It is only known of their service that one of them, Isaac, was of the party on the hill to the eastward at the time of the capture of Andre, and that Sergt. Isaac, possibly the same man, or it may have been that the former was Isaac, Jr., and the latter, Isaac, Sr., was at one time a prisoner in New York. David, James, Isaac, Peter and John See took title to various lands from the Commissioners of Forfeiture. The See family is claimed to be of French Huguenot origin.
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How and Where fie was Wounded.
The following- account of the wounding- of William Davids, and
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I do hereby certify, that. William Davids, a private of my Regiment of Militia, was employed as a Guide in the year 1779, and when near Verplauck's Point was taken by tire enemy when on service, and wounded so as to be left for dead ; and that on account of said wounds lie is now unable to labor for his subsistence. Given this 12th day of June, 1782.
Jas. Hammond, Lieut.- Col.
To All Whom it may Concern :
Be it known, that on the 19th of July, 1779, William Davids was left on the ground near Croton River wounded in a most shocking manner in both body and limbs, with both haul (sic) and bayonet, to the number of eighteen or nineteen wounds, having lost a considerable part of the bone of his left arm, also having a tendon wounded in his left thigh, has left him with lameness of left leg, and being thereby incapable of getting support by labor.