| The Reverend Daniel Wadsworth was the seventh Pastor of the First Church of Christ in Hartford, Connecticut. His kept his diary from May 5, 1737 to February 16, 1747. The diary was discovered in 1892 while the collections of the Connecticut Historical Society were being rearranged. While the introduction describes the diary as being a "dry, prosaic, and commonplace one," it nevertheless provides a glimpse into the life of an unassuming devout Christian minister of the time. As is the case with many diaries of this time period, vital events are occasionally recorded. Reverend Wadsworth was born in Farmington, Connecticut, November 14, 1704. He was educated at Yale College, and was ordained to the pastorate of the First Church in 1732. Reverend Wadsworh married Abigail Talcott on February 28, 1734, and they had six children. He died November 12, 1747 at the age of forty-two. He is described in the introduction as being "kind of heart," "laborious," and "industrious," as well as "nervous," "bashful," and a "dyspeptic" and "semi-hypochondriac." This publication includes footnotes written by the (unidentified) fourteenth Pastor of the church. This original text is part of the NEHGS Rare Books Collection, call number F 104 H3 W12. To locate additional genealogy and local history resources, search our library catalog. | Citation Information: |