Prince Charles; " the one on Tippett's Hill " yumber TJiiee, and the one on Tetard's Hill, the American Ft. Independence, " Xumber Four."

Elnathan, Jr., Elijah, Henry and Jacob Taylor, Izarell Underbill, Frederick Van Cortlandt, Abm, Frederick and Josh. Vermilye, John and Wm. Warner, Geo. Wertz, John and Samuel Williams. On August 24, 1775, they chose John Cock, captain ; Wm. Betts, first lieutenant : John Warner, second lieutenant ; and Jacob Post, ensign. The names were sent to the Provincial Congress for commissions. The county committee protested against the captain elect, and on the 11th of September presented the affidavit of William Hadley, of the district committee, that when he presented the " general association " to Cock, he said, " I sign this with my hand, but not with my heart ; for I would not have signed it, had it not been for my wife and family's sake." The friends of Cock rallied to his support. A majority of the company and a score more inhabitants of Yonkers sent down a petition in his favor, stating that he had been chosen " for his well-known skill and ability in the military discipline," and that the complaints were made out of " spite and malice." But further affidavits by Isaac Green and George Hadley, that Cock " had damned the Continental Congress," satisfied the Committee of Safety that it was improper to give Cock a commission. The local committee was ordered to hold a new election, " taking care to give public notice that John Cock cannot be admitted to any ofiice whatsoever." *