1738 July 12 (Wednesday). Old Mr. Lord[1] of the Cape was here upon a journey upward. Mr. Rand[2] of Sunderland and Mr. Billings[3] here and din’d with us.
[1]Reverend Joseph Lord (Harvard 1691), minister of Chatham, Mass., 1718-1748. He was also a schoolmaster and physician. Sibley, V, 101-106.
[2]Reverend William Rand (Harvard 1721), minister of Sunderland, Mass., 1723-1745, and Kingston, Mass., 1746-1779. Sibley, VI, 549-553.
[3]Edward Billing (Harvard 1731) of Sunderland, who later became the first minister of Belchertown, Mass., 1739-1752. Sibley, IX, 22-28.