February 21, 1760

1760 February 21 (Thursday).  Mr. Simon Tainter and Mr. Benjamin Carter, of Sutton here, and acquaint me with their Present state.  Their Parish having of late had a Meeting in which they dismissed (as they who did it supposed) Mr. Welman.  My Wife p.m. visits young Mrs. Baker.  Deacon Tainter returns from Boston with a Team.  His Horses took a start in Framingham and he is wounded sorely in both his Leggs, by the Horses kicking him with their Corks.