1740 September 15 (Monday). P.M. Mr. Baxter[1] and Madam accompany’d by Captain Winchesters[2] wife of Framingham, came, and they lodged here. N.B. This Day arriv’d Neighbor Eliezer Rice from Albany with his Brother Ozorongoughton[3] and Mr. Tarbell[4] for a Companion and Interpreter.
[1]Rev. Joseph Baxter of Medfield.
[2]Ebenezer Winchester.
[3]The Indian name of Timothy Rice who had been captured in 1704. Parkman later spelled this name Oughtzorongoughton. See The Story of the Rice Boys.
[4]John Tarbell. See Green, Groton during the Indian Wars, 116-120.