yours of Decr 3 was brouaght me by Col. Sergeant with aboundance of complesance. He Informed me how very well and chearfuly you were to a Prodegy he said. You have I hope before now received the Bill by Mr. Bradford, at the same time are Informed that I received your kind Present of the Barril of Flower with my thanks. I rejoyce to know you got yr Building Covered before the winter Sett in, it has been Severe anouef with us but thanks to God and my Dear Brother I have not wanted any comfortable thing, but the Lose of Such a Multitude of Lives in the Storms is Terrable and Surpases all I Ever Remember in a Season.

Our Sister Davenport had a Daughter Dorcas who married to a Mr. Stickney and lived at Newbury he was a chare maker by traid but never loved work, but that is not the thing, they had been So long Dead and I had no Remembrance of there Leaveing any Children and had never Seen any of them that I Sopoze I did not think of the Famely when I wrot the List, when I received your Leter our Streets were unpasable by any means for old folks but a few Days after I Sent to Mrs. Williams to Inquier what She knew about them, and had for Ansure all she knew of the man who wrot to you, was that he was a good for nothing Impudent Lazey Felow Just like his Father, I thought however as he had an Aunt in the Town I would know Somthing farther before I ansured your Leter. I therefore Got a Carrage and went to her and Inquier about the Famely, She Tould me that when her Sister was married her Husbands mother and Grandfather were Liveing on a Little Estate they had in Newbury where he also carried his Wife after trying to live by Shopkeeping in this Town, but haveing So little means of Soport they became Exding Poor, in which time She Says you went to See them and made them a hansom Prezent (I Sopose at the time you Put out your Shoulder at Portesmouth). His Grandfather Lived to be above 90 year old but He and his Daughter Dieing Left the house to our couzen but they could not feed long upon that, he Therefore took a Prudent Step Sould it and bought a good Farm at Derry, and went to Live on it where his wife helpd. to work on it and thay got to Live Extradinery well, but She Mrs. Rogers thinks Shortned her Days by too hard Labour, and her husband Died Soon After her and left the Farm to this Man and a Sister who are all the children they left and who live to gather on it and do very well, She Says he has a Good Charecter as a Sober Honest man but does not Increce his Estate as won tould her he Entertaind too many Strangers in hopes of Entertaing Angels unawares, She Says She Saw Him about a year and half a go and he tould her he had such a Son that he Named for you, that he gave him all the Education he was able, but she thinks him very Bold in writing to you She is Shure She Shuld not have don it, as to the Boy I omited to Inquire Perticularly about him as the Carrage waited for me Put it out of my mind. We have had a Short Spell of moderate wether. I am as well in Health as useal my Daughter growing beter Slowly. She Joyns me in Duty and love to you and yours with your Affectionat Sister