Notes for Joshua Allen and Agnes Homes

1725 "Joshua Allen and Agnes Homes were Married on xber 14^th in Chilmark by William Homes. [1]

1730 Joshua Allen died on May 30 of small pox. William Homes' diary states, "June 14, 1730, I had an account by letters from good hands last week that my son in law Joshua Allen departed this life at Medfield the 30^th day of May. His distemper was the small pox." [2]. He also states in another section of his diary, [3]

My son in law Joshua Allen departed this life May 30 1730 he died in Nutfield of the small pox, he sickened the 12 day and died y^e 30^th in his last sickness he expressed himselfe very christianly as one that had good hope thro grace I am informed.

Footnotes:

[1] Charles Edward Banks, "Diary of Reverend William Homes," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 48 (1894), 446-453; 49 (1895), 413-416; and 50 (1896), 155-166, at 48:450, [InternetArchive].

[2] Charles Edward Banks, "Diary of Reverend William Homes," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 48 (1894), 446-453; 49 (1895), 413-416; and 50 (1896), 155-166, at 50:163, [InternetArchive].

[3] Charles Edward Banks, "Diary of Reverend William Homes," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 48 (1894), 446-453; 49 (1895), 413-416; and 50 (1896), 155-166, at 48:449, [InternetArchive].