon, Florence Ballou; (e) Mary Elliot, b. Nov. 30, 1869; (f) William Stanley, b. May 4, 1872, clergyman, m. Jan. 8, 1902, Nellie E. Johnson, and had Edward Holyoke; (g) Nellie Chapman, b. Aug. 6, 1874, m. Apr. 22, 1903, Charles H. Preston, and had Ruth Stuart, Charles Putnam, Stanley Nichols; (h) Margaret Appleton, b. Aug. 29, 1878; (3) John Joseph, b. Oct. 26, 1839, d. Apr. 11,
XVlll INTEODUCTION.
1840; (4) Mary Ward, b. Jan. 14, 1842; (5) John Holyoke, b. May 8, 1843, d. Aug. 12, 1844.
80. Mehitable, b. Feb. 14, 1802.
81. Elizabeth Holyoke, b. Jan. 14, 1804; d. unm. Feb. 15, 1851.
82. Joshua, b. Apr. 8, 1806; d. June 2, 1808.
83. Joshua Holyoke, b. July 8, 1808; Harvard, 1829; judge of Court of
Common Pleas; d. unm., June 5, 1848.
84. A son, b. and d. May 28, 1811.
85. Susanna (baptized by this name but always known as "Susan"), b.
July 19, 1813; m. June 19, 1838, Charles Osgood, portrait painter. She d. May 24, 1844 and he m. 2d, Feb. 28, 1854, Sarah Elizabeth Cook. She d. Mar. 4, 1890, and he d. Dec. 26, 1890. Had : (1) Charlf s Stuart, b. Mar. 13, 1839; d. Aug. 20, 1897; m. May 23, 1867, Eliza- beth W. Batchelder, and had (a) Elizabeth Stuart, b. June 29, 1868; (b) Robert Ward, b. July 6, 1870; m. Dec. 9, 1896, A. Laura Pitman and had Stuart, Robert Ward, Elizabeth Frances ; (c) Charles Stuart, Apr. 25, 1872; (d) Henry, b. Jan, 26, 1874; (e) Philip Holyoke, b. July 29, 1875; d. June 5, 1884; (f) Edward Holyoke, b. Jan. 31, 1882; (2) Susan Holyoke, b. July 13, 1840; d. July 30, 1841; (3) Robert, b. Oct. 17, 1841; (4) Susan Ward, b. May 10,1844. By 2d ra. had: (5) Nathan Cook, b. Aug. 24, 1857; m. Sept. 22, 1886, Eliza E. Stevens, and had (a) Katherine, b. June 5, 1887; (6) Albert Edward, b. Jan. 6, 1860; d. March 20, 1908.
REV. EDWARD HOLYOKE.
I 689-1 769
Painted in 17 15 wliile he was a tutor at Harvard College. From the original now owned by Andrew Nichols.
DIARY OF
REV. EDWARD HOLYOKE.
1709-1768.
Apr. 25, 1709. Cousin Russell* died.
Aug. 2. 5 Mohauhks at Maj. Pynchin's.f
8. 2 men killed at Quaboag.
Mav. 31, 1710. Madam Oliver was interred. J
July 15. Boston alarmed with five or six ships y* came to Carry an Expedition to Port Royal.
22. 6 men killed at Quoboag.
Sept. 18. The Fleet set sail for Port Royale.
Oct. 28, The Generall [Nicholson] arrived from Annapolis Royale & was Saluted by ye Castle & the Forts in town.
Dec. 4. My Watch has gained in 48 hours 1' 43".
Aug. 11, 1711. My Father died at 1.30 & was buried on the 14th.
Oct. 2. About 6.30 evening Fire began in Middle of Boston which consumed the Town House, the Old Meeting House and about 75 other Houses.
Feb. 6, 1712. My Uncle J[ohn] Holyoke died.
13. This day the Mast Fleet set sail for London.
Apr. 28. Was chosen a Fellow of the House§ at a meeting of the Corporation in the Library.
Oct. 26. In prayer time after Meeting there broke out a fire in the northernmost part of the New College in the Second Story, which would have liked to consume the house.
Feb. 11, 1713. Rev. Aaron Porter was Ordained at Medford.
28. Rev. Mr. S. Whiting died, Billerica.
May 18. Thomas Brattle, Esq., died.
Sept. 17. This day my Elder Sister was married.
*This name may be Powell. His uncle, James Russell of Charlestown, died Apr. 28, 1709.
tThey were then on their way to England. See Mass. Hist. Colls., 5th series, vol. VI, p. 261.
IMrs. Mary, widow of Dr. James Oliver and daughter of Samuel Brad- street.
§By the Harvard College charter of 1650, tutors were appointed " fel- lows of the College or House."
2 DIARY OP [Sept, 1713
23. Went to Salem to the Ordination of Mr. B. Prescott.*
Oct. 31, 1715. Capt. Thomas Oliver died.
Feb. 11, 1716. Came to Marblehead to live.
Apr. 25. I was Ordained here.j
Jan. 24, 1717. Richard Rowland & Co. lost.t
Feb. 14. Rev. Mr. E[benezer] Pemberton died.
15. Rev. Mr. W[illiam] Brattle died.
Aug. 8. I was married. §
June 22, 1718. Elizabeth Holyoke born, 5 hour, 31 m. morning.
July 1. Elizabeth Holyoke died, 9 h. 30 m. morning.
Dec. 19. First dwelt in my own house. ||
Jan. 6, 1719. Sister Ann Brown died.
Mav 31. 8 h. 55 m., Elizabeth Holyoke born.
Aug. 15. 11 h. 32 m. P. M., My wife died.
Jan. 1, 1721. Died my dear babe, Elizabeth Holyoke, at 12. 23 P.M.
Feb. 2. My mother died at 2. 30.
May 3, 1724. President Leveritt died.f
29. Rev. Mr. Cheever died, aged 84 years 8 m.**
Aug. 11. Mr. J[oseph] Sewall elected Col[lege] President.
Oct. 20. My Brother Samuel Holyoke married.
July 25, 1725. E[lizabeth] Holyoke, daugh. S[amuel] and E. L. Hoi [yoke], born 10 h. morn.
Nov. 9. Went to Ipswich & married a second time to Margaret Appleton.ft
May 18, 1726. Bro. Jno Holyoke & Sarah came to see us.
*Rev. Benjamin Prescott (1687-1777), minister of the Middle Precinct, now the town of Peabody.
tHe was ordained as minister of the Second Church. The Rev. John Barnard in his diary describes the Marblehead of that time as follows: " When I first came there were two companies of poor, smoke-dried, rude, ill clothed men, trained to no military discipline but that of ^whipping the snake,^ as they called it. . . . There was not so much as one proper carpenter, nor mason, nor tailor, nor butcher, in the town, nor anything of a market worth naming; but they had their houses built by country workmen, and their clothes made out of town, and supplied them- selves with beef and pork from Boston, which drained the town of its money. . . . Nor could I find twenty families in it that, upon the best examination, could stand upon their own legs; and they were generally as rude, swearing, drunken, and fighting a crew, as they were poor."
tRichard Rowland was of Marblehead. This entry probably records the loss of his vessel and crew-
§To Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. John and Elizabeth Browne of Mar- blehead.
II It is yet standing on Washington street, Marblehead, near the corner of Pleasant street.
UJohn Leverett (1662-1724), grandson of Governor Leverett, lawyer and judge. President of Harvard, 1707-1724.
**Rev. Samuel Cheever (1639-1724), minister of the First Church, Marble- head.
ttShe was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Rogers) Appleton.
MRS. ELIZABETH (BROWNE) HOLYOKE.
1691-1719.
The first wife of President Holyoke. From the portrait now in possession of the Essex Institute.
Sept., 1726] KEY. EDWARD HOLYOKE. 3
Sept. 16. Sister Legg died.* 22. Margaret Holyoke born 6 h. 26 m. June 13, 1727. Father Ball killed.f July 6. My brother [William] Arnold died. Sept. 1, 1728. Son [Edward Augustus] born, 6 - 2. Oct. 16. Bro. Burrill & Sister Arnold here. 17. Mr. N. Rogers & Comp* here. July 1, 1729. Mehitable Walcott came to live with us. Aug. 1. Neddy t is 29 inches high. Sept. 7. Gov. Burnett died 11 P. M. 19. Gov. Burnett buried on the 12th, with great pomp. 22. Peggy 34 inches high.
Jan. 14, 1730. Went with wife, Sister Minot & Mrs. Allen to Ipswich.
17. Return home with my wife.
28. My wife returned home.
Aug. 8. Gov. Belcher arrived at Castle William.
10. Made his entry into Boston.
13. My brother Jacob married to S[usannah] Martyn.
Dec. 10. A great mob raised in this town.§
Jan. 12, 1731. Went to Boston to reside there.
Apr. 15. Returned home to Marblehead.
May 16. Col. Brown || died.
21. Col. Brown Buried.
24. Aunt Marston,1[ who died 22d, buried today
June 1. Abiel Sibley came to live with us.
26. Brother Jacob's first child born.
Aug. 28. Capt. Talamy Sailed.
31. Capt. Smethurst sailed.
Sept. 4. Mary Dodd came to live with us.
21. Dean Berkley & Mr. [George] Pigot sailed for London.
June 6, 1732. Went to Ipswich with wife and youngest child.
July 14. Sister Oulton** died 10 P. M.
19. Mrs. Wardft died.
Aug. 28. Capt. Talerney sailed.
Sept. 4. Capt. Brown sailed.
•His first wife's sister, Ann Browne, who married John Legg.
lElizabeth Ball of Marblehead was buried Oct. 2, 1734.
+His son Edward Augustus.
§Possibly in connection with the small pox epidemic then prevalent in Marblehead.
llHon. Samuel Browne of Salem, Judge of Inferior Court.
TfPatience, daughter of Rev. John and Elizabeth Rogers of Ipswich, mar- ried Apr. 15, 1696, Benjamin Marston of Salem. Her sister Elizabeth was the mother of Mr. Holyoke's second wife.
**His first wife's sister, Deborah Browne, who married John Oulton of Boston.
ttProbably Sarah, daughter of Richard Trevett of Marblehead, and first wife of Joshua Ward of Salem.
4 DIARY OF [Sept., 1732
5. Large shock of an earthquake.
22. Capt. Galais sailed.*
Oct. 20. Rev. Mr. Brown of Reading died.
June 5, 1733. First training of the Mbhd. Regiment.
July 15. John Ward died.
17. A council at Salem on Mr. Fiske affairs.
Sept. 5. Mr. Hobby ordained at Reading.
Oct. 17. Capt. Skinner sailed.
Feb. 18, 1734. Son John was born.
July 17. Capt. Greenock sailed.
Oct. 4. Deborah Foster came to live with us.
Jan. 13, 1735. Robbinson first took my Wigg to dress.
April 17. Mrs. Groce went into my house.
May 19. Stephen Swett came school.
Sept. 10. Neddy exceedingly ill.
11. Lecture omitted.
26. Neddy pretty well recovered.
Oct. 14. Peggy went to school to Crafts.
Nov. 26. Anna born, 10 h. 20 m. P. M.
Jan. 8, 1736. Public Fast on account of unusually mortal diseases,! especially among the younger.
Feb. 22. My Aunt Davis died.
May 22. I preached the Election Sermon at Boston.
June 23. Brother Burrill and Sister Arnold here.
30. My Father & brother Appleton here.
Aug. 21. Robbinson lost my wigg.
Sept. 1. Edwards Took my wigg to dress at 12s. per year.
Oct. 26. Coz. John Fitch J died.
Dec. 8. Went to Salem. Mr. Sparhawk ordained there.
Mar. 16, 1737. President Wadsworth died.
May 30. This day was chosen President of Harvard College Per the Corporation.
June 2. This day was appointed by board of overseers.
9. This day the committee of the overseers came to Mbhd. to receive mine & my people's answer with respect to the President- ship of Harvard College.
23. Went to Lynn. The proprietors voted a refusal of my removal.
July 5. Col. Burrill died last night at 12 o'clock. 20. This day Our Proprietors voted their consent to my remov- al from them to the Presidentship of H. C.
*Capt. David Le Gallais married Hannah Browne, sister of Mr. Hol- yoke's first wife.
tThe '• throat distemper " which ravaged southern New Hampshire and eastern Massachusetts.
{Elizabeth Appleton, sister of Mrs. Holyoke, married Rev. Jabez Fitch of Portsmouth.
July, 1737] REV. EDWARD HOLYOKE. 5
31. This day gave my answer to my people that I should leave them.
Aug. 31. My House clean'd of goods.*
Sept. 2. This day Finch sailed with my goods for Cambridge, and arrived there on the 5th.
16. S. Swett & J. Palmer came to live with us.
19. S. Swett & J. Palmer went first to school.
28. I was this day inducted into the Presidentship of H. C.
Oct. 5. Billy Charnockt came to live here.
13. Sister Burrillf came to live here.
Nov. 6. Preached my farewell sermon at Mbhd.
8. I went to Salem to attend the S. on account of the College
20. Queen Caroline died.
[On cover.] My House will take of shingles 15000 £24 0 0 Work 15 days, 9 0 0
Nails, at 14/, 10 10 0
£43 10 0
The Committee this year, Col. Palmer, Maj. Blaney, Dea. Homan, Capt. Stacey, Capt. Tucker, Dr. Stacey, Capt. Skinner, Clerk, Mr, Bowen, Mr. Proctor & Mr. Harris.
[A page in short hand.]
Jan. 4, 1738. Mr. [Simon] Bradstreet ordained at Mbhd.
July 2. Mo^ Cawley of Mbhd. died about 2 o'clock morning.
Aug. 15. The 1st News Letter.
16. Gov. Belcher dined with us.
Sept. 10. Preached at Springfield.
11. Went to Mt. Tom & So. Hampton to Hadley.
14. Mr. Gee returned to Hadley by Hatfield.
Oct. 18. Mr. Appleton returned home.
Nov. 18. S. Swett went home [and returned Dec. 14].
Feb. 25, 1739. Great storm of ""thunder & lightning.
July 17. Went to Lynn with Mr. Flynt [in] Stedman's chair.
29. Priscilla Holyoke [born], 3 h. 16 m., morning.
Sept. 11. Father [John] Appleton died.
*In Doctor Holyoke's reminiscences of this period he writes as follows (Memoir of Edward A. Holyoke, M. D., Boston, 1829): "In 1737, Square Toed Shoes were going out of fashion; I believe few or none were worn after 1737. Buckles instead of Shoe Strings began to be used about the same time, but were not universal in the country towns till 1740 or 1742. Very broad brim'd Hats were worn as early as I remember. My father had a beaver whose Brims were at least 7 inches; which when he left off, I remember I used to wear in the Garden, or in a shower, by way of Um- brella. They were all cock'd triangularly, and pulling them off by way of salutation was invariably the Fashion by all who had any Breeding."
tThe son of his sister Hannah, who married Captain Charnock of Boston in 1720.
JBilly Charnock's mother, who married, secoDd, Colonel Burrill of Lynn, who had died July 5th previously.
6 DIARY OF [Jan., 1740
Jan. 23, 1740. S. Swett* died.
28. Rev. Mr. Ebenr. Hancock of Lexington died.
June 23. Billy [Charnock] died, 9 h. 45 m. morning.
25. My Wife died, 9 h. 45 m. morning.
July 2. A private Fast at Cambridge on account of the throat distemper.
3. The Com[mence]ment put by on account of the throat distemper.
Feb. 26, 1741. Fast on acct. of the War with Spain.
April 10. The Valedictory Oration pronounced by J. Winslow.f
May 15. Cherry trees in full bloom.
June 29. Nancy & Betty came to Mrs. Brewer's.
July 29. Went to Ipswich by Mbhd.
30. Went to Portsmouth.
31. Went to Wells.
Aug. 1. Went to Falmouth.
2. Preached at Falmouth for Mr. Smith.
3. Went up to Mbhd. J & returned,
4. Went by Papoodock,§ the lower way to Wells. 12. Reached Home & found Molly sick.
14. Gov. Shirly's Commission published. || Oct. 1. Daughter Molly died.
23. Went to Ipswich. Dec. 7. Went to Ipswich.
26. Went to Ipswich.^
Jan. 6, 1742. Rev. Mr. Bradstreet** died this Dec. 26, buried today.
7. My clock cleaned & time piece.
8. Went to Spencer.
10. Preached at Ipswich Hamlet.
11. Heard Mr. Noyes preach at Ipswich.
15. Return'd Home.
21. Mrs. Epes came to town.
28. Mrs. Epes went home.
Mar. 8. The Snow 3 feet High in many streets in Boston.
16. Went to Ipswich.
17. I was married to Mrs. Epes.ft
♦Probably the son of Capt. Joseph Swett of Marblehead and a student at the College.
tEdward Winslow?
tThe town of Windham, Me., which was settled by families from Mar- blehead, Mass., and incorporated as New Marblehead.
§Purpoodock, the parish at Cape Elizabeth, now South Portland.
llSee Lynde Diaries, pp. 114-115, for detailed account.
ITThese visits to Ipswich no doubt were in the furtherance of his court- ship with Madam Mary Epes, whom he married in the following March.
♦•Rev. Simon Bradstreet of Charlestown, father of the new minister at Marblehead.
ttShe was Mary Whipple, the widow of Maj. Symonds Epes of Ipswich.
MRS. MARY (WHIPPLE-EPES) HOLYOKE.
I 699-1 790.
The third wife of President Holyoke. From the portrait now in possession of Miss Mary W. Nichols.
i
Mar., 1742] rev. edward holyoke. 7
29. Returned home.
April 5. Sister Arnold went Home to live at Boston. July 24. Paid Mr. Turner 40/ entrance for Peggy for dancing school and to pay 60/ per Quarter.
Sept. 7. Eliza Holyoke first went to M. Fessenden.
14. My Brothers & Sisters here. 22. Deacon Whipple & wife here.
Dec. 12. Daughter Molly born, 10^ 57' 30.. Mar. 3, 1743. Mr. [Peter] Fanuel died.
17. Very ill with a cold. Could not go to college.
22. Made 112 Baybery Candles, 15 lbs. 12 oz.
23. Made 62 lbs. tallow Candles, 29 small, 33^ great. April 7. Great Storm of Snow, 6 inches deep upon a level.
11. Drew off and filled up 16 bbls. of cider, besides one left fer present drinking.
18. Mrs. Remmington died in A. M. 23. Planted mushrooms.
28. Capt. Chambers* of Charlestown died.
May 5. 5000 boards stuck in the back yard.
July 21. Heard at lecture John Rogers, jr., in Ipswich.
Aug. 5, 1743. Col. Dudley [died]. 10th. buried.
11. Received of Col. Hutchinson 50£.
Sept. 17. Candles all gone.
Oct. 2. Col. Winthrop died.
11. Mrs. Jekyll's barn burnt.
13. Thanksgiving. Public on account of the preservation of the King at the battle of Dettingen.
22. East wind & high tide higher than had since 1721.
Dec. 1 1. Rev. Mr. Cooper taken with an apoplexy between meetings.
13. Rev. Mr. Cooper died 6 A. M.
15. Rev. Mr. Cooper buried. 18. Molly fell in the fire.
26. Sent a load of wood to Girls School.
— . Samuel Epes & Betty for Shoes, at Wm. Manning. Feb. 26, 1744. Roxbury Meeting House burnt. Apr. 25. Died Dr. Coleman's lady.
27. Died Mr. Biles' wife.
May. Made Candles 86 lbs. 18 lb. great. 8. Yesterday Mr. Hanrock of Braintree died. 10. Received of Col. Hutchinson 30£. June 3. City shook of an earthquake.
28. Public Fast on account of war with France.
Length of fence to be made by the college between Dr. Wiggles- worth 455 feet & Mr. Appleton 75 at 4-^ feet high, 87 Posts.
*Capt. Charles Chambers, sea-captain and merchant (died Apr. 27, ae. 83 years. — Wyman's Charlestown.
8 DiAKY OF [July, 1744
July 10. Peggy went eastward with Mr. Gooking.
14. Betty to board & school at Boston.
Dec. 17. Rev. B. Prescott's wife died.
Jan. 16, 1745. Mattins without candles.
Feb. 17. Mrs. Wadsworth died.
Mar. 24. The Fleet sailed for Louisburg at 2 P. M.
April 4. Public Fast on account of the expedition.
June 17. Louisburg taken.
July 18. Thanksgiving for the Conquest of Louisburg.
23. Went with my wife & Neddy [to] Rehoboth.
24. Went to Newport & lodged at Mr. Ellery's. 28. Preached at Newport all day.
Aug. 23. War with the Indians proclaimed. Sept. 19. Fast for the Indian War.
30, Judge Remington died. Oct. 14. Mr. Appleton taken ill.
Dec. 2. Mr. Appleton ill with St. Anthony's fire.
Feb. 5, 1746. Fast at Cambridge on account of Rebellion in Scotland.
April 11. Mr. Thomas Cushing died.
May 29. John fell into 9 feet of water and liked to been drowned. 1
July 10. Fast on account of the Canadian Expedition. ■
Aug. 7. Mrs. Fessenden died.
14. Public Thanksgiving for victories over Rebels in Great B.*
20. Sons John Holyoke & Samuel Epes first attended school in Boston.
25. Son Edward [Augustus] went to keep school [at Lexington].
31. Mr. Shirly died.
Oct. 2. The lecture at Boston turned into a Fast on account of the French Fleetf on Eastern Coast.
16. A Public Fast on account of the Fleet. ,
Nov. 3. Mr. Winthrop & wife came to live here.
Jan. 1, 1747. My Son Edward went to teach School in Roxbury.
11. Brother D. Appleton here.
31. Dr. Tufts died.
Feb. 18. Mr. Allin of Brooklyn died.
28. Mr. James Pemberton died.
May 30. Mr. Stew^^ Boardman died Aged 76, J
June IL Molly married to Wm, Warland.J
18, Dr. Greaves died.
July 30. Margaret Appleton buried. :
Aug. 22. My Son Edward went to live with Col. Berry, § D.
*The battle of Culloden which occurred Apr. 16, 1746. tThe French fleet under d'Arville sent to recover Cape Breton. tWilliara Warland and Molly Man were married in Cambridge on this date. §Col. Thomas Berry of Ipswich with whom young Edward studied medi- cine.
Aug., 1747] REV. EDWARD HOLYOKE. 9
29. Dr. Coleman died.
Nov. 17 & 18. Great Mob in Boston on account of the Press.*
27. Col. J. Vassel [died].
Dec. 9. Town House in Boston burnt.
Jan. 10, 1748. Mattins [at] G^ 30'.
18. Vespers without Candles for myself.
26. Vespers without the high Candlesticks.
Feb. 1. Mattins at 6 Clock.
14. Time now to hang up Bacon. f
20. Drew of & filled up 14 bis. of Cider besides near ^ hogsd. upon tap.
March 27. Vespers at 5. 30.
Apr. 4. Annual Corporation Meeting.
26. Annual Overseers Meeting. Aug. 28. Vespers at 5h.
Sept. 5. Annual Corporation Meeting.
Sept. 19. Annual Meeting of ye corporation to enquire into the state of ye Col [lege] Lib[rary].
Oct. 4. Annual meeting of Overseers.
29. High Candlesticks Carried to College.
Nov. 6. The branches J to be carried for Vespers. Jan. 2, 1749. Them" 87°. §
27. Pruned peach trees.
Feb. 14. Time to hang up Bacon.
24. Drew of Cyder viz. 6 hogds. & | Mem" 4 hgds. & barrel left on ye lees.
March 1. Bacon hung up. 10''* Hay of Dr. Whittemore. 12. Deacon Prentice's wife died. April 3. Annual Corporation Meeting. 11. Bottled my Cyder viz. 11 Doz. & 2.
21. Made Candles 61 li. 4 oz. large, 25 li. 6 oz. [small].
25. Annual Overseers Meeting.
May 15. Moved into Summer Quarters.
23. Leave off Prayers night before Election.
30. Begin Prayer again 5 after Election.
June 4. Tapped Hogs'"! Cyder. Cow Calv'd a bull Calf.
6. Mowed Pres[i]d[ents] Orchard.
7. My son went to live at Salem & found nothing. §
*See post, in diary of Edward Augustus Holyoke. •
tThe bacon was hung up in the chimney to cure.
tCandelabra.
§President Holyoke's thermometer was graduated on Fowler's scale much in use at that time. Its Oo was 54° Fahrenheit from which the de- grees, each about 3o of Fahrenheit, were laid off in both directions. 87o Fowler would be about lo about zero Fahrenheit. On Aug. 15, 17G1 (see post). President Holyoke " reversed" the numbering of his thermometer and adopted the Fahrenheit scale.
llThis probably alludes to Doctor Holyoke's ill success at first in estab- lishing a practice.
10 , DIARY OF [June, 1749
8. Got in hay, a large Load. Mr. John Phillips saild for London.
13. Put my horse to pasture.
15. Public Fast on account of a most distressing early Drought.
16. Valediction presented by S"^ Whipple.*
30. The Commencement this year. July 5. An Extream Drought hitherto. 6. Rain pretty plentiful.
10. Examination of Freshmen.
11. Examination of Freshmen.
12. Cape Breton delivered up.
18. Clock Cleaned.
19. Went with my Wife to Ipswich Hamlet.
23. Preached at Hampton Falls.
24. To Portsmouth.
25. Lamprey River by New market. 27. Went to Haverhill by Kingston.
31. Went to Andover, lodged at Mr. Phillips.
Aug. 1. Returned home & found my Family all in health & safety. 11. Sent horse to pasture [at] Cutlers.
14. Went first to Vespers this year. Lowell came.
15. Holyoke came. Took my horse out yesterday.
16. Go to Vespers. Minot came.
21. ColP Sergeant & wife here.
22. G. Minot gone home.
24. Thanksgiving for ye revival of ye Fruits of ye Earth by ye Rain.
27. Vespers at 5. 15.
29. G. Minot came.
31. 28 Davis Pig tail.f
Sept. 3 Vespers at 5.
8. My Horse put to Mrs. Vassalls.
10. Preached at Cambridge. Yesterday Governor Shirley sailed for G. Britain.
18. Annual Meeting of Corporation.
19. Began Analysing. Yesterday arrived ye money to reim- burse us our charge in taking Cape Breton vi''.. 190[000£.]
Oct. 3. Annual Meeting of Overseers.
8. Last night & to-day a violent storm at N. E.
9. Coll[ege] clock & my own cleaned.
10. Leave off Mattins at 6.
11. Went to Shurburne.
12. Dined at Mi-. Porter's & went to Natick.
•William Whipple who was graduated first in the class of 1749. tPerhaps " pig-tail" tobacco.
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REV. EDWARD HOLYOKE.
1689-1769.
President of Harvard College, 1737-1769. From the mezzotint, probably by Pelham, made in I 749, and now in possession of the Essex Institute.
Oct., 1749] REV. EDWARD HOLYOKE. 11
13. Dined at Mr. Peabody's, & returned home. Oct. 18. First flight of snow.
20. Took my horse from Pasture.
28. High Candlesticks carried to Col [lege]. Nov. 6. The Branches carried for Vespers.
15. Went to prayers this morning.
16. The annual Thanksgiving. 18. Moved into Winter Quarters.
21. Snow fell last night, 9 inches level.
22. Went to evening prayers on the 21st. 24. Winslow came to live with us.
Dec. 5. Burnt Study Chimney. Made candles viz. 100 of small, 12f large.
13. Mrs. Minot for her sons board 20£ 18 shillings yesterday, the first cash rec'd of her.
Jan, 2, 1750, Tappd an Hogd. Cyder
18. Vespers w^'^out Candles for myself.
26. Rev. Mr. Jno. Taylor of Milton died Aged 46.
28. Vespers w^^out high Candlesticks.
Feb. 6. Mr. Agent BoUan* sailed for Great Britain. 7. Last day of Winter Vacation. 13, Mr. Champney died.
27. Last day of service for ye Suit of Coll [edge] Farm Bonds. Apr. 13. Bottled 8 Dozen & 10 of Cyder.
May 4. Mr. Brandon sailed for London.
29. Leave off Prayers night before election. June 5. Begin prayers again.
29. Winslow paid his board to this day.
July 6. Winslow & Lowell went away P. M. & Minot.
7. Holyoke went away.
15. Tappd last Hogshd Cyder.
Aug. 8. Vacation ended. Winslow came up & Lowell,
9. My Dauter Margaret married to Mr, John Mascarene.f
11. Winslow boarded from us.
15. Katherine Pears ripe.
17. Capt, Bunker sailed for London. 24. Tappd a bl of new Cyder.
Sept. 8. Yesterday Dauter Mascarene went from us to Boston.
Oct. 4. My horse sent to Coll. Willards, Lancaster.
Nov. 1, The annual Thanksgiving.
Nov, 6. Sconces carried for Vespers. My horse came home,
•William Bollan, the agent of the Province of Massachusetts in England, In 174.5 he was Collector of Customs at Salem.
tJohn Mascarene was the son of Jean Paul Mascarene, of Huguenot ancestry, who came to America in 1711 with the English troops and rose to the rank of Major-General. General Mascarene was Governor of Nova Scotia, 1740-1749, and died in Boston, Jan. 22, 1760.
12 DIARY OF [Dec, 1750
Dec. 17. Sister Arnold died 7 P. M. Jan. 25, 1751. Paul Dudley, Esq. died.
29. Went to Shawshin* w*"^ Mr. Appleton. Feb. 7. My sister Le Gallaisf died yesterday.
9. Cous[in] Jenny Leggt died. Went w*^ my wife to Marble- head.
11. My sister Gallaius & Jenny Legg buried.
13. Eeturned home. Mr. Eobbins ordained at Milton. March 12. Put up my new Vane.
May 7. Made Candles, 74 lbs. 14 oz. 23 lbs. 4 oz. large.
12. Dauter Mascarene's first child born. 9. 30 morning. June 20. Valedictory was pronounced yesterday. R[ichard]
Saltonstall.
July 8. Examination of Freshmen.
21. Ptolemy died.
24. Debby [Foster] went to Marblehead.
28. Preachd at Mr. Peabody's at Roxbury. Aug. 7. Vacation ended.
14. Jno. [Holyoke] went to Mr. Trowbridges. Sept. 8. This night Mr. Appleton & wife taken ill. 11. House at Roger's Farm faces 54° W.
18. Clock clean'd for J. Holyoke. Oct. 5. Sarah Knight went away.
14. Deborah Dwelly came to live with us. 17. Went into Winter Quarters.
20. Preachd at Castle William.
Nov. 4. Jn" Clark came to live with me.
6. Sconces carried for Vespers.
7. Annual Thanksgiving. Mr. Abbot preachd. Dec. 15. Mr. Appleton first preachd after his Illness.
19. Was present at Elect[io]n Lecture No. 1.
Jan. 7, 1752. Paid all my dues to Marblehead for ye years 1750-51.
30. Went to Watertown & to Col^ Alfords. Feb. 27. Planted Gourds.
Mar. 28. Planted Onions.
April 1. Planted Angelica.
4. S. Epes inoculated.
11. Planted Pease & Grafted Pears.
15. Mrs. Brattle taken w*** ye S. pox. 17. Mr. Mascarene & wife inoculated.
22. Scholars Dismissd for ye S. Pox on ye 20th.
29. Mrs. Brattle died of the S. Pox on ye 28th.
*The College possessed land in that part of Billerica known as Shawshin. tMrs. Hannah, wife of Capt. David Le Gallais of Marblehead. She was a sister of President Holyoke's first wife.
JMrs. Le Gallais' sister Jane, married John Legg and died in 1726.
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May, 1752] key. edward holyoke. 13
Shingles for Massachusetts [Hall] of Deacon Houghton, 6000. £36 - 2 - 0 of Richardson 3500. Paid 21£.
May 16. Mrs. Brandon died.
Aug. 3. This day on account of the S. Pox being in Cambridge sent an Advertisement for the Scholars not to Return till ye 2^ of September.
19. The Hills* came to board here yesterday.
28. Mr. Stevens of Kittery married.
Oct. 4. Debby Dwelly went away.
28. Mr. Mascarene sail'd for London.
Nov. 3. Hill Senr. being ill went to Boston.
Dec, 5. First Snow this year. Considerable.
6. Bishop Hancock! died. Went to Boston.
11. Bishop Hancock to whom I was a Bearer buried.
12. Mr. Mascarene arrived. 28. The ground clear of Snow.
1753. Capt. Browne of Waltham desires the refusal of Roger's Farm for his son in law Flegg if Dean goes off. Isaac Pierce Saw' of Waltham wants refusal of Rogers Farm. Saml. Wheeler of Concord wants refusal of Rogers Farm.
Jan. 7. Mr. Gray died of Apoplexy.
11. Went to Boston to Mr. Gray's Funeral.
28. Sconces take away from Chapel.
30. Weighd 238 li. 2 oz.
Feb. 8. Vespers w^^out ye high Candlesticks.
19. Planted Gourds, Cucu°>^ & Lettuce in ye Hot Bed.
Apr. 29. Mr. Welsteed died.
May 7. Mr. Appleton went on his journey to Portsm[outh].
11. [Oliver] Wendell broke his thigh.
June 25. Jonny first ill.
Aug. 7. Governor Shirley arrivd at the Castle.
9. Governor Shirley came up to town. Regt. in Arms.
Sept. 20. Very much despair of John's life for 2 months past.
Nov. 3. Mr. Mascarene came in a S. E. Storm.
13. My daughter Molly died. Dec. 30. My son John died.
[The diary for the year 1754 is now missing.] Jan. 9, 1755. Rev. Mr. J. Prentice & Mrs. Appleton married. Feb. 5. Winter Vacation ends. Mr. [Anthony] Wiberd ordained [at Braintree]. 6. Yesterday saw ye Glass Works. J 11. M. Mofat returned after ye Vacation.
•John, William and Henry Hill of the class of 1756.
tRev. John Hancock, minister at Lexington. From respect for his age and long ministry he was honored with the appellation of " Bishop."
JThe glass works were established in Braintree in 1752 by a company of German Protestants.
14 DIARY OF [Feb., 1766
13. Geni Court granted £250 L. M.
18. Betsy Mascareue went home on the 19*^, measured 3 feet^^. March 1. Put up 3 more leggs Bacon. Drew off & filled up 21
Bbls. Cyder according ray hogs***^ at 4 & 2 Bbls. & Left one hogsd. & 2f of a Barrel on ye Lees.
7. Reed, of Mr Treas'' Hubbard £322 10 0. T.
April 21. Overseers Cora*®® met to Day in ye Library.
28. Grafted Katharine Pears.
30. Rev'i Mr. Sparhawk of Salem died.
May 5. Monthly Meeting of Pres'** & Trust®^
6. Put my bll. of bottling Cyder down Cellar.
7. Went to Shawshin wth Mr. Hancock.
16. Nancy & B. Epes went to Salem yesterday.
22. The Fleet sailed for N. Scotia. 28. Bottld 11 Doz. Cyder.
June 5. My son* married to Mrs Judith Pickman.
19. Taken out of Coll[edge] Bag £116 - 6 - 6.
23. Tappd Hoghd. Cyder. Mow** Pres*^ Orchard.
28. Got my hay all in without Rain.
29. Eat the first Mulberries yesterday.
July 3. A public Fast on ace** the War in N. America we are engaged in.
4. Valedictory pronounced by Browne, f
9. Gen^ Braddock defeated at Ohio.
28. Went w**^ my wife for Salem [and Portsmouth].
Aug. 13. Manufactory Lecture. Returnd home & found all well.
18. Barkd ye Crab Apple Tree.
22. Mr. Flyntt evacuated his Chamber & left the College.
25. [John] Gorham first came to board here.
28. A public Fast occasiond by the Defeat at Ohio & for Prosperity to ye other Expeditions.
Sept. 3. Yesterday Bilhah went to Boston w**^ Dick.
4. Capt. Newell Sail*^ for Eustatia. 6. Sister Eliot died.
3. The Battle of Genl. Johnson & his defeat «f the French at Lake George.
Oct. 16. Vesp. Expos, not to be del'^ after y^ Day w*^ one Candle.
Nov. 1. Moved into Winter Quarters.
2. High Candlesticks to ye Chapel.
5. Mr. Clarke ordaind at Lexington.
*Edward Augustus Holyoke, M. D. then settled in Salem. tWilliam Browne, afterwards Justice of the Superior Court of Mass- achusetts and Governor of Bermuda Islands. JThe celebrated Henry Flint, tutor at Harvard for over fifty years.
Nov., 1755]
REV. EDWARD HOLYOKE.
15
18. A very great Earthquake at 4*^ 13'.
22. A considerable Shock of a Earthquake 8. 30 P. M.
25. Deliverd the first Dudleian Lecture.
26. First began to burn a Lamp.*
Dec. 18. Otis went away & his sister Died.
19. A small Shock of a Earthquake about 10" 15' P. M.
[On three blank leaves at the end of the 1755 diary is recorded the following :]
Cyder Sold this year.
To Coll" Brattle 4bls. £ 12 0 0
To Mr. Gamage 1 bl. £ 3 0 0
To Mrs. Richardson 1 bl. £ 3 0 0
To Wid. Nutting 18 Gal. paid.
Mr. Rich'^son bot of me 2 Hogs"*» for 98/. Cyder bo't this year.
Of Jn° Coolidge Oct. 14, 6 bis of neat Cyder & one of water.
Of Mr. Davis 7 Bbls. of neat Cyder for wch pd. him in hand four Dollars.
Of Mr» Bowman 6 Blls. of neat Cyder.
Of Mr. Stone 6 Blls. of neat Cyder.
Masters who have desir'd y® Degrees.
Quincy
Adams
Butler
Langdon
Forster
Putnam
Dorr
Jewett
Rice
Wigglesworth
Browne
Cutler
Old great Candles of our own Bayberry Wax New gt Candles New Small Candles
Pays on Brackett Faxon Turner Bailey Willard burned — 4"
Gushing
Barnes
Baldwin
Clarke
Eames
Miller
Length of Massachusetts Hall Depth of the Steep part Depth of the Flat part
45' 34' 20' 10- ft. 100 16 12
m. 0 0 9 0 6 0
The whole Depth of ye shingles on one side 29 3 0
Number of Shingles to cover the whole allowing the width of a
Shingle four inches & to ly over as much 93,600
The Newby shingle Nails at 22/ M. 102 6
TheNewby Shingles at £6 P"" M. 561 12 0
Number of Shingles laid on in ye year 1754 93,000 No. of Clapb[oards] laid upon Lathes 300 at 7 4 0 Jan. 1, 1756. Family weigh^. Myself 222 lb. 6oz.,lost 13. My
wife 190 - 6, gain 5. Eliz. Holyoke 112 - 6, lost 4. Anna Holyoke
•Probably a " Betty lamp," or some form of pewter lamp burniDg whale oil
4
16 DIARY OP [Jan., 1756
138 - 6, same. Priscilla Holyoke gain 3. Prisey Mascarene w"*out ^^ Shoes 5 ft. Jg^ inch. j|
12. My horse shod round plain. ^
13. Went to Boston w**^ my wijfe & carried Dorothy Cragin born 1738 N. S. between us.
19. Put Prints out to whiten. Peb. 11. Winter Vacation ends.
14. College full.
16. Went to Medford. Mr. Cox died suddenly.
17. [John] Gorham returned to us. Went to Medford for Tarr.
19. Hungup 5 Leggs of Bacon. 21. Mr. Holyoke came to board w**^ us. 27. Took down ye Tongues hung up on the 20***. March 1. Annual Town Meeting at Cambridge. 9. Drew off 16 bbls. of Cyder & Left 4 on the Lees. 3. Pirst Lecture on Oratory delv*^. 17. Second Lecture on Oratory delv*^. 31. Turn<i up | Barrell of Mead. April 12. Delivered my 4*'' Oratorical Lecture. 17. Bottled Cyder 5^ Doz. May 11. Titicut Lottery to be drawn.* 25. Otis went away to Boston. £99 8 0 disch[arg]edon acct.
of the New Meets house. 27. Otis leaves to go home. June 3. Mr. Holyoke made up for his board.
15. Mrs. Mascarene deliverd of her Daughter Joanna 9 P. M. Aug. 2. 1 was ill of ye E,heumat[ism] & didn't go out. Mr. J.
Cotton preachd all day.
12. Eben"^ Fessenden died.
20. Lowell & Green came to board w*'' us.
25. Katherine Pears ripe. Sept. 18. Bergamot Pears ripe. 24. Joanna Mascarene died 3'' 30' P. M.
26. Govern*" Shirley saild for G. Britain. Oct. 23. Mrs. Wyeth died.
27. Dr. Sewall's Wife died.
Nov. 12. Cambridge Meeting H. begun to be raised. 17. Finishd raising of ye Meeting House. 19. My Son's wifej died.
Dec. 4. My Son's babe Judith died about noon. 6. Ther"' lu the night 89° Sec'-y Willard died. Height of the East Chimney of Massach[usett]s from the found- ation 55 feet 3 inch. Height of Battlement from Ditto 49 feet.
*Titicut originally was an Indian village in what is now the town of Middleboro. The lottery was in aid of a bridge over Taunton river. tJudith Pickman, daughter of Benjamin Pickman of Salem.
MISS JUDITH PICKWIAN.
I 738-1 756.
The first wife of Edward Augustus Holyoke, M. D. From the portrait by Greenwood now in the possession of Andrew Nichols.
Jan., 1757] rev. edward holyoke. 17
|
Jan. 9, 1757. |
Family weighd. |
My self 215-7"' lost 19-11"' |
|
My wife |
182-7°' |
Mrs. Morse 202-7"' |
|
Betty Epes |
145-7 |
Priscy 116-7 |
|
Dolly |
138-7 |
Sam 78-3 |
|
Dinah |
51-3 |
Ann Holyoke 139-7 |
18. Ther™ at ye window at Noon 100", Night 99".
19. Ther"" Morn 102 J", at Noon 97^", Night 91". Feb. 6. Green returnd to Board yesterday.
9. Winter Vacation ends. Payson to Analys.
11. Lowell returnd in the evening. 26. Greenwood away today.
March 15. Drew oif & filled 5 blls. of Cyder & 13 full blls. iii the house y' Day.
31. Killed my hog w* 246l^
April 5. Mrs. Brandon died ll"* P. M.
9. Lt. Gov"" Phips buried w*'' y® Regiment.
12. Mrs. Chauncy died.
15. Took down ye Bacon, burnd ye Chimney & put up 3 more Leggs Bacon.
May 6. Mr. Appleton gone to Portsm" for his health. 17. Mr. Cotton of N. Town died.
21. Moved into Summer Quarters. Took down all my Bacon.
22. Mr. Jackson preached all day.
25. Mr. Pemb[er]ton preachd Election Sermon from 5 Deut™^.
26. Mr. Rand preachd ye Convention, Thess. 2, 4. 29. Mr. Bal Ian tine preachd all day.
June 22. A very distressing Drought.
24. The Valedict[ory] orat[ion] pron[ounced] by [John] Pitts & in a very handsome manner.
28. Overseers approved ye Vote for giving Degrees by Diploma.
29. Mulberries first began to fall yesterday.
30. A Public Fast on acct. of ye War & Drought.
July 8. A considerable Shock of an Earthquake, 2^ 17' P. M.
11. Cambridge School visited to Day.
19. The old meeting house taken down.
26. Went on a Journey to Shrewsbury, Brookfield, etc.
Aug. 1 & 2. Went on a Journey to Hadley.
7. Preachd at Cold Spring.*
8. Dind at Mr. Mascarene's Store.
9. Went over Coys hill to Brookfield.
17. Vacation Ends. [Thomas] Cary came to live w*** us.
18. [Stephen] Hooker came first to live w"* us.
22. This day presented our Address to ye Governor.! 29. Warnd Mr. Smith off of the Farm. Sept. 1. Govern' Belcher died yesterday.
*Cold Spring was the present town of Belchertown.
t President Holyoke's address on the accession of Governor Pownall.
18 DIARY OF [Sept., 1757
4. Preachd over ye water.
19. Rowen* estimate 22 cwt. bro* now into Barn.
24. Pres"^* Burr of N". Jersey Coll [edge] died.
Oct. 4, Overseers Corn*®® Chosen, Judge Sewall, Mr. Bowdoin,
Mr. Mather, Mr. Cooke & Mr. . Mem** Mr. Adams prayd
at ye meeting.
Oct. 12. Governor Pownall entertain'd at College.
19. Mr. Bailey ordaind at Hampton Falls.
24. Jn° resend[en] Dr. for 2 bis [Cider] 20/.
26. Mr. Payson ordaind at Chelsea.
27. Governor Pownall entertaind at Mr. Danforths. Nov. 30. Cary paid up to this day & Mr. Holyoke. Dec. 13. Susanna Lawrence came to live w*^ us.
14. Tappd a bll. of Water Cyder.
28. Boards all stuck this dav. 31. Tappd last bll. of VV. Cyder.
Conditions.!
1. Half ye Lectures in Latin.
2. To live in College l-9th of a year for every Lecture.
3. Recv. no public money.
Cyder taken in this year. 1 of New Cyder Windfalls, 2 Bis. of Sawin, 12 Ditto of Peirce, 12 Ditto of Wheat, 4 of w""> W. Cyder, 2 of my own.
Jan. 2, 1758. Family Weighd. Susy 147-2.
Myself 235-2, gained 19-11. Abner [Harris] 90-2.
My wife 186-2, " 3-5 Bilhah 139-2.
Mrs. Morse 202-2, lost 0-5. Dinah 61-4 gained 10-11.
Nancy 127-2, <' 12-5. [Stephen] Hooker 137-2.
Betty Epes 141-2 " 4-5. [Thomas] Cary 80-6.
Prisey [Holyoke] 116-2 lost 0-5 Prisey measures w*^ shoes 5-^ inch.
4. Winter Vacation begins. Shaving began @ 7£ Per Ann[um].
24. Mrs. Haunah Whipple died. J
24. Lent ye widow Hancock 41/ to be p*^ when ye Scholars come together.
Mar. 10. Qtr. Day Mass. Cellar Rent for 1 year £8 - 16 - 0. L. M.
11. Mr. Trask [?] pd up Mass. Rents to ye 10 Day.
13. Drew oE & filld up to Day & ye 14*^. 17 Blls. Cyder and left 4 on the Lees.
16. Susanna Lawrence pd up to this day.
22. Mr. Jon [as] Meriam ordained at Newton.
30. Sister Burrill§ came to live w**^ us.
Apr. 18. Hooper went home and paid up to this day.
♦Second mowing of grass.
tFor Hopkins bachelors?
tShe was the wife of Capt. John Whipple of Ipswich.
§Mrs. Hannah (Holyoke) Burrill of Lynn.
Apr., 1758] REV. edward holyoke. 19
21. Prisey went to Salem. Put in ye spirits in ye Cyder.
25. Sitting of Gen[era]l Court. The Annual Overseers Meet- ing put by on acc[oun]t of it.
27. Hooper came again.
29. Mrs. Hancock Dr. to College for 800 Shingles. May 4. Annual meeting of Hopkins Trustees.*
10. Dudleian Lecture put off to 30 Aug.
15. No Rain for considerable Time, so that we are now in fear of a Dry Sumer.
16. Began to Rain this Day.
June 24. Pd Susanna Lawrence to this day 48/.
26. Louis Bourg Taken.
Aug. 4. Went to Kingston w*'' my wife.
11. Returud home and found all well.
12. Inoculated a Peach tree w*^ rare Ripes in 6 places. f 14. Oliver & Hill came yesterday, Hutchinson to Day.
25. Katherine Pears Ripe. First felt Jaundice.
26. I think this day left [off] going to College.
28. Well sounded, not 12 feet water.
29. Madam Phips saild for England. Sept. 3. Had my Chair wheels [in] 1753.
7. Hooper compleated his board to ye Commencement Qtr. Day, payd £52-0-0.
14. Public Thanksgiving on Ace [oun] t of Conquest of Louisburg. Oct. 1. Admiral Boscawen saild for Bretian.
17. First tended prayers at Coll[ege] after my Illness. 26. First snow of ye year.
Nov. 1. Mr. Symmes ordained at Andover.
11. Hill went home to see his Father sick.
12. Oliver went home not well.
23. Annual Thanksgiving. Mrs. Mascarene del*^ of a Son, ll*^ 30' P. M.
Dec. 8. Tappd first Bl. of water Cyder.
23. Burnd Study Chimney & Mrs. Mascarene's.
Reed, of Thos. Smith as Rent for ye Farm for the year last past to ye 1 April this year [£]150 - 18 - 3.
Repairs of Massachusetts one year [£]3 - 7 - 1 L. M.
Jan. 3, 1759. Ordination of Mr. Holt at Danvers.
3. Went to Salem.
4. Went to Dine w*'* Mr. Prescot at Danvers.
10. Went w*^ y« Dr. to Marblehd & returnd. Mr. El[ias] Smith ordained at Middleton.
11. Dind at Coll" Pickmans.
12. Returnd home & found all well.
•Trustees of the Edward Hopkins bequest to Harvard College, tGrafted with scions from a " Rare ripe" peach tree.
20 DIARY OF [Jan., 1759
17. Mr. Searl ordaind at Stoneham & Mr. Eames at Newtown in N. Hampshire.
22. Mr* Mascarene went to Boston w*'' her Child. 25. Tappi 3d & last Bl. of W[ater] Cyder.
30. Abner Harris laid np w*^ ye meazels.
31. Mr. El[izer] Holyoke ordained at Boxford. Feb. 1. Mr. [Jonas] Miriam carried his wife home.*
2. An Earthquake 1^ 2' Mane circa.
7. Betty Epes taken down w*" measels.
9. Vacation lengthened to ye 28 Day on ace* of Measles.
10. Dinah taken down w*** measles.
14. My Dauter Eliz Epes died l*" \ Mane circa. 16. Died at Boston, H. Gibbs, Esq. of Salem. 28. Vacation lengthened for the Measles ended. Mar. 1. Oliver & Hill came last night.
3. Yesterday & to Day drew off 13 bis. Cyder, left one of bot- tling Cyder & 50 others on the Lees.
10. Tapp«i bl. Cyder, neat.
28. Burn"* the Study & Stripd Chamber Chimneys.
29. Yesterday put Cyder spirits in to ye Cyder, viz. 1 Bottle into each of the 13 Blls.
Apr. 12. Grafted ye Pear tree w**^ Warden Ciens.f May 8. Turn'd up \ Bl Mead.
18. A good Deal of Rain. Left off Winter Cloaths. June 1. Coz. Sar, Marty n died.
6. Coz. Jacob Eliot came here for a wife.
28. Public Fast for ye Prosperity of ye expedition [against Quebec].
29. Valedictory pronounced by TrumbleJ very handsomely. July 4. Mow'd Pres***^ Orchard for 70/ & found nothing but
Cyder. §
11. First Str[ing] Beans y^ year viz C. W. Beans.
19. A fine Season & every thing in flourishing State. 25. Sow'i a Bed of Oats.
31. Set out on our Journey to Salem & [Ipswich] Hamlet.
Aug. 24. First mowing of my Oats. Hooper came to Board.
25. [Elisha] Hutchinson p^ all his Dues £46 - 17 - 6.
28. [Joshua] Henshaw came to board yesterday.
Sept. 3. Officers of the Sophisters chose Valedictorian, [Dan- iel] Leonard. Theses Collectors, [John] Lowell, [John] Warren, [Williams] Bradford, [Samuel] Deane. Constable, [Henry] Cumins.
*She was Mehitable Foxcroft of Cambridge. tObsolete form of spelling scion, a twig for grafting, t Jonathan Trumbull, afterwards Governor of Connecticut, and United States Senator. §That is, supplied cider for the laborers.
Sept., 1759] REV. EDWARD HOLYOKE. 21
7. Inoculated Gr[een] Gage Plumbs yesterday.
8. My well cleand yesterday. 13. Geni Wolf killd.
15. Mowd my bed of Oats a second time. 17. Quebeck Surrendered.
21. Went to Spectacle Island with Mr. Henshaw. 24. Nancy went to Newbury.
24 & 25. Examination made of the Scholars as to their excelling in Learning.
Oct. 16. Public rejoycing, fire works &c. at Boston for taking Quebeck.
29. Thanksgiving on Acct. of taking Quebec.
Nov. 5. Henshaw Went to Boston.
7. Mr. [Samuel] Locke ordained at Sherburn. Went to Ordi- nation.
8. Returnd home. Mem° broke my Ax tree.
12. Henshaw came from Boston, absent one week.
16. Hooper went home.
22. My son [Edward Augustus] married to Miss Mary Viall. Dec. 1. My Bro"" John's wife Died.
5. My son went home w* his wife. 1759. Rent of Massachusetts Hall.
viz. 48 Studies @ 5/ p-" Qtr, £12 0 0
16 Ditto @ 4/ p^ Qtr, 3 4
Whole Rent p' Qtr, £15 4 0
Ditto P'^ annum, £60 16 0
Rent of Cellars to be
The Old Parish in Cambridge Dr.
To 560 feet Merch. Plank-board, measurd,
@ £19 P^ M., £10 12 9
Catalogue of ye Bachelors, 1756, who are Candidates for their Degree of M. A., 1759. I^^' Such are crossed have been actually here to desire their Degree, or sent by letter.
X Lowthrop X Parsons x Sparhawk
X Trumble x Hayward x Sluman
X Checkley x Sawyer x Emerson
X Hill X Le Barron Rice
X Walter x Otis x Thompson
- X Walker Wells x Shattuck
X Lovell Prentice x Damon
X Hill X Foster
Jan. 1, 1760. Family, &c., Weighd.
Myself, 216, gained 5. Mrs. Locke, 216.
My wife, 188, " 3. Mrs. M. Porter, 126.
Betty, 121, " 4. Sarah Manning, 157.
22
DIARY OF
[Jan., 1760
Betty Mascarene, Peggy Mascarene,
64. 38.
Nancy, 137, lost 5. Prissy, 118, Susy, 143, lost 3. Abner, 130, gained 34. Bilhah, 137. Dinah, 69, gained 7. 3. Went to Salem w*^ my wife.
5. Went to the Hamlet & dind at D. Whipple's.
6. Heard Mr. Wiggles[wort]h all day & dind wth him.
8. Went to Ipswich. Dind with Col. Appleton & returnd.
10. Went to Salem after Dining w*^ Capt. Whipple.
11. Went to Marblehd & returnd after dining at Mr. Hooker's
12. Dind at Coll" Pickman's.
13. Dind wth my Son.
14. Dind at Coll° Sergeant's.
15. Dind at Mr. Barnard's.
16. Returned home & found all well.
22. ColP Mascarene* died 10*^ morning. 24. Mr. W" Vassall's wife died.
29. Gen' Mascarene buried.
Feb. 8. Mrs. E. Hancock died, ae. 79. 13. Mr. [Henry] Plynt died.
19. Mr. Flynt buried & funeral Oration made in the Chapel p"" M' Lovell.
23. Pd. Susanna Lawrence £20, viz. her Wages for half year. March 20. This Morn ^ past two began ye great fire at Boston,
beginning at ye Brazen head & burnd to Fort St.
26. Burn'd Study, Kitchen, Chamber, & Boarders' Chimneys. April 5. First evening without Fire.
9. Mr. Jackson ordained at Brooklyn.
30. 24,000 Boards Stuck in my yard. May 1. Bottl'i off 11 Doz. of Lisbon Wine.
June 5. Treas"- Hubbard pd. me for Rent £100, 0. T.
7. Mrs. Bridgham buried.
9. Opened first of 6 bis. Flower.
26. Yesterday committed my Oration to memory.
27. Valedictory by Learnardf very well performed. 30. Majr Epes$ died, 6^ 15™ Mane Circa.
July 20. Mulberries gone. Aug. 11. Mr. Condy sailed for England.
Sept. 8. M. Real [Montreal] taken & all Canada deliv* up to the English.
•The father of his son-in-law John Mascarene.
tAbiel Leonard.
tMaj. Samuel Epes, aged 26 years, ^tepsoa of President Holyoke.
Sept., 1760] REV. EDWARD HOLYOKE. 23
9. Judge Sewall died.*
14. Mrs. [Edward Augustus] Holyoke del** of a Dau'ter. 26. Rejoycing, Illumination, &c., at Boston, on acct. of the taking of M. Real & Canada. Oct. 7. Peggy Mascarene died.
11. Sent my Letter for Mr. Condy to Boston. 16. Went to visit Governor Barnard's Lady.
19. Preachd at Mr. Conday's.
22. Mrs. [Judah] Monis died y' Morn.
25. [Joshua] Orne went away to M-head & pd up his dues.
26. King George ye 2^ Died yesterday.
Nov. 9. A Small Earthquake, S^ 30' Mane Circa.
27. Scotch Society Meeting.
Dec. 4. Mr. Holyoke carried his wife home. 30. K. George 3^ proclaimed at Boston.
[The following was inserted between the August and September leaves of the diary.]
Candidates for their second Degrees ; those that have this x mark
prefixed to their have been with me.
X Atkinson x Brooks x Bradbury
X Vassall x Haven x Pike
X Appleton x "Walker Tuttle
X Russell X Barret Tuttle
X Pitts X Williams x Parker
X Chardon x Pecker x Holt
X Allen X Fairfield x Wheeler
Gilman x Phipps
Jan. 1, 1761. Family weigh'd, myself, 204. 12, my wife, 191. 12, Betty, 117. 11, Nancy, 136. 12, Priscy, 120. 12, Eunice, 128. 12, John 77. 12, Bilhah, 136. 12.
Feb. 13. Vane boards hung to Season. 21. Tongues 12 put into Pickle.
24. 1400£ for Purchase of Champey's House inhabited by Mrs. Mascarene's Family.
25. ';Mr. Cummings installed at the 0. South. March 2. M"" Mascarene mov'd into my House.
12. A very considerable Shock of an Earthquake about 2. 19 morn.
20. Vesp. 5. 15. Drew a Meridian line for Mr. Mascarene.
24. Set clock, hung up 2 leggs more, 2 Chops & 10 Tongues.
25. Taken down 4 Leggs of Bacon w'^'* were hung up Feb. 7***. Apr. 15. Chipman, a sen*" Sophister, died suddenly.
23. Blooded my Horse.
•Judge Stephen Sewall (1704-1760), born in Salem, Judge of the Superior Court, 1739-1752, and after that Chief Justice and member of the Council until his death.
24 DIARY OF [Apr., 1Y61
27. Went to Waltham w*** Mr. Marsh to lay out y® high Way thro' Roger's Farm.
28. Mrs. Mascarene's Faro Died of marasmus.
May 5. Annual Overseers' Meeting, but being a storm They met not, & we adjourned to Boston the 14.
8. Last Bacon taken down.
9. M' Winthrop* sail'd for New found land. 12. Mr. Mascarene went to Cold Spring.f
25. Went to M' [Ebenezer] Storer's Funeral. June 2. English Walnuts planted.
7. Pease offered to sell yesterday @ 27/ ^ Peck.
26. Mulberries began to fall. Valedictory [Stephen] Hooper very handsomely.
July 8. A Day of Prayer at Cambridge on acc't of the Drought. Mr. Prentice assisted Mr. Appleton.
11. Cambridge School not visited till this Day.
25. Mr. [John] Winthrop return'd home from Obser. of ye Transit of 9 .
Aug. 15. The numbering of the Spirit Thermometer revers'd.J
31. Yesterday M' Mascarene sail'd for Falmouth, & this day Mess''^ [Gideon] Hawley & M"" Toppan set out for Onahoguage.§
Sept. 3. Day of Prayer for Rain, public. Mr. Mascarene sailed from Falmouth.
7. Annual Corpor. Meeting. Coll. [Jacob] Wendell Died 11 p. ra.
Common sale Candles, 10 to 18, burn 3'^ 47' @ 5/6 cost per hour
I'M-
Our Middling Candles, 9 to 8, burn 5^ 41 @ 5/6, cost per hour
Our great Candles, 6 to 1, burn 7^^ 52 @ 5/6, cost per hour 1** l^
Sperma Ceti Candles @ 14/ ^ burn S*" 49 , 5 to 1, Cost per hour
22. Widow Eliz. Bordman Died, 8 Morn^. 25. Mrs. Stedman Died, 8h. P. M. yesterday. 30. Coll. [.John] Alford Died, 3" Morn^. Oct. 10. Gouern"" [William] Dummer died.
12. Com*®® to go to Waltham & did go there, viz : Mr. Appleton, Mr, Hancock, Mr. Marsh & myself.
15. Chh. of England, Cambridge, consecrated. ||
Oct. 23. As great a Storm (wth Rain) as I have known.
*John Winthrop, Hollis professor of mathematics, who observed the transit of Venus over the sun's disk at St. John's, Newfoundland, June 6, 1761, an account of which he afterwards published.
tAfterwards Belchertown, Mass.
ISee ante, Jan. 2, 1749.
§Onohoquaque, on the Susquehanna river.
II Christ church. Rev. East Apthorp was the first rector.
REV. EDWARD HOLYOKE.
1689-1 769.
From the painting by Copley, now in Mennorial Hall, Harvard University.
Oct., 1761] REV. EDWARD HOLTOKE. 25
24. Ground dry & Scarce any brook running.
30. Tapp'd last bl. of 0. Cyder yesterday.
Nov. 1. A Considerable Earthquake, 8. 12 P. M.
Mutton sent to the poor @ Thanksgiving. Dora. Hovey, John
Phillips, widow John Barrel, Dan^ Barrel, Ruth Bathrick,
Landman, Hannah Smith.
Dec. 1. Strip'd Chamber, Kitchen Ditto & Boarders ditto & Study Chimneys all burn'd on the first & B. Kitchen.
7. Clean'd both my Clock & Larrum.
14. Public Examination of ye Students today & 15 & 16, A. M. Jan. 4, 1762. War w*'* Spain proclaim'd in London. 10. Preach'd for Mr. Appleton over the Water. Rom. 6. 12. Feb. 7. Vespers without Candlesticks.
23. Tapp'd bl. Cyder, but only on Ullage.* Mar. 15. Put ink powder in Soak.
Apr. 19. Put my ashes on Pres ^ Orchard. June 2. My boards stuck.
8. Moses Souther came yesterday.
24. Meirichf Drown'd in the River at the Bridge, 6^ P. M.
30. Com*®^ for building a new College met here. July 17. Mrs. Gentleman W. went home.
28. Public day of Prayer for Rain. Aug. 14. The Havannah taken.
18. This day Septimated all the Repairs of Massachusett's Hall & the Glazier's bills, &c.
19. The whole of the above Septimation now due £266 - 6 - 5.
31. Mr. Joseph Bowman J ordained a Missionary to the .
Sept. 16. Day of rejoicing for the taking the Havannah & the
Sermon Preach'd by Dr. Sewall.
Oct. 7. Public Thanksgiving for y^ Conquest of Martinico, Ha- vannah, &c.
26. We made 3 or 4 Blls. Soap.
31. Bilhah del** of a Son about 4 o'Clock A. M.
Nov. 3. Deacon Whipple & Wife came upon a visit.
5. Six feet of water in my well.
6. "Went to Boston a bearer to Mrs. Greenleaf.§
13. 13 feet of Water in the Coll. new Well. Mem" the well 23 ft. & 10 in. Deep.
Dec. 9. Annual Thanksgiving. Nancy married to Mr. [Samuel] Cntts before the Public Worship.
•Ullage, the estimated measure of the empty part of a barrell.
tNoah Merrick, a student at the College, and son of Rev. Noah Merrick of Springfield.
§He was graduated at Harvard in 1761 and was ordained in the Old South Church, Boston, as a missionary to a tribe of Indians at Onoho- quaqae on the Susquehanna river.
ilMrs. Elizabeth, wife of Dr. Daniel Greenleaf.
26 DIARY OF [Dec, 1762
31. Molly Landman & Dinah went to Boston in order for Pis- cataway.
Jan. 2, 1763. Began to sing Tate & Brady's Version* at Cam- bridge.
4. Family weigh'd : Myself, 223. 7, my wife, 189. 7, Betty, 115. 7, Mrs. Cutts, 126. 7,Priscy, 115. 7, Sarah, 133. 7, Austin, 83. 3, Bilhah, 141. 7, Moses, 65. 3.
12. My Cloak clean'd by Millekin, cost 45/
25. We made candles, viz, 41- 8 large & 72 - 8 small.
26. Mr. Cutts went home with his wife. Feb. 18. Sarah Sherman went home.
23. Went to Boston, attended Deacon Simpson's funeral. Family charges to March : Flour, £84, Butter, £48, Cyder,
£18, Pork, £67. 10, wood, £120, meat, £226, cheese, £25.
Mar. 4. Daughter Holyoke brot to bed with Peggy.
Apr. 19. Col. Phillips died.
22. Mrs. Landman began her business as College Sexton.
May 5. Bowen sen' went [out] of Town yesterday w^^out Leave.
16. Mrs. Abbot died.
June 8. Mowed my close tow'"^ the street.
9. Mowed my close next Dr. Wigglesworth.
18. finished mowing Pres*^* Orchard at £3.15 & found Nothing.
21. Corporation meeting. Mowed at Mascarene's 1-^ acres for 6 sh. & found nothing but Cyder.
26. Moving & making the whole of my hay, £ 12. 15.
29. Bottl'd our Mead, viz, 7 Doz.
July 2. Valedictory yesterday by [Joseph] Hooper, & done very well.
28. Went w^^ my Wife to Ipswich Hamlet [and then to Ports- mouth].
Aug. 5. Dined w*^ Govern'" Wentworth.
11. The annual Thanksgiving here at Portsmouth also. Heard Mr. Langdon all Day.
16. Went to Marblehead & Eeturned, dined at Mrs. Freeman's.!
18. Eeturned home & found all well. Blessed be God.
24. Vacation ends. Turnips come up. Freeman comes.
26. Brigadier Brattle's Wife died.j
Aug. 27. Old Dr. Greenleaf,§ apothecary, died. Sept. 23. Pres. [Thomas] Clap [of New Haven] here.
27. Mrs. Cutts brot to Bed on y^ 18*^ w*^ her son Edward.
28. Went to Salem to Ordination of Mr. [John] Huntington. Oct. 19. Went into Winter Quarters sooner because of the wed- ding to be on the 25***.
•Previous to this the Sternhold and Hopkins version of the Psalms was in general nse.
tMrs. Isaac Freeman of Marblehead.
tMrs. Martha, wife of Hon. William Brattle of Cambridge.
§Rev. Daniel Greenleaf, aged 86 years, formerly minister at Yarmouth.
Oct., 1763] REV. EDWARD HOLYOKE. 2T
25. Dr. [William] Kneeland Married to my Dauf Betty. Nov. 16. My wife preparing to make soap.
18. rinish'd making soap, viz. 6 or 7 Barrels. Dec. 19. D' Kneeland & Wife went off from us to their own House.
26. My Hair cut.
Jan. 13, 1764. Polly Holyoke Died at 6.
16. Gen^ Court sat here being adjourned from Boston for small pox.
23. This Day Hollis Hall was named by Goven'' Fra. Bernard in the Presence of the Gen' Court both Council & House in the Chapel. The Govern"" came up about one o'clock soon after w*^*' all went into the Chapel @ the tolling of the Bell, the Pres*'* & Corporation preceding ye Govern"" & Gen* Court & when all were well seated, The Pres"^^ rising up said, as there are here present His Ex*=y the Govern'', the Hon'ble his Majesties Council & the Hon^'*' house of Eepresentatives who by their Votes gave to the College the new building in our View it cannot therefore be an improper time to ask a name to it, w'fore I apply to yo"" ExceP^ to give the name. Upon w^*" his Exc^ Standing up said, I now give to this new build- ing the name of Hollis-Hall. Upon w'^'' The Pres*** s^ There is now expected a gratulatory Oration to this venerable Audience, & Let the Orator ascend the Desk. Upon w'^" the Orator [Taylor a jun"" sophisf] accordingly ascended & pronounced w**^ Suitable & proper action an English Oration. After w^^ the assembly broke up, the Pres*** & Corporation Still preceeding the Govern' & Gen'l Court, & then all went into the new building to View it & while they were there, the Stew"^ send word the Dinner, to w'^'* all had been invited, was upon the Table, all then repairing to the Hall, sat down to Dinner a little before two o'clock. Mem° The Minis- ters of Boston &c. tho they were all invited the Day before, to this Entertainm* yet all, being highly affronted, refused to Come.
24. Harvard Hall burned.
Feb. 10. Small Pox spreading in Boston. 11. Capt. Jervass* sail'd for London.
13. Mr. Tho* Green to give for sister Burrill's house, £100 a yr. from y* Day.
15. Put 11* of Milk into my q^ Cask Wine to fine it. Mar. 1. Din'd at M"" Js. Winslow. 9. They began to inoculate at Boston.
14. Boston high in Inoculation for y® Small Pox. 31. Planted Parsnips.
Apr. 2. Prissey went to Boston to be inoculated.
3. Began to dig the whole garden.
4. Mrs. Kneeland went to Boston & was inoculated.
'Master of the brig Hannah.
28 DIARY OF [Apr., 1764
14. Coll. Sparhawk's Children inoculated.
20. New Laid Eggs tallowed today.
29. My Boards stuck. May 7. Madam Phips died.
9. Dudlean Lecture adjourned w^^'out Day.
30. Election Sermon put off by reason of S. Pox in Boston.
31. Convention Sermon to have been preach'd but put off for y* S. Pox.
July 6. Meeting of the Pres** & Tut". The Valedictory pro- nounced by [Benjamin] Bourne very handsomely.
18. Commencement not celebrated as usual because of the Sm Pox.
Aug. 23. Went to Spectacle [Island ?] with my Wife, &c.
Sept. 17. John Jarvis came to live wth us at 43/ 2 ^ week.
29. Finished raising the roof of Harvard [Hall].
Oct. 20. Mr. Mascarene return'd home.
Nov. 19. Sister Burrill died 3. 45 P. M.
22. Sister Burrill buried in the new Method.
25. Mr. [Edward] Wiggles worth first preach'd in Cambridge.
Jan. 2, 1765. Family weigh'd. Myself, 212. 2, my wife, 186. 2, Mrs. Kneeland, 125. 2, Prisey, 114. 2, Mrs. Locke, 125. 2, Eliz. Mas- carene, 84. 2, Hephz. Oliver, 138. 2.
16. Dr. [Edward] Wiggles worth [sen'] died.
Feb. 7. Mrs. Turrell died yesterday.
24. Bilhah Died e^^ P. M.
Mar. 15. Reed of Treas"" Gray ^ years Salary viz. £125.
24. This storm did much damage to Wharfs, warehouses, &c. in Boston, Charleston, Marbleh'd, Newberry Port, «&c.
Apr. 27. Lent M. E. HolyokePeirce's Vindication of Dissenters.
May 6. My Dau'ter Cutts brot to bed of her Dau'ter Eliz. Epes, 9. 34 P. M.
June 29. The Valedictory pronounced yesterday by [Nathaniel] Sparhawk pretty well.
July 24. Tinctura polychresta made.
Aug. 31. Strained out my Tinctura Polychresta after macerat- ing in y* O more than 30 Daies. Cost £4. 16. 03.
Oct. 17. Sister Fitch* died.
31. Polly Holyoke 2^ died.
Nov. 4. College Privy burnt at night.
21. Joseph Lightlyt executed for murder.
Dec. 12. Went to Boston first time since July 26. 13. Returnd home. Tides very high.
*Mrs. Elizabeth, sister of President Holyoke's second wife, and widow of Rev. Jabez Fitch of Portsmouth, N. H.
tExecuted in Cambridge for murdering Elizabeth Post, his reputed wife. He said that he was born in Newcastle in 1736 but refused to reveal his real name.
Dec, 1765] rev. edvvard holyoke. 29
Weight of the Vane of Harvard 15f lb. Length of the fore part, 2 ft. 2 in., of the hinder part, 1 ft. 5 in.
Coll[ege] new Bell w'^'* arriv'd Oct. 24. Weighs 200 lb. near, w'^'' @ W^ St. f>, lb. = 11. 8 O. T. makes the cost of £116. 14. 0 O. T. = L. M. £13. 9. 0.
Jan. 1, 1766. Family weigh'd, Myself, 208. 7, my wife, 188. 7, Molly Appleton, 124. 7, Priscy, 114. 7, Betty Mascarene, 101. 7, Esther Piper, 138. 7, Sarah Sherman, 169. 7.
6. Glass 5°, below 0.
23. An Earthquake, 5. 30 Morn. Eeb. 6. Tarring trees.
Apr. 10. Eggs fatted.
May 19. Rejoicing for y« R[epeal] of y« St[amp] Act, Boston.
20. at Cambridge.
June 27. Valedictory by [William] Pepper ill, tolerable. July 9. Dr. [Jonathan] Mayhew died.
16. Comencem'', a cool day.
21. Mr. Applet[on] hurt by a fall from his chaise.
24. Thanksgiving for Repeal of St [amp] Act.
25. Jn° Mascarene born yesterday. Sept. 27. Sam' Cutts born 5^^ P. M. Feb. 24, 1767. Began a bottle Snuff.
Mar. 20. Had a gre[at] chair of E. Manning. Cost £3. Apr. 12. Vespers 5. 36. Congregation to begin Worship at 10'' morn & P. M. 2^ 30'.
14. The Rev'd Mr. [William] Hooper of Boston died extream suddenly.
1 7. Went to Mr. Hooper's Funeral, being invited. 27. Put Mercury into a Plumb tree.
May 14. Mr. Mascarene and wife went home to Salem.
July 1. To warn y® Cambridge School. Master of the Visita- tion of his School.
3. Valedictory by [Thomas] Bernard & that indifferently both as to Speech & Action.
6. Camb« School to be visited. And was visited this Day.
25. Sarah Sherman went off from our Service.
Sept. 1. Master Wiswall* died.
20. My Bro'' Jacob died yesterday Morn at 6 o'clock.
23. A great storm in the beginning of the Night w*^** did much Damage.
Oct. 7. Jn° Morse died.
11. Time of Worship changed viz. lO*' 30' A. M. to 2^ P. M. to begin this Day.
15. A small earthquake circa 11'* A. M.
•Peleg Wiswall, late master of the North Grammar School, aged 83 years.
30 DIARY OF REV. EDWARD HOLYOKE. [Nov., 1767
Nov. 8. Yesterday my Dauter Cutts del*^ of a Dau'ter named Anna Holyoke.
24. The snow w*"^ fell on y« 22^ .12 Inches at Least on a Level. Dec. 7. Gave to Jacob Bacon of Lexington £3. 10. 0 for 3 feet
of black Oak.
30. Mrs. Sewall bro't to bed of a son 8^ P. M.
Jan. 2, 1768. Family weigh'd. Myself, 227. 30, My wife, 179. 10, Priscy, 118. 10, Betty Fessenden, 113. 10, Eben"- Perry, 150. 10.
11. Capt. Cazneau sail'd for London.
19. O Eclipsed, vis[ible], Cloudy & but a poor Observation of the Eclipse.
Mar. 12. Spoke to Kittel for a wigg.
16. My Bro^ Sam^ Holyoke died 11*^ 30' A. M. Mt. 73. 11 m. 14 d.
28. Mr. Fran. Foxcroft [died] at 1 in y^ morn.
30. My Bro. J. Holyoke went to live at Newtown.
Apr. 10. First Sabbath to go @ lO^^ A. M. & 2. 30 P. M.
23. Put species in my Ink bottle.
25. Went to visit M' Peperill.
May 14. Mr. M[ather] Byles sail'd for England in Capt. Davies.
June 3. Began to take Bush Tea.
10. Rev. [Peter] Clarke of Danvers Died.
July 1. Valedictory pronounced by [David] Greene. Well.
2. Most violent Thunder when Hollis Hall was Struck & Dam- aged in every corner.
15. Daughter Kneeland bro't to Bed of her Daughter Lydia, circa 1*^ P. M.
Aug. 2. Taken ill.
Sept. 3. Mr. [Samuel] Wigglesworth of the [Ipswich] Hamlet died.
23. A priv[ate] Fast here on account of y® coming of the Troops.*
Oct. 11. My Dau'ter Holyoke bro't to bed w*'^ her Dau'ter Anna.
Nov. 14. Prune Walnut Trees.
Dec, 25. Sister Minotf died.
*The 14th and 29th regiments, commanded by Lt. Col. Dalrymple, em- barked at Halifax and arrived at Boston, Sept. 28, 1768.
tMrs. Mary, wife of Stephen Minott, jr., of Boston, and sister of Presi- dent Holyoke's first wife.
EDWARD AUGUSTUS HOLYOKE, M. D.
1728-1829,
From the pastel made by Benjamin BIythe in 177 1 and now in the possession of Mrs. Charles S. Osgood.
w
DIARY OF
EDWARD AUGUSTUS HOLYOKE,*
1742, 1743, 1744, 1746, 1747.
[On the inside front cover of the Diary for 1742 is written the following:] There was a comet appear'd Feb. 19, 1742 & I ob- served it the 22 of Feb. when it was in the tail of Aquilla : Long : W. 15" 29' : Lat : 36° 24' : at 5 in the morning that Day : and when I Got up on 4 morn rf it was in the edge of the milky way : at 5 in the morning that day wich was the 25 of Feb: 1742. March 20, 1742, the comet Disappeared wich is on Saturday night,
Jan. 1, 1742. Lecture.
3. Sacrame[nt].
17. M' [Thomas] Prentice of Chal[lestown] prech**.
19. Old M" Prentice Buried.
24. M' Thos. Balch preech^. 26. Old Jno Prentice died. Feb. 2. Candlemas day.
14. Valentines.
Apr. 1. M"" Prince dismis*^ from being fellow.
3. Draw*^ of 11 blls. cyder.
4. Mr. [Nehemiah] Walter, jun. [of Roxbury] Preh"* here.
6. Clean*^ the work house.
7. Finish*^ gardening.
8. General Fast.
10. Went to Ipswich.
25. Sacrment.
May 25. Went in to water.
26. Election.
30. M"- Robbins Preach*!.
♦These diaries, like the preceding, were kept in interleaved almanacs. The originals are now preserved in the Library of Harvard University. Nearly one half of the entries are in shorthand and have not been deci- phered. There is also a daily record of temperature, wind, weather, etc., not here included. During this period young Holyoke was a student at Harvard College of which his father was President.
tThursday morning.
31
32 DIARY OF [June, 1742
June 2. Foundation of the Chapel* Laid Some part of y® begin'g of this month.
July 15. Began to write my College Laws & finish"* y® tenth of Aug.
19. Finished my Theme: Labor Improbus omnia vincit. Aug. 10. This day James Paugnet was try** for Murd' and
accquit.
11. This day Father & mother returnd from Portsmo'**^. 18. This day I was Admitted into Harvard College.
21. This night a bill began to be kept in y® Hall.
22. This day began to recite to M' Flyntf in TuUy and virgill & Greek testament.
28. This day went to Boston & fetch"* up Peggy. J 30. This day my Father, M"" Flynt & M' Appleton & o' treasur- er went to Hopkinton. We did not recite till Mr. Flynt came home.
Sept. 1. M' Flynt Return"* home.
3. Uncle & Aunt Fitch came town.§
4. Still"* 11 pints of Lemmon Water.
20. This day I removed out of my old chamber into a new one. Nov. 7. Mrs. Gibbs died about 1 O'clock P. M.
11. This day was the annual thanksgiving.
14. My Father Preach"* Cambr.
Dec. 12. Sister Molly || born 10*' 52' 30".
18 - 20. Sometime this part of the month, the brick- work of the Chapel was finish"*.
[On the last leaf is written] an account of our Examination the 13 day of July 1742, viz : [Daniel] Foxcroft, [Joseph] Green, my- self and [James] Putnam.
I Virgil
Tutr^ 3 ^neid 15 Lines Pres^* 2 iEneid 24 Lines
Tutr« 3 Catiline Pres"** 2 Catiline
I Tully
Tut" 12 Luke ) ^ ^ n, . 4. -ri rtt o- AT 4-1, y Greek Testament Pres^* 2o Mathew )
Mem"* M' [Henry] Flynt examin"* in Tully : M"" [Belchar] Han- cock in Virgil : M"" [Joseph] Mayhew in Greek Test : M"" [Thomas] Marsh in no book in y® forenoon : in y® afternoon examined by y® Pres"** who gave us y® following Themes :
*Holden Chapel, erected in memory of Samuel Holden, merchant of London.
t Henry Flynt (1676-1'J60), who held the office of Tutor for fifty-five years.
jHis sister Margaret, born Sept. 22, 1726; married John Mascarene.
§Kev. Jabez Fitch of Portsmouth, N. H., and his wife Elizabeth, who was a sister of President Holyoke's second wife, Margaret, daughter of John Appleton of Ipswich.
II Mary Holyoke who died Nov. 13, 1753.
Dec, 1742] edwakd Augustus holyoke. 33
Foxcroft : Sapientia prestat viribus.
Greeu & myself : Labor Improbus oiniuia vincit.
Putnam : Semper avarus eget.
I finish*^ my Theme the 19 day of July, 1742 & was admitted the 18 of y® August following (after having been on writing my College Laws 20 Days finished them the 10 of August) and we. began to recite on the moonday morning after the vacancy was up which was the 23 Day of August in the year 1742.
Jan. 27, 1743. M"^ Flint went to boston.
28 Lecture day.
Feb. 1. M"^ Flint Return*^ from boston.
8. Fleming sat upon Gallows.*
11. Quarter day at College.
14. Mothers birth day.
17. An overseers meting. M'. Flynt had a Sore Shin.
18. John's birthday. t Declamed. Went into M' Monis.t
19. The Slates for the chapel were begun to be cut in order to be put on it.
20. Betty Epes§ birthday. A very warm day.
21. Corporation day.
22. Molly Man went to Boston.
28. This day finish^ Tullys or[ations]. Mar. 2. M"^ Winthrop || had no Lecture.
3. My father went to boston with M""* Morse. M' Faneuilf died.
4. Last night Late they begun to slate Chapel. Went into Monis.
6. Greas"^ chaise tackling. Began to lay y® w : house floor.
6. M'' Hancock of Martha* vineyard prech**.
7. The workmen at y*^ Chapel didn't come up till y® next day.
8. D"^ Wigglesworth** had a Lecture.
10. Father & Johny went down to M"" Faniuls burial.
11. Went into M*" Monis. Began second oration Tully.
12. Y® workmen went down from y® chappie & return** on Moonday following.
13. M' Appleton Preach** to y® Condemned Prisner.
♦Andrew Flemming of Groton, convicted of incest, was sentenced to sit upon the gallows at Cambridge, with a rope about his neck and then to be whipped forty stripes on the way from the gallows to the prison.
tHis brother John Holyoke who died Dee. 30, 1753.
tJudah Monis, instructor in Hebrew from 1722 to 1761. Embraced Christianity and was baptised in 1722.
§Elizabeth Epes, born Feb. 20, 1736, was the daughter of Hon. Symondg Epes of Ipswich, whose widow Mary married President Holyoke.
llJohn Winthrop, Hollis professor of mathematics and natural phil- osophy.
ITPeter Faneuil (1700-1743), the eminent Boston merchant.
•*Rev. Samuel Wigglesworth (1689-1768) of Ipswich Hamlet
34 DIARY OP [Mar., 1743
14. Prisn'" Repreav*^ 1 month : began Logick & y® 5 Mnid & virgil.
15. Do'' had a Lecture. Gushing & bulfinch came up from bos- ton.*
18. Our class was treted.
19. Burnt my chimney. M"". Flynt not well.
22. We made 16^1i. of bayberry wax Candles.
23. We made tallow Candles.
24. Annual Fast : began a pound of my Candles.
25. Went into M' Monis.
26. Went on Gunning kill** 9 pidgeons.f 28. Workm[en] were not up all day.
April 1. Went to Medford : went into M"^ Monis. 4. Corporation Day. Went to Charleston. 8. Went into M Monis.
14. M. Fenisont Executed for murder.
17. M' Hobby § Preach^ all day.
18. M'* Remington Died.
23. Transplanted 80 Cabbages.
24. My Father Preach^.
27. My Father, M"^ Flynt, D"- Wiggles [worth] went to Water- town.
28. Capt : Chambers of Charleston Died,
29. Did not go in to Mr. Monis.
May 1. My father went to preach at Roxbury.
3. Overseers Meeting : Dr : had no Lecture.
4. M"" Winthrop had no Lecture.
10. My father & M' [Thomas] Marsh went to Waltham.
13. Quarter Day. did not go in to M"" Monis.
15. M'' Cotton II Preach'' here all day.
16. Town meeting.
20. M"^ Monis did not come up.
25. This time was Election vacancy.
31. Corporation meeting : Finish*^ Plaisering Chappel. June 1. Was not quite well : Finish"^ Logic 1* time. 2. Began Logic a second time. 4. Finished y*^ Catechise of Greek Catechism.
30. Our Class Dismissed -fro[m] Reciting till after comence- raent.
July 4. Mr. Gookin^ Preach^ A. M.
*His classmates, Edward Gushing and Thomas Bulfinch.
tWild pigeons formerly were very common.
JMargaret Fennisy, executed at Cambridge for the murder of her illegi- timate child.
§Rev. William Hobby, minister at Reading, whose " Vindication of Whitefield" brought forth " A Twig of birch for Billy's breech," by Rev. John Cleaveland of Chebacco.
llRev. Josiah Cotton (1680-1750) of Plymouth, preacher to the Indians.
ITRev. Nathaniel Gookin (1713-1766) of North Hampton, N. H.
July, 1743] EDWARD AUGUSTUS HOLYOKE. 35
5. Comenc[ement].
11. Freshmen examined 18.
12. Freshmen examined 12. 17. M"- Gee* Preach** P : M.
Aug. 1. My Father & Mother and I went to Marblehead. 2. Put up at Capt. Le Gallais.t
17. Vacancy up to day.
20. Freshmen began to Recite.
22. We Began to Recite.
27. First went into M'' Monis this Year.
30. D' Wig[glesworth] had a Lecture first this year.
Sept. 3. This day our Class began Dugan's Rhetoric.
4. M'' CushingJ of Dover Preach'* A : D :
5. Began to mow Rowans. §
6. Got Some in to day. D'" [Wigglesworth] had no Lecture.
8. M' Flynt went to Boston. Finish"* Rowen.
9. Went into M' Monis 9 Clock.
10. Went into M-^ Monis 11 Clock.
11. Sacram[ent] : M' Newman || Preach'* P. M.
12. M' Flynt Return"*. Went in M-- Monis 9 Clock.
13. Began 8th ^Eniod Virgil. D'" had no Lect.
15. The Senior Sophisters Mett. Finish** Logic 2 time.
16. Began to make Propositions.
18. My Father Preach** A : M.
20. D"^ Wigglesworth had no Lecture. Began Gordon.1[
24. Went to Aunt Minott's.** Went into Mr. Monis.
26. Recited to M^ [Thomas] Marsh. Went into Mr. Monis.
27. Carryed in arguments yesterday.
Oct. 2. We recited to Mr. Flynt again, he grows beter. we cary in arguments 4 times a week.
Nov. 14. We began to Dispute 4 times a week.
24. Annual Thanks-Giving.
Dec. 5. Dispute but twice a week.
7. Wee Recited Tully's offices.
8. Began to analysis at College.
•Rev. Joshua Gee (1698-1748), pastor of the Old North Church, Boston.
tCapt. David Le Gallais, a merchant of Marblehead.
tRev. Jonathan Gushing (1689-1769) of Dover, X. IL, " a grave and sound preacher."
§The second crop of hay the same year.
llRev. John Newman (1716-1763), chaplain at Louisburg and minister at Edgartown.
ITGeogi'aphy Anatomiz'd; or, The geographical grammar. By Patrick Gordon. London, 1733.
••President Holyoke's first wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. John Browne of Marblehead. She died Aug. 15, 1719. Her sister Mary mar- ried, 1713, Stephen Minot of Boston,
36 DIARY OF [Dec, 1743
12. M' Cooper* Died of an Apoplectic Fit.
15. M'' Cooper Buried.
16. Left off reciting fryday morning.
23. A Comett appear^ between Andromedes head & Pegasus wing. The Length of the Tail increased very Fast moving towards the Sun.
Jan. 16, 1744. Went into M' Monis. Carr*^ in 2 arguments.
17. Tuetors & Professors Dined here. 20. M"" CameelJ Dined here.
26. Tail of Comet 28° Long.
28. Nobody into M"^ Monis. Very great storm.
29. The Comet Sets lO'' : 15' : Even.
Feb. 2. The Comet increases in the swiftness.
3. M"" Camel Dined here again. Did not go in Mr. Monis.
6. Comet Seen at morning as well as at Evening.
7. D' Wigglesworth had a Lecture. Began Ended.
10. Quarter Day : Did not go into M"" Monis.
11. Did not go "into M' Monis : M' Barret Buried.
12. M"" Gleason Preached.
15. Comet invisi : at Even : Eises 5*^ 30'.
16. The Tail of Comet at an angle of 45 : north.
17. Went into M"" Monis. Freshmen first went in.
18. A great Storm of Snow. Tail of Comet perpendicular to the Horizon. Saw Comet all Day.
19. Saw the Comet at Noon.
20. Comet South of the Sun. 23. Comet invisible to us.
26. Workmen came to finish the Chappel.
29. Comet seen no more by Us.
Mar. 2. Cleaned the Clock & timepiece.
31. Bowles § admonished.
Apr. 1. M'Turell II Preached.
6. Declamed to Day : went into Mr. Monis.
12. General Fast Annual.
17. D"^ had no Lect : Committee overseers met.
18- M'" Winthrop had no Lect : Finisht Analysis.
19. Finished Gordon. M"^ Flynt went to Waltham.
20. Went in to M"* Monis : A Sacr : Lecture. M^' Flynt went to Dorchester & return*^.
*Rev. William Cooper (1694-1743), pastor of the Brattle Street Church, Boston. He was elected President of Harvard College in 1737, but de- clined the trust, and Rev. PJdward Holyoke was chosen in his stead.
tThis comet was first noted by Klin Kenberg at Haarlem, on December 9th.
tCampbell?
§Isaac Bowles, a senior.
llRev. Ebenezer Turell (1702-1778), minister of Medford. " An eminent preacher."
I
Apr., 1744] EDWARD Augustus holyoke. 37
22. Sacrament Day.
23. Began Locke* to recite.
24. First went to Mrs. Moreheadt to paint on Glass. June 2. War with France Proclamed.
3. A pretty great Earthquake : 10'' : 15' : A : M. 8. Declaming Day.
28. Fast on account of war with France. Aug. 6. The Vane Finish* & raised.
13. Began to Skecth my Canvas for Painting my Coueert of Arms. J
15. Chambers at College Settled. Vacancy up.
17. Prayers began at College.
18. Went fishing & Catch None. Finished my Arms.
20. Johny§ went to Bost[on] on foot with Juba.
21. Went to Castle W" [for] first time.
22. First recited this morn in Locke. || Sept. 21. Declaiming Day.
Jan. 2, 1746. [Benjamin] Dearborn, [Andrew] Oliver and I went into M"" Gardner to Day to Learn French. 5. M' Carnes^ Preach*- here all Day. 12. M"- Bridge** Preach^i P : M.
18. Analysing Finish*.
19. M' Appletonft Preach** A : D.
21. Went into M"" Winthrop : Finish*
22. Very warm. No Lecture. D"" had a Lect. Mrs. James at our house.
27. M'' Monis was up, but I did not go.
Feb. 3. Went into M"" Monis. Began Spheric.
4. A smal Earthquake, as Some Say at 1-2.
5. A Private Fast at Cambridge.f M'^ Cook & M'' Appleton Preach*.
•Probably John Locke's " Essay on the human understanding."
tMrs. Sarah (Parsons), the wife of Rev. John Moorhead, minister of the Scotch-Irish church on Long Lane, afterward Federal street, Boston, known as the " Church of the Presbyterian Strangers."
tMr. Andrew Nichols of Danvers, a descendant, now has in his posses- sion a coat of arms of the Holyoke family painted on canvas and probably antedating the year 1744, which came to him through the Samuel Ilolyoke branch.
§John, son of President Holyoke, born Feb. 18, 1734, died Dec. 30, 1753. Juba, a negro slave, weighed 141 1-2 pounds in 1748, when the entire fam- ily were weighed.
llSee April 23, 1744.
IRev. John Carnes, minister of Stoneham, 1746-1757, and afterwards of Lynn.
•*Rev. Matthew Bridge (1725-1775), settled over the church in Framing- hara the following month.
ItRev. Nathaniel Appleton (1693-1784), minister of the church in Cam- bridge.
tJThe public fast this year was appointed for Mar. 13th.
38 DIARY OF [Feb., 1746
7. Quarter Day kept in y^ hall.
9. My Father Preach** A : M. M'" Appleton : P : M.
10. M' Mollis came but Did not go. in : went into M"" Winthrop : Finish" Projection of y^ Sphere.
11. Did not Dispute : Coiporation met: No Lecture.
12. No Lecture all Day : Finish* Justin.
14. Began Eutropius [Nepos].
16. M"" Adams preach"* all Day.
17. Began Salustius.
18. My Father & Mother went to Framingham to M' [Matthew] Bridge^ ordination : & 10 or a Doz : Scho*.
19. M'' Bridge ordaind at Framingham. M' Adams my chan : also y® Same day.
20. My Father & Mother & Sister returned.
21. We did not go in to M"^ Gardner.
22. [Benjamin] Dearborn went Home. 25. Our Class finish" Disputing.
27. Finish" Sallustius.
28. Began Floras.
Mar. 1. A Large beautiful Aurora Borealis.
4. I went to Brooklin with Mr. Flynt, & Father & Mother. D"" had a Lecture : We did not Dispute. M"" Flynt went to Boston y® same night to M"" Wendells for Solving y® Aurora Bor :
10. M' Flynt Dismissed our Class ; Began Algebra.
13. This Day a Public Fast.
15. 5 Experimental Lectures this week.
17. No Experimental Lecture, a Practical lect[ure], we did Division.
25. D' had a Public Lect[ure].
26. D'" had a Private Lect[ure]. 28. I did not go in to y^ Library.
31. Went in to Mr. Winthrop and did -) x -^ of Algebraic
Fractions.
Apr. 11. M"" Speaker Cushing* Died.
12. My Father & Mother went to Concord, Moonday.
13. M' Coopert Preach" all Day.
14. Went in to M"^ Winthrop ; we did Equation by always together.
17. M' Cushing Buried. No Lecture.
21. Went into M"^ Winthrop where we began to do questions in algebra.
•Thomas Cushing (1693-1746), merchant of Boston and speaker of the House of Representatives from 1742 until his death.
tRev. Samuel Cooper (1725-1783), minister of the Brattle Street Church, Boston. Chosen President of Harvard College in 1774 but declined the honor.
May, 1746] edward Augustus holyoke. 39
May 1. Our Class had their Dinner, y« whole cost .34 : 10 : 0 : each one paid 3 : 3 : 6.
28. Mr. Winthvop had a Lecture & we proceeded to answer questions in Equation.
3. The Thesees Colectors Carried Down Theses ye first of this month.
18. M"^ Welstead* of Boston preach^ all Day.
25. M'' Dennisf of y*" Cape preach'^ all Day.
27. The Election vacancy was a week without prayers, or Lec- tures or Reciting.
28. Election. M*" Thomas Hutchinson chose Speaker.
29. The general Court agreed on y® Expedition to Canada:}: «& we send 3,000 Men : Incentum 30£ & a Blanket.
June 1. M' [Robert] Breck of Springfeild Preach** all Day.
2. Proclamations put out, for Inlisting men.
3. An Aurora Borealis on y® first Evening lusta*. 16. None of all our Theses Rejected.
20. [Daniel] Foxcroft Pronounced y'^ valedictory.
29. M"" Appleton Preach** to our Class.
July 2. Coraencement.
6. W [Joseph] Green of Barustab[le] Preach* A : D.
8. About 18 Freshmen accepted : and 2 or 3 turn* by.
13. M' Andrew Boardman Preach* A : D.
20. M"- Foss Preach*.
21. My Father, Mother, Sister Peggy, Sister Nancy & I went to Ipswich,
22. We all dined at Coll : Berry s.§
23. I went to Portsmouth.
25. Came back to Ipswich from Portsmouth.
26. Went to Marblehead : all of us.
28. My father preach* all Day at Mr. Barnards.|i
29. Our horse lamed in his Stifle Bone.
30. We all Returned home.
Aug. 2. My father set out to go to Ma-tha* Vineyard. 6. Lexington men agreed [shorthand] for 25£.^
»Kev. William Welsteed (169.5-1753), minister of the New Brick Church.
tRev. Josiah Dennis (1694-176.3), minister of the East Precinct of Yar- mouth.
JThe abortive expedition against Montreal and Quebec.
§Col. Thomas Berry (1695-17.56), eminent physician, .Justice of the Court of Sessions, Judge of Probate, and member of the Governor's Council, 1735-1751.
llRev. .John Barnard (1681-1770), minister of the First Church, Marble- head, who did so much for the material benefit of the town. In 1714, Mr. Barnard and Mr. Ilolyoke both were candidates to assist Rev. Samuel Cheever, the aged pastor of the First Church. Mr. Barnard received the election, but the friends of Mr. Holyoke were unwilling to yield and or- ganized the Second Church and called him as their pastor.
ITProbably the amount agreed upon as salary for the school master which office young Holyoke assumed on Aug. 26th.
40 DIARY OF [Aug., 1746
9. My Father returned from Martha* viney"*.
22. Went to Lexington & Returned.
23. 20 Freshmen this year : moved out of my Chamber.
26. Began to keep School at Lexington, my Father & mother came to Lexington today.
30. Had a Letter from Peggy.
31. M"^ Hancock Preach^^.*
Sept. 4. Ellery jun' & Williamsf came to See me. I dismissed the School for this after — . 7. M"" Hancock Preach<^.
9. Had a Letter from Father.
10. Had a Letter from Peggy.
12. Lecture Day at Lexington, M"" Bowst preach*.
13. Went home the first time to Cam[bridge]. 15. Return"^ before 9 o'Clock.
20. S' [William] Philips, S' [Oliver] Peabody & S'" [Daniel] Foxcroft came to see me.
21. The Bishop preached all day.§
22. The company here & in all the towns here about raised sent down to boston because of a feared Invasion from a f ranch fleet. J
26. Old M" Stonelf died.
27. 150 Soldiers billeted in town.
28. M' Trask** preach* here all Day.
29. We had News of a french fleet at Chebacter.ft
30. Mem :" S' [Daniel] Foxcroft began to keep [school] at Rox- bury : 22*' Instant.
Oct. 2. Y® 150 Soldiers Dismiss'^ today.
3. Peggy & M" Nanny harrington[?] & Wendell came to see me & I went home with them. Did not keep school this forenoon. 9. Return*^ with Elizur^J before 9 o'clock.
*Rev. John Hancock (1671-1752), minister at Lexington for 54 years and grandfather of " the signer."
tWilliara Ellery and Solomon Williams, members of the class of 1747.
JRev. Nicholas Bowes (1706-1755), minister at Bedford for 24 years.
§There was no Bishop of the Church of England located in New England before the Revolution, Possibly this may refer to Rev. Roger Price, rector of King's Chapel, who was the Bishop of London's Commissary, but more probably to the Rev. John Hancock of Lexington, who was known as " Bishop Hancock," a tribute of respect to his age and long service.
IIThe French fleet of forty sliips of war, commanded by Duke d'Anville, sent to recover Cape Breton aad ravage the New England settlements, but destroyed by storms. Boston was garrisoned by over 8000 men.
ITMrs. Dorcas, wife of Dea. Samuel Stone of Lexington (died Sept. 24. — Lexington Rds.).
**Rev. Nathaniel Trask (1723-1789), born in Lexington, minister at Brent- wood, N. H. from 1747 until his death.
ttOhebuctoo, now Halifax, Nova Scotia.
j:tHis cousin Elizur, aged is, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Bridgham) Holyoke, who afterwards married Hannah, daughter of Rev. Oliver Pea- body of Natick, and became the minister at Boxford, Mass., from 1758 un- til his death in 1806.
Oct., 1746] EDWARD AUGUSTUS HOLYOKE. 41
10. Last night & this morn : a flight [of] snow.
12. M' Lawrence* Preacht All Day.
15. A very bright changable Aurora borea.
16. A public fast.
18. Last night & today a Snow fell, deep 5 ^ Inch.
19. M"" [John] Hancock preach* All Day.
21. Ministers meeting. [William] Ellery & [Peter] Bourse came to see me.
23. Very warm weather all this week.
28. 2 Ellerys, M' Denison & [Solomon] Williams came to see me, & tarried about ^ hor.
Nov. 1. Went home to Cambridge, had a Letter from [Benja- min] Dearborn.
2. M"" Appleton Preach*. John at home.
3. Keturn^ home to Lexington, wrote an answer to Dearborn. 6. Excessive cold weather for the Season.
8. Went home to Cambridge on foot.
9. D' Chaunceyt Preach* all Day.
10. Return*^ on horsback with Elizur.
14. Din<^ at M' Harringtons, did not keep school this afternoon.
24. I dismiss"* the School this 24 Day the last day of my en- gagement at Lex[ington].
25. I return^ home with W[illiam] Ellery.
26. Began to Prime my canvas.
27. The Annual Thanksgiving.
28. Siz** the canvas for Arms.
30. M' [Job] Gushing of Shrewsbury Preach* & M' [Nathaniel] Appleton.
An Account of those who Bro't wood to School at Lexington, 1746. Lieut Fiske for one child 3 feet : John Bridge one Load for 3 child[renj : Marret Munroe 1 Load for 1 child. These three Loads were all that were bro't while I was at Lexington in Sept : Oct : Nov :
Dec. 2. Painted at times on the Hatches J all this month.
10. M' Davison & Aunt Appleton§ came to see us.
23. S' [Daniel] Foxcrofts time out at Roxbury.
24. A great Storm of Snow 11 Inches Deep fell : & very cold. Jan. 19, 1747.11 Capt. Kentf Saild for Jamaica.
Feb. 10. M" Coburn Died.
•Rev. William Lawrence (1723-1780), afterwards minister at Lincoln,
tRev. Charles Chauncey, D. D. (1705-1787), minister of the First church, Boston, for sixty years.
tThe shading and lines on his heraldic arms.
§Probably his aunt Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Appleton, the Register of Probate at Ipswich.
II He was teaching school in Roxbury at this time.
1[Probably Capt. Benjamin Kent of Boston who died at Kingston, Jamaica, in 1748 or 1749.
42 DIARY OF [Feb., 1747
11. Benj* Clark Died. 28. James Pemberton* Esq' Died.
Mar. 23. Will a Molatto of Benj. & Jn'> Walkers Shot a Negro [named Cato] of Jn° Denny Jun"" & he died on y® Spot. Apr. 6. Pollyt went to M" Alden's School.
9. Fast.
10. Governour Knowles from Louisbourgh.J
11. Kev*^ M' Caner§ from Connecticut. 24. Jn° Phillips Died att Midnight past.
26. W"" Winslow Baptised who was borne 22*^.
30. I sett out for Connecticut.
May 6. I return'd from Connecticut via Providence.
13. Governour Knowles Saild for Louisbourg.
22. pd Brother Jon* for a Cask of Wine £30. 15.
[In July of this year young Holyoke began the study of medi- cine with Thomas Berry, M. D. of Ipswich, the most distinguished practitioner in his neighborhood. He finished his studies in April, 1749, and removed to Salem in June of the same year.]
Oct. 8. M" [Elizabeth] Wakefield exec"^ for Murder of her Child att Cambridge.
15. Will'" Exec*! for Murder March 23^.
Nov. 16. M' Knowles sent his Boats above the Castle in the Night & press'd Severall Seamen belonging to Outward bound Ves- sells in the Harbour who carried them down in his Scooner. Next morning 17**^ a Mobb Consisting of Strangers, Seamen & Others of Vile Condition Assembled & took Severall Officers belonging to M' Knowles's Fleet & Carried them to the Governour Demanding his Assistence, butt not being Satisfied att Night they met below the town House & Insulted the Governour & Council (who were then Sitting) in a Scandulous Manner & after the Governour was Escorted home by his Officers of Militia & Others belonging to the King under Arms they brought a Barge they suppos'd belong'd to the Kings ship, before his Door & threatened to burn her, but were Persuaded to burn her on Copp's Hill. ||
*James Pemberton, born 1682, of Boston, for whom Pemberton Square was named.
tHis sister Mary, born Dec. 12, 1742, died Nov. 13, 1753.
t Admiral Sir Charles Knowles (died 1777), Governor of Louisburg, 1746; of Jamaica, 1752-6; rear-admiral, 1765.
§Rev. Henry Caner (1700-1792), rector of Kings Chapel. Having been selected by the congregation and not by the Bishop of London, the day after his arrival in Boston he was escorted to the chapel. The church wardens at the door delivered to him the key, and locking himself in the church, he tolled the bell, and then unlocked the door and received the wardens, committee, etc., who wished him joy in having possession of the church.
IIThe mob threw stones through the windows of the council chamber. Another account states that the boat was burned on the Common. The officers were released after which Commodore Knowles discharged most of the men whom he had impressed, and went to sea. See Palfrey's His- tory of New England, Vol. V, pp. 87-91.
Nov., 1747] EDWARD AUGUSTUS HOLYOKE. 43
18. The Governour went to the castle.
19. M" Wroe died & 25*'» was buried.
20. A Towns Meeting invited the Governor home.
21. He was receiv'd by the Militia & other Gentlemen. 26. Thanksgiving.
Dec. 19. Paid Snoden's Negro 16/ for Sweeping 2 Chimnej's. 15. The Town House burn't.*
31. Paid Moses Maynaid of Sudberry for a Hogg 132" at 2/6 £16 - 10.
*Now known as the Old State House. The fire began in the second story and destroyed much of the interior. The building was reconstructed much as before and no essential changes have since been made.
DIARY OF
JOHN HOLYOKE.
1748
Jan. 7, 1748. Our class Learned out Greek Gi-ammar.
8. A. M. Family Weighed. 234^ Father. 183^ Mother. 131^ Peggy. 109 Betty Hoi. 93^ John. 88^ Sami.* 89^ Anna. 76^ Betty Epes.t 63^ Priscilla. 37^ Mary. 159^ Deb. Forster. 141| Juba.
9. Father cleaned his watch.
10. Mr. Flint preach^.
12. Father & Mother went to Coll. Alford's.J
13. I had a pair of Shoes.
16. Our Class Learn'd out Greek Catechism.
19. Sam went to Boston in y^ Sledd.
20. Fath[er] and Moth[er] went & returnd, but Peggy Stay"^ at Aunt Minot's.§ Our class learn'd out 5 enied.
22. Sam Declam"i.
28. Public fast.
29. Hebrew Gramars given us. I Declam*. Feb. 6. I wrote to Neddy || by Mr. Norton. 7. Thermt®"^ 115 Deg : abroad.
12. I went in to Mr, Monis.
18. Our Class learnd out y** 6 Eniod.
21. We draw<i of 15 Bar' Cyder on 20. We Setl^
23. Our class Learn"* out Tulle Orat ;
24. Began Logick.
25. We learnd out Mark & begun Luke.
•Samuel, son of Hon. Symonds and Mary Epes of Ipswich, born March 27, 1734. Harvard, 1751. His mother married President Holyoke, Mar. 17, 1741-2.
tElizabeth, daughter of Hon. Symonds and Mary Epes of Ipswich, born Feb. 20, 1736.
tHon. John Alford of Charlestown, who founded the professorship of Natural Theology in Harvard College.
§Mrs. Mary, wife of Stephen Minot. She was a sister of President Hol- yoke's first wife.
II His brother Edward Augustus, then studying medicine at Ipswich.
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Feb., 1748] diary of john holyoke. 45
28. I received a Letter from Neddy. Mar. 12. 1 was admitted.
13, Mr. Hitchcock Sen. preach** P. M.
16. Sam & I began to learn French of Mr. Gar[dner].
16. Went in to Mr. Gardener A. M. & P. M.
29. Began to make propositions.
31. We got up to y® other French Scholars & began Telema- chus.
Apr. 11, Planted Parsnips & Pees, &c.
13. A Comet appears in Casshiopea's Chair.
23. I went to Bost[on] in Cart : Neddy came home.
28. Annual Fast. Did not goe to Mr. Gardener this week.
29. I declam'd.
30. Neddy went to Ipswich again.
May 2. I went to Boston horseback. Sam went to Wa[ter- town?].
6. Quarter Day.
8. I had a new Coat & Breeches, Ger™'' Searge.
9. I had pair Doble Chan pomps.* 12. First Went into Wat«^
19. Had a pair of Shose of How.
27. Wrote to Neddy in French,
28. Sam & I & Deborahf went to Marblehead,
31. We return 'd from Marblehead.
June 8. Kitchen Chimney burnt : Mow^ y® Orchard.
9. Fast for ye drowth.
10. Our Clas placed on 8 Day.
11. I wrote to Neddy ; planted Coffee. $ 15. Planted Mulberrys.
17. Did not go to Monis. Dudley made an E[n]tertainment for y^ Class.
24. Valedictory pronounced by [Dudley] Atkins. July 6. Commencement. Rain.
14. Eclipse of the © between 4 & 5 oClock A. M. visible.
20. Fath[er] & Moth[er] & Pris went to Ipswich. 28. Eclipse of the C between 7 & 8 A. M, visible.
Aug. 16, Betty & Sam, Betty Epes & I went to Ipswich. 17. Vacancy up : Neddy taken ill of a nervous fever.
19. Betty & Sam & I return'*, 22, Our Class began to recite.
26. Fath[er] & Peggy & I went to Ipswich to see Neddy, Sept, 8. Fath[er] & Peggy return** : Sam had a gown. 11. Corporation granted me the Care of y® Clock.
20. Had pair of shos, How.
•Low shoes,
tProbably Deborah Forster, the hired girl in the family.
iCoffee was first planted in the West Indies about 1720.
46 DIARY OP JOHN HOLYOKE. [Sept., 1748
21. Neddy so well as to go out. m
22. I return'd from Ipswich. ^
23. I had a gown. I moved into my Chamber Coll.
24. Coll[ege] : on fire yesterday. Oct. 10. My Churam taken ill of a fever 14. Molly taken ill of a fever.
16. Chumm moved to y® Widow Bordman's.*
17. Began Euclid, made Arguments.
18. Mr. Mayhewt went to ordination, took me.
19. Mother taken ill of a fever. 21. Mr. Mayhew return'd.
26. Mr. Brown t ordained Brooklynn ; I was there. Nov. 3. Began Georgicks. 18. Neddy & Peggy came from Ipswich. 24. Thanksgiving Annual. 29. Neddy had a new great Coat. Dec. 1. My great Coat turnd into jacket. 2. Pair of Shoes: Hastings. 9. Left of reciting on fridays.
*Mrs. Elizabeth, widow of Andrew Boardman, saddler, steward of the College for forty-four years, selectman, town clerk, and town treasurer.
tRev. Jonathan Mayhew (1720-1766), of Martha's Vineyard, Harvard, 1744, minister of the West Church, Boston. A man of great ability.
JRev. Cotton Brown (1726-1751), of Haverhill, Harvard, 1743. Died of a violent fever during the third year of his pastorate.
MISS MARY VIAL.
I 737-1802.
The second wife of Edward Augustus Holyoke, M. D. From the portrait painted in I 753 and now in the possession of Miss Mary W. Nichols.
DIARY OF
MRS. MARY (VIAL) HOLYOKE.
1760-1800.
Jan. 2, 17G0. The Rev. Mr. Locke* Carried Miss Mary Porter from Cambridge to Natick, where they were married, & from thence went to Sherborn.
3. Mr. Wigglesworth & Miss Prisey Holyoket & Sammy Porter,}: with her father & mother, Came to Salem, tarried with us till Sat- urday, when they went to Ipswich.
16. Went to a dance at m^ Jefferies. A spare rib as a present from Colonel Pickman.§
March 3. Went to Cambridge with the Rev'd Mr. Barnard, || from there went to Boston.
8. Came home.
12. Sister Nancy Came & tarried a fortnight. Came with Mr. Eppes of Danvers. Went home with Mr. Trowbridge.
April 20. Uncle Simpson^ & aunt Came to Salem, tarried at Mr. Lechmere's.** The Surveyorff came with them. The next Friday they went home.
•Rev. Samuel Locke (1732-1778), President of Harvard University, 1770- 1773. Miss Mary Porter was the daughter of Rev. Samuel Porter of Sher- born, and step-daughter of Mrs. Holyoke's mother, Mrs. Mary (Simpson) Vial.
tMiss Priscilla Holyoke was youngest daughter of President Holyoke.
+Son of Rev. Samuel Porter of Sherborn, then fifteen years old.
§Col. Benjamin Pickman was the father of Judith Pickman, the first wife of Dr. Holyoke.
llRev. Thomas Barnard (1716-1776), minister of the First Church, Salem.
ijonathan Simpson (1712-1795), a merchant of Boston, chosen one of the Mandamus Councillors. A prominent loyalist, who left Boston with his wife on Howe's evacuation, and died in Bristol, England. His wife, Mar- garet (Lechmere) Simpson, also died at Kensington, England. They left no children.
•♦Richard Lechmere (1727-1814), Collector of Customs at Salem, who pre- ceded the notorious James Cockle. Mr. Lechmere was one of the best bred men in New England, and was nephew to Nicholas, Lord Lechmere, in the reign of George I. He was living, in 1760, in the Browne mansion house that stood nearly on the site of the present " Essex House." At the Revolution he fled to Halifax and thence to England.
ttJoseph Dowse (1709-1785), merchant in Boston. Burned out in the great tire of 1760, and succeeded Jonathan Pue as Surveyor of the port of Salem, at a salary of £40.
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48 DIARY OF [June, 1Y60
June 11. Went to Cambridge with the D"".*
12. Went from thence to Boston. The D'' returned to Salem that afternoon with John.
13. I drank tea at Mrs. Mascarene's.f Went to see Aunt Glover.
14. Dined at Uncle Simpson's.
15. Went to the Surveyor's in the Evening.
16. Spent the afternoon at Aunt Davis'.
17. Dined at Uncle Glover's. Drank tea at Mrs. Allen's, the Evening at Mr. Lechmere's.
18. Came home with Mr. Lechmere. 30. Major Epps died.j
July 3. Went to Cambridge to Major Epps's funeral, buried to- day.
8. Mr. Badger & Lady, Mr. Locke & Lady Came to see us. 30. Mrs. Holyoke & wife from Boston.
Aug. 7. Father & mother return'd from Ipswich. Din'd at Colonel Pickman's, in the afternoon went to the Farm.
8 Tea at Col. Serjant's,§ spent the evening at M"^ Barnard's.
9. Father & mother went home. 12. The D"^ went to Cape Ann. Sept. 14. My Daughter Mary born.
Jan. 1, 1761. Was at M" Barton's || with Sister Betsey. 2. Sister Betsey went home with Mr. Goff. At dance at Mrs. Jeffery's in the evening.
12. Mrs. Lechmere here.
13. Small Pox found to be at Jn° Osgood's.^ Cap*. Coolidge came here to lodge. An Excessive cold night.
15. Y® Docf was cal*^ to Methuen. A dance at Jefferies in the evening.
16. Ye D'^ returned. Began upon the firkin of butter of 40 lb.
17. Sally Bernard here.
20. Fanuil Hall burnt at Boston.
21. Began first upon Fyal Wine had of Webster.
*Mrs. Holyoke always mentions her husband as " the Doctor."
fMrs. Margaret, sister of Dr. E. A. Holyoke, who married (1750) John Mascarene, afterward Comptroller of Customs at Salem, and Collector in 1775.
t Major Samuel Epes (1733-1760) of Ipswich Hamlet, lawyer, representa- tive to the General Court. •* One of the most promising young men of the period." He died of consumption at the house of President Holyoke.
§Col. Epes Sargent (1690-1762) of Gloucester, who married the widow of Col. William Browne of Salem in 1744 and removed to Salem. He was a merchant, colonel in the militia, and long a justice in the Court of General Sessions.
II Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Capt. Samuel Barton, a merchant engaged in the West India trade.
ITJohn Osgood (1716-1761) who married in 1751, Sarah Hawkins of Mar- blehead.
Jan., 1761] MRS. MARY (vial) holyoke. 49
22. Bo't hog, weighed 182 pounds, at 2/5. Salted hog with half Lisbon & half saltertudas salt.*
23. Went to see Mrs. Crowninshield. Sammy Locke born 22**. Mrs. Lechmere moved to Cambridge.
24. John Osgood died of the Small pox.
25. No church today on acc't of the Small pox.
26. Went to see Miss Lynde at Mrs. Lendall's house.
28. At lecture.
29. At dance at Jefferies'. Mrs. Wharf died of S. pox.
31. The D"" went to Marblehead to see Father & mother^ who were at M"" Hooper's, & Bo't Candlesticks & Cork Screws. Feb. 2. Mrs. Cross died of small Pox. 4. Made Mrs. Ropesf a Sitting up visit.
10. Mr. Goodill & Mrs. Fiske broke out with small pox.
11. Mr. Goodill & Mrs. Fiske Removed to y® pest house.
14. Phippen's son broke out with Small Pox.
15. Church today for the first time since small pox. 17. Mrs. Dal ton brought to bed.
20. Mrs. Fiskef died of y*^ small pox.
25. Phippen died of y® small pox. Opened cask of Biscuit. March 4. D'^ Clarke§ here from Newbury. Ironing. 7. Scower'd pewter.
9. Polly went abroad for the first time.
10. D"^ went to Ipswich.
12. Shock of an earthquake.
16. D'' went to Ipswich.
17. Made the Dr. six Cravats marked H. 19. John King died.
21. John King Buried. Went with Mrs. Eppes.
23. Mrs. Crowninshield Drank tea here.
24. At M'-Pynchon's.ll
25. At Colonel Pickman's with Mad™ Lynd.
26. At a dance at Jefferies.
30. Made Mrs. Oliver ye first visit.^
♦Salt from the Tortugas, a West India island.
tMrs. Priscllla, wife of Nathaniel Ropes, who lived in the house still standing on Essex street, opposite Cambridge street. The " sitting up visit " followed the birth of Mrs. Ropes' first child, Abigail, who after- wards married William Orne, the eminent Salem merchant. Nathaniel Ropes was appointed a justice of the Court of Common Pleas in 1761, and later became chief justice, and in 1772 was promoted to the bench of the Superior Court of Judicature.
tProbably the wife of Rev. Samuel Fiske, formerly pastor of the Third church.
§Parker Clarke, M. D. (1718-1798), physician at Andover and Newbury, who married Lydia, daughter of Rev. Samuel Phillips of Andover.
llWilliam Pynchon (1723-1789), a prominent lawyer.
•fTMrs. Mary, wife of Andrew Oliver, judge of Court of Common Pleas and Mandamus Councillor. She was the daughter of lion. Benjamin Lynde. They lived in a house at the corner of Essex and Liberty streets, taken down when the present Lynde Block was erected.
60 DIARY OP [Mar., 1761
31. Went to Cambridge with Mr. Mascarene in Andrews' chaise, Esty's horse
April 1. D"^ came to Cambridge.
7. Oliver, Higginson, Eppes & Pick man dined here.
17. Bought salmon. Made soap.
22. Fast day. John Marston died. Bought green shoes.
23. Dressed a Calves Head turtle fashion.*
25. John Marston Buried.
26. Palfrey's Child Baptized.
27. John King shot his hand. At Colonel Serj ant's with Miss Appleton.
May 6. Ministers' meeting. Spent y^ evening at M"^ Bernard's. 6. At Judge Lynde's with Miss Appleton.
18. At M" John Higginson'st with Mrs. Curwen, Pierce & Chase.
19. Mrs. Bacon buried.
20. Began to whitewash. Dr. taken with a Cold.
22. Went to a Barbeque at Jonson's, 50 in company. D' not there.
28. Ironed. Went to Capt. Crowninshield's funeral. J 30. Scower'd pewter. Polly cut her first Tooth. June 1. Mrs. Giles died in childbirth at Mrs. Frye's.
8. Ropes moved to ye pest house with Small Pox. 13, Cato ret^ from Boston.
20. Went to flax pond with Mrs. Crowninshield.
24. D"^ Went to Barbeque at y« Fort §
25. We went to Castle Hill|| by invitation.
About the middle of y® month of May there appear'd a Cold, as it was vulgarly cal'd, which was very general ; sparing neither Age nor Sex. In Some it arose to that Height as to be dignify'd by y* name of a Fever, generally of y® Pleuritic Peripneumonia or Ca-
•A boiled cairs head cut into pieces about half an inch square is placed in a strong gravy that has been strained, made of veal, beef, onions, but- ter, anchovies, lemon peel and spice. Include also a pint of madeira and hard boiled eggs. *' A very good dish, and if properly made will not dis- credit the cook." — Hunter's Culina Famulatrix.
tMrs. Mehitable (Robie), wife of John Higginson, Register of Deeds. Mrs. Higginson, with her daughter " Hetty," sought refuge in Halifax at the beginning of the Revolution, but afterwards returned to Salem, and for many years kept a private school of great repute. When asked what she taught, she sometimes would laughingly reply, " ethics." See Sils- bee's Half Century in Salem, pp. 48-52; Salem Gazette, July 21, 1846.
tCapt. John Crowninshield, aged 65 years, father of Benjamin Crownin- shield.
§The fort at Winter Island, Salem Neck, a place of resort during the summer season.
llThe summer residence of Judge Benjamin Lynde (1700-1781), was built on Castle Hill in 1748, and there he entertained in the highest style for those days.
HI
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WILLIAM BROWNE.
1709-1 763.
From the portrait formerly at Rosewell, Gloucester Co., Virginia.
June, 1761] mrs. mary (vial) holyoke. 51
tarrhal Kind, but in most it produced but a slight feverishness, a Running of a thin Coryza from y** Nose, a Pain or dizziness in y® Head, Inflammation in y® Eyes & throat, with great stupidity and inattention ; loss of Smell & Taste ; but when y® Defluxions fell upon y* Breast it produc'd bad coughs, great Soreness, &c. ; when Upon y® limbs. Rheumatic Pains which in some soon grew to a severe Rheumatism. Bleeding when there was a full and tense pulse always gave great relief. If much Fever Attended Vomits were advantageous ; Pectoral cooling demulcent Teas serv'd y** Cough, which, when very importunate, was much relieved by gen- tle Poses of Elix. Asthmah. Some retained their Appetites (if y* Cold was not attended with much fever) thro' ye Illness. In some, severe Tooth Aches tortured, while in others the throat was in great pain externally.*
This Summer has been remarkable for as Severe a Drouth as this country has felt since the year 1749, and perhaps the 111 Effects of it much greater than that, as the Rains which put an End to it came on much later ; in '49 they came y® 1st July, and this Year not till y® 22*^ of Aug*', & so extreme has it been that great part of the Indian Corn (which stands a drouth as well as any plant we have) was dried up & lost to any use but Foddering Cattle. One Cause which rendered the Earth much drier than it would have been was y^ Excessive Heat & Driness of the Air ; none Among us ever remembering such a continued Series of Hot Dry weather. t
July 1. Mr. Pickman Came to New England. Mrs. Higginson & Aunt Winslow spent the day with us. Ropes Amory here.
2. Dr. went a fishing.
3. Dined upon turtle at Colonel Pickman's.
7. Scowered rooms. Miss Betty Pickman here.
10. Dined at Col. Pickman's, turtle dressed at Lynn.
13. M". Crowninshield here. Colonel Appleton Lodged here.
17. M' Holyokel & his mother here on their way to Boxford.
18. M' Brown brought his Lady home.§ 21. Washed.
23. Drank tea with M" Barnard.
24. Went to Johnson's to a turtle, II 80 people present. A dance at Jefferies. Not there.
*In the handwriting of Dr. E. A. Holyoke.
tin the handwriting of Dr. E. A. Holyoke.
tRev. Elizur Holyoke (1731-1806), the Doctor's cousin, who was ordained Jan. 31, 1759, minister at Boxford.
§Hon. William Browne (1709-1763), who built " Browne's Folly," a sum- mer residence on a hill in Beverly, married for his second wife Mary, daughter of Philip French of New Jersey. She died Aug. 11, 1761, and the beautiful summer house was removed to another location in Beverly.
llRev. Andrew Barnaby in his " Travels in North America in the Years 1759 and 1760," London, 1775, pp. 113-114, writes as follows : " There are
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DIARY OF
[July, 1761
26. Father & mother Came. Mrs. Oliver & Miss Lynde here.
29. Mr. Stevens & Sister Prissy Lodg'd here in their way to Kittery.
31. Went to Flax Pond. Was at M" Sommerville's.
Aug. 1. Dined at Colonel Pickman's with Colonel Brattle.*
2. Mr. Brown & Lady made their appearance. Dr. Bulfinch Lodg'd here.
4. Dined at Colonel Pickman's. M' Peabody & Aunt Holyoke here.
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Mrs. Holyokef brought to bed. Aunt went back. I made Mrs. Brown a visit, 18 in company. Mrs. [William] Brown died.
Mrs. Brown buried. Epps, Putnam, Pynchon, Pickman here.
Walked as far as Stage point. Went to see Mad*"^ Fitch at Mr. Cabbot's. Bought Black Shoes.
Ma"^™ fitch and Mr. Cabbot & daughter here. came up.
Sept. 1. Mr. Appleton & wife & M'^ Ran here in their way to Portsmouth.
2. M' Higginson Carried Sally Bernard to Newbury. Fast for the Drought. D"^ went to Boxford to see Mrs. Holyoke. D' came from Boxford. Mrs. Holyoke better. Mrs. Somerville & Miss Charnockf & Miss Sally Marston
Turnips
3. 6. 6. 8.
here. 11. 13. 17.
the evening here.
Mrs. [Richard] Lechmere brought to bed.
Mr. Vans published. §
Uncle Simpson & aunt came. Mr. Dowse & Walter spent
several houses pleasantly situated upon East river, near New York, where it is common to have turtle-feasts; these happen once or twice in a week. Thirty or forty gentlemen and ladies meet and dine together, drink tea in the afternoon, fish and amuse themselves till evening, and then return home in Italian chaises.^'
*Maj.-Gen. William Brattle (1702-1776) of Boston, lawyer, preacher, physician, soldier, and legislator. Member of the Stamp Act Congress, 1765, and a loyalist who left Boston at the evacuation and died at Halifax a few months afterward.
tMrs. Hannah, wife of Rev. Elizur Holyoke, minister of Boxford. The child died August 18, 1761, at Boxford.
JMiss Emma Charnock of Boston, whose mother was a daughter of Rev. Thomas Blowers of Beverly, and whose grandmother was a sister of Pres- ident Holyoke.
§William Vans and Mrs. Mary Clark. He was a merchant in Salem, an " Addresser to Gov. Hutchinson," and representative to the General Court from Salem, in 1782, 4, 6, 8.
Sept., 1761] MRS. MARY (vial) holyoke. 58
18. Mess""^ Cockle,* Walterf & Vans dined here.
19. Dined at Mr. Brown's with M'^^ Winthrop.
20. Went to Church with uncle and aunt, sat in Cockle's pew. Mr. Winthrop & Brown drank tea here.
21. Uncle & aunt went to Haverhill with Cockle. Mrs. Mars- ton f died. M' [John] Nutting and Betsey Pickman published.
22. Polly Serjant died.
23. Mrs. Marston Buried.
24. Polly Serjant Buried.
26. D"^ spent evening at Eppes'.
28. Went to Mrs. Amory's to see Miss Sally Marston. Oct. 1. Drank tea at M"" Bernard with M' Perry & wife. 3. Mr. Higginson sick at Newbury.
6. At Mrs. Serjant's. Capt. Mackey§ married to Widow Hig- ginson.
8. M' [John] Nutting married to Miss Pickman, the D' and myself at wedding.
9. Went to Cambridge with Mr. Bernard.
10. Dined at father's with Mr. [John] Mascarene.
11. At meeting at Cambridge. Spent the evening at Mr. Mas- carene's.
12. Went to Mr. Goffs. Drank tea at Mr. Winthrop's.
13. Called at Mr. Lechmere's. Spent evening at Mr. Apple- ton's. Went to Boston. Drank tea at Uncle Holyoke's.
14. Came home. Brought Polly Simpson in Grandfather's Chaise.
15. M'' Higginson buried. ||
17. Lydia Lynde & Sally Bernard here. Mr. [Samuel] Ropes Buried.
19. Drank tea at Mr. Amory*
20. Aunt Winslow went to Kingston.
24. Priscy & Mrs. Amory went to Boston.
30. Went to Boston, Carried home Polly Simpson. Cato drove. Spent evening at my Grandfather's.
31. Dined at Uncle Simpson's. Tea at Aunt Glover's.
*James Cockle, then Collector of Customs at Salem, who afterwards en- forced the famous "Writs of Assistance."
t William Walter (1737-1800), who appears as an officer in the customs at Salem in 1762, but sailed for England in 1764 to receive Episcopal orders, and later in that year was installed rector of Trinity church, Boston. He married, in 1766, Sarah, daughter of Hon. Benjamin Lynde, jr., of Salem.
JMrs. Elizabeth, widow of Hon, Benjamin Marston, merchant of Salem, representative, high sheriff, and justice of the Court of General Sessions. They lived in a brick house at the corner of Essex and Crombie streets, afterwards Crombie's Tavern.
§Capt. Daniel Mackey, who died Aug, 3, 1796, at Andover, Mass,
llStephen Higginson (1716-1761), merchant of Salem, who died at New- bury,
64 DIARY OF [Nov., 1761
Nov. 1. Dined at Uncle Johns [Simpson]. In the forenoon heard Mr. Cummins, in the afternoon Mr. Cooper. Shock of an earthquake.
2. Dined at Uncle Jonathan's [Simpson].
3. Dined at Uncle John's, Brother & sister, Mr. Fitch & Lady.
4. Betsy Davis and I dined at Uncle John's. Uncle & aunt spent the evening.
6. Dined at my Grandfather's. Drank tea at Mrs. Fitch.
6. Uncles & aunts dined at Aunt Glover's.* Drank tea & spent the evening. Lay with Betsey Davis.
7. Dined at Aunt Davis.f Drank tea at Mrs. Allen's.
8. Dined at Uncle Jonathan. Drank tea at Mrs. Davis.
9. Uncle John brought me home.
10. Washed.
14. Wrote to Aunt Simpson.
16. At meeting in the forenoon.
17. Mr. Quincy & wife here. Scowered chamber.
18. Mrs. Bernard, Miss Sally & M''^ Blaney here.
19. At Mrs. Crowningshields. Miss Debby Hewes married. Priscilla Lamburt married. Milk at Deacon Ward's.
20. M' Bernard, Mr. Higginson, D'^ Putnam here. 24. Began upon firkin of butter, weighed 89 lbs.
27. Mrs. Oliver Brought to bed. Began to take milk at Colonel [Ichabod] Plaisted's.
29. At meeting. Sarah took a vomit.
30. Drank tea at M" Cotnam's.t
Dec. 1. Mess""' Eppes, Ropes, Pynchon, & Putnam dined here.
2. Miss Lynd Drank tea here. In the evening at M' Oliver's.
3. Dined at the Colonel's, Drank tea at Mr. Eppes.
4. The family Dined with us.
7. Mrs. Amory here. Lucy Marston here in the evening.
8. At Mr. Gardiner's with Mrs. Amory.
9. At Mrs. Oliver's in the Evening with Mrs. Pickman,
10. At the assembly Dance in School house § Chamber.
11. Drank tea M"" Eppes. Fanny sent for.
12. Fanny Gyer went home. Scoured Pewter
15. At Mrs. King's. Mrs. Pickman Died.
16. Mr. Oliver's Child Died.
19. Sarah Symns came to Live with us.
•Her mother's sister Anne, married in 1750, Nathaniel Glover.
tHer mother's brother John, married in 1741, Hannah Davis.
jHer house, near St. Peter's Church, was damaged by lightning Aug. 23, 1774. She lived in Halifax, N. S., after the evacuation of Boston.
§This school house was built of brick in 1760 and was located in the mid- dle of what is now Washington street, near the northerly end of the rail- road tunnel. The whipping post and the stocks stood in front of the build- ing.
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18. Mrs. Pickman & Mr. Oliver's Child Buried.
21. At Mrs. Somerville's. Spent evening at Mr. Eppes.
22. Miss Sally Bernard here. Snow storm.
24. Dance, not there. Snow.
25. Dined at home, at Church in the afternoon.
26. Drank tea at Mr. Crowningshield's.
28. At Judge Lynde's. Sister Nancy came with Mr. Trowbridge.
29. Spent Evening at M' Bernard's.
30. Lechmere, Colonel Appleton, Moody, Higginson, Walter, Putnam dined here.
31. Afternoon at Colonel Serjeant, Evening at Epps with Sister Nancy.
Jan. 1, 1762. Oliver Wendell dined here.* 7. Went to the assembly with the D'.
23. Mr. Tong & Miss Cotnamt married. Feb. 1. Colonel Blaney died.
2. At Mrs. Cotnam's to make the Wedding visit.
3. Colonel Blaney Buried. 7. Mr. Leavit Died.
26. D'' spent evening at Mr. Cockles. March 4. Went to the assembly.
7. Sat in Mr. Ropes' pew for the first time. 14. Young Mr. Clarke preach"* for us.
18. At the assembly.
19. Mrs. Chevers died.
21, M' GibbSjJ Capann, Died. 23. Poll began her shoes & stays. § 28. Mr. Pickman Published. April 2. Put Beef in Pickle.
4. Milk first at M" Chipman's. 6. Benny Brown Buried.
8. News of George Curwen's|| Death.
9. Good Friday, Snow.
16. Sister Nancy came here. 18. M' Goodill Preach*.
•The entries in the diary for the two previous years have been printed nearly verbatim, thereby showing the circle of relatives and friends with whom was carried on the constant round of dining and tea drinking. It has seemed unnecessary to continue the repetition of the already familiar names and in the following years only the more important or interesting entries are printed . Every tenth year there is included a month or two show- ing all the entries appearing in the original manuscript.
tWinkworth Tongues and Miss Martha Cottnam.
JDaniel Gibbs, a merchant of Gloucester.
§Mrs. Holyoke's daughter Mary was then eighteen months old,
lIGeorge Curwen (1739-1762), drowned at sea April 2d, while on a voyage to the West Indies.
56 DiAEY OF [Apr., 1762
22. Ben. Pickman married.*
May 6. Bought sugar of Capt. Dodd. 7. At Colonel Pickman's farm.
9. Sow** sweet marjoram.
June 8. Mrs. Eppes brought to bed of a daughter.
13. M"^ Eppes Child Christened Love Eawlins.
14. D' went to Barbaque, at Tappley's. 16. Made Mrs. Brown sitting up visit.
23. D' dined at governor Pickman's.
24. D'" dined at the fort. Kitty King here.
27. Mrs. [Daniel] Mackey's Child baptised.
30. Father Clarke preached 3 hours. Drank tea at Mrs. Spar- hawks. July 4. Disturbed at meeting by the cry of fire.
7. Mrs. Somerville went to Boston to hear of her husband.
8. At the fort.
18. Went to Cambridge with Mr. Goff.
19. At meeting at Cambridge.
22. Commencement.
23. Came home with Mr. Nutting.
28. Fast for the Drought.
Aug. 5. Mrs. [John] Higginson brought to bed of a son.
6. Went to look at Barton's house.
7. Fire broke out at Capt. Hodges.
8. Mrs. Higginson's son Baptized Andrew.
16. [Benjamin] Ellingwoodf Committed to jail on suspicion of murder.
17. Col. Appleton died. J
25. Drank tea at the fort.
Sept. 4. I bought 6 lbs. honey at 6 at Mr. Toppan's. 7. News of the Havannah taken.
15. School house illuminated, fire works for taking the Havan- nah.
16. Drank tea at Colonel Pickman's with Capt. Tounge & Lady.
20. Began to move into Mr. Barton's house. 23. Lodged at Mr. Barton's house.
Oct. 7. Thanksgiving day. Betsy Davis married.
10. Mr. Langdon preached here.
19. Preserved quinces. Made syrup of cores and parings. 22. EUingwood tried and cleared.
*He married Mary, daughter of Dr. Bezaleel Tappan.
tBenjamin EUingwood of Beverly was tried for stabbing Jacob Poland with a sword, so that he died. The verdict was manslaughter and EUing- wood was sentenced to be burnt in the hand (branded), imprisoned twelve months and pay costs.
tCol. Daniel Appleton (1692-1762), of Ipswich, colonel of a regiment at Ipswich, register of probate (1723-1762), justice of the Court of Sessions, and representative to the General Court for several years.
Oct., 1762] MRS. MARY (vial) holyoke. 67
23. Ellingwood Branded.
27. I was let blood, D' Kneeland* here Carried sister Betsey to Ipswich.
Nov. 9. Sister Betsy went home with Mr. Cutts.f
20. First began to take milk of Daniel's.
21. Mr. Goodale preached. Capt. Bernard died.
22. Mrs. Nutting brought to bed. Dec. 3. Nat SparhawkJ drowned.
6. Col. Sarjant died. Biscuit opened.
7. Col. Plaisted seized with numb palsy at Col. Pickman's.
9. Thanksgiving. Col. Plaisted died. Nancy § married. Dined at Col. Pickman's.
10. Family dined here. Opened 77 pounds Butter. 14. Colonel Plaisted || buried in arms.
18. Mrs. Frye brought to bed of a son.
19. Baptized Will"".
22. Johnny Higginson died.
Jan. 3, 1763. Began loaf of sugar. Hung pictures.
6. Began the firkin of butter, weight 77 lbs.
8. M' Vans shut up.f
10. Mrs. Ropes brought to bed of a son.
26. Mr. Cutts & wife came here & Mr. Atherton came to live here.**
31. Club here.ft
♦William Kneeland, M. D. (1732-1788) of Boston, who married Elizabeth, the sister of Dr. Holyoke.
rSamuel Cutts (1726-1801), who married Dr. Holyoke's sister Anna, on Dec. 9th, He was a wealthy merchant of Portsmouth, N. H,, and promi- nent in public affairs. It was to him that Paul Revere brought a letter of warning from the Boston Committee of Correspondence. See his portrait in the Cutts Genealogy, p, 42.
^Nathaniel Sparhawk (1746-1762), who was drowned in the Piscataqua river. He was a son of the Rev. John Sparhawk, minister of the First church, Salem.
§Anna Holyoke who married Samuel Cutts of Portsmouth, They were married at Cambridge.
II Col. Ichabod Plaisted (1700-1762), colonel of the Salem regiment at Crown Point in 1755, representative and councillor. Buried in the Benja- min Lynde tomb.
ITWilliam Vans, afterwards a merchant in Boston, and United States con- sul to France (1794-1799), whose controversy with the Codmans of Boston became famous.
**Israel Atherton, M.D. (1741-1822), who came to study medicine with Dr. Holyoke. He was born in Lancaster, Mass., and was the first of thirty-five young men who were pupils. He afterwards practiced in Lancaster until bis death.
ttThe Monday Night Club had for its object the improvement of its mem- bership in philosophy and literature by reading and conversation. Many of the leading men J n Salem were members. In this Club originated the "Social Library" and the "Philosophical Library," which united formed the "Salem Athenaeum." Among those who constituted the membership
68 DIARY or [Feb., 1763
Feb. 3. Salted Pork. 4. At Miss Peggy Schelly's.
6. D' dined at Col. Pickman's. Bought Capt. Bowditch's house.* Put Bacon in pickle.
18. My Grandfather died.
20. Mrs. Crowningshield brought to bed of a daughter.
22. Mrs. Vans brought to bed of a son.
28. Lilla Ropes brought to bed.
March 3. Kept chamber. Nurse came.
4. Brought to bed of Peggy.f
5. Made this year 5 legs & 5 Chops of Bacon. Laid in 77 lbs. of of butter for the winter in November.
11. Eat meat for the first time. 16. Bought tea 1 lb.
20. D"" went to Boxford. Mrs. Frye here.
21. Mrs. Saunders, Mrs. Eppes, Mrs. Pickman, Hitty King, Mrs. Higginson here.
24. Mrs. Mansfield, Mrs. Gardiner here.
28. Mrs. Lynd, Mrs. Oliver & Mrs. Ropes here.
30. Mrs. Cotnam, Mrs. Somerville, Mrs. Eppes.
31. Mrs. Higginson & Mrs. Freeman here.
April 6. I rode out [with] Molly Appleton, my first getting out. 11. Peggy Coated.
13. Went to Colonel Pickman's, first visit. Sowed peas.
14. Fast day, went to meeting.
15. Mrs. Crowningshield here, sowed Colleflower. 18. Polly went to school.
21. Mrs. Roby died.
25. Began to move into Bowditch's house, our own.
26. Lodged there. Fire Broke out in School street.
27. Mr. Brown died.J
28. Set out roots, sowed flower seeds.
29. Uncle Appleton & aunt here. Bought ^ lb. tea. May 6. Sowed 6 w[ee]ks beans.
11. Mr Eppes came from Virginia.
16. Pulled first raddishes.
22. Polly first went to meeting.
in pre-Revolutionary times were: Andrew Oliver, Nathaniel Ropes, Benja- min Lynde, Rev. William McGilchrist, Rev. Thomas Barnard, Dr. Patnam, Col. Pickman, Col. Frye, Col. Browne, Col. Epes Sargent, Col. Plaisted, Stephen Higginson, Thomas Robie and Samuel Curwen.
*Capt. Ebenezer Bowditch's house built in 1730, was located on Essex street where the Naumkeag Block now stands. The house was taken down in 1895 when the Block was erected.
tMargaret Holyoke who died, unmarried, Jan. 25, 1825.
tHon. William Browne (1709-1763) of Salem and Beverly, justice of the Court of General Sessions, and member of the Council. He died suddenly while about his fields in Beverly.
THE BOWDITCH-HOLYOKE HOUSE, ESSEX STREET, SALEM.
Built in 1730 by Capt. Ebenezer Bowditch. Owned and occupied by Edward Augustus
Holyoke, M. D., from I 763 until his death. Taken down in I 895, when the
Naumkeag Block was erected on the site. From a sketch formerly
in the possession of William R Colby.
June, 1763] mrs. mart (vial) holyoke. 59
June 2. At Mr. Jo. Cabot's. Made Soap.
6. Bought butter for 5/ pr. lb.
7. At Mr. Pynchon's. Mrs. Sparhawk moved to Kittery. 9. At a Barbacue at Tapley's.
27. First gathered green Pease. Began to cut asparagus May 10th. Cut none after the 10th of June. 1836 Heads in all.*
28. Went to Boston with Mr. Atherton. Carried Polly & left her at Cambridge. Lodged at Mrs. Minot's. Went to uncle Simp- son's to breakfast, all others there.
July 1. Divided furniture at my grandfather's. Dined at Cam- bridge. Came home.
2. Mr. Atherton went to Harvard.
9. Drank tea at Mr. Cockle's farm.f Mr. Brown brought his wife home. I
15. Mr. Lindall married.
20. Philly Brown died.§
Aug. 2. At a turtle at Tapley's.
4. Went with the D' to Mr. Brown's at Beverly.
11. Thanksgiving for Peace. ||
12. A dance at Jefferies.
15. Father & mother Came here from the [Ipswich] hamlet.
16. Father & mother went to Marblehead. 19. Went out upon the water.
23. Bottled wine, 6 doz.
30. Went to Nahant.
Sept. 2. Preserved Damsons, a week too late,
3. Drank tea at the farm.
6. Mr. Higginson's child taken sick.
7. Capt. Dean brought home his wife.
21. Uncle Simpson & Aunt, Mrs. Lechmore & Nicky Came here.
22. Becky Ives [and Joseph Gilman of Exeter, N. H.] married. Din'd her with M" Sarjant,
28. Mr. Huntington ordained.lf Mrs. Brown, father, mother, Mr. Holyoke & wife here. Mrs. Cutts brought to bed. 30. Mrs. Pickraan Brought to bed of a son. Oct. 2. Mr. Pickman's son Baptized Benjamin. 6. Colonel Pickman very ill.
*•• This summer fine rains and great crops. Hay 6 and 7 dollars per ton." — Lynde Diaries.
tCoUector Cockle's farm was near what is now Brown's Pond in South Peabody.
tJudith, daughter of Col. Carter of Virginia, who married William Bur- net Browne.
§Miss Philipa (1750-1763), daughter of Hon. William and Mary (French) Brown.
Illn recognition of the treaty of peace signed at Paris on Feb. 10, 1763, marking the end of the " French and Indian War."
ITRev. John Huntington (1736-1766), minister of the Tabernacle church.
60 DIARY OF [Oct., 1763
8. Mrs. Somerville brought to bed.
9. Her child Christened Thomas Woolridge.
16. Cato sick with the mumps. 25. Betsey Holyoke* married.
29. Last Monday Birchmore Shot Webb.f Nov. 20. Pink CalimincoJ shoes new.
21. Uncle and aunt Holyoke came here from Boxford.
30. Mrs. Mascarene went from Portsmouth in the stage coach. Dec. 5. The Club here.
8. Thanksgiving. We all dined at Col. Pickman's.
9. The family all dined here Except the Col.
10. My glasses from Boston. 12. Frank Cabot buried. Mr. Gilchrist, Bernard, Oliver, Hig-
ginson & Brown Din'd here.
17. D'" Putnam of Danvers Broke his Leg.§
22. D' at Danvers. Spent evening at Singing Club. Paid Sarah Cloutraan 40 / Old Tenor for muff.
Jan. 8, 1764. First wore my new Cloth riding hood.
9. My Daughter Polly first confined with the quinsy. Took a vomit.
10. Nabby Cloutman watch'd with her.
11. Very ill. Molly Molton watched.
12. Zilla Symonds watched.
13. My Dear Polly Died. Sister Prissy came.
14. Buried.
17. Small Pox began to spread at Boston.
19. Mrs. Fitch came from Boston for fear of small pox.
21. Town meeting for guarding the town from small pox.
22. Dr. Lloyd II Came from Boston to see Stephen Higginson.
24. A violent snow storm. College burnt.^
25. Mr. [John] A.ppleton moved to the pest house with the small pox which proved to be Chicken Pox.
27. First heard of their inoculating at Boston.
29. D'' Gardiner Came from Boston. Mrs. Vans brought to bed.
*Betsey [Elizabeth] Holyoke was the daughter of President Holyoke and married William Kneeland, M. D. of Cambridge.
tTwo young men who were out gunning. One snapped his gun at the other no knowing that it was loaded and shot him dead on the spot. — Felt s Annals.
tCalamanco, a glossy woolen satin-twilled stuff, checkered or brocaded in the warp, so that the pattern showed on one side only.
§Dr. Amos Putnam (1722-1807), a surgeon in the French War and a prac- ticing physician in Danvers for over fifty years.
llJames Lloyd, M. D. (1728-1810), a skillful physician who practiced in Boston for fifty-eight years and in 1764 was a strenuous advocate for a general inoculation.
HThe General Court was sitting at Cambridge because of small pox in Boston and the conflagration is said to have originated in the College library where a fire had been kept for the members of the Coart.
CAPTAIN RICHARD DERBY.
I 71 2-1 783. From a copy by Weir, after the portrait by Col. Henry Sargent.
Jan., 1764] mrs. mary (vial) holyoke. 61
31. Mr. Oliver's child taken with Convulsions.
Feb. 3. The D'^ received an invitation from my uncle to be inoc- ulated at his house.
Mar. 9. The D'' came home [from Cambridge andj brought news of 5 or 600 being inoculated at Boston.
10. Sally Bernard went to point Shirley to be inoculated.
13. Mrs. Brown drank tea here. News of Caleb Ward's death.*
14. I made Mr. [Israel] Atherton a Gown for small Pox.
16. Mr. Atherton gone to the Castle to be inoculated for the small Pox.
26. Mrs. Higginson brought to bed.
28. Mr. Appleton returned after his having Small Pox at the Castle.
29. Bought Plaid for the D''^ [small pox] gown of widow Cabot. Molly Appleton came from Portsmouth.
April 1. Mrs. Higginson's Child Baptized Mehitable. 6. The D', Susy Higginson, Nancy Cabot & Betsey went to be inoculated at Boston.
3. Sister Kneeland & Prisey inoculated last Monday. 12. Went to Cambridge with Mr. Appleton.
14. The D' had some Slight Complaints.
15. He had a very restless night, one pustule appeared.
16. Very ill all day, had a very good night.
17. 3 more appeared very bright this morning.
19. I drank tea at Aunt Glovers.
20. I went to see Prisey, as I did every day while at Boston.
21. I went to see Aunt Winslow with Aunt Holyoke at Mrs. Amory's.
26. Came home with Mr. Atherton.
27. Bought salmon. Cut 37 asparagus, first cutting here. Bought 11 Ducks.
May 4. Mr. Atherton brought the D"" home from having the Small Pox.f 2 in 3 Dies with it in the natural way.
5. Mr. Walley here.
June 9. Mr. Atherton went home, his father sick at Concord.
19. Put black Coat in the frame. Heard yesterday of the death of Atherton's father.
21. Took Coat out of the frame. Made & wore it.
27. M'' Locke & Capt. Coolidge Came.
28. Set out for Portsmouth with Mr. Locke. Got to Mr. Cutts half after 7.
•He was the son of Ebenezer and Rachel (Pickman) Ward, and was lost at sea Jan. 3, 1764,
tHe had been absent from Salem twenty-nine days, the longest time he was away from his patients during his entire life.
62 DIARY OF [June, 1764
29. Took a walk to see Aunt Fitch.*
30. Took a ride to Newington.
July 1. Went to meeting at D' Langdon's.
3. Went up the river to Stacy's.
4. Very severe thunder. Kittery steeple struck. 7. Came home. Dined at Mr. Walley's.
July 8. Mr. [Samuel] Locke preached at Lynn.
12. Uncle Simpson died upon his passage from Lisbon.
14. Miss Peggy Gookin Drank tea here.
20. At Mr. Cabot's. Dance in the Evening at Sommerville's. 23. Went to a Barbeque at Jonson's.
31. Mrs. Cabot sent me some pease. Had news of Uncle Simp- son's death on his passage from Lisbon.
Aug. 3. The D*" dined at flax pond, from thence to Cambridge. 12. Began to take milk at Rust's the S^^ inst. The D' 36 today. Sept. 1. Mrs. Hunt & old Mr. Ward buried, f Oct. 4. I went to Sarah Bowditch's funeral.
11. At Mrs. Sarjant. Governor Barnard Came to town.
12. He dined at Mr. Oliver's. Began box of candles.
15. Prisey came here with Mr. Goff. She spent the evening at Mrs. Eppes.
17. Prisey went to a dance.
18. Mrs. Freeman Carried Prisey to Marblehead. I went there with Atherton.
28. D' Putnam J married.
Nov. 5. Papers came. Began upon a Pound tea.
6. Made Mrs. Putnam's wedding visit.
7. Went to Mr. Cabot's funeral.
8. Hitty Curwen married. 20. 'Burnt chimneys.
28. Mrs. Ropes brought to bed.
29. Thanksgiving. Dined at the Colonel's.
30. The family dined here.
Dec. 1. Mr. Ropes Child named Elizabeth.
19. Began upon loaf sugar, lOlbs. Jan. 1, 1765. Mr. Goodill married.
8. The D'* made Mr. Goodill [a] wedding visit.
9. Polly § born 12° at noon.
13. Child Christened.
16. Susy Higginson brought to bed.
*Mrs. Elizabeth (Appleton), wife of Rev. Jabez Pitch and sister of Pres« ident Holyoke's second wife.
tDeacon Miles Ward, aged 92 years.
JEbenezer Putnam, M. D. (1717-1788), a Salem physician, who lived, after 1768, in a new house at the corner of what is now Washington and Church streets.
§Mary Holyoke, who died Oct. 31, 1765.
Jan., 1765] mrs. mary (vial) holyoke. 63
21. Sally Bernard & Grissy Cotnain here.
22. Mrs. Crowuingshield brought to bed.
23. Mrs. Jones here. Bought Pork 501b.
27. Mrs. Crowiiingshield's Child baptized. Feb. 6. Miss Molly went to the assembly. 9. Mi-s. Brown brought to bed.
12. I went to see Mrs. Brown, first getting out. 15. Nurse went home.
18. Mrs. Brown's Child named Catharine. I first went to meet- ing.
Mar. 2. Bought 9^^ Candles.
4. Made Mrs. Brown's sitting up visit.
20. Went to the assembly.
23. Mrs. John Higginson here. Bacon put up chimney.* Hen begun to set.
28. We made soap.
29. Warner died at the mills.
April 3. News of Mr. Eppes Death [at] Virginia. Sow'd pease.
21. Mrs. Frye brought to bed.
22. Feggy first went to school. 25. I went to see Mrs. Webster.
27. Walked down to Waters.
28. Mrs. Fry's Child named Benjamin.
May 2. Planted Strawberrys & seeds in the grass plat. 6. Mrs. Cutts brought to bed.
11. Bengali gown finish'd.
14. Lambert's house struck with lightning.
17. Vendue at Cockles.f
18. Drank tea at Waters. 21. Sowed flower seeds.
24. Mrs. Vans brought to bed.
25. Drank tea at the fort with Mr. Pynchon & wife &c.
29. Polly first went abroad.
June 1. Nancy Cabot came from Portsmouth.
12. Eunice Bowditch buried.
15. Bought a pig to keep, weigh"^ 12^ lb.
26. I took a vomit for a violent cold.
28. Drank tea at Mr. Curwins.
29. Paid Miss Philpot 14/ 10 for stayes.
July 5. Mr. Mascarene & wife Came here from Portsmouth. Peggy began to go to school.
10. Sail'd below the islands & Drank tea at the fort.
11. Made Mrs. Fisher J the first visit.
*To be smoked.
tJames Cockle, Collector of Customs, who had been succeeded by John Fisher in April, 1765. JThe wife of John Fisher, the new Collector of Customs at Salem.
64 DIARY OF [July, 1765
17. I went to Cambridge with Mr. Putnam. Got there before 9 "clock.
18. Danc^ in the town house with Mr. Mascarene.
19. Came home with Mr. Putnam.
23. Drank tea at Waters* in North Fields.
24. At old Mr. Bartons with Mrs. Sarjant & Mr. Griffin & Mrs. Eppes.
Aug. 8. Scoured Pewter. Nancy Cabot here. Father & mother came from the Hamlet here to Breakfast. Mr. Serjant, Pickman, Blany, & Miss Saltonstall here. Dined at Colonel Pickmans.
12. We went to Marblehead, dined at Colonel [Jacob] Fow'».
22. Mrs. divert brought to bed.
23. Mrs. Woodbridge brought to bed.
25. Young Mr. Clarke Preached. 28. Mrs. Putnam Brought to bed.
30. Mr. Kneeland Came for his wife. Mrs. Higginson, Mrs. Lynde & Miss Jackson here.
Sept. 1. The D' went from home to Newbury at 6 o'clock to Mrs. [Stephen ?] Hooper.
2. Returned home. Mrs. Hooper brought to bed.
3. Minister's meeting. I went to see Mrs. Oliver.
5. Dance at Mr. Browne house. 1 was at Mrs. Higginsons. 7. Scoured house.
24. At Mrs. Pynchons. Bought sheets. Oct. 1. Mr. Eppes died.
2. Mrs. Brown & Mrs. Curwin, Miss Wanton here.
4. Mr. Ropes buried.
6. Governor Supp'd at Col. Pickmans. 18. Aunt Fitch died.
27. Polly & Peggy very poorly.
28. Children kept chamber.
29. Polly very ill. Eunice watched.
30. Polly worse. Nancy Cabot watched.
31. Polly died 10 Clock morning,
Nov. 6. Mrs. Kings here. Began box of candles.
9. Put up Bed.
Jan. 8, 1766. Mrs. Grant bought to bed.
9. Mrs. Derby brought to bed.
22. Shock of an earthquake.
Feb. 11. I was Blooded, took a vomit for the headache.
13. Received a letter from my grandmother.
*Mrs Stephen Waters, ii^e Hannah Frothinghani of Charlestown.
tMrs. Mary, wife of Hon. Andrew Oliver of Boston and Salem. Secre- tary, Stamp-Distributor, and Lieut. -Governor of Massachusetts. During this month his office and home were beset by a mob and later in the year he was compelled to resign the office of Stamp-Distributor while standing under " The Liberty Tree."
Feb., 1766] mrs. mary (vial) holyoke. 66
16. Mr, Jewet Cup*^ for the headache.
16. I had a tooth pulld & Sal had one.
18. Capt. Crowningshield & Mr. Huntington sailed. 22. Bought black shoes for Peggy, 13/.
27. Turned grey gown.
Mar. 12. Loice Lee died.
21. Kill-i the pig, weigh^i 164^'^ status 11 months.
Apr. 7. Mr. Walter brought us a quarter of lamb.
15. N. E. Storm. Ironed. Mr. Ingalls died.
19. Colonel Brown came home. Mrs. Brown first got abroad. May 10. Mr. Orne went to Cambridge to Mr. Winthrop's
lecture.
11. Mr. Nat Sparhawk & wife at meeting.
13. Training, I dined at Capt. Pickmans.
16. News of the Kepeal of the Stamp Act.
17. Peggy's Shoes & Buckles bought. 21. Eejoicings for the Repeal of the Act.
29. Mr. Huntingdon* died.
June 2. Mr. Huntingdon buried. Carried into meeting. 3, Mrs. Minot & Polly Simpson came in the post Chaise.
18. Turtle at Jonsons. I was at Mrs. Kings.
19. Pilled bed.
24. Mr. Crowinshieldt Died at the fort,
25. Mr. Ropes, Col. Pickman, Col. Higginaou & their Ladys here. Mrs. Eppes, Cotnam, Pynchon, &c. here.
July 2. Turtle at the fort. 5. Gathered first string beans. 11. The hottest Day known for 12 years past, 18, Bought 2 pigs, weigh** one 11^^, the other 12^''», at three shillings a pound.
24. Thanksgiving. Mrs. Mascarene brought to bed.
25. A company Dined at the Fort, the D"" & Miss Molly there. Aug. 12. I was brought to bed 33 m* after 7 P. M.
17. The Child Christened Edward Augustus. Mr. [Edward] Kitchen died.
27. Mrs. Higginson Delivered of a Dead Child. Mr. Orne's negro broke his leg.
31. The Doctor went to Cape Ann. Mr. Orne's negro Died,
Sept, 1. Setting up week. Washed.
2. Ironing, Nurse Call*^ away.
14. I first went to meeting. The Child taken with a sort of fit, lay very bad for 8 or 9 hours,
30. Mr, Walter married. J
*Rev, John Huntington (1736-1766), minister of the Tabernacle church. tCapt. John Crowninshield (1728-1766), master mariner. iLydia Lynde and Rev. William Walter, who was minister of Trinity Church, Boston.
66 DIARY OF [Oct., 1766
Oct. 2. I made the wedding visit with 20 Ladys.
7. Training.
8. Trooping, etc.
16. Father & mother Came. I drank tea at the farm with 22.
17. Father & mother went to the Hamlet.
23. Mrs. Brown* set out for Virginia.
26. The Child taken unwell with the same disorder.
Nov. 2. I was out all day at meeting. The Child taken with another turn, lay till 5° in the morning & then Died.
4. My Dear Child Buried. Mr. Brown went to new port.
14. Training.
20. Opened firkin of butter, 85 lb.
24. Put things in the Closets. Club here.
27. M" Pyncheon Brought to Bed.
Dec. 1. D' Cut of Lovetst hand back from fingers. 8. Mr. Pinchback Came.
10. Mr. Pinchback & Miss Joe Davis went to Marblehead in the afternoon to Mr. Crowningshields.
11. Mr. Pinchbacke carried Miss Joe home.
12. Colone^ Pickman's Family Dined & spent the evening here.
13. Shock of an earthquake, small. 20. Snow very high.
25. Bought of W™ Williams a Doe rabbit to which we gave the name of Sterril. Jan. 26, 1767, She brought forth 6 young ones 3 of which died.
Jan. 1, 1767. I went to the assembly for the first time this win- ter.
3. Mr. Jackson $ and [Mr.] Lowell § married.
4. D' made Mr. Jackson's wedding visit.
5. Mr. Bernard, Mr. Jackson with their Ladys, young Mr. Ber- nard and Miss Roberts Dined here.
8. Made Mr. Lowell's wedding visit.
9. Went to see Mrs. Jackson.
13. News of Judge Russel'sH death.
22. Mrs. Ropes brought to bed.
27. At a Dance at Mr. Burnet Brown's. '
Apr. 2. Miss Loice Gardiner here.
3. We made two Barrels of Soap.
*Wm. Burnet Browne, wife, child, and family, left us to goe and live at Virginia. — Lynde Diaries.
tCovets ?
t Jonathan Jackson of Newbury port, merchant, and Sarah Barnard, daughter of Rev. Thomas Barnard.
§John Lowell of Newbury port, eminent lawyer, and Sarah Higginson, daughter of Stephen Higginson.
llJudge Chambers Russell (1713-1766), v^ho died at Guilford, Surry, Eng- land. He was born in Charlestown and was Judge of the Admiralty and of the Superior Court of Judicature of Massachusetts.
Apr., 1767] MRS. mart (vial) holyoke. 67
7. Mantua maker here.
10. Sowed Pease. Seeds up in the hot bed. Began to paint the entry.
11. Sewed radishes, set out turnips & stumps.
May 3. Mr. Mascarene's Boy and furniture Came. Finish'd the entry.
4. Mr. Mascarene & the maid came.
5. Lodged at his house.
9. Scoured furniture Brasses & put up the Chintz bed & hung pictures.
14. Mr, Mascarene Brought his wife and son.
31. Colonel Pickman very poorly.
June 17. Turtle at Jonson's.
18. Capt. Tong Came.
July 8. At the fort. Capt. Tong sailed for Halifax.
14. Mr. Walter, Capt. Cotnam, Mr. Pickman and Ladys, Mr. C. P. and M" Eppes here in the Evening.
18. At the fort with Colo. Brown & others. 28. Betty Herbert buried.
Aug. 2. Old Mrs. Cabot Died. 23. First staid from meeting. Sept. 5. I was brought to bed about 2°Clock A. M. of a daughter.
6. The Child Baptized Mary.
7. The Baby very well till ten o'Clock in the evening & then taken with tits.
8. The Baby remained very ill all day.
9. It Died about 8 o'clock in the morning.
10. Was buried.
11. Mrs. Woodbridge brought to bed.
Sept. 17. Mrs. Vans & Mrs. Cranch* brought to bed. 23. Training. Miss Brandon, M" Brown here. Oct. 2. Mrs. Mackey's baby Buried, 8. Mrs. Vans Baby Buried.
11. I first got to meeting. M" [Andrew] Oliver brought to bed. Child named Peter,
15. Shock of an earthquake about 11 A, M.
16. Sister Prisey went home in the Post Chaise.
19. Made M' Appleton's Wedding visit with Mrs. Pynchon, M" Goodale & the Cabots,
20. Training. Peggy Cheever altered gowns.
30. Col"^ Wanton & Lady and M*" Brown went to Newport. Began upon 22''* of Chocolate.
*Mrs. Richard Cranch. He was a brother-in-law of John Adams (after wards President), and a watchmaker. In Nov., 1767, he was located in Boston and advertised as "from England," but lately from Salem. Mr. Cranch came to Massachusetts in 1746, and married Mary, daughter of Rev. William Smith of Weymouth,
68 DIARY OF [Nov., 1767
Nov. 7. Went to Cambridge with Judge Trowbridge.
12. Spent the Day and evening at Mr. Winslow's with Mrs. Minot & Aunt Glover.
13. M" [William] Walter brought to bed.*
15. At Dr. Sewall's in the morning, Trinity in the afternoon. Mr. Walter's Child Christen'd Lynd.
17. Afternoon and evening at College.
18. Drank tea at Judge Foxcrofts.
22. Violent Snow storm. Snow a foot deep.
23. Fair. Terrible travelling.
25. We went in the Slay to Charlestown.
30. Mr. Wiggles worth, Mr. Borland, their Ladies, Aunt Apple- ton & Miss Foxcroft Drank tea with us.
Dec. 1. Went to Charlestown Expecting the Post Chaise, was Disapointed, went Back to Cambridge.
2. Came home in the Stage Chaise with Mrs. Lee. 4. At the assembly.
8. Mr. Jo. Cabot died.
10. Went to Mr. Cotnam's to see Mr. Cabot's Funeral.
15. Very slippery. Mrs, Webster brought to bed.
31. Mr. Farnum, Saltonstall, Pynchon, Higginson, Lowell & Porter Din'd here. P. Cabot drank tea here. I was at the assem- bly, 34 Ladies there.
Jan. 6, 1768. Salted Pork, put Bacon in Pickle.
16. Jonny Mascarene sick.
25. Snow Storm. Club here. Mrs. Brown got home. 28. Snow Storm. At the assembly.
Feb. 1. Miss Molly went from here in Cotes's Slay with 10 people & 4 horses.
4. At Capt. Bowditch's funeral.
12. Afternoon and Even^ at M"^ Curwin's with 14. Danc^.
18. Evening at Mr. Vans. Danc'd.
19. Went to see Nancy Cabot. Put Bacon up Chimney.
26. Drank tea at Dr. Princes. Evening at Mrs. Cotnams. Went at 9 o'clock to Vanns & Danc'd. Took a walk in the forenoon.
March 1. Mrs. Pickman Delivered of a Dead Child.
3. At Mrs. Pickmans At Capt. Lillys in the evening. Danc'd.
4. Mr. Pickman's Child Buried.
10. At the assembly.
11. Peggy Cheever altered my olive & green gown.
14. Mrs. Brown, M" Pynchon, her Sister and Daughter here. The D"" Lodged at Lynn.
17. Watch'd with Nancy Cabot.
*Sept. 23d. A fine morning, but a great storm by night. My daughter Walter with her husband by wind carryed off the wharfe into the water, where she sank, and in a most hazardous state, but got out, and thro' God's great goodness not hurt, tho' then within 2 months of her time. — Lynde Diaries.
Mar., 1768] mrs. mart (vial) holyoke. 69
18. At Mr. Frys in the Evening. Danced. 24. At the assembly.
30. At lecture. Miss Nancy Cabot Died. I was at Mr. Cabots.
Apr. 1. Violent Snow storm. Good Friday.
3. My friend Nancy Cabot buried,
16. Sewed Pease. Set out stumps & Bushes.
20. I took a ride. Dined at Mr. Bernard^ upon Salmon.
21. I was at the assembly for the last time.
May 2. Went to Boston with Mr. Grant. Carried Peggy. Lodg'd at Mrs. Minots.
5. Dined at uncle Simpsons. Tea at aunt Holyokes. Evening at Mr. Davis.
9. Mother Carried Peggy and me to Watertown to see aunt Hunt.
11. Spent the day at Fathers. Dudlean lecture.
12. Dined at D"" Kneelands. Came home. Afternoon with Mr. Orne.
16. Mrs. Thomas brought to bed.
19. Made a g" of mead.
27. Bought Bengali gown, plates & Cruets. 29. Mr. Winget Preached. June 5. Col. Bourn married.
11. At Mr. Olivers farm. Went with Mrs. Eppes, the D"^ on horse Back.
18. M" Blythe Brought to Bed.
20. Mrs. Winslow and Johnny Simpson Came.
21. We spent the Day at the fort. Aunt Holyoke Came in the Stage.
July 1. We quilted a coat.
5. Mr. Marrot Preached, afternoon very hot. 9. Drank tea aboard Capt. Saunders Brig.
15. Mrs. Kneeland Brought to bed.
16. Cut out Linnen. Mrs. Fisher brought to bed.
19. Mr. Orne Carried me to Cambridge at half past 11 to see Mrs. Kneeland.
21. Dined at fathers. Drank tea at Henshaws. Evening at the town house.
Aug. 2. Father sent for the Doctor to see him. 3. The D'' returned, father very ill.
6. The D' at Beading. Bought Sugar 18 lb. at 6/6.
14. Dr. made Mr. Cabots weddin visit.
15. I Dined at the fort. Rid with Mrs. Bartlett of Haverhill.
17. Mad"" Turner Buried.
Sept. 7. We all Dined at the fort. The feathered man sent of.*
•Robert Wood, an informer, was stripped, tarred and feathered, and placed on a hogshead under the tree of liberty on the Common, and then carted through the streets. About the same time one John Row or Rowe, a tidesman at the Custom House, was also tarred and feathered and, as he was carted through the streets, a live goose was repeatedly thrown at him.
70 DiAEY OF [Sept., 1768
15. I went to see neighbour Gardner & Mrs. Wickam in the evening.
19. Mrs. Wiburn & son, Miss Gookin & the Cabots here. Oct. 7. The assembly opened.
11. Taken very poorly. Mrs. Jones, Mascarene & Epps here. I was brought to bed j^ after 11 P. M.
12. Child taken very ill.
14. Mrs. Pynchon here & Mrs. Pickman & Mrs. Jones. Mr. Mascarene & wife & Mr. Willard Drank tea here.
23. Child Christened Anna.
30. Child taken with another turn.
31. Died 4°"^'^ P. M. Mr. Locke & wife Came & Miss Molly Appleton here.
Nov. 3. Mrs. Farnum & Mrs. Toppan here. Miss Joe Davis came.
7. Mrs. Winslow died.
11. Mrs. Appleton here. Christopher Died.
15. Mrs. Prentice of Hollaston Died.
16. Mrs. Appleton brought to bed.
21. Mr. F. Bernard gave a Ball.* Miss Joe there. Snow.
22. My Cousin Jonson & Miss Katy Dowse here.
23. Altered ray Blue Sack.
27. At meeting all Day. Mr. Appleton's son Christened Henry.
30. Bought a Baize Coat.
Dec. 1. Thanksgiving. Dined at Col. Pickman's.
13. Made a bonnet.
21. Altered my grey sack & Damask gown.
25. Mrs. Andrews taken with a fever.
Jan. 1, 1769. Mrs. Andrews Died.
10. Mr. Bernard, Mascarene & Ladies, Mrs. Sarjeant, Mr. Smith, Mr. Fuller & young Mr. Bernard Dined here. Neighbor Gardener Drank tea here.
31. At Mrs. Browns. Invited to Mr, Gillises Ball. Did°* go. Snow.
Feb. 1. Lecture. I was at Mrs. Sarjant's.
8. Col. Pickman's Birthday. We dined there. Col. Brown here in the evening.
18. I went with a large Company to Jonsons in the Dutch slay. Mar. 5. Eid in Mr. Ropes Chaise to meeting. Mr. & Miss Eppes & Miss Frye spent the Evening here.
16. Made Mrs. [William] Lilly's Sitting up visit.
*0n Monday Evening, Francis Bernard, Esq., Son to his Excellency the Governor, gave an elegant Ball, at the Assembly Room, to a very consider- able number of the Ladies and Gentlemen of this Town; at which the former made, as usual, a brilliant appearance. — Essex Gazette. The Assembly Room stood at the rear of the present South Church, and had a floor area of forty by thirty feet, with two drawing rooms adjoining.
Apr., 1769] MRS. mart (vial) holyoke. 71
Apr, 7. Sewed Pease. I made my Black Sack. Mr. Gardner Died. Sail ad up in the Garden.
May 17. Heard of fathers Being very ill.
18. The D"" Carried Peggy and me to Cambridge. 20. I went to Sherburn with Mr. Hilliard.
23. Judge Bowman Buried.
27. D'' Brought me home. Took a walk in the North Fields.
30. Covered umbrella.
June 1. Father Died 3 ''clock A. M. I was at Mr. Hunts funeral.
2. Dr. went to Cambridge. Paine's Father Came.
6. Father Buried.
July 4. I went with M" Eppes to a turtle at Jonsons.
5. Mrs. Brown sick. I went to see her.
6. The Dr. Carried me to the fort to Drink tea.
7. I was at Judge Lynds with Col. Pickman & Lady.
10. Mr. Ropes, Col. Higginson, Mr. Mascarene, Dr. Putnam & their Ladies & Capt. Ives Drank tea here.
19. Dined at the fort with Mr. Mascarene & wife & Miss Molly Appleton. Met Gentlemen there.
28. Spent forenoon at Mr. Mascarene. Dined there. Sailed of the fort.
31. Drank tea and spent the evening at Mr. Vancolsters by invitation with 15 Ladies & 11 gentlemen.
Aug. 4. Went to see the Assembly room.
6. At Marblehead & Jonesons with Mrs. Winslow at the turtle.
10. Drank tea at Mrs. Browns, went to the opera.*
11. Went to the Comedy. Provoked husband.
12. Filled Bed.
Sept. 16. Dined at Col. Pickmans. Thanksgiving.
17. The Family dined here.
Oct. 10. Very Cold. Went to the opera.
13. Paid M" Gould 2/5 for a quarters schooling.
15. Two young Mr. Bernards & Johnny Willard Dined here. Nov. 2. At lecture. Dr. Whitaker Preached. Mr. Vancolster in the evening.
6. Scotch Gentlemen Preached.
20. First sat in our own pew Bought of Ward. Dec. 16. Miss Leverett, Barrot & Saunders here.
18. Mrs. Eppes went to Worcester.
28. Went to Newbury to the Dance. Slept at Mrs. Jacks ns.
29. Dined at Mr. Farnums. Evening at Mr. Daltons.
30. Dined at Mr. Lowell. Lodg"^ at Mr. Farnums.
•Wardwell, an English actor, was in Salem. His entertainment con- sisted of recitations from the ballad opera of " Damon and Phillida," with songs from the opera of " Artaxerxes" between the acts. The entertain ment was given at Mrs. JefEery's opposite the Town House.
Y2 DIARY OF [Dec, 1769
On the last page of the Diary for 1769 occurs the following list of names under the date July 9th.
Gardner, Mascarene, Mackey, Dowse, Turner, Toppan, Hall, Ropes, Lee, Putnam, Appleton, Curwen, Cotnam, Pynchon, Hig- gins, Vans, Cabot, Goodale, Higginson, Prince, Barton, Eppes, Bernard, Barton, Blaney, Pickman, Sarjant, Brown, Saunders, Gardner, Oliver, Pickman, Lynde, Lilly, Crowninshield, Wood- bridge, Thomas.
Jan. 7, 1770. S. E. storm, staid from meeting in the afternoon. Mr. [Jacob] Ashton Died.
11. At Doctor Putnam. Mr. Ecleston* & Oliver here int he evening.
12. Snow storm. Salted pork, weight 188 lb.
16. Made young Mrs. Gardner first visit.
18. Dolly Churchill worked here. Assembly. Not there. 27. Began a Barrel of flour.
29. We washed. Club at Mr. Mascarene. Mrs. Hill Brought to Bed.
30. Burnt 5 Chimnies.
Feb. 1. I went to the assembly with Mrs. Brown. The Col. & the D*- there.
8. Col. Pickman 62 to Day. We Dined there with the sisters and Children.
11. Young Mr. Bernard Preached,
15. First began to take milk at Jn° Felt, 3 pints per Day. At the assembly.
17. Eunice Crowninshield Died. I was there.
20. An attempt to set Capt. Putnam's house & Osgoods on fire.
24. Snow & thunder.
25. Mr. Whitwell Preached. Mrs. Appleton Brought to bed.
26. Miss Appleton spent the Day here.
Mar. 3. Drank tea at Newalls with Mr. & Mrs. Brown & Miss Gerrish. Went in a Closed Slay.
5. Daniel Murray Drank tea here. Snow in the night & this morn very deep.
8. Evening at Eccleston's Lecture on Electricity.
22. At Mrs. Appleton 's sitting up week.
24. Mr. [Thomas] Bernard taken with a Sort of Palsy. f
25. Young Mr. Bernard Preach^.
26. We wash**. I went at Dusk to see Mrs. Bernard. Club here.
27. Mrs. [Eichard] Derby Died of an appoplexy.
*D. Eccleston, who was giving popular lectures on pneumatics in the Assembly Hall.
"tThis stroke of palsy much affected his speech and prevented him from preaching until 1774. He died August, 1776 and was buried by the church.
Mar., 1770] mrs. mary (vial) holyoke. 73
31. Hung bacon.
Apr. 7. Mr. Fisk Buried.*
23. Went with Mr. Eppes to Mrs. Thomas. Took Down Beds.
26. Put Salsf Coat in ye frame.
27. Made mead. At the assembly.
May 14. Mrs. Mascarene here & Mrs. Crowninshield. Taken very ill. The Doctor bled me. Took an anodyne. 15. Kept my Bed all day. 17. Brought to Bed at 12 of a son.
19. The Baby taken with fits the same as ye others. Nurse came. Mrs. VansJ Died.
20. The Baby very ill. I first got up.
21. It Died at 11 "clock A. M. Was opened. The Disorder was found to Be in the Bowels. Aunt Holyoke died.
22. Training. Mother Pickman here. Mrs. Sarjant yesterday.
23. My dear Baby buried.
28. Mrs. Pickman, Miss Dowse Drank tea here. Mrs. Jones, Lowell, Brown, Cotnam, Miss Cotnam & Miss Gardner Called to see me.
29. Wrote to Boston and Cambridge. Mrs. Savage Brought to Bed. The widow Ward lost 2 children with ye Throat Distemper from May 25th to May 29th.
30. Cato went to Boston & returned. § June 3. Mrs. Dodge Brought to Bed.
6, Mrs. Mascarene set out for Springfield. Mr. Mascarene sick there.
8. Mrs. Thomas Brought to Bed.
12. Put vinegar Doing, 12 lb. Honey and About 3 Gallons of water.
20. Made Mrs. Osgoods wedding visit. First getting out.
27. Mrs. Pynchon and Katy, widow Higginson, Mrs. Putnam, and Polly Cabot here.
28. Made Mrs. Cabots wedding visit.
30. I carried Nancy Glover to Newalls. Came home with Mr. Sparhawk.
July 11. Sailed to the fort.
14. Nancy & I went to Boston over the Winnissimet.||
15. Doctor Cooper [preached] in the forenoon. Dined at Mr. Davis, went in the afternoon to Chapel, evening at uncle Glovers.
♦Rev. Samuel Fisk, pastor of the First Church and Tabernacle church, Salem, 1718-174,5.
tSarah Symmes, the maid servant.
+Mrs. Mary, wife of William Vans, aged 34 years.
§It was election day at Cambridge. An ox was roasted at Boston and there was a great dinner.
II Chelsea ferry.
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16. Spent the day at Mr. Winslows.
17. Went to Cambridge with Nancy. Drank tea at Doctor Kneelands.
18. Made tea at Mr. Locke. Went to meeting.
19. At the Hall in the evening.
20. Mrs. Davis, her two Daughters and Mrs. Minot spent the Day with us.
21. Mrs. Winslow and Joey Davis spent the Day.
22. We Dined at Dr. Kneelands. Evening at Mrs. Wiggles- worth.
23. I came home in the Stage.
24. At Mr. Pickmans* Wedding.
25. Din'd at the fort upon turtle.
Aug. 1. Dr. Din'd at the fort. I made Mrs. Pickmans wedding visit.
4. Drank tea at Flax pond with Mrs. Eppes, Love Frye, &c.
8. At a turtle of Clarke Pickmans.
9. At Castle hill,t walked there.
10. Mr. Douglas, two Rowths,J Mr. Holyoke & Ben Pickman, West India. Din'd here. Mr. Winslow Carried his wife home. Began a Barrel of Sugar.
13. Mr. Rowth had a turtle at the fort. Paine Carried me there in the afternoon. We took a Sail.
16. Molly Morgan worked here.
17. Evening at hoUaboats.
19. HoUaboats in the Evening. 24. HoUaboats in the Evening.
27. Peggy first went to Mr. Hopkins§ School.
Sept. 5. Mr. [George] Whitefeild preached. I heard him. We Drank tea and spent the Evening at the fort.
6. Went with Mrs. Epps to Mr. Appleton's. HoUaboats in the Evening.
7. Went to hear Mr. [George] Whitefeild.
20. I went to Boston. D. at Mr. Minot's, tea at Mr. Quincy's, evening at uncle Simpson's, lodg'd there.
21. Went to see Mr. Vassal's Gardens. ||
28. Din'd at mother's. Came home in the Stage. Oct. 9. Made Mrs. Gardner a sitting up visit. 17. I went to see Cousin Wiburn.
*Clark Gayton Pickman and Miss Sara Orne.
tThe summer residence of Hon. Benjamin Lynde, jr. was located on Castle hill.
t Richard Routh was commissioned Deputy Collector of Customs at Salem, Aug. 23, 1769.
§Daniel Hopkins, afterwards first minister of the South Church, opened private school in Salem in Jan. 1, 1770, for reading, writing and arithmetic.
II The famous gardens of William Vassal, a loyalist who lived on Pem- berton hill.
COLONEL DAVID MASON.
I 726-1 795.
From the portrait belonging to Hon. David M. Little.
Oct., 1770] MRS. MARY (vial) holyoke. 75
26. I was at the assembly, the first. Nov. 1. We Drank tea at Capt. Ives.
6. Mr. Paine and Lady Came. Mr. & Mrs. Pickman and Mrs. Eppes Spent the Evening.
9. Mr. Mansfeild Din'd here. 17. Capt. Tong & Lady Came. 22. Peggy Sparhawk married.
28. Molly Wellman came to live with us.
29. Sal Symmes went away.
Dec. 1. Bought Peggy's Coat & Locket. Alter'd her hat.
6. Thanksgiving. Dr. & I Din'd alone. Col. sick. We Drank tea and spent the evening at Mr. Appleton's.
7. Murray, Flag & Paine Din'd here. I was at the assembly. 11. At Sal Symmes' wedding.
20. I was at the assembly with the Doctor.
22. Scowered house.
27. Mr. Bernard, Sewall, Farnum, Lowel, Sarjant & Marston & Mansfeild Din'd here.
30. Mr. Willard finished Preaching.
Jan. 2, 1771. At [David] Mason's Lecture.* Mr. Lane Came. 3. At the assembly. Danc'd with Mr. Lane.
9. Dr. Din'd at Mr. Routh's with Mr. Lane, &c. A Dance for Mr. Lane. We were invited, but Couldn't go.
11. Watch'd with Betsey Cabot.
17. Aunt Appleton Died.f
Feb. 1. Betsey Mascarene here. We were at Mason's Lec- ture.
24. Dr. made Mr. Proctor a wedding visit.
26. Mr. Paine Brought his Sister.
Mar. 3. Small shock of an earthquake. Violent Snow.
10. Bad Storm. Doctor kept house. Very poorly. I staid with him in the afternoon.
12. Doctor Sat for his Picture.j
13. The Dr., Paine & Orne went to Danvers to take out a poly- pus.
14. At the assembly with Miss Paine.
15. I made*Mrs. Hopkins wedding visit.
18. Mrs. Brown Brought to Bed | after 7 A. M. I was there.
19. I was at Judge Lynds with Mrs. Stoddard.
23. Mrs. Brown's Child very bad, it Died at 7 P. M.
*Col. David Mason, who lectured on " The newly discovered electrical fire." Admission, one pistareen.
tMrs. Margaret (Gibbs) Appleton, wife of the Rev. Nathl Appleton of Cambridge.
{Probably the pastel by Benjamin Blythe, now in the possession of Mrs. Charles S. Osgood of Salem.
76 DIARY OF [Mar., 1771
27. First sat for my picture.*
Apr. 1. Peggy began her quarter at Mrs. Gould's.
6. Peggy first went to Dancing.
6. Betsey Cabot Died.
9. At Col. Brown's Setting up visit.
21. Sal Campbell brought to Bed.
23. The Dr. Carried Peggy & I to Cambridge.
25. At the Cambridge assembly.
26. Dined at Dr. Kneeland's, at Mr. Locke's after Lecture, Evening at Mr, Borland's.
30. At Mrs. Minott's &