John Harvard and his times . the uncertainty of life was realised inthese anxious times is shown by the fact thattwo days after his sons death Robert Harvardmade his will. Ere, however, it could be putinto its final form, little Katherine was takenfrom the family circle. And even yet thedeath-roll was not complete. After a threeweeks interval, the baby of the family, Peter,was laid in his grave; and when five days morehad elapsed the father himself was carried intoSt. Saviours Church for burial. In less thanfive weeks the plague had exacted as manyvictims from this one happy home. OnlyKatherin
John Harvard and his times . the uncertainty of life was realised inthese anxious times is shown by the fact thattwo days after his sons death Robert Harvardmade his will. Ere, however, it could be putinto its final form, little Katherine was takenfrom the family circle. And even yet thedeath-roll was not complete. After a threeweeks interval, the baby of the family, Peter,was laid in his grave; and when five days morehad elapsed the father himself was carried intoSt. Saviours Church for burial. In less thanfive weeks the plague had exacted as manyvictims from this one happy home. OnlyKatherine Harvard and her two sons, Johnand Thomas, remained. In the will he executed less than four weeksbefore his death, Robert Harvard had be-queathed a sum of two hundred pounds toeach of his three remaining sons, with a pro-viso that if either of them died his portionwas to be divided equally among the sur-vivors. As Peter was already dead, Johnand Thomas were thus entitled to a sum ofthree hundred pounds each on reaching 126. THE HARVARD CIRCLE their twenty-first birthday. In the intervalMrs. Harvard was to have the use of thosesums for the education and bringing up ofthe two lads; but that the money might event-ually be forthcoming when they came of agethe will stipulated that the mother, within threemonths of the death of her husband, or atthe latest before she married again, was tobecome bound in a sum of one thousandpounds for that purpose. Having providedfor several legacies to friends, includingtwenty shillings each to his cousin ThomasHarvard and to his good neighbour andfriend, Mr. Richard Yearwood, for ringsfor remembrance, Robert Harvard willed allthe residue of his possessions to his well-beloved wife. No provision of any kindseems to have been made for carrying on thebusiness in which he had been so son Robert, who might have done that,was dead, and neither of his other sons wasold enough, or had shown any inclinationfor the occupation of a butcher. Be
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