After Uncle Samuel left his wife, she returned from Nova Scotia, with her only child (Samuel) and died here. Captn. Knapp, was a large brown looking man, stouter than Uncle Samuel. Lieut. Colonel Hatfield and Capt. Knapp were both from Crompond or that neighborhood. Once during the Revolutionary war a strong party from below (Major H or who in command?) went up to Bedford where they collected from the Whigs a large drove of cattle and sheep and passed through
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North Castle pursued by a large force militia. The pursuers increased every moment and attacked the Refugees on the flank as well as rear. The Refugee horse turned and charged repeatedly, when the militia would give way but immediately would resume the pursuit and attack. At length, the lower party were all but surrounded, and before they reached Youngs's were compelled to abandon the cattle in order to secure their retreat." (Quere. Is this Pritchard's affair?) "As they passed North Castle Church (as yet unpursued) in high glee, huzzaing for King George, an Irishman named Andrew Irving (or Owen) who lived there, and who was always suspected of being inclined to the Royal cause, catching the general enthusiasm which prevailed at the moment, joined in the loyal outcry, turned his own cow into the drove and accompanied the Refugees and their friends
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When these were about to leave their plunder in consequence of being so closely pressed, Andrew watched his opportunity extricated his cow from the multitude, and driving her before him made his way home with loud cries of, "Hurra for General Washington!" I [Benjamin] saw André pass here the day he was captured. Although not in military dress, he was supposed to be an officer, and everybody wondered to see him travelling alone so early in the morning.