August 27, 1747

1747 August 27 (Thursday).  Mrs. Hardy (Phinehas’s wife)[1] here with her Sister Hannah Rice[2] of Sutton, with her son Thomas Rice, and they all din’d here.  P.M. I preach’d at old Mr. Graves’s[3] — his wife having been long confin’d from public ordinances.  Acts 20.21, was the Text.  N.B. I deliver’d a particular Address to the old Woman.  She having been ordinarily but too insensible.  N.B. Reverend Mr. Barrett there and pray’d after Sermon.

[1]Prudence Warren.

[2]Mrs. Noah (Warren) Rice.

[3]John Graves.