1752 December 14 (Thursday). Heard of the Sudden Death of Venerable and aged Mr. Hancock[1] of Lexington. May God be pleas’d to show me convincingly and Effectually that I must also put off this my Tabernacle! At Evening marry’d Joseph Bruce to the Widow Child.[2]
[1]John Hancock died Dec. 5, 1752.
[2]Sibyl (Cibel, Sibel) was the widow of Jonas Child of Westborough.