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Attawanhood, son of Uncas, 32.

Augustine, Saint, 349.

Austen, Mrs., 82.

Austin, Messrs. E. and A., 130, 402.

Backus, Mrs., daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Wg., 376.

Bacon, Lord, his sentiment on prosperity and adversity, 175.
Baltimore, Md., 407.

Baptism, The Sacrament of, the Rev. Dr. Bellamy's views of, 66. Dr. Wm.
Wg.'s views of, 67. Congregational exactions respecting it, drive many
persons into the Episcopal Church, 73. Dr. Wm. Wg.'s children enjoy
the benefits of it, 65. His daughter Mary Anna's baptism, 77. Dr.
Mansfield administers it to several children, at Great Barrington, 74.
Barber, his Connecticut Historical Collections, 32, 42.

Barrington. See Great Barrington.

Baxter, his Saints' Rest read by Mrs. Bn., 284.

Bedfordshire, 369.

Belknap, his American Biography, 15.

Bellamy, The Rev. Dr. Joseph, notice of, 65. His pamphlet on the Half-
way Covenant, 66.

Benham, The Rev. Benjamin, 164, 237, 381.

Sarah Hall, 237. See Boardman, Mrs. Henry Mn.

Bennett, Elijah, 402.

Bereavement, by death, Christian reflections on, 155-158.
Berkshire county, Mass., 83. The History of, cited, 137.
Beschryvinghe van Virginia, Nieuw Nederland, cited, 36.
Bethlehem, Pa, 307.

Bethlem, Conn., 65.

Betts, Sarah, 228, 377.

Stephen, 228, 229, 377.

Beveridge, Bishop, quoted, 47

Bible, The. See Holy Scripture.

Bidwell, Barnabas, Mary Anna Wg. a pupil of his, at New Haven, 113. His
correspondence with her, 102, 112-116. His sprightly description of her
home and occupations, 102; and his poetic epistle to her, 114. His
tragedy of the Mercenary Match, 226. Mason Wg. studies law under
him, at Stockbridge, 303. His civil offices, 102, 303.

Binghamton, N. Y., 304, 380.

Bishops, The, and clergy, frequent Mrs. Bn.'s house, 273, 274.
Bleeding Saviour, The, a favorite phrase with Mrs. Bn., 285.
Boalt, Mr., of Norwalk, marries Mabel Sperry, 390.

Boardman, Ohio, 159, 237, 239. Named after Elijah Bn., 402.

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Augustus, son of David Sherman and Charlotte, 413, 418.
Benjamin, son of Daniel of Wethersfield, 414.

Caroline Maria, daughter of Elijah and Mary Anna, 382. Her
education, 143, 145, 313. Her early religious impressions, 145, 313. Her
letters prized by her mother, 182. The only child at home, when her fa-
ther died in Ohio, 164. Her consolations at the time, 165. Her father,
dying, speaks very affectionately of her, 164, 170; and sends a message
to her, 170. Her brother Wm.'s letter to her, on the occasion, 168.
Her uncle Samuel's letter of condolence to her, 230. See Schroeder,
Mrs. J F.

Catharine Ann, daughter of David Sherman and Charlotte,

412, 418.

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Charles, son of Daniel of Wethersfield, 414.

The Rev. Charles Adolphus, son of Homer and Amaryllis, mar-

ries Sophia Hine, 407,

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Charles Sherman, son of David Sherman and Charlotte, 413, 418.
Mrs. Charlotte, wife of David Sherman, 413, 415, 418.

Cornelia Elizabeth, daughter of Elijah and Mary Anna, 382.
Her education, 143, 182, 184. Her mother's wise and godly counsels to
her at school, 182, 183, 184. Accompanies her parents to Ohio, 159.
Prays at her father's death-bed, 166; and receives his dying counsels, 169.
Her diary, 170. Is exhorted by her mother to cherish his memory, 175;
and his last words, 175. Is confirmed, 184. Is engaged in the duties of
a Sunday-school, 271. Her mother's letter to her on the subject, 271. Is
devoted to her sister's children, during their mother's absence in Europe,
191. Receives some original stanzas from her sick niece Cornelia, 204.
Visits Mount Vernon, 280; and receives a letter from her mother, on the
occasion, 281. Her tribute to her mother's character, 337, 338.

Daniel, of Ipswich, migrates from England, and is the earliest
American ancestor of the Boardman family, 388.

Daniel, of Wethersfield, son of Daniel of Ipswich, 388, 413.

The Rev. Duniel, of New Milford, second son of Daniel of Weth-
ersfield, and the earliest of the Boardman family at New Milford, 123,
124, 399, 414, 418.

Daniel, of New York, son of Sherman and Sarah, 394. Marries
Hetty More, 398. Coöperates with his brother Elijah, in affording pe-
cuniary means for the education of their brother, David Sherman, 410.
Biographical Notice of, 397-399. His age, 418.

Dr. Daniel Homer, son of Homer and Amaryllis, 408, 418.
David, son of Sherman and Sarah, 394, 418.

Boardman, The Hon. David Sherman, son of Sherman and Sarah, marries
Charlotte Taylor, 412, 415. His autobiography, 409–412. Describes the
personal appearance and the character of Mary Anna Wg., 101, 102;
her passing from the single to the married state, 131; her character in
domestic life, 141, 142; her serene gravity of age, 177, 178, 262; her re-
markable exhibition of the power of religion, 179; and her blessedness in
death, 332. His "Reminiscences and Notices of the Bn. family at New
Milford," 124, 388-415. Describes the temperament of his brother Eli-
jah Boardınan, 125; and his manners, 126. Informs the Bn. family at
New Milford, of Mr. Elijah Bn.'s being ill in Ohio, 164. His children,
412, 413. His great age, 311, 418. Is one of a party of aged persons,
that meet together at Mrs. Bn.'s house, in 1842, 311.

Edward Daniel, son of Daniel and Hetty, 398.

Elijah, third son of Sherman and Sarah, 123, 124, 381, 399. His
birth, 123, 124. His baptism and confirmation, 161, 404. Anecdote of
his narrow escape from death, in his childhood, 399. His early educa-
tion, 126, 400. His classical studies with the Rev. Nathaniel Taylor, 400.
His rapid growth, and his delicate health in childhood, 129, 400. His
mother's influence in moulding his character, 126. [Sec Boardman, Mrs.
Sherman.] At the age of sixteen, he enlists as a common soldier (1776)
in the Revolutionary War, 126, 400. The officers of his regiment and
company, 400. Is ordered to New London, and embarks for New York,
400. His father's letter to him as a soldier, 126. His service in the war,
126-129. His hardships and privations, 126, 129, 130. His illness at
New York, 400. He journeys home, sick, 401. Recovers, and joins the
army against Burgoyne, 401. Studies, at home, under Mr. Hickling, 402.
Is a clerk at New Haven, 130, 402; a merchant at New Milford, 123,
130; a partner of his brother Daniel, 398, 402; and of Elijah Bennett,
402. His personal appearance, and his prominent traits of character,
124, 125, 160, 161, 172, 173, 404. His views of marriage, 130; and his
alliance with Mary Anna Whiting, 123, 404, 416. His refined conjugal
pleasures, 131, 132, 149, 150. Builds his family residence at New Mil-
ford, 132. His correspondence with his wife, before her removal to New
Milford, 132, 133. His letter to her, on the Rev. Mr. Bostwick's death,
135, 136; and other letters, 149, 150. Is sick at Hartford, 150; and in
Vermont, 151. Journeys through Vermont, 151. His letter to his sou
Wm. when eight years old, 146, 147; and letter to his son George, 147.
His gratitude to God for the children He had given him, 148. Is prompt-
ed, by his wife, to establish family prayer, 151. His bereavements, by
the death of his parents, 154; of his wife's parents, 64, 154; and of his
daughter Mary Anna, 154; on whose death, he receives a letter from his

His peaceful and
in which he died,

son Henry, 242. He is a member of the Connecticut Land Company,
160, 402, 403. Visits Ohio, in 1799, and repeatedly afterward, 403. Is
(1800) one of the proprietors of Medina, Ohio, 402. The town of Bn.
named after him, 402. His sickness in Rhode Island, 403. Relinquishes
his mercantile business, and becomes a politician, 403. His public offices,
403, 404; as a member of the State Legislature of Conn., 150, 160, 173;
of the State Senate, 160, 173; and of the Senate of the United States,
148, 160, 173, 416. His journey (1823) to Ohio, with his wife, his son
George, and his daughter Cornelia, 159; on a visit to his son Henry, and
to his Ohio lands, 160. Is an intelligent and consistent Churchman, 161,
404. His admiration of "our Washington," 161, 162. His last illness,
161, 164, 166, 168. His affectionate mention of his daughter Caroline,
164; his dying message to her, 170. His physicians and attendants, in
his last illness, 164, 165, 166. His disease, 165. Receives the Holy
Communion from the Rev. Mr. Morse, 166, 169, 171.
happy death, 164, 167, 168, 169, 170, 404. The room
253. His remains taken to New Milford, 173, 403. Tributes to his
character, by the National Intelligencer, 171; by the Republican Far-
mer, 172; and by the Rev. Dr. Burhans, 276. His letter and pecuniary
aid to Mason Wg., 302; and to David S. Bn., whom he enters as a law
student, 410. His gifts to the parish at Bn., 240. His memory cher-
ished, 175. His children, 142, 381. His age, 418. His grave, 343-346.
Boardman, Mrs. Elijah, was Mary Anna Whiting. [See Whiting, Mary
Anna] Her husband, 123, 416. Values his preference, 131, 150. Her
refined conjugal pleasures, 131, 132; and her correspondence, at this time,
with her husband, 132, 133, 134. The death of her father, 134; and of
her pastor, the Rev. Mr. Bostwick, 135. Her reflections on Mr. Bost-
wick's death, 136. Removes (1793) to New Milford, 141. Her domestic
habits, and maternal duties, 141; home pleasures, 142, 143; maternal
sympathies, 143. Her deafness, 141, 150, 176, 177, 266, 310. David
Sherman Bn.'s sketch of her character, 101, 102, 131, 141, 142, 177,
178, 179, 262, 332. A wife for thirty years, 142, 163. Her sons and
daughters, 142. Letters to her son William, urging him to prepare for
death, 143, 144; and to her son George, 144, 145, 146. Her letters to
and from her husband, 148, 149, 150, 151. Her letter to him when sick,
at Hartford, 150; and in Vermont, 151. Induces her husband to estab-
lish family prayer, 151. Her early friends passing away, 153. Farewell
stanzas addressed to her, by Mrs. Stone, 153. The death of her husband's
parents, 154; of her mother, and of her daughter Mary Anna, 154. Let-
ters of condolence from Mrs. Jacob and Mrs. Merwin, 155, 156; and books
from Mrs. Merwin, 157, 158. Is visited, in her affliction, by her brother

Samuel, 158; his stanzas on her daughter Mary Anna's death, 159. Her
journey to Ohio, 159. Her husband's last hours, 163, 169; her conversa-
tions with him, on his death-bed, 164, 169; her consolation thus obtained,
163, 164; her prayers at his bedside, 166, 168; her prostrating affliction,
168, 173; and her fortitude, and her strength from God's word, 164, 168.
Goes to church, at Canfield, 174. Returns to New Milford, as a widow,
174. Her desolate feelings, on entering her home, 174. See Boardman,
Mrs. Mary Anna.

Boardman, Elijah George, second son of Henry Mn. Bn., 246. His baptism,
and his father's remark on the occasion, 246. His college studies, 381.
Esther, daughter of Sherman and Sarah, 104, 118, 180, 307.
Her affectionate letters to Mary Anna Wg., 103, 104. See Burrall,
Jonathan, and Marvin, Mrs. Hetty.

Esther Orinda, daughter of Homer and Amaryllis. See Van-
derburgh, Federal.

--, Frederick, son of Sherman and Charlotte, marries Harriet Can-
field, 413.

Frederick Alexander, first son of Henry M. Bn., 246, 381. His
baptism, 246. His illness, 247; and prayers, 248. His recovery, 249.
His grandmother's desire that he should devote his life to God, 249; and
his father's conduct on the occasion, 249.
gift of a Bible and a Prayer-Book, 249.
249, 316; and at Trinity College, 316
letter of wise and holy counsels, 249; a letter of Christian affection, 316;
and a farewell letter and gift, 316. Announces his father's death, 315.
His marriage, 317, 381.

Receives from his parents the
Pursues his studies, at Cheshire,
Receives from his grandmother a

Frederick Augustus, son of John Taylor and Sarah Annette, 413.
Frederick William Henry, son of Daniel and Hetty, graduates,
studies law, marries Philippina Bolin, 398.

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-, George Sherman, son of Elijah and Mary Anna, 382. At school
at Litchfield, 143; his mother's letter to him there, 145. A student at
Union College, 143; his mother's letters to him, 144, 145, 146. His fa-
ther's letter to him at college, 147. Accompanies his parents to Ohio,
159. His letter on his father's last illness, 164. His father, when on his
death-bed, converses with him, 169. His last illness, 178; and death,
178, 335. His noble and generous nature, 178, 335. Remarks on his
death, in a letter from his brother Henry to his mother, 242. His age,
418. His grave, 345.

414.

-, George William, son of David Sherman and Charlotte, 413, 418.
Hannah, daughter of Daniel of Wethersfield, marries John Abby,

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