Once during the war, probably, in 6 or 7 Skinners was overtaken in Scarsdale near my father's house by a party of DeLancey's who attacked

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[margin: 18215] 92. them, refused to give them quarter, killed all but one, cut & left him for dead, he was cut to pieces and life barely remained in him, but he at length recovered. These men were hacked slashed and killed begging for quarter. [This probably occurred in 1781, and is the affair mentioned by Dr. Thatcher in his Military Journal.]

Another party of five or six Skin -ners in , or thereabouts, came down, I think, from the eastward. That day my brother Gilbert was taking the wife of Isaac Webbers behind him, home to her residence when they met this party who compelled him and Mrs. Webbers to dismount and took the horse, a fine, fleet young animal. The Skinners were soon after surprised by a party of DeLancey's in the road leading from Purdy lane, a little north of

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[margin: 1845] 93. Captain Jonathan Purdy's, along Joseph Harts's farm to North Street, near Elijah Purdy's old place. They were all (five or six) either killed or taken, except the man who took my brother's horse, and he owed his escape to the fleetness of the animal.

Cornelius Oakley has a brother named John a Lieutenant in in the New York Levies.

The Skinners were soon after surprised by a party of DeLancey's in the road leading from Purdy lane, a little north of [page break] [margin: 1845] 93. Captain Jonathan Purdy's, along Joseph Harts's farm to North Street, near Elijah Purdy's old place. They were all (five or six) either killed or taken, except the man who took my brother's horse, and he owed his escape to the fleetness of the animal. Cornelius Oakley has a brother named John a Lieutenant in in the New York Levies.