Decr. 6th & 11th Daniel Rowell of White Plains: "I lived formerly near Round hill, in north Greenwich, and was born in West Greenwich in July in (about) 1775. I knew Major Huggeford well, and have often heard him relate his adventures. He said that when they attacked the stone house with about 700 choice troops he was along (Youngs house?) and that the British loss was large. The killed and wounded were taken below in seventeen sleds. Hugge-ford, [said he commanded] the Refugees, and other horse and charged three different times without success -- charging and forming again after being driven back by the Continentals. Huggeford said he came near being broke for his want of success this time, and that he was brought to a Court martial, &c.

Sometime after this affair, Huggeford said that a party, pretty strong Refugee force went up under another officer, his superior, or Senior (Major Bearmore?). The Refugees were led into an ambush and

the commanding officer killed. The command then devolved upon Huggeford who wheeled the Refugee force about and retreated instantly.

When Colonel Wells was taken he was writing up stairs, [marg: * Another account has it that he was captured in bed.] and the Refugees fired into his window. Huggeford took him off without giving him time to put on his boots, upon a horse that had no saddle on. As they retreated down Peck's Land Street, and approached an elbow in the road with thick woods on each side, Wells, who rode by the side of Huggeford said to him:- "Major, I have a patrol out which you will probably fall in with -- allow me to fall to the rear." Huggeford replied: "No. I shall keep you close by me. You shall have the same chance &c, as myself." When they came to the short bend about a quarter of a mile south of Solomon Peak's, they were fired upon by the patrol, and the Refugee horse, [inter: thrown] into confusion fell back until the infantry came up which got upon the flanks of the Americans who thereupon retreated.