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Novr 29th. Samuel Ferris of Stanwich, Conn, aged 76 on the 10th of last August: "I think Brom. Barrett was an old countryman, and had no friends or relatives in these parts, and was no connection of the Barretts of West Chester County. If he had been I should have known it. It was in 1782, I think, that he was hanged. It might have been
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in 1781. F. Donaldson must have been hanged shortly afterwards. My father lived at Middle Patent, and was so harassed by blackrate and by Skinners and Cowboys that he came to Stanwich where he had some property, and staid two years till after peace. I think, upon reflection, he must have moved from Middle Patent to Stan- -wich in the spring of 1782, and returned in the spring of 1784. Brom Barrett was hanged while we lived in Stanwich. Towards the close of the war (in 1782 probably) the Refugees of Morrisania consisting of about ^20 30 or ^30 40 foot came up to Stanwich where they were met by a force of 20 American militia from the neighbourhood, and a skirmish ensued in which a private of the Refugees named Silas Chapman (an uncle of mine) was killed (or rather mortally wounded - dying two days after). The Refugees fearing an
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increase of the American force, from the alarm, soon after retreated. I think that Lieut. Benjamin Brush commanded the Americans this time. He was cousin to Benjamin Brush of Stanwich who died more than a year ago. Charles Smith (father of Charles Smith of North Street) was Lieut. Benjamin Brush's captain. Chapman's father was in the old French war and a strong whig in the revolution.