1739 November 17 (Saturday). The Cold Something abated. I Sent Ebenezer to Marlborough to the Doctor. Mr. William Jenison[1] came up from Waterton to preach here. Ruth Hicks watch’d. I crawl up very Slowly, yet Sit up Considerably. My Joints, my Knees and Ankles especially, weak and feeble.
[1]William Jenison (1707-1750), Harvard 1724 (SHG,, 7:371-74), former minister of Salem, Mass., who had been dismissed by his congregation, Dec. 27, 1736.