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Moses Knapp, one of DeLancey's Cap- -tains - John Montross.
November 3d. Enos Hobby of Middle Patent aged 88: "I was born in Stanwich and lived there in the beginning of the Revolutionary war. They called upon me to turn out in the militia so often that I con- -sidered it oppressive and went below on the 16th of August 1780, and joined Delancey's corps, but found that it
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was getting out of the frying pan into the fire, for if we missed being on parade every fifth night we were fined. We drew provisions from grovern- -ment, but no clothes or pay. For pay we had whatever we could pick up. I belonged to the foot and worked at my trade (shoe-maker) boarding with a family that lived in the house of a man named Isaac Hunt of West Farms, a quaker. We were compelled to turn out for excursions and service when called upon. Bearmore, I think, was under Delancey. I was with him when he was mortally wounded. A strong party of us went up, I think, as many as five or six hundred ? - part foot an part horse. We started in the after- -noon - sun about one hour high, and about midnight we were at Twitchings'
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corners. We had gone up the North River road when hearing of a large force from above moving east of us we crossed to Twitchings. Here about midnight we were hailed by a scout of about 16? [X] twenty or thirty American militia who challenged in regular style: "Who goes there?" We answered: "Friends!" - "Friends to Whom?" - "King George!" They then fired upon us and took to a stone wall continuing their fire from behind the wall.