Hohart — Hudson. 353 



Chap. 4. 



Noah Hobart, while y" incidents related in y*^ former chapter were occurring 

 to Priscilla, having been settled in y« (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 ghxd to see him, & receiv'd him 

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

 without breaking a 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^ KeV^ M'r 

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

 he assented. After y'^ 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^ person of her first lover, & was settled 

 at Fairfield as "y« minister's help-meet," & y<= wife of y« Rev*^ Noah Hobart. 



Chap. 5. 

 Tlie 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^ chil- 

 dren of her other husbands, that y-^ period she lived with Noah was y« 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^ daughter of 

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

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

 ye Revd Noah Hobart died at Fairfield in y^ year 1773, & left her in posses- 

 sion of his homestead there. 



Chap. 6. [Abstract.] 

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

 house & receiving y<= manifestations of y^ affection and respect of his late Par- 

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

 field was burn'd by y« English troops under y« 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.), rn. at Boston, June 1, 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., 1874, ajt. 76 yrs. 7 inos. 



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

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