The Varian family, who occupied what is now known as " Wayside Cottage," after enduring for some time the importunate demandg of the guerrillas fled to Connecticut for refxige, not returning till the end of the war ; while Caleb Tompkins was obliged to leave his home and flee for his life, before the British. In the " Spy," Cooper treats of this time and locality with great force and interest, but of less romantic and more matter-of-fact details there is great lack. In regard to the troops furnished by the town of Scarsdale, Baird in his " History of Rye," says, " New York was required by the Continental Congress to contribute her quota of three thousand men. Four regiments were raised in the province. The call for soldiers was promptly responded to by this town (Rye). Three companies were formed, mostly within the limits of Rye, which as yet included Harrison and the White Plains. These companies were embraced in the ' Second Battalion of Westchester County.' The second company included the men from Scarsdale, White Plains and Brown's Point. The number furnished by Scarsdale is unknown, but the name of James Verian (Varian) appears as first-lieutenant of the company. Of him, we find that during the war, he rendered service under the Colonial flag, and his possessions were despoiled by the human wolves infesting this part of Westchester County during the war, and who were known as ' Skinners ' and ' Cowboys.' For twenty years prior to his decease he was a helpless paralytic, caused by exposure in the patriotic cause.''