, The District which included, the northern portion 'of Salem elected Thaddeus Crane, for its Captain ; " Jesse Truesdale, for its First Lieutenant; Ezekiel ■ Halley, for its Second Lieutenant ; 12 and Ebenezer 1 Brown, for its Ensign. For some reason, the Captainelect and the Ensign-elect. " did not take their Com- , " missions ;'' and on the eighteenth of December, 1775, i a new Election resulted in the choice of Jesse Truesdale for Captain ; Ezekiel Hawley, for First Lieutenant ; Solomon Close, for Second Lieutenant ; and Elijah Dean, for Ensign. 13

The Companies at Scarsdale White Plains and Brown's- Point, Bedford, Poundridge, Salem, Mamaroneck and Rye, Harrison's Precinct, and Northcastle, eleven in number, which were thus reorganized and re-officered, were known as the Middle Battalion of Westchester-county of which, soon afterwards, Thomas ThomaB was made Colonel ; " Gilbert

8 Hezekiah Gray was chosen Captain of the Bedford Company of Minute-men, in February, 1776, (Historical Manuscripts, etc. : Military Returns, xxvii., 196 ; ) a Report on the military Btatus of which Company, may be seen in Historical Manuscripts, etc. : Miscellaneous Papers, xxxix., 323. He and his Company, although not regularly enlisted, were ordered to join the Continental Troops, at Peekskill (Historical Manuscripts, etc. : Miscellaneous Papers, xxxix., 325.)

°In April, 1777, Gilbert Reynolds was a member and"Clarck" of the local Committee of Cortlandt Manor, (Proceedings of the Committee, " Cutlensmanner, April 2 ,b , 1777 " -- Historical Manuscripts, etc. : Miscellaneous Papers, xxxvii., 391.)