Index

    NOTE

    • Places are in Massachusetts unless otherwise stated.
    • Names of vessels are grouped under the heading “Ships.”
    • Names of Indians are grouped under the heading “Indians.”
    • Names of negroes are grouped under the heading “Negroes.”

    Index

    Abbott, Charles Cortez, elected Resident Member, 3

    Abbott family, Andover, 20 n; Stratham, N. H., 18 n

    Aberdeen, University of, 123

    Abington, diphtheria epidemic (1751–52), 21, 21 n

    Account of Two Voyages to New England, An (Josselyn), 45–46

    Adams, Abigail, quoted on dysentery epidemic in Braintree (1775), 57

    ——Rev. Amos, 283

    ——Samuel, 158, 160

    ——William, 194

    Adams, arms of, 194

    Adams family, Medway, 59 n

    Agents, official, early Harvard graduates in England as, 134–137

    Aiken, Alfred L., death, 311

    Alcock, John, Harvard, 1646, friend of Michael Wigglesworth, 399, 399 n, 401, 404, 405, 409

    Alden, John Eliot, elected Resident Member, 79, 80

    Alden family, Bridgewater, 21 n

    Alexander, James, quoted on measles epidemic, 9

    Allen, James, Harvard, 1689, 131

    ——John, Harvard, 1643, 129, 130

    ——Sarah, 103

    Allen family, Granville, 62 n; Sutton, 59 n

    Allerton,——, 45

    Almy, Christopher, plaintiff in R. I.

    Court of Equity, 110–111

    Alsop, Roger, 125

    Ambrose, Joshua, Harvard, 1653, 121, 127, 389 n

    ——Nehemiah, Harvard, 1653, 389, 389 n

    Ames, William, 128

    Ames family, Coventry, Conn., 60 n

    Ames’s almanac, 51

    Amsden family, Conway

    ——Elisha, 61 n

    ——Isaac, 61 n

    Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 366, 366 n, 369 n

    Anderson, George P., 311

    ——Gowan, 241, 243

    Andover, early diphtheria epidemics, 18 n, 20, 20 n

    Andrew, John, 98

    Andrews, Charles McLean, death, 80; tribute, 82

    ——Thomas, 290

    Andros, Sir Edmund, 137–138

    Angier, John, Harvard, 1653, 127

    Angier family, East Bridgewater, 21 n; Medford, 59 n

    Anthony, William, Judge of R. I. Court of Equity, 98

    Aplin, John, R. I. Attorney, 98, 99, 105, 107; Defendant in Court of Equity, 100

    Appleton, Daniel, 294, 295

    ——John (fl. 1764), 42

    ——John, member of Ipswich Grammar School committee, 290, 291, 292, 293

    ——Dr. Nathaniel W., quoted on whooping cough, 40

    ——Samuel, 293

    Arms. See Coats of arms

    Arms family, Greenfield, 61 n

    Arnold, Benedict, 56

    ——Josiah, Judge of R. I. Court of Equity, 98

    Ashburnham, scarlet fever in (1795), 34 n

    Ashurst, Sir Henry, 140

    ——Sir William, agent for Massachusetts Bay Colony, 136

    Aspinwall,——, 239, 241

    Astwood, James, 239

    Athol, epidemics in (1776, 1777), 22, 22 n, 61, 61 n

    Atkins, Dudley, 186

    ——Joseph, 186

    ——Mary Dudley (Wainwright), 186

    ——Mary Russell, 186

    Attleborough, epidemics in, 21, 22 n, 29, 31

    Atwood family, Bradford, 20 n

    Austin family, East Haven, Conn., 49

    Averell, James, 248

    Averell family, Topsfield, 19 n

    Aylsworth (Aylesworth), Arthur, 117

    BACHELLOR family, Andover, 20 n

    Bachelor family, Royalston, 22 n

    Bacon, Margaret, 77

    Bacon, arms of, 201

    Bacon family, Bedford, 19 n; Brimfield, 59 n

    Badger, Joseph, heraldic painter (d 1765), 204, 205

    Balch family, Bradford, 20 n

    Ballantine, John, Clerk of Suffolk County Superior Court, 271, 275

    ——Rev. John, Westfield, 10, 42 n

    Ballard family, Oxford, 23 n

    Baltimore, Md., dysentery epidemic (1795), 64

    Bancroft, Roger, 375, 375–376 n

    Bancroft family, Conway, 61 n; Granville, 62 n

    Banister, Samuel, defendant in R. I. Court of Equity, 103–105

    ——Mrs. Samuel, 104

    ——Susannah, 103, 104

    ——Thomas, Harvard, 1700, 125

    Banistor, John, 111

    Barker, Dr. Jeremiah, 35

    Barker family, Boxford, 20 n

    Barlow family, Granville, 62 n

    Barnard, John, Harvard, 1700, 131, 140–144 passim

    Barnard family, Andover

    ——Nathaniel, 18 n

    ——Stephen, 18 n

    Barns family, Westborough, 50

    Barnstable, whooping cough epidemic, 36

    Bars family, Halifax

    ——Andrew, 21 n

    ——Austin, 21 n

    Bartholomew, William, 288, 289, 290, 291

    Bartlett, arms of, 182–183

    Barton, Dr. John (fl. 1676), 200

    ——John (d 1744), 200

    Barton, arms of, 184, 200–201

    Barton family, Oxford, 23 n

    Bascom, Ruthy Henshaw, 198

    Bass, Bishop Edward, 187

    ——Edward, heraldic painter (ca 1760–1847), 174, 175, 186, 187–188, 200, 205

    ——Joseph, 187–188

    Bass family, Bridgewater, 21 n

    Bates family, Weymouth, 22 n

    Baxter, James Phinney, 223

    Baylies, William, on scarlet fever in Dighton (1785–86), 31, 32 n

    Beal family, Bridgewater, 21 n; Weymouth, 22 n

    Beale, Joseph Henry, death, 76; tribute, 81

    Beardsley, Dr. Ebenezer, 24, 60

    Beauchamp, Isaac, defendant in R. I. Court of Equity, 110

    Bedford, diphtheria epidemic (1749–50), 19, 19 n

    Belcher, Andrew, 269

    ——Jonathan, 141

    Belcher family, Sharon

    ——Clifford, 59 n

    ——Jeremiah, 59 n

    Bell, Susanna, 257

    ——Thomas, benefactor of Roxbury Latin School, 230, 231, 238, 243, 254, 257–264 passim, 269–278 passim, 286–287

    Bellingham, epidemic in (1775), 59, 59 n

    Bellingham, Richard, 413 n

    ——Samuel, Harvard, 1642, 123

    Bellomont, Earl of, 138

    Bellows, Robert Peabody, elected Resident Member, 3; restoration of Increase Mather tomb, 145

    Bemis family, Westminster, 22 n

    Bennett, John, 112, 113

    ——Robert, 113

    Bennington County, Vt., dysentery epidemic (1788), 63

    Bentley, Rev. William, quoted on heraldry, 175

    Bernard, Thomas, 263

    Berry, Thomas, 294, 295, 297

    Berry family, Newbury, 19 n

    Bethlehem, Conn., scarlet fever in, 33, 34

    Beverly, epidemics in (1747, 1795), 19 n, 34 n, 35

    Bicknell family, Weymouth, 22 n

    Bigelow, Eliza (Southgate), 198

    ——Dr. George F., 198

    ——Jacob, 198

    Biglow family, Athol, 22 n

    Billerica, diphtheria epidemics (1747–48, 1749–50), 19, 19 n

    Billings,——, 49, 50

    ——Mrs.——, 49, 50

    Billings family, Conway, 61 n

    Bird family, Sharon, 59 n

    Bittle, arms of, 203–204

    Black Point, Me., dysentery epidemic, (1756), 53

    Blackman family, Chester, 61 n

    Blackmore, Sir Richard, 137, 144

    Blair, John, 79

    Blanchard, arms of, 203–204

    Blanchard family, Medford, 59 n

    Blancher family, Abington, 21–22 n

    Blathwayt, William, 138

    Bliss family, Rehoboth, 54; Royalston, 22 n

    Block Island, R. I., 392

    Blodget family, Chelmsford, 19 n

    Blood family, Concord, 20 n

    Blyth, Abigail (Massey), 185

    ——Benjamin, portrait painter of Salem and Boston, 184, 185, 190, 192; portraits of George and Martha Washington, 184, 192

    ——(Bly), Jonathan, 185

    ——Samuel (?1744–95), portrait and heraldic painter, 175, 180–181, 184–185, 190, 192, 201–202, 205

    ——Samuel, sailmaker, 185

    ——William, 185

    Bogle family, Oxford, 23 n

    Bolton, Conn., scarlet fever epidemic (1794), 34

    Boney family, Plympton, 59 n

    Bookplates, 174, 175, 183, 192

    Boorstin, Daniel J., 92; elected Associate Member, 3, 67

    Borden, Thomas, 116, 117

    Boston, early epidemics in, 5–14 passim, 24–27, 34, 37, 39, 45, 46–47, 53, 55, 63; medical society formed, 47–48 n; Club of Physicians, 48 n; influence of colonists returning from abroad, 143–144; production of painted arms, 175; view of, by Thomas Johnson, 178; British landing in (1768), water-color view by Christian Remick, 184; fire (1653), 327, 327 n; First Church, 334 n; Third Church, 334 n

    Boston Gazette, cited on dysentery epidemic (1734), 47

    Boston Latin School, 225–226, 232

    Boston Weekly News-Letter, quoted on dysentery epidemic (1734), 47

    Bowditch, Harold, on Nominating Committee, 3; paper, Early Water-Color Paintings of New England Coats of Arms, 172–210

    Bowen, Richard LeBaron, 75, 88; elected Resident Member, 3, 67

    Bower, Dr. Ephraim, 107

    Bowers, arms of, 194

    Bowles, John, donor to Roxbury Latin School, 237, 238, 240, 249, 251, 252, 261, 262, 264, 266, 267, 280, 282

    Boxford, diphtheria epidemic (1761–65), 20, 20 n

    Boylston, Nicholas, 105, 106

    Boynton family, 16

    Brackenridge, Hugh Henry, 153; The Rising Glory of America, 160

    Braddock, Gen. Edward, dysentery epidemic among forces of, 51

    Bradford, diphtheria epidemics (1747–48, 1761–65), 19 n, 20, 20 n

    Bradford family, Kingston, 21 n

    Bradish, Eunice, 50

    Bradstreet,——, 249

    ——Dudley, Harvard, 1698, 131

    ——Samuel, Harvard, 1653, 123

    Bragg family, Royalston, 61 n; Shrewsbury, 50 n

    Braintree, epidemics in (1747–49, 1775), 21, 21 n, 57

    Branford, Conn., epidemics in (1793, 1794, 1795). 33, 33 n, 34, 64

    Brattle, Thomas, Harvard, 1676, 141, 144

    Brattle Street Church, Boston, 144

    Bray, Thomas, 135

    Bray family, Hanover, 22 n

    Breed family, Lynn, 17 n

    Breslaw,——, heraldic painter, 205

    Brett, Dr. John, plaintiff in R. I. Court of Equity, 103–105, 107

    Brett family, Bridgewater, 21 n

    Brewer, Daniel, 239

    ——Widow (Daniel), 239

    Brewster, Ellis Wethrell, elected Resident Member, 224, 225

    ——Nathaniel, 121, 122, 126, 127, 130

    Bridge, Edward, 240

    Bridge family, Lexington, 63 n

    Bridges,——, 244

    Bridgewater, epidemics in (1746, 1772–74), 11–12, 14 n, 20, 21 n. See also East Bridgewater

    Briggs, Walter Benjamin, death, 80; tribute, 81–82

    Brigham, Jesse, 49, 50

    ——Silas, 9

    ——Thomas, 375, 375–376 n

    Brigham family, Coventry, Conn., 60 n; Marlborough, 57 n

    Brimfield, epidemic in (1775), 59, 59 n

    Brintnal family, Sudbury, 17 n

    Brookline, dysentery in (1775), 59

    Brooks family, Medford, 59 n

    Brown, Herbert Ross, elected Corresponding Member, 213, 224.

    ——John, Newport, R. I., 112 n

    ——John Coffin Jones, 195

    ——Obadiah, 112 n

    ——Dr. Simeon, 106

    Brown family, Bridgewater, 21 n

    Browne, arms of, 177–178

    Bruce family, Sutton, 59 n

    Brumfield,——, 237, 239

    Bryan, John Stewart, death, 162; tribute, 163

    Buffington, Arthur Howland, death, 213; tribute, 215

    Bugbee, Joseph, 241

    Bugby, Edward, 241

    Bulkeley, John, Harvard, 1642, 127, 129

    ——Peter, 134, 371, 371 n, 390

    Bulkley, arms of, 203

    Bull, Henry, 98

    Burbank family, Boxford, 20 n

    Burge family, Chelmsford, 63 n

    Burgoyne, Gen. John, 61

    Burr, Aaron, 161

    ——Allston, on Auditing Committee, 3, 79, 145, 212, 299

    Burrel,——, 283, 284

    Butler, Henry, Harvard, 1651, 128, 129, 388, 388 n

    ——John, 388, 388 n

    Butterfield family, Chelmsford, 59 n

    Byfield, diphtheria epidemics (1735, 1749–50, 1753–56, 1761–65), 16, 19, 19 n, 20, 20 n

    Bysshe, Edward, 192

    Cadbury, Henry Joel, 223

    Cadwalader, John, 174

    Calamy, Edmund, 144

    Calder, Isabel M., document, The Will of Henry Davenport, 76–78

    Call family, Medford, 59 n; Westminster, 22 n

    Calley family, Stratham, N. H., 18 n

    Cambridge, measles epidemics (1713, 1758–60), 5, 10

    Cambridge Latin School, 232

    Cambridge University, early Harvard graduates at, 121–122, 126, 127, 129

    Campbell family, Chelmsford, 59 n; Oxford, 23 n

    Canaan, Conn., dysentery epidemic (1751), 51

    Cane, Christopher, 375, 375–376 n

    Cape Cod, measles epidemic (1714), 6

    Carder, arms of, 182

    Carlisle, epidemic in (1778), 63

    Carlton family, Boxford, 20 n

    Carlyle, Dr. Alexander, 147

    Caroline County, Md., dysentery epidemic (1793), 64

    Carpenter, Huldah, 100

    ——Samuel, plaintiff in R. I. Court of Equity, 111–112

    Carpenter family, Attleborough, 22 n; Coventry, Conn., 60 n

    Carr, Benajah, plaintiff in R. I. Court of Equity (1743), 115

    ——Robert, 108

    Carter, Robert, 44

    Castleton, Vt., dysentery in (1796), 64

    Caswell, John, 140

    Cate family, Greenland, N. H., 17 n

    Catlin family, Conway, 61 n

    Caulfield, Ernest, paper, Some Common Diseases of Colonial Children, 4–65

    Cesworth, Jeremiah, 242

    Chafee, Zechariah, Jr., 3, 80, 300; on Nominating Committee, 79; elected Corresponding Secretary, 88, 170, 223, 309; paper, Records of the Rhode Island Court of Equity (1741–1743), 91–118

    Chalmers, Lionel, on colonial epidemic diseases, 27, 38, 39–40, 41, 42

    Chamberlain family, Chelmsford, 63 n

    Chamberlayne, John, 138, 144

    Chamberlin family, Chelmsford, 59 n

    Chambers, Capt.——, 269

    Champlain, Lake, dysentery at (1777), 61

    Champney, Joseph, 440 n; “Relation,” 440

    Champney family, Groton, 59 n

    Channing, Henry Morse, elected Resident Member, 90, 91

    Chaplains, early Harvard graduates as, abroad, 125–126, 128, 139

    Chapman, arms of, 182

    Charleston, S. C, epidemics in (1738, 1772–74, 1784), 12, 30, 37

    Charlestown, dysentery epidemic (1669), 45

    Chase, Philip Putnam, on Nominating Committee, 212

    Chase family, Stratham, N. H.

    ——Jonathan, Jr., 18 n

    ——William, 18 n

    Chauncey,——, 245

    ——Charles, 129; quoted on Jeremiah Dummer, 135

    ——Ichabod, Harvard, 1651, 125, 128–129

    ——Isaac, 126, 128, 129, 130

    Cheever, Ezekiel, 232

    Cheevers,——, 288

    Chelmsford, early epidemics in, 1219, 19 n, 20, 20 n, 59, 59 n, 62–63, 63 n

    Cheney,——, 242

    ——Thomas, 239

    ——William, 239, 243, 249, 251 n

    Cheshire, Conn., scarlet fever epidemic (1794), 34

    Chester, epidemic at (1776), 61, 61 n

    Chicken pox, colonial epidemics of, 41–42

    Child, Isaac, Boston heraldic painter, 181, 199–200, 205; copy of Gore Roll of Arms, 181, 199–200

    ——Sir Josiah, 133

    Childs, Charles Dyer, elected Resident Member, 162, 172

    Childs family, Lexington, 63, 63 n

    Chipman, John, Judge of R. I. Court of Equity (1741–43), 98

    Choate, John, 295

    Churchil family, Plympton, 59 n

    Claflin family, Oxford, 23 n

    Clapp, Roger, 247

    Clark, Dr. Thaddeus, quoted on scarlet fever in Connecticut (1794), 34

    ——John, 268

    ——Jonathan, plaintiff in R. I. Court of Equity, 110

    ——William, 178

    Clark, arms of, 187

    Clarke, Hermann Frederick, on Auditing Committee, 3, 79, 145, 212, 299

    ——Hue, 239

    ——Samuel, Judge of R. I. Court of Equity (1741), 98

    ——Thomas, 295

    Cleaves, William, 241

    Club of Physicians, Boston, 48 n

    Coats of arms, New England, early water-color paintings of, paper on, by Harold Bowditch, 172–210; bibliography, 172–174, 176, 208–209; popularity and authenticity, 174–175, 199; painters and dates, 175–177; Lynde and others, 177–178; Oliver and others, 178–181; Stoddard and Evance, 181–182, 199–200; Bartlett, 182–183; Pierce, 183–184; Pickman, 184–185; Cross, 185–187; Clark, 187; Teel, 187–188; Greenleaf, 188–190; Lunt, 190–193; Hackett, 193; Osgood, 194–195; Erskine, 195–197; Sturtevant, 195–197; Henshaw, and Houghton, 198; Barton, 200–201; Green, 201; How, 201; Bacon, 201; Morgan, 202; Seymour, 202; Short, 202; Gardiner, 202–203; Fairfield, 203; Francis and Bulkley, 203; Gardner, 203; White, Bittle, George, and Blanchard, 203–204; Swan, 204–205; list of heraldic painters, 205–206; list of illustrations, 206–208; United States flag, design of, 209–210

    Cobb family, Hanover, 22 n

    Cobbett, Rev.——, 290, 291, 292

    Coddington, Nathaniel, defendant in R. I. Court of Equity (1742), 112–113

    ——William, Jr., 102

    Coe family, Granville, 62 n

    Coggin family, Tewksbury, 19 n

    Coggswell, John, Jr., 288, 289, 291

    Coggswell family, Ipswich, 229

    Cogswell, Willard Goodrich, elected Resident Member, 79, 80

    Cohasset, diphtheria epidemic (1747–49), 21, 21 n

    Coker, Dr. Theodore, plaintiff in R. I. Court of Equity, 105–107

    Colden, Cadwalader, 47 n; cited on scarlet fever and dysentery, 27, 49

    Cole, Arthur Harrison, elected Resident Member, 67

    ——Elizabeth, 192

    ——Mary (Dunbar), 197

    ——Thomas, 192

    Cole family, Boxford, 20 n; Harvard, 50

    Coles, Anna, 192

    ——John, Sr., Boston publisher and heraldic painter, 174, 175, 176, 180, 183–184, 190–195, 196, 202, 203, 205

    ——John, Jr., Boston portrait and heraldic painter, 175, 190, 193, 195–197, 200, 203–204, 205

    ——Nancy (Decoster), 196

    Collegiate School, New York City, 225–226

    Collingwood,——, 104

    ——Sarah Butler Matthew, 104

    Collings family, Conway, 61 n

    Collins, John, life in England, 122, 125, 128, 142; cited by Wigglesworth, 347, 347 n; “Relation,” 426

    ——Zaccheus, 17 n

    Colman, Benjamin, Harvard, 1691, 131, 144; travels in England, 140–141

    Colman family, Coventry, Conn., 60 n

    Colson family, Weymouth, 21–22

    Commins family, Athol, 22 n

    Concord, diphtheria epidemics (1740, 1753–56), 17, 17 n, 20, 20 n

    Coney family, Sharon, 59 n

    Connecticut, early epidemics in, 5, 9, 10, 15, 17, 23, 29, 33, 34, 37, 51, 59–60, 62

    Connelly, Daniel, 101–102

    Conway, epidemic in (1777), 61 n

    Cook, Sir Edward, 194

    Cook, arms of, 194

    Cooke, Elisha, agent for Massachusetts in England, 134; clerk of Suffolk County Superior Court, 259, 271, 279

    Cooley family, Granville, 62 n

    Cordwell family, Sutton, 59 n

    Corlett, Elijah, 246, 247

    Cottle, Marcus, 257

    Cotton, Rev. John, 352 n, 443; quoted, 316–317

    ——Rowland, Harvard, 1696, 123, 131

    ——Seaborn, Harvard, 1651, 352, 352 n

    Cotton family, Boston, 55

    Coventry, Conn., deaths in (1760–89), 58; dysentery epidemics (1775, 1793), 60, 60 n, 64

    Cox, David, 101–102

    Coye, Richard, 292

    Crafts, Griffin, 240, 246

    ——Moses, 239

    ——Samuel, 241

    Crandell, Peter, 113

    Cravatt, John, 178

    Cree family, Topsfield, 35 n

    Cressey family, 16

    Croade family, Halifax, 21 n

    Crocker, Benjamin, 293, 294, 295

    Cross, John, 288

    Cross, arms of, 185–187

    Crowne, John, Harvard’s first playwright, 139–140

    Crusey, John, 110

    Cumberland County, Me., scarlet fever in (1797–98), 35

    Curtice, John, 239

    Curtiss family, Coventry, Conn., 60 n

    Curwen, arms of, 177–178

    Curwin, Samuel, 179

    Cushing,——, Shrewsbury, 49

    ——Richard J., entertained the Society, 212

    Cushman, Thomas, 21

    Cushman family, Coventry, Conn., 60 n; Kingston, 21 n

    Cutts, Lord, 138

    Daggett, Arthur, 56

    Daggett family, Sutton, 59 n

    Danbury, Conn., dysentery epidemic (1775), 59

    Dane, Rev. Francis, 263

    Danforth, Elisabeth, 37

    ——Mary, 37

    ——Sarah, 37

    ——Rev. Samuel, 377, 377 n; death of children, 15, 37; cited on dysentery epidemic (1671), 45; feoffee of Roxbury Latin School, 237, 249, 251, 258, 259, 260

    ——Thomas, 247, 377, 377 n

    Daniels, Joseph, 56, 56 n

    Daniels family, Conway, 61 n

    Danvers, epidemics in (1714, 1773), 6, 54

    Davenport, Addington, Harvard, 1689, 132, 269, 280

    ——Barnaby, 76, 77

    ——Christopher, 77, 78

    ——Edward, 77, 78

    ——Elizabeth, 78

    ——Henry, will of (1627), 76–78

    ——Rev. John, 419; letter to John Winthrop (1658), 45; founder of New Haven Colony, 76, 77, 408 n; minister of First Church, Boston, 334, 334 n

    Davenport family, Shrewsbury, 50 n

    Daves family, Billerica, 19 n

    Davidson, Charles, 101, 102

    Davie, Edmund, Harvard, 1674, 123

    ——John, Harvard, 1681 (Sir John Davie of Creedy), 133, 142

    Davis, Moses, 287

    ——Tobias, 263

    Decoster, Nancy, 196

    Dedham, epidemics in (1717, 1772–74, 1775), 8, 11 n, 14 n, 57

    Dedham School, 227

    Delabarre, Edmund Burke, death, 212; tribute, 214

    Delaware, scarlet fever epidemic (1783–84), 30

    Denison (Dennison), Daniel, benefactor of Ipswich Grammar School, 288–291 passim

    ——Edward, feoffee of Roxbury Latin School, 248, 249, 251 n

    ——John, 292

    ——Widow (William?), 239

    ——William, 239

    Derby, E. H., 185

    ——Richard, 180

    Devon Association, 127

    Dickinson, Jonathan, on scarlet fever, 25, 27

    Dickinson family, Conway, 61 n

    Digby, arms of, 177–178

    Dighton, scarlet fever epidemics (1773, 1785–86), 29, 31

    Dillon, Myles, 310

    Diphtheria, colonial epidemics of, 15–24

    Diseases, common, of colonial children, paper on, by Ernest Caulfield, 4–65: measles, 5–15; diphtheria, 15–24; scarlet fever, 24–36; whooping cough, 36–40; mumps, 40–41; chicken pox, 41–42; dysentery, 43–65

    Dodge, Abigail (Stickney), 189

    ——Ernest Stanley, elected Resident Member, 213, 224

    ——Mary (Greenleaf), 189

    ——Norman Lewis, elected Resident Member, 162, 172

    ——Thomas, 189

    ——William, 297

    ——William Stickney, 189

    Dodge, arms of, 189

    Doig, George, Portsmouth, N. H., heraldic painter, 205

    Dorr, Ebenezer, 240, 282, 283

    ——Edward, 266, 267

    ——Harbuttle, 281

    Douglass, Dr. William, 48 n; cited on early epidemics, 24, 25–26, 35, 42, 42 n; on medical society in Boston, 47–48; memorandum on, 105–106; deposition in Wickes v. Coker (1742), 106, 107

    Dow family, Plainfield, Conn., 50

    Downing, Sir George, Harvard, 1642, career in England, 125, 137, 138–139, 142

    Drury family, Athol, 61 n

    Dublin University, early Harvard graduates at, 121, 122

    Dudley, Joseph, career, 125, 134, 137–138, 143; Governor of Massachusetts, 136, 142, 267; arms, 186; feoffee of Roxbury Latin School, 261, 263, 264, 264 n, 266, 272, 273, 276; will, 281

    ——Mary, 186

    ——Paul, career, 125, 144; Judge of Massachusetts Superior Court, 280; feoffee of Roxbury Latin School, 282, 283

    ——Thomas, quoted on deaths in Massachusetts Bay Colony, 44–45 n; benefactor of Roxbury Latin School, 228–229, 237, 243

    ——William, 125, 266

    Dudley, epidemic in (1756), 52

    Dulany, Daniel, 158

    Dummer, Jeremiah, career, 134, 135, 136–137, 142–143; A Letter to a Noble Lord concerning the Late Expedition to Canada, 136; Defence of the New England Charters, 136

    Dunbar, Mary, 197

    Dunbar family, Bridgewater, 21 n

    Dunstable, epidemic in (1778), 63, 63 n

    Dunster, Henry, President of Harvard College, 120, 121, 126 n; cited in Wigglesworth diary, 326, 326 n, 330, 348, 430, 431, 438

    Dunton family, Athol, 22 n

    Dutchess County, N. Y., dysentery epidemic (1795), 64

    Dutton family, Billerica, 19 n; Westford, 59 n

    Duxbury, scarlet fever epidemic (1771), 27–28

    Dyer, William, 113

    Dyre, William, defendant in R. I. Court of Equity, 102

    Dysentery, colonial epidemics of, 43–65

    Eager, Bezal, 49

    Earle, Ralph, 198

    East Bridgewater, epidemics in, 21, 21 n, 39, 59, 62. See also Bridgewater

    East Hampton, Long Island, dysentery epidemics (1742, 1743), 49

    East Haven, Conn., epidemics in, 28, 34, 48–49, 64

    East Kingston, N. H., epidemics in, 18, 18 n

    Easton, John, 108

    ——Theophilus, 408, 408 n

    Eatton family, Haverhill, 20 n

    Eccles, Mrs.——, 104

    Eddy family, Oxford, 23 n

    Edes, Henry H., 311; legacy, 170–171

    Edwards, Abigail, 42

    ——Hannah, 42

    ——Lucy, 42

    ——Jerusha, 42

    ——Jonathan, childhood letter quoted, 42

    ——Mary, 42

    Eliot, Rev. John, 377 n; founder of Roxbury Latin School, 228–231 passim, 235 n, 237–245 passim, 251–262 passim, 272, 276, 287; of Eliot School, 229, 231; Cotton Mather on, 265

    ——John, 237

    Elizabeth Islands, 392

    Elliot School, Jamaica Plain, 226, 229, 231, 265 n

    Elliott, Phillip, 239

    Ellis family, Chester, 61 n

    Emerson, William, elected Member of Council, 170

    Emerson family, Haverhill, 20 n

    Epidemics, colonial, paper on, by Ernest Caulfield, 4–65

    Epps, Daniel, 292

    Ernst, Roger, elected Resident Member, 90, 91

    Erskine, arms of, 195–197

    Essay on Fevers, the Rattles & Canker (Walton), 15

    Essex Journal and New Hampshire Packet, 189

    Estabrook family, Sudbury, 17 n

    Estey family, Royalston, 22 n

    Evance, arms of, 181–182, 199–200

    Evans family, Winchendon, 22 n

    Everett family, Attleborough, 22 n

    Exeter, N. H., epidemics in, 17, 18, 18 n, 40–41

    Eyton, Sampson, 124

    Fairbanks, Jonathan, 261

    Fairfield, arms of, 203

    Fairfield, Conn., epidemics in, 33, 45, 51, 62

    Fairfield, N. J., measles epidemic (1758–60), 10

    Fairfield County, Conn., dysentery epidemic (1794), 64

    Falmouth, Me., epidemics in, 9, 10, 13, 27, 53

    Farnam family, Litchfield, Conn., 62 n

    Farnsworth, Amos, 56

    ——Joseph, 128, 129

    Farnsworth family, Conway, 61 n

    Farrand, Max, death, 213; tribute, 215

    Faulkner family, Medford, 59 n; Royalston, 22 n

    Fay,——, 9

    Fessenden, Stephen, 282

    Field, Fred Tarbell, elected Vice-President, 74, 88, 170, 223, 309

    Finch, Samuel, 239, 242

    First Church, Boston, 334 n

    Fishers Island, 392

    Fitch, Jabez, 293

    ——Jabez, Jr., quoted on dysentery in Norwich, Conn. (1753), 51

    ——Thomas, 269

    Fitch, arms of, 179–181

    Fitch family, Bedford, 19 n

    Fithian, Philip, quoted on dysentery epidemics (1775, 1776), 54–55, 60

    Flag, United States, design of, 176, 194, 197, 209–210

    Fletcher family, Chelmsford, 63, 63 n; Dunstable, 63 n

    Flint, Henry, 420, 420 n

    Flint family, Winchendon, 22 n

    Follett family, Attleborough, 22 n

    Foote, Caleb, 244

    ——Henry Wilder, 74, 310

    Forbes, Allyn Bailey, on Dinner Committee, 145, 212, 299; resignation as Editor of Publications, 311

    Forbs family, Granville, 62 n

    Ford, James, Salem writing master, cartographer, and heraldic painter, 182–183, 205

    Forde family, Abington, 22 n

    Forster, Thomas, 239

    Foss family, Greenland, N. H., 17 n

    Foster family, Athol, 22 n; Granville, 62 n

    Foxcroft, Thomas, 266

    Framingham, land tenure, 274

    Francis, Abraham, 107

    Francis, arms of, 203

    Franklin, Benjamin, 105; cited on dysentery (1784), 63

    ——James, 105

    Frazier family, Andover, 20 n

    French, Allen, death, 300; tribute, 301

    ——Francis, 289

    ——John, 433, 433 n

    French family, Chester, 61 n; Conway, 61 n

    Freneau, Philip Morin, The Rising Glory of America, 160

    Frizall,——, 251 n

    Frost family, Tewksbury, 19 n

    Fuller family, East Haven, Conn., 28; Oxford, 23 n

    Fullington family, Granville, 62 n

    Fullton family, Medford, 59 n

    Gabriel, Ralph Henry, elected Corresponding Member, 172, 211

    Gage family, Bradford, 19 n

    Gale library, acquired by Harvard College, 142

    Gallup, Dr. Joseph A., on scarlet fever epidemics, 29, 30, 35

    Gamblin, Benjamin, 242, 258–259

    ——Robert, 242

    Garden, Francis, Boston heraldic painter, 205

    Gardiner, Andrew, 266

    ——Sylvester, 106

    Gardiner, arms of, 185, 202–203

    Gardner, Peter, 242

    ——Thomas, 242, 243

    Gardner, arms of, 195, 203

    Garner, Thomas, 241

    Gary, Arthur, 241

    ——William, 240, 264, 273

    ——Widow (Arthur), 241

    Geers family, Chester, 61 n

    George, Isaac, 113

    George, arms of, 203–204

    George, Lake, N. Y., sickness in Army at (1776), 60–61

    Georgetown, D. C, dysentery epidemic (1793), 64

    Georgia, scarlet fever epidemic (1770), 27

    Gibbs, Henry, 179

    ——Henry, Clerk of Massachusetts General Court, death of, 10

    Gibbs family, Sutton, 59 n

    Gilman, Nicholas, 40

    Gloucester, measles epidemic (1772–74), 11

    Glover, John, Harvard, 1650, 123

    Goffe, Col.——, 269

    Goodenow, Dinah, 50

    Goodspeed, Charles Eliot, 223, 224, 225, 298, 300; elected President, 223

    Goodspeed, George Talbot, elected Resident Member, 300, 311

    Gookin, Capt.——, 237

    Goold family, Sutton, 59 n

    Gore, Christopher, Governor of Massachusetts (1809–10), 181

    ——Christopher, coach painter, 181–182

    ——Ebenezer, 258, 270, 271, 280

    ——George, 181

    ——John, Harvard, 1702, 132

    ——John, Boston heraldic painter (1718–96), 181–182, 186, 200, 205

    ——John, association with Roxbury Latin School, 238, 241, 258–259, 260, 264 n, 272, 275, 276, 283, 284

    ——John, Jr., 181

    ——Katharine, 186

    ——Obadiah, 181

    ——Samuel, 181, 186

    ——Sarah (Kilby), 181

    Gore Roll of Arms, 181–182; copy of, by Isaac Child, 181, 199–200

    Gorton, John, 251 n

    Gott, Dr.——, 53

    Gould family, Topsfield

    ——Daniel, 19 n

    ——Thomas, 19 n

    Grafton, diphtheria epidemic (1740), 17

    Grant, John, 111

    Granville, dysentery in (1777), 62, 62 n

    Gratis,——, 251 n

    Graves family, Greenfield, 61 n

    Green, John, 443 n; “Relation,” 433

    Green, Joseph, master of Roxbury Latin School (1696), 265

    ——Joseph, diary cited, 7

    ——Joseph (1675–1715), 180, 201

    Green, arms of, 201

    Greene, Judge James, 109

    ——Jonas, 77

    Greenfield, epidemic in (1777), 61 n

    Greenland, N. H., diphtheria epidemics in, 17, 17 n

    Greenleaf, Mary, 189

    Greenleaf, arms of, 188–190

    Grenell family, Greenfield, 61 n

    Gridley, Samuel, 282, 283

    ——William, 283, 284

    Griggs, John, 251 n

    Groton, epidemics in, 20, 20 n, 34 n, 57, 59 n

    Guilford, Conn., epidemics in, 8, 26, 50, 53, 53 n

    Gummere, Richard Mott, 162, 213; elected Member of Council, 74; on Dinner Committee, 79; paper, A Scottish Classicist in Colonial America, 146–161; on Nominating Committee, 212

    Hackett, Sir Andrew, 193

    Hackett, arms of, 193

    Haden family, Sutton, 59 n

    Hagburne, Samuel, 227, 234, 237

    Hale,——, 49

    ——Richard Walden, Jr., elected Resident Member, 224, 225; paper, The First Independent School in America, 225–297

    Halifax, diphtheria epidemic (1747–49), 21, 21 n

    Hall,——, 51

    ——Rev. David, diary quoted, 17

    ——Howard Judson, tribute, 68

    Hall family, Medford, 59 n

    Halley, Edmund, 137

    Hally,——, 238

    Hamden, Conn., scarlet fever epidemic (1794), 34

    Hammond, Otis Grant, death, 162; tribute, 163

    Hammond family, Medway, 59 n

    Hampton, N. H., epidemics in, 10 n, 17, 18, 18 n

    Hampton Falls, N. H., diphtheria epidemic (1735), 16

    Handlin, Oscar, elected Associate Member, 213, 224

    Hanford,——, 244

    Hanover, epidemics in (1748, 1751–52), 21, 22 n, 38

    Hanover, N. H., epidemics in (1796–97), 35, 64

    Hapgood family, Shrewsbury, 50 n

    Harderwyck, University of, 123

    Harding, Chester, portrait painter, 205

    ——Jeremiah, heraldic painter, 204–205

    Hardy, Jeremiah Pearson, portrait and sign painter, 205

    Hardy family, Bradford, 19 n, 20 n

    Haring, Clarence H., 74, 88

    Harrington family, Princeton, 22 n

    Harris, Edward, 189

    Harris family, Chelmsford, 19 n; Halifax, 21 n; Oxford, 23 n

    Hart, Abraham, 102

    ——Albert Bushnell, death, 80; tribute, 81

    Hartford, Conn., epidemics in, 5, 9, 33, 34, 37, 46, 51; Michael Wigglesworth at, 393

    Hartwell family, Concord, 17 n

    Harvard, Mass., epidemics in, 34 n, 50, 53, 63

    Harvard College, measles epidemics (1713, 1758–60), 6, 7, 10; graduates in England, 1642–1714, paper on, by William L. Sachse, 119–144; early official agents abroad, 135, 137–138; first playwright, 139–140; benefactions and contributions of early graduates abroad, 142–144; acquisition of Gale library, 142; Michael Wigglesworth at, 312–313; Latin in conversation at, 379 n

    Harvey, William B., 310

    Harward, Dr. Thomas, first American account of dysentery, 47, 47–48 n

    Haseltine family, Tewksbury, 19 n

    Hassard, Capt. Robert, Judge of R. I. Court of Equity, 98

    Hastings family, Greenfield

    ——Lemuel, 61 n

    ——Medad, 61 n

    Haszard, Benjamin, 108

    ——Jonathan, 108

    ——Capt. Thomas, 108, 109, 110

    Hatchments, 174, 184

    Haven, Rev.——, Dedham, 11 n

    Haven family, Athol, 61 n

    Haverhill, epidemics in, 16, 197 n, 20, 20 n, 26, 36

    Haward family, Bridgewater

    ——Ebenezer, 21 n

    ——Seth, 21 n

    Haynes, Governor John, 322 n

    ——John, Harvard, 1656, career in England, 121, 122, 127; pupil of Michael Wigglesworth, 322, 322 n, 345

    Hayward family, East Bridgewater, 21 n

    Haywood, Abdiel, 286

    Hazen family, Groton, 59 n

    Heath, Isaac, 238, 243, 245

    Heberden, Dr. William, 41

    Heffernan, William, plaintiff in R. I. Court of Equity, 115–116

    Heifer (Heyfer), Samuel, 288, 292

    Hely, William, 243

    Hemingway, John, 240

    ——Ralph, 240

    Hempstead, Joshua, on early epidemic, 7, 37, 50

    Henry, Patrick, 160

    Henshaw, Harriet Elizabeth, 198

    Henshaw, arms of, 198

    Heraldry. See Coats of arms

    Herrington family, Shrewsbury, 50 n

    Hewes, Joshua, 234, 235, 238

    Heywood,——, master of Roxbury Latin School, 285, 286

    Heywood family, Royalston, 22 n; Winchendon, 22 n

    Higginson, John, letters to brother Nathaniel quoted, 133, 142

    ——Nathaniel, Harvard, 1670, career of, 130, 132–133, 142

    Hill family, Athol, 61 n; Bellingham, 59 n

    Hillers, Joseph, 267

    Hills, Joseph, 413, 413 n, 418

    Hills family, Stratham, N. H., 18 n

    Hingham, epidemics in, 8, 13, 22

    Hoar, Leonard, Harvard, 1650, career in England, 121, 122, 123, 126, 129, 130, 144; President of Harvard, 142

    Hoar family, Westminster, 22 n

    Hobart, Japhet, 133

    Hobart family, Groton, 20 n

    Holbrook, John, 242, 266, 267

    Holbrook family, Bellingham, 59 n; Weymouth, 22 n

    Holden, Randall, 107

    Holden, dysentery epidemic (1756), 53

    Holdin family, Concord, 20 n

    Hollis, Thomas, 137, 144

    Hollis family, Weymouth, 22 n

    Holmes, George, 239

    Holyoke, Dr. Edward A., on epidemic diseases, 24, 30, 40, 41, 54

    ——Mary (Vial), diary quoted, 42

    Honyman, James, 98, 99, 102, 105, 116

    Hook family, Salisbury, 19 n

    Hooke, John, 121, 126, 127, 128, 129

    ——Walter, 121, 125–126, 133

    ——William, 332, 332 n

    Hooker, Samuel, cited on dysentery in Hartford (1676), 46

    ——Thomas, 399 n, 427; quoted, 316, 318; The Soules Preparation for Christ, 426, 426 n

    Hookey, Stephen, 112

    Hopkins, Edward, 229

    ——William, 251 n

    Hopkins Grammar Schools, 234; Hadley, 226, 229; Hartford, Conn., 226, 229; New Haven, Conn., 226, 228, 229

    Hopkinton, epidemics in (1740, 1746), 17, 50

    Hopps, Charles, heraldic painter, 205

    Houghton, arms of, 198

    How (Howe), Abraham, 241

    ——Isaac, 241

    How, arms of, 201

    How family, Granville, 62 n; Hampton Falls, N. H., 16

    Hubbard, William, 288, 290, 291, 292

    Hudson family, Athol, 61 n; Oxford, 23 n

    Hull, John, on early epidemics, 5, 37, 45

    Humphrey family, Oxford, 23 n

    Hunkins family, Haverhill, 20 n

    Hunnewell, James Melville, elected Treasurer, 74, 88, 170, 223, 309

    Hunter, Andrew, 102

    Hunting family, Marlborough, 57 n

    Huntington, James Lincoln, On Dinner Committee, 3, 79; Porter-Phelps-Huntington house, Hadley, 66; elected Corresponding Secretary, 74

    Hurd, Benjamin, Boston heraldic painter, 204, 206

    ——Nathaniel, 177, 179–180, 183

    Hutchinson, Anne, 318

    ——Eliakim, 269

    ——Elisha, 270

    Hutchinson family, Bedford, 19 n

    Indians: Comacho, Hezekiah, 9; Cooper, Catharine, defendant in R. I. Court of Equity, 116; Joane, 246; Ninigret, 117; at Roxbury Latin School, 230, 245–249 passim; at other schools, 245, 248

    Ingals family, Andover, 20 n

    Ipswich, epidemics in, 11, 26, 34 n, 39, 45, 62

    Ipswich Grammar School, in paper by R. W. Hale, Jr., 226, 229, 232–233; documents, 287–297

    Irvine, Dr. Matthew, 56

    Isaacs, Jacob, plaintiff in R. I. Court of Equity, 102

    Jackson, Dr. Hall, 24; on scarlet fever, 30–31

    ——Russell Leigh, elected Resident Member, 224, 225

    ——William Alexander, 299; elected Member of Council, 88; on Dinner Committee, 145, 212, 299; on Nominating Committee, 298

    James, arms of, 201

    Jeffers, John, 113

    Jeffries, David, Harvard, 1708, 132

    Jenkins, Lawrence Waters, elected Resident Member, 79, 80

    Jenks, Rev. William, 191–192

    Jewet family, Stratham, N. H., 18 n

    Jones, Ephraim, Jr., 21 n

    ——Howard Mumford, 223; transferred to Resident Membership, 212

    ——Humphrey, 101

    ——Lewis, 243

    Jones family, Coventry, Conn., 60 n; Stratham, N. H., 18 n

    Johnson, Ann, 189

    ——(Johnston), Benjamin, 187, 189

    ——Humphrey, 241, 243

    ——Isaac, benefactor of Roxbury Latin School, 239, 243, 249, 257, 258, 259, 260

    ——John, benefactor of Roxbury Latin School, 234, 235, 238, 243, 245, 246, 253

    ——(Johnston), Thomas, Boston engraver and heraldic painter, 177–178, 180, 183, 184, 189, 189–190 n, 200, 206

    Johnson family, Chester, 61 n; Litchfield, Conn., 62 n; Lynn, 17 n; Southborough, 52

    Johnston, Ann (Stickney), 189

    ——(Johnson), Benjamin, Newburyport heraldic painter, 175, 188–190, 189–190 n, 206

    ——William (d 1772), 189

    Judith, Point, R. I., 392

    Keith, Dr. Robert, plaintiff in R. I. Court of Equity, 107–108

    Kellen, William Vail, on Dinner Committee, 3; death, 76; tribute, 81

    Kelly, Lettice, 106

    Kendall family, Dunstable, 63 n

    Kennet, Bishop, 137, 144

    Keyes family, Shrewsbury, 50 n; Westford, 59 n

    Keys family, Groton, 59 n

    Kidder family, Tewksbury, 19 n

    Kilby, Sarah, 181

    Killingly, Conn., diphtheria epidemic (1740), 17

    Kimball family, Wenham, 19 n

    Kimbol family, Andover, 18 n

    King, Dr. Alexander, diary cited, 41

    ——James Gore, elected Resident Member, 300, 311

    King Philip’s War, 142

    Kingman family, Bridgewater, 21 n; East Bridgewater, 21 n

    King’s Chapel, Boston, 130

    Kingston, epidemics in, 21, 21 n, 34–35 n, 61

    Kingston, N. H., diphtheria epidemics in, 15–16, 17, 18, 18 n

    Kinrick, Abigail, 59 n

    Kinsman, arms of, 187

    Kittredge, Henry Crocker, 170

    Kittredge family, Andover, 18 n; Tewksbury, 19 n

    Lacey, John, quoted on sickness in New England camp on Long Island (1776), 60

    Lake George, Battle of, map of, by Thomas Johnson, 178

    Lamb, Thomas, 235, 239

    Lamb family, Oxford, 23 n

    Lancaster, epidemics in (1756, 1778), 52–53, 63

    Land tenure, Framingham, 274

    Land titles, recording of, in Massachusetts, 228

    Lane, Samuel, 18 n

    La Piana, George, elected Associate Member, 3, 67

    Larkin family, Lancaster, 63

    Latimer, John (d 1662), 402, 402 n

    Laurens, Henry, 160

    Law, study and practice of, by early Harvard graduates in England, 124–125

    Lawson, Thomas Bayley, 204

    Lealand family, Sherborn, 52

    Learned family, Oxford, 23 n

    Lebanon, Conn., epidemics in (1775, 1794), 34, 60

    Leeds, Duke of, 138

    Leete family, Guilford, Conn., 53 n

    Lefavour, Henry, death, 300; tribute, 301–302

    Legg, John, 8

    Leominster, scarlet fever in (1795), 35 n

    Leverett, John, 253, 254, 255

    Levins, William, 242

    Levinz, John, 240

    Lewis family, Billerica, 19 n

    Lexington, epidemics in, 17, 17 n, 19 n, 63, 63 n

    Leyden, University of, early Harvard graduates at, 122, 123, 135

    Lilly family, Sutton, 59 n

    Lindall family, Bradford, 20 n

    Litchfield, Conn., dysentery epidemic (1777), 62, 62 n

    Lloyd, James, 106

    Lock family, 16

    Long family, Newbury, 17 n

    Long Island, N. Y., measles epidemic (1714), 6; sickness in Army camps (1776), 60

    Loring, Augustus Peabody, Jr., 79, 145, 298, 311; on Dinner Committee, 3, 79, 145, 212, 299; elected Recording Secretary, 74, 88, 170, 223; elected President, 309

    Louisburg, Cape Breton Island, view of, by Thomas Johnson, 178

    Low, Shubael, 282

    Lunt, arms of, 190–193

    Lyme, Conn., scarlet fever epidemic (1784), 30

    Lynde, Benjamin, Harvard, 1686, Judge of Massachusetts Superior Court, 124–125, 144, 179, 280

    ——Benjamin, Jr., arms, 177—178, 179

    ——Mary, arms, 179–181

    ——William, 179

    Lynn, epidemics in, 8, 9, 17, 17 n, 62

    Macarty,——, 240, 242

    McCaule, T. H., 160

    McCord, David, 223, 310

    McHeard family, Greenfield, 61 n

    McKeen family, Beverly, 34 n

    Mackmillian, Susanna, 178

    McMullen, John, 101

    Maddox, George, 103, 104

    Madison, James, 158, 161

    Maine, epidemics in (1756, 1797–98), 35, 53

    Malbon, Samuel, 121; Death and Life, 130

    Malbone, Godfrey, 112 n

    Mallory family, East Haven, Conn., 49

    Manning, Thomas, defendant in R. I. Court of Equity, 110–111

    Manning family, Tewksbury, 19 n

    Marble family, Sutton, 59 n

    Marblehead, epidemics in, 19 n, 26, 35, 53

    Marlborough, Duke of, 138

    Marlborough, epidemics in, 9, 10–11, 14 n, 17, 56, 57; deaths in (1760–83), 57

    Marshall, John, on early epidemics, 24, 25, 40, 46–47

    Martain family, Andover

    ——Joseph, 20 n

    ——Nathaniel, 20 n

    Martha’s Vineyard (Martin’s Vineyard), Michael Wigglesworth at, 337, 370

    Martin, James, 111

    Maryland, epidemics in, 30, 54

    Mason, Charles Ellis, Jr., 224; elected Resident Member, 162, 211

    ——Charles F., 302

    ——David, Boston heraldic painter, 204, 206

    Mason family, Stratham, N. H., 18 n

    Masons, first New England member, 141

    Massachusetts, early epidemics in, 5–65 passim; recording of land titles, 228

    Massachusetts Bay Colony, dysentery in (1630), 44–45, 44–45 n

    Massachusetts Spy, on dysentery epidemic (1775), 55

    Massey, Abigail, 185

    Mather, Cotton, 127, 147; on early epidemics in New England, 6, 7, 15, 24, 25, 27; A Letter about a Good Management under the Distemper of the Measles, 8, 9; John Witherspoon contrasted with, 148, 149, 150; on Rev. John Eliot, 231, 265; on Roxbury Latin School, 232

    ——Increase, 5, 142; on dysentery epidemic (1676), 46; activities in Europe, 122, 125, 126, 127–128, 130, 134; on Archbishop Tillotson, 143; tomb, 145

    ——Katherine, 7

    ——Nathaniel, 127, 130, 142

    ——Samuel, Harvard, 1643, activities in Europe, 122, 125, 126, 127, 128

    ——Samuel, son of Increase, 131

    Mathews, Marmaduke, 413 n

    Mathews family, Princeton, 22 n

    Matthews, Albert, resolution on death of, by S. E. Morison, 298; tribute, 302

    ——Manasseh, 121, 127

    Mayhew, Richard, plaintiff in R. I. Court of Equity (1743), 114–115

    Maynard family, Conway, 61 n; Sudbury, 17 n

    Mayo, John, feoffee of Roxbury Latin School, 266–271 passim, 280

    ——Lawrence Shaw, 90; elected Member of Council, 75; on Nominating Committee, 145

    Mays, John, Sr., 240

    ——John, 240

    Mead, Rebbekah, 263

    ——William, 263

    Mead family, Coventry, Conn., 60 n

    Meads,——, 240

    Mears, James, 283, 285, 286

    ——James, Jr., 283

    Measles, colonial epidemics of, 5–15

    Medford, epidemics in, 10, 39, 57, 59 n, 62

    Medical Memoirs, Boston, 47, 47–48 n

    Medicine, study and practice of, abroad by early Harvard graduates, 122–124, 129, 131

    Medway, epidemic in (1775), 59, 59 n

    Meekins,——, 258

    Megapolensis, 45

    Mellen, Rev. John, sermon quoted, 52–53

    Merchants, early Harvard graduates as, abroad, 132–133

    Meriam family, Concord, 20 n

    Merrill family, Methuen, 63; Stratham, N. H., 18 n

    Metcalf, Eleazer, plaintiff in R. I. Court of Equity, 100–101

    Metcalf family, Royalston, 22 n, 61 n

    Methuen, epidemic in (1778), 63

    Michaelis,——, British officer, 160

    Middleton, diphtheria in (1769), 20, 20 n

    Middletown, Conn., epidemics in, 15, 30, 33, 33 n, 39, 40, 59, 59 n, 61

    Mighill,——, Roxbury schoolmaster, 250

    Mildmay, Sir Henry, 352 n

    ——William, Harvard, 1647, 352, 352 n, 369

    Milford, epidemic in (1778), 63

    Ministry, study and practice of, by early Harvard graduates in British Isles, 125–132

    Minor, Thomas, diary cited, 5

    Minot, George Richards, 105

    Mitchel, Rev. Jonathan, Cambridge pastor, mentioned in diary of Michael Wigglesworth, 327, 327 n, 329 n, 336, 343, 379, 388, 430–435 passim, 439, 442

    Mitchell, Stewart, on Nominating Committee, 298

    Mitchell family, Haverhill, 19 n

    Mittelberger, Gottlieb, journal cited, 44

    Moffatt family, Brimfield, 59 n

    Monk, General, 125

    Monson family, Granville, 62 n

    Montpellier, University of, 123

    Montreal, P. Q., whooping cough epidemic (1769), 39

    Moody, Joshua, cited on measles epidemic, 5

    ——Robert Earle, elected Member of Council, 223

    Moore family, Oxford, 23 n

    Moors family, Groton, 59 n

    Mordock family, Plainfield, Conn., 63

    Morgan, Edmund S., 311; paper, The Diary of Michael Wigglesworth, 311–444

    ——James, 240

    ——Dr. John, cited on sickness in American Army in Cambridge (1775), 55

    ——John Pierpont, death, 79; tribute, 82

    ——Samuel, 240

    Morgan, arms of, 202

    Morison, Samuel Eliot, 310; resolution on death of Albert Matthews, 298; elected Member of Council, 309

    Morize, André, 88, 89

    Morrell, Isaac, feoffee of Roxbury Latin School, 235, 238, 244, 245, 281

    ——Widow (Isaac), 238

    Morris, Edward, 238, 258, 261

    Morrison, Theodore, 89

    Morristown, N. J., epidemics in, 33, 38, 61, 64

    Morse,——, Boylston, 49

    Moseyers, Samuel, 37

    Moulthrop family, East Haven, Conn., 49

    Moulton family, Hampton, N. H., 16; Hampton Falls, N. H., 18 n

    Mumford, William, merchant in Newport, R. I., in, 117

    Mumps, colonial epidemics of, 40–41

    Murdock, Kenneth Ballard, 3, 67, 75, 76, 79, 80, 90, 91, 145, 162, 172, 211, 212, 213, 223; elected President, 74, 88, 170

    Murray, Edward G., 74

    Myles, Samuel, Harvard, 1684, 122, 130–131

    Mystic, Conn., dysentery epidemic (1778), 63

    Nassau Hall (Princeton), John Witherspoon at, paper by R. M. Gummere, 146–161

    Natick, measles epidemic (1739), 9

    Neal, Daniel, History of New England, 144

    Negroes: Cuff, defendant in R. I. Court of Equity (1743), 116–117; Tom, 103; Sambo, 103

    Newark, N. J., dysentery in (1704), 47

    Newbury, 56; diphtheria epidemics (1740, 1747–48), 17, 19 n

    Newburyport, view of, by Benjamin Johnston, 187

    Newdigate, arms of, 177–178

    Newell (Nowell), Abraham, 242

    New England, early epidemics in, 5–65; benefactions and contributions of early Harvard graduates abroad, 142–144; early water-color paintings of coats of arms, paper on, by Harold Bowditch, 172–210

    New England Courant, 105

    New Fairfield, Conn., scarlet fever in (1793), 33

    New Hampshire, epidemics in, 9–10, 16–18, 23–24, 26, 29, 30, 35

    New Haven, Conn., epidemics in, 9, 33, 34, 45, 51, 64; Michael Wigglesworth at, 330, 331, 343, 392–393, 394, 401, 402

    New Haven County, Conn., dysentery epidemic (1794), 64

    New Jersey, epidemics in, 16, 27, 30

    New Jersey, College of (Princeton), John Witherspoon at, paper by R. M. Gummere, 146–161

    New London, Conn., epidemics in, 6, 7, 8, 9, 37–38, 47, 51; Michael Wigglesworth at, 331, 401

    Newman, Henry, Harvard, 1687, agent in England for New Hampshire and Harvard, 134, 135, 136–137

    ——Samuel, 420, 420 n

    Newman, arms of, 188, 189

    Newmarket, N. H., epidemics in, 17, 18 n

    Newport, R. I., epidemics in (1783–84, 1793), 30, 64

    Newton, Sir Isaac, 137

    ——Roger, 403, 403 n

    Newton, epidemic in (1756), 52

    Newton family, Milford, 63

    Newtown, Long Island, dysentery in (1658), 45.

    New York, epidemics in, 10, 30, 47, 53

    New York City, epidemics in, 6, 8–9, 12, 15, 33, 49

    New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury, quoted on whooping cough in Montreal (1769), 39

    Nicholls, Richard, defendant in R. I.

    Court of Equity (1743), 114–115

    ——Thomas, 114

    Nichols, James, defendant in R. I. Court of Equity (1743), 115

    Nichols family, Royalston, 23 n

    Noble, John, death, 80; tribute, 81

    Noddle’s Island, Boston Harbor, 227

    Norfolk, Conn., dysentery epidemic (1777), 62; deaths (1766–90), 62

    Norfolk, Va., dysentery epidemic (1787), 63

    Norman, John, 192

    Norris family, Stratham, N. H., 18 n

    Northborough, dysentery in (1746), 50

    North Carolina, epidemics in, 41, 54, 63

    Northrop, George Norton, elected Resident Member, 3, 67; on Nominating Committee, 212

    North Yarmouth, Me., dysentery epidemic (1756), 53

    Norton,——, 439

    ——John, 291

    ——Jonathan, 290

    Norwalk, Conn., dysentery in (1658), 45

    Norwich, Conn., dysentery epidemic (1753), 51

    Noyes, Capt.——, 269

    ——James Atkins, death, 213; tribute, 215

    ——Joseph, 289

    ——Nicholas, quoted on Nathaniel Higginson, 133

    Nutting family, Groton, 20 n

    Oake, John, 49, 50

    Oakes, Edward, Harvard, 1655, 122–123

    ——Thomas, Harvard, 1662, 122, 123; agent for Massachusetts in England, 134

    ——Urian, Harvard, 1649, activities in England, 127, 128, 130; mentioned in diary of Michael Wigglesworth, 384, 384 n, 387

    Observations On that terrible Disease Vulgarly Called the Throat-Distemper (Dickinson), 25

    Ogden, Jacob, quoted on scarlet fever, 28

    Okey, Col.——, 139

    Old Rutland, dysentery epidemic (1756), 53. See also Rutland

    Oliver, Andrew, Jr., arms, 178–181

    Osgood, Benjamin, 194

    Osgood, arms of, 194–195

    Oxford, epidemics in (1756, 1767–70), 23, 23 n, 52

    Oxford University, early Harvard graduates at, 121–122, 123, 124

    Packard, Nathan, 11–12

    Packard family, Bridgewater, 21 n

    Padua, University of, early Harvard graduates at, 122, 123

    Pain, John, diary cited on measles epidemic at Harvard College (1713), 7

    Palmer family, Scituate, 21 n; Stratham, N. H., 18 n

    Paper, wove and laid, 176

    Parish, Thomas, Jr., 121

    Parke (Parks, Parkes), William, feoffee of Roxbury Latin School, 234, 237, 238, 243, 245, 249, 251, 252, 261, 262, 263

    Parker family, Andover, 197 n; Bradford, 20 n; Chelmsford, 59 n; Oxford, 52

    Parkman, Breck, quoted on dysentery (1775), 55 n

    ——Rev. Ebenezer, on epidemics, 9, 17, 49–50, 53

    Parmiter,——, 237

    Pason (Payson), Edmund, 242

    Patch family, Groton, 59 n

    Patten diary, 41

    Payne, John, Ipswich Grammar School, 289, 290, 291, 292

    ——Joseph, Ipswich Grammar School, 289

    ——Robert, Ipswich Grammar School, 229, 288–293 passim

    ——Robert, Jr., 292

    ——William, Harvard, 1689, 132

    ——William, Ipswich Grammar School, 288, 289, 291

    Payson, Edward, 242

    ——Giles, feoffee of Roxbury Latin School, 238, 239, 241, 243, 249, 251, 252, 261, 263, 264, 272–273

    ——John, petitioner in Roxbury Latin School case, 268, 269, 270, 271, 280

    Peabody, Robert E., on Nominating Committee, 3; elected Recording Secretary, 309

    Peacock, Richard, 240, 244

    Peacock family, Tewksbury, 19 n

    Peak, Christopher, 240

    ——Jonathan, Sr., 258

    ——Widow (Christopher), 240

    Pearson, John, 56

    Peck, Jeremiah, 419, 419 n

    Pengry, John, 291

    Penhallow, Samuel, 25

    Penn, William, 150

    Pennsylvania, epidemics in, 10, 53, 63, 64

    Peper, Richard, 241, 243

    ——Robert, 242

    Pepys, Samuel, quoted on George Downing, 139

    Pequit (New London), Conn., Michael Wigglesworth at, 331, 401

    Perkins, Elliott, on Nominating Committee, 3, 79, 145, 298

    Perkins family, Topsfield, 19 n

    Perry, Com. Matthew Calbraith, 176

    ——Sam, 117

    ——Robert, 258

    Peters family, Granville, 62 n

    Philadelphia, epidemics in: dysentery, 46, 63; measles, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12; mumps, 41; scarlet fever, 29, 30, 31, 33; whooping cough, 38, 39

    Philalethes, Eirenaeus, 123

    Philbrick family, Hampton, N. H., 18 n

    Phillips, Rev. George, 409 n

    ——Samuel, 409, 409 n

    Phillips family, Oxford, 23 n

    Phipps, Sir William, 138

    Physical Club, Boston, 48 n

    Pickering, Deacon Timothy, 182

    Pickman, arms of, 184–185

    Pierce family, Groton, 20 n

    Pierce, arms of, 183–184

    Pierpont, James, 264

    ——John, 238, 246, 262

    Pike,——, 242

    Pingree family, Rowley, 19 n

    Plainfield, Conn., epidemics in, 50, 51, 63

    Plaisted, Col. Ichabod, 182

    Plum Island, N. Y., 392

    Plymouth, epidemics in (1641, 1793), 36, 64

    Plympton, epidemic in (1775), 59, 59 n

    Pollay (Polly), John, 238

    Polock, Issachar, 102

    Pool family, Hampton Falls, N. H., 16

    Pore, Tryal, 317

    Porter, Edward, 240, 243

    ——Rev. Eliphalet, 284, 286

    ——Elizabeth, 103

    ——Mary, 103, 104

    ——Moses, 66

    Porter-Phelps-Huntington house, Hadley, 66

    Portland, Earl of, 138

    Portsmouth, N. H., scarlet fever in (1796–97), 35

    Potter, Daniel, 49

    ——John, Judge of R. I. Court of Equity, 98

    Power, Joseph, defendant in R. I. Court of Equity, 111–112

    Practical History of a New Epidemical Eruptive Miliary fever, The, (Douglass), 25

    Pratt family, Granville, 62 n; Oxford, 23 n

    Prentiss, Robert, 243

    Prescott family, Groton

    ——Benjamin, 20 n

    ——James, 20 n

    ——Oliver, 20 n

    Preston, Conn., epidemics in, 33, 34, 42

    Price, Walter, Harvard, 1695, 141

    Prichard, Hugh, 238, 243

    Prince, Thomas, Harvard, 1707, life in England, 131–132, 141; quoted on future of New England, 143

    Princeton, diphtheria epidemic (1786), 22, 22 n

    Princeton University, John Witherspoon at, paper by R. M. Gummere, 146–161

    Proctor family, Chelmsford, 59 n

    Providence, R. I., scarlet fever epidemic (1783–84), 30

    Prudden, John, 251–252

    Prudden family, Morristown, N. J., 61

    Puritanism, Michael Wigglesworth as exemplification of, 311–320

    Putnam, Israel, 114

    Quailes family, Groton, 59 n

    Quebec, epidemics in, 5, 14, 29

    Quincy, Edmond, 280

    Quinton, William, 101

    Ramus, Petrus, 381, 381 n

    Rand, Edward Kennard, death, 213; tribute 215

    Randall, John, defendant in R. I. Court of Equity, 100

    Randell, Richard, 78

    Randolph, Edward, 79

    Rawlins, Gershom, Harvard, 1705, 131, 142

    Rawson, Edward, Harvard, 1653, 127

    ——Edward, 245, 254, 255, 257

    Ray, J. (Simon?), 117

    Read, William, 112

    Read family, Dunstable, 63 n; Westford, 59 n

    Rebrooke, Rachiel, 178

    Red Hook, N. Y., scarlet fever in (1793), 33

    Reeve family, Morristown, N. J., 61

    Rehoboth, epidemics in, 29, 31, 54

    Remick, Christian, Boston water colorist and heraldic painter, 177, 183–184, 183 n, 187, 201, 202

    Remington,——, 238

    Reyner, Rev. John, 409, 409 n

    ——Mary, 394 n, 399, 399 n

    Rhode Island, epidemics in (1784, 1797), 29, 64

    Rhode Island Court of Equity, paper on records of (1741–43), by Zechariah Chafee, Jr., 91–118; origins and purpose of Court, 92–97; judges, 98; attorneys, 98–99; nature of papers, 99–100; Metcalf v. Aplin, 100; Metcalf v. Randall, 100–101; Davidson v. Cox, 101–102; Isaacs v. Dyre, 102; Brett v. Banister, 103–105; Wickes v. Coker, 105–107; Wilkinson v, Keith, 107–108; Rous v. Haszard et als., 108–110; Clark v. Beauchamp, 110; Manning v. Almy, 110–111; Power v. Vanbrough and Carpenter, 111–112; West v. Coddington and Bennett, 112–113; Mayhew v. Nicholls, 114–115; Nichols v. Carr, 115; Heffernan v. Cooper, 115–116; Cuff v. Taylor, 116–117; end of Court, 117–118

    Rice family, Conway, 61 n

    Richard, Pierre (Peter), 109

    Richards, David, Jr., 98

    Richards family, Sharon, 59 n

    Richardson, Alexander, author of commentary on Ramus, 381, 381 n

    Richardson family, Royalston, 61 n

    Riedesel, Baroness, quoted on dysentery in British forces (1777), 61

    Riley, Arthur Joseph, 89

    Rimmons family, Beverly, 34 n

    Ring family, Kingston, 21 n

    Robbins, Rev. Ammi, on sickness in Army at Lake George, N. Y. (1776), 60–61

    Roberts, John, 235, 239, 243

    ——Robert, 288

    Roberts family, East Haven, Conn., 49

    Robie, Thomas, 37

    Robins family, Chelmsford, 59 n

    Robinson, Dr.——, 104

    ——Fred Norris, 74; on Nominating Committee, 79, 145

    ——George Frederick, 79, 90

    ——Matthew, Rhode Island attorney, 98, 99, 111, 116

    ——Robert, attorney for defendant in Roxbury Latin School case, 270, 271, 275, 280

    ——William, Judge of R. I. Court of Equity (1741), 98

    Robinson family, Attleborough, 22 n; Boxford, 20 n; Dudley, 52; Westford, 59 n

    Rodgers, Rev. John, memorial sermon on Witherspoon (1795), 146, 152, 161

    Roe, Deacon——, 284

    Roelantsen, Adam, 225

    Rogers, Daniel, master of Ipswich Grammar School, 292, 293

    ——Ezekiel, 409 n

    ——John, on committee of Ipswich Grammar School, 290, 292

    ——John, Harvard, 1649, 399, 399 n, 404–405

    ——Samuel, Ipswich Grammar School, 289–295 passim, 297

    Rogers family, Kingston, 21 n

    Rollings family, Stratham, N. H., 18 n

    Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, death, 212; tribute, 215

    Root family, Granville, 62 n

    Rose family, Granville, 62 n

    Rous, Capt. John, defendant in R. I. Court of Equity, 108–110

    Rowley, diphtheria epidemics (1735, 1747–48), 16, 19 n

    Rowley family, Granville, 62 n

    Roxbury, whooping cough epidemic (1659), 37

    Roxbury Latin School, paper on, by R. W. Hale, Jr., 225–287: founding of, 225–226; prototype of early independent schools, 226–228; founding fathers, 228–229; fight for independence, 229–231; service to education, 231–232; source material on, 232–234; documents (1643–1788), 234–287

    Royal College of Physicians, London, early Harvard graduates at, 122–123, 129

    Royalston, epidemics in (1777, 1795), 22, 22–23 n, 61, 61 n

    Ruggles, Deacon Edward, 282

    ——John, Sr., feoffee of Roxbury Latin School, 240, 246, 261, 262, 264, 273

    ——John, Secundus, 240, 241

    ——John, Tertius, 243

    ——Samuel, 240, 264 n

    ——Thomas, 240

    Rush, Benjamin, on epidemic diseases, 30, 32, 33, 41, 43; on sickness in American Army in Cambridge (1775), 55; secures Witherspoon for presidency of Nassau Hall (Princeton), 147

    Russell,——, 438

    ——Chambers (d 1766), 186

    ——Mary (Wainwright), 186

    Russell family, East Haven, Conn., 49; Litchfield, 62 n

    Rutland, diphtheria in (1795) 22. See also Old Rutland

    Rye, N. H., diphtheria epidemic (1753), 18, 18 n

    Sachse, William L., paper, Harvard Men in England, 1642–1714, 119–144

    St. Asaph, Bishop of, 138

    Salem, epidemics in, 11, 19 n, 39, 40, 41, 54, 56, 63

    Salem, West-Jersey, measles epidemic (1714), 7

    Salisbury, diphtheria in (1747–48), 19 n

    Saltonstall, Henry, Harvard, 1642, 121, 122, 123

    ——Nathaniel, 134

    Sanders family, Athol, 22 n

    Sargent, Eleanor, 198

    ——Jonathan, 198

    Savoy Conference (1658), 127

    Sawyer family, Harvard, 50

    Scales, Stephen, 12

    Scarborough,——, 241

    ——John, 241, 281

    ——Joseph, 281

    ——Samuel, 241

    Scarlet fever, colonial epidemics of, 24–36

    Schlatter, Richard B., 211

    Schlesinger, Arthur Meier, Jr., elected Resident Member, 67, 75

    Scituate, epidemics in, 21, 21 n, 36

    Scott, John, 77

    Scott family, Bellingham, 59 n

    Scudder, Henry, 420, 420 n

    Searle, George, Sr., 186

    ——George, Newburyport heraldic painter, 174, 185–187, 188, 189, 200, 202–203, 206

    ——Katharine (Gore), 186

    ——Mary Russell (Atkins), 186

    Sears family, Halifax, 21 n

    Seaver, Joshua, 263

    ——Nathaniel, 250, 251

    ——Robert, 242

    ——Shubal, 239

    Sedgwick, Robert, 369, 369 n

    Sewall, Samuel, 133, 136, 142; cited on measles, 5; Chief Justice of Massachusetts, 124, 280; trip to England (1688), 133–134, 142; quoted on Benjamin Lynde, 144

    Seward family, Granville, 62 n

    Seymour, arms of, 185, 202

    Shapard family, Haverhill, 20 n

    Sharon, epidemic in (1775), 59, 59 n

    Shattuck, Mayo Adams, elected Resident Member, 90, 91

    Shaw family, Abington, 22 n; Bridgewater, 21 n

    Sheffield, dysentery in (1796), 64

    Shelton, Thomas, shorthand system, 321, 321 n

    Shepard, Rev. Thomas, Cambridge pastor, 327 n, 387 n; mentioned in Michael Wigglesworth’s diary, 387, 427, 429, 433, 437, 438

    ——Thomas, on Roxbury Latin School Committee, 253, 254, 255

    Shepherd, Samuel, 142

    Sheppard family, Newton, 52

    Sherborn, epidemics in (1756, 1778), 52, 63

    Sherman, Bezaleel, Harvard, 1661, 133

    ——John, minister at Watertown (1647), 328, 328 n, 339

    Sherman family, Brimfield, 59 n

    Shipmasters, early Harvard graduates as, 132

    Shippey, Thomas, 115

    Ships: Eagle, 115; Humbard, 110; Kingstown, 108, 109; La Paon, 109; La Hague, 184; Mary, 107; Neptune, 43; St. Andrew, 44; Treasurer, 43; Tyrannicide, 184; Victory, 111–112, 112 n; William, 101; William and Thomas, 43; Young Eagle, 108, 109

    Shirley, William, letters to, on school rents in Ipswich, 294–297

    Short, arms of, 185, 202

    Shrewsbury, epidemics in, 9, 49, 53

    Shumway family, Oxford, 23 n

    Sibley family, Sutton, 59 n

    Simmons, arms of, 195

    Singer, Elizabeth (“lovely Philomela”), 141

    Smead family, Greenfield, 61 n

    Smith,——, 238

    ——Carleton Sprague, elected Corresponding Member, 145, 162

    ——Francis, 240

    ——John, 240

    ——Rev. Thomas, on epidemic diseases, 9, 27, 36, 39, 63

    ——Rev. William, 22 n

    Smith, arms of, 177, 183, 195

    Smith family, East Haven, Conn., 49; Lexington, 63 n; Middleton, 20 n; Rowley, 19 n; Stratham, N. H., 18 n; Westford, 59 n; Weston, 52

    Soule family, Duxbury, 28

    Southborough, epidemics in, 9, 17, 52

    South Carolina, epidemics in, 10, 27, 37, 38, 41, 47, 63

    Southgate, Eleanor (Sargent), 198

    ——Eliza, 198

    ——George W., 198

    ——Harriet, 198

    ——John, 198

    ——John, Jr., 198

    ——Sally, 198

    ——Steward, 198

    ——William, artist and arms painter, 198, 206

    Southwark Grammar School, London, 130

    Spafford family, Boxford, 20 n

    Spaulding family, Chelmsford, 19 n

    Spectacle Island, Boston Harbor, 227

    Speed family, Stratham, N. H., 18 n

    Spencer, epidemics in (1778, 1795), 35 n, 62

    Spencer, Theodore, 74, 170, 171

    Spenser, Capt. Thomas, Judge of R. I. Court of Equity (1741–43), 98

    Springfield, measles epidemic (1739), 9

    Stafford, Maj. James, 115

    Stamford, Conn., epidemics in, 5, 17, 49

    Stanton, Thomas, 248

    Starr, Comfort, 127, 128, 130

    Starr family, Guilford, Conn., 53 n

    Stearns, Raymond Phineas, elected Corresponding Member, 172, 211

    Stebbins, John, 242

    ——Martin, 242

    Stedman family, Westminster, 22 n

    Steele, Sir Richard, 137

    Sterling, epidemics in, 30, 35, 53, 63, 64

    Stevens,——, 238, 241

    ——Samuel, 281

    ——Timothy, feoffee of Roxbury Latin School, 262, 263, 264, 264 n, 273

    Stevens family, Stratham, N. H., 18 n

    Stickney, Abigail, 189

    ——Ann, 189

    Stickney family, Billerica

    ——Daniel, 19 n

    ——William, 19 n

    Stiles, Ezra, on scarlet fever at Yale (1794), 34

    Stirk, George, Harvard, 1646, 123–124

    Stockbridge, Vt., dysentery in (1796), 64

    Stockbridge family, Abington, 22 n; Stratham, N. H., 18 n

    Stockwell family, Athol, 22 n

    Stoddard,——, 239

    ——Anthony, Roxbury Latin School Committee, 247

    ——Anthony, Harvard, 1697, 132

    ——Elizabeth (Evance), arms, 181–182

    ——Simeon, arms, 181–182

    Stoddard, arms of, 199–200

    Stoddard family, Winchendon, 22 n

    Stodder family, Cohasset, 21 n

    Stodman,——, 239

    Stone, John, Harvard, 1653, at Cambridge University, 121, 122, 325 n; mentioned in Michael Wigglesworth’s diary, 325

    ——Nathan, 56

    ——Rev. Samuel, 325 n, 359, 359 n

    Stone family, Athol, 22 n; Groton, 59 n; Lexington, 17 n; Sutton, 59 n

    Stonington, Conn., epidemics in (1657–58, 1793), 5, 33, 33 n

    Stonnard, John, 242

    raldic painter, 191, 193, 206

    Stott, John, Boston engraver and he-

    Stoughton, William, agent for Massachusetts in England, 121, 122, 130, 134

    ——William, on committee of Roxbury Latin School, 253, 254, 255

    Stow, Samuel, Harvard, 1645, 404

    Stowe,——, 243

    Stratham, N. H., diphtheria epidemics in, 17, 18, 18 n

    Strickland family, Granville, 62 n

    Stuart, Gilbert, 198

    Sturbridge, scarlet fever in (1795), 35 n

    Sturtevant, arms of, 195–197

    Sudbury, diphtheria epidemic (1740), 17, 17 n

    Sumner,——, 239

    ——Deacon——, 284

    ——Edward, 282, 285

    ——Samuel, 283

    Sutton, Richard, 242

    Sutton, epidemics in, 17, 29, 35 n, 39, 50, 51–52, 56, 57, 59 n

    Swan, Joshua, 204, 205

    Swan, arms of, 204–205

    Swan family, Marblehead, 19 n

    Sweet, Benjamin, 117

    Sweeting, Mrs. Esther, 101

    Swinnock, Joseph, 121, 125

    Symmes, Zechariah, 367, 367 n

    Symonds, Samuel, 290, 291

    Syms, Benjamin, 225

    Syms School, Hampton, Va., 225

    Tachygraphy, 321 n

    Taylor, Comfort, plaintiff in R. I. Court of Equity (1743), 116–117

    ——Willett, Jr., on scarlet fever, 32 n, 33

    Teaching, by early Harvard graduates in England, 130

    Teel, arms of, 187–188

    Tewksbury, epidemics in, 19, 19 n, 59, 62

    Third Church, Boston, 334 n

    Thomas,——, 239

    ——Nathaniel, 280

    Thomas family, Middleton, 20 n

    Thompson, Cameron, 310

    Thompson’s Island, Boston Harbor, 227

    Thomson family, Beverly, 34 n

    Thurston family, Stratham, N. H., 18 n

    Thwing, Bathsheba, 178

    ——Rachel, 178

    Ticonderoga, N. Y., dysentery epidemic at (1776), 61

    Tiffeny, Ephraim, 111

    Tilton, James, quoted on dysentery in camp at King’s Bridge (1776), 60

    Tingley, Capt. Samuel C, 101

    Tirrell family, Weymouth, 22 n

    Tobey family, Conway, 61 n

    Tompson, William, 10

    Tomson family, Halifax

    ——Barnabas, 21 n

    ——Jacob, Jr., 21 n

    Topsfield, epidemics in (1747–48, 1795) 19 n, 35

    Torrey, William, 254, 255, 257

    Tory, Phillip, 241

    Tough, Arthur, 101

    Towls family, Hampton, N. H.

    ——Amos, 18 n

    ——Elisha, 18 n

    ——Joseph, 18 n

    ——Nathaniel, 18 n

    Travelers, early Harvard graduates as, 140–141

    Tufts, Joseph, 39

    Tufts family, Medford, 59 n

    Turner, Isaac, 180

    ——James, Boston engraver, 180

    ——James, Marblehead engraver and heraldic painter (?), 179–180, 185, 200, 201, 206

    ——Mary, 180

    ——Priscilla, 180

    Turner family, Weymouth, 22 n

    Tuttle, Julius Herbert, death, 211; tribute, 214

    Tweedy, John, 103, 104

    Tyng, Edward, 253, 254, 255

    Tytes family, Royalston, 61 n

    Updike, Daniel, 98, 99, 116

    Upton family, Middleton, 20 n

    “Use,” section of early sermons, 384 n

    Usher,——, 249

    Utrecht, University of, 135

    Vallentine, John, 279

    Vanbrough, David, plaintiff in R. I. Court of Equity, 111–112

    Vaughan, George, 134

    Vermont, epidemics in, 29, 30, 35, 61

    Veazey family, Stratham, N. H., 18 n

    Vesey, William, Harvard, 1693, 122, 131

    Viets, Henry Rouse, 106

    Vining family, Abington, 22 n

    Vinson family, Weymouth, 220

    Virginia, epidemics in, 5, 44, 47, 63

    Vitent family, Medford, 59 n

    Wade, Jonathan, 294

    Wade family, Medford, 59 n

    Wadsworth family, Benjamin, Duxbury, 28

    Wainwright, Francis, Harvard, 1707, 132

    ——Francis, 186

    ——Mary, 186

    ——Mary (Dudley), 186

    Wakefield, epidemics in, 19, 19 n, 59

    Walcott, Robert, elected Vice-President, 74, 88, 170, 223, 309

    Waldron family, Wenham, 19 n

    Walker family, Sutton, 59 n

    Walleye, Ju, 281

    Walter,——, 241

    ——Rev. Nehemiah, 268, 269, 270, 271, 280

    Walton, John, attorney in Rhode Island, 98

    ——John, Essay on Fevers, the Rattles & Canker, 15

    Wanton, George, 112 n

    Ward, James, Harvard, 1645, 121, 122

    Ward, Thomas, 98

    Warner, Andrew, 402, 402 n

    Warner family, Harvard, 50

    Warren, John, 106

    ——Joseph, 106

    ——Thomas, Boston heraldic painter, 206

    Washburn family, Bridgewater

    ——Cornelius, 21 n

    ——Ziporah, 21 n

    Washington, George, 160; quoted on illness (1775), 51; on camp conditions (1776), 60; portrait by Blyth, published by Coles (1782), 184, 192

    ——Martha, attack of measles, 10; portrait by Blyth, published by Coles (1782), 184, 192

    Waterbury, Conn., dysentery epidemic (1749), 51

    Waterhouse, Dr. Benjamin, quoted on measles, 15

    Waterman,——, 241

    Waterman family, Halifax, 21 n

    Watermarks, 176–177, 192

    Watson, John, 239

    Watson family, Oxford, 23 n

    Watts, Isaac, 137, 144

    Wayside Inn, Sudbury, How arms in, 201

    Webster, Kenneth Grant Tremayne, death, 67; tribute, 68

    ——Noah, on epidemic diseases, 24, 29–30, 32, 33, 50, 54, 56, 59; on dysentery at Ticonderoga, N. Y. (1776), 61

    Webster family, Haverhill, 20 n

    Weeks family, Greenland, N. H., 17 n; Marlborough, 57 n

    Weld, Daniel, master of Roxbury Latin School, 230, 244–250 passim

    ——Edmund, Harvard, 1650, 126

    ——Edmund, donor to Roxbury Latin School, 237, 264 n

    ——John, Jr., 280

    ——Joseph, feoffee of Roxbury Latin School, 234, 235, 237, 238, 264 n

    ——Thomas, feoffee of Roxbury Latin School, 237, 238, 243, 246, 249, 251, 252, 253, 255, 261

    ——Thomas, Jr., master of Roxbury Latin School, 261

    ——Widow, 240

    Wells family, Conway, 61 n

    Wenham, epidemics in, 19 n

    West, Henry, plaintiff in R. I. Court of Equity (1742), 112–113

    ——Rev. Samuel, quoted on dysentery in Revolutionary Army, 56

    Westborough, epidemics in, 9, 17, 41, 49, 50, 53

    Westfield, measles epidemic (1758–60), 10

    Westford, epidemic in (1775), 59, 59 n

    West Hartford, Conn., dysentery epidemic (1776, 1777), 61

    Westminster, diphtheria epidemic (1764), 22, 22 n

    Weston, Robert Dickson, elected Registrar, 74, 88, 170, 223, 309

    Weston, epidemic in (1756), 52

    Wethersfield, Conn., dysentery epidemic (1775), 60

    Weymouth, epidemics in (1751–52, 1795), 21–22, 22 n, 35 n

    Wharton, Lord, 133

    Wheeler family, Royalston, 23 n

    Wheelock, Capt.——, 55 n

    Whelor family, Sudbury, 17 n

    Whipple, John, 290, 291

    Whipple family, Sutton, 59 n

    White, Aaron, feoffee of Roxbury Latin School, 283–286 passim

    ——Edward, 241

    White, arms of, 187, 203–204

    White family, Royalston, 23 n

    Whitehill, Walter Muir, resignation from Council, 75; appointed Editor of Publications, 311

    Whiting, John, Harvard, 1657, 127

    Whitman family, Bridgewater, 21 n; Weymouth, 22 n

    Whitmore family, Bedford, 19 n

    Whitney family, Westminster, 22 n

    Whittamore, Laurence, benefactor of Roxbury Latin School, 227, 234, 234 n, 255, 256

    Whittingham, Richard, Harvard, 1689, 133

    ——William, Harvard, 1660, 133

    Whooping cough, colonial epidemics of, 36–40

    Wickes, John, 105–107 passim

    ——John, Jr., defendant in R. I. Court of Equity, 105–107

    Wiggins family, Stratham, N. H.

    ——Tuftin, 18 n

    ——Walter, 18 n

    Wigglesworth, Mary (Reyner), 394 n, 399, 399 n

    ——Michael, paper on diary of, by Edmund S. Morgan, 311–321: as exemplification of Puritanism, 311–312, 314–320; biography, 312; teacher at Harvard, 312–314; manuscript of diary described, 320–321; text of diary, 322–344; marriage, 406–407

    Wilcock, William, 375, 375–376 n

    Wilkins family, Middleton, 20 n

    Wilkinson, William, defendant in R. I. Court of Equity, 107–108

    Willard, Captain——, 143

    ——Josiah, Harvard, 1698, 132

    Willard family, Harvard, 50

    Williams, Abigail, 281

    ——Abraham, 56

    ——Daniel, feoffee of Roxbury Latin School, 283

    ——Eleazer, 283

    ——Isaac, 282

    ——J., 241

    ——John, feoffee of Roxbury Latin School, 281, 283

    ——Joseph, 281

    ——Col. Joseph, feoffee of Roxbury Latin School, 283–286 passim

    ——Joseph, Jr., 284, 285, 286

    ——Robert, feoffee of Roxbury Latin School, 238, 239, 241, 249, 251, 252, 261–264 passim, 273

    ——Samuel, feoffee of Roxbury Latin School, 241, 242, 264, 266, 267, 273, 281

    ——Rev. Solomon, 60

    ——Stephen, feoffee of Roxbury Latin School, 266, 267, 283

    ——Dr. Thomas, feoffee of Roxbury Latin School, 283–286 passim

    Williams family, Granville, 62 n; Marlborough, 57 n

    Williamsburg, Va., epidemics in (1772–74), 12, 15

    Williamson, Matthias H., cited on scarlet fever, 33

    Williston, Samuel, 302; elected Honorary Member, 162, 172

    Wilmington, Del., dysentery epidemic (1700), 46

    Wilson, Asa, 16

    ——Elizabeth, 16

    ——Hannah, 16

    ——John, first minister of Boston, 441, 441 n

    ——John, 16

    ——Joseph, 16

    ——Joshua, 16

    ——Lydia, 16

    ——Marcy, 16

    ——Mary, 16

    ——Phebe, 16

    Winchendon, diphtheria epidemic, 22 n

    Wing family, Hanover, 22 n

    Winship family, Lexington, 19 n; Medford, 59 n

    Winslow, Isaac, 269

    Winthrop, Adam, Harvard, 1668, 132

    ——Adam, Jr., 132

    ——Fitzjohn, 134

    ——Grenville Lindall, death, 76; tribute, 81

    ——John (d 1676), on epidemic diseases, 5, 37, 45; friend of Michael Wigglesworth, 339, 339 n, 402

    ——Samuel, 132

    ——Wait, cited on dysentery epidemic (1684), 46

    Wintonbury, Conn., deaths in (1765–84), 58; dysentery epidemic (1775), 60

    Wiswall, Ichabod, 134

    Wiswall family, Boston, 55

    Witherspoon, David, 148

    ——James, 160

    ——John, paper on, by R. M. Gummere, 146–161: estimate of, 146, 161; education and early career, 146–147; accepts presidency of Nassau Hall (Princeton), 147; views on relation of classical and Christian traditions, 147–152; Ecclesiastical Characteristics, 150; classical atmosphere in academic relations, 152–154; Sensible Advice to Young Persons, 153; On the Religious Education of Children, 153–154; Letters on Marriage, 154; A Serious Inquiry into the Nature and Effects of the Stage, 154–155; Lectures on Eloquence, 155–157; political views and activities, 157–160; On Nature under Sin, 157–158; An Essay on Money, 159; The Supplication of J.R. . . . , 160

    Withington family, Sharon, 59 n

    Wize, Joseph, 241

    Woburn, epidemics in (1778, 1795), 35 n, 63

    Wood, Anthony, 143

    Woodberry family, Sutton, 59 n

    Woodbridge, Conn., scarlet fever epidemic (1794), 34

    Woodbridge, Benjamin, Harvard, 1642, career in England, 121, 127, 128

    ——Dudley, Harvard, 1696, 143

    Woodbury, W. R., 90

    Woodbury, Conn., dysentery epidemic (1749), 51

    Woodbury family, Royalston, 61 n

    Woodward family, Dunstable, 63 n; Plainfield, Conn., 50; Sudbury, 17 n

    Woody, John, 242

    ——Richard, Sr., 241

    ——Richard, Jr., 241

    Worcester, epidemics in (1740, 1796), 9, 64

    Worcester County, epidemics in (1740, 1786), 9, 22, 22–23 n

    Wright, John J., 74

    Wright family, Dunstable, 63 n; Westford, 59 n

    Yale, Elihu, 133, 137

    Yale College, measles epidemic (1740), 9; scarlet fever epidemic (1794), 34; benefactions of Jeremiah Dummer, 137; of Sir John Davie, 142

    Yungman,——, 239