[153] Curwin's Journal, pp. 462, 463.

[154] Sabine says Dorchester. Dorchester Record says Thomas Oliver, the son of Robert Oliver, Esqr., and Ann, his wife, was born Jan. 5, 1733-4 at ye Island of Antigua.

[155] Curwin's Journal, p. 516.

[156] Curwin's Journal, p. 510.

[157] Hutchinson's Diary & Letters. Vol. 1, p. 195.

[158] Doyle's History of America, Ch. XVIII.

[159] For description of House, see "The Bernards of Abington and Nether Winchendon," by Mr. N. Higgins, Vol. I. p. 285.

[160] The Town of Roxbury. Francis S. Drake.

[161] Life of Sir Francis Bernard.

[162] "The Bernards of Abington and Nether Winchendon," by Mr. Napier Higgins.