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From  the  Commission  on  Parchment,  now  in  the  Possession  of  Roe  Hendrick,  Elmira,  Xew  York,  (treat-Great- 
Grandson  of  Captain   Daniel   Roe.     Cut  somewhat  reduced  from   the  original. 


Th  e  D  ia  ry 


OF 


Captain  Daniel  Roe 


An   Officer  of  the  French  and  Indian    War 
and  of  the  Revolution 


Brookhaven,    Long   Island,    during    Portions 

of    1806-7-8 


With   Introduction   and  Notes  by 

ALFRED    SEELYE     ROE 

A   Great-Grandson 


Oft  did  the  harvest  to  their  sickle  yield. 

Their  furrow  oft  the  stubborn  glebe  hath  broke; 

How  jocund  did  they  drive  their  team  afield! 

How  bowed  the  woods  beneath  their  sturdv  stroke!" 


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To   the    Reader 


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Presumably,  you  are  a  descendant  of  Captain  Daniel  Roe.  As  such  you 
are  interested  in  his  ancestry  and  story,  and  in  those  of  Deborah  Brewster,  his 
wife.  Tog'ether  they  furnish  authority  for  your  admission  to  several  hereditary, 
patriotic  societies,  viz.: — 

Througfh  Daniel  Roe's  service  in  the  F'rench  and  Indian  War  and  in  the 
Revolution,  you  are  eligible  to  membership  in  the  General  Society  of  Colonial 
Wars,  in  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution  and  of  the  American  Revolution,  in  the 
Daughters  of  the  Revolution  and  of  the  American  Revolution. 

Through  the  ancestry  of  Del)orali  Brewster  you  may  enter  the  Society  of 
Mayflower  Descendants  and  that  of  Descendants  of  Colonial  Governors. 

Through  the  early  coming  to  America  of  the  ancestors  of  both  Daniel  Roe 
and  his  wife,  and  their  reputable  lives,  you  are.  if  of  the  gentler  sex.  entitled  to 
enrollment  in  the  National  Society  of  Colonial  Dames  of  America. 

Should  your  ancestry  include  Daniel  Roe  (3)  you  are  eligible  to  the  Cien- 
eral  Society  of  the  War  of  1812  and  to  the  United  States  Daughters  of  1812. 

The  foregoing  ought  to  satisfy  any  man  or  woman  of  even  the  most  ultra 
"jiner"  proclivities. 

The  praiseworthy  actions  of  our  forbears,  their  sacrifices  and  triumphs,  in 
no  way  affect  us  of  today  except  as  they  may  prompt  us  to  nobler  living.  Mere 
pride  of  ancestry  is  puerile,  but  admiration  for  what  the  fathers  were  and  what 
they  did  may  be  encouraged  with  no  danger  of  falling  into  ( Oriental  Shintoism. 

"  There  is  a  moral  and  philosophical  respect   for  our  ancestors 
which  elevates  the  character  and  improves  the  heart." 

'^  Daniel   Webster. 

To  the  score  and  more  cousins  of  greater  or  less  remoteness  who  by  their 
co-operation  have  rendered  the  printing  of  this  ancestral  tribute  possible,  many 
thanks  are  due.  and  they  are  hereby  rendered  with  the  hope  that  my  labors  have 
not  been  barren  of  information  and  pleasure  to  the  descendants  of  Captain 
Daniel  Roe. 

ALFRED  SEELYE  ROE. 
Worcester.  Mass.,  June.  1904. 


(Note.— The  somewhat  peculiar  size  or  shape  of  this  book  is  necessitated  by  the 
dimensions  of  the  Commission  and  Pay-roll,  which  are  as  essential  to  the  volume  as  Hamlet 
is  to  the  play  bearing  his  name.) 


Introduction 


Daniel  Roe,  of  l>rookhcnen.  Lent;-  Island,  was  the  third  in  descent  from 
John  Roe  or  Rowe  who  settled  in  Drowned  Meadow,  now  Port  Jefferson,  in 
1^)67.  Of  this  first  settler,  it  is  claimed  that  he  was  born  in'  Ireland  in  1628, 
that  he  came  to  America  in  1^)55,  and  to  Southampton,  L.  1.,  five  years  later. 
He  was  a  shoemaker  bv  trade  and  ag-reed  to  be  of  service  in  this  capa'city  to 
his  fellow  settlers.  In  his  will,  drawn  in  171 1,  he  mentions  himself  as  "Cord- 
wainer."  To  him  were  assigned  the  acres  Iving  along  the  head  of  Brookhaven 
harbor,  and  to  this  day,  the  streets  of  Port  Jefferson  are  largely  parallel  to 
the  winding  shores  of  that  Ix-autiful  body  of  water.  For  more  than  a  hun- 
dred years,  the  settlement  had  few  accessions;  as  late  as  1797  there  were  but 
five  dwelling  houses,  one,  that  of  the  first  John  Roe  (the  spelling  of  his  name 
was  indift'erent  to  him.  It  is  Rowe  on  his  tombstone)  ;  a  second  was  that  of 
Phillips  Roe,  and  a  third  was  erected  by  John  Roe,  father  of  the  Captain.  In 
1812  there  were  only  nineteen  houses,  a  veritable  Sleepy  Hollow,  till  the 
introduction  and  growth  of  shi])-building  made  the  bustling  village,  and 
brought,  in   1836,  the  name,  "Port  Jeff'erson." 

In  tliis  quiet  place,  and  in  its  vicinity,  the  Roes  abode  for  at  least  three 
generations,  and  their  graves  were  made  and  preserved  in  a  famil}-  Inu-ial- 
ground  till,  in  the  march  of  events,  a  new  street  must  needs  go  through  the 
same,  hence  what  was  left  of  their  bones  found  final  burial  in  the  new  ceme- 
tery, finely  placed,  Imt  not  where  the  fathers  chose  to  sleep. 

To  jolin  Roe  and  his  wife,  Hannah,  were  born  sons,  John  and  Nathaniel. 

Nathaniel  Roe  married  Hannah  Reeve,  of  Southold,  of  the  family  which 
later  gave  to  Connecticut  her  fauKTUs  jurist.  Judge  Tappan  Reeve,  him  of  the 
Litchfield  Law  School. 

To  this  Nathaniel  and  his  wife,  Hannah,  came  also  sons,  Nathaniel  and 
John;  the  reversed  order  willbeobserved.  From  this  third  Nathaniel  descended 
the  Hudson  River  Roes,  including  E.  P.  Roe,  the  novelist,  also  the  Roes  of 
Cortland  and  Tompkins  counties.  John  Roe,  of  the  thirtl  generation,  married 
widow  Joanna  (Miller)  Helme,  of  Miller's  Place,  of  the  town  of  Brook'haVen. 
It  is  claimed  that  her  ancestor  was  John  Miller,  son  of  Rev.  John  and  Lydia 
Miller,  of  Massachusetts,  who  married,  Dec.  24,  1659,  Margaret,  daughter  of 
Josiah  Winslow,  a  brother  of  Edward  Winslow,  Governor  of  Plymouth 
Colony.  However  pleasant  such  descent  might  be,  it  is  more  reasonable  to 
believe  that  our  John  Miller  is  the  one  found  at  Easthampton  in  1649  and 
wlio  married  a  sister  of  Abraham  Pierson,  afterwards  the  first  President  of 
Yale  College.  Jolin's  son,  Andrew,  later  Ijecame  the  first  settler  in  Miller's 
place,    a    ha'mlet    of    Brookhaven.       The  Miller  descent  was  John,^  Andrew,^ 


6  CAPT.    DANIEL    ROE 

Andrew,^  Joanna.''  She  married,  first,  Thomas  Hehne.  who  was  killed  while 
felling-  a  tree,  leaving  an  infant  son,  Thomas,  Jr.  The  family  name  was  one 
of  the  best  on  eastern  Long  Island.  Like  his  half-brother.  Captain  Roe,  he 
bore  his  part  in  the  Revolutionary  struggle.  The  Rev.  A.  M.  Roe.  of  Fulton, 
says,  "I  often  heard  my  father  (Austin  Roe)  speak  of  L^ncle  Helme."  In 
1775'  Thomas  Helme  was  one  of  the  heaviest  taxpayers  in  the  town. 

John  Roe  and  his  wife,  Joanna,  ha'd  sons  Jolm,  Justus,  xA.zel,  Daniel  and 
Austin  ;  daug^hters,  Joanna,  Amy  and  Hannah.  John  Roe  of  the  fourth  gen- 
eration retained  the  homestead  erected  by  his  father,  and  in  it  a  direct 
descendant,  Charles  F..  is  living  now.  Justus  lived  chiefly  in  Setaiiket ;  Azel,  a 
graduate  of  Princeton  College,  1756,  for  more  than  fifty  years  was  pastor  of 
the  Presb\terian  Church    in  Woodbridge,  X.  f.     He,  too,  did  valiant  service 


"he  Original   Kok   [Iomestead.   1'ort  Jefferson.   L 


Erected  Before  i-oo. 


in  the  Revolution,  sufifering  imprisonment  in  the  Sugar  House,  of  Xew  York. 
Several  interesting  letters  from  him  to  his  brothers  are  still  extant;  a  grandson 
wa's  A.  S.  Roe,  the  novelist ;  Austin  lived  on  the  south  shore  near  Patchogue ; 

Joanna  married  James  Davis:  Amy, Woodhull ;  Hannah,  Isaac  Davis. 

Of  Austin,  above,  it  sho'uld  be  stated  that  he  bore  the  title  "Captain"  from  ser- 
vice in  the  militia,  and  that,  during  the  earlier  part  of  his  life,  he  kept  a  tavern 
in  Setauket,  where  his  umnarried  brother.  Justus,  made  his  home  with  him. 
Later  he  moved  to  the  south  shore.  When  in  April,  1790,  General  Wash- 
ington made  his  tour  of  Long  Island,  he  has  for  the  22d.  in  part,  the  following 
entry  :  "From  Hart's  we  struck  across  the  Island  for  the  No.  side,  passing  the 
East  end  of  the  Brushey  Plains — Koram  8  miles — thence  to  Setaket  7  miles  to 
the  House  of  Capt.  Roe,  which  is  tolerably  dect.  (decent)  with  O'bliging  people 
in    it."     He  left  Roe's  at  8  the  next   morning.     Had  the   President   cared  to 


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record  all  the  happenini^s  of  that  22(1.  he  inioht  have  added  that  Capt.  Roe  had 
the  misfortune  to  break  his  leg-  while  hurrying  home  to  receive  His  Excellency 
and,  as  a  consequence,  was  lame  for  the  rest  of  his  life. 

Daniel  Roe,  the  fourth  son  of  John  and  Joanna,  was  born.  Jan.  20,  1740, 
in  the  house  built  by  his  father,  and  still  standing-,  in  Port  Jefferson;  he  died, 
Ian.  Ti,  1820.  at  his  long-time  residence  in  U'esttields.  now  Selden.  near  the 
middle  of  Long-  Island;  the  post-offtce  was  Coram.  He  was  married,  April 
22,  1762,  to  Deborah,  daughter  of  Joseph  Brewster,  of  Setauket.  in  the  town- 
ship of  Brookhaven. 

The  Brewster  line  on  Long-  Island  is  from  Xathaniel.  the  first  regular 
pastor  of  the  church  in  said  township.  He  was  a  graduate  of  the  first  class  in 
Harvard  College.  1642.  and  is  claimed  to  be  the  first  native  American  gradu- 
ate. While  the  statement  is  disputed  by  Savage  and  others.  Thompson  in  his 
History  of  Long  Island,  and  Prime  in  his  Ecclesiastical  Story  of  the  Island, 
say  he  was  the  grandson  of  Elder  \\'illiam  Brewster  of  the  AIavflowkr,  his 
father  having  been  Jonathan,  the  Elder's  oldest  son.  Xathaniel  Brewster 
married  Lucretia,  daughter  of  Roger  Ludlow,  Deputv  Govkkxok  of  ^Jassa- 
chusetts  in  1634;  later  was  Deputy  Go\'ERNor  of  Connecticut,  dying  in  \'ir- 
ginia  in  1665.  Brewster  preached  for  a  number  of  years  in  England,  com- 
ing to  Setauket  in  1655  and  continuing  till  his  death  in  1690.  His  sons  be- 
came prominent  citizens  of  the  new  town,  and  of  them  Timothy  married  Mary 
Hawkins,  probably  daug-hter  of  Zachary,  another  of  the  founders.  Their  son. 
Jos'^ph,  married  Ruth  Biscoe,  of  a  Milford,  Conn.,  family.  To  Joseph  arid 
Ruth  came  a  numerous  famil}-.  of  whom  a  second  Joseph  was  an  infiuential 
citizen;  a  dau..  Alary,  was  married  to  John  Roe.  Daniel's  elder  brother:  and 
Deborah,  born  Sept.  10.  1741.  became  the  joint  progenitor  of  the  extended 
famil}-  which  looks  to  Daniel  and  Deborah  Roe  for  ancestral  authority.  She 
died  Jan.  2.  1832.  and  with  her  Captain  sleeps  in  the  family  burial-ground, 
across  the  road  from  the  homestead. 

Of  that  low-studded  house,  it  might  be  stated  that  the  Wayne  County  Roes 
ha\'e  said  that  they  had  from  its  chambers  looked  out  througii  bullet  holes, 
marks  of  Tory  hate,  made  when  the  patriot  mother  held  the  fort,  while  her 
husband  was  away  and  before  the  fiight.  One  migiit  remark  that  it  was  all 
too  small  a  building  for  so  many  inmates,  but  its  heyday  was  before  later 
usages  made  such  imperative  demands  for  space,  and  Elisha  0\'erton  was 
wont  to  remark:  'Tt  was  a  happy  place  when  the  children  were  all  at  home." 
During  the  early  Revolutionary  days,  she  had  the  help  of  Tom  Ryant,  who 
had  been  reared  in  the  family,  and  Ruth  Dayton,  who  had  been  hired  for  this 
purpose.  During  the  family  absence,  the  place  was  occupied  by  a  Tory 
neighbor,  who  made  the  most  of  his  opportunity,  and  from  whom,  we  are  told, 
damages  were  later  obtained.  It  is  said  that  a  particular  grievance  to  him 
was  the  fa'ct  that  Captain  Roe  came  back  in  time  to  harvest  a  crop  of  corn 
which  the  Tor}-  had  planted  and  expected  to  gather. 

The  Long  Islanders,  in  those  days,  were  a  prolific  people,  and  to  our 
ancestors  came  twelve  children,  of  whom  all  but  two  lived  to  maturity  and 
nearly  all  to  advanced  ages.  Unfortunately  the  photographer  did  not  then 
exist,  and  their  station  in  life  could  not  command  the  painter's  brush,  but  of. 


8  CAPT.    DANIEL    ROE 

their  personal  appearance  we  have  the  description  of  those  who  saw  them. 
Sheldon  R.  Overton,  a  grandson,  born  in  1800,  said  of  the  Captain:  "He  was^ 
rather  under  the  average  stature,  dark  of  eyes  and  complexion,  quick  and 
active  in  his  bearing,  not  unlike  his  youngest  son.  Austin."  Of  his  wife, 
Deborah,  the  Rev.  Austin  M.  Roe  says:  "She  wa.s  a  small  woman  with 
flashing,  bla'ck  eyes,  an  object  of  tenderest  affection  to  all  her  children,  and 
was  seventy-two  years  old  when  I  was  born,  hence  quite  past  the  period  of 
activity.  I  can  remember,  however,  that  she  always  had,  on  her  face, 
something  said  to  be  of  a  cancerous  nature  which  she  was  able  to  keep  in 
abeyance  by  an  application  made  from  poke-berries:  dying,  tinally.  at  a 
great  age  from  other  causes."  A\''hen,  in  the  early  eighties,  Mr.  Roe  visited 
his  birthplace  in  Selden.  now  and  then  the  residence  of  Mr.  Samuel  Dare,  as 
he  stood  in  the  living-room,  on  the  left  side  of  the  main  entrance,  and 
faced  the  great  fire-place,  he  said:  "There  is  where  (jrandmother  used  to  sit, 
right  up  in  the  chimney-corner."  Never  till  that  moment  did  at  least  one 
of  the  party  know  just  what  "chimney-corner"  meant.  Another  grandson, 
the  second  Joseph  B.  Roe,  said  of  Deborah  Brewster:  "She  possessed  great 
fortitude,  patience  and  e(juanimity  of  mind,  although  s'he  was  slender  and 
delicate  in  person. 

The  children  of  this  wortliv  couple,  in  order,  were  Daniel,  Joseph  Brew- 
ster, Deborah,  John,  Joanna.  Charlotte,  Ruth,  Mary,  Hannah,  Rebecca  and 
Huldah  (twins),  and  Austin,  of  wdiich  list  the  last  four  were  born  wdiile  the 
famil}'  was  in  exile,  i.  e.,  while  living  in  Connecticut  during  the  Revolution. 
While  the  temptation  to  dwell  on  the  merits  of  each  respective  member  of  this 
family  is  great,  the  limits  of  the  article  forbid  more  than  the  barest  detail, 
though  this  must  be  said,  that  each  one  was  a  I'uritan  of  the  strictest  type, 
worthy  descendants  of  people  who  had  left  their  IJritish  homes  for  conscience 
sake.  The  regularity  of  the  advent  of  children  to  this  household  from  the  first 
in  1762  to  the  last  in  1782,  with  an  interval  of  tW(T  vears  in  every  case,  is 
worthy  the  stud}-  of  sociologists  ;  evidently.  Xature  had  her  own  way  to  the 
letter. 

(i)  Daniel,  b.  Nov.  29.  1762:  m.  Feb.  15.  1787,  in  Oxford,  Conn.,  Xabby, 
dau.  of  Daniel  and  Hannah  Tucker  of  Derby,  Conn.,  but  coming  straight  from", 
the  Long  Island  descendants  of  Captain  John  Tucker,  who  was  one  of  the 
first  settlers  in  Brookha\'en.  This  marriage  was.  without  doubt,  one  of  the 
direct  results  of  the  Roe  liA'ing  in  Connecticut  during  the  Revolution.  The 
young  people  began  their  married  life  in  Derbv,  where  Daniel  was  verv  prom- 
inent in  the  INI.  E.  Church.  Later  they  lived  in  Litchfield,  but  in  1812  they 
made  the  "Westward  Ho"  experiment,  locating  in  what  is  now  Butler,  Wayne- 
County,  N.  Y.,  near  the  village  of  Wolcott.  Here,  too,  Daniel  Roe  was 
active  in  religious  work,  and  was  instrumental  in  planting  Methodism  in  the 
town  and  county. 

To  this  Daniel  and  his  wife  was  born  a  numerous  i^rogeny.  There  were 
thirteen  children,  who  followed  each  other  almost  as  regularly  as  did  their 
uncles  and  aunts  a  generation  Ijefore.  for  from  Sanmel  in  1788  to  Orrene.  181 1, 
there  was  no  break  of  the  two  y tars'  interval  save  midway  in  the  list.  1796  is 
followed  by   1797,  thus  changing  from    the  even  to    odd  \ears.     Samuel    and 


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William  died  in  childhood,  the  former  born  in  Brookhaven  and  the  next  in 
Derbv,  where  the  little  ones  continned  to  appear  till  1803.  when  Austin  was 
born.  Thence  the  birthplace  was  tran>ferred  to  Litchfield.  Deborah  Hannah, 
b.  in  1805,  died  in  earh-  womanhood  in  Ikitler.  The  Christian  names  of  her 
grandmothers  should  be  noted.  All  the  other  children  attained  maturity  and 
lives  of  usefulness:  they  were  Daniel,  John,  Polly,  Xabby.  Rebecca,  Sophronia, 
Austin,  Willis  \\'..  lose[)h  Brewster  and  (  )rrene.  The  pioneer  mother  of  this 
family  died  in  1840  at  the  age  of  70  years,  while  Daniel,  the  father,  lived  till 
1852.  llie  third  Daniel  in  this  series  m..  first,  Alice  Wright;  second.  Lydia 
Fitch,  and  had  three  children  :  he  died  in  1884,  aged  92  years,  a  pensioner  of  the 
War  of  1812;  John  m.  Huldah  Seym  >ur  of  a  disting-uished  Connecticut  family, 
and  had  six  children;  he  died,  1876.  aged  82  years;  I^olly  m.  Daniel  Wood,  and 
had  no  children;  .\al)b\'  m.  Cornelius  \'anderoef,  and  was  childless;  Rebecca 


The  Second  Roe  Homeste.^d.  Erected  Early  in  the   Eighteenth   Century   by   John   Roe  (3). 

Port  Jefferson.  I^.  T. 

m.  William  Wood,  and  had  four  children;  Sophronia  m.  Benjamin  Howland, 
and  had  six  children  ;  Austin  m.  Sarah  Wisner,  and  was  the  father  of  eight 
children;  he  died  at  ^3  in  1866;  Willis  W.  m.  Mora  Spencer,  and  had  four  sons; 
he  also  died  at  63  in  1871  ;  Jose;;)h  Brewster  m.  Charlotte  Wisner.  sister  of 
Sarah.  Austin's  wife,  and  had  four  children  ;  ( )rrene.  the  wife  of  Jotham  Post, 
was  the  mother  of  four  children. 

(2)  Joseph  I'rewster,  b.  Sept.  8,  17^)4;  m.,  first,  Polly  Haiumond  of  a  Long- 
Island  family,  whose  earliest  representative  there  was  the  Rev.  Xoah,  who  died 
in  Coram.  1774,  he  being  the  fourth  in  descent  from  Thomas,  who  settled  in 
Hingham,  Mass.,  in  the  seventeenth  centurv.  l''rt)iu  many  sources  come 
statements  of  the  saintly  character  of  Ca])tain  Roe's  second  son;  his  admirable 
traits   seemed  to  so  impress  his   relatives    that    the    combination    Josei)h    and 


lo  CAPT.    DANIEL    ROE 

Brewster  still  persists  among-  descendants  and  xlistant  relatives  more  than 
seventy  years  since  his  death.  It  would  seem  that  he  was  an  early  convert  to 
the  Methodist  faith,  and  his  home,  near  that  of  his  father,  was  long  a  i)lace  tor 
preaching  and  social  meetings.  Joseph  and  Polly  were  paj-ents  of  Joseph 
Brewster,  Polly,  Amy,  John  Wesley,  Siamuel,  Fanny,  Huldah  and  Nelson 
Hammond,  eight  in  number  ;  he  married  for  his  second  wife  Dorinda  Howell, 
also  of  one  of  the  oldest  Long  Island  families,  particularly  in  the  town  of 
Southampton;  to  them  were  born  Hester  Ann,  Francis  Asbury  and  Sarah 
Elizabeth,  making  eleven  children  in  all.  This  family  has  remained  largely  on 
Long  Island,  Isaac  Brewster  Roe  of  Port  Jefiferson,  a  son  of  John  Wesley  Roe, 
being  the  principal  custodian  of  information  concerning  it.  Joseph  Brewster 
Roe,  2d,  b.  in  1790,  was  a  man  of  wide  experience,  and  frequently  visited  his 
Wayne  County  relatives  ;  he  married  ( Jrrene  Selleck  of  Connecticut,  and  had 
three  children,  of  whom  Elijah  W'oolsey  lived  long  in  Xew  York  city,  dying  at 
the  age  of  82  years  in  1896;  the  latter  left  a  family  of  eight  daughters  and  one 
son,  Joseph  Brewster,  now  a  lawyer  in  New  York.  The  first  Jose])h  Brewster 
died  in  1831  on  his  67th  Ijirthday;  his  son,  the  second  Joseph  !'>.,  died  in 
Patchogue,  L.  I.,  in  1871. 

(3)  Deborah,  b.  July  31,  1766,  was  m.  Oct.  12,  1782,  in  W'oodljury,  Ci  mn., 
to  Truman  Porter,  of  the  family  which  gave  Pres.Xoah  Porter  to  Yale  College, 
and  distinguished  men  to  all  the  professions.  As  will  be  seen,  Deborah  at  the 
early  age  of  sixteen  was  wedded  to  a  man  considerably  her  senior,  he  having 
been  a  soldier  during  the  Revolution.  He  was  born  in  Woodburv  in  1756, 
and  when  Captain  Roe  and  family  came  back  to  Long  Island  he  accompanied 
theiu,  and  lived  to  be  nearly  or  Cjuite  go  years  old.  His  wife,  Deborah,  died 
in  her  85th  year.  Their  children  were  many,  and  for  their  names  we  are 
indebted  to  the  second  Joseph  B.  Roe.  They  were  Daniel,  Sarah,  Clarissa, 
Charlotte,  Polly,  Ruth,  Catherine  Garretson,  Jesse  Johnson,  Nabby,  and  five 
others  whom  their  cousin  did  not  name.  It  is  a  matter  of  regret  that  so  little 
is  known  of  these  fourteen  children  ;  Sarah  became  the  wife  of  Amos  Soper  of 
a  Smithtown  family,  and  the  mother  of  five  sons  and  at  least  one  daughter,  all 
of  whom  lived  a  longer  or  shorter  time  in  \Wiyue  County.  They  were  Daniel, 
Egbert,  Joseph  Brewster,  Piatt,  I'ryor,  and  Mrs.  Isaac  Curtis.  Ilic  latter  two 
returned  to  Long  Island. 

(4)  John,  b.  Oct.  9,  1768,  m.  Elizabeth  Foster  of  Quogue,  town  of  South- 
ampton, another  long-established  family.  Slie  was  fifth  in  descent  from 
Christopher  Foster,  who  came  to  the  Island  among  the  very  first.  She  was 
born  Nov.  22,  1778,  and  died  in  Honesdale,  l*enn.,  March  16,  185 1.  In  the 
earlier  days  it  was  customar\  to  select  one  of  the  sons  for  a  profession,  and 
Jt)hn  was  tlie  chosen  one  in  this  group,  \'^^x  some  time  he  studied  with  his 
tmcle,  Azel,  the  New  Jersey  clergyman,  but  his  health  failing  he  chose  a 
mercantile  life,  locating  in  New  York  city,  where  he  died  Nov.  16,  1807,  leaving 
an  infant  son,  John  Foster,  b.  Aug.  25,  1806,  who  was  reared  in  the  old  Foster 
home.  Long  Island,  and  was  educated  for  the  profession  of  a  civil  engineer,  but 
his  mother,  thinking  that  hardly  stable  enough,  he  went  in  early  life  to 
Honesdale,  Penn.,  and  there  spent  his  life,  following    chiefiy  the    career    of  a 


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merchant.     He  was  twice  married:  first.  Rutlv    Sayre  ;  second,  Anna   R.   rniller, 
and  was  the  fatlier  of  seven  chihh'en,  of  whom  four  survive. 

(5)  Joanna,  1).  Jan.  24,  T770,  became  the  wife  of  Laban  Worth,  whose 
progenitors  had  lono-  l:)een  on  the  Island.  He  was  a  farmer  and  lived  near  the 
old  home  of  his  wife.  He  died  in  iSiC),  l)ut  his  wife  survived  till  i860.  Their 
children  were  Coleman,  Abbie,  Sylvester,  Seth,  Huldah,  Phoebe,  John,  and 
Anna.  Coleman,  who  had  learned  the  trade  of  ship-carpenter,  followed  his 
uncles,  Daniel  and  .\ustin,  to  Wayne  County,  and  located  on  Port  Rav  in  the 
t(3wn  of  \W:)lcott :  his  wife  was  Xancy  IJunce,  and  to  them  were  l)orn  Xancv  B., 
Justice  ()..  Edward  (i.,  Samuel  Al.,  William  H.,and  Sarah  Alice  ;  Xanc\-  became 
Mrs.  Havens  Smith.  J.  O.  was  a  Methodist  minister  of  the  Xew  \'ork  East 
Conference.  \Wlliam  H.  died  as  a  surgeon  during  the  Rebellii  n,  Edward  was 
a  \\'olcott  farmer,  Sarah  Alice  married  Edwin  J.  T'oster  of  Red  Creek,  N.  Y., 
and  all  now  are  in  the  other  world.  Sylvester  Worth  married  Hannah  Mott. 
and  left  no  children.  Seth  Worth  married  Kate  Smith,  and  had  two  children. 
Huldah  Worth  became  the  wife  of  Daniel  Mott,  who  represented  another 
long-settled  family  on  the  Island,  and  finally  both  moved  to  Missouri,  where 
they  died;  their  children  were  Joseph  Brewster.  Daniel  Roe,  Anne,  Hannah, 
and  John  V .,  of  whom  the  first  named  is  still  living  in  Easterville,  Iowa;  Anne 
married,  first,  a  Johnson;  second,  Baldwin  ;  Hannah  married  Hiram  Nowlin  of 
Pulaski.  Mich.  To  Daniel  Roe  Mott  and  his  wife,  Sallv  M.  Miller,  were  born 
nine  children,  six  of  whom  are  now  living  in  Michigan.  Phoebe  ^^^orth 
married  Loren  Doolittle,  and  had  four  children,  one  of  whom,  Silas,  now  living 
in  D'owagiac,  Mich.,  was  a  soldier  in  the  75th  X.  Y.  Infantr}-.  John  AX'orth, 
who  was  a  sea  captain,  was  robbed  and  killed,  leaving  two  children  to  be 
reared  by  their  (irandma  Worth,  as  their  mother  soon  followed  the  father; 
Abbie  and  Anna  died  unmarried,  the  latter  at  seventeen  years. 

(6)  Charlotte,  b.  May  15,  1772;  m.  Daniel,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mehitable 
(\"ail)  Ilrown,  another  old  Long  Island  name;  Daniel  was  one  of  eighteen 
children.  To  Charlotte  and  Daniel  Ijrown  came  eleven  children,  all  of  whom, 
save  the  last  two,  were  born  on  Long  Island  ;  Hetta,  the  second,  and  Charlotte, 
the  ninth  child,  died  in  infancy;  Harriet,  the  first  born,  m.  Daniel  Moore; 
Emma  m.  Joseph  M.  Smith;  Joseph,  S(Jphia  Sweazey  ;  Fanny,  John  Allen; 
Hannah,  Deacon  Sage;  James,  third  wife,  Cordelia  Peas;  Daniel  Roe,  Sarah 
W^ood  ;  Alfred  X'^athaniel,  Mary  Smith;  Penjamin  Ijrewster,  Emily  Hotchkiss. 
The  family  in  1812  mo\'ed  to  Windsor,  Broome  County,  and  taking  up  new 
land  were  prosperous  farmers  and  worthv  citizens  ;  their  numerous  descend- 
ants are  found  largely  in  the  western  portions  of  X^ew  York  State.  Mrs. 
Charlotte  Brown  died  in  her  68th  year. 

(7)  Ruth,  b.  May  19,  1774;  d.  May  12,  1847.  ^^i*?  ^^'^^  married  to  Elisha 
Overton,  of  a  family  identified  with  Southold  and  P>rookhaven  from  their 
respective  beginnings;  through  Palmer,  David  and  Isaac  he  was  fourth  from 
Isaac  the  first,  a  race  of  farmers.  To  Ruth  and  Elisha  were  born  Charlotte, 
Sheldon  and  Lewis  (twins),  Coleman,  Brewster,  and  Harriet;  Sheldon  m. 
Catherine  Roe  of  Rose,  N.  Y.,  and  settled  in  Wayne  County,  dying  in  Wolcott 
when  past  the  age  of  80  years  ;  Lewis  remained  on  the  Island,  as  did  Charlotte, 
the  latter  dying  unmarried    many  }'ears  ago.     It   was    in    her    keeping  ^that 


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CAPT.    DANIEL    ROE 


Captain  Roe's  journal  was  had  for  a  long  period.     Lewis's  son,  W^ebster,  now 
resides  near  the  old  home  of  Elisha,  post-office  Coram. 

(8)  Mary,  b.  June  2^^,  ^77^^^  came  just  a  little  before  the  Declaration  of 
Independence,  and  was  a  babe  in  arms  when  the  flight  to  Connecticut  took 
place,  and  was  an  interesting  bit  of  a  girl  when  the  family  returned,  Ijut  to  her 
was  denied  that  length  of  da}S  so  characteristic  of  her  brothers  and  sisters, 
for  she  was  nearing  the  sweet  period  of  sixteen  when,  May  3,  1792,  she  broke 
the  family  ranks  bv  her  death,  and  was  the  first  to  be  buried  in  the  plot  south 
of  the  earthly  home,  where,  later,  father,  mother,  brother  and  sister  were  to  lie. 

(9)  Hannah,  b.  in  Connecticut  April  cS.  1778;  d.  March  16,  1854.  She  was 
the  wife  of  Zophar  Hallock,  a  scion  of  another  IcMig-settled  Island  family  ; 
through  Daniel,'^  Jonathan,^  John,-'  AA'illiam,-  his  lineage  went  back  to  Peter 
Hallock,  one  of  the  yery  first  to  settle  in  Southold.  Their  home  was  in  what 
was  once  called  New  \  illage,  now  Lake  (iroN-e,  a  few  miles  west  of  the 
Captain's  home,  and  here  they  reared  their  famil}-  of  nine  children,  viz., 
Nancy,  who  m.  jason    Hammond:    Laura    m.  Mowbray  S.    Hammond;    John 


The  FiRsi    Rdk   1  Idmestead,  Divided  and  Separated,  with  a\    fi'KK.iii   l^uii  i  i.n    I'.i  iween  the  Ends. 
Now  the  Townsend  House,  Port  Jefferson,  L.   I.     (Rear  view.) 

Foster  m.  Elvina  Overton:  Almira  :  ^lary  Eliza  m.  I.  A.  L'Homedieu  :  Daniel 
Roe  m.  Marv  H.  Rogers:  Charlotte  Roe  m.  1.  Tilotson  :  Samuel  Merret  m. 
Sarah  Snedecar :  Harriet  Newel.  The  two  older  sisters  married  l^-others 
descended  from  the  same  Thomas  Hammond  mentioned  in  connection  with 
Joseph  Brewster's  wife.  Tolly,  who  was  an  aunt  of  these  two.  The  latter 
reared  a  large  family  of  eight  children  :  two  sons  were  Methodist  preachers, 
two  were  teachers  and  one  a  physician  :  their  homes  were  scattered  from 
Connecticut  to  \'irginia.  Daniel  Roe  Hallock  remained  on  the  paternal  acres: 
of  his  six  children  one  is  lienjamin  Franklin,  who  resides  near  the  old  Hallock 
home,  and  his  hand  rescued  from  the  mass  of  old  i)apers  on  their  way  to  the 
paper-mill,  the  precious  manuscript  written  by  Capt.  Daniel  Roe,  which  forms 
the  burden  of  this  bocjk. 


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(  10  and  it)  Rel)ecca  and  Huldah,  twins,  b.  Se])t.  13.  1780.  in  Connecticut. 
Relx'cca  died  Oct.  7.  1785,  very  soon  after  the  return  of  the  family  to  Long 
Island  ;  Huldah  remained  at  home,  saw  her  father  and  mother  laid  in  the  grave, 
and  accompanied  her  brother.  .Austin,  when,  in  1833,  '""^  removed  to  Wayne 
County.  Idiere  she  later  married  Le\'i  Smith  of  \A^olcott.  and  with  him 
remo\ed  to  Indiana,  where  in  Aiiohigan  City  she  died  in  1840. 

(12)  Austin,  b.  (let.  18,  1782,  in  Woodbury,  Conn.  To  him  fell  the  lot  of 
staving  at  home  and  lieing  the  chief  help  of  his  parents  in  their  age.  He  is 
mentioned  in  nearly  e\'ery  entry  in  the  journal.  He  married.  May  19,  1810, 
his  first  cousin.  Sail}',  dan.  of  Austin  Roe  of  I'atchogue:  to  them  were  born 
eight  children,  two  of  whom,  Sylvester  and  Ebenezer.  died  in  infancy;  the 
others  were  Daniel  Jones,  who  m.  Mar}-  Ann  Tillow.  and  removed  to 
}^Iichigan  ;  Catherine  m.  S.  R.  ( )verton  (yid.  Ruth  Overton)  ;  Eliza  m.  George 
Stafford  and  died  in  (  )hio  ;  John  Brewster  m.,  first,  Roxana  Sours;  second, 
Eunice  Li\ermore  ;  following  his  father  on  the  Rose.  Wayne  Count}-,  farm. 
Rev.  Au.stin  Marinus  m.  I'oll}-  C.  Seelye,  and  resides  in  b\dton.  N^.  Y. ;  Fanny 
M.  m.  Timothv  R.  Smith,  and  lixes  in  Cl}-de,  New  York. 

The  list  is  ended.  Any  one  caring  to  enumerate  them  will  find  eighty- 
one  names  included  among  Captain  Daniel's  grandchildren,  an  a\  erage  of  nine 
for  each  child  who  was  the  father  or  mother  of  children.  Reckoning  from  the 
standard  of  Rresident  Roosevelt,  the  record  is  a  protul  one.  Had  the  same 
average  continued  to  this  time,  wdien  Captain  Roe's  great-great-grandchildren 
are  themselves  parents,  making  the  same  allowance  for  death  and  barreiiness 
as  in  his  immediate  family,  viz.,  one-fourth,  we  should  find  more  than  3r)00 
descendants  in  the  fourth  generation,  but  the  century  and  more  intervening 
between  this  date  and  that  of  the  coming  of  his  first  grandchild  have 
de^-eloped  obstacles  to  an  extent  which  eliminates  averages,  and  those 
parents  consider  themselves  fortunate  wdio  are  al)le  to  perpetuate  just  the 
producing  number,  viz.,  two.  Of  the  total  eighty-one  grandchildren,  only  the 
Rev.  Austin  M.  Roe  and  his  sister,  Mrs.  Fanny  M.  Smith.  sur\'ive.  aged 
respectively  80  and  75  years,  they  being  the  youngest  children  of  Austin, 
Captain  Daniel's  youngest  child. 

A  brief  and  partial  resume  of  the  descendants  discloses  representatives  of 
all  the  learned  professions,  inventors  and  skilled  mechanics,  bankers, 
merchants  of  all  sorts  of  goods  ;  in  fine,  it  shows  every  form  of  securing  an 
honest  livelihood,  but  by  far  the  largest  number  has  kept  ""Near  to  Nature's 
Heart ;"  in  other  words,  the  Roes  and  their  affiliated  branches  have  been  tillers 
of  the  soil.  There  have  been  and  are  clergymen,  lawyers,  physicians  and 
teachers  of  "credit  and  renown,"  but  of  the  great  majority  it  must  be  said 
that  the  farm  is  their  principal  theatre.  An  ancestor  was  a  graduate  in  Har- 
vard's first  class,  and  in  the  latest  classes  of  the  said  mother  of  American 
colleges  have  been  found  descendants  of  the  Captain  in  the  fifth  generation. 
Yale  gave  a  Doctorate  of  Divinity  to  Azel  Roe,  Captain  Daniel's  militant, 
ministerial  brother,  and  in  the  eighties  she  graduated  in  full  course  a  great- 
great-grandson  of  the  officer.  The  Methodist  antecedents  of  the  family  may 
largelv  account  for  the  fact  that  from  Wesleyan  University  no  less  than  nine 
descendants  have  been  graduated,  and  five  more  were  pupils  there,  while  from 


14  CAPr.    DANIEL    ROE 

Smith,  Mount  Holyoke,  and  other  institutions  for  the  gentler  sex  his  grand- 
daughters of  more  or  less  remove  have  secured  the  educational  advantages 
desired. 

Items    from    Printed   and   Written   Sources   Concerning 
Capt.    Daniel    Rowe. 

French  and  Indian  War. 

The  i)apers  of  Captain  Roe  contain  very  little  bearing  on  his  ser\ice  in 
this  earlier  struggle.  Of  course,  we  have  the  commission  issued  to  him  bv 
Governor  Colden,  and  his  great-granddaughter,  Mrs.  Henrv  T.  Lee  of 
Clyde,  N.  Y.,  has  a  valuable  souvenir  in  the  shape  of  a  powder-horn,  profusely 
ornamented,  always  claimed  to  ha\-e  been  lirought  back  from  this  exi)edition. 
but  a  diligent  examination  of  all  written  records  reveals  only  the  following, 
viz.,  an  effort  to  obtain  recognition  from  the  Government  of  the  work  done  bv 
certain  soldiers  before  the  Revolution.  What  would  we  not  gi\'e  if  the  names 
of  those  interested  in  the  move  had  b  >en  signed?  In  most  excellent  |)enman- 
ship,  and  in  ink  which  defies  the  erasive  power  of  time,  we  read  : 

"Whereas  it  is  published  in  the  public  newspapers  of  the  State  of  New  York 
that  a  meeting  in  the  Scipio  will  be  held  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  September 
next  for  the  purpose  of  dcAising  means  for  obtaining  the  lands  allowed  to  the 
soldiers,  or  their  heirs,  who  actually  served  in  the  Old  French  \\'ar,  in 
pursuance  of  said  Notice  a  Meeting  was  held  in  Smithtown,  Suff<i]k  Countv  of 
us  whose  names  are  underwn'itten  who  were  actually  in  said  service,  or  the 
heirs  of  those  who  actually  served  and  have  agreed  to  appoint  and  do  hereb}- 

authorize  and  appoint our  Agent  t(T  attend  the  said 

Meeting  at  Scipio,  with  full  ])()wer  to  act  and  do  for  us  and  each  of  us  as  if 
were  personallv  present." 

Subsequently  a  meeting  was  held  and  the  following  record  is  had: 
"Agreeable  to  agournment  a  meeting  was  held  at  l^itus  Gould's  inn  keeper  in 
Brookhaven  the  nineteenth  of  August  1817  when  the  a])ove  was  duly 
considered  and  Lieutenant  Rowe  was  unanimouslv  elected  to  the  agencv  of  all 
the  undersigned." 

I'nfortunatel}',  no  names  follow.  Did  our  Ca])tain,  tlie  Lieutenant  of  the 
French  W'ar,  attend?  The  subject  nu-rits  further  investigation.  l)ut  at  present 
the  nearest  we  can  come  to  an  answer  is  in  an  extract  from  a  letter  written  bv 
his  daughter,  Charlotte  llrown,  in  April,  1818,  saying,  "Mr.  lirown  and 
Joseph  are  gitting  in  their  S|)ring  wdieat  on  the  side  hill  where  Dear  Father 
walked  up  and  down  when  lie  was  here."  Apparently  Captain  Roe  had 
visited  his  child  and  family  the  ])receding  fall,  and  what  more  natural  than  that 
he  should  combine  the  pleasure  of  a  call  on  his  kindred  in  Broome  County 
with  the  l)usiness  engagement  in  Cayuga?  A  third  heading  in  the  same 
document  relates  to  the  payment  of  expenses  incident  to  the  Sci])io  meeting, 
hence  it  is  not  improbable  that  our  ancestor  had  the  double  jdeasure  of  visiting, 
furthering  a  good  cause  and  at  the  same  time  knowing  that  he  was  getting" 
diversion  gratis.  When  we  reflect  that  all  this  was  before  the  days  of 
railroads  or  even  canal  facilities,  we  have  cause  to  admire  the  mettle  of  a  man 


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of  seventy-seven  years  who  would  undertake  a  journey  of  such  len<>-th   witli 
its  necessary  trials  and  inconveniences. 

I^'kom  Uxi)1-:ki)()Xk's  Rexolitionaky   Incidents  of  Suffolk  County. 

No.  542. — "At  a  meeting-  of  freeholders  and  other  inhabitants  of  Brook- 
haven  June  8,  1775:  By  a  large  majority  were  chosen  16  persons  as  a  Com- 
mittee of  Observation  to  represent  said  town  and  deliberate  on  other 
matters  reljltive  to  oiu"  present  political  welfare."  *  *  *  Said  committee 
met  }\\nQ  2y,  Tuesday,  and  among  the  fifteen  present  were  Daniel 
and  Nathaniel  Roe.  cousins;  Joseph  Brown,  whose  son,  Daniel,  was 
to  marry  subsetpiently  our  Captain's  daughter,  Charlotte;  and  Thomas 
Helme,  the  half  brother  of  Daniel  Roe.  The  committee  ])assed. 
unanim(^usly.  seven  resolutions.  While  the  first  declared  unfaltering 
loyalty  to  King  Cieorge  the  others  as  forcibly  take  to  task  the  course  of  the 
King  and  Parliament  in  oppressive  acts,  apologize  for  the  lateness  of  the 
resolutions,  and  declare  a  fixed  determination  that  no  ]irovisions  be 
transported  from  the  bounds  of  their  constituents  for  the  aid  and  comfort  of 
their  enemies. 

No.  552. — "At  a  meeting  held  in  Smithtown,  Sept.  6,  1775,  for  nominating 
Field  Officers  for  the  \\estern  reg.  of  Suffolk  Co.,  there  were  present  among 
others,  Daniel  and  Nathaniel  Roe  and  Joseph  Brown." 

No.  555. — "At  the  same  place  and  for  regimental  i)urposes,  Brookhaven 
sent  several  representatives,  among  them,  Daniel  and  Nathaniel  Roe." 

No.  560. — "Aianor  St.  George,  December  15,  '75.  (ientlemen.  There  have 
enlisted  as  Minute  men  70  able-bodied  men  within  the  bounds  of  Brook 
Haven,  Smithtown,  Manor  St.  George,  and  the  Paten tship  of  Moriches  who 
have  chosen  Dan'l  Roe,  Capt. ;  Hugh  Smith,  ist  Lt. ;  Caleb  Brew^ster,  2d  Lt. ; 
Eben'r  Phillips,  Ensign."  "  *  *  *  ■''  [Nath'l  Roe  was  Captain  of  the  3d  Com- 
pany from  Brookhaven.] 

No.  576. — "]May  9,  "76.  2d  N.  Y.  Reg.  i.  Dan'l  Roe,  Capt. ;  Jona.  Titus,  ist 
Lt. ;  Geo.  Smith,  2d  Lt. ;  I'enj.  Titus,  En." 

No.  610. — "Saybrook,  Sep.  24,  "76.  Last  Fridav  (Sept.  20)  a  party  from 
Lt.  Col.  Livingston's  detachment  was  put  under  command  of  Capt.  Dan'l  Roe, 
to  go  from  Saybrook  to  W.  Haven,  for  the  ]nn-pose  of  bringing  oft'  Roe's  family, 
and  a  No.  of  others.  On  Friday  night  12  o'clock,  the  Capt.  left  the  sloop  at 
Brook  H.  taking  14  men  with  him  to  assist  in  bringing  down  the  family, 
leaving  14  under  Lt.  Geo.  Smith  on  board,  to  guard  the  vessel.  He  pressed 
teams  as  he  went  to  bring  down  the  goods,  not  being  able  to  procure  them  by 
other  means.  At  9  a.m.,  just  as  he  was  ready  to  return,  he  was  informed  by 
one  of  the  guards  that  Richard  Miller  of  B.  Haven,  a  young  gentleman  of 
family  and  fortune,  but  a  notorious  enemy  to  his  country  (who  had  arms 
concealed  at  his  house),  was  passing  his  house:  upon  which  R.  ordered  his 
men  to  hail  him,  and  if  he  refused  to  stop,  to  fire  on  him.  He  was  hailed  3 
times,  upon  which  he  stopped  and  5  men  wdth  their  pieces  presented  told  him 
they  would  instantly  kill  him  if  he  attempted  to  stir.  He  stood  and  view^ed 
them  half  a  minute,  then  discharged  a  pistol  at  them,  and  rode  off  with  the 
utmost  expedition,  on  which  he  was  several  times  ordered    to    stop,  but    he 


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refusing  five  guns  were  separately  fired  at  him.  from  the  last  of  which  a  ball 
was  shot  through  his  body,  upon  which  he  dismounted  and  was  carried  into 
Capt.  Roe's  house,  and  left  in  the  care  of  a  no.  of  the  inhabitants.  Capt.  R. 
being  mformed  that  one  Jacob  Smith,  who  was  in  conjunction  with  Miller, 
and  not  far  distant  when  he  was  taken,  had  collected  a  party  of  several,  and 
were  endeavoring  to  surround  and  take  him,  thought  it  prudent  to  retreat  on 
board  his  vessel,  where  he  had  but  just  time  to  arrive  with  his  wife  and 
family,  being  obliged  to  leave  all  his  effects  behind. 

"Miller  and  Smith  had  recei\e(l  commissions  under  the  King  of  G. 
Britain,  and  had  been  raising  men,  pressing  horses  and  wagons,  together 
with  persons  to  dri\e  them,  to  assist  Howe  in  removing  his  baggage.  They 
had  likewise  taken  fat  cattle  from  the  inhabitants,  and  obliged  them  to  drive 
them  to  the  Ministerial  Armw" — Conn.  Courant,  Sept.  30,  '76. 


Capt.  Daniel  Roe's  Residence,  Westfields.  now  Selden,  L.   I..  Erected   Before  the   Revolutionary 
War.     Rev.  A.   M.   Roe.  Fl'lton.  X.   V..  I. eft;  ("..   M.   Roe.  Cincinnati.  ().,   Right. 

No.  621. — "Oct.  28,  "76.  Gov.  Trumbull  directs  6  R.  I.  whale-boats,  with 
36  men  under  Cols.  Li\ingston  and  Richmond,  with  Lt.  (ieo.  Smith,  Caleb 
Brewster  and  D.  Roe  (best  acquainted  with  the  situation  of  places)  to  take 
three  transports  and  make  the  best  of  their  wav  to  Southold  Bay,  to  Canoe 
Place:  thence  across  into  South  r>ay  up  as  far  as  Mastic,  and  bring  off  the 
effects  of  Col.  Floyd  and  others  of  our  friends,  and  return  as  soon  as  possible. 
Instead  of  this  they  captured  2  sloops  (Princess  Mary  and  Lily),  loading  with 
wood  by  order  of  Capt.  Smith,  for  Gen.  Howe  and  lying  at  the  dock,  head  of 
Brookhaven  Harbor.  Thev  also  surprised  Capt.  Smith  and  part  of  his 
company,  but  tleclined  marching  to  Smithtown  to  attack  the  rest  of  Delancey's 
Brigade,  stationed  there." 

Xo.  639. — "Jan.  4,  '"jj.  Ensign  lienj.  Titus  is  recommended  for  a  2d 
Lieutenancy  by  Capt.  Dan'l  Roe  and  others."      [All  refugees  from  Suffolk.] 

Xo.  707. — "Petitions  of  Suft'olk  Co.  Refugees  in  Conn.  Ap.  ij.  "80,  Joshua 
Smith  and  Capt.  D.  Roe  of  B.  Haven,  at  Aliddletown,  Conn. ;  Capt.  D.  Roe  at 
Woodbury,  '80:  Lt.  Caleb  lirewster  of  Continental  and  others."  [Just  what 
they  Avanted  does  not  appear.] 


HIS    DIARY  \y 

Pao-e  258,  Ai)i)en(lix.  Xote  to  Xo  555. — "Field  and  staff  officers  of  ist 
Reo-.  of  Suffolk  Co.,  Win.  Moyd,  Col.;  (iilbert  Potter,  Lt.  Col.;  Jeft'rey  Sniitli 
and  Jesse  IJrush,  Majors;  Phillip  Roe,  Adjt. ;  John  Roe,  Q.  M."  [As  the  13th 
and  last  Ca])tain  in  the  list  a])pears  "Dan'l  Roe's  Minute  Conip.""  (numbering 
76  men  in  all).  I'hilli])  should  doubtless  be  "Phillips"  Roe,  a  cousin  of  our 
Captain,  while  John  Roe  was  an  older  brother.] 

An  old  account-book,  very  much  torn  and  abused,  now  in  the  possession 
of  Airs.  Ste])hen  W.  Soule  of  Rose,  N.  Y.,  a  threat  g-randdaut^hter,  has  a  series 
of  accounts  between  Capt.  Daniel  Roe  and  the  several  members  of  his 
company.  The  accounts  run  as  thoujs^h  kept  in  New  Haven.  Conn.,  and 
contain  hft_\-six  names,  while  torn  lea\cs  indicate  seven  others.  A  compari- 
son with  the  roll  of  May  ist  shows  that  all  the  names  on  this  later  one  are 
found  there,  exce])t  those  of  Jonathan  King,  John  Dicher,  Selah  P>rush,  Peter 
Toman  and  William  IJassett.  Wages  are  computed  to  (let.  31,  1776.  Just 
one  surviving  page  of  stubs  would  indicate  that  the  book  once  contained  the 
l)ay-roll  for  the  quarter  ending  July  ist,  '76.  The  final  two  and  one-half  pages 
of  the  book  are  given  to  entries  as  a  justice  of  the  peace.  As  manv  leaves  at 
the  end  are  missing,  it  is  impossible  to  tell  how  many  cases  are  lost,  but  those 
given  covering  April  1-6,  1784,  and  March  2i-\\)r\\  26,  1785.  include  no  less 
than  twenty-fi\-e  cases.  W'e  might  infer  that  the  C(5mmunitv  was  litigious, 
not  to  say  quarrelsome. 

Judging  from  contemporary  sources,  our  ancestor  was  more  often  called 
Escjuire  than  Captain  Roe,  ci\'il  office  being  preferred  to  military.  For  many 
years  he  held  some  form  of  town  office;  from  April  3,  1798.  to  March  31,  1800, 
he  was  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  the  highest  office  in  the  town,  and 
from  April  7,  1807,  to  April  5,  1808,  was  again  a  member. 

Concerning  the  family  flight  from  the  Island  it  might  be  said  that  the 
incident  has  been  told  among  the  descendants  with  variations  during  the 
century  and  a  quarter  intervening.  As  the  Rev.  A.  M.  Roe  of  Fulton,  X.  Y., 
tells  the  tale  told  to  him  bv  his  father.  Austin.  "Cncle  Daniel  was  standing  in 
the  doorway,  a  lad  in  his  early  teens,  and  saw  Miller  approaching.  He  w^as  a 
second  cousin  of  Grandfather,  and  had  been  to  see  his  affianced,  who  lived 
some  distance  to  the  west,  and  had  staged  very  late.  On  seeing  him.  Uncle 
exclaimed, 'Here  comes  that  Torv  Miller. "Avhereupon  the  men  rushed  out  with 
the  result  as  told.  Among  the  embellishments  of  the  narrati\e  it  was  said 
that  Miller,  as  he  turned  from  the  soldiers  after  halting,  derisively  slapped  his 
hand  ujxin  that  jjart  of  his  person  nearest  the  saddle  and  put  spurs  to  his 
steed.  The  Rev.  Andrew  Roe  of  Marcellus.  X.  Y..  on  seeing  the  Courant 
story,  says.  "This  agrees  exactly  with  the  story  as  (Grandfather  used  to  tell  it, 
the  latter  saying  that  he  was  fourteen  years  (ild.  and  that  he  walked  all  the  way 
to  the  landing  and  carried  a  gun."" 

(July  one  letter  recei\ed  by  Captain  Roe  in  war  times  is  preserved,  and 
it,  addressed  to  Shelter  Island,  is  as  follows: 

Coram.  August  lyth,  1776. 
Sir,  After  mv  kind  love  to  you  I  have  nothing  remarkable  to  write  to  you 
at  present  I  am  well  and  my  family  and  I  believe  that  your  wife  and  children  is 
well  for  your  wife  was  at  Isaac  Davis  last  week.  Saturday.      (Said  Davis  was 
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i8  CAPT.    DANIEL    ROE 

a  brother-in-law  of  the  Captain)  and  I  hope  that  these  lines  will  find  you  well 
in  health  and  Reselut  in  the  Cause  for  I  believe  that  matters  is  just  at  hand 
for  I  Reseeved  a  letter  from  Newyork  Last  Friday  and  by  that  they  expect  the 
atax  (attack)  every  day  and  our  (hour),  all  they  wate  for  is  a  southwest 
weand  (wind)  the  letter  says,  the  Tores  begin  to  hold  up  their  heads  and  he 
that  is  not  for  us  is  against  us  therefore  it  stands  us  in  hand  to  keep  a  brite 
lookout.  I  should  be  exceeding  glad  to  come  and  see  you  mv  will  is  good  but 
my  bisness  will  not  admit  of  it.  I  desire  that  you  would  give  my  love  to  my  2 
brothers  Nathaniel  and  Justice  and  tell  them  that  all  frinds  is  well  I  desire 
that  you  should  send  me  a  letter  back  by  the  Bearer  hereof  and  I  desire  you 
should  (send)  £  2-0-0  in  the  letter  for  I  am  going  to  Xewyork  next  week.  So 
no  more  at  present  but  I  remain  vour  humble  Servant.  Isaac  Overton. 

Among  Ca])tain  Roe's  relics  is  an  itemized  account  of  the  expenses 
incident  to  the  death  and  l)urial  of  Private  Israel  Smith  at  Fort  Montgomery, 
Feb.  7,  1777,  also  a  very  full  inventory  of  the  latter's  personal  effects.  He  is 
given  as  a  member  of  Captain  Roe's  Company  of  the  Second  Regiment  of 
New  York  troops,  commanded  by  Col.  James  Clinton,  Escp  In  an  ancient 
account-book,  nearly  or  quite  as  old  as  the  French  and  Indian  War,  this 
record  is  found:  "Abinday.  the  17th  of  ^larch,  1777.  Got  to  my  family  at 
Darby  from  Fort  Montgomery."  Subsequent  entries  indicate  his  presence  in 
Derby  or  near-by  towns  for  several  years.  Was  this  the  end  of  his  military 
service?  There  does  not  seem  to  be  a  definite  answer,  though  it  has  always 
been  held  in  the  family  that  he  was  with  General  Sullivan's  expedition  against 
the  Indians  in  1779.  In  the  extended  publication  by  the  State  of  New  York 
on  this  famous  campaign  against  the  Indians,  it  would  appear  that  the 
Captain's  Company  was  there,  under  command  of  Captain  Jonathan  Titus, 
and  this  fact  may  have  given  rise  to  family  traditions  which  frequently 
become  considerably  warped. 

Without  date,  these  items  are  found,  evidently  belonging  to  the  opening 

days  of  the  War  : 

Aly  expense  going  Easter'd  after  powder  was         0-13-9 
My  expense  in  numbering  the  people  was  1-18-5 

My  thime,  i.e.  (time),  2-10-0 

£5-  2-2 

Why  a  pension  for  Captain  Roe's  services  was  so  long  delayed  we  can 
not,  at  this  late  date,  tell,  but  among  his  letters,  this  from  his  kinsman,  a 
prominent  man  in  his  day,  tells  that  after  long  waiting  it  came  at  last,  though 
not  soon  enough  to  be  of  any  particular  use  to  him  : 

Brookhaven,  June  the  26,  1819. 

Dear  Sir:  I  have  the  satisfaction  to  inform  you  that  Government  has 
allowed  you  a  pension  of  twenty  dollars  per  month  during  your  life,  to 
commence  the  6th  day  of  June,  1818,  so  that  you  now  have  more  than  $250 
dollars  due,  payable  the  fourth  day  of  September  next  at  the  city  of  New 
York,  the  certificate  is  now  in  my  hands  ready  when  you  call. 

(The  writer  discusses  at  some  length  the  case  of  Goldsmith  Davis,  and 
closes  thus :) 

With  sentiments  of  respect,  I  remain. 

Your  Friend  J 
Daniel  Roe,  Esq.  Thos.  S.  Strong. 


HIS    DIARY  ig 

Captain  Roe's  third  son,  John,  is  not  often  mentioned  in  the  diary, 
l)ecanse  of  his  ahsence  in  Xew  York,  and  it  will  he  ohserved  that  the  Captain 
was  concerned  chiefly  with  matters  close  at  home,  hence  it  is  fitting-  that  a 
letter  from  this  son  should  be  inserted. 

New  York,  2^  Jan..  1803. 

Hon'd  Father:  Yours  of  the  iith  inst.  arrived  yesterday  by  Cap't  Tyrrel 
with  the  Hominy.  We  got  it  from  on  board  this  morning  &  have  all  feasted 
upon  it  to-day  at  dinner.  I  have  heard  of  j-our  ill  health  ;  l)ut  am  now  happy 
to  hear  of  your  recovery  and  of  the  safe  arrival  of  the  girls. 

I  have  nothing  material  to  relate.  Mr.  &  Mrs.  Dieterich  &  family  are 
well  and  return  you  their  most  friendly  respects.  I  have  not  seen  Mr.  Sell 
to-day ;  but  understand  that  they  are  all  well — his  late  contract  is  very 
pleasing-  to  his  mother  as  well  as  to  himself.  My  best  respects  to  Mv  mother 
and  the  family  all  including  yourself,  likewise  to  all  the  relative  families. 

A\^ith  filial  afifection. 
Sir,  yours. 

Daniel  Roe.  hsq. 

N.  B. — The  number  of  your  ticket  is  18220.  The  number  of  mine  is 
21669.  I  tho"t  it  proper  to  mention  this  (as  we  made  a  little  agreement 
respecting  them  which  you  will  recollect)  before  the  drawing  commences 
which  is  a  week  from  to-day. — so  that  if  either  of  us  has  any  other  concern  in 
the  lottery,  it  may  not  be  affected  by  our  bargain  which  respects  only  those 
two  tickets. 

As  a  reading  of  the  diary  will  show,  John  Roe,  the  Captain's  son.  died 
early  in  1808.  His  wife.  Elizabeth,  a  Foster  of  Southampton,  came  back  to 
that  town  and  later  m.  Deacon  Chas.  Wooley,  and  there  reared  her  son,  the 
"Jonny"  referred  to  in  her  brother  Josiah's  letter.  On  the  death  of  her 
second  husband,  she  went  to  Honesdale,  Penn.,  where  she  died  March  16, 
1851.  Those  of  the  family  who  attended  the  second  Roe  picnic,  held  at  Port 
Pjay  in  the  early  seventies,  had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  this  John  Roe,  then  an 
admirably  preserved  gentlen-ian  of  sixty  and  past,  who,  with  son  and  daughter, 
had  come  from  his  Pennsylvania  home  to  greet  his  kindred.  He  and  his  well 
sustained  the  reputation  so  long  accorded  to  the  familv. 

Southampton,  i6th  May,  1808. 

Dear  Sir :  By  this  you  will  l)e  informed  that  after  I  left  your  house  I 
arrived  home  the  next  morning  before  9  o'clock  and  by  the  Benefiicence  of 
Providence  found  all  well.  Aly  goods  and  efifects  arrived  soon  after,  all  safe. 
I  innnediately  consulted  Mrs.  Roe  (his  sister)  and  we  concurred  in  the 
propriety  of  advertising  as  you  will  see  in  the  Suffolk  Gazette — I  shall  expect 
Sir — you  will  attend  vendue  and  as  many  of  our  Connections  as  can  make  it 
convenient. 

I  have  nothing  special  further  to  conmiunicate  at  present.  }klrs.  Roe  is 
with  us  here  :  enjoys  good  health  &  Fittle  Jonny  is  very  well — Mrs.  Roe, 
myself  &  Family  join  in  sending  our  best  respects.  Sir  to  you.  your  family 
and  all  inquiring  friends — 

Yours  in  sentiments  of  Esteem. 
Daniel  Roe,  Esq.'r  John  Foster,  Jun'r. 

The  intervening  century  has  not  dimmed  a  line  or  word  of  this  letter,  nor 
in  any  way    obscured    the    elegant    penmanship  which,  with    the    unrivaled 
signature,  is  worthy  of  a  writing  master  in  the  days  when  calligraphy  was  a 
fine  art. 


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CAPT.    DANIEL    ROE 


The  name  of  Daniel,  the  Captain's  first  born  and  namesake,  does  not 
appear  anvwhere  in  the  diary,  a  fact  to  l)e  accounted  for  as  with  that  of  John. 
The  sons  were  awav  and  carins^'  for  themselves.  Had  they,  like  their  sisters, 
happened  in  frecjuently,  they  would  be  on  record.  In  the  days  of  the  journal- 
keeping"  Daniel  was  living  in  Connecticut,  and,  if  he  wrote  letters  to  his  father, 
they  were  not  preserved,  nor  is  there  mention  of  the  receipt  of  any. 
However,  when  he  moved  to  Wayne  Count}-,  he  corresponded  with  his  Brook- 
haven  kindred,  and  many  of  his  missives  are  extant  at  this  time.  His 
youngest  brother,  Austin,  seemed  to  be  a  favorite,  and  among  the  latter's 
papers  are  found  several  long  and  interesting  communications.  The 
following  is  a  good  example  of  Daniel's  style  : 

Hudson,  November  3(1,  1823,  Monda}-  afternoon. 
Mr.  x\ustin  Roe. 

Dear  Brother:  I  arri\ed  in  this  city  about  12  o'clock  this  daw  I  called 
on  a  friend  who  persuaded  me  to  stay  with  them  until  to  morrow  morning, 
after  1  concluded  to  stay,  I  went  to  the  ri\er  and  there  found  a  sloop  loaded 
with  clams  from  Islip — master  or  owner  of  the  vessel,  saw  his  name  was 
Ruland  who  expected  to  return  home  in  three  or  four  days  and  could  send  a 
letter  to  Cousin  Justus  Roe  almost  any  da}-. — The  day  I  left  you  I  arri\-ed  to 
^^'i(^w  Polly  Roe's,  Huntington.  Xext  day  cross'd  the  ferry  and  went  to 
Bridgeport  put  up  at  Mr.  Lockwood".  (  Probably  Lambert  L.,  son-in-law  of 
Azel  Roe,  Captain  Daniel's  preacher  brother.)  next  morning  to  Derby  and 
in  7  or  8  days  accomplished  my  business  and  started  for  home,  if  I  meet  with 
no  extraordinary  hindrance  on  the  way  I  expect  I  may  get  home  by  Satterday 
night — I  have  great  reason  to  be  thankful  for  the  good  measure  of  health 
which  I  have  enjoyd  since  I  left  you.  yesterday,  1  got  to  agremont  (  Egre- 
mont,  Mass.),  where  I  met  Eld'r  Cole,  who  came  out  from  Hudson  to  ]:>reach 
in  th  ■  forenoon  from  there  1  went  on  with  him  to  his  next  appointment  at 
Hillsdale  where  he  preached  again  &  1  there  put  up  at  a  Broth'r  Foster  17 
miles  from  this  ]dace  I  am  now  200  miles  from  home,  you  may  believe  I  feel 
somewhat  anctious  to  know  how  my  family  are  at  home.  Dear  Brother,  my 
Hart  glows  with  warm  affection  for  you,  your  dear  companion  &  famil}-  tell 
my  dear  and  aft'ectionate  Mother  1  have  some  hoi)es  of  seeing  her  again  in  this 
world — Rememl)er  me  to  Brother  Joseph  and  all  my  Sisters  and  Cousins — If 
1  live  to  get  home,  I  purpose  to  write  again — farewell  may  the  i)eace  of  (iOD 
rest  ui)on  vou  and  vours — }()ur  afl:'ectionate  brothere, 

Daniel  Roe. 


School-house  near  Home  of  Capt.  Daniel  Roe.      Near  the  Tree,  at  the  Right,  Tradition  Says  the 
Tory  Captain  ^Iiller  Fell  from  his  Horse  in   1776. 


HIS    DIARY 


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^Vwv.  Small  LLATm-:K-c()\i':Ki-:i)  Tiuxk. 

W'Ik'ii  the  late  John  W.  Roe  of  Rose,  X.  Y.,  in  18(85.  passed  to  liis  reward, 
there  was  found  amon^"  his  possessions  a  small  rece])tacle  for  letters  and 
special  papers.  As  his  home  had  been  that  of  his  father.  Austin,  in  the  latter's 
old  age,  this  l)ox  had  come  to  him,  with  its  contents,  from  such  ])aternal 
source.  Austin,  who  had  held  the  ])osition  of  mainstay  for  his  father  and 
mother,  \\7,..  Ca])tain  Daniel  and  Deborah  IJrewster,  received  the  trunk  from 
the  latter.  h\u-ther  than  this,  authentic  history  does  not  go,  but  we  may 
conjecture  indefinitely.  \'ery  likely  hundreds  of  similar  repositories  might  be 
found,  but  we  should  search  far  before  finding  one  just  like  this,  covered  as  it 
is  with  dark  brown  leather,  on  which,  to]:»  and  front,  are  emblazoned,  in  the 
midst  of  elegant  gilt  tooling,  no  less  than  t\vel\e  gilded  figures  of  the  roebuck, 
which,  in  all  the  annals  of  heraldry,  has  ever  been  the  typical  figtire  of  the  Roe 
familv.  It  is  lined  with  j^roof-sheets  of  some  book  of  travel,  themselves 
printed  on  the  plain  side  of  wall  i^aper.  All  efforts  thus  far  made  to  identify 
the  book,  and  thus  ascertain  the  probable  age  of  the  trunk,  have  failed,  but 
time  is  long  and  it  may  yet  be  done.     The  handle,  lock  and  key  evidently 


antedate  machine-made  articles  of  the  sort,  for  the}'  are  clearly  hand-made. 
Did  it  come  across  the  sea  with  our  "cordwainer"  ancestor,  or  was  it  ac([uired 
in  some  more  prosaic  manner?  \\  ho  can  tell?  The  fact  remains  that  the 
trunk  is.  The  widow  of  John  1>.  Roe  graciously  presented  trunk  and  contents 
to  Alfred  S.  Roe.  knowing  his  fondness  for  ancestral  facts.  .V  full  catalogue 
of  what  it  contains  can  not  be  gi\en  now.  but  suffice  it  to  state  that  there  are 
letters  many  from  the  Rev.  Azel  Roe,  D.D..  and  from  others  :  account-books, 
begun  before  the  Revolution:  deeds  of  the  man^•  i)l()ts  of  land  belonging  to 
Capt.  Daniel  Rcje  and  his  son.  Austin  :  the  ])apers  incident  to  the  settlement  of 
the  estates  of  I^aban  Worth  and  Joseph  W.  Roe;  an  interleaved  and  well- 
noted  pocket  almanac  of  1773:  an  assessors'  rating  of  IJrookhaven  tax-payers, 
made  for  1775,  by  Richard  A\'oodhull  and  Joseph  Iirewster,  containing  368 
town  names;  bills  and  recei])ts  bearing  the  signatures  of  scores  of  Brook- 
haven  people  of  the  long  ago;  a  large  package  of  letters  addressed  by 
relatives  to  Austin  Roe,  and  many  other  interesting  and  entertaining  items. 
It  is  evident,  from  their  well-preserved  condition,  that  the  Elder  Roes  carried 
the  key.  and  that  to  these  precious  papers  there  was  no  access  to  the  younger 
members  of  the  famil}-.  to  the  destructive  powers  of  whose  fingers  the  tooth  of 
time  is  as  nothing. 


22  CAPT.    DANIEL    ROE 

As   TO   THE    DrARV. 

It  is  apparent  that  what  we  have  is  only  a  fragment.  The  previous 
and  later  portions  have  been  lost.  A\>  sigh  for  the  missing  leaves, 
yet  are  grateful  that  so  much  remains,  and  every  descendant,  in  mind 
at  least,  breathes  a  thank  offering  to  his  kinsman.  B.  F.  Hallock  of  Lake 
Grove.  Long  Lsland.  through  whose  quick  eye  and  ready  hand  the  manuscri])t 
was  rescued,  as  already  stated.  Written  in  an  old-fashioned  hand,  with 
unfading  ink,  there  are  sixty-six  crowded  pages,  8  x  6^  in  size. 

The  edges  are  somewhat  frayed,  especially  those  of  the  outer  sheets,  and 
several  pages  are  badly  stained.  Paper,  in  those  days,  was  scarce  and  none 
was  wasted.  There  is  a  system  evidenced  in  its  keeping;  lines  drawn 
between  successive  days  are  sometimes  doubled  and  crisscrossed  to  draw 
attention  ;  special  event  and  incident  are  indicated  b}-  marginal  characters  or 
words  ;  almost  e^•ery  reference  to  son-in-law,  Laban  Worth,  has  a  large  L.  in 
the  border;  the  month,  as  a  rule,  appears  only  at  the  top  of  the  left  page,  thus 
saving  space. 

AAdien  the  Ca])tain  was  writing  his  journal,  Xoah  Webster  was  onlv 
beginning  his  dictionary,  not  to  be  published  f(_)r  twent}-  vears.  hence  we  do 
not  wonder  that  his  orthography  is  "free  and  easy,"  yet  its  peculiarity  attords 
a  clue  to  pronunciation  that  must  have  obtained  upon  Long  Island  a  century 
since;  for  instance,  with  him  wet  is  always  w-e-e-t ;  creature  is"c-r-o-e-t-u-r-e," 
never  that  horrible  word  "crittei"  so  common  in  the  ^^'est  and  South;  just 
what  pronunciation  was  given  to  his  invariable  "hogh""  can  not  Ije  shown  now, 
but  there  must  have  been  a  final  aspiration,  suggested  by  the  favorite  snuff  of 
the  porker  himself;  severe  is  always  s-u-f-v-e-r.  and  wdiy  not  if  si^elled 
phonetically  as  he  pronounced  it ;  his  "oft"'  is  regularly  "of"  and  "their"  does 
double  duty  as  pronoun  and  adverb  (there).  He  i)unctuates  \-er}-  little, 
occasionally  a  colon  and  sometimes  a  dash  ;  he  is  erratic  in  the  use  of  caipitals  ; 
his  \  he  wrote    \  ;  other  peculiarities  the  reader  may  detect. 

As  to  subject  matter,  like  all  insular  people,  he  notes  first  the  weather  as 
of  prime  importance;  his  record  is  for  his  con\enience,  and  covers  things 
done  and  matters  coming  directly  under  his  observation  ;  he  is  no  sentiment- 
alist, and  has  no  word  of  comment  when  relatives  die, however  near  the  tie,  and 
of  his  wife,  so  long  by  his  side,  his  companion  in  trials  sore,  there  are  very 
few  entries;  we  must  not  think  for  this  reason  he  ]o\ed  her  less.  John  Stuart 
Mill  in  his  biogra])hy  does  not  once  name  his  mother.  ( )ur  Captain  managed 
his  farm  ;  his  wife  her  house,  and  thev  never  clashed,  for  he  stayed  closely 
within  his  own  domain. 

P^rom  a  careful  reading  of  the  diary  we  mav  learn  the  times  of  planting 
and  reaping,  the  manner  of  threshing  grain,  the  im])ortance  of  cider  making, 
the  value  of  many  connnodities.  the  amoimt  of  grain  necessary  for  the 
maintenance  of  a  small  family  for  a  year,  that  thatch  had  not  entirely  yielded 
to  shingles,  that  family  tailoring  and  shoemaking  were  then  in  vogue,  that 
flax  had  not  given  ])lace  to  cotton,  and  that  the  loom  still  entered  into 
woman's  work,  that  clams  were  an  important  article  of  food,  that  rum  had  a 
part  in  household  economy,  and.  finally,  that  honest  living  on  Long  Island 
meant  hard  work  early  and  late,  and  eonstantlw     Also,  so  long  ago,  it  appears 


HIS    DIARY 


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(lavs,  hence  Sunday  sickness  is  not  a  modern  trouble.  Austin  and  Huldah, 
still  unmarried,  s-emed  to  be  untlaj4sino-  in  church-i;()in,y-  zeal.  The  foregoing 
gives  onl-v-  the  salient  features  of  what  may  be  observed  from  studying  the 
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TER,  Mass.  The  Cut  is  Just  One-quarter  the  .Size  of  the  Roll  Itself,  thus  Reducing  the 
Letters  and  Numerals  One-half  Each  Wav.  The  Indistinct  Names  in  the  Middle  Crease  are. 
left,  .Sam  l  Corwin  White;  right.  Thos.   Hrevoort. 


The  Diary  of  Captain  Daniel  Roe  of  Brook- 
haven,    Long    Island 


[Explanatory. — All  suggestions  and  explanations  are  given  in  parenthesis.  The  writer's 
efforts  to  emphasize  and  to  specially  note,  as  by  marginal  words  and  characters,  are  indicated 
by  figures  in  the  entry  itself,  thus  Wed.,  Feb.  26,  the  parenthetical  stars  indicate  the  criss- 
cross work  in  the  border  for  that  day.  The  coming  of  infant  stock  is  shown  by  hieroglyphs, 
as  may  be  seen  in  the  half-tone  cut,  where  the  sow  and  five  pigs  appear.  L.  for  Laban 
Worth,  always  in  the  margin  in  the  manuscript,  appears  here  in  the  print,  i.e.,  at  the  end  of 
the  entry.  As  a  rule  where  Christian  names  are  used,  they  refer  to  the  Captain's  children 
or  grandchildren.  Finally,  e\'erv  word  of  the  text  is  in  jirint  save  two  very  i)rief  references 
to  stock.] 

1806. 

(i)  Munday  the  24  ( l'\'bruar}- )  wind  S  W  :  &  warm  I  have  been  with  2 
Loads  of  wood  i  from  home  &  i  from  the  Hill  l)roii!;ht  home  a  load  of 
firewood  Austin  has  l^een  Luting  &  Sphting  Cordwood  (Wood  was  drawn  to 
the  North  Shore,  Setauket,  or  Drowned  ATeadow,  and  produced  his  chief 
revenue.) 

Tusday  the  25.  wind  X.  W  :  Clear  &  Cold.  T  have  l:)een  over  with  2  Loads 
of  wood  I  from  home  c^  i  from  the  Hill.  Austin  has  been  Ctiting  firewood  in 
the  Hills 

Wednesday  the  26  wind  W  :  &  pleasent  I  ha\'e  been  over  with  i  load  of 
wood  Austin  acuting  Cordwood.  Daniel  lirown  came  to  see  us  this  Evening. 
I  bought  30  (lbs.)  of  flax  of  Azcl  Roe  brought  home  11^  (lbs.)  (*   *   "   '■'   *) 

Thursday  the  27.  wind  W  (S:  warm.  I  ha^■e  been  o\'er  with  i  Load  of  wood 
&  got  Sum  Soft  Clams.      Austin  has  been  Crackling  flax. 

friday  the  28  Avind  X  \\  .  with  Snow  Septals.  I  have  been  Dresing  flax. 
Austin  has  been  o\'er  with  2  Loads  of  wood.  Lrother  Justus  Roe  cal'd  in  on 
his  wa}'  home 

Saterday  the.  i.  Day  of  March,  wind  X  \V  &  very  Cold.  1  have  been 
over  with  i  Load  of  \vood.     .\ustin  has  been  Crackling  tlax. 

Sunday  the  2.  wind  X  W  :  C  lear  iS:  Cold.  I  ha\'e  l)een  at  home.  Spent  the 
Day  in  Reading.  Sum  of  the  family  have  been  to  meting  at  Josephs.  Mr 
Newey  Cal'd  on  his  wav  home. 

Munday  the  3.  wind  X  \\  :  Clear  &  ])leasent.  I  have  been  I3resing  tfax 
Austin  a  Crackling.  Mr.  Hallock  &  Mr.  Wheelor  Cal'd  to  see  us  this 
Evening. 

Tusday  the  4.  wind  S  E:  with  Snow;  the  Storm  began  in  the  fore  part 
of  the  Day  &  the  Storm  continues  ;  this  forenoon  we  got  2  Loads  of  firewood 
out  of  the  Hills  ;   this  afternor)n  I  have  been  to  trustee  meting. 


26  CAPT.    DANIEL    ROE 

(2)  Wednesday  the  5.  Day  of  March  wind  X.  \\\  Clear  &  Cold.  Jabez 
Norton  &  I  have  been  to  Blew  point  in  the  Slay.  Austin  at  home  taking  care 
of  the  Creturs. 

Thursday  the  6,  wind  N  AA^ :  Clear  &  pleasent.  T  have  been  Dresing  flax. 
Austin  &  Hiildah  is  gon  of  upon  a  Slay  Ride. 

friday  the  7  wind  S  W  :  with  Snow  all  Dav.  I  ha^'e  been  Dresing  flax  & 
taking"  care  of  the  Creturs.     Austin  is  not  got  home  from  his  Slay  Ride. 

Saterday  the  8,  wind  X  \\  :  with  Snow  Squals  ;  this  afternoon  it  Cleared 
of  Cold  1  have  been  Imployed  as  above.     Austin  is  not  got  home  yet. 

Sunday  the  9  wind  X'^  A\'  &  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  at  home.  Spent 
the  Dav  in  Reading;  the  children  have  not  got  home. 

Munday  the  10.  wind  AA'  (S:  Clear,  we  have  been  Sleading  the  wood  out  to 
the  Road  that  we  bought  of  Youriah  Smith  this  forenoon  ;  this  afternoon 
Austin  has  l^een  Crackling  flax. 

Tusday  the  11.  wind  \A'  &  Signs  of  a  Storm.  I  have  been  Imployed  as 
above.  Austin  crackling  flax  &  finnished.  I  Carried  the  Crackel  to  Yarring- 
ton.  Austin  is  gon  to  Isaac  Homons  to  git  an  ax  Layd  (i.  e.,  to  renew  its 
edge  or  cutting  i)art.     X^ow  seldom  done  because  of  the  cheapness  of  the  tool.) 

Wednesday  the  12  wind  N  AA^ :  &  Signs  of  a  storm.  I  have  been  over 
\\\\\\  \  Load  of  wood.  Sold  it  to  John  Taylor  for  o-  13-6.  got  a  gallon  of 
Rum  5  papers  of  tobaco  &  ^  of  peper.  Austin  is  gon  of  I  Know  not  whare 
Amos  Soper  put  up  here  to  night.  (He  married  granddaughter,  Sarah 
Porter.) 

Thursday  the  13.  wind  X  W  :  with  Snow  Squals.  Amos  Soper  went  from 
here  this  forenoon.  1  have  got  a  load  of  firewood  this  afternoon.  Richard 
Norton  brought  his  wife  home  this  Evening.  (X'orton  nearest  neighbor  to 
the  east.) 

(A  leaf  missing  from  the  manuscript,  C()vcring  March  14-30.  1806.) 

(3)  Monday  the  31 :  &  Last  Day  of  March  wind  S  AA^  &  warm,  this 
forenoon  we  have  been  Cuting  Cordwood  in  our  X'.  Land.  Brought  home  a 
load  of  firewood ;  this  afternoon  we  have  been  in  the  Hills  giting  out  wood 
that  we  had  of  I'riah  Smith  &  Brought  home  a  load  from  their. 

Tuesday  the  i :  Day  of  April  wind  X  \\'  :  this  Morning  we  had  Sum  Rain 
but  it  cleard  of  pleasent.     I  have  attended  Townmeting. 

Wednesday  the  2:  wind  X  AA'.  Clear  and  Cool  T  have  attended  the 
Vandue  of  Daniel  Bisop.  Austin  and  Colman  has  been  to  Blew  point  & 
bought  1000  clams  &  come  home. 

Thursday  the  3:  wind  S  \A'.  Clear  and  pleasent.  I  have  been  over  with 
a  Load  of  wood  &  after  1  came  Back  I  went  to  Hallocks  to  see  Zopher  I  found 
him  very  week  and  Low,  but  they  seem  to  think,  that  he  is  Sum  Better. 
Austin  has  been  Cuting  Cordwood. 

friday  the  4 :  wind  S  AA'  &  warm  I  have  been  over  with  i  Load  of  wood. 
Bought  3  Bushels  of  Horsfeed  &  after  I  got  home  I  went  to  Daniel  Tookers 
&  cleend  my  flaxseed  for  soing.  Austin  acuting  cordwood.  we  had  a  Lam 
come  today.      (Hierogl\])h  in  the  border.) 


HIS    DIARY  27 

Saterday  the  5:  wiiul  \  E.  &  cool.  1  ha\c  l)ecn  over  with  i  Load  of 
wood.  Carry ed  Cap"  \\'olscv  one  Ihishel  of  flaxseed  to  See.  Had  of  him  i 
gallon  of  Rum  &  2\  lbs.  of  lUicwheet  flower  with  the  wait  of  the  bagg.  Austin 
choping  on  the  Ditch  N.     (*   '■'   "   *   *) 

Sunday  the  6:  wind  S  E  &  Signs  of  a  storm,  the  family  at  home  except 
Austin  ;  he  is  gon  to  see  Zofer  Hallock  as  he  is  very  sick. 

Munday  the  7:  wind  X  E  Sum  weet  &  grait  Signs  of  a  Storm.  T  have 
been  over  with  i  Load  of  wood.  Austin  has  been  at  home  Doing  Sum  trifles. 
Ruth  come  here  this  e\ening  to  make  a  pare  of  geers  (A.  AL  Roe  says  the 
word  refers  to  ])arts  of  a  loom.) 

(4)  Tusday  the  8:  Day  of  April  Avind  X  E  with  a  suf\  er  (i.  e.,  severe) 
Storm  of  Rain  ;  the  storm  began  Last  night  and  Continued  the  Most  of  the 
Day.     no  bisness  Done. 

Wednesday  the  9:  wind  X  W  Clear  &  cold.  I  have  been  over  with  i 
Load  of  wood.  Austin  has  been  cuting  &  spliting  Rails.  1  brought  home  a 
load  of  the  Rails. 

Thursday  the  10:  wind  W  &  cool.  I  have  been  over  with  i  Load  of 
wood  15rought  home  Sum  Rails  &  sum  avoocI.  Austin  has  been  cuting 
cordwood  &  Rails  Ave  had  Sum  snoAV  septals  this  CA'cning.  Huldah  has  gon  to 
Elishas. 

friday  the  11:  Avind  X  \\'  &  bloAvs  Heavy  Avith  Snow  Squals  &  A'ery  Cold, 
this  afternoon  I  haAC  been  spliting  cordAvood  &  Rails  Brotight  home  Sum 
Rails  <S:  Sum  Avood.     Austin  at  home  Avith  a  complaint  Avith  one  of  his  Eyes. 

Saterday  the  12:  Avind  X  A\'.  Clear  &  Cool.  I  have  been  over  Avith  i 
Load  of  Avood.  Brought  home  a  load  of  Rails.  Austin  has  been  Cuting  anil 
Spliting  Rails  &  Cordwood.      1   Received  the  Returns  of  Aly  Avood  toDay. 

Sunday  the  13:  Avind  \\'  clear  &  it  Continues  cool.  I  have  been  at  Home, 
the  Children  have  been  to  meting.  John  E.  Hallock  (brother  of  Zophar)  and 
Titus  .Gold  cal'd  here  from  Aleting. 

Munday  the  14:  Avind  X  A\'  Clear  &  cool.  I  have  been  over  Avith  i  Load 
of  wood,  lirought  home  a  load  of  Rails  then  1  took  Austins  Mar  &  Avent  to 
Esq''  Helms  &  paid  him  25  Dollars.  Austin  has  been  cuting  &  spliting  Rail  & 
ccjrdwood.  this  evening  he  &  Colman  (\\^orth.  a  grandson)  is  gon  to  S. 
(probably  South  Shore)  to  go  a  claming  (*   *   *   *   * ) 

Tusday  the  15:  Avind  S  W  with  SnoAv  Squals.  I  have  been  to  Blew 
point  (southAvest  part  of  toAvn)  to  fetch  up  the  clames  that  Austin  &  Colman 
got  at  the  Beech  &  bought  500  of  Shadrik  Jayn  (Jayne). 

(5)  Wednesday  the  16:  Avind  S  E  &  Sum  weet.  \\>  had  a  considerable 
Rain  Last  night.  1  have  been  Loping  on  the  fence  on  the  W  Side  of  the 
House  I^ot.  Austin  has  taken  a  load  of  Rails  to  Coram  for  Mr.  XcAvey. 
(Lopping,  i.  e..  cutting  the  young  oaks  half  through,  so  that  they  could  be 
lopped  OAcr  and  j^artly  coA'ered  with  earth  to  make  a  "Ha'C  oak"  fence.) 

Thursday  the  17:  wind  X  W  Clear  &  pleasent.  Ave  have  plowd  &  soed  the 
flax,  carryed  2  loads  of  ashes  on  the  ground.  Zopher  &  his  wife  cal"'^  here  on 
their  Avav  to  L'oram. 


28  CAPT.    DANIEL     ROE 

friday  the  i8:  wind  X  W  in  the  morning'  &  S  \\'  this  Evening.  I  have 
been  Mending  fence.  Austin  has  been  to  Blew  j^oint  to  take  the  Sorrel  Mar 
on  the  beech,  but  the  boot  was  gon  befor  he  got  there  so  he  Took  the  ^lar 
home  again 

Saterday  the  19.  wind  N  W  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  to  Elishas. 
paid  him  5  &  4  Dollers,  then  went  to  Goldsmith  Davis'  got  \  Bushel  of  oats 
Came  home  &  soed  them.  Austin  aplowing  in  the  liarn  Lot  for  Corn. 
(*  "^   *  *  *) 

Sunday  the  20:  wind  S  Fl  &  Signs  of  a  storm.  1  have  been  at  home, 
spent  the  Day  in  Reading,  the  Children  have  been  to  Meting  at  Josephs. 

Munday  the  21:  wind  E  with  Rain  the  most  of  the  Dav.  I  have  l)een  to 
the  X  Side  this  afternoon.  Austin  at  home.  Much  Complaining  with  l-.oil  on 
his  face. 

Tusday  the  22:  wind  E  with  Rain  all  tlu-  fore  ])art  of  the  Daw  this 
afternoon  I  have  attended  a  vandue  for  John  I'iler.     Austin  has  plowd  Sum. 

Wednesday  the  23:  wind  S  W  &  warm.  1  have  been  over  with  1  Load 
of  wood,  sold  it  to  John  Taylor,  then  went  to  Esq"'  Jayns,  got  a  load  of  Hav, 
300  &  \  of  Inglish  &  the  other  thatch  (coarse  feed  hay)  cost  £1715-6.  Austin 
astubing  lUishes. 

(6)  Thursday  the  24:  Day  of  April  wind  X  W  cX  ])leasent.  I  liaAC  l)een 
plowing  in  the  IJarn  Lot  for  Corn.  Austin  astubing  up  Scruboaks  in  our  \\ 
Land,  where  we  mean  to  plant. 

friday  the  25:  wind  W.  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  plowing  in  the  Barn 
Lot  X  hnished  &  got  a  load  of  fire-wood  out  of  the  Hills.  Austin  Liiployd  as 
al)ove. 

Saterday  the  26:  wind  S  E.  T  Began  to  plow  in  our  AA^  land  for  Cc^rn. 
Austin  a  clearing  Ijefore  tlu'  ])low.  it  came  on  to  Rain  about  ten  oclock  which 
])ut  us  of  &  continued  to  Rain  all  Day. 

Sunday  27:  wind  .X  X  Signs  of  Rain.  1  have  been  at  home;  the  Children 
.Sum  of  them  ha\'e  been  to  meting 

Munday  the  28:  wind  S  W  ,  Cloude}'  &  Signs  of  Rain.  I  hav.^  been 
jjlowing  Austin  X  Porter  aclearing  before  the   Plow. 

Tuesday  the  29:  wind  X  W  X  Showery.  I  ha\e  been  plowing  this 
forenoon,  this  afternoon  1  haxe  l)een  to  Drown madow  (since  183O  Port 
Jefferson)  to  fetch  a  barrel  of  pork  X  a  barrel  of  tlow.'r  for  Laben.  1  took 
over  a  small  turn  of  wcxxl  Austin  is  gon  to  IJlew  point  to  take  the  Sorrel  Mar 
on  the  Beech.  (Great  South  Beach  extends  along  a  large  part  of  Long 
Island's  sr)uthern  coast.  Itself  an  island,  it  affords  i)asturage  and  hav  to 
farmers  who  own  rights  u])on  it.) 

'Wednesday  the  30:  &  Last  Day  of  April,  wind  X  \\  &  Cool.  I  have 
been  plowing.  Austin  got  home  from  the  Beech  this  forenoon  :  this  afternoon 
he  has  been  cleering  l)efore  the  ])low.  Colman  Put  the  glas  in  the  locr  part 
of  the  Bedroom  window. 

(7)  Thursday  the  i:  Day  of  May.  wind  X  \\  X  Cool  1  have  been 
stubing  up  scrub  oaks    .Austin  jdowing. 


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friday  the  2:  wind  X  W  6c  it  continues  Coal.  We  liave  l)een  Ini])l()ycl 
as  aliovc.    I   tinislied  Cleerin^-  the  ground  Ijcfore  the  i)lo\v. 

Saterday  the  3:  wind  X  W  Clear  &  Coal.  1  have  attended  a  vandiie  of 
John  Tilers    Austin  tinnished  plowing  for  Corn. 

Sunday  the  4:  wind  S  W"  &  warm.  1  have  l:)een  to  metin^-  this  Evening 
at  Josephs  to  here  AJr  Ridstone.  the  ehildren  ]ia\-e  heen  to  metin"-.  \\'e  lost  a 
Sheej)  to  Day.      ( *   *   "   ■■'   " ) 

Munday  the  5:  wind  S  W  &  warm.  We  have  been  Setint^-  a  fence  from 
the  g-arait  (great  ?)  Lot  Down  to  the  llarn  Lot. 

Tusday  the  6  wind  W  &  Warm.  I  have  been  to  carry  My  Hids  to  the 
tanners.  I  went  by  the  way  of  Elishas.  Took  a  hide  for  him.  Austin  began  to 
plant  Corn  with  the  hel])  of  Colman.      (*   *   *   *) 

Wednesday  the  7:  wind  W  S  W'.  Warm  &  Sum  weet  this  Morning,  we 
ha\e  been  ])lanting  corn  in  the  W  Lot.     Colman  has  been  helping. 

Thursday  the  8:  wind  S  E  Cloudey  Dulweather  with  Sum  w-eet.  T  have 
been  to  Judge  Strongs  &  got  a  load  of  Liglish  hay.  Austin  finished  ])lanting 
Cc^rn. 

friday  the  9:  wind  S  \\'  &  Blows  very  heavey  with  Showers  of  Rain,  this 
forenoon  we  have  been  Reparing  the  fence  around  the  W  Lot  until  the  Rain 
put  us  of.  this  afternoon  we  have  put  up  Sum  fence  the  E  side  of  the  Cow 
yard 

Saterday  the  10:  wind  W:  Clear  &:  Coal,  we  have  planted  our  potatos 
both  Sweet  &  Common  tK:  also  our  other  garden  affares. 

(8)  Sunday  the  11  Day  of  May:  wind  N  W  &  Warm.  I  have  been  at 
home,  the  Children  have  been  to  meting.  Zopher  &;  his  wife  &:  Children  John 
Hallocks  wdfe  &  polly  Eoot  cal'd  here  on  the  w-ay  home  from  Meting. 

Munday  the  12:  wind  X"  W  in  the  morning  &:  S  W  in  the  afternoon,  we 
have  been  giting  Posts  &  Rails  this  forenoon,  this  afternoon  we  have  wash'd 
our  Sheep. 

Tusday  the  13  wind  S  E  &  Coal,  we  have  l)een  tc^  the  Beech  a  claming. 
Brought  up  2000  Clams 

Wednesday  the  14  wind  X  E  &  Signs  of  a  storm.  1  have  been  i)uting 
up  things  in  the  Corn  to  Keep  the  Croes  of.  Austin  has  been  plowing  for 
John  Hulls  (Hulse). 

Thursday  the  15:  wind  X  E:  in  the  forenoon  &  S  AV  this  evening  &  Coal. 
this  forenoon  1  have  been  Cuting  Sum  Rail  timber.  Austin  has  been  ])lowing 
for  John  Hulls,    this  afternoon  we  have  sheard  the  Sheep 

friday  the  16.  wind  S  W  &  Warm  to  Day  but  Coal  this  Evening:  this 
forenoon  1  have  been  Spliting  Rails.  Austin  took  a  load  of  Rails  to  Mr 
Neweys  that  he  brought  from  his  old  ]:)lace.  this  afternoon  1  have  been  over 
with  a  load  of  wood.  Sold  it  to  Taylor.  Austin  has  been  boiling  (mortising) 
posts. 

Saterday  the  17:  wind  S  W  »fc  warm  Days  &  Coal  XTghts  &  Drie.  we 
have  been  mending  the  oven  &  puting  up  post  &  Rail  fence  around  the  Back 
Door  yard    Daniel  Brown  &  his  Daughter  come  to  see  us  to  Day. 


30  CAPT.    DANIEL    ROE 

(9)  Sunday  the  18:  wind  S  W  &:  Warm.  I  have  been  at  home.  Spent 
the  Day  in  Reading  the  I5il)le.  the  Chiklren  have  been  to  Meting.  Austin  is 
gon  to  Branch  to  meting.  (Smithtown  Branch,  in  town  of  that  name,  a  few 
miles  westward.)  Daniel  Brown  &  his  wife  come  here  &  want  to  meting  at 
Coram  to  hear  Mr  Overton. 

Munday  the  19:  wind  S  W  &  Warm  &  \ery  Drie.  we  ha\'e  been  giting 
Posts  &  Rails  &  puting  up  Sum  Lenths  (lengths). 

Tusday  the  20  wind  S  E  &  Sum  Signs  of  Rain  which  is  very  much 
"wanted,  we  have  finnished  the  fence  around  the  Back  Dore  vard.  Daniel 
Brown  cal'd  here  on  his  way  to  the  Riverhead.  1  sent  the  Alonev  bv  him  to 
pay  my  Interest  at  the  Lone  ofifis. 

Wednesday  the  21.  wind  X  E  Coal  &  Signs  of  a  stc^rm.  I  have  been  fixing 
to  go  to  Mill  &  Doing  Sum  triHes  al)out  home.  Austin  has  been  ^looveing 
Sum  cordwood. 

Thursday  the  22:  wind  E  &  Coal,  no  Rain  yet.  I  have  been  to  ]^Iill  at 
Patchog.  carryed  6  Bushels  of  Rie  &  i|  of  wheet  dt  i  of  Corn.  Austin  Laben  & 
Colman  went  with  me  to  go  to  the  Beech  aguning. 

friday  the  23.  wind  X  E  &  the  storm  began  a  little  past  the  middle  of  the 
Day.  Brothers  Justus  &  Austin  col'd  to  See  us  this  forenoon  on  their  way 
home,  they  went  from  here  just  as  the  Storm  began.  I  have  been  at  home 
adoing  but  Little  Bisness. 

Saterday  the  24:  wind  N  E  with  Rain  the  most  of  the  Day.  1  have  cut  & 
got  home  a  load  of  wood  in  the  Rain.  Joel  Davis  cal'd  here  on  his  way  home  & 
staid  the  night. 

Sunday  the  25:  wind  S  W  this  afternoon  &  warm.  Huldah  &  I  have 
been  to  patchog  to  meting,  cal'd  at  Elishas  took  Ruth  with  us.  I  Expected  our 
Children  of  the  Beech  but  they  had  not  (come). 

(10)  Munday  the  26:  Day  of  May  wind  X  E:  &  warm.  I  have  been 
giting  Harrow  teeth  &  fiting  the  Corn  harrow.  &  planting  Sum  Warter 
Millins.  Mr  Xewey  cal'd  here.  I  turned  our  horses  to  pasture  this  mc^rning  &; 
took  them  up  this  evening. 

Tusday  the  27  wind  S  E  in  the  morning  &  S  \V  this  Evening.  I  have  been 
to  S.  to  fetch  up  our  peo])le  that  have  been  to  the  Beech,  they  got  Sum 
Horsfish  &  that  was  prety  much  all. 

Wednesday  the  28  wind  S  W  &  warm,  we  have  been  Ditching  along  by 
the  N  Lot  Rie.  Huldah  &  Austin  is  gon  to  Hallocks  this  Evening. 

Thursday  the  29:  wind  S  \V  &  Warm,  we  have  been  Imploy  as  above, 
this  is  the  first  night  our  Horses  Has  Laid  out  in  Pastur. 

friday  the  30:  wind  S  E  &  Signs  of  Rain,  we  finnished  our  Ditch  to  Day. 
Brother  Justus  Roe  cal'd  to  see  us  this  evening  &  put  up  with  us  for  the  night. 

Saterday  the  31 :  &  Last  Day  of  May  wind  S  W^  we  had  a  considerable 
Rain  Last  night  &  it  Continued  to  Rain  all  the  fore  part  of  the  Day.  this 
afternoon  we  have  been  Mending  Sum  fence  the  X  End  of  our  Corn  Brother 
Justus  went  from  here  this  afternoon.  Austin  is  gon  W  ward  this  afternoon 

Sunday  the  i :  Day  of  June  wind  S  W  &  Warm,  this  afternoon  their  Came 


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lip  a  heavev  Sqiial  of  wind  &  Rain  out  of  the  \  W  .    1  have  Ijeen  to  meting'  to 
Dav  at  Jose])hs  to  here  Mr.  Finnegin 

(11)  Munday  the  2  wind  S  W  tS:  Warm,  this  forenoon  1  l)eg'an  to 
Harrow  Corn  in  the  I'arn  lot  ahout  11  of  the  Clock  Austin  came  home  <!s:  Mr 
Hallock  with  him.  Mr.  Hallock  injo\nd  it  upon  me  to  go  with  him  to  the 
Middle  of  the  Island  with  him  upon  Sum  llisness  &  1  went  with  him  «S:  Austin 
took  the  Horse 

Tusday  the  3  wind  S.  &  Coal  nights  &  warm  Days.  I  have  heen  to  the 
trustee  meting".  I  got  Rid  of  the  negro.  I  hought  a  grat  wheel  of  Zacariah 
Howkins  for  22  (])robably  shillings)  paid  him  2  Dollars  toward  it.  we  have 
been  at  work  in  the  corn. 

Wednesday  the  4:  wind  S  W  &  warm  Days  &  Cool  nights,  we  had  a  light 
frost  Last  night,  we  ha\e  been  at  work  in  the  corn  &  Porter  has  helped  to 
Day.  I  bought  4  &  4  Dozen  of  liass  to  Day. 

Thursday  the  5.  wind  S  W  &  wanu.  we  finnished  the  Corn  in  the  I5arn 
Lot  &  Harrowed  the  graiter  jjart  of  the  Corn  in  the  X  Lot  on.'  way.  porter 
helped  the  forenoon,  the  Little  Sow'  brought  forth  5  Pigs  Last  night.  (Sow 
and  five  pigs  in  hieroglyphs  in  bc^rder. ) 

friday  the  6  wind  S  E  &  Sign  of  Rain.  1  have  been  Harrowing  corn  in  the 
N  Lot  &  Austin  &  porter  ahoing.  The  old  Read  (red)  cow  Calved  to  Day. 
(Border  has  hieroglyphic  calf.) 

Satterday  the  7  wind  S  E  &  warm,  we  have  all  been  Lnployd  as  abcn^e. 
Turned  our  Horses  in  the  W  Lot  to  Day  for  the  first  this  year. 

Sunday  the  8:  wind  S  W  &  very  warm,  we  had  a  Small  Showier  of  Rain. 
I  have  been  at  home.  Spent  the  Day  in  Reading  my  bible,  the  Children  have 
been  to  meting,  we  had  2  Lams  come  to  Day,  i  whit  &  i  black.,  (Two  figures 
in  border.) 

Munday  the  g:  wind  S  E  &  Sign  of  Rain.  I  have  been  hoing  corn.  Austin 
&  Colman  Sat  out  this  Morning  Very  Arley  to  go  to  the  Beech  after  Clams  & 
Horsfeet  (used  for  fertilizer). 

(12)  Tusday  the  10  Day  of  June  wind  S  E:  Cloudey  this  forenoon.  I 
ha\e  been  Harrowing  Corn,  Austin  &  Colman  ahoing.  this  afternoon  I  have 
been  after  mv  Mar  that  Isaac  Smith  &  David  Overton  fetch'd  of  th_'  Beech 
(*   *   *  ''  *)   ' 

Wednesday  the  11 :  wind  S  \\'  &  \'ery  warm  we  have  been  at  work  in  the 
Corn  this  afternoon    I  have  been  to  a  frinds  Meting  at  Coram. 

Thursday  the  12  wind  \\'  &  grait  want  of  Rain,  we  finished  Hoing  out  our 
Corn  the  first  time  this  forenoon,  this  afternoon  we  have  been  mending  the 
fence  the  E  Side  of  our  W  Lot. 

friday  the  13:  wind  S  \V  &  very  Drie  weather.  I  have  been  giting  Been 
poles  this  forenoon,  this  afternoon  1  have  been  to  Mr.  Xeweys  &  got  the  gray 
&  Sorrel  Mars  Shews  Sat  &  Sum  thing  done  to  i  of  ni}-  wagon  wheels. 

Saterday  the  14:  wind  N  W  in  the  Morning  &  S  \\'  in  the  afternoon  &  it 
Continues  Very  Drie.  we  have  been  giting  Sum  poles  for  the  Loer  well  this 
forenoon,  this  afternoon  I  have  been  Dresing  them  out.  Austin  has  been 
Carting  Rails  &  firewood  for  Laben.      L. 


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Sunday  the  15:  wind  S  W  in  the  fore  part  of  the  Day.  the  wind  Shifted 
toward  night  into  the  X.  &  brought  up  a  smal  Shower  of  Rain  :  I  have  been  at 
home.  Daniel  Brown  &  wife  &  Elisha  &  his  wife  Came  here  &  went  to  meting 
with  our  Children  at  Josephs  to  hear  a  new  preacher  viz.  Mr.  Colman 

Munday  the  16:  wind  X  A\" :  in  the  morning  &  S  \\  :  in  the  afternoon  w^e 
have  been  Cleaning  out  &  Reparing  the  Loer  well,  after  we  hafl  Done  the 
well    we  got  a  load  of  Stumps  out  of  the  Corn. 

(Apparently  three  leaves  gone  from  the  manuscrii)t,  June  17 — Julv  29.) 

(13)  Wednesday  the  30  (July)  wind  S  \\\  I  have  been  hoing  in  the 
Corn.  Austin  has  been  grinding  a  new  Sith  (scythe)  &  Doing  Sum  trifels 
about  home,  w^e  had  a  fine  Shower  this  Evening  which  was  very  much  wai\ted. 

Thursday  the  31:  wind  X  E:  I  have  been  to  carry  Labens  familv  & 
Huldah  to  the  X  Side  to  go  to  the  Camp  Meting.  Austin  has  ])lowd  a  turnap 
pece.    we  had  another  Shower  this  Evening. 

friday  the  i  Day  of  August  wind  S  A\  &  Signs  of  Rain,  we  have  finnished 
giting  out  our  Dung  tS:  I  have  Sold  the  Turnaps  :  Zopher  Come  to  See  us 
brought  his  Daughter  &  Left  her  to  Stay  a  wdiile. 

Saterday  the  2  :  wind  S  E  &  warm  with  Rain  all  the  fore  part  of  the  Day. 
but  Little  liisness  Done.  Austin  has  l)een  s])ining  Sum  Ro]ie  yarn  this 
afternoon 

Sunday  the  3.   wind  X  W    Clear  &:  ])leasent.  no  Meting  to  Day 

Munday  the  4.  wind  .S  W  &  warm.  I  ha\e  l)een  to  l^ine-neck  to  carry 
Austin  their  to  Moe  Sum  gras  that  we  took  of  Brother  Austin.  I  l^rought 
home  a  wagon  bodey  ful  of  Hay  that  John  Smith  Cut  on  our  Rite  throw  a 
mistake  Last  week. 

Tusday  the  5:  wind  X  E:  with  Rain:  it  came  on  very  Heavey  this 
afternoon.  La1)en  had  \\\  horses  &  wagon  &  went  over  in  the  thickest  of  it. 
Huldah  Came  home  with  Joseph:  Daniel  llrown  Came  Here  &  he  &:  I  went  to 
trustee  meting. 

(14)  Wednesday  the  6  Day  of  August  wind  S  W  tS:  warm.  I  have  1)een 
to  Pine  neck  to  fetch  Austin  u])  ts:  1  ]>rought  u])  a  load  of  Seeweed. 

Thursday  the  7  wind  S  W  &  Signs  of  a  storm.  I  have  been  to  Xathanel 
Smiths  &  got  Sum  felley  stuf  to  Rim  my  wheels,  then  I  went  to  Coram  l)y 
Request  of  Elisha  Overton. 

friday  the  8.  wind  S  W  (S:  warm,  this  ^Morning  I  got  Laben  to  jnit  2  felles 
&  I  spok  in  my  wagon  wdieel  &  Xewey  to  ]nit  3  stri])s  of  tire  on  them,  then 
we  went  to  pine  neck  &  winred  (winrow^ed  ?)  all  our  hay  that  we  had  their  cv 
staid  all  night  at  L.rother  Austins. 

Saterday  the  g:  wind  .S  W  :  we  had  a  little  Das  (h)  of  Rain  this  morning 
but  it  Soon  Cleard  of   we  maid  up  oiu'  hay  «&  Isrought  a  load  home 

Sunday  the  10.  wind  X  W  :  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  at  home,  the 
Children  been  to  Meting.  Austin  is  gon  to  the  old  mans  (on  the  north  shore). 

Munday  the  11.  wind  X  A\'  :  Clear  &  Warm.  1  have  been  Sprouting 
Jlushes  in  the  new  ground  Stidd)le  :  Austin  &  Colman  is  gon  to  pine  neck  to 
git  our  hay  of  the  meadow  &  put  it  in  sack  (stack  ?)  &:  bring  up  a  load — we 
Lost  our  Largest  hogh  to  day.    ("  *  *   *   *) 


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34  CAPT.    DANIEL    ROE 

Tusday  the  12.  wind  S  A\"  &  Signs  of  a  storm.  I  have  been  Sprouting 
Bushes,  Austin  come  up  with  a  load  of  hay  this  morning  &  then  he  went  to 
work  with  me.  we  Kild  a  lam  this  Evening. 

(15)  Wednesday  the  13.  wind  S  E  with  a  heavey  Rain,  the  Storm 
began  Last  night  &  Continued  the  Alost  of  the  Day.  but  Little  Bisness  Done 
to  Day 

Thursday  the  14  wind  S  E  &  warm  this  forenoon,  we  finnished  Sprouting 
Bushes  in  the  new  ground  Stubble  this  afternoon.  I  have  been  picking  up 
apples.  Austin  &  B  :  billey  ha^'e  been  thrashing,  they  thrashd  &  Cleand  up  4 
Bushels  &  3  peacks  of  Rie.  (  B.  billey  =  lUack  Billy,  a  negro  long  in  D.  R.'s 
employ.) 

friday  the  15.  wind  S:  with  Rain  the  Most  of  the  Day.  we  have  been 
picking  up  apples  &;  makeing  Sider.  Laben  Made  with  us.  we  got  out  2  Barrels 
&  Laben  \\  Barrels.  l)iit  Did  not  Cut  Down  the  press.      (*   *   *   *   *) 

Saterday  the  16  wind  S  E  with  Rain.  I  have  been  to  Mill  at  the  Middle  of 
the  Island.  Carryed  4  Bushels  &  3  peacks  of  Rie:  got  15  (feet  ?)  Bord  their. 
Austin  has  been  Spining  Sum  Rope  yarn 

Sunday  the  17.  wind  S  W:  Clear  &  warm.  1  have  l:)een  at  home.  Spent 
the  Day  in  reading,   the  Children  have  loeen  to  meting  at  Coram. 

Munday  the  18.  wind  X.  W  :  Clear  «&:  pleasent.  we  began  to  plow  our  new 
ground  Stul)lde  to  Day.  Austin  &  Laben  Set  out  to  go  to  the  beech  this 
afternoon.     I  ha\'e  been  plowing  a  little. 

Tusday  the  ig.  wind  S  A\'  :  1  have  been  plowing.  Austin  is  not  got  home 
from  the  beech.     Mr.  Hulls  &  Xath'el  Smith  has  l)een  to  See  us. 

(16)  Wednesday  August  the  20:  wind  X  &  pleasent.  I  have  been 
plowing.  Austin  got  home  from  the  Beech  Last  night  &  is  not  very  well. 
Brother  Justus  cal'd  to  see  us  on  his  way  home. 

Thursday  the  21.  wind  S  E:  &  warm,  I  have  been  to  pineneck  &  fetchd 
up  a  Load  of  hay.  Austin  &  Joseph  has  been  thatching  the  Barn.  Colman  Has 
been  helping. 

friday  the  22.  wind  S  W  &  warm,  this  forenoon  we  have  been  thatching 
the  Barn,     this  afternoon  I  have  been  to  Blew  point  on  Sum  Bisness. 

Saterday  the  23.  wind:  S  \V  with  a  sufver  (severe)  Storm  of  Rain  with 
heavev  thunder  «!\:  Sharp  Litning.  the  storm  continued  all  Day  &  (is  ?)  Like 
to  Continue,  no  Bisness  Done.  1  have  been  to  Coram  on  Sum  Bisness.  Phebe 
Wood  was  Buried  to  day. 

Sunday  the  24.  the  wind  has  Shifted  into  the  X  E :  &  Blows  very  Heavey 
&  the  storm  continues  very  sufver:   the  family  all  at  home. 

Munday  the  25:  wind  AA' :  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  Cuting  wood, 
Austin  a  plowing. 

Tusday  the  26:  wind  S.  E:  Clear  &  warm  1  have  been  to  pineneck  for 
the  Last  of  Aly  hay  [oseph  went  Down  to  Carry  Austin  &  porter  to  go  on  the 
Beech  to  Moe  for  him  &  he  Brought  up  a  load  for  Me. 

Wednesday  the  27.  wind  X  AA'  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  plowing. 
Austin  is  not  got  home  from  the  Beech 


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(17)  Thursday  the  28.  Aviml  :  A\'  &  warm,  this  forenoon  I  have  been 
picking  up  a])ples  &  Austin  ajtlowing.  this  afternoon  I  liave  been  to  Blew- 
point  &  Austin  has  been  jMcking  up  apples  &  took  a  load  to  the  Mill. 

friday  the  29.  wind  S  W  :  this  forenoon  we  have  been  giting  apples  to  the 
Mill.  Austin  agrinding  &  making  Sider.  this  afternoon  T  have  had  a  trial  with 
Isaac  Smith  about  his  bringing  My  man  of  the  Beech.  Austin  got  out  6i 
Barrels  of  Sider  &  got  it  home. 

Saterday  the  30.  wind  S  W  &  warm.  I  have  been  over  with  a  load  of  wood 
&  sold  it  to  Esq''  (Phillips  Roe  ?)  Roe  for  the  grass  on  a  rite  of  madow  that  he 
Clames  on  the  S  Beech  Austin  &  B  :  Billey  a  thrashing  Rie  to  soe 

Sunday  the  31.  wind  S  AV  :  &  warm.  I  have  been  at  home.  Austin  has 
Rode  of  I  Know  not  whare.  Huldah  went  home  with  Daniel  Brown  Last 
frida\'  Exouing  &  is  not  g<^t  home. 

Munday  the  i :  Day  of  September  wind  S  E  &:  it  Came  on  to  Rain  this 
afternoon.  I  have  been  unwell.  Austin  has  been  plowing  this  forenoon : 
Daniel  lirown  brought  Huldah  home  Last  night.      (*   *  *  '^  '■') 

Tusday  the  2.  wind  S  E :  with  astedey  Rain  all  Day.  we  had  Heavey 
thunder  &  Sharp  Litning  Last  night,  no  bisness  Done  to  Day. 

Wednesday  the  3:  wind  S  E  with  Rain  until  Sum  time  this  afternoon.  I 
have  helpd  Xathanel  Smith  Make  a  Rope.  Austin  has  plowed  Sum  this 
afternoon. 

(18)  Thursday  the  4  Day  of  September  wind  N  W :  Clear  &  pleasent. 
this  forenoon  we  have  taken  Sum  Clover  Heads  to  Josephs  Barn  &  put  them 
asttning  in  order  for  thrashing,  this  afternoon  we  have  Soe'd  our  N  Corn  & 
Harrowed  it  over  once,  we  went  with  4  harrows.  I  followed  one,  Joseph 
Brewster  &  Colman  followed  the  others  &  Austin  Soe'd  the  Rie  &  after  we 
had  Done  harrowing  He  &  Colman  Soe'd  the  gras  seed  &  got  a  load  of  fire 
wood. 

friday  the  5.  wind  variable  from  the  N  W  to  the  S  E :  &  Signs  of  a  storm. 
I  have  been  harrowing  in  Rie  among  the  Corn.  Austin  is  gon  to  the  Beech 
with  Joseph  to  help  him  git  up  his  hay.  (Evidently,  rye  was  sowed  before  the 
corn  was  cut. ) 

Saterday  the  6  wind  X  A\^ :  &  pleasent.  this  forenoon  we  finnished 
Harrowing  in  Rie  among  the  Corn,  this  afternoon  I  have  been  Beeting  of  the 
bushes  Austin  &  Billey  has  been  at  work  at  the  Clover  seed. 

Sunday  the  7.  wind  E  :  Cloudy  &  Sum  Rain.  I  have  been  at  home.  Daniel 
Brown  come  here  &  took  Huldah  home  with  him  as  his  wife  was  Put  to  Bead 
Last  night  with  a  son.      (James.)      (''^  '^  '''  *  *) 

Munday  the  8.  wind  S  E :  Cloudey  Dul  weather,  this  forenoon  I  have 
Harrowed  the  new  ground  Stubble  once  over,  this  afternoon  Austin  has  been 
Seeing  &  I  have  harrowed  Sum.  in  the  forenoon  We  thrashed  4  Bushels  of 
seed  Rie 

Tusday  the  g.  wind  S  A\\  I  have  been  harrowing  in  Rie  this  forenoon. 
Austin  finnished  Soeing  the  Rie  &  Soed  the  gras  Seed  this  afternoon.  I  have 
been  to  Hallocks  &  got  a  rum  Hogset.  Austin  &  porter  has  been  picking  up 
apples. 


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(19)  Wednesday  the  10  wind  X  W:  we  have  been  making  Sider,  made 
3^  Barrels  fil'd  2  Hogsits  in  the  Barn. 

Thursday  the  11  Avind  X  E  Clear  &  pleasent.  this  morning  I  have  l)een  to 
carry  Austin  &  porter  to  go  on  the  Beech,  this  afternoon  I  have  l)een  harrow- 
ing in  Rie  in  the  new  ground  Stubble. 

friday  the  12:  wind  S  E:  Cloudy  &  it  come  on  to  Rain  this  Evening  I 
finnished  Harrowing  the  new  ground  Stubble  &  got  a  load  of  firewood,  then 
My  wife  &  I  went  to  Brother  Isaac  Davis's  to  see  their  sick  Sun  &  found  him 
to  all  appearance  near  the  Close  of  Life. 

Saterday  the  13  wind  S  E:  with  showery  Rain  this  morning  with  Sum 
thunder,  this  afternoon  it  Clear'd  of  with  the  wind  X  A\\  I  went  to  Patchog  to 
fetch  up  Austin  &  Porter  but  they  had  not  got  of  the  Beech  so  that  I  came 
back  without  them. 

Sunday  the  14:  wind  W  Clear  &  warm.  Huldah  &:  I  have  been  to  the 
funeral  of  Azel  Da^•is  (nephew)  who  Departed  this  Life  yesterday  morning. 

Munday  the  15.  wind  S  W  :  Clear  &  warm,  we  have  been  toping  Corn. 
Porter  has  been  helping 

Tusday  the  16.  wind  S  AV  :  Clear  &  pleasent.  this  forenoon  we  have  been 
toping  Corn  in  the  XT  Lot.  this  afternoon  I  have  been  to  Blewpoint  brought 
up  600  Clams  &  2  Hogsets,  1  for  mySelf  &  i  for  LTriah  Smith  Austin  has  been 
binding  «&  stacking  Stalks. 

Wednesday  the  17.  wind  AV  :  Clear  &  very  warm.  I  have  been  Binding 
Stalks.    Austin  has  been  Soeing  &  Harrowing  in  Rie  for  Mr.  Newey 

Thursday  the  18.  wind  S  A\'.  this  forenoon  I  have  been  Stacking  Stalks  in 
the  XT  Lot.  this  afternoon  I  have  been  to  Coram  to  assist  Elisha  in  a  trial  with 
John  Da}'ton.     Austin  Imployed  as  above. 

(20)  friday  the  19.  Day  of  September  wind  S  W.  I  have  been  to  Blew- 
point to  Carrv  Austin  &  Porter  to  go  to  the  Beech  to  fetch  of  hay  I  Brought 
up  a  hoghset  for  Jabez  Xort.     (X^orton  ?) 

Saterday  the  20  wind  S  E:  Cloudey  &  Signs  of  Rain,  this  forenoon  I  have 
been  in  Search  of  our  Sheep  but  Could  not  find  them,  this  afternoon  I  have 
been  giting  firewood.      (Sheep  ran  at  large.) 

Sunday  the  21  wind  S  W  :  with  Cloudey  Dul  weather.  I  have  l)een  at 
home,  the  Children  have  been  to  meting.  Daniel  Brown  Came  here  with  2  of 
his  Children  &  Huldah  went  to  meting  with  him  at  Coram  Austin  is  not  got 
home  from  the  Beech 

Munday  the  22.  wind  X  E :  with  Rain  the  most  of  the  Day  but  Little 
Bisness  Done.  I  have  Moved  Sum  hay  in  the  Barn.  Austin  is  not  got  home 
yet.    I  put  the  hogs  up  (last  words  obscure,  but  probably  "for  fatting"). 

Tusday  the  23:  wind  X^  E :  &  Coal.  I  have  been  to  S.  &  INIet  our  Peopl 
Just  got  of  the  Beech  with  a  load  of  Hay.  I  took  a  load  out  &  came  home 
Willard  Ruland  was  ahelping  them  &  they  went  Back  for  another  Load. 

Wednesday  the  24.  wind  X'  E:  Cloudey  Mistey  weather.  I  have  been  to 
meet  our  People  that  ar  gon  on  the  Beech,  but  they  had  not  got  of  So  that  I 
took  a  load  &  Come  home. 


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Thursday  the  25.  wind  X  E:  with  Sum  weet.  T  have  been  again  to  meet 
Austin  &  Porter  from  the  Reeeh  but  they  had  not  got  of.  1  got  Wm  Wicks  to 
take  his  Boot  &  go  in  persute  of  them  we  found  them  agrounded  on  the  flats 
&  not  Loaded  So  I  Left  them  Sum  Supplys  &  Returned. 

friday  the  26  wind  X  E  with  Rain,  all  Day  no  Bisness  Done.  Austin  is 
not  got  home  yet 

(21  )  Saterday  the  27  wind  N  W :  &  it  has  Clear'd  of.  I  have  Cut  & 
Carted  2  Loads  of  firewood  i  for  my  Self  &  I  for  B:  Billey.  Austin  &  porter 
got  home  this  forenoon 

Sunday  the  28:  wind  X  ^^' :  Clear  &  pleasent  I  have  (been)  at  home,  the 
children  have  been  to  meting.  Ruth  &  Huldah  came  Back  from  Daniel  Browns 
this  Evening 

Munday  the  29.  wind  S  E.  tbis  forenoon  I  have  been  Cuting  up  Corn  in 
the  Barn  Lot.  Austin  &  Billey  thrashing  Rie.  thev  Cleared  up  6  Bushels  &  I 
Set  out  to  go  to  Mill.  Just  as  I  got  in  the  Hills  their  Came  on  a  very  heavy 
Rain  so  that  I  turn'd  &  went  to  Elishas  &  put  up  for  the  night 

Tusday  the  30.  &  Last  Day  of  September  w  ind  from  the  S  E :  to  the  N  W 
wath  Rain  the  Most  of  the  Day.  I  Set  out  Early  this  Morning  from  Elishas  & 
went  to  Mill.  Carryed  6  Bushels  of  Rie  Austin  has  been  picking  up  Sum 
apples. 

Wednesday  the  i.  Day  of  October  wind  X^  W  Clear  &  pleasent.  we  have 
been  picking  up  apples  &  making  Sider  Brought  home  4  Barrels  &  fil'd  a 
hoghet  (hogshead).     Porter  helped  us.      ('■'  '■'  *  '''^  '^) 

Thursday  the  2.  wdnd  X  W  &  Clear  weather,  this  forenoon  we  got  home 
the  Last  of  our  Sider.  w^e  had  9  Barrels  of  Sider  &  i  Barrel  of  water  Sider. 
Brother  Austin  cal'd  here  on  his  way  home  &  informed  us  that  brother  Justus 
was  very  sick  so  that  I  went  over  to  see  him  :  afer  I  set  out  I  found  9:  of  our 
sheep  Austin  took  them  home  &  I  went  on.  (Water  cider=:the  result  of 
running  water  through  the  press  after  the  first  pressing.) 

friday  the  3.  wind  S  AA' :  I  staid  with  Brother  Justus  Last  night,  to  Day 
I  came  home,  he  appeared  Sum  Better  when  I  came  away.  Austin  has  been 
Cuting  Stalks. 

{22)  Saterday  the  4.  Day  of  October  wind  S  W  :  &  warm,  this  forenoon 
I  have  been  Cuting  up  Corn  in  the  N  Lot.  Austin  abinding  topstalks.  this 
afternoon  I  have  been  Stacking  Stalks  &  Corn.  Austin  has  been  Binding  the 
Corn  that  I  Cut  in  the  forenoon,  this  Evening  he  is  gon  over  to  See  his  unkel 
Justus  Roe 

Sunday  the  5  wind  X^  W :  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  at  home.  Daniel 
Brown  came  to  meting  at  Josephs,  Brought  his  wife  &  Zophers  wife  &  Left 
them. 

Munday  the  6  wind  S  W :  &  pleasent.  I  have  finnished  Binding  & 
Stacking  up  our  Corn  in  the  X  Lot  this  forenoon  :  this  afternoon  I  have  put  a 
tung  in  my  wagon:  Austin  &  Stphen  (nephew)  Roe  Came,  Came  from 
Setalket  &  Say  that  15rother  Justus  is  more  complaining. 

Tusday  the  7,  wind  X  :  &  more  Coal.     I  have  been    Diging    up    Potatos. 


38  CAPT.    DAN/EL     ROE 

Austin  is  gon  to  S.  to  Take  care  of  our  hay  as  it  is  Like  to  take  hurt  in  the 
Stack  as  it  was  put  up  Damj).  there  came  a  messeng-er  to  inform  us  that 
Brother  Justus  Departed  this  Life  this  Mornino-  &  the  funeral  is  to  (be) 
attended  tomorow  at  2  of  the  Clock.     Ruth  came  to  see  us  this  Evening-. 

Wednesday  the  8.  this  Day  we  have  attended  the  funeral  of  My  Dises'd 
Brother — Zopher  fetch'd  his  wife  horn  this  Evening     (*  *  =■•'  *  *) 

Thursday  the  g.  wind  S  W  :  &  warm,  we  have  been  giting  our  Corn 
together  in  a  stack  in  the  Barn  Lot :  Stephen  Roe  &  his  ]\Iother  &  Sister  cal'd 
to  see  us  on  their  way  home.  Daniel  Brown  fetch'd  his  wife  home  to  Day. 
Ruth  went  home  (Stephen,  etc.,  family  of  Austin,  the  younger  brother). 

(23)  friday  the  10.  wind  X  E:  &  Coal.  I  have  been  Diging  potatos  & 
other  work.  Austin  &  porter  has  been  giting  out  Dung  &  they  have  got  the 
Stalk  in  out  of  the  Barn  Lot  where  they  are  Carting  the  Dung.  (This  is  the 
field  opposite  the  dwelling,  where  the  barn  used  to  be.) 

Saterday  the  11:  wind  S  E:  Cloudey  &  Signs  of  Rain  we  have  all  l)een 
Iniploy'd  as  above.  Elisha  came  here  this  Evining  he  took  ]\Iy  mar  &  is  gon 
to  AA^illiam  Swazeys  on  Sum  Bisness. 

Sunday  the  12  wind  S:  Cloudey  &  warm,  the  family  at  home  no  meting 
to  Day.  Elisha  went  home  from  here  this  forenoon. 

Munday  the  13.  we  had  a  heavey  Rain  Last  night  it  Cleared  of  to  Day 
with  the  wind  at  \\'  :  I  have  been  at  work  about  home.  Austin  has  been 
plowing  in  the  Barn  Lot  for  wheet.  Porter  has  been  Spreading  Dung  before 
him. 

Tusday  the  14  wind  N  AA' :  Clear  &  pleasent.  we  began  to  Soe 
our  wheet:  Brother  Austin  come  home  to  Day  &  brought  our 
Brother  Justus's  Chest  of  Riting  (was  this  the  little  brown 
trunk?)  for  me  to  Carry  to  Setalket  to  be  Inspected  by  the  Executors 
of  his  will.  Elisha  ( )verton  &  Joshua  Tarey  (Terry)  came  here 
this  Evening.  Elisha  got  6  lbs.  of  clover  Seed  &:  3  ])oints  of  timoth}-  Seed  Tarey 
had  a  bushel  of  seed  wheet  for  which  he  paid  me  2  Dollars. 

Wednesday  the  15.  wind  N  \\^ :  Clear  &  Coal.  I  have  been  to  Setalket  to 
IMet  the  Executors  of  Brother  Justus  Roe,  Deces'd,  to  take  an  Inventory  of  his 
affects.     Austin  has  finnished  Soing  our  wheet. 

Thursday  the  16  wind  \A' :  &  Clear,  we  have  been  Soing  grass  Seed  & 
B)ushing  it  in.  we  have  got  in  our  potatos.  Austin  has  carted  Sum  timber  for 
Porter  to  fix  his  Seller  (i.  e..  cellar). 

(24)  friday  the  17  Day  of  October  wind  X  W  :  Clear  &  Cold  \\>  have 
finnished  Soing  our  grass  Seed  in  the  liarn  Lot  &  Bushed  it  in.  we  have 
shaken  Down  our  apples  in  the  E:  orched  &  got  the  winter  apples  in.  Colman 
help'd  this  afternoon,  we  kil'd  a  vearling  bul  this  afternoon.  I  have  been  to 
Coram  this  Evening  &  paid  Escjr  Hulls  7  Dollars  &  36  cents  to  ])ay  a 
judgment  &  cost  that  Isaac  Smith  Recovered  of  Me. 

Saterday  the  18:  wind  S  A\'  &  Signs  of  Rain,  this  morning  we  Kil'd  a  fat 
Sow  &  then  Austin  went  &  Cut  wood  with  Colman.  I  have  been  Cuting  up  & 
Salting  the  Beef  that  we  Kil'd  Last  night,  this  afternoon  x\ustin  has  been 
gathering  the  apples  in  the  orched.  I  went    to  i)ineneck    on    Sum    Bisness  & 


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Staid  all  night,  we  had  Sum  Rain  in  the  Evening,  we  had  a  hard  frost  Last 
night. 

Sunday  the  19.  wind  N  W :  it  has  cleared  of  pleasent.  I  came  home  this 
forenoon  from  S.  Zopher  came  here  in  the  chas  &  went  to  meting  at  Coram. 
Huldah  went  with  him. 

Munday  the  20.  wind  N  W  :  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  Carting  wood, 
got  2  Loads  for  Laben  out  of  his  \\'  Land  &  i  Load  for  B  :  Billey.  then  I  got  a 
load  out  of  our  N.  wood  for  my  Self:  Austin  &  Billey  has  been  thrashing 
wheet.     (*  *  *  "  *) 


Daniel  Roe,   Hutler.  Wayne  Co..  X.   \'..   I-^ldest  So\  of  Capt.  Daniel  Roe. 


Tusday  the  21.  wind  N:  &  Sum  Signs  of  a  storm,  this  forenoon  I  have 
been  giting  firewood,  this  afternoon  I  have  finnished  gathering  our  apples. 
Austin  &  B  :  Billey  has  been  thrashing  wheet.  they  finnished  all  the  wheet. 
Austin  has  a  number  of  hands  ahelping  Husk  Corn  this  E\-ening. 

Wednesday  the  22.  wind  X  E  &:  grait  Signs  of  a  Storm,  we  have  got  in  the 
Corn  we  had  Husk'd  Last  night  &  cleand  up  the  Last  of  our  wheet  their  was 
14^  Bushels.  Richard  Norton  Mov'd  His  wife  home  to  Day.  Had  my  Mar  & 
wagon. 

(25)  Thursday  the  23d  wind  X  E:  Cloudey  &  coal,  we  have  been 
Making  Sider  we  I)r()ught  h<nne  4  Barrels. 


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friday  the  24  wind  N  E  &  Coal,  this  Morning  we  have  heen  to  the  Sider- 
mill  &  cut  down  the  press  &  brought  home  the  Last  of  our  Sider.  we  had  6 
Barrels  &  1  of  water  Sider.  this  afternoon  we  have  got  in  our  top  stalks  out  of 
our  N  Corn. 

Satcrday  the  25  wind  X  W  &  it  has  Clear'd  of  Cold.  I  have  Dug  up  the 
Last  of  our  potatos  &  I  have  been  to  Coram  to  met  the  Executors  of  the  estate 
of  Brother  Justus  Roe's  estate  Deses'd  to  see  his  will  Prov'd-  Austin  has  been 
giting  out  the  Hogh  pen  menure.    (*  *   '''   *   *) 

Sunday  the  26.  wind  X  W  :  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  at  home,  the 
Children  have  been  to  meting  at  Josephs.  Huldah  went  to  Elishas  Last  night 
&  came  home  this  Evening.     C^'  '^  *  *) 

Munday  the  27.  wind  W  :  Clear  &  w^arm  :  this  forenoon  I  have  been 
Sheling  Corn.  Austin  has  plowed  a  small  Peece  of  ground  wdiare  we  had  flax 
&  we  have  Soed  it  with  wheet  &  grass  Seed  &  Harrowed  it  in. 

Tusday  the  28.  wind  S  A\' :  &  Signs  of  a  storm-  this  forenoon  I  have 
Spread  out  our  flax,  this  afternoon  I  have  been  to  Coram  got  ^Ir  Xewey  to  do 
Sum  w^ork  for  me  for  which  he  charg'd  me  £0-4-0.  I  paid  him  £0-2-3. 
Austin  has  been  thrashing  with  Richard  Xorton.     (*   *   '•^'  *   *) 

Wednesday  the  29.  Avind  W.  Clear  »S:  warm.  I  have  been  over  with  a  load 
of  Cordwood  for  Laben.    Austin  has  been  tlirashing.   Richard  has  been  helping. 

Thursday  the  30  wind  X  E:  with  Rain  all  Day.  we  have  been  liinding 
Straw  for  thatching.   Austin  is  gon  to  Hallocks  this  Evening. 

(26)  friday  the  31.  &  Last  Day  of  October  wind  N  &  Sum  weet  I  hav? 
been  giting  firewood,  got  2  Loads.  Austin  got  home  from  Hallocks  about 
noon. 

Saterday  the  i.  Day  of  November  wind  XT  W  :  Clear  &  Coal.  I  have  been 
to  mil  at  Patchog.  Carryed  7  Bushels  of  Rie  3^.  of  wheet  &  4^  of  Corn.  I  got 
Mr  Wagons  to  Shew  the  Soral  i^Iar.  then  I  went  to  Brother  Austins  & 
Brought  a  case  from  their  that  fel  to  me  from  15rother  Justus.  Austin  has 
been  binding  Straw^  for  thatching 

Sunday  the  2  a  small  Eair  of  wind  from  the  X'^  W  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have 
been  at  home,  spent  the  Day  in  Reading,  the  Children  have  been  to  meting  at 
Josephs 

Munday  the  3  wind  X'^ :  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  over  with  a  load  of  Cord- 
wood.  Austin  abinding  Straw 

Tusday  the  4  wind  X  :  &  warm  for  the  Seson.  I  have  been  over  wdth  a 
load  of  Cordwood:  Austin  &  Porter  has  been  thatching  the  X  side  of  the  Roof 
of  the    Barn :  or  began    it. 

Wednesday  the  5.  wind  X.  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  to  the  Shore  wdth  a 
load  of  Cordw'ood  from  thence  I  went  to  Setalket  &  Staid  all  night,  Jesse  Roe. 
Austin  &  porter  has  been  Iniploved  as  above  &  finnished  the  Roof  all  but  the 
Ridg. 

Thursday  the  6.  wind  S  E:  Cloudey  &  Signs  of  Rain.  I  Came  home  from 
Setalket  this  morning  &  took  the  Hors  home  that  Brother  Justus  Roe  Left  me 
&  Left  the  Sorral  Mar  with  Cusen  Jesse  to  use  until  I  cal'd  for  Her.  Austin 
finnished  Ridg  of  the  Barn  with  my  help.    (*   *   *  *  *) 


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{2y)  friday  the  7.  wind  S  E  :  with  Rain  all  the  Day  but  Little  Bisness- 
Done.  Porter  came  here  this  morning-  &  we  went  to  Husk  a  load  of  Corn  but 
it  Came  on  to  Rain  &:  we  Came  Home. 

Saterday  the  8:  wind  S  AV :  Clear  &  pleasent :  this  forenoon  I  have  been- 
wagoning  firew'ood-  Austin  &  porter  has  been  Cuting.  we  got  4  Loads,  this 
afternoon  they  have  been  Cuting  up  Corn.  I  have  been  giting  it  home,  got  2 
Loads  into  the  Barn.  Daniel  Brown  &:  his  2  Daughters  cal'd  here  this  Evening. 
Huldah  is  gon  their. 

Sunday  the  g.  wnnd  S  A\' :  &:  warm.  I  have  been  at  home.  Austin  is  gon  tO' 
the  N  side.    Huldah  Came  Home  from  Daniel  Browns  this  Evening. 

Munday  the  10.  wind  N  W  :  Clear  &  Coal.  I  have  been  to  S.  Carryed  A 
Barel  of  Sider  for  Hiram  Jones  &;  a  cagg  of  Sider  for  Moses  Wicks,  then  went 
to  pine  neck  &  Brought  away  a  bead  (bed)  &  Sum  other  things  from  Brother 
Austin  that  Brother  Justus  gave  to  me  in  his  will. 

Tusday  the  11.  wind  X  W  :  T  have  been  to  the  Shore  with  a  load  of  Cord- 
wood.  Austin  has  been  Husking  Corn  in  the  Barn  this  forenoon,  this  afternoon 
he  has  been  Cuting  up  Corn  in  the  X  Lot  &  when  I  came  back  I  took  a  load 
home 

Wednesday  the  12  wind  S  W:  with  Rain,  it  come  on  to  Rain  this  after- 
noon, in  the  forenoon  we  got  in  a  load  of  Corn,  this  afternoon  I  have  been 
Husking  Corn  in  the  Barn,  Austin  has  been  training  (militia). 

(28)  Thursday  the  13  Day  of  November  wind  X  \A'  Clear  &  pleasent.  I 
have  been  over  w'ith  a  load  of  wood.  Austin  agathering  Corn  &  after  I  came 
back  I  got  the  Corn  in-  Decon  Foster  brought  his  Daughter  here  this  Even- 
ing to  go  to  X'ewyork.      (W^ife  of  John,  son  of  the  Captain.) 

friday  the  14.  wind  X"  A\" :  I  have  been  over  with  aload  of  wood.  Austin 
has  been  Husking  Corn  in  the  Barn,  this  afternoon  he  has  been  Cuting  up' 
Stalks  in  the  Xorth  Lot. 

Saterday  the  15  wind  X  E :  with  a  Sufver  Storm  of  Rain,  but  Little  Done. 
Austin  has  Husk'd  what  Corn  their  was  in  the  Barn,  the  Decon  went  from 
here  this  Morning. 

Sunday  the  16  wind  X  E:  &  the  Storm  Continues,  no  meting  to  Day.  the 
family  all  at  home. 

Munday  the  17:  wind  X  W  :  &  Cold.  I  have  been  over  with  a  load  of 
wood.  Brought  Back  a  Barel  of  flower  &  5  gallons  of  Molases  for  Laben.. 
Austin  has  been  Spliting  &  Cuting  Cordwood  &  Sum  firewood. 

Tusday  the  18:  wind  X  A\' :  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  over  with  a 
load  of  wood.  Austin  has  been  Cuting  up  Corn  &  when  I  came  back  I  got  in  2 
loads  of  Corn.  John  &  Zopher  hallocks  wives  came  to  see  us  &  Daniel  Brown 
&  his  wife  &  Porters  wife  &  Josephs  wife  all  Met  here  to  see  Johns  wife.  (The 
John  referred  to  was  his  third  son.  living  in  Xew  York.) 

Wednesday  the  19  wind  X  A\' :  Clear  &  pleasent.  we  have  got  in  the  Last 
of  our  Corn :  Austin  &  Huldah  is  gon  over  with  John  wife  for  her  to  go  to 
Xewyork  in  Companey  with  Zacariah  Hawkins  &  his  wife. 


42  CAPT.    DANIEL    ROE 

{2g)  Thursday  the  20.  wind  W  S  A\' :  &  warm,  this  forenoon  I  have  been 
Husking  Corn  in  the  Barn,  this  afternoon  I  have  got  in  the  Last  of  our  Stalks 
&  what  Beens  we  had  &  Cabbages.  Austin  &  Huldah  got  home  from  the  N 
Side  about  the  middle  of  the  Day  &  he  has  been  husking  Corn. 

friday  the  21  wind  X  :  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  over  with  a  load  of  Cord- 
wood.  Brought  home  a  load  of  firewood.  Austin  has  been  Killing  our  Beef  & 
Porke  with  the  help  of  Elisha  Overton. 

Saterday  the  22.  wind  S  W  &  warm.  1  have  been  over  with  a  load  of  wo;>d. 
Brought  home  a  load  of  firewood.  Austin  has  l^een  Cuting  up  &  Salting  Down 
our  Beef  &  pork. 

Sunday  the  23.  wind  S  E  &  Sum  Signs  of  a  storm.  I  have  been  at  home, 
spent  the  Day  in  Reading,  the  Children  have  been  to  meting  at  Coram. 

Munday  the  24  wind  X  E  &  Coal.  1  have  been  to  Daniel  Browns.  Carryed 
him  Sum  pork  that  I  Borrowed  of  him.  I  Sold  the  gray  Mar  to  William 
Swazey  for  45  Dollars  :  Austin  ahusking  Corn  in  the  Barn. 

Tusday  the  25.  wind  X  E :  &  Chilley  weather.  I  have  been  to  Setalket. 
Took  the  sorrel  Alar  home-  Austin  is  gon  to  help  lUisha  Kill  his  hoghs. 

Wednesday  the  26  wind  X  E :  &  it  come  on  to  Rain  this  afternoon  :  I  have 
been  Husking  Corn  in  the  Barn  :  Joseph  has  been  with  Austin  &  they  have 
Each  of  them  brought  iii)  a  load  of  our  hav  from  S. 

Thursday  the  27  wind  X  E:  with  Rain  the  most  of  the  Day.  we  have  been 
husking  Corn  in  the  Barn 

(30)  friday  the  28  .  Day  of  Xoveml^er  wind  X  E  :  &  Sum  weet.  this  fore- 
noon we  have  got  2  Loads  of  firewood  :  this  afternoon  I  have  been  to  hallocks. 
Austin  husking  Corn  in  the  Barn. 

Saterday  the  29.  wind  S  \A'  :  Cloude}'  Dul  weather,  we  have  been  Husking 
Corn  in  the  Barn  &  finnished  Husking  all  our  Corn  &  got  it  in  the  Crib. 

Sunday  the  30  &  Last  Day  of  November  wind  S  A\'  :  we  had  a  Sufver 
Storm  of  Rain  Last  night  but  it  has  Cleared  of  ])leasent  to  Day.  I  have  been 
at  home,  the  Children  have  been  to  meting  at  Josephs. 

Munday  the  i.  Day  of  December  wind  X^  W  :  Clear  &  pleasent:  I  have 
been  to  See  John  Overton  &  found  him  \'ery  loe  &  I  have  been  Doing  Sum 
trifels  about  hoihe.  Austin  &  Joseph  has  Each  of  them  been  to  S  &  brought 
up  a  load  of  hay  for  me.     (*  *  *  -f) 

Tusday  the  2.  wind  X"  W  :  Clear  &  ])leasent.  this  forenoon  I  have  turn'd 
my  flax  &  mov'd  Sum  Stalks  in  the  Barn  to  make  Rum  (room)  to  put  hay. 
Austin  &  Joseph  has  been  after  hay.  Joseph  Took  a  load  home :  this  afternoon 
Austin  &  L  ha\e  been  to  Coram  on  Sum  Bisness.  the  Shewmakers  Came  here 
to  work  to  Day.      (In  the  margin:)      Paid  Elisha  5  dollars  to  Day. 

Wednesday  the  3  wind  X  E :  with  a  sufver  Snow  Storm,  we  got  a  load  of 
firewood  this  INiorning  before  the  Storm  began. 

Thursday  the  4  wind  S  W  :  it  Came  on  to  Rain  Last  Last  night  which 
Carryetl  of  the  snow,  we  have  hac'  Snow  Squals  the  Most  of  the  Day.  I  have 
been  to  the  vendue  of  the  effects  of  Capt'n  Overton  Deces't  Bought  a  cook 
pot  13s. 


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(31)  friday  the  5  wind  S  W  &  Signs  of  a  storm,  we  have  l)een  Down  in 
the  pines  &:  got  a  load  of  pitch  nots. 

Saterday  the  6  wind  \\' :  &  warm,  this  forenoon  we  got  a  load  of  firewood, 
this  afternoon  1  have  been  to  Hallocks.  we  taped  a  hoghset  of    Sider   to  Day. 

Sunday  the  7.  wind  X  W  :  Clear  &  Cold,  the  family  at  home.  Austin  & 
Huldah  has  gon  to  Hallocks  in  the  wagon  to  Carry  Deborah  (Porter)  to  go  to 
see  Her  Daughter,  they  took  a  peace  of  Cloath  to  Send  to  the  Clothers. 

Munday  the  8.  wind  S  W  :  Cold  &  Signs  of  a  storm.  I  have  been  over 
with  a  load.  Sold  it  to  Zacariah  Hokins  for  which  he  is  to  pay  me  £0-10-0 
Austin  is  gon  to  Pine  neck  to  thatch  a  cart  hous  for  Capt'n  Roe.  (Austin 
Roe,  1)rother  of  Captain  Daniel,  often  referred  to.) 

Tusday  the  9  wind  W  :  Cloudey  &  cold.  I  have  been  to  S  for  a  load  of  hay. 
Austin  is  not  got  home  yet. 

Wednesday  the  10  wind  X  \\' :  Cloudey  &  weet,  but  Little  bisness  Done. 

1  have  mended  Sum  fence.  Austin  got  home  Las  night. 

Thursday  the  11  wind  X'  E  with  Snow  all  the  Later  part  of  the  Day:  we 
have  been  giting  firewood. 

friday  the  12  wind  X  E:  &  the  storm  Continues,  no  Bisness  Done  to  Day 
Except  taking  care  of  the  Creturs 

Saterday  the  13  wind  AV  S  W :  &  Cold  I  have  been  Imployed  at  Cuting 
wood  at  the  Door  &  takeing  care  of  the  Creturs.  Austin  has  been  to  Barnebees 
to  See  about  our  Lather  (i.  e..  leather),  he  went  in  the  Slay. 

Sunday  the  14  wind  X'  A\'  &  very  cold,  the  family  at  home 

Munday  the  15  wind  X  \\'  Clear  &  Cold  I  have  got  a  load  for  Laben. 
Austin  has  been  to  Coram  in  the  Slay  this  forenoon,  this  afternoon  he  & 
Colman  has  been  thrashing.  Mager  Foster  cal'd  here  on  his  way  home. 

(32)     Tusday  the  16  Day  of  December  wind  S  W  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  got 

2  Slead  loads  of  Logs  out  of  the  Hills,  then  I  went  u])  to  B  :  Billeys  &  got  him 
a  load  of  wood:  Austin  &  Colman  has  been  thrashing  this  forenoon,  this  after- 
noon Austin  is  gon  in  the  slay  with  Richard  Xorton  after  his  Cloath  at  the 
hoppogs      (Hauppauge,  a  hamlet  on  the  Smithtown  and  Islip  line). 

Wednesday  the  17  wind  X  W  :  Clear  &  warm  We  have  been  giting  fire- 
wood &  clean'd  u])  7  Bushels  of  Rie  ('■'  *   *   *) 

Thursday  the  18.  wind  X  E:  &  Signs  of  a  storm.  I  have  been  to  Droun- 
madow  &  Settled  with  W'olsey.  Cal'd  at  Taylors  got  \  lb  of  green  &  I  11) 
Bohe  tee.  Cal'd  at  Azel  Roe's,  paid  him  his  Demands  for  flax  that  that  I  had 
of  him  Cal'd  at  Zaceriah  Hokins.  Bought  of  him  50  lbs  of  Buckwheet  flower, 
all  the  above  paid    for.  Austin    has    l)een    Sleading    Logs    out    of  the    Hills. 

(=^  "^  *   *) 

friday  the  19.  wind  X  &  warm.  I  have  been  to  Pineneck  to  nottefie 
Stephen  Roe  to  Alet  the  Executors  of  Justus  Roe.  Deces'd,  to  morrow  at  the 
House  of  Jesse  Roe  to  Settle  the  Legeseys-  Austin  has  been  Spliting  Sum 
Cordwood. 


44  CAPr.    DANIEL    ROE 

Saterday  the  20  wind  X  W  :  Brother  Austin  &  his  Sun  Stephen  &  his  wife 
came  here  &  they  &  Austin  &  I  went  to  Setalket  together  to  meet  the 
Executors  of  Brotlier  Justus:  Estate  Deces'd,  to  Settle  tlie  Estate. 

Sunday  the  21  wind  N  W.  Ihave  been  at  home,  the  Children  have  been  to 
meting-  at  Josephs  this  Evening.  I  have  been  to  Carry  Austin  over  to  the  N 
Side  to  go  to  New  york.  he  went  on  Bord  of  the  Arora 

(33)  Munday  the  22  wind  X  :  we  had  a  considerable  Snow  fel  Last  night 
&  it  Continued  to  Snow  until  Sumtime  in  the  Morning.  Brother  Austin  &  his 
Sun  Stephen  cal'd  here  to  Day. 

Tusday  the  23  wdnd  S  E :  with  Rain  all  the  Later  part  of  the  Day.  this 
forenoon  I  have  been  Cuting  of  Logs  at  the  Door,  this  afternoon  I  have  been 
to  Coram,  got  Austins  Alars  Shuse  sat. 

Wednesday  the  24  wind  A\' :  Clear  &  warm.  I  have  been  to  mill  at 
patchog.  Carryed  6  Bushels  of  Rie  i^  of  wheet  &  i^  of  Corn  &  2  Bushels  of 
Corn  for  Laben. 

Thursday  the  25:  wind  X  \\' :  I  have  been  taking  away  the  old  hovel 
(shed)  that  fel  Last  night. 

friday  the  26:  wind  X  W:  with  Rain  the  Most  of  the  Day.  but  Little 
bisness  Done,  Except  taking  Care  of  the  Creturs. 

Saterday  the  27  wind  X  W  :  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  to  S.  for  my 
Last  Load  of  hay.  I  went  wdth  the  Bay  horse  &  Sorrel  Mar.  Huldah  Rode 
Austins  Mar  to  Elishas.   Ruth  came  home  with  Her. 

Sunday  the  28.  wind  S  E :  with  Rain.  I  have  been  at  home  not  very  well. 
John  F  Hallock  Came  here  &  went  to  meting  at  Josephs.  Austin  got  home 
from  XFew  york  this  Evening. 

Munday  the  29  wind  \V  :  &  Cold.  I  have  been  to  Hallocks  for  ]\Iy  Cloath. 
Austin  has  been  to  the  X'^  Side  for  his  Chist  &  things.  W^illiam  Garard  Put  up 
with  us  this  Evening. 

(34)  Tusday  the  30  Day  of  December  wind  X  W  &  Cold  we  have  been 
Cuting  Cordwood  &  firewood,  brought  home  a  load  of  firewood.  W^illiam 
Garard  went  from  here  this  morning  to  go  to  New  york. 

Wednesday  the  31  &  Last  Day  of  December  wind  X  :  &  Cold  I  have  been 
to  Elisha  overtons  on  Sum  Bisness.  Austin  has  got  a  load  of  wood  for  us  &  a 
load  for  P> :  Billey. 

1807. 

Thursday  the  i.  Day  of  January  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1807:  wind  X^ : 
Clear  &  very  Cold  I  have  been  at  home  Cuting  of  wood  at  the  Door  &  taking 
Care  of  the  Creturs.  this  forenoon  Austin  &  Billey  has  been  thrashing,  this 
afternoon  Austin  is  gon  for  a  ride.  Billey  has  pounded  me  a  mes  of  samp. 

friday  the  2.  wind  X  W.  Clear  &  Cold.  I  have  been  Citing  firewood  for  B  : 
Billey.   got  him  5  Loads,  he  has  been  thrashing  with  Austin. 

Saterday  the  3  wind  X  W  &  very  cold,  this  forenoon  we  have  Clean 'd  up 
what  Rie  we  had  thrash'd  their  was  10 :  Bushels,  this  afternoon  I  have  been  to 
Barnebees  for  our  Lather  but  it  was  not  Done,  we  took  Austins  Slay  to 
Neweys  to  git  Sum  Iron  work  D(  n  to  it 


H/S    DIARY  45 

Sunday  the  4  wind  W  S  W  &  more  Modaret.  no  meting-  to  Dav.  the 
family  all  at  liome. 

Tusday  the  5.  wind  S  A\'  &:  Signs  of  Rain,  we  have  heen  Cuting-  Sum 
Cordwood  lK:  lirought  home  a  load  of  firewood  Benjamin  Moor  ])ut  up  here 
Last  Saterday  night  &  Staid  imtil  this  Morning,  he  is  a  ])edlar. 

Tusday  the  6.  wind  S  A\' :  pleasent.  1  have  been  to  trustee  ?\leting.  .Vustin 
has  put  a  handle  in  my  ax  tS:  then  went  to  Cuting  C(Trdwood. 

(35)  Wednesday  the  7.  wind  X  W  Clear  t^  pleasent.  we  have  been 
Carting  &  g'iting'  out  Cordwood.  I  got  out  4  Loads  of  Cordwood  &  i  Load  of 
Boat  timber.    ]^)rought  home  a  load  of  firewood. 

Thursday  the  8  wind  AA'  &  Cold  this  forenoon  I  have  got  out  4  Loads  of 
Cordwood  «S:  l>roug'ht  home  a  load  of  firewood.  Austin  a  Cuting  Cordwood. 
this  afternoon  I  have  been  to  Daniel  Browns.  Joanna  (Mrs.  Worth)  &  Huldah 
went  with  me.  Joanna  1  Left  at  Daniel  Browns. 

friday  the  g  wind  A\'  S  \\  Clear  &  pleasent.  1  have  been  giting  out  & 
Spliting  Cordwood.  got  2  Loads  of  Cordwood.  Brought  home  a  load  of  fire- 
wood.    Austin  a  Cuting. 

Saterday  the  10.  wind  AA'  :  Cloudey  &  Signs  of  a  Storm,  this  forenoon  we 
have  been  Luployed  as  above.  I  got  out  2  Loads  of  CordwMiod.  Brought  a 
load  of  firewood  this  afternoon.  I  have  been  to  Barnebees.  got  all  my  Lather 
but  one  Side.  I  pade  him  3  Dollars:  Daniel  Brown  &  wife  Came  here  this 
Evening.   Brought  Joanna  Home. 

Sunday  the  11.  wind  W  :  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  ha\e  been  to  Meting  at 
Coram. 

Munday  the  12.  wind  X  \\  :  Clear  &  Cold.  I  have  been  Spliting  &  giting 
otit  Cordwood  got  out  2  Loads  &  Brought  home  a  load  of  firewood.  Austin 
is  doing  Sum  trifels  about  home,  got  X'ewton  to  make  a  Basket.      ('•'  '■'  '•'  *  *) 

Tusday  the  13  wind  X  A\'  :  Clear  &  xery  Cold.  I  have  been  to  the  vandue 
of  the  afects  of  Isaac  Ketcham  Deces'd.  Austin  has  been  thrashing  with  the 
help  of  Glover. 

Wednesday  the  14  w  ind  S  AA'  :  &  Signs  of  a  storm.  I  have  l)een  to  Corem. 
got  a  shue  Sat  on  Austins  Mar.  Austin  &  Glover  has  been  thrashing. 

Thursday  the  15.  wind  S  AA'  &  more  moderate,  w^e  have  Clean'd  up  w^hat 
Grain  we  had  thrash'd.  their  was  17  Bushels  Austin  &  Huldah  attending  the 
weding  of  Samuel  Doon  &  Ruth. 

{^G)  friday  the  16.  Day  of  January  wind  X  \A' :  &  pleasent.  we  have  been 
Cuting  &  Spliting  Cordwood.  I  Carryed  out  i  Load  of  Cordwood.  Brought 
home  a  load  of  wood.  Mr.  Elisha  Hamond  Had  his  wagon  wheel  Run  over  him 
yesterday  &  Expired  in  a  short  time. 

Saterday  the  17.  wind  S  E:  &  signs  of  a  storm,  we  have  attended  the 
funeral  of  Mr.  Elisha  Hamond.  Mr.  Corwdn  Preach'd  from  these  words,  to 
Live  is  Christ  &  to  Die  is  gain. 

Sunday  the  18.  wind  X  with  Snow  all  the  fore  part  of  the  Day.  the  family 
all  at  home. 


46  CAPT.    DANIEL    ROE 

Munday  the  19.  wind  X  W  :  Clear  &  Cold.  1  am  unwell  to  Dav  with  a 
heavey  cold,  no  Bisness  Done  to  Day  Except  taking  care  of  the  Cretnrs 
Austin  &  Huldah  are  gon  to  Hallocks,  they  Rode  the  Sorel  Mar. 

Tusday  the  20  wind  AV  S  W  :  Clear  &  Cold  I  have  attended  a  vendue  at 
John  Day  tons.  Austin  got  home  from  Hallocks  &  came  to  the  van  due  Mrs. 
Hill  came  here  to  Make  Sum  Cloths  for  my  Boys.  (Refers,  possibly,  to  Aus- 
tin, his  son,  and  Coleman  AVorth,  his  grandson,  who  lived  with  him  much.) 

Wednesday  the  21.  wind  X  A\'  Clear  &  Cold.  I  have  Done  but  Little 
Bisness,  not  very  well.  I  have  been  to  Goldsmith  Davises  got  Sum  Lather 
that  Barnebee  Dres'd  for  me,  then  came  Back  by  John  Daytons.  Brought 
home  Sum  things  that  I  bought  at  the  vendue.  Austin  has  been  thrashing 

Thursday  the  22  wind  X  \A^  &  it  continues  Cold.  I  have  Done  Imt  Little 
Except  taking  care  of  the  Creturs.  Austin  finnishecl  thrashing  to  Day.  Brother 
Austin  cal'd  to  see  us  on  his  way  to  Setalket.  Zopher  cal'd  to  see  us  on  his  way 
home. 

(37)  friday  the  23.  wind  S  AA'  &  Signs  of  a  storm,  we  have  been  giting 
firewood,  got  2  Loads.  John  Roe  (3d  son)  came  here  this  morning,  took  Austins 
Mar  &  went  to  Drownmadow  &  when  he  Came  Back,  He  &  Austin  went  to 
Elishas. 

Saterday  the  24.  wind  S  AA^ :  &  pleasent.  we  have  Cleaned  up  the  Last  of 
our  Rie  their  was  9  Bushels,  then  Austin  went  to  the  shore  with  a  load  of 
w^ood.  Cal'd  at  Hawkins  got  25  lbs.  of  liuckwheet  flower. 

Sunday  the  25.  wind  X  AA' :  Clear  &  Cold.  I  have  been  to  Meting  at 
Josephs  to  here  Mr  B)ull.  Daniel  Brown  &  his  wife  &  John  Roe,  Hiddah  came 
with  them,  they  come  here  after  meting  &  Huldah  went  Back  with  them. 

Munday  the  26.  wind  X  AA^ :  &  very  Cold,  no  Bisness  Done  to  Day  Except 
takeing  care  of  the  Creturs  &  makeing  fires. 

Tusday  the  27.  winil  S  E  :  &  it  has  Snow'd  Sum  to  Day  but  the  weather  has 
modarated  &  Signs  of  Rain.  1  have  been  Lnployed  as  above.  Austin  Crackled 
our  Crop  of  flax  to  Day. 

Wednesday  the  28  wind  S  W  :  with  Rain,  the  storm  began  Last  night  & 
Continued  all  Day.  no  Bisness  Done  to  Day. 

Thursday  the  29.  wind  X  \\  :  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  to  Patchog 
after  a  Shewmaker  but  Did  not  see  him  :  Austin  has  been  Cuting  Cordwood 
Brought  home  a  load  of  firewood. 

friday  the  30.  wind  X  W  :  &  Clear,  we  have  been  Cuting  Cordwood  in  our 
N  Land.  Brought  home  a  load  of  firewood. 

(38)  Saterday  the  31  &  Last  Day  of  January  wind  S  E  with  a  Sufver 
Storm  of  Rain.  1  ha\e  Ijeen  to  Elisha  (  )\ertons  in  assist  in  taking  an  Inventory 
of  his  fathers  Personal  Estate.  Austin  has  got  a  load  of  wood  for  Laben.     L. 

Sunday  the  i.  Day  of  february  the  wind  Shifted  the  Later  part  of  the 
night  into  the  X  W  &  it  came  on  to  Snow  &  Continued  until  Sumtime 
in  the  Morning.  Austin  &  James  X^orton  have  been  to  S  in  the  Slay. 

Munday  the  2.  wind  S  AV  &  warm  for  the  seson.  I  have  been  to  Mastick 
with  Joseph  B  :  Roe  to  be  Bondsman  for  him  in  takeing  out  Letters  of  Admin- 


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nistratitm  of  the  Estate  of  Elisha  Hammond  Deces'd.  Austin  has  been  to  Hal- 
locks  with  his  Slay,  the  Snow  went  of,  he  Left  his  Slay  &  he  came  home  with 
Zopher  &  Huldah  came  home  with  them. 

Tusday  the  3  wind  \\\  this  Alornint^-  we  went  to  our  north  Land  with  the 
wagon.  I  Brought  home  a  load  of  firewood.  Austin  Staid  &  Cut  Cordwood. 
this  afternoon  T  have  lieen  to  d>ustee  meting. 

Wednesday  the  4.  wind  X  W  :  (Jvr  we  had  a  small  flite  of  Snow  toward 
night.  1  have  lieen  oxer  with  a  li)ad  of  Hoot  timber.  Austin  a  Cuting  Cord- 
wood. 

Thursday  the  5  wind  S  E :  &  Signs  of  a  Storm.  I  have  been  at  home,  not 
very  well.  My  Horses  are  all  gon.  Austin  Rode  one,  James  Norton  &  Colman 


Austin  Roe,  Rose,  Wayne  Co.,  X.   Y..  Youngest  Son  of  Capt.  Daniel  Roe. 


Worth  the  <nher    two.  John    F.  Hallock  &  Richard    LIudson    met    here    this 
Evening  to  Settle  Sum  Bisnesses. 

friday  the  6  wind  S  E :  with  Snow,  the  Storm  began  Last  night  &  Con- 
tinued all  the  fore  part  of  the  Day.  no  bisness  Done  Austin  &  Davis  has  been 
a  Slay  Riding. 

(39)  Saterday  the  7.  wind  X  W :  Clear  &  Cold.  I  have  been  with 
Timothy  Mills  in  his  Slay  to  the  Midel  of  the  Island.  Austin  has  been  Sleading 
wood  out  of  the  hills,  this  Evening  he  is  gon  to  Hallocks  to  fetch  his  Slay 
home. 

Sunday  the  8  wind  N  W  &  very  Cold.  I  have  been  at  home.  Austin  has 
been  to  Patchog  in  the  Slay.  Huldah  went  with  him.  they  Brought  Caret  & 
his  Sim  with  them. 


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Munday  the  9.  wiinl  W  ;  Clear  &  more  moderat.  this  forenoon  I  have  got  a 
load  of  Logs  out  of  the  Hills  this  afternoon.  Huldah  &  I  have  been  to  the 
funeral  of  Timothy  Tooker.  Mr.  Garret  Has  made  me  a  set  of  Brich  bands 
for  harness.  Austin  has  assisted  him.      (=•=  *  *  *) 

Tusday  the  10.  wind  N  AA^ :  &  pleasent.  I  have  attended  a  vandue  of  the 
parsonal  Estate  of  Elisha  Hammond  Deces'd.  Austin  has  got  a  load  of 
firewood  &  then  went  to  the  vandue.    Garret  amaking  him  a  pare  of  Boots 

Wednesday  the  11  wind  S  E  &  Signs  of  a  storm.  1  have  been  to  Coram  to 
git  the  things  that  I  Bought  at  the  vandue.  Austin  &  Richard  Norton  are  gon 
to  S  a  Ealing.  Garret  went  home. 

Thursday  the  12.  wind  S  AA'  &  warm.  I  have  been  to  Setalket  to  settk' 
with  the  Executors  of  My  Brothers  Estate  &  have  Settled  &  taken  the 
obligations  that  fel  to  me  Austin  has  been  at  home  Doing  Sum  trifels.  this 
Evening  he  &  Huldah  is  gon  to  Elishas. 

friday  the  13  wind  S  E  :  &  it  came  on  to  Rain  this  Evening,  we  have  been 
giting  firewood,  got  2  Loads. 

Saterday  the  14:  wind  S  E:  with  a  Stedey  Rain  all  Dav.  no  bisness  Done 
to  Day. 

Sunday  the  15.  wind  N  AA'  &  Blows  Heavy.  I  have  been  at  home,  the 
Children  have  been  to  meting.  Huldah  is  at  Elishas.  Austin  &:  Col  man  has 
Road  of.  Colman  has  my  Soral  ?^lar. 

(40)  Munday  the  16  of  February  wind  X  \A'  eS:  BloAv'd  very  Heavey 
Last  night  &:  very  Cold,  no  Bisness  Done  Austin  has  been  to  Mr.  Neweys.  got 
a  set  of  Linchpins  made  &  a  staple  put  in  the  hors  yoke.  Zopher  cal'd  here  on 
his  way  to  Coram  to  git  His  wagon  Tyar'd. 

Tusday  the  17  wind  N  E  &  Signs  of  a  storm.  I  have  got  a  Load  of  fire- 
wood. Austin  a  Cuting  Cordwood.  :\Ir.  Green  &  Daniel  Tooker  cal'd  to  see  us 
but  I  was  not  at  home. 

Wednesday  the  18.  wind  S  E:  &  we  had  considerable  Snow  fel  Last  night 
but  it  Came  on  to  Rain  to  Day  which  Carryed  the  Snow  all  of:  no  bisness 
Done. 

Thursday  the  19.  wind  AA'  Clear  &  more  Cold.  I  have  been  Imploved  at 
takeing  care  of  the  Creturs  &  puting  up  fence  that  the  wind  Blew  Down 
yesterday.  John  Hallock  Cal'd  here  on  his  way  to  Coram  after  his  wagon.  I 
went  with  him.  Austin  is  gon  to  Mill  to  SmithtoAvn. 

friday  the  20.  wind  X  AA' :  Clear  &  Cold,  but  Little  Bisness  Done  to  Day 
Excejn  taking  Care  of  the  Creturs. 

Saterday  the  21.  wind  \A' :  Clear  &  pleasent.  this  forenoon  we  got  a  load 
of  firewood,  this  afternoon  Austin  went  to  Hallocks.  T  have  been  Cuting  of 
wood  at  the  Door  &  takeing  Care  of  the  Creturs. 

Sunday  the  22.  wind  AA^  S  AA'  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  at  home,  the 
Chddren  have  been  to  meting  at  Josephs.  Austin  is  gon  to  Meting  to  the 
Branch.    (Aid.  p.  30  Sunday  the  18.) 

Munday  the  23  wind  X  AA'  Clear  &:  pleasent.  I  have  been  Dresing  flax. 
Austin  has  got  a  load  of  firewood. 


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Tusday  the  24  wind  X  Ii  witli  Rain  :  it  come  on  to  Snow  this  Evening  & 
fel  more  Snow  than  we  have  had  at  any  one  time  this  winter.  I  have  attended 
an  arbetration  between  Joshua  Smith  &  Isaac  Garret  at  Coram. 

(41  )  Wednesday  the  25.  wind  N  W  :  Clear  &  pleasent  and  fine  Sleading. 
I  ha\'e  l)een  Imployed  at  takeing  care  of  the  Creturs  &  Cuting  of  wood. 
Austin  ariding  in  the  Slay,  he  Carry ed  Ruth  to  Drown madow.  this  Evening 
he,  gone  to  carry  Her  home. 

Thursday  the  26.  wind  W  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  finnished  Dresing  our 
flax.  Austin  is  out  a  Slay  Riding.  Polly  Porter  (granddaughter)  quits  here  to 
Dav  (S:  is  gon  to  her  fathers.    (*  *  *  *) 

friday  the  27.  wind  X  W  :  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  Done  but  Little  but 
take  care  of  the  Creturs.  Austin  got  home  from  his  Ride  &  T  took  the  Slay  & 
went  to  Coram. 

Saterday  the  28.  &  Last  Day  of  february  wind  E :  &  it  come  on  to  Rain 
this  Evening,  we  have  been  giting  firewood  got  6  Loads  then  Austin  &  Huldah 
went  to  Elishas  in  the  Slay  &  Come  home  in  the  Rain. 

Sunday  the  i.  Day  of  March  it  has  Cleared  of  with  the  wind  at  N  W. 
we  had  a  sufver  Storm  of  wind  &  Rain  Last  night  which  Carrved  of  the  snow, 
the  famil}-  at  home.  Mrs.  Helms  cal'd  here  on  her  way  to  Smithtown. 

Munday  the  2.  wind  X  W  :  &  Cold.  I  have  been  Doing  Sum  Trifels  about 
home,  this  afternoon  I  have  been  to  Mr.  Xew^eys.  got  my  Horses  Shewes  Sat. 
then  I  went  to  see  EsqV  Hull  (Hulse)  as  I  was  informed  that  he  had  his  Lege 
Brooke  yesterday  by  the  fall  of  his  hors :  Austin  has  been  Cuting  Cordwood. 
Colman  has  been  with  him. 

Tusday  the  3.  wind  S  W  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  to  Trustee  meting. 
Cal'd  at  Mr.  Neweys  got  Austins  Mar  shod.  I  had  a  conference  with  Justus 
(Bro.  Austin's  son)  Roe  Concerning  his  Charge  against  my  Brother  in  his 
Last  Sickness.  Austin  has  been  to  work  with  Colman. 

Wednesday  the  4.  wind  S  W  :  we  had  a  considerable  Snow  Last  night  & 
it  Continued  until  Sumtime  this  morning.  I  have  attended  a  vandue  of  the 
affects  of  John  Overton  Deces'd.  Austin  is  gon  of  I  know  not  whare. 

(42)  Thursday  the  5  Day  of  March  wind  X  W :  with  Snow^  Squals.  1 
have  been  Imployed  at  takeing  care  of  the  Creturs  &  Cuting  of  wood  at  the 
Doore.  I  have  been  to  fetch  up  the  things  that  I  Bought  at  the  vandue  yester- 
day. Austin  &:  Colman  got  home  Sumtime  this  forenoon  &  went  to  Cut  wood 
but  they  was  Soon  put  of  by  the  Snow. 

friday  the  6.  wind  X^  W  :  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  at  work  about 
home,  this  afternoon  I  have  been  to  Coram  &  got  me  a  grapplen  made. 
Austin  has  been  Cuting  wood  on  the  Barrons  (i.  e.,  barrens). 

Saterday  the  7  wind  W  S  W  :  &  Sum  Signs  of  a  storm.  I  have  been  over 
with  a  load  of  wood.  Austin  Imployed  as  above. 

Sunday  the  8.  wind  X  E  :  with  a  stedy  modarat  Rain  all  Day.  the  family 
at  home. 

Munday  the  9.  wind  X  E :  Cloudey  &  it  come  on  to  Rain  this  Evening.  I 
have  been  to  Coram  &  when  I  Came  Back  I  went  to  Justus  Overtons ;  got  a 
4 


50  CAPT.    DANIEL    ROE 

Peace  of  fresh  Beef,  then  I  got  a  load  of  firewood.  Austin  acuting  wood  on  the 
Barrens. 

Tusday  the  lo  wind  X  :  I  have  been  giting  firewood.  Austin  acnting  Cord- 
wood  witli  Cohnan. 

Wednesday  the  ii.  wind  X  W:  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  Spliting 
Cordwood  &  Brought  home  a  load  of  firewood.  Colman  has  been  Cuting  Cord- 
wood  with  Austin.  Alearet  Havens  came  to  work  here  this  Morning.  Thomas 
Helms  Jun'r  &  Sisters  (children  of  his  half-brother)  cal'd  here  on  their  way 
home  from  visiting  their  sick  father  &  say  that  he  is  Sum  Better.  Lab?n 
Worths  Wife  was  put  to  Bead  with  a  sun  to  Day.     ("   *  *   *   *) 

(43)  Thursday  the  12.  wind  X'^  AA'  &  pleasent.  I  have  attended  a  vendue 
of  Elisha  Overton.  Maret  Havens  went  with  Me.  Austin  has  been  Cuting 
Cordwoiid  this  forenoon.    This  afternoon  he  Came  to  the  Vendue. 

friday  the  13  wind  X  E :  with  a  sufver  Snow  storm.  I  have  been  to  Hal- 
locks  to  Carry  Aly  wife  to  see  Hannah  as  She  is  very  unwell.  Austin  at  w^ork 
about  home.  Porter  went  with  me.  we  came  Back  in  a  Snow  storm. 

Saterday  the  14.  wind  X  W  :  Clear  &  pleasent,  their  fell  the  graitest 
Bodey  of  Snow  Last  night  that  we  have  had  this  winter.  Austin  &  Huldah  are 
gon  to  See  their  Sister  as  She  was  much  Complaining  yesterday. 

Sunday  the  15.  wind  X  W  &  pleasent  wether.  T  ha^'e  l)een  at  home. 
Austin  &  Huldah  has  been  in  the  Slay  to  Elishas  &  Brought  Ruth  home  with 
them  &  they  are  gon  to  Carry  her  to  see  her  Sister  Hannah. 

Munday  the  16  wind  W  Clear  &  pleasent.  Mr.  X^orton  &  I  have  been  to 
mill  at  the  midel  of  the  Island.  I  Carryed  3  Bushels  of  Rie  &  he  2  Bushels,  we 
went  with  his  horses  &  my  Slead  Austin  &  a  number  others  are  gon  to  S:  a 
Ealing. 

Tusday  the  17.  wind  S  W.  &  ye  Snow  wasts  fast,  we  hav^  Done  but  Little 
to  Day  but  Dres  the  Eals  that  Austin  catch'd  yesterday. 

Wednesday  the  18  wind  W  &  Blows  fresh.  I  have  been  to  Zophers  to  See 
how  his  wife  was.  I  found  her  more  Comfortable.  Austin  has  lieen  with  the 
Slead  to  try  to  git  out  Sum  Cordwood. 

Thursday  the  19  wind  X  :  Cloudey  &  Signs  of  a  storm.  I  have  been  to 
Elishas  to  See  how  they  Do  as  Ruth  is  with  her  Sister  Hannah.  Austin  has 
been  over  with  a  load  of  Cordwood. 

(44)  friday  the  20.  Day  of  March  wind  X  W :  &  it  has  Cleared  of 
pleasent.  we  have  been  Removeing  Hay  &  Stalks  out  of  a  stack  into  the  Barn, 
we  had  a  considerable  Snow  fel  Last  night. 

Saterday  the  21  wind  X  W  :  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  giting  firewood, 
got  2  Loads.  Austin  a  Cuting  Cordwood.  Mr.  Wagons  Sent  our  Cow  home  to 
Day. 

Sunday  the  22  wind  AA'  :  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  to  Meting  at 
Josephs.  Daniel  Brown  &  two  of  his  Daughters  ware  their  &  come  home  with 
Me  &  took  Dinner.   I  staid  at  home  this  afternoon  &  Huldah  went. 

Munday  the  23.  wind  X  AA'  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  Spliting  Cordwood  & 
Brought  home  a  load  of  firewood.  Austin  acutingf  Cordwood.  Colman  at  work 


HIS    DIAR  Y  51 

with  him.  Zopher  Brought  my  wife  &  Ruth  home,  his  wife  was  put  to  Bead 
with  a  Dautjhter  (Ahiiira)  this  Morning- :  I  Carryed  Ruth  liome  this  Evening. 

Tusday  the  24  wind  S  E:  1  have  heen  Imployed  as  above,  it  came  on  to 
Rain  this  iMcning.    .Vustin  has  Ijeen  Cuting  Cordwood  with  Cohnan. 

Wednesday  the  25.  wind  X  \W'  &:  Blows  Heavey.  we  had  a  sufver  storm 
Rain  c\:  wind  Last  night.  I  have  ])een  Cuting  Sum  Cordwood  &  Brought  home 
a  load  of  firewood.  Austin  acuting  this  forenoon,  this  afternoon  he  is  gon  to 
Smithtown. 

Thursday  the  26  wind  X  AV  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  Cuting  Sum 
HolloAv  Tulxs  (possibly  button  woods  for  leaching  ashes)  &  Brought  a  load  of 
firewood  home.  Austin  acuting  Cordwootl. 

(45)  friday  the  27.  wind  W  S  W  :  with  Snow  Squals  Richard  &  Davis 
Norton  has  been  Cuting  Cordwood  with  Austin.  I  went  with  the  wagon  & 
Cut  Sum  &  Brought  home  a  load  of  firewood.  Huldah  got  home  from  Zophers 
to  Day. 

Saterday  the  28  w  ind  X  W  :  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  over  with  a  load 
Austin  acuting-  Cordwood  with  Richard  Norton.  Joel  Davis  put  up  here  for 
the  night.  Ruth  Came  to  See  us  &  Staid  the  night.  (In  the  margin:)  I  got  a 
gallon  of  rum  to  Day. 

Sunday  the  29  wind  X  E:  with  Snow,  the  Storm  began  Last  night  &  Con- 
tinued all  Day  So  that  ]oA  nor  Ruth  neither  of  them  went  home,  no  ?yleting 
to  Day.  the  family  all  at  home. 

Munday  the  30.  wind  N  :  &:  has  Clear'd  of  pleasent.  1  have  been  Moveing 
Sum  Hay  &  Stalks  out  of  a  stack  into  the  Barn.  Austin  has  been  giting  out 
Sum  Cordwood  &  brought  home  a  load  of  firewood.  Joseph  had  my  wagon  to 
Move  Daniel  Yarington  (*   *   "   *) 

Tusday  the  31:  &  Last  Day  of  March  wind  X  E  with  sufver  Storm  of 
wind  Snow^  Rain  &  Hail,  the  Storm  began  Last  night  &  continued  all  Day  & 
Like  to  continue. 

Wednesday  the  i  Day  of  April  wind    W  S  W  &   blows   very  Heavey    & 

Cold.     1   ha\e  Ijeen  at  home  Doing  Sum  Trifels.    Austin    has    been    at    work 
N'ward  &  brought  home  a  load  of  firewood. 

Thursday  the  2.  wind  S  E:  I  Carryed  P.:  Billey  a  load  of  wood  from 
home  this  morning.  Austin  at  work  with  Richard  this  forenoon,  this  afternoon 
thare  came  on  a  sufver  storm  of  hail  &  Rain.  Laben  had  Austins  Mar  to  go  to 
the  Branch  &  George  Munro  had  mine  to  go.      L. 

(46)  friday  the  3  Day  of  April  wind  W  S  \\  :  &  Blows  Heavey.  I  have 
been  pruning  the  orcherd  <&:  taking  Care  of  the  Creturs.  Austin  acuting  Cord- 
wood. John  E.  Hallock  cal'd  here  on  his  way  home  from  cort. 

Saterday  the  4.  wind  X  W  &:  Blows  very  Heavey.  Joseph  &  I  have  been 
giting  out  Cordwood  to  the  Contre  road,  we  got  20  Loads  &  brotight  him 
home.  Each  of  us  2  Loads  of  Rails.  Austin  acuting  Cordwood  &  we  ware  at 
work  for  Laben.     (*  *   '^  *  "=)      L. 


52  CAPr.    DANIEL    ROE 

Sunday  the  5.  wind  N  \V :  &  more  Moderate.  I  have  been  at  home  the 
Chiklren  have  been  to  dieting  at  Josephs. 

Munday  the  6.  wind  X  AV  :  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  Pruning"  the 
orcherd  this  forenoon,  this  afternoon  I  have  l)een  menchng-  fence.  Austin  has 
been  Cuting  Cordwood  on  Labens  Land.     L. 

Tusday  the  7  wind  X  W  :  &  w^arhi.  I  have  attended  Town  meting.  Aus- 
tin has  been  Cuting  Cordwood  with  Richard  Xorton  this  forenoon,  this 
afternoon  he  went  to  townmeting. 

Wednesday  the  8  wind  X  :  &  Warm,  I  have  been  over  with  a  load  of  Cord- 
wood.   Brought  home  a  load  of  firewood.  Austin  has  been  Spliting  Cordwood. 

Thursday  the  9.  wind  E :  &  it  Came  on  to  Rain  this  afternoon  :  I  have 
been  to  Mill  at  Patchog  Carryed  5^  Bushels  of  Rie  &  \\  Bushels  of  Corn. 
Bought  300  Clams  of  Jery  Swizey :  Austin  acuting  Cordwood. 

friday  the  10.  wind  N  &  pleasent.  we  have  been  mending  around  the  Long 
Lot  or  Loping  on  the  fence. 

(47)  Saterday  the  11.  wind  X  W  &  warm,  we  have  been  Loping  & 
Mending  fence.  Austin  is  gon  to  Hallocks  &  Huldah  is  gon  to  Elishas.  we  had 
a  lam  Come  to  Day  the  first  we  have  had  this  Year.      (*   *   *  *  *) 

Sunday  the  12.  wind  S  E:  &  Signs  of  a  storm.  I  have  been  at  home. 
Austin  went  to  Hallocks  Last  night  &  is  not  got  home.  Huldah  wxnt  to 
Elishas  yesterdav  &  Ruth  came  home  with  her  this  afternoon  &  Roed  the  Mar 
Back. 

Munday  the  13  wind  X  E:  with  a  sufver  Storm  of  Rain.  I  have  been 
Imployed  at  takeing  Care  of  the  Creturs.  Austin  is  not  got  home  from  his 
Viset. 

Tusday  the  14  wind  X  \V  :  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  at  w^ork  at  the 
old  Hedges.  Austin  acuting  Cordwood  on  Labens  Land.     L. 

Wednesday  the  15.  wind  S  A\'  &  warm,  this  forenoon  I  have  been  Loping 
Hedge,  this  afternoon  Huldah  &  I  have  been  to  Hallocks  found  him  very 
unwell.  Austin  Imployed  as  above.     L 

Thursday  the  16.  wind  X  W  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  ^Mending  fence 
around  our  A\'  Land.  Austin  a  Cuting  Cordwood  on  Labens  Land.     L 

friday  the  17.  wind  S  A\"  &  warm.  I  ha\'e  been  Mending  fence  this  fore- 
noon, this  afternoon  1  have  been  to  Elishas  to  Take  Austins  Mare  home  from 
their.  Austin  Cuting  Cordwood. 

Saterday  the  18.  wind  S  E  :  &  Showery.  Porter  &  I  have  been  giting  out 
the  wood  that  Austin  Cut  on  Labens  Land,  we  got  out  15  Loads:  Austin  & 
Richard  are  gon  to  S.  aclaming. 

Sunday  the  19.  wind  S  AV  &  warm.  I  have  been  at  home,  the  Children 
have  been  to  [Nleting  at  Josephs.  Austin  «S:  Richard  got  home  Late  Last  night 
brought  up  2000  clams. 

Munday  the  20  Day  of  April  wind  S  AA'  Cloudey  &  it  Came  on  to  Rain 
this  afternoon,  we  have  finnished  giting  out  the  wood  that  Austin  Cut  on 
Labens  Land.     L 

Tusday  the  21  wind  X  AA'  &  Coal,  we  have  been  giting  out  Cordwood  out 
of  our  north  Land  got  out  14  Lc^ads.  Ruth  Came  to  See  us  this  Evening. 


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Wednesday  the  22.  wind  S  \\  :  &  warm  Days  &  Coal  ni_2^hts.  we  have  been 
Imployed  as  al)ove.  got  out  12  Loads.  Ruth  has  been  to  Hallocks,  Roed 
Austins  Mar.  Huklah  has  been  &  Carryed  her  home  this  Evening. 

Thursday  the  23.  wind  S  E  &  Signs  of  a  storm.  I  have  Carryed  My  Hides 
to  Daniel  HamuK^ids  To  tan.  from  thence  I  went  to  Isaac  Hulls  vandue. 
Austin  at  work  about  home. 

friday  the  24.  wind  S  E  &  it  Come  on  to  Rain  this  afternoon,  this  fore- 
noon 1  have  been  Looking  for  our  Cos  (cows)  but  Did  not  find  them,  they 
Came  home  this  Evening.  Austin  has  been  giting  out  Cordwood,  got  out  5 
Loads.  I  have  Sat  out  our  Cabbag  stumps  this  afternoon.  I  have  been  To  the 
funarel  of  ]\Irs.  Yarington. 

Saterday  the  25.    wind  S  E:  with  Rain  the  ]\Iost  of  the  Day.  I  have  Been 


Joseph  Brewster  Roe,  Jr.,  1'atchogue,  L.  I.,  Grandson  of  Capt.  Daniel   Roe. 

to  Coram  took  my  Plowe  to  Newey  to  git  it  fixt.  Austin  &  Laben  has  been 
Grafting. 

Sunday  the  26.  wind  \^ariable  &  warm  My  wife  &  I  have  been  to  See 
Deborah  (Mrs.  Porter)  and  Carryed  her  out  in  the  wagon,  the  Children  have 
been  to  meting  at  Labens. 

Munday  the  27.  wind  N  W:  &  warm.  I  have  got  my  plow  fix'd  &  Austin 
has  been  i)lowing  a  garden  for  Porter  &  His  wife  was  put  to  Bead  with  twins 
to  Day  and  She  is  Very  week  &  Lowe. 

(4cy)  Tusday  the  28.  wind  S  E :  &  Signs  of  Rain,  we  have  been  giting 
mmiurc  on  our  gardens  &  have  plowed  them. 

Wednesday  the  29.  wind  S  :  Cloudey  &  Signs  of  Rain,  this  forenoon  I 
have  attended  the  Election,  this  afternoon  I  have  been  Clearing  before  the 
plow  in  the  W  :  Lot  whare  Austin  is  plowing. 


54  CAPT.    DANIEL    ROE 

Thursday  the  30  &  Last  Day  of  April  wind  S:  we  had  a  thunder  Sliower 
about  the  middle  of  the  Day  &  their  came  on  another  this  Evening,  this 
forenoon  I  have  been  giting  out  Stumi)s  whare  Austin  is  aplowing.  this  after- 
noon I  have  been  Sheling  Seed  Corn. 

friday  the  i  Day  of  May  winds  S  E  :  Cloudey  Dul  weather,  this  forenoon 
I  sat  out  to  the  Bural  of  Leonard  Stills  wife  but  I  was  too  Late.  I  went  to 
Goldsmith  Davis  on  Sum  Bisness.  Austin  tinnished  plowing  the  W  Lot  to 
Day.   he  was  3  Days  plowing  it.     (*  '■'   *   '•' ) 

Saterday  the  2.  wind  X  W  &  it  gros  more  Coal,  we  have  been  [danting 
our  Sweet  potatos  &  Sum  Common  potatos  &  we  have  planted  our  garden 
with  Beens.   Austin  &  Laben  is  gon  to  Drownmadow  this  afternoon 

Sunday  the  3.  wind  X  W  :  Clear  &  Coal  for  the  Seson.  I  have  been  at 
home.  S])ent  the  Day  in  Reading,  the  Children  have  been  to  meting  at 
Josephs.  Zopher  &  his  wife  &  Polly  Foot  Come  to  dieting  &  after  Meting 
Come  here. 

Munday  the  4.  wind  S  W  &  Sum  weet.  I  have  been  to  Alill  at  Patchog 
Carryed  7  Bushels  of  Rie  &  2  Bushels  of  wheet.  Austin  Began  to  Hole  the 
ground  in  the  W  Lot  for  planting 

Tusday  the  5  wind  X  W  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  attended  Trustee 
meting  Austin  has  been  plowing  in  the  orched. 

(50)  Wednesday  the  6  Day  of  May  wind  S  E:  I  Began  to  plant  Corn  in 
the  W  Lot.  Austin  finnished  plowing  in  the  Barn  Lot :  it  Come  on  to  Rain 
this  afternoon,   no  l)isness  Done. 

Thursday  the  7.  wind  X  W  :  Squaley  &  Cold  for  the  Seson.  I  have  l:)een 
planting  in  the  W  Lot,  Austin  aplowing  in  the  X  Lot. 

friday  the  8  wind  ^\'  X  A\'  &  not  so  Cold.  I  have  been  Planting  in  the  W 
Lot  &  finnished  this  forenoon,  this  afternoon  I  have  been  planting  in  the 
Barn  Lot.  Austin  aplowing  in  the  X  Lot  &  finnished  plowing  for  planting  for 
this  year,  we  had  a  lam  Come  to  Day.   (*  '^'  "^^   *) 

Saterday  the  9.  wind  X  E:  Cold  &  Sum  Rain  this  afternoon.  To  Day  we 
finnished  planting  Corn.      ("   "   *  '■') 

Sunday  the  10.  wind  S  E :  Coal  sower  weather.  I  have  been  at  home,  the 
Children  have  been  to  Meting  at  Labens 

Munday  the  11.  wind  W  :  &  it  continues  Coal,  we  have  been  Planting  our 
potatos  this  forenoon,    this  afternoon  Austin  has  been  plowing  for  Lal)en.      L 

Tusday  the  12:  wind  S  W:  &  pleasent  I  have  Drawed  of  a  hogset  of 
Sider.  Let  Joseph  B :  Roe  have  i  l\)arel  &  Porter  one :  Austin  &  Ricliard 
Norton  have  been  To  the  Beech  aclaming,  they  got  2300 :  Huldah  has  Ix^en  to 
Elishas.  Ruth  Come  home  with  her. 

Wednesday  the  13  wind  S  ^^' :  &  warm.  I  have  1)een  Diging  out  a  hogh 
trough.  Austin  aplowing  for  l*orter.  this  Evening  he  is  gon  to  Carry  Ruth 
home.    {^^  *  '•'   ") 

Thursday  the  14  wind  S  E:  &  Signs  of  Rain,  we  have  planted  Sum 
punkins.    this  afternoon  Austin  has  been  over  with  a  load    of    wood :    Daniel 


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Brown  &  wife  &  John  Hallock  calM  here  on  their  way  to  Coram.    I  went  with 

them. 

(One  leaf  torn  from  the  manuscript,  May  15 — June  i.) 

(51  )      Tusday  the  2  Day  of  June   wind  W  &  it  has  cleared  of  pleasent.     I 

have  attended  Trustee  meting-.   Austin  has  been  Cuting  Sum  poles  to  fence  of 

the  Locus  trees. 

Wednesday  the  3  wind  S  A\' :  Clear  &  pleasent.  we  have  been  giting  pols 
&  crotches  &  makeing  crotch  &  pole  fence  along  by  our  Locus  orched. 

Thursday  the  4  wind  S  A\'  &  warm,  this  forenoon  we  have  tinnished  our 
fence  by  the  Locus  orched.  this  afternoon  we  have  harrowed  out  our  Corn  in 
the  W  Lot  one  way.  the  Shoomaker  finnished  &  went  from  here  to  Day. 
Deborah  Came  to  See  us  to  Day  with  her  Twins.  ( )ur  white  Hefifer  Calv'd  To 
Day.      (Figure  with  four  legs  in  border.)      Turned  our  Horses  to  Pasture. 

friday  the  5.  wind  S  \A' :  &  warm  we  have  been  at  work  at  the  Corn.  I 
have  been  Harrowing  &  Austin  &  Porter  has  been  hoeing. 

Saterday  the  6.  wind  S  \\"  :  with  Sum  Showers.  We  have  been  at  work  at 
the  Corn  &  tinnished  the  W  Lot  Corn.  Porter  help'd  for  which  Austin  Let 
him  have  a  pare  of  pantelons.  this  afternoon  we  have  been  to  the  Raising  of 
Xathanel  Smiths  Barn  But  too  Late. 

Sunday  the  7  wind  S  W  :  Clear  &  warm,  the  family  at  home. 

Munday  the  8  wind  W  Clear  &  warm:  I  have  been  to  Mill  for  Porter. 
Went  to  Phillips  Mill  Carryed  for  him  3  Bushels  of  Rie  &  2  of  Corn  »S:  i 
Bushel  of  wheet  for  Wm.  Swazey.  Austin  at  work  at  the  Corn.  Bought  a 
well  Rope  for  My  Self  &  one  for  Porter.  Cost  3  Dollars  &  4  cent    (*  *  *  "'  *) 

Tusday  the  g.  wind  S  A\'  :  &  warm,  we  have  been  at  work  at  the  Corn  in 
the  N  Lot  this  afternoon.  Austin  has  been  to  training  at  Coram.  Zopher  & 
family  came  here  &  Edmond  AAdiellor  &  the}-  went  to  training  &  staid  here  all 
night 

(52)  Wednesday  the  10  Day  of  June  wind  W  S  W  &  warm.  1  have  been 
at  work  at  the  Corn  &  tinnished  in  the  N  Lot.  Austin  has  been  to  the  general 
Training. 

Thursday  the  11.  wind  W  :  this  forenoon  we  have  been  at  w^ork  at  the 
Corn  in  the  Barn  Lot.  this  afternoon  we  Sat  out  &  went  to  the  Beech  &  Staid 
all  night 

friday  the  12.  wind  X  E  :  &  it  come  on  to  Rain.  Ave  got  Sum  Clams  & 
Horsefish  &  come  home  in  the  Rain. 

Saterday  the  13.  wind  X  E:  with  a  cold  Rain,  the  storm  began  this 
afternoon.    I  have  not  been  very  well.     Austin  has  been  fixing  our  wheelbarrow. 

Sunday  the  14.  wind  \\'  X  W  :  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  at  Home. 
William  (larard  cal'd  here,  the  Children  ha\-e  been  to  Meting  at  Josephs. 

Munday  the  15.  wind  W  :  &  warm,  this  forenoon  I  finnished  Harrowing 
out  our  Corn.  Austin  ahoeing.  this  afternoon  I  have  been  to  ^lill  at  Patchog. 
Carryed  the  Last  of  our  grain,  their  was  5  Bushels  of  wheet  &  2  of  Rie. 

Tusday  the  16.  wind  S  \\'  :  this  forenoon  I  ha\-e  been  Hoeing  Corn  & 
finnish'd    then  I  planted  Sum  potatos  whare  the  punkins  Did  not  cum  up.  we 


56  CAPT.    DANIEL    ROE 

had  a  heavy  thunder  Squal  this  afternoon  &  Cleared  of  withe  wind  at  N  W 
then  I  set  out  Sum  Cabbig  plants.  Austin  has  been  to  Islip  &  took  our  Mar 
home  thet  w-e  had  at  Pasture  their. 

(53)  Wednesday  the  17.  wind  A\'  X  A\' :  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been 
Hoeing  Potatos  &  garden.  Austin  has  been  over  with  a  load  of  Cordwood.  I 
planted  Sum  Cucumber  seed  to  Day 

Thursday  the  18.  wind  \A' :  &  it  come  on  to  Rain  about  the  Middle  of  the 
Da}'.  I  ha\e  been  Mending  fence  this  forenoon.  Austin  has  been  over  with  a 
load  of  Cordwood.  we  have  been  to  (help)  Briant  (Xorton)  Rais  an  addison 
to  his  Barn,    this  Evening  I  sold  a  mar  to  John  Hulls  for  30  Dollars. 

friday  the  ig.  wind  E:  &  warm.  I  have  been  Clearing  out  the  Barn  & 
Doing  Sinn  trifels  about  home.  Austin  &  James  Norton  are  gon  for  a  Beech 
frollick. 

Saterday  the  20.  wind  S  E:  &  warm.  I  have  been  to  work  in  the  garden. 
Austin  has  been  oAcr  with  a  load. 

Sunday  the  21.   wind  S  &  warm,   no  Meting  to  Day.   the  family  at  Home. 

Munday  the  22  Avind  S  W  «&  very  warm.  I  have  been  at  work  at  the  Hay 
that  Austin  Cut  in  the  forenoon,  this  afternoon  he  has  been  over  with  a  load 
of  wood,    our  old  Read  Cow  Calv'd  this  Morning.      (Figure  in  border.) 

Tusday  the  23.  wind  X  :  &  pleasent.  this  forenoon  I  have  got  Both  our 
Horses  Shod,  this  afternoon  I  have  been  blending  our  Road.  Austin  is  gon  to 
Ditch  for  Elisha.  Escfr  Jayn  calVl  to  See  us. 

Wednesday  the  24.  wind  X  E:  with  a  stedey  Rain  all  Day.  I  got  in  what 
Inglish  Ha}-  we  had  Cut  this  morning  before  the  Storm  Came  on.  I  have  set 
out  Sum  Cabbig  plants. 

Thursday  the  25.  it  has  Cleared  of  with  the  wind  X  \\^  this  afternoon  I 
have  Sat  out  Sum  more  Cabbage  plants.  Austin  came  home  &  has  been  to 
Hallocks. 

(54)  friday  the  26.  Day  of  June  wind  W  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been 
to  Hallocks  tS:  Dan'l  Browns.  Joanna  (Mrs.  \A'orth)  went  with  me.  I  got  5 
gallons  of  Molases.  Austin  at  Elishas :  we  Lost  a  yerling  Bull  to  Day.  our 
Read  Heffer  Calv'd  to  Day.      ( Indicated  by  figure  in  border.) 

Saterday  the  27.  wind  S  E:  &  Simi  Signs  of  a  storm,  we  Lost  a  yerling 
bool  Last  night,  this  forenoon  I  have  been  to  Carrey  the  Hid  to  the  tanner, 
this  afternoon  I  have  been  hoeing  in  the  garden. 

Sunday  the  28.  wind  S  E:  Cloudey  Misty  weather,  we  have  attended  the 
funeral  of  \\'illiam  Garards  wife.  Mr.  Corwin  Preach'd  the  funeral  from  the 
23 :  of  Numbers  &  the  Latter  part  of  the  10  Vers. 

Munday  the  29.  wind  S  W  :  &  warm.  1  have  been  Hoeing  garden.  Austin 
has  been  over  with  a  Load  of  wood.     William  Garard  ])ut  up  here  tonight. 

Tusday  the  30  &  Last  Day  of  June  wind  S  \V.  this  forenoon  I  have  been 
Hoing  potatos  &  Austin  has  been  over  with  a  load  of  wood,  this  afternoon  he 
has  been  Harrowing  Corn  in  the  liarn  Lot  &  I  hax'e  been  hoeing,  we  had  a 
thunder  shower  in  the  afternoon  but  soon  Cleared  of. 


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Wednesday  the  i.  Day  of  July  wind  S  W  &  pleasent.  1  have  been  hoeing- 
Corn.  Austin  has  been  over  with  a  load  of  wood.  Elisha  Overton  has  been 
here  this  Evening  on  Sum  l^isness  with  Austin.      (*  '•'   '•'  ") 

Thursday  the  2.   wind  S  W   &  warm,  we  have  all  been  Tmployed  as  above. 

friday  the  3  wind  S  W  :  &  Sum  Signs  of  Rain.  I  have  been  at  work  at  the 
Corn  I  finnished  in  the  IJarn  Lot  this  forenoon.  Austin  has  been  over  with  a 
load  of  wood,  this  afternoon  we  have  been  at  work  at  the  Corn  in  the  N  Lot 

(Three  leaves  out  of  the  manuscriiit,  July  4 — Aug.  20,  1807.) 

(55)  friday  the  21  [August]  wind  S  E  with  Rain  the  ]\Iost  of  the  Day. 
I  have  Done  but  Little  Bisness  to  Day.  Austin  has  plowed  Sum.  we  turned 
the  Calves  out  of  our  pasture  into  Mr.  A^ortons  pasture  as  his  calve  has  been  in 
our  pasture.      {^^  *  '^  '^) 

Saterday  the  22.  wind  X  A\" :  with  Rain  the  Most  of  the  Day.  I  Sprouted 
the  lUishes  in  the  House  Lot  before  the  Rain  came  on.  Austin  has  plowed 
Sum 

Sunday  the  23.  wind  X  W  :  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  at  home.  Spent 
the  Day  in  Reading,  the  Children  ha^•e  been  to  Meting  at  Josephs.  Austin  Sat 
out  for  Pineneck  this  Evening. 

Munday  the  24.  wind  X  W  :  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  over  with  a 
load,  .\ustin  at  pineneck. 

Tusday  the  25.  wind  S  A\'  &  pleasent  weather,  this  morning  I  went  to 
Pinvneck  to  helj)  Austin  git  up  hay    we  Did  not  finnish  &  I  Staid  all  nig'ht. 

Wednesday  the  26:  wind  S:  we  finnished  giting  up  the  hay  &  Austin  got 
up  what  sedg  ther  was  on  on  the  Stran  &  Came  home.  Brought  up  a  small  turn 
of  hay. 

Thursday  the  27  wind  W  :  Clear  &  pleasent.  this  forenoon  I  have  bc-en 
Cuting  Bushes  in  our  X  Land,  this  afternoon  I  have  been  picking  up  & 
Burning  a  Hedg  Roe  that  we  Sat  afire  to  Day.  Austin  aplowing.  we  help'd 
Jabez  Xorton  Burn  his  new  ground 

(56)  friday  the  28  Day  of  August  wind  S  W:  &  we  had  Sum  Rain.  I 
have  been  Cuting  Bushes  until  the  Rain  put  me  of.  this  afternoon  I  have  been 
to  Xeweys  &  got  Both  of  our  Horses  Shod.  Austin  has  plowed  Sum  & 
thrashed. 

Saterday  the  29  Avind  W  with  Several  Showers.  I  have  been  Cuting 
Bushes  until  I  was  Put  of  by  the  Rain.  Austin  is  gon  to  mill  John  F.  Hallock 
cal'd  to  See  us. 

Sunday  the  30:  wind  S  A\'  (&:  warm.  I  have  been  at  home.  Spent  the  Day  in 
Reading,  the  Children  have  been  to  meting. 

Munday  the  31  &  Last  Day  of  August  wind  \\"  S  \\"  with  Rain  this  morn- 
ing: I  have  finnished  Cuting  the  I'.ushes  in  our  W  Land  &  pick'd  up  the 
Bushes  &  Burnt  them  in  the  X  Lot.  Austin  has  been  over  with  a  load  & 
finnished  plowing  in  the  Barn  Lot. 

Tusday  the  i.  Day  of  September  wind  X  W  Clear  &  Coal.  I  have 
attended  Trustee  meting.  Austin  went  with  me  on  Sum  bisness.    ("   *  *  *) 

Wednesday  the  2.  wind  AV  S  AA" :  &  it   come   on    to    Rain   a  little   before 


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night,  this  forenoon  I  plowed  the  ground  the  \^'  Side  of  the  Corn  in  the  N  Lot. 
Austin  is  Lame  with  a  gathering  on  his  foot,  he  has  been  thrashing  Sum.  I 
help'd  him  this  afternoon. 

Thursday  the  3  wind  N  W  Clear  &  pleasent.  this  forenoon  I  finnished 
plowing  in  the  W  Lot.  this  afternoon  I  have  been  Cleaning  up  Rie.  Cleaned 
up  3  Bushels  &  i.     Austin  Continues  Lame  with  his  foot. 

(57)  friday  the  4.  wind  S  E:  we  have  been  to  pineneck  &:  Cut  the  Sedg 
Hay  on  Austins  Madow  &  came  home. 

Saterday  the  5  wind  W  Clear  &  pleasent.  we  had  a  thunder  Shower  Last 
night,  to  Day  we  have  Soed  the  Rie  in  the  Barn  Lot  &  Harrowed  it  in  with 
the  Help  of  Josephs  Teem.    (*  *  *  *) 

Sunday  the  6  wind  X  W  &  Clear.  I  have  been  at  home  the  Children  have 
been  to  meting  at  Josephs.   Zacariah  Hawkins  &  wife  cal'd  here. 

Munday  the  7  wind  S.  &  Signs  of  a  storm.  I  have  been  to  Pineneck  to 
Carr}'  Austin  &:  Porter  To  go  to  the  Beech.  Richard  Norton  went  with  us. 

Tusday  the  8  with  Rain  all  the  Latter  part  of  the  Day.  I  have  been  over 
with  a  load. 

Wednesday  the  9:  wind  S  E:  I  v^^ent  to  Pineneck  to  Day  &  went  to 
Rakeing  Hay.  Austin  got  of  the  Beech  Just  before  night  &  we  Staid  all  night. 
I  was  very  unwell. 

Thursday  the  10.  wind  S  W  :  Clear  &  pleasent.  we  have  been  giting  up  the 
hay  their,    we  Cock'd  it  all  up  &  came  home  in  the  Evening. 

friday  the  11  wind  A\  :  we  have  Soed  the  Rie  in  the  N  Lot  among  the 
Corn  &  around  the  Corn. 

Saterday  the  12  wind  S  W:  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  Hoeing  Rie  in 
the  Corn  in  the  X  Lot.  Austin  aCuting  Stalks  in  the  W  Lot.  Ruth  came  to  See 
us  this  Evening. 

Sunday  the  13.  wind  \N  «&:  Signs  of  a  storm.  I  have  been  at  home.  John 
(Roe)  came  here  from  Xewyork.  Zopher  &:  wife  came  here  <S:  they  all  went  to 
meting  at  Josephs. 

(58)  Munday  the  14  Day  of  September  wind  X'  W  &  Cold,  we  have 
been  Toping  Corn  in  the  W  Lot  John  Sat  out  for  W.  hamton  (\\"esthampton) 
this  Morning. 

Tusday  the  15  wind  X  \\  :  &  \'erv  Coal  for  the  Seson.  we  ha\'e  l)een 
Toping  &  Cuting  up  Corn  in  the  \\'  Lot  &:  finnished.    ("   *   *   *) 

Wednesday  the  16.  wind  X  W  :  &:  Clear,  this  forenoon  T  have  been  Toping 
Corn  in  the  X  Lot.  this  afternoon  I  ha\e  l)een  o\er  with  a  load:  Elaxander 
Ruland  began  his  Munths  worke  here  to  Day.  he  &  Austin  has  been  thrashing 
this  forenoon,  this  afternoon  they  have  l)een  at  work  at  the  Stalks.  John 
Returned  this  Evening  with  his  wife.    (*   ■■'  *  *) 

Thursday  the  17  wind  S  E  &  we  had  Sum  Rain,  this  afternoon  we  have 
been  to  pineneck  &  got  all  our  Ha_\-  in  Stack  that  we  had  their  &  come  home. 

friday  the  18.  wind  S  W  &  warm,  this  forenoon  we  got  home  Sum  Corn 
that  Austin  Cut  up  in  the  W  Lot  whare  we  Mean  to  Soe  Rie.  John  &  his  wife 
went  from  here  to  bullocks  &  Huldah  (^  I  went  their  and  Shee  Staid 


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Saterday  the  19.  wind  S  W  :  &  Blows  very  Heavey  &  it  Came  on  to  Rain 
this  Evening,  this  forenoon  we  have  Soed  the  S  end  of  the  W  Lot  whare  we 
Cut  n\)  the  Corn.  Ruland  has  heen  thrashing  wheet  this  afternoon,  he  & 
Austin  has  heen  Soing  Rie  for  Porter  among  his  Corn.  Smith  Dayton  cal'd  to 
See  us  to  Day. 

Sunday  the  20.  wind  S  ^^  :  &  warm  I  have  heen  at  home.  Austin  has  1)een 
to  Halliicks  c\:  fetch'd  Huldah  home  from  their. 

(59)  Munday  the  21.  wind  W  :  Clear  &  ]deasent.  1  have  been  to  Carry 
x^ustin  &  Ruland  to  go  to  the  Beeeh.  I  went  to  Pineneek  &  Carted  up  Seeweed 
&  Brought  up  a  load. 


John  Roe.  Jr..  Hoxesdale,  I'enn..  (Irandsox  of  Capt.   Daniel  Roe. 

Tusday  the  22.  wind  X  E:  cS:  warm.  I  have  been  to  Mill  Carryed  3i 
Bushels  oi  wheet  (.\:  3  I'.ushels  of  Rie  &  I'.rought  our  Beech  folks  hiMiie. 

Wednesday  the  23.  wind  W  ;  Clear  &  pleasent.  1  have  been  Cuting  up 
Corn  in  the  Barn  Lot  &  Diging  up  potatos.  Austin  has  been  to  pineneek 
Carting  Seeweed.  Brought  up  a  load  of  haw  Ruland  has  been  thrashing  Seed 
wheet  tliis  forenoon,  this  afternoon  he  has  been  Diging  potatos. 

Thursday  the  24.  wind  W  :  Clear  &  warm.  I  have  been  Diging  Potatos. 
Austin  &  Ruland  is  gon  to  Pineneek  to  fix  for  Soing  his  wheet. 

friday  the  25.  wind  S  W  &  warm.  I  have  been  Binding  &  Stacking  up 
Corn  in  the  Barn  Lot  &  Diging  Potatos  &  giting  them  in.  Austin  Came  up 
from  Pineneek  ahorse  back  to  git  Porter  to  go  Down  to  help  him. 

Saterday  the  26.  wind  X  W  Clear  &  pleasent.  1  finnished  giting  in  the 
potatos  &  Cuting  the  Stalks  in  the  Barn  Lot.  Austin  got  home  this  E\-ening 
with  his  hands  from  pineneek. 


6o  CAPT.    DAN /EL    ROE 

Sunday  the  27  wind  W  Clear  &  Coal  Evenings.  I  have  been  at  home,  not 
very  well,  the  Children  have  been  to  meting. 

Munday  the  28.  wind  S  E :  Clear  &  pleasent.  T  have  been  Cnting  up  Corn 
in  the  A\"  Lot.  whare  we  mean  to  Soe  wheet.  Austin  &  his  hands  is  gon  to 
pineneck  to  finnish  plowdng  &  Soe  his  wheet. 

(60)  Tusday  the  29  Day  of  September  wind  S  E  Clear  &  warm.  I  have 
been  Husking  Corn  out  of  the  Stacks  by  thj  15arn  &  binding  up  what  l)ut 
Stalks  we  had  in  the  barn  Lot. 

Wednesday  the  30:  wind  S:  &  warm,  we  have  been  giting  out  Dung  on 
the  ground  whare  we  Soe  wheet. 

Thursday  the  i.  Day  of  October  wdnd  N  E  &  Signs  of  a  storm,  we  have 
been  giting  out  Dung  this  forenoon,  this  afternoon  we  have  got  in  the  Corn 
we  had  Cut  up  whare  we  Soe  wheet  &  the  top  Stalks  also.    (*  *  *  *) 

friday  the  2.  wind  X  E  &:  lUows  Heavey  with  Rain,  to  Day  we  finnished 
giting  out  our  Dung  we  had  45  Loads. 

Saterday  the  3.  wind  X  W  :  with  Rain  the  Most  of  the  Day.  this  forenoon 
we  have  ])ecn  thrashing  wheet.  this  afternoon  we  got  2  Loads  of  Dimg  from 
Newtons  &  begun  to  Plow  for  wheet. 

Sunday  the  4.  wind  X"^  E:  with  Rain  the  Most  of  the  Day.  the  familv  at 
home.  Daniel  I'.rown  brought  his  wife  here  &  Left  her. 

Munday  the  5.  wind  X'  W :  &  pleasent.  we  have  finnished  Soeing  our 
wheet  to  Day  &  our  grass  seed.    (*  *  *  '^) 

Tusday  the  6.  wind  N  W :  Clear  &  Coal.  T  have  been  gathering  the  Beens 
in  the  Barn  Lot  &  apples  &  Cuting  Down  the  Corn  hils  wdiare  we  Soed  wheet. 
Austin  &  Ruland  has  been  Carting  jNIenure  from  Benjamin  (Jvertons  that  we 
bought  of  him    ])ut  it  in  the  Barn  Lot. 

Wednesday  the  7.  wind  W  :  Clear  &  pleasent.  they  finnished  giting  the 
Menure  in  the  Ham  Lot.  Austin  began  to  plow.  T  finnished  Diging  up  & 
gitting  in  our  potatos.  Daniel  Brown  Came  here  this  Evening  &  took  his  wife 
home. 

(61)  Thursday  the  8.  wind  S  W  :  &  Signs  of  Rain.  I  have  been  Spread- 
ing Dung  in  the  Barn  Lot  whare  Austin  was  aplowing.  we  finnished  plowing 
for  this  year.  Ruland  acuting  Cordwood  for  Austin,  we  have  had  frost  Tw^o 
nights  Back,  the  first  this  fall. 

friday  the  9.  wind  S  Clear  &  warm,  we  have  finnished  Soeing  for  this 
year.  I  Clean'd  up  the  Last  of  our  wheet.   Ruland  Lnployed  as  above. 

Saterday  the  10.  wind  S  W  &  warm,  we  have  been  to  Pineneck.  Austin 
has  been  puting  up  Sum  fence  &  brought  up  Load  of  hay.  cal'd  at  Beels,  got 
5  gallons  of  Molases.   Ruland  acuting  wood. 

Sunday  the  11.  wind  S  Clear  &  warm.  I  have  been  at  home,  the  Children 
have  Ijeen  to  Meting.  Jonthan  Hallock  &  his  wife  cal'd  to  See  us. 

Munday  the  12.  wind  S  W  &  warm,  we  have  Cut  up  &:  got  in  all  our  Corn 
in  the  N  Lot.  Ruland  acuting  Cordwood. 

Tusday  the  13  wind  X  W  :  Clear  &  warm.  I  have  gathered  what  apples  we 


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had  in  the  E  orchcd.  Austin  has  been  over  with  a  load  &  they  have  been 
Mending"  the  Road,  we  had  a  number  of  hands  this  Evening  ahusking  Corn. 

Wednesday  the  14.  wind  S  W  Warm  &:  Drie.  T  have  been  over  with  a 
load.    Austin  &  Rnland  acuting"  Cordwood. 

Thursday  the  15.  wind  X  W  Clear  &  Drie  weather.  I  have  been  over  with 
a  load.  Austin  <!<:  Ruland  have  JK-en  thrashing:  Zopher  &  his  wife  came  to  See 
us  this  Evening 

(62)  friday  the  16.  Day  of  October  wdnd  X  \\  Warm  &  Drie  weather. 
I  have  been  Diging  up  Sweet  potatos  &  giting  in  the  Corn  that  we  had  Husk'd 
the  other  Evening.  Austin  is  gon  to  Mill,  went  by  the  way  of  Elishas  to  Soe 
Sum  grain  for  him.    Huldah  went  with  him  to  Elishas. 

Saterday  the  17.  wind  E:  Cloudey  &  Signs  of  Rain.  I  finnished  Diging  up 
our  Sweet  potatos  &  fixing  Mv  Cask  for  making  Sider.  took  uj)  7  Sheep  to 
Day.    (*  *  *  ^) 

Sunday  the  18.  wind  W  with  thunder  &  Rain.  I  have  been  at  home,  not 
well,  the  Children  have  been  to  meting.  Colman  came  home  to  Day. 

Munday  the  ig.  wind  N  W  with  Hail  Squals  &  Cold.  I  have  been  husking 
Corn.  Austin  has  l)een  o\'er  with  2  Loads  of  Cordwood. 

Tusday  the  20.  wind  X  W  :  &  Cold,  this  forenoon  Austin  has  been  over 
with  a  load,  this  afternoon  we  have  Made  up  what  api)les  we  had.  we  made 
nearly  4  barrels  (i.  e.,  cider). 

Wednesday  the  21.  wind  S  W  :  &  Blows  very  lieavey.  I  have  been  at 
home  not  well.  Austin  has  been  to  Patchog  &  brought  up  a  load  of  hay. 

Thursday  the  22.  wind  X  W^  Clear  &  Coal.  I  have  been  Husking  Corn. 
Atistin  has  l>een  o\er  with  2  Loads  of  Cordwood. 

friday  the  23.  wind  X  W  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  l)een  moveing  Sum 
grain  in  the  Barn  to  make  way  for  our  Top  stalks  &  husking  Sum  Corn. 
Austin  has  been  over  with  2  Loads  &  got  in  a  load  of  topstalks. 

Saterday  the  24  wind  X  W  :  Clear  &  Coal,  we  have  been  Lnployed  as 
above. 

(63)  Sunday  the  25,  wind  S  W  :  warm  &  Drie  wether.  I  have  been  at 
home,  not  well,  the  Children  at  meting. 

Munday  the  26.  wind  X  A\  &  Coal.  I  have  been  mending  fence.  Austin 
has  been  over  \vith  2  Loads. 

Tusday  the  27.  wind  X  E  &  Signs  of  a  storm,  we  have  got  in  the  Last  of 
our  top  stalks  this  forenoon,  this  afternoon  I  have  been  Husking  Corn  in  the 
W  Lot.  Austin  has  been  over  with  a  load  of  Cordwood. 

Wednesday  the  28.  wind  W  Clear  &  warm.  I  have  been  Husking  Sum 
Corn  in  the  liarn.  1  not  well.  Austin  went  of  to  pineneck  this  Morning. 

Thursday  the  29:  wind  S  A\  :  &:  warm.  1  have  been  gathering  Corn  in  the 
W  Lot.  Brother  Austin  cal'd  here  on  his  way  to  Setalket.  Austin  got  home 
from  pineneck  with  a  load  of  hay. 

friday  the  30.  wind  S  E  with  Rain  all  the  Latter  part  of  the  Day.  we  got 
in  a  load  of  Corn  before  the  Rain  came  on.  I  have  been    to    Coram    got    our 


62  CAPT.    DANIEL    ROE 

Horses  Shod  all  Round  &  2  Tires  put  on    the  wagon  &  I    Bought    a    set    of 
trases  of  Goldsmith  Davis    cost  £0-15-4.  not  ]:)aid. 

Saterday  the  31  &  Last  Day  of  October  wind:  we  liave  got  in  a  load  of 
Corn  cK:  Cut  u])  the  stalks  &  got  2  Loads  of  hrewood. 

Sunday  the  i.  Day  of  November  wind  X  A\  with  Sum  Scjuais  of  Snow  & 
Rain.     I  have  l^een  at  home  not  well,  the  Children  at  meting  at  Josephs. 

Munday  the  2.  wind  N  AV  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  gathering  Corn. 
Atistin  has  been  over  with  2  loads. 

Tusday  the  3.  wiufl  W  &  pleasent.  I  have  gathered  Sum  Corn  &  have  been 
to  Trustee  Meting.  Austin  Imployed  as  above. 

Wednesday  the  4  Little  and  no  wind  Smokey  thick  Rain.  I  have  been  at 
home  ver\-  unwell  with  a  cough  Austin  has  been  over  with  2  loads  of  wood. 

(64)  Thursday  the  5.  Day  of  November,  wind  W  Cloudey  Dul  weather. 
I  am  unwell.  Porter  has  been  hel])ing  Austin  &  the}-  have  hnnished  giting  in 
our  Corn  &  Stalks. 

friday  the  6.  wind  X  E:  with  a  sufver  storm  of  Rain  the  storm  l)egan 
Last  night  &  Continued  all  Day. 

Saterday  the  7.  wind  W  Clear  &  pleasent.  we  have  Kil'd  2  of  our  fat 
Cattle  with  help  of  Porter.  Joseph  had  a  hine  quarter  &  Laben  a  hine  quarter. 
Each  waid  39  lbs.     L 

Sunday  the  8.  wind  A\'  S  W  :  &  Signs  of  a  storm.  I  have  been  at  home  not 
well,  the  Children  have  been  to  meting.  Elisha  &  his  wife  came  here  after 
meting. 

Munday  the  9.  wind  W  &  pleasent.  I  continue  unwell.  Austin  has  been 
mending  fence  by  our  wheet  this  forenoon,  this  afternoon  he  has  been  to 
Carry  Huldah  to  Daniel  Prowns  to  go  to  York  with  him  to  See  her  Brother  as 
we  here  he  Lyeth  at  the  point  of  Death. 

Tusday  the  10.  wind  X^  E  &  it  came  on  to  Rain  this  afternoon.  I  have 
taken  a  little  care  of  the  Creturs.  Austin  &  Colman  is  gon  to  Load  Sloop. 

Wednesday  the  11.  wind  S  \\  :  tS:  warm.  I  have  put  away  My  Sweet 
potatos.    Austin  has  fetch "d  up  a  load  of  hay. 

Thursday  the  12.  wind  W  :  &  Blows  Heavey.  I  have  been  at  home  Doing 
a  little,  n(jt  very  well.  Austui  has  been  over  with  a  load  of  his  wood  &  i  of 
(i.  e.,  off)  the  hill  for  me. 

friday  the  13.  wind  \V  &  pleasent  I  have  been  at  home  Doing  but  Little 
not  well.  Austin  has  been  over  with  2  Loads. 

Saterday  the  14.  wind  S  W  &  Cold,  we  have  been  Imployed  as  above. 

Sunday  the  15.  wind  X  &  Cold.  I  have  been  at  home,  not  well.  Austin  has 
been  to  meting  at  Josephs. 

Munday  the  16.  wind  S  A\'  Clear  &  Cold  we  have  been  giting  firewood, 
got  4  Loads. 

(One  leaf  missing  from  manuscript,  Xov.  17 — Dec.  g,  1807.) 

(65)  Thursday  the  10  (Dec.)  wind  S  AA^  with  Rain  the  (most)  of  the 
Day.     I  got  a  load  of  firewood    Austin  &  Porter  athrashing. 


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friday  the  11.  wind  N  :  Cleai  &  Coal.  1  have  betMi  gitiii";  firewood,  got  2 
Loads  for  my  Self  &  i  Load  for  Laben.  had  his  Mar  .\ustin  &  Porter 
athrashing 

Saterday  the  12.  wind  \\^ :  &  Signs  of  a  storm,  we  have  Clean'd  up  what 
Rie  we  had  thrashetl.  their  Avas  20  lUishels. 

Sunday  the  13  wintl  S  E:  with  Rain  the  ]\Iost  of  the  Day.  the  family  at 
Home  all  but  Huldah.  She  is  not  got  home. 

.  Munday  the  14.  wind  X  W  :  Clear  &  pleasent.  1  have  been  mending  Sum 
fence  &  sheling  Corn.  Austin  has  been  over  witli  1  Load,  I'.rought  home  a 
load  of  firew(i(Kl  for  Laben.  Huldah  got  home  this  b^vening    from    Newyork. 


Rev.  Austin   W.  Roe,  Fulton,  X.   V.,   L.\st  Surviving  Grandson  of  Capt.  Daniel  Roe. 

(As  John  Roe  died  Nov.  17.  it  seems  strange  that  no  mention  is  made.     The 
lost  page  may  have  had  it.) 

Tusday  the  15  wind:  E:  with  Rain  the  Most  of  the  Day.  I  have  Done  but 
Little  Bisness  i  have  got  in  our  Cabage.  Austin  is  gon  to  Pat'chog  to  mill 
Carryed  19  Bushels  Rie  i^  of  wheet  i^  of  Corn 

Wednesday  the  16:  wind  S  W  :  with  Rain  this  forenoon,  this  afternoon 
we  have  been  giting  firewood. 

Thursday  the  17  wind  S  E  &  warm,  we  have  got  a  load  of  Pitch  nots  to 
Day. 

friday  the  18  wind  W  :  &  Blows  Heavy.  I  have  been  Doing  Sum  trifels 


64  CAPT.    DANIEL    ROE 

about  home,  Austin  Cuting  Corchvoocl.  he  is  gon  to  see  Zopher  Hallock  this 
Evening  as  he  is  unwell 

Saterday  the  19  wind  X  \\  &  cold.  I  have  been  at  home  Doing  but  Little 
except  taking  care  of  the  Creturs  Austin  is  gon  to  the  N  side  to  git  a  passage 
to  Newyork.     (*  *   *  ='^') 

Sunday  the  20.  wind  S  E :  Clear  &  pleasent.  I  have  been  at  home.  Austin 
is  gon  to  the  X  side  again  to  now  if  the  vesel  is  Ready  to  Sail. 

Munday  the  21.  wind  S  W :  &  Signs  of  a  storm   we  have  been  gitine  tire- 

do  o 

Tusday  the  22  wind  S  \\" &  warm.    I  have  been  to  See  Zopher  & 

found  him  ver}-  low  but  we  are  in  hopes    is  Sum    better.    Austin    Sailed   for 
Xewyork  this  morning. 

(66)  Wednesday  the  23  Day  of  December  wind  S  \V  :  &.  warm.  I  have 
been  Cuting  tirew.u.d  in  Austins  W  :  Land.  Huldah  is  to  Hallocks. 

Thursday  the  24  wind  S  \V  :  &  Coal.  I  have  been  giting  wood.  Huldah 
•came  home  from  Hallocks  this  morning  &  is  gon  to  Elishas  this  afternoon. 

friday  the  25  wind  X  :  Clear  &  Coal.  I  have  been  Cuting  &  giting  fire- 
wood, got  I  Load  then  wcut  to  Coram  on  Sum  Bisness. 

Saterday  the  26.  wind  X  E :  &  Coal.  1  have  been  Cuting  &  giting  firewood 
got  2  Loads,  Jesse.  Had  a  pare  of  shuse  Come  to  Day.  Daniel  Brown  &  wife 
cal'd  here  on  their  way  home. 

Sunday  the  27.  wind  S  \\'  &  warm.  1  have  been  at  home.  Austin  got  home 
this  evening  from  Xewyork.  John  Hallock  Come  here.  Brought  one  of 
Zophcrs  Daughters  to  stay  with  us  as  he  is  verv  Loe. 

Munday  the  28.  wind  X  E :  Clear  &  pleasent.  1  have  been  over  with  a 
load  of  Cordwood.  Austin  has  been  helping  Joseph  Kill  his  Beef. 

Tusday  the  29  wind  E:  &  it  Came  on  to  Rain  with  thunder  this  afternoon, 
but  Little  Bisness  Done  to  Day. 

Wednesday  the  30  wind  X  W  :  Clear  lS:  pleasent.  1  have  been  over  with  a 
load  got  Sum  Board  &  Shingles  for  to  Cover  a  well  House.  Laben  &  Austin 
lias  been  giting  the  timber. 

Thursday  the  31.  &  Last  Day  of  December  wind  X  \\^  Clear  &  Coal,  this 
forenoon  we  have  been  giting  up  Cordwood  for  Austin,  got  out  4  Loads,  this 
afternoon  I  have  been  to  Danill  Hammonds  for  my  Lather  but  it  was  not 
Done 

friday  the  i.  Day  of  January  (1808)  wind  X  W  :  Cold  I  have  been  at  home 
Doing  but  little.  I  have  been  to  Coram  to  git  Sum  nails  for  my  well  House 
as  Laben  is  at  work  at  it.   (*  *  *  *) 

Saterday  the  2  wind  X  W  &  Cold,  we  have  finnished  the  well  House  &  got 
It  over  the  well.  Austin  got  home  from  pine  neck  brought  a  load  of  hay. 


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