The McDonald Interviews: Interviewees

CARPENTER, Jotham Jotham Carpenter told John Macdonald that he was 85 years old at the time of his interview on October 30, 1848. He is listed as an 87-year-old resident of the Town of North Castle, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. His tombstone in the Carpenter-Rundle Family Burial Ground in North Castle indicates that he died on March 27, 1852, aged 89 years and 7 months (WCHS Book #21, p.1).

CHADEAYNE, Samuel Samuel Chadeayne is listed as an 80-year-old resident of the Town or Yorktown, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. A petition for probate for Samuel Chadeayne was filed with the Westchester County Surrogate's Court on June 12, 1854 (Westchester County Wills Liber 35, p. 386).

CHATTERTON, Stephen Stephen Chatterton's tombstone in the Greenville Reformed Church Cemetery in Greenburgh, New York, indicates that he died on February 5, 1850, aged 71 years, 11 months, and 29 days (WCHS Book 17, p.22).

CHICHESTER, Henry / Harry Henry Chichester was occasionally referred to as "Harry Chichester." His tombstone in Pine Island Cemetery in Norwalk, Connecticut, indicates that he died on September 25, 1849, aged 87 years. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70603061/henry-chichester

CHURCHILL, ____ (Mrs.) John Macdonald did not provide Mrs. Churchill's first name but indicates that her maiden name was Taylor and that she resided near Hart's Corner (present-day Hartsdale, New York). In her interview, she mentioned that she was 15 or 16 years old in 1781.

CLARK, Moses Moses Clark told John Macdonald that he was born in 1763. He is listed as an 86-yearold farmer in the Town or Eastchester, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. His tombstone in the First Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery in New Rochelle, New York, indicates that he died on October 11, 1850, aged 87 years, 5 months, and 20 days (WCHS Book #18, p.117).