The District formerly commanded by Joseph Strang ' elected John Hyatt, for its Captain ; ^ John Drake, for its First Lieutenant; ' Obediah I'urdy, for its Second Lieutenant; and Joseph Horton, for its Ensign.''

The eight Com]>anie8, in the Manor of Cortlandt, whicli were thus reorganized and re-ottieered, were known as the North Hattalion of Westchester-county, of which, soon al'terwards, Pierre Van Cortlandt was made Colonel," tJilbert Drake its I>ieutenant-colonel,' Joseph Strang its First Major, '' Ebenezer Purdy its Second Major, John Cooley its Adjutant, and Isaac Norton its Quartermaster."

The District of Eastchester elected Stephen Sneden, for its Captain;'- Thomas Pinkuey, for its First Lieu-

' Aliraliaiii I'linly was a meiiilxr of the County (,'oniniittef, representin;; the llanor of Cortlamlt, in ITTli-", iHislnrirnl jl/.oiimn/i/s, etc. : Mi'irflliiui-niis I'liju rs, xxxviii., 309.)

In April, 1770, C'lileb Hobliy, who wiis said to have been a " Gentle- "inan," received a Coniniission from the C'ontineiitiil Congress, as FirRt Lieutenant in "the Firet Regiment of New York Forre.s," {Hixloiinil .1/.i//iis<T(j>/.«, etc. : Milil'irii IMimis, xxvii., liH) ; atiil he appears to have joined the Seventh, or Captain Hait's, Company, {HMmiinl Maniiscripls, etc. ; Militurij Otinmisxium^ .xxv., IG."), BVH.) Soon afterwards, it was said that -lie nnd the Second Iiieutenant and the Ensign of the Company [Unit's nr lli/alt'x] " wisli to decline tlie service ; they will be no loss to "it." {HitftorU-ul M'tiiHsrrijits^ etc. : MiliUirif Coiiimittee's Pttprrs^ x.vv., 488.)

.Joseph Strang was snbsetpieiitly nia<le First Mi\jt»r of the Regiment, the Third of the \Vestchester-<'onnly Militia, of which the eight Cimipanies in the Alanor of ('ortlandt apiH'ar to have tteeu memliers, (//tslitriral Mtiiiiim-ripl.t^ etc. ; Militnrti Itftnnis^ xxvi., He represented