They were both very athle- -tic men. After the fight they went into Norwalk. The crews of Brewster's and Hoyt's boats were both very select and powerful men. Ten, and sometimes twelve whale boats went out of Stamford. They didn't all belong there, but made Stamford their Headquarters. Capt. Samuel Hawley, of Bridgeport was sometimes at Stamford with his boat - also the whale boat - Capt. John Scranton of New London, &c.
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At the close of the Revolutionary war the lines were about two miles west of Stamford, the American advanced posts, being then at Titus's Bridge on Mianus river and that vicinity - General Waterbury at the time commanding on the Continental side, and having his head quarters at Fort Nonsense in the north part of Stamford. It received that name, because the situation was considered a poor one to which an enemy would never come. When Col. Hatfied was taken January 19 1780, he staid at my father's while a prisoner He was taken off in a sleigh drawn by two powerful horses. It was very cold and good sleighing at the time. The house attacked was burnt down - Hatfield's men fired from the window. In 1781 or 1782, Colonel Holmes with a party of Refugees advanced to Stamford, within
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a quarter of a mile of the village. They took off all the cattle they could find. They were about one hundred strong - all horsemen. They came to the house of a militia captain Seth Palmer, who lived here at Palmer's hill, on the old Post road or King's highway, and Holmes said if Palmer would come out and show himself he or his should not be hurt. Palmer then came out and treated the Refugees to a bottle of rum.