1738 December 17 (Sunday). Rom. 8.16 occasioned in part by the growing extravagance of Velvet and scarlet among people of low Rank. P.M. repeated sermon on Ps. 119.9. My wife very ill. Public Prayers for her. At night extream full of Pain, and continued all Night. N.B. Mr. Eliezer Bellows[1] and Granny Forbush[2] din’d with us. Exceeding Cold Night.
[1]Eleazer Bellows came to Westborough in the 1720’s. The Westborough Vital Records record the births of three daughters and one son to Eleazer and Sarah Bellows, August 18, 1728. [Correction: That was the date on which the children were baptized, not born. Westborough Church Records, 15.]
[2]Widow of Deacon Thomas Forbush who died in May 1738.