November 13, 1746

1746 November 13 (Thursday).  A.M. I rode to Deacon Newtons.  Visited old Mrs. Tabitha Fay.  P.M. proceeded to Mr. Francis Whipples whose Family (a Number of them) is sick.  Thence I went to Mr. James Maynards and to Ensign Rice’s.  N.B. Mrs. Rice’s inveighing against Mr. Martyn; against his prayers at Ensign Newtons Funeral.  She is greatly displeas’d with me for assisting in his Ordination.  I rode up to Colonel Ward,[1] who was too generous to ask anything for his Chair to Boston.  Was also at Dr. Smiths[2] as I return’d.

[1]Nahum Ward of Shrewsbury.

[2]Joshua Smith, the physician of Shrewsbury.