Montgomery; was in Col. John Mead's Regt. from Aug. 14, to Sept. 25, 1776 ; in Col. Wooster's Regt 177 7 ; in 1778

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HISTORICAL SKETCHES

Quartermaster in Col. John Mead's Regt. ; March 9, 1779, appoint'. Commander of the war vessel " Wakcman " ; July 4, 1781, coinmU- sioned Brigade Quartermaster of the 4th Brigade of Militia of the State of Connecticut. Widow applied for pension Feb. i'S, 1837. He die; in August, 1825.

Captain George'Comb was a brother-in-law of Colonel Hammond, they having married sisters, the daughters of Thos. Wildey. He was a Lieutenant and member of the Count}'- Committee, 1775 ; appointed Commissary July 16, 1776 ; and Captain in 1778. Was Justice of the Peace, Coroner, a member of the Assembly in 1800, arid a prosperous man of afliairs. Lived at the present 'Dean Corners on upper Mail- St. Capt. Comb and Col. Hammond tooh title from the Commissioners of Forfeiture to the farm v/hrcli had been occupied by their late fatherin-law, Tli os. Wildey, south of and adjoining Tarrytown, comprising 262 acres. Capt. Comb had sons William, George and Thomas, and live daughters, who mostly married and settled here. lie died May 2, 1827, in his 85th year. His wife was Elizabeth Wildey.

Capt. Jonas Orser's application dated Aug., 1832, states that he was then a resident of ML Pleasant, and aged 88 years. In the years 1776-7 and up to the first part of 1778, when he rec'd his commission as Captain, he was a Lieut, in the Co. commanded by Capt. Abraham Ladieu ; in the month of July, 1776, at Tarrytown; was called out at various times, in the years 1776, '77 and '78. Commissioned by Gov. Geo. Clinton, June 26, 1778 ; commission on file with his application for pension.