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10. became touch in his mind although he had ben very bad and had ben very deirsakal in his prin-cipbels I beleve som opurtunys I had with him was to good efect he came and set down with us som tims and my wife cep along in a strange way and set down with us som tims and my wife cep along in a strange way and was ablock to my going on my duty amongst frends, but said if I would buir a good hous or to that efect I mite go and in 1810 and 11 I got a hous so I thought to a move. In a short time had a barn and considerabil of clering and the 3 day of the 1 month 1812 my wife Sarah and I started to go to York with me to git som things she wanted in said hous and as we rode this 24 mils she toked plesent and told hur wishes and the nese day atended to sell and by and aftor we had ben their awhile went 6 or 7 mils up Yong St. to Wilam Marshis for his wife was hur relation and yous us. Well byt my wife was taken porly and complaned of chils then an ague and pain between hur brest and side. Hir old relation was very kind as also Saly their dartor and I son went to York and brot Doctor Aspanwall. Everything was don that man cold do—we left four childoron at horn. Asa, Wing Stephen and my now only dartor Matilda, it being very cold I was very much for to go intanding on her, she prayed aloud to the lord and offon expresd som religus sayings that she had larnt when yong befor she had joind frends and wair not wiling to be removed and on the 6 day of hur siknes and the 13 day of the 1 month about 8 o'clock in the evening she departed this life. While I was lay down a short time, but I heird Salla say Mrs. Rogers is dying I arose and made hast but befor I got to hur she was departed this life. And I sent to my setold childorn at the fardor end of Yong Stret. They came to hur burel that was on the 17 day of the firs month at my one house in Picoron with my three childorn, Sarah, John and John Elmsley Rogers. And now I was left to move in my new hous with four childorn, two oldest sons setold at Yong Stret and Timothy disoned and gon to the Stats. Do you think tong can tell my trobel or pen right my greaf. I soon went with my dartor about 14 years old to our half yers meting at West Lake and had a con-sarn and went aftor telling frends about 150 mils to som frends at Leeds, and our frend Gidin Monaloe was amongst us for a religus visat. We wair at a first day meting together at Kingston and then a recommended minerstor by name of Joseph Levins and an eldor Conelas Blout Both of West Lake meting kindly went with me and we had a good visit and three appointed meetings the lord helped and then I cam hom found all well as comon and much toke of war between Inglan and the Stats that maid me very sorry and I cried to the Lord. This seson I attended monthly metings mostly at Young St. neir forty mils. Grate trobels arose both in State and sosiety for the stats som time in the 6 month declared war and a number of Yong strete frends became so good and zelus in their one apinians that aftor telling their thoughts lef our meting and met to one Daved Wilsons ny Quen st. meting and son aftor at Amos Hermatages shop within a quartor of a mild of our meting hous at Yong strete for frends has a good hous 20 fet one way and 30 the other now bilt. We disoned these that separated which proved to be above twenty in the same time past we had a meting aloud at John Haights about half a mile from my house. My famaly meting continued till John Haight and Jams Powel and wivs all became members and Mark Wider-feld son of Henery moved heir. He, his wife and 5 childorn is members. Samuel Evs also moved in this naborhood has a wife and four childorn all members and Issac Jero and Benjamin request both sons moved to West Lake. Isaac Reservd Benjamons case sent to him to that meting. Samuel Jamason and his wife