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Septr. 9th Capt. Henry Chichester was a whaleboat Captain along with Samuel Lockwood, Ebenezer Jones, Isaac Jones, Valentine Ryder, &c. - Foragers - 200 foot - 40 horse - Donaldson would go - One man escaped named Lockwood, brother of Samuel - We landed on Myers Neck about 35 in number - Captain Frink commanded the horse, about forty - We stood and formed a hollow square - Frink ordered us to surrender and promised quarter - Ebenezer Jones then ordered them to go, "or I will order my men to fire!" Four boats - one commanded by David Hawley of Bridgeport, one by Isaac Jones - one by Ebenezer Jones and one by Samuel Lockwood - 25 marines killed and wounded - I was in the second boat - We followed them to Long Island - took several. &c.
When [[X] the Middlesex Congn.] was taken [Davenport] had 250 militia - A ten gun ship fired on us - went for *I/L* with 25 whaleboatmen on horseback - I was with them. - Mr. Mather, a staunch whig. - When Judge Jones was taken we had to travel 30 miles across to Stoney brook harbor. - We had not boats for all, and Jones was sent over while some of us waited till next night. - British heard of this. - A party of Light Dragoons surprised us, as we were about to embark - Six of us taken - British came on so that our folks pushed off.