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Interview with Edwards, Amelia

Macdonald, John. Interview with Edwards, Amelia, b.c.1770; (1848-10-07). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1497. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States). Passage 4 of 4 345 words

The West Ches- -ter people must be able to tell if any of the Bearmore's family be living, where they are to be found. [Part of this I got from Mr. Berrian. J. M. M.] It was in 1778, I think, that my aunt, Mrs. Pheobe Turner (Daniel Turner's widow) was robbed and afterwards murdered From the wounds in her hands and arms and the place where her body lay, it was supposed they were on the point of finding her money, and that she then resisted,

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upon which they wounded her severely cutting some of the large veins or arteries, and that she then bled to death. They fought some across the Bronx, I think, when the Block House was taken. Major Bearmore, I think, was never under DeLancey, but commanded a separate corps that wore a green uniform. The company (companies?) under Barnes and Althouse also wore green, or scarlet trimmed with green. In the Revolutionary war there was no road from White Plans to Williams' Bridge, except on the east side of the Bronx or by the Kings Bridge road. We used to go to Williams' Bridge through Bear Swamp, a little east of the Bronx which was the shortest road. In the Revolution there was a road from De- -veau's Point and Fort No 8. through the fields of Fordham nearly straight to West Farms.

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Thomas Leggett's barn was south or rather south east of Theophilus Hunts.

In the Revolutionary war there was no road from White Plans to Williams' Bridge, except on the east side of the Bronx or by the Kings Bridge road. We used to go to Williams' Bridge through Bear Swamp, a little east of the Bronx which was the shortest road. In the Revolution there was a road from De- -veau's Point and Fort No 8. through the fields of Fordham nearly straight to West Farms. - Hufeland Index Page 690 - Thomas Leggett's barn was south or rather south east of Theophilus Hunts.

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