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Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution

Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886. Passage 470 of 1706 252 words

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,

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