1726 February 15 (Tuesday). After Dinner Mr. Breck appointed to go to his Daughters with me. I went to Mr. Edward Rice’s[1] Shop and there, taking leave of Mr. Breck, I rode to Williams’s[2] To see Mrs. Williams,[3] it being the first of my being in Town Since she was married. Returning home I call’d at Captain Wards[4] to warm me it being Cold and to spend a Little time in Conversation with the Captain but he had taken a fortnight ride into Connecticut.
[1]Of Marlborough.
[2]Colonel Abraham Williams, a prominent resident of Marlborough. Charles Hudson, History of Marlborough (Boston, 1862), p. 470.
[3]Elizabeth Breck, daughter of the Reverend Robert Breck, married Abraham Williams, Dec. 22, 1725.
[4]Nahum Ward of Shrewsbury. Ward, Shrewsbury, pp. 457-459.