Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution
Luke Babcoek, who preaches and " prays for Col. Philips and his tenants at Philipsburg.
" In this formidable catalogue of 312 sober and loyal " protestors, there are not less than one hundred and " seventy, who after a most diligent enquiry, I cannot " find have the least pretensions to a vote, and indeed " many of them are lads under age. Their names are " as follows :
" ' Samuel Seabury, Timothy Purdy,
" ' Luke Babcoek, James M'Guire,
" ' Benjamin Fowler, Esq. James Regnaw, " ' Joshua Pell, Samuel Purdy,
" ' Edward Pell, Sylvanus Purdy,
" ' John Hunt, William Dalton,
" ' Gilbert Horton, Elijah Tomkins,
" ' Adrian Leforge, Charles Lawrence,
" ' Moses Williams, Joshua Purdy, junr.
" ' Philip Kelley, James Sniffen, junr.
" ' James Bains, jun. Peter Bonet,
" ' Matthew Hains, Peter Fashee,
" ' Bartholomew Hains, Jesse Lawrence,
" ' John Hains, William Sniden,
" ' Elijah Hains, Solomon Dean,
" ' Joseph Clark, Thomas Hiat,
•" ' Joseph Oakly, William Woodward,
" ' James Mott, John Whitmore,
" ' Daniel Purdy, William Underhill,
" ' John Crab, Nehemiah Tomkins,
" ' Izariah Whitmore, Henry Leforge,
" ' Absalom Gidney, Evert Brown,
" ' John Brown, Benjamin Beyea,
■" ' Jasper Stivers, John Lorce,
" ' Peter M 'Farthing, Elnathan Appleby,
" ' Joshua Purdy, jun. John Baker,
•" ' Haccaliah Purdy, jun. Jonathan Underhill, " ' James Tomkins, James M'Chain,
■" ' Gilbert Thial, Joshua Hunt,