An essay for the recording of illustrious providences

The last year was attended with sundry Remarkable Tempests in several parts of this Country. One of which happened in NewHaven Colony, June 10.1682. Concerning which I have received from a good hand the following account. This Storm began about 2. h. P. M. and continued two hours. It reached Stratford, Milford, Fairfield, NewHaven, and it was very violent in every one of these places, especially Milford, where three Barns were blown down by it, and one ⟨p. 317⟩House new built, that was forty foot in length, well enclosed, was moved from the Foundation at one corner, near two foot and an half; but the greatest strength of the Storm was about six miles above Stratford, as is evident by the great Havoc, that is there made, for the compass of half a mile in breadth, scarce a Tree left standing, which is not shaken by the Storm; the strongest Oaks are torn up by the roots, some two foot, some three foot and more over; young Saplings that were not so big as a Mans middle, were broken off in the midst: This Storm came out of the West, and the Wind did before the end somewhat veer towards the North; it was attended with a violent Rain: the very noise of the Wind in the Woods, was such, as that those that were in it could not hear the fall of a Tree a few Rods from them. Great Limbs of Trees were carried like Feathers in the Air an incredible distance from the Trees they were broken from: Many that were at work in the Woods were in great danger, and had no way to preserve themselves but by running into open Plains, where there were no Trees. The strength of the Storm passed along East and by South, over Stratford River, and between Milford and New-Haven, and there it passed away ⟨p. 318⟩into the Sound towards Long-Island: Many thousands of Trees were blown down both above and below the place before specified, but in the compass of that half mile, the greatest strength of the Storm was; for here almost there was an universal Destruction of all the Trees, leaving the place upon Hills so naked that very few Trees are found standing. Thus of that Tempest.

The last year was attended with sundry Remarkable Tempests in several parts of this Countrey. One of which hapned in NewHaven Colony, June 10.1682. Concerning which I have received from a good hand the following account. This Storm began about 2. h. P. M. and continued two hours. It reached Stratford, Milford, Fairfield, NewHaven, and it was very violent in every one of these places, especially Milford, where three Barns were blown down by it, and one