They got the cattle on board, but while they were getting up the sever anchor and getting under sail, the Americans had collected and fired from the shore killing eight of the enemy. I was told of this by an English = man while I was in prison at New York. This English man was with the Refugees in voluntarily having come to [Loyds Neck] to claim claim his vessel, just as they were sailing with her on a cruise.

Jesse Bell was Howe's Captain in the coast guard service. He was Captain of the

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262 598 119. 109. Coast Guard in Stamford for many years. Bell or Howe must have generally commanded in their vicinity against the Refugees who landed.

On the 27th of April, 1781, Captain Hubbell and others landed on the west side of Norwalk Harbour, near or at Raymond's or Belden's Neck, and marched up through the woods to the house of one Saunders, a loyalist. Here they got the information they wanted. One of the parties had lived in Col. St. John's house, and knew a door that was not closed at night, so that they got into Col. St. John's bed room without any alarm, and took him, his son, Isaac, Isaac, the father of Benjamin and Charles. [margin: See page 119. P. 26 of original for another version of St. John's capture. JB.]

De Lancey's horse once came within a mile of Stamford village. This was the furthest east they ever were, I believe.