MONTROSS, Barnardus All legal documents filed with Westchester County indicate that Montross's first name was Barnardus, not Bernardus. He was a son of interviewee Nathaniel Montross. Montross was a general officer in the New York State Militia and is usually referred to by that rank by John Macdonald. He is listed as a 56-year-old resident of the Town of Yorktown, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. His tombstone in East-Yard Cemetery in Yorktown indicates that he died on July 2, 1883, aged 89 years.

MONTROSS, Nathaniel Nathaniel Montross was the father of interviewee Barnardus Montross. Too young to serve in the Revolutionary War, Nathaniel Montross later served as a general officer in the New York State Militia and is usually referred to by that rank by John Macdonald. He was also elected to the New York State Assembly. His tombstone in East-Yard Cemetery in Yorktown, New York, indicates that he died on December 24, 1858 aged 87 years, 6 months, and 15 days (WCHS Book #44, Section 5, p.10).

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MORRIS, Robert Sr. Robert Morris was the son of Richard Morris (1730-1810), who served as Chief Justice of New York from 1779 to 1790, and Sarah Ludlow (1730-1791). He was born on June 28, 1762, and died on February 22, 1851. He is listed as an 87-year-old resident of the Town of West Farms, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. See Cuyler Reynolds, ed., *Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley* (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914), I, p.221.