October 18th Samuel Ferris of North Castle: "My father was at breakfast with the family when they first saw the fleet on the morning of October 12th 1776, and instantly pack- -ing up a few articles of dress and taking his musquet and arms left home and returned not till the end of the war. His sister, a little girl much attached to her oldest brother cried and insisted upon going with him. Her distress and entreaties were so great that they let her go but she was afterwards sent back. When he crossed the bridge at West Chester some of the British vessels were near and seeing an armed man running towards the American camp fired on him.
His sister, a little girl much attached to her oldest brother cried and insisted upon going with him. Her distress and entreaties were so great that they let her go but she was afterwards sent back. When he crossed the bridge at West Chester some of the British vessels were near and seeing an armed man running towards the American camp fired on him.