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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. 307 words

Israel Honeywell, Junior, was said to have been a member of the County Committee, representing the Manor of Philipsborough, 1776-'7 ; and, in 1777-8 and 1778-'9, he was said to have represented Westchestercounty in the Assembly of the State. It is not impossible that, in Borne instances, these references have become mixed,

See pages 102, 103 ante.

3 Historical Manuscript* relating to the War of the Revolution : MUitary Returns, xxvii., 142.

4 Abraham Storm represented the Manor of Philipsborough in the County Committee, 1776-'7.

6 George Combs was a member of the firBt County Committee, appointed in 1775 ; and in 1800, he represented Westohoster-county, in the Assembly of the.State.

Gload Requa represented the Manor of Philipsborough in the County Committee, 1776-'7.

7 William Dutcher was subsequently in command of a Company in the Secret Service of the Convention of the State, (Historical Manuscripts, etc.: Miscellaneous Papers, xxxv., 467.)

The village of Irvington, on the Hudson-river, was built on his farm ; and his large house was standing in the middle of that village, within a few years, and, probably, stands there, now.

8 Daniel Martling was subsequently a Lieutenant in Colonel Thomas's Regiment, by whom he was " recommended for the Standing Army," in 1777, although he was said to have been"illiteral," (Historical Manuscripts, etc. : Military Committee's Papers, xxv. , 849.) ■

Gershom Sherwood, for its Second Lieutenant ; 9 and George Monson, for its Third Lieutenant. 10

The six Companies on the Manor of Philipsborough, and those at Westchester, previously referred to, at Eastchester, and at New Rochelle and the Manor of Pelham, all of them reorganized and re-officered as thus described, were known as the South Battalion of Westchester-county, of which, soon afterwards, Joseph Drake was made Colonel, 11 James Hammond its Lieutenant-colonel, 12 Moses Drake its First Major, 13 Jonathan G.