(?) See account at 2/50 and 3/67. - On the 7th of June, 1779, a party from Long Island landed near Gorham's harbor and surprised a small guard of ten or twelve men at Gorham's mills, in Stam- -ford, which was at the time engaged in playing cards by moonlight in the farm yard of one Pennoyer, sitting on some logs by the mill dam. The Refugees who landed advanced on the east side of Long Neck, and concealing themselves behind a fence reached the guard unperceived, and,
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firing suddenly, killed two and wounded another. The two killed lived several hours afterwards. (!) Their names were William Fancher and Zaccheus Hoyt. One John Mills, from the neighbourhood, was with the Refugees and fired on the guard. He immediately sprang over the fence and advanced to where Fancher was lying bathed in his own blood. They recog- -nized each other. "You have killed me!" said Fancher. "I am sorry," answered Mills; "but am afraid we shall have to kill you all before we are done." They had been school fellows and had grown up together in the strictest bonds of friendship, and before the troubles were inseparable friends. Mills carried his dying companion to the neighbor's house, and, for a while, was overwhelmed with sorrow."
He immediately sprang over the fence and advanced to where Fancher was lying bathed in his own blood. They recog- -nized each other. "You have killed me!" said Fancher. "I am sorry," answered Mills; "but am afraid we shall have to kill you all before we are done." They had been school fellows and had grown up together in the strictest bonds of friendship, and before the troubles were inseparable friends. Mills carried his dying companion to the neighbor's house, and, for a while, was overwhelmed with sorrow."