The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-02


also and he praiseth her. She was sew
enty years of age last February; paid
Cousin Joshua 2 guineas 2S for evil
dence he paid for me last year In my
case with Timothy Starr.
(The attention Of the reader is called
to the following account of this funeral
procession, which appears to be ac-
cording to kin. Husbands and wives
are separated for the time for this pc
culiar arrangement. Rev. Mr. Conk-
lin, who ofiiciated, Is thus noticed in
Massachusetts His. Coll, page $40,
REV. Benjamin Conklin ordained pas
tor of the Congregational church, Lei
cester. in 1882
Mothers funeral procession was as
follows, viz: Father next we corpse,
Brother Daniel and Sister Denny next,
Brother Joseph and Sister Wheeler
next, myself and Sister Jopp next,
Brother William and Brother Joseph's
wife next, Brother David and my wife
next, Brother Denny and Brother Bill
ly's wife next Brother Wheeler and
Brother David's wife next, Daniel and
Eliza Denny next, Samuel Denny and
Sally Henshaw next, my son Joseph
and Betsy Wheeler next, Amos Wheel
er and Betsy Henshaw next, David
Denny and my son Joshua next, Uncle
Joshua and aunt next, Cousin Joshua
next, Jonathan and Nathan Ligaut
next, Rev. Mr.. Conklin and lady next,
then the neighborhood in order.
Thursday, October Goth, 1774.-Town
meeting to choose deputy to attend
the provisional congress in the room Of
Colonel Denny, sick, when Mr.. Phene-
has Moore of Paxton was chosen, but
declined; then Brother Joseph was
chosen and accepted. Brother Josephs
wife and my wife distributed mothers
clothes among her. three daughters by
their desire and gave satisfaction
Cousin Joshua Henshaw and his wife
set off for Boston this morning. Sister
Denny, Sister Jopp and had consid-
cradle talk with father about his WILL
telling him If he gave his whole farm
to his two youngest sons 1T would lay a
foundation for a lasting quarrel among
his children after his death, and that
we were willing Brother Billy should
have We fifty acres given him over and
above his part for We services he had
done in We family, but as David had
been well paid out Of We estate for all
he had done, his fifty acres should be
| reckoned to him as part of his portion,
| and all the rest of we estate after the
debts are paid, both real and personal,
| be equally divided among all his chill
| dren, sons and daughters, which we
| told him would be just and we would
be satisfied with it; this I enforced
again upon him riding from town meet
| ing, which he promised me to consider
| Of
| Friday October 21st, 1774--(Here fol-
| lows a record of his father and moth
ers family as far as he found them re-
| corded in his fathers Bible.)
| Sabbath day, October 23d, 1774-Cc1-
onel Thomas Denny died this morning,
| u after five o'clock of nervous fever,
after about ten days illness, greatly la
mented; to be buried next Tuesday at
eleven o'clock Eunice Southgate, We
| daughter of Richard Southgate, aged
| nineteen years, died also this morning
and is to be buried next Tuesday at
one o'clock. My wife and children
dined at Brother Joseph's, and father
| returned with us after meeting and
| spent we evening with us: text on We
| last leaf Mr.. Conklin preached an ex-
cellent funeral sermon for my dear
mother; news came this evening of the
| death of Mf William Molloneaux of
Boston, a high Son Of Liberty, greatly
lamented at this time; he died very
| suddenly, as did Colonel Denny; two
high Sons of Liberty, which makes a
great break in this good order Of men
among us.
| Tuesday, October 25th, 1774-Rose
| early, quarter after four o'clock; here
met with old Mr.. William Spencer, who
| I sold my negro Cato to, and was to
| have paid me in horses, but was
obliged to sue him for them and never
| got the whole. I here had some alter
| cation; he charged me with deception
| in we negro, as / was conscious there
was none on my part but was sure I
was much deceived by him. / got
warm and told him very plainly what ]
| thought of him and the character we
would gave of him, and we had some
4 considerable contradiction and I gave
him some i'll language after I had re-
ceived good deal from him; for my
/ part l am sorry.
Wednesday, October 26th, 1774-Mr
| Moses Belcher Bass, my cousin, arrived
| here this afternoon from Boston; my
wife took a resolution to drink no more
tea herself, in consequence of which
she treated her company, viz Mother
johnson, Mrs. Taylor and We, with cof-
fee this afternoon.
| Saturday, October 10Th, 1774.--News
came from Rhode Island to-day by ar
oysterman that last Wednesday even
ing a snow arrived in about five weeks
from London with five thousand
pounds sterling in cash for the poor
sufferers in Boston, and also that the
acts would be repealed directly was the
opinion of almost every one, which oc-
casioned such joy that the cannon
played all day on Thursday last al
Newport. Wednesday night my store
broke open, again last night and bag OF
rum, about ten gallons, stole from Mr.
Waterman and q Gag of brandy.
Tuesday, November 1st 1774.-Set ar
excellent large Malacatoon peach
stone in my top garden at we corner OF
we fence left hand Of we gate. ate w
peach in New York and it weighed
more than a pound; agreed with Mas
ter Fisk to take Joseph Griffin to g
evening school to begin tomorrow
night; Mr.. Hosmer showed me letter