The Company of Poundridge and Lower Salem -- which was called, also, " the First Company of Min- " ute-men of the County " -- elected, originally, Ebenezer Slason, to be its Captain ; Henry Slason, to be its First Lieutenant ; Ebenezer Scofield, to be its Second Lieutenant; and Daniel Waterberry, to be its Ensign ; but, subsequently, when Captain Slason was promoted, Henry Slason was made Captain, Ebenezer Scofield was promoted to the First Lieutenancy, Daniel Waterberry to the Second Lieutenancy, and David Purdy was made its Ensign.*
1 Ebenezer tiockwood was a .lustice of the Peace and one of tlie (jiioriini, under the t'olonial Government ; a member of the Second, Third, and Fourth Provincial Coiigressea ; and of the Convention of the Slate ol New Vorli. He was a member of the Assembly of tlie State, representing Westchester-county, 1778-'fl, 17S4-'5, 17SC, 1787, ]78»;aud he was County Judge, 1791-3 ; and one of the llegents of the llniver. sity, 178-l-'7 ; etc. He died on the twenty-ninth of July, 1821, aged eighty-four years.
-Jonathan G. Tompkins was a member of the first County Committee, elected in May, 177.5; a member of the Third and Fourth Provincial Congresses, of the Committee of Safety, and of the Council of Safety. He was a member of the Assembly of the State, 178l)-'l, 1781-'2, 178U, 1787, 1788, 17'.ll, 17y2 ; of the Board of Uegcnts of the University, 1787- 18118; and of the Constitutional Convention of 1801. He was the First Judge of the County, 17"j:5-'7, 1798-1802 ; and died on the twenty-second of May, 182:).