1726 May 18 (Wednesday). I rode to Boston. My Mother not well. My Brother John Tyley[1] return’d from Honduras, having been taken by Ned Low the Pirate. Towards Evening I went back to Charlston for my Horse at Boylstons,[2] where I met Mr. Cotton[3] of Newton and a Company of his Neighbours, Mr. Ephraim Williams,[4] etc., who had all been out afishing. I rode with them to Cambridge and then parted to go to Father Champneys where I lodged.
[1]Parkman’s brother-in-law, husband of Elizabeth Parkman.
[2]Richard Boylston of Charlestown.
[3]Reverend John Cotton.
[4]Colonel Ephraim Williams who moved to Stockbridge in 1739.