1751 January 5 (Saturday). Read a Letter from Mr. Elijah Collins concerning my Watch, and from my Brother Parkman[1] concerning his Marriage last July 19 to Captain Harris’s Widow, his near Neighbour, and took her to his House the 31. That her Son, William Harris’s Brigantine was lately ashore on Plumb-Island, where his Father was cast away, and lost a Brigantine which my Brother was part owner of.[2]
[1]William or “Elder” Parkman of Boston married Hannah Harris.
[2]The Boston Gazette, or Weekly Journal, Dec. 4, 1750, reported “One Day last Week, a Brigantine deep laden from the West Indies, in bad Weather, ran ashore on Plumb-Island, and tis feared will suffer much Damage.”