sek added a note to 12 in Obed Macy: Journal 6 in Obed Macy Journals and Letter Books, saying “Obed often writes names phonetically. There is a good website here https://genealogy.nha.org/ where you can search for either first or last names.”
sek added a note to 59 in Obed Macy: Journal 6 in Obed Macy Journals and Letter Books, saying “Missing word? I have no idea what the frost prevented them doing in the candle houses.
The captain of the Forester was Charles Ray (Obed was his father). Obed got it right the second time.”