from Pike's Journal: 13 Jan 1706-7: "Thrsday. George Geffrey sen: of Portsmouth esq: - & one of the Council, journeying from Boston towards Piscataqua, in a very cold day, was taken sick of flux & feaver at Ipwich; and died after ten days sickness at Col. Appletons, was interred the 17th of Feb: A man of singular understanding & usefulness among us."