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Jun 2 1717 }    Eleonar Bointon appear^d before the

            church & was admonishd for her Sin of fornication

Jun 23 1717 } Edward Saunders & his Wife Elizabeth

             appear’d before y^e chh. & were admonished

             for having been guilty of fornication

Jun 30. 1717 } Edward Saunders & his Wife appeard before

             The chh. made their confession, & were restor^d. –

July 7 1717 / Eleon^r Bointon appeard before y^e chh

            made her confession and was restord.

Octob^r 20 1717 / Sarah Wood came before y^e chh

              own’d hers. guilty of y^e sin of

      fornication: & was admonished ––––

Nov^r 17. 1717 / Sarah Wood made her confession

              was restored; & owned the covenant

Nov^r 26. 1717 / Joseph Jewett brot in a complaint

              ag^st his Aunt Elizabeth Todd: the substanc

of w^ch was –– that she s^d he was an old Rogue, & that

his Father was so before him ––– ––– on Decemb^r y^e 1^st

being Sabb: day — I stay’d y^e chh & Laid s^d complaint before

it — & appointed a chh — meeting — on Tuesday following

Decemb^r 3. 1717 } The chh met at my house & s^d Sister

                 Todd (having been notify’^d to appear, by

Ensign Stickny & Cap^t Northend, who were appointed by

the chh for y^e Service) was present. Testimonies were

brot in, y^t made out the whole charge, only y^e witnesses

were not personally present, but sent their Evidences sign’d.

The first part of the charge she own’^d viz^t that she

did say that tho he (s^d Jewet) was a young man, yet he

was an old Rogue & so she repeatedly s^d before y^e chh

& wholly justify’^d her calling him so & continued very stiff

and passionate — but oft deny’^d that she s^d so of his

Father; of which yet, there were three Testimonies brot

in: but because the witnesses were not present, she was

frequently told that y^e chh did then wave y^e consideration

of that part of the complaint that Related to his Father