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Appendix: Full Text of Mehetabel Chandler Coit’s Diary, 1688–1749
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aPPendiX Full Text of Mehetabel Chandler Coit’s Diary, 1688–1749 Note: Occasional blank pages appear between the following pages of text. p. 1 (inside front cover) mdm adams mony for [milk?] mr hollom mony for [mulases?] … weight of … 3 00 [Sould?] … of the barell 4 3 5 beside what Chamberlin had. Mehetabel Coit her book 1714 [The following ten lines are crossed out:] September the [?] 4 1712 [?] Mr Waters his an account of ye Mr runalds to Sam Watters to Jams rogers to Thomas W... to Mr Sha[pley?] to mrs holom Capt ... 193 Appendix 194 p. 2 June 4 - 1697 our house was raised ye 23 of Septembr following we cam to live in itt july 22: 1726 Mr Winthrope wentt to england a[p]rill 6: 1728 Martha Coit went to glasonbury with Mr treat and his wife June 13: 1748 i began to read Mr burkitts work upon the new te[s]tement and finished it the 29 of august p. 3 december ye 14. 1704 the Love & ann was lancht november ye 26 the Grac[e] and hannah was lancht September ye 13 Mr alfords & vrylands brig. new london was lancht. novembr 26, Mr Christophers Sloop was lancht. 1705 twas rays’d ye 1 of august, july 3 1705 Thomas avery Came in from barbados the love & ann the first voyage august ye love & ann sett sale for barbados ye second voyage, october she Came in from antego. this a Seacond voyage july ye 7. 1707 the Grace & hannah sett for barbados, [34.205.246.61] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 14:49 GMT) Mehetabel Chandler Coit’s Diary 195 p. 4 august 2 1707 ye love and ann sett saill for barbados on a satturday octobr the Grace & hannah came in from barbados July 22. 1708 the Grace & hannah set saill for barbados G[e]orge Plumb master novembr 13 he came home again novembr [10?] Mr richard Christo phers, set saill for barbados in the brig richard & Joseph the first voyage in 1708 and came home again the 22 of march & Charls hill came with him. august [12?] 1708 Mr vrylands vessell was burn’t upon the stocks, on a thurdsday, & John coits foot burnt p. 5 june 14. 1706 billy Coit fell into the cove, & was allmost drowned, nell Cam to live here in the year 1717 [smudged word] in September she [then?] being twenty years of age nell ___ __ Appendix 196 p. 6 july 3: 1705 Mingo Came here with Thomas avery in the love & ann the first voiage [The following four lines are written in another hand:] July 3 1705 1809 1913 This book was written by [great] greatgrandmother Coit 1810. Maria Coit p. 7 feb 1694/5 thomas avery came to live with my husband may 2 1696 Wait Mayhew came to live here october 21. 1699 Joseph Shaply came to live here Septemr 1701 Samuell Loomes came to live here april 2: 1705 John Christophs came to live here, Mehetabel Chandler Coit’s Diary 197 p. 8 Septembr 1707 My husbend and i went to Middletown october ye 3 we come home and mother Coit came with us aprill 28 1708 John Coit went to Middletown with Mr arnold by water, and come home may ye 17 june ye 18 my husband and Sister Sarah [and ?] i went to Stoningtown & brother Joseph Coite was maried to experience Wheler 1707 21 day we came home. june ye 15 1705 i came from Woodstock, my mother Chandler Came with me may 24: 1707 my husband went to roadisland. june 25 Joseph Chandler went to portryall in 1707 September he came home decembr 19 he come to n=london ye 25 he went home my husband & Sarah Coit went with him, p. 9 decembr 7 my husband went to ye ile of wight, Joseph harris John Mayhew, robert James went with him ye 12 day thay came home in 1708 January ye 3 my husband & robert James went to Woodstock, ye 10 they came home march 10 1708 Martha Coit’s foot burntt with a warming-pan aprell ye 29 a plank fell of the stage upon Thomas Coit & struck him down but gott no grate mater of hurt, June. 1710 John Coit went to nyork with Mr arnold august 10: 17[year missing] the ile of wite taken by the french Appendix 198 p. 10 october 20. 1722 Thomas Coit went to rhod=iland, ye 26 day he came hom again, the 29 my husband went...