He rturned to Tunbridge sold his farm there for $800 in order to make a speedy payment on his debts in Boston here let me observe that my brother Stephen mack made me a present of $1000 previous to my marriage which I had as yet made no use of I told <​desired​> Mr Smith that to add this to the sum which he received for his farm by this means we would be enabled to liquidate all debts that stood against us and although we might be poor we would have the satisfaction of knowing that we had given no man any cause of offence complaint and haveng a conscience void of offence the society of our children and the blessing of health we still might be indeed happy—

He acceeded to my proposition and deposited the whole in the hands of Colonel Mack who took the same to Boston and paid off the demands against us and returned with the receipts which set us free from embarrassment of debt but not from the embarrassment of poverty. <​new Chap​>

This was considerable of a trial to us for it deprived us at once of <​not​> only of the comforts and conveiniences of life but also of a home of any discription and we took our 3 oldest children ane went to Sharon and hired a farm of my father which My husband cultivated in the summer season and in the winter he taught school This course we pursued for a few years gaining gradually untill we found ourselvese in quite comfortable circumstances Here

Here it was that My Son Joseph was born one who will act a More conspicuous part in this work than any other individual From this place we went a short distance to Royalton where Wiliam was born <​in 1811​> as also one who died in infancy which we named Ephraim. Thence To <​to​> Lebanon <​1811​> here we settled ourselves down and began to congratulate ourselves upon our prosperity and also to renew our exertions to obtain a greater abundance of this worlds Goods we looked around us and said said to our what do we now lack there is nothing which we have not a sufficiency of to make us per and our children perfectly comfortable both for food and raiment as well as that which <​is​> necessary to a respectable appearance in society <​both​> at home and abroad taking this view of the subject we thought it time to begin to provide for the future wants of our family and ourselves when the decline of life should come upon us: This raised our ambition much and I commenced by laying in for the ensueing winter 100 lbs of candles that we might the better pursue our labors a 200 yds of cloth for a stock of chothing <​for​> my family and as my children had been deprived of school we made every arrangement to suply that deficency our second son <​Hyrum> we sent to <​established in​> the accademy in Hanover the remmainder who were old enough attended a school near by whilst while The their Father and myself were industriously laboring late and early to do all in our power for their future wellfare We met with success on every hand

But the scene Soon changed When we had been in this place for the space of 2 years <​in 1813​> the typhus fever came into Lebanon and raged there horribly among the rest who were seized with this comppaint complaint were was my my oldest daughter Sophronia who was sick 4 weeks next Hyrum came from Hanover <​sick​> with the same disease then Alvin my oldest and so on till there was not one of my Family left well save Mr Smith and myself here I must request my readers to bear with me for I shall probably detain them some time