16. See 2 Backus,
Church History 242–243. Compare 4
A&R 876. The minister involved was apparently James Mellen. 3 Backus,
Church History 185.
Cite web page as: Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2018.
http://www.masshist.org/apde2/