My brother in law Samuel Hutton of Stamford owned the horse which was shot from under Colonel Humphreys at Greenwich Point in the year . This was a very fine mare, and Col. Humphreys trained her to leap over walls, &c

Once when the Refugees came up to Horseneck, the cannon was drawn into a field of grain, concealed and saved. I think Major Fitch commanded at Horseneck at this time.

One of Mosier's men was from the town of Stamford. His name was Moses Schofield. Capt. Fowler's affair?

Seth Palmer of Palmer's Hill was a militia Captain during the Revolutionary war My father Daniel Lockwood was under Major Davenport when they pursued Capt Frost's party at Darien. If the men had had their own way, Frost would have been taken by Major Davenport who thought that there was danger. The men were raving to attack. The tide was down on the British vessels aground so that they could n't bring their guns to bear.*

-- The Refugees frequently came up as high as this within half a mile of the fort. Once they took two horses and a pair of oxen from my father who got one of the horses back at the end of several years.

* Major Davenport would not consent to attack the enemy on their retreat to their shipping. He said it would be too hazardous, and he would not expose his men. He was too prudent, or too timorous for an officer. (Daniel Lockwood)