of 2 pwt and
1/2. Twelve Ministers of the Town had Rings, and two out of
Town...."[179]

"Tuesday, 18, Novr. 1712. Mr. Benknap buried. Joseph was invited
by Gloves, and had a scarf given him there, which is the
first."[180]

"Feria sexta, April 8, 1720. Govr. Dudley is buried in his father
Govr. Dudley's Tomb at Roxbury. Boston and Roxbury Regiments were
under Arms, and 2 or 3 Troops.... Scarves, Rings, Gloves,
Escutcheons.... Judge Dudley in a mourning Cloak led the Widow;
... Were very many People, spectators out of windows, on Fences
and Trees, like Pigeons...."[181]

"July 25th, 1700. Went to the Funeral of Mrs. Sprague, being
invited by a good pair of Gloves."[182]

This comment is made upon the death of Judge Sewall's father:

"May 24th.... My Wife provided Mourning upon my Letter by Severs.
All went in mourning save Joseph, who staid at home because his
Mother lik'd not his cloaths...."[183]

"Febr. 1, 1700. Waited on the Lt. Govr. and presented him with a
Ring in Remembrance of my dear Mother, saying, Please to accept
in the Name of one of the Company your Honor is preparing to
go."[184]

"July 15, 1698.... On death of John Ive.... I was not at his
Funeral. Had Gloves sent me, but the knowledge of his notoriously
wicked life made me sick of going ... and so I staid at home, and
by that means lost a Ring...."[185]

"Friday, Feb. 10, 1687-8. Between 4 and 5 I went to the Funeral
of the Lady Andros, having been invited by the Clerk of the South
Company. Between 7 and 8 Lechus (Lynchs? i.e. links or torches)
illuminating the cloudy air. The Corps was carried into the Herse
drawn by Six Horses. The Souldiers making a Guard from the
Governour's House down the Prison Lane to the South
Meeting-house, there taken out and carried in at the western
dore, and set in the Alley before the pulpit, with Six Mourning
Women by it.... Was a great noise and clamor to keep people out
of the House, that might not rush in too soon.... On Satterday
Feb. 11, the mourning cloth of the Pulpit is taken off and given
to Mr. Willard."[186]

"Satterday, Nov. 12, 1687. About 5 P.M. Mrs. Elisa Saffen is
entombed.... Mother not invited."[187]

In the earlier days of the New England colonies the gift of scarfs,
gloves, and rings for such services