| health | Robert White brought him to Enfield CT 1847.08.21, ministry brought him to Hancock 1847.08.31, DeWint.851. 'Came into the house to live,' Hancock Chh Family, 1849.05.17, MPH.8329. 1850 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, Joseph Patten family 121: age 16, born MA. Alt surname: Holstet: visited Tyringham 1850.09.02, DeWint.851. When James Ramsay [Treganza] got caught in the augur machine, 'Henry Halstet sprang to extricate him & got caught himself & his left hand badly hurt his thumb was pretty much torn off,' 1851.05.05, DeWint.851. See grisly details in Hancock letter to the Ministry, 1851.05.08, OClWHi.IV:A-10; also NOC.TDM.
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