It was now Greene's turn to dictate, and ac- -cordingly sword in hand he turned and advanced upon Totten, offering him quarter and calling upon him to yield. Totten, however, was upon his feet in an instant, and in a moment after attacked his antagonist. A single combat now ensued between the two, with sabres, both on foot. The Refugee Captain soon proved himself the better swordsman and Greene after receiving one or two severe wounds in the head surrendered. Greene was afterwards a militia Colonel, and father in law of Frederick V. Coffin.

When Young's house was attacked there was a Continental guard in advance of about twelve men at our house who, on the first alarm, marched

with all speed to the main body, but did not arrive until the post was taken Colonel Thompson was much censured for fighting with a force three times his superior. Isaac Webbers, one of his guides, urged him to retreat to a hill a short distance north and there wait for the reinforcement advancing to his relief, but refused and persisted to the last that the enemy consisted only of a party of DeLancey's Refugees.

Major Bearmore was cruel to- =wards the active whigs and plundered and distressed them. He burnt my father in law's, Caleb Paulding's, Cider house, carriage house and cart for no other reason than because he was an active whig, compelling my mother in law to bring a brand out of the house for the purpose, and firing the roof of the cider mill which his men