1746 August 27 (Wednesday). Went to the Funeral of Mr. Cooks little Daughter; and such was the will of God his little son Solomon is dead also! Deacon Newton and some others seem desirous to have ‘em both bury’d to Day, though the latter dy’d but this morning. It was, however, deferr’d till tomorrow when they Saw that I was not free to Countenance it. It might soon have caus’d evil Report of Mr. Cook that he Should so soon hurry his Children into the Grave, as if having many of them and being an odd man he was afraid they should come to life again. I visited Mr. Barns’s, as I have been also at Neighbour Rogers’s, where there are Two Children sick; and Neighbour Hows, where most of them are out of Case: but especially their grandson Jonathan. N.B. Last night there was a Third Frost, and in Some places more destructive than the preceeding. N.B. Deacon Moore[1] of Worcester din’d with me. He had been to Mr. Stone to see whether he could not administer the Lords Supper to them but he is design’d for Harwich.
[1]Nathaniel Moore, an early settler, was often elected selectman.