There were other arrests in Westchester-county similar to that of Godfrey Haines, one of which, that of Elijah Weeks, was followed by an attempt to rescue him, by an armed force, among the latter of whom were Isaac Gedney, Junior,* William Nelson, 5 Joshua Boyea, Joshua Ferris, 6 Bartholomew Haines, 7 Elijah Haines, William Haines, and John Haines, the person^ who made the arrest having been Job Haddon, of Harrison Precinct, Benjamin Morrell, of New York, and Isaac Sniffen, of Rye-neck. 8

1 Letter from the Committee of Safety to tlte Committee of Ulster-county "In Committee of Safety, New- York, 23rd Jany, 1776."

2 Letter fro?n the Ulster county Committee to the Committee of Safety,, "Kingston, January 27th, 1776."

8 William Elsworth, Chairman of the Ulster-county Committee, to the Provincial Congress, "Kingston, May 22, 1776 ;" Journal of the Provin cial Congress, " Die Sabbati, 9 ho., A.M., May 25, 1776."

4 iBaac Gidney, probably the same person, visited Governor Tryon, on the' Dtwltess of Gordon, a few months afterwards, (Examination of William Sutton before the Westchester-county Committee, July 23, 1776.)

5 William Nelson was one of those who, in the following year, " were "supposed to have gone to the British Army," (List of Sundry Persons, Inhabitants of CortlanaTs Manor, etc. : Historical Manuscripts, etc. : Miscellaneous Papers, xxxvi., 594).

Joshua Ferris, a son of Caleb Ferris, was one of those who went on bpard the Phcenix, when that ship went up the Hudson, in July, 1776, (Examination of Joshua Ferris : Historical Manuscripts, etc. : Miscellaneous Papers, xxxv., 69, 85.) He, or another person bearing the same name, was a prisoner, in the Jail at the White Plains, in September, 1776,at which time he petitioned the Provincial Congress "that His Irons may be " taken off as he cannott posibly Shift Himself or get clear of the Ver- "min, with which he is Greatly Infected to the great disturbance of hie "unfortunate fellow prisoners," (Historical Manuscripts etc.: Petitions, xxxiii., 82.)