1726 September 13 (Tuesday). I rose very Early, sometime before Day, and more than 1/4 before sunrise was mounted on my horse and rode to Shrewsbury. With Mr. Cushing[1] I went to Lancaster where Ministers were Associated. Severall persons were here besides the members: Mr. Andrew Gardner,[2] Mr. Cook,[3] Mr. Trowbridge,[4] Mr. Frink,[5] Brintnall,[6] Samuel Willard,[7] etc. What was of greatest moment that I remember was advice to Mr. McKinstry[8] concerning the Management of his Cause.
[1]Reverend Job Cushing of Shrewsbury.
[2]Formerly the minister at Worcester.
[3]Reverend William Cooke of Wayland.
[4]Reverend Caleb Trowbridge (Harvard 1710) of Groton, Mass. Sibley, V, 545-546.
[5]Reverend Thomas Frink (Harvard 1722) of Rutland, Mass. Sibley, VII, 69-75.
[6]Reverend William Brintnall, minister and schoolmaster at Sudbury.
[7](Harvard 1723). The preacher in the Stony Brook region of Marlborough and later the minister at Biddeford, Maine, 1730-1741. Sibley, VII, 281-287.
[8]Reverend John McKinstry of Sutton.