In Connecticut they had to be a little shy about betting. Col. Holmes and the

Knapps and Bushes of Horse neck kept fine horses and cocks and practiced both.

Luther Kinnicutt at the close of the war was a Skinner and his reputation bad. He lived in North Castle.

Daniel Chapman, was father to Silas Chapman, shot at Stanwich close by the Meeting House. The father always said he would shoot his son if he ever met him in the army.

My father suffered the black rate because he had friends and relatives who had gone below and whom he would not expose. These sometimes called at his house though he attempted to keep them away. He turned out in the American militia when called upon."

Daniel Chapman, was father to Silas Chapman, shot at Stanwich close by the Meeting House. The father always said he would shoot his son if he ever met him in the army. My father suffered the black rate because he had friends and relatives who had gone below and whom he would not expose. These sometimes called at his house though he attempted to keep them away. He turned out in the American militia when called upon."