1738 December 4 (Monday). Very Cold morning. I rode over to Old Mr. Ward[1] and got his Daughter to come and Serve us. Thence to Deacon Newtons and after that I went to Cambridge. A troublesome cold Journey. Sister Lydia[2] had been very ill but was recovering.
[1]Increase Ward, an original settler of Westborough.
[2]Lydia Champney, Parkman’s sister-in-law.