1754 July 25 (Thursday). Thomas and William bring home two small Jaggs of Hay from Ministerial Meadow, which make Six small turns from thence and is all of the South side of the Brook. N.B. Neighbour Eliezer Rice assisted — for which my sons work’d for him. Our Kinswomen Mrs. Sally Brigham and her sister Mrs. Betty Gott[1] came to See us — but return’d to Marlborough at Eve.
[1]Sarah and Rebecca, daughters of the late Dr. Benjamin Gott, were Parkman’s nieces.