1775 January 3 (Tuesday). Attended the Funeral of Eleazer Beeman, Son of Mr. Abraham Beeman, who dyed on the last Sabbath morning; nigh 18 years of Age: of a Consumption.[1] At Eve came Mr. Grosvenor from Grafton, and Mr. Joseph Harrington with him. The latter invites me to the Marriage of his Sister Lydia, proposed to be at his House tomorrow, at 1 P.M. The latter lodges here.
[1]Eleazer Beeman, son of Abraham and Miriam, b. Mar. 11, 1757; d. Jan. 1, 1775. Westborough Vital Records, 15, 228.