Jethro Turner . p age 3

1814 (cont.) y

7 Apr Bring James Shay home.
26 Apr "Mother (Lucy Wright), Elder Abiathar and Sister Ruth arrive at 5 p.m.
Timothy Hubbard died - 71 years old,
27 Apr David Miller goes into Albany and gets two shad and some oysters for the Ministry.
12 May William Yearsley"helps David Train ^f. "drive some young cattle to the flats near Troy
as David is goingto Stephentown with the cattle to pasture."
28 May "Chancellor Ifent and several others visit us today. "
9 June The brethren go out and get a load of butternut bark forcoloring wool.
15 June Jesse and EllasBunnel finish some work on the Meeting House yard.
19 July Raise "the little family's grist
mill-.."by 5:30 a.m. , have breakfast, go into the field
and reap 3-4 acres of rye and get home for dinner (at noon).
20 July "A number of brethren go over to the Mohawk and cut 3 acres ofgrass that Peter bought
of Linnebacker for $36. Mother, Elder Abiathar, Elder Sister Betsy H. f Elizabeth
Goodrich and I go with the covered wagon and carry some drink to the above mentioned!
brethren. We have had a very happy ride out with Mother."
23 July Mother, Elder Abiathar and Sister Ruth return to Lebanon. Have been here over 4 weeks
Mother and Ruth in that time made up 184 yards of cloth into bedding and Ruth has also
made several skirts and caps forthe sisters.
13 Aug James Shays dies - 71 years old.
27 Sept "Stephen Munson and Calvin Green arrive here and inform us that the gift is outfor
paying fines for non-attendance to any military parade whatever."
28 Sept The brethren and sisters pick up 480 bushels of apples today.
David Miller, Benjamin Train and David Hawkins^have been gone three days looking
for pipestem material.
29 Sept Stephen Miunson and Calvin Green along with David Osborn and the Elder Brother go
to see Van Vechten (a lawyer) in Albany about military duties.
1 Oct Mother, Elder Abiathar and Sister Ruth come again.
15 Oct Three brethren start out to get a ram and to cut pipestems and take the dog with them.
"They had not gone far before the dog with their assistance caught a large raccoon."
18 Oct They had about 2000 bu * ofapples this year.
Deacon David ftzTand Rhoda are released from deaconship and succeeded by
Peter Dodge and Joanna Bennef.
27 Oct Mother and party go back to Lebanon.
2 Nov Freegift is repairing the threshing mill.
4 Nov The brethren are rebuilding the wal 1 of the creek below the washhouse.
14 Nov "Some of the leading brethren in the family urge hard to have Elder Brother (the author)
go to Cherry Valley and view our land and judge what ;-is3 best to
do with it. Accord-
ingly, Deacon Peter and 1 start forCherry Valley about midnight. "
18 Nov "Elder Brother and Peter returnfrom Cherry Valley having relinquished the bargain
contracted between David Osborn, Dean Gage and William Henry respecting the land
sold at vendue." ,
26 Nov Deacon Peterand David Miller go to Schodack to look at some land.
28 Nov Deacon Peter and David Miller start forCherry Valley.
Derrick Vedder pays $600 in part payment of what he owes the CF .
An earthquake rocks the house at 7:15 p.m.
4 Dec Deacon Peter, David Miller and John K. Van Rensselaer return from Cherry Valley.
6 Dec Thomas Staats comes and makes an offer for us tobuy his farm but we do not agree.
8 Dec Nathan, Deacon Peter, John Scott and Abijah go over and look at Winne's farm with
a view of b&ying it,and we decide to.