1742 June 29 (Tuesday). Ebenezer chooses to drop his Books and longs for a Scyth. I have now given way to his Mowing. Mrs. Snell[1] to talk with me about her owning the Covenant as was also Mr. Jotham Brigham and his wife.[2] At Eve Mr. Goddard of Leicester here and lodged here. Several Load of Hay out and wet — after bright hot Sunshine.
[1]The Westborough church records do not indicate that Mrs. Snell owned the covenant. See June 21 (above).
[2]Parkman listed Jotham Brigham among the first inhabitants of Westborough; WCR, flyleaf. He was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Brigham, b. Dec. 23, 1695; MVR, 41. He mar. Abigail How in 1719 or 1720; MVR, 230. The Westborough church records contain no record that the Brighams owned the covenant.