INTERVIEWEE: Gilbert Bearmore DATE: 1850-10-21 LOCATION: King Street

[marg: 1850.] October 21st Gilbert Bearmore, of King Street: "I don't know where Major Mansfield Bearmore was born or where his mother was from, or what her maiden name was, but both son and mother were natives, probably, of the old Borough town of West Chester. We are cousins of the Peekskill Bearmores, and these last were cousins of Major Mansfield Bearmore and his sisters. John Bearmore, who was at Horton Reynolds's on the night of Colonel Wells' capture and gave information of the coming attack, &c, was my father.

Oct. 21st Theodore Mead, of Putnam Hill. Mr. Mead, at my request, cheerfully examined the papers of his grandfather Colonel (afterwards General) Mead of Putnam Hill, Horse=neck, for information relative to the

We are cousins of the Peekskill Bearmores, and these last were cousins of Major Mansfield Bearmore and his sisters. John Bearmore, who was at Horton Reynolds's on the night of Colonel Wells' capture and gave information of the coming attack, &c, was my father. Oct. 21st Theodore Mead, of Putnam Hill. Mr. Mead, at my request, cheerfully examined the papers of his grandfather Colonel (afterwards General) Mead of Putnam Hill, Horse=neck, for information relative to the