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Mar 28, 1840

Journal Entry

March 28, 1840 ~ Saturday
Thomas Benbow

Thomas Smith
Elizabeth Davis
James Watkins
William Morris
Mary Proser
^20^ Susanna Morris
John Dyer
Benjamin Williams
Mary Williams
Ann Dutson
Harriet White
Thomas Hope
Eliza Parry 35 persons

28th I confirmed one & walked to the Hill
farm
& Baptized 2 persons one was a prim
itive Methodist preacher which I confirmed
I spent the night at the Hill farm, & Dreamd
of being with several others in a small Boat in
a storm on the river we had to paddle ashore with
our hands having no paddles, there was a
serpent cralled into the Boat & I flung him
out with my hands & reached the shore in
safety. Distance of the day 8 miles

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Dutson Carling, Ann Green
30 Nov 1798 - 16 Jul 1893
2 mentions
1840 British Convert
Williams, Benjamin
abt. 1806-1842
12 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Benson, Eliza Ann Parry
3 Apr 1828 - 30 Apr 1913
5 mentions
1840 British Convert
2 mentions
1840 British Convert
White, Harriet Prosser
28 Oct 1819 - 14 Oct 1877
3 mentions
1840 British Convert
10 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Dyer, John
abt. 1818-1901
9 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Williams Pugh, Mary Ann Rock
23 Feb 1812 - 2 Jun 1895
2 mentions
1840 British Convert
Prosser, Mary Elizabeth Mayos
2 Oct 1793 - 71875-11-27
2 mentions
1840 British Convert
Morris, Susanna
abt. 1785-1862
2 mentions
1840 British Convert
3 mentions
1840 British Convert
Hope, Thomas
1780-aft. 1851
2 mentions
1840 British Convert
20 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
2 mentions
1840 British Convert

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Mission - 1840 Record of British Converts
Thomas Smith Elizabeth Davis James Watkins William Morris Mary Proser ^20^ Susanna Morris John Dyer Benjamin Williams Mary Williams Ann Dutson Harriet White Thomas Hope Eliza Parry
Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
and on I baptized two more one of whom was a Primitive ^Methodist Preacher^ The day following was one of much labour. It

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Mar 28, 1840