Hobart — Hudson. 353 



Chap. 4. 



Noah Hobart, while y e incidents related in y e former chapter were occurring 

 to Priscilla, having been settled in y e (Congregational) ministry at Fairfield, 

 Connecticut, had married & his wife had died previously to the death of Mr. 

 Lothrop. At a suitable interval, subsequent to these events, he concluded to 

 make a visit to his first sweetheart, & went to Plymouth, & again proposed 

 himself for her husband. She was very glad to see him, & receiv'd him 

 very graciously ; and much regretted that she could not accept his proposals, 

 without breaking ;i promise that she had made to M'r Lothrop on his death- 

 bed, not to marry while his mother lived. Noah, disappointed, set out for 

 home with a heavy heart, & having reach'd Hingham, call'd on y e Kev d M'r 

 Shute, who invited him to stop & preach y e Thursday lecture for him; to w'h 

 he assented. After y e lecture was over, as they were going home, they met a 

 traveller on horseback, of whom M'r Shute enquired "where he was from? " 

 He answered "from Plymouth;" when they further enquired " if there was 

 any news?" He answered, "nothing particular, except that old Madam 

 Lothrop died last night." Noah's face brightened up on this announcement, 

 &he turned his face again towards Plymouth; and without being able to state 

 any intervening particulars, we know that in three weeks from that time, Pris- 

 cilla married her third husband in y e person of her first lover, & was settled 

 at Fairfield as " y e minister's help-meet," & y e wife of y e Rev d Noah Hobart. 



Chap. 5. 



The life of Priscilla at Fairfield was tranquil and happy; & it is said that 

 she sometimes confess'd to her children, in her old age, they being also y c chil- 

 dren of her other husbands, that y e period she lived with Noah was y e happiest 

 portion of her life. She had no children by M'r Hobart. Her oldest son by 

 M'r Lothrop, D'r Nathaniel Lothrop, married Ellen Hobart, y e daughter of 

 Noah, and thus contributed further to cement this happy & long-deferr'd 

 union. Priscilla, however, was destined to be a widow for y e third time, as 

 y e Rev d Noah Hobart died at Fairfield in y e year 1773, & left her in posses- 

 sion of his homestead there. 



Chap. 6. r Abstract.] 

 After y e death of M'r Hobart, Priscilla remained at Fairfield, occupying his 

 house & receiving y e manifestations of y e affection and respect of his late Par- 

 ish for a period of six years, until July, 1779, when y e whole village of Fair- 

 field was burn'd by y e English troops under y e command of Gov Tryon. 

 Being now houseless she returned to Plymouth, & occupied y* house in w'h 

 she had lived with her second husband, M'r Lothrop. . . . She lived until 

 1796, nearly 10 years after this interview, & died in June of that year, aged 

 90 years. 



* Note. On p. 315, of the same vol., Wm. Parsons Lunt writes that Priscilla Hobart 

 married for her second husband Isaac Lothrop, and bore him four children, viz.: Nathaniel, 

 Thomas, Isaac, and Priscilla, who was the great-grandmother of Mr. Lunt. 



HOOPER. 



Sewall H. (II. p. 352: i.), in. at Boston, June 7, 1888, Annie Hey- 

 wood, dau. of Thomas Lord of Boston. 

 Child b. in Hing. 



i. Linzee Sewall, June 2, 1889. 



HUDSON. 



Elizabeth, wid. of Joseph (II. p. 357 : 6), d. at Wendell, Mass., 20 

 Apr., 1S74, aet. 76 yrs. 7 inos. 



Martha, w. of Joseph (II. p. 356: 1), d. 13 Nov. 1755, aet. 60 yrs. 

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