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way guilty of burning M^r Rogers his house[86] which she

was injoyned by 3 magistrates that lead the business M^r Brad

street M^r Symonds & M^r Denison to acknowledg her fault in

publick seeing she prooved judging that she seemed to accuse

fayth off touching her being an occasion of that fire, the magistr

ates cleared her y^t they conceived she had noe intent to accuse fayth

Parrot of burning M^r Rogers house yet her words did look some

what that way and she could not prove what she affirmed &c

                                                by indiscreat words

soe ought publickly to acknowledge the wrong she had done to S^r Parrot.

Deacon Jewett did w^th some heat urg y^t this might be done which

never was that he knew off but ther appeard B^r Pickard & M^r

Elsworth & as was say^d Ezack neyther then testified she had done it

before y^e magistrates at y^t time before a great many y^t were in M^r Ro

-gers his house and y^t ther was then a final issue; they did set

down y^e Deacon & it was noe longer an objection; her desier to joyne

          to

soe farr as own y^e covenant & to put her self under y^e watch of y^e ch & y^e

governm^t of Xst in y^e ch  & have her children Baptized was granted

as had bin to y^rs before in like case  good^m: Austin Good^w: Smith

and her children 3 sons & 1 daghter baptized Aug 4 1668

ffeb 68) There were several propounded that deferr^d to joyne in full

communion w^th this church Amongst whom was John Sinion

and his wife   objection by B^r Swan & some other of the ch.

was made that being they were to remane half a year here-

to Merrimak, it was thought not fitt they should joyne heer

for feer they should live in neglect of joyning w^th the pp of

god they went to live amongst as some others for many yeers

had done; what answer was given was not at y^e fact satis

factory untill I had mentioned the case to y^e Elders of Ipsw[87] &

to others that (by gods providence) were there at lecture as M^r

Higgeson M^r Hale M^r Newman,[88] they all gave it as their

judgm^t that we ought not for the forementioned reason to

keep y^m out of ch. fellowship not knowing but they might one

or both dy before their remove and that would be a trouble

to such as withstood their desier of comunion w^th rest in y^e lords

supper, besides we ought to deal w^th such members as (being

cal^d upon) did not seasonally after their remove from us

joyne with the church they held comunion with and then

we need not make the remove of any from us a grond of

keeping them out of comunion whilst they stay with us.

Upon this concurrent judgm^t of the Elders the church

did yeild that they should come upon tryall for their ad

mission   

              May 18 1669 Letters of dismission desired by b^r Da

               niel & B^r William Hazard & granted by y^e ch to

                                       the ch at midleton