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Interview with Carpenter, Jotham

Macdonald, John. Interview with Carpenter, Jotham, c.1763-1852; (1848-10-30). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 1695. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026. 256 words

Robbins's Mills were then owned by one Reuben Wright.

Captain Kipp, as I have heard, commanded the horse that attacked Captain Bouton near Smith's when he surrendered.

The French army built two very large ovens about forty rods north of Sands' Mills where they baked five hundred loaves at a time in the two.

[marg: A different version of this is given elsewhere - In the other, the] A French Forage Master (?) was killed a little south of Pines Bridge by

[marg: victim is called a French Doctor who died game.]

four men. Totten and Tillett were two of them. The Frenchman went down upon his knees and begged. They cast lots who should kill and the person on whom it should fall was to have his gold watch over and above an equal share of the plunder, such as horse, money &c. The lot fell on Tillett (?) who performed the murder by striking him on the head with the butt of his pistol being afraid of causing an alarm by firing. Tillett struck the cock into the Frenchman's head.

Fancher foolishly threw away his gun in the swamp, and was then overtaken and badly cut in the head.

While Dole was laying sick of his wounds at the house of Joseph Wilson, the house was plundered by a party of Skinners among which were my cousin Wright Carpenter and Isaac Webbers.

where I was acquainted with them. Jayne swore he would be revenged of Charles Leggett for having wounded him while a prisoner.