October 30, 1736

1736 October 30 (Saturday).  Bright day after the Storm.  Thomas no better, but no Fever rises, and the swelling is most outwardly.  Mr. Whitney[1] and Mr. Collar here.  Deborah not Come.


[1]Nathaniel Whitney.  When his daughter Mary was baptized, Oct. 15, 1727, the church records note that he had owned the covenant at Concord (WCR, 9).  He and his wife Mary joined the church, Jan. 21, 1728 (WCR, 10).  Whitney died Jan. 27, 1776, “within about seven Days of Eighty Years of Age” (Parkman diary).