1740 October 2 (Thursday). Thomas and Joshua Winchester gathering apples and Corn in the upper Field. Carry’d in Stalks, etc. I rode to the Fast at Hopkinton which was on account of the Throat Distemper. I pray’d and preach’d a.m. on 1 Pet. 5.6 and at noon I rode to Marlborough to the Funeral of my worthy Friend Colonel Benjamin Woods. There were Mr. Swift,[1] Loring, Cushing, Stone, Rice (of Sturbridge).[2] Mr. Swift pray’d. Colonel William Ward,[3] Major Keyes,[4] Captain Amsden,[5] Samuel Brigham Esquire,[6] Captain Williams[7] and Captain Barnard[8] were the Bearers. I lodg’d at Madam Woods’s with Mr. Swift. N.B. Baines and Marritt came to work about noon at the well.
[1]Rev. Jonathan Swift of Framingham.
[2]Rev. Caleb Rice of Sturbridge.
[3]Of Southborough.
[4]John Keyes of Marlborough. Hudson, Marlborough, 409.
[5]Isaac Amsden of Marlborough.
[6]Prominent resident of the south part of Marlborough.
[7]Abraham Williams of Marlborough.
[8]Capt. Robert Barnard of Marlborough.