21 John Thomas, evidently avoryyoung man, but one of the officeholding Thomas family. He was probably the second son of John Thomas, Junior, who was, at that time, a member of the Provincial Congress and, generally, a leader of tho revolutionary party, and a continual office-holder.

This Captain John Thomas died January 6, 1835.-- (Bolton's History of Westchester-county, original edition, i., 254; the smrte, second edition, ii., 761.)

WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

its First Lieutenant ; William Woodward, for its Second Lieutenant; and James Miller, Junior, for its Ensign.

The District which included the eastern portion of Northcastle elected Benoni Piatt, for its Captain j 1 David Holby, for its First Lieutenant; Abraham Knapp, for its Second Lieutenant; and Jonathan Guion, for its Ensign.

The District which included the southern portion of Northcastle elected Benjamin Ogden, for its Captain; Jeremiah-Hunter, for itsFirst Lieutenant; Caleb Merritt, for its Second Lieutenant ; and James Brundige, for its Ensign.

The District which included the northern portion of Northcastle was so entirely opposed to the Rebellion that " there were not persons sufficient in num- " bers who had signed the Association to make Offi- " cers of, so that nothing was done," in the form of an Election, during the Summer and Autumn of 1775 ; but an attempt was made to organize the Company, in the following January, when Joseph Green was found, to afccept the command of the Company, and Henry Peers, to accept the First Lieutenancy ; the Second Lieutenancy and the place of Ensign remaining vacant. 2