1747 May 27 (Wednesday). Rain in Early Morning. When it slack’d I rode to Boston. N.B. My Brother Alexander never mention’d my little Boy, when with so much affection I nam’d after him. Dr. Chauncy[1] preach’d on 2 Sam. 23.3. Din’d at Brother Samuels with Captain Maynard. My Brethren Seem desirous to take this Opportunity to consult together respecting the settlement of Mothers Estate — but Brother Alexander seems very unquiet and unmanageable and will consent to nothing, but what is in his particular Scheme. To this Disturbance and Ruffle about the Estate, I attribute his Disregard to my little son. But I am not willing to take any Notice of it. Was at the Convention — Dr. Sewal[2] Moderator and pray’d, Mr. Checkley[3] Clerk. Mr. Josiah Cotton[4] desires to be remov’d from Providence. Letter of Dr. Avery[5] on the Subjects of his presenting the Address of the Convention of Ministers last year to the king and the Affair of Mr. Torrey, read — voted Thanks to Dr. Avery for his Pains and Care. At Eve at the North End. Lodg’d at Dr. Parkmans[6] (who was marry’d some months ago) and his sister Eliza just by it, to one Mr. Cowel, a Cooper. N.B. Mr. Winget,[7] Mr. Chase[8] and Mr. Wellman[9] lodg’d there also.
[1]Charles Chauncy.
[2]Joseph Sewell of the Old South Church.
[3]Samuel Checkly of the Second Church of Boston.
[4]The minister of the First Congregational Church in Providence who later served the third church in Woburn, 1747-1756.
[5]John Avery (Harvard 1706) was the minister of Truro, 1711-1754. He was also a physician. Sibley, V, 302-305.
[6]Elias Parkman, a physician of Boston, was Ebenezer Parkman’s uncle. [Correction: This was Parkman’s nephew, Elias Parkman, son of his brother Elias. The nephew married Abigail White, Jan. 1, 1747. Sibley, X, 223-224.]
[7]The Reverend Paine Wingate (Harvard 1723), the minister of the West Church in Amesbury, 1726-1786. Sibley, VII, 287-289.
[8]The Reverend Stephen Chase of Lynnfield.
[9]James Wellman (Harvard 1744) was the first minister of Millbury, Mass., 1747-1760.