MULLINEX, Jesse Although John Macdonald also spelled Jesse's surname as Mullineaux, Mollineux, and Mullineaux, it is usually spelled Mullinex. John Macdonald indicated that he was 82 years old at the time of his interview on November 11, 1846. He is listed as an 85-year-old farmer in the Town of New Rochelle, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. His tombstone in Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery in New Rochelle indicates that he died on February 17, 1853, aged 88 years, 7 months, and 24 days (WCHS Book #18, p.50).

NASH, James James Nash was a son of Francis Nash and Dorcas Clapp Nash. He indicated that he was "about three years old" when his family's house was burned by the British on July 11, 1779.

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OAKLEY, Samuel John Macdonald indicated that Samuel Oakley resided on Hog Island in Pelham, Westchester County. Oakley indicated that his grandfather and the father of Westchester Guide Cornelius Oakley were brothers. According to genealogist Grenville Mackenzie, Samuel Oakley was son of John Oakley, whose father, also named John Oakley, was a brother of Cornelius Oakley's father, Isaac Oakley. On July 30, 1779, this Samuel Oakley, aged 13, chose Isaac Willets to be his guardian. See Grenville Mackenzie, "Families of the Colonial Town of Philipsburgh," Typescript in WCHS Library, p.502-507. William S. Pelletreau, *Early Wills of Westchester County, New York, from 1664 to 1784* (New York: Francis P. Harper, 1898), p.316.

OAKLEY, Sarah Sarah Oakley was a daughter of Westchester Guide Cornelius Oakley. She is listed as a 54-year-old resident of the Town of White Plains, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. Her tombstone in White Plains Rural Cemetery indicates that she died on April 9, 1889 (WCHS Book #38, p.94).