1750 March 26 (Monday). Grass begins to Spring. Mr. Buckminster[1] of Rutland here. Their Divisions, especially Captain Rice[2] and Deacon Ball’s[3] Still continue.
[1]The Reverend Joseph Buckminster.
[2]Edward Rice was an original settler of Rutland. Reed, Rutland, pp.111-113.
[3]Eleazer Ball. For the disputes in Rutland and the stormy career of the New-Light, Reverend Thomas Frink, see Sibley, VII, 70-75.