He was wounded by the British Captain Roney of the Shuldham, a sloop or guard vessel, of twelve * [marg: * 10 guns, in another account.] guns. The Shuldham was then taken into Stamford where the Scotch Captain Roney died, of his wound inflicted by Mead, at my aunt's (the widow Hubbard) at Stamford. Roney said he didn't wish wish to recover, considering himself disgraced by the way he was taken. I nursed Andrew Mead who was taken to my father's house at Stamford.

When the fight between Brewster and Hoyt occurred, Brewster and Ryder,

were at Chapan Point where some Continental troops and whale boat men were waiting to cross the Sound, and make an attack on Loyd's Neck. The wind was blowing hard from the east, and the sea so rough that they could not cross, in consequence of which they delayed and were waiting for better weather. On the morning of the 5th of December, 1782, Brewster espied two British whale boats off the Norwalk Islands and made for them. The British Captain was Joseph Hoyt, and another whose name might have been Johnson, but I think not. I believe Johnson commanded another whale boat with Hoyt and made his escape, Val. Ryder was with Brewster and killed two negroes in the boat to which he was opposed which then surrendered. Ryder then bore down to assist Brewster and Hoyt surrendered. Hoyt told me that he would have taken Brewster, if

Ryder had not come up - that he had the advantage of him, and was on the point of capturing his boat, but when Ryder approached he found it necessary to surrender. Almost every man of the two hostile boats was wounded. Brewster was badly wounded in the breast. The boats lay side by side, and fought with their breaches of their muskets, with cutlasses &c Hoyt and Brewster fought hand to hand, clenched each other &c.