Obadiah Mead's only son (that is, Solomon Mead) was killed by Bearmore or his party, a little south of Quaker Ridge Meeting House. He was a fine young man and there was great mourning for him. Cock fighting and horse racing were both common in and after the revolutionary war in Connecticut as well as in West Chester, as I have witnessed both myself. In Connecticut they had to be a little shy about betting. Col. Holmes and the
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Knapps and Bushes of Horseneck kept fine horses and cocks and practiced both. Luther Kinnicutt at the close of the war was a skinner and his reputation bad. He lived in North Castle. Daniel Chapman, was father to Silas Chapman shot at Stanwich close by the Meeting House. The father always said he would shoot his son if he ever met him in the army. My father suffered the blackrate because he had friends and relatives who had gone below and whom he would not expose. These sometimes called at his house though he attempted to keep them away. He turned out in the American militia when called upon."
Daniel Chapman, was father to Silas Chapman shot at Stanwich close by the Meeting House. The father always said he would shoot his son if he ever met him in the army. My father suffered the blackrate because he had friends and relatives who had gone below and whom he would not expose. These sometimes called at his house though he attempted to keep them away. He turned out in the American militia when called upon."