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8. soon was alowd a meting a Rufis Rogers my son in law and aftor while bilt a log rowm and increst very fast till our loving frends Henery and Mather Widerfeld both recommended Minerstors and they was a help but Henery son gra weke and a dropsy cosed his final disalushan. I think in 1805 he dyed. My wife had another son we named Stephen aftor my old fren in Danby Vermont a fine good elder. And in 1804 I had a consarn to asapeir to go to the States to setol business and atend our yerly meting and was much faverd, but subject to many weknesis and grate tryels and it sems as if soemthing is very apt to turn up to bloc my way amongst frends, yet the Lord has been kind in many respects. Blessed be his holy name forever. However I went to Vermont add took my son from a school and he went with me to yerly meting at Pheledelphy and staid to frends scool at Weston by frends kind offor. And in 1807 my wife went with me through Vermont, Bew York Jersys stats and Pensalvany. A-tended a grate many meitings and our yerly meting and sen hur mother, brothers and sistors and a grat many cosons, uncals and ants and our son Timothy came horn with me and offord to kep scol for frends and I to bord him for the privlage he had got amongst frends but as he was of an upish turn of mind frends wair not wiling he should tech scol. He cep scol about a yer or two and went to tran and frends disoned him. He has ben gon bac to the Stats for som yers and I have not sen him sins 1809. But in 1807 I bot a mil plase in Picorin and about this time Jobe Hugh from Pensalvany a recommended minestor movd in and took much lede in our meting and soon aftor Jacob Win a fine tendor minestor in truth came to Yong St. from Vermont, and then there sone became a solect meting of which I can say but litil as I do not belong thereto, but I have always maid it my rule if I thought any of our members did a mis so as to make me onesy to go and tell them and when I thought Minestor or eldor or overseur mised it I go and tell them so that opens a dor and they tolk with me freely and it is well non I have had a grate gift from the lord to setol new contry. I have setold eight new farms or plantashens laid out one a town wheir I went first I went thrity mils in the wildernes and now their is a town on ortor crik cold Vergunus that is incorparated as a sity and within four mils of said town I livd and in a mild distans we bild a meting hous wheir their is now a quarterly meting cold Ferrissburgh quartor. When I first went to Danby there was no meting by Stephen Rogers was the mane insterment of the beginning of that meeting and in them contrys round Lake Champlan is now many metings and in this contry has becom that I looked for united under the cair of New York yerly meting. For about 1807 or 8 Jobe Hughs and Jacob Winn had a consarn to goto Bay of Quimpy or Adolfus monthly meting, and I had a consarn from the Lord came on me to go as a pilit and in this visit at Adolfus monthly meeting arose a consarn for frends in Canada to be younited being three monthly meting Adolfus Pelum and Yong Street wheir was a short time back a wilderness. Now the most in number it was thought that the lord maid way and we wair joined by New York and Pensalvana yerly metings and Jobe ha dyed going to yerly meeting and the next yer I had got my famaly at this plas Picoran—and mils agoing and I was oblige to go for as I was going—about midnight the spirit of truth impressed my mind to go to Young street meting, neir forty mils. Next day I went and frends apointed me to go and I gave up to go altho I loked for a grate los. And I found it was so but I was gone about six months and was so wonderfully favoured that I did much dred to join worly busines agane byt the spirit said I must and