1739 May 16 (Wednesday). Very Hot. Mr. Edward Barns[1] marry’d to the widow Grace Rice.[2] I walk’d to Deacon Tomlins[3] with Captain Forbush.[4] N.B. Talk with Deacon about his Children, who had been guilty of fornication.[5]
[1]Of Marlborough, where he and his wife continued to live.
[2]Of Westborough. Widow of Simon Rice. Hudson, Marlborough, 315.
[3]Isaac Tomlin.
[4]Samuel Forbush of Westborough.
[5]Timothy Fay and Lydia Tomlin (or Tomblin) were married April 30, 1738. The following entry appears in the Westborough church records, February 30, 1740: “Timothy Fay and Lydia his wife offered their public Humiliations for their committing the sin of Fornication and were restor’d to Charity.”