1 88 NATURAL HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF GROTON, MASS. 



slept and Horse kept at D"^ Prescot's. a brave Action of our Army 

 this day at Noddle's and Hog Islands. 



2g. Monday. Sat out for Groton 8 "Clock, stop'd at M^ [Willard] 

 Hall's Wesford. saw M'' Gray and Family there, proceeded to 

 chalmsford. . . . 



yyu7ie\ II. Lord's d. Pch'd all day at Billerica, baptiz'd i. 

 din'd and slept at M' Cummins. Visited in the Evg by Col Thomp- 

 son and D' Danforth. M'' Cummins pch'd for me at Groton. He 

 sat out on Saturday before I arriv'd, and return'd home this Evening. 



July I. Went early to visit M" Newell and Payne's Family, at 

 M' Brook's : not at home, proceeded for Groton. bated at Hart- 

 well's gratis. Din'd at D' Lee's: Concord. His son obligingly 

 accompanied us towards Lyttleton. Coffee at M^' Newman's, slept 

 there. Horse at M' Tuthill's gratis. 



2. Lord's day. Went early to Groton after Breakfast, pch'd all 

 day. read Proclamation from Continental Congress for a Fast thro 

 all the Colonies and fm Pr. Congress respecting Sabbath, spoke 

 extempore a few minutes upon the last. Din'd. Coffee, slept, and 

 Horse at Dr Prescotts. 



J. Monday. Visited by Capt. Sartell D^ Prescot had my Horse 

 shoed at his own Expence. Came by Mistake the Westford Road to 

 Concord. . . . 



\^October'\ i8. Wednesday. Went my H. and Ch. to Watertown. 

 saw D"' Prescot who paid me 6o £ O. Ten', for six Sabbaths at 

 Groton. We Din'd at Deacon Fisk's. . . . 



According to Amos Farnsworth's diary, one Mr. Bigelow 

 was supplying the pulpit at Groton, as early as December 1 1, 

 1775; and, according to the same authority, he appears to 

 have preached there at frequent intervals for six months. 

 On September 2, 1776, the town concurred with the church 

 to hear Mr. Chaplin and Mr. Bigelow for four Sundays as 

 candidates; and, on December 16 following, the town voted 

 to concur with the church in the choice of Mr. Chaplin as 

 the pastor. The votes, as recorded, do not give the Christian 

 name of either candidate. Of course, the baptismal name of 

 Mr. Chaplin is well known, as he remained in town during 

 more than fifty years, until his death on April 8, 1831. The 

 given name of Mr. Bigelow is learned with considerable cer- 

 tainty by inference. In the year 1774 there was a Mr. Isaac 



