The pursuers mounted these horses and followed on, overtaking some at Maroneck, and following and killing many on the ice, cutting them to pieces and refusing quarter. The Americans set fire to the stable and let the horses loose which being frightened turned down a lane towards the water where the principal stables were. Lieut. Mead always said that they would all have been cut off if he had not urged them on, and taken a bye road beyond Mamaroneck.

Tim Knapp was from Horseneck near Putnam's Hill, and a very handsome young man who dressed particularly well. He belonged to a handsome family, and was a great favorite with the women, and very much lamented.

My father's name was Benjamin

Hobby of Horseneck. My mother's first husband was Ebenezer Mead, the father of Genl Ebenezer Mead, who was the father of Colonel Ebenezer Mead. My mother was the mother of General Mead.

When Tryon took Horseneck he went to General Mead's, the first house below Putnam's Hill, and told Mrs Mead if she had any valuables to conceal them under the bed, and sit with her children and family on the bed -- that he would do what he could to protect her, but he could not always control his soldiers.

Colonel Wells was blamed for not attacking the enemy at 3 oclock in the afternoon when on the retreat when many of the soldiers were drunk. The British ranks were a good deal disordered by the cannon shots which were frequent, and then 'twas said was the time to have charged if the Americans had had spunk. Colonel Wells was encamped at the time about