History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
1- Joseph Drake was a member of the Firstand Second Provincial Congresses, by the former of whom he was made Colonel of the First Westchester-county Regiment, {Uinlorical Manuscript*, etc. : MUilnnj Keturns xxvi., 1:5 )
'8 A very interesting .Vflidavit, made by Lieutenant Willis, on the sixth of .Vugtist, 177(>, illustrative of the unpopularity of Colonel John Thomas, Junior, may bo seen in the llislurical Stamtacripts, etc. ; Mitrellone'iiis I'liperx, xxxix., 347.
" .\braham Ledew represented the Manor of Philipsborough in the County Committee, in 1776-'7. This name was written, elsewhere, La Donx.
^ lliKlorii nl M(iHa»cripl» relating to the War of the lieivliitiun : SlUUunj Retiirm, xxvi., 140.
=1 Gabriel Rcfiua liveil about two miles back from Tarrytown ; in 1777, he was a Lieutenant ; and he was known, favorably, at that time, iK'cause of his capture of a Recniiting Officer from the City of New Y'ork. (Pr<ireMinyn nf a Oenernl Court Martitil, " Peekskill, .\pril 18, 1777."')
~ HiMnrv-nl MnnnKripts relating to the War of the Ucrolution ; MUUarii lleliinui, xxvi, 140.
HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
Captain; Israel Honeywell, for its First Lieutenant;' Dennis Lent, for its Second Lieutenant ; and Hendrick Odell, for its Ensign.
The Beat or District of Yonkers made its election of Officers, agreeably to the provisions of the Congress's enactments ; but the result was not satisfactory to Frederic Van Cortlandt and others, who had been rejected by the Company ; and, through their influence in the Provincial Committee of Safety and Provincial Congress, the Commissions were withheld from the Officers-elect, and a new Election was ordered.'* For some rea.son which has not been stated, although it can be very easily seen, that new Election was not held until the eighteenth of March, 1776, when John Warner, who had been elected Second Lieutenant in the former Election, was made the Captain ; Jacob Post, Avho had been elected Ensign in the former Election, was made the First Lieu tenant; Samuel Lawrence, the Second Lieutenant; and Israel Post, the Ensign of the Company.