Colonel DeLancey's Head Quarters were (part of the time) at Hunt's house about one mile below West Farms, on the Bronx river road, being the most southerly of two houses which stand on a little hill or rising ground near each other and on the west side of the road. Benjamin Green is the name of Coffin's father in law. Kipp and Bearmore had the repu- -tation of being severe if not cruel in their treatment of prisoners. Captain Williams, when taken at Youngs house was brought as far as one
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Mr. Gales, near James Sniffen's on the Allaire road before he was furnished with a hat and boots, &c. but he was there made comfortable in consideration of his treatment of prisoners. He was always reputed a brave man, and a very skillful partisan officer. After the Revolutionary war he lived at New Rochelle and kept tavern in the house where Micajah Pinkney afterwards lived, but finally became intemperate. Captain Totten was a middle sized man, rather under than over, but uncommonly well made and handsome. When I saw him he was always on horse- -back. On excursions, the comman- -ders of infantry were always (probably) mounted. (?) Captain Kipp was a rosy, stout, well looking man in appearance very much like [his]brother Allan, though not quite so fleshy - otherwise
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much like him. Colonel Hatfield was from Dutchess County, or somewhere near Crompond, and was a cousin (I believe) of Joseph Hatfield of White Plains. After the war he went to Nova Scotia. Captain Simmons of DeLancey's Corps was a native of that part of Courtland's Manor called Somers where his father lived. He left the West Chester Refugees before the close of the war in consequence of a quarrel with some officer and went above.