1728 July 15 (Monday). I rode to Cambridge with Neighbor Green.[1] Found nobody at Father Champneys but sister Hannah[2] just when I was going away and there came two men that would go in for Cyder. I went in again and tarried till they went away. I rode with them to Boston. Trouble Brother Samuell[3] and Mr. Dorcas.[4]
[1]John Green.
[2]Hannah Champney, Mrs. Parkman’s oldest sister.
[3]Samuel Parkman of Boston.
[4]The reference (clearly legible) to a “Mr. Dorcas” is a bit puzzling. Parkman was probably referring to Dorcas Bowes, who married Samuel Parkman Jan. 29, 1729.