73. five dwelling houses in the village of Peekskill. This was before the Revolutionary war. In the course of the war they built a good many more houses.

[margin: Col. Saml. Drake not Joseph - appt. Adjutant - rifle men Tories - 600 men to Delancy to disarm the Tories - Dr. Seig. Newton - Thomas Currie, Jr. Peekskill.] October 20th Thomas Strang. "When the British under Abercrombie came to Crompond and burnt Strang's house, it was afternoon. When the horse came June 24th, it was early in the morning. On the 24th of June Tarleton came up by a circuitous route going up the Croton above Pines Bridge one mile and a half or more above, crossed at Vail's ford, advanced upon Crompond from the east by a road which bends like a semi-circle, coming in to the Crom- -pond road, a little south of where Delavan

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74. [margin: Father of John Shaw of Peekskill.] lived. They then came to Delavan's house, where they found John Shaw whom they killed, mistaking him for Capt. Delavan. This happened in the morning of June 24th, on the road from Crompond to Pine's Bridge, about two miles three quarters from Crompond. The British then burnt the Meeting House and Parsonage house and retired upon Pine's Bridge. On the 3d of June 1779, Major Abercrombie burnt Major Strang's house then occupied as a Court House, and also burnt a store house, then used as a depot for fire arms and stores &c for the military. Shaw was killed at Delavan's stable. He defended himself gallantly, but was set upon by five or six horsemen and cut to pieces. The cowboys, tories, [?] and horse thieves penetrated Westchester, O. & D. Counties all the way to Albany. On the 24th of June 1779, some