According to historian Benson Lossing, Battin was aged "one hundred years and four months" at the time of his death and was "probably…the last living relic of the British army in America." See Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution (New York: Harber & Brothers, 1852), II, p.827. BATTIN, Joseph See BATTIN, John BAYLES, Nathaiel Although John Macdonald indicated that Nathaniel's surname was Baylies, it was actually spelled Bayles. He indicates that he drew up the will of Isaac Van Wart, one of the three captors of British Major John André. He is listed as a 58-year-old resident of the Town of Greenburgh, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. His tombstone in First Methodist Episcopal Cemetery in New Rochelle indicates that he died on December 6, 1874, aged 83 years, 2 months, and 10 days (WCHS Book #18, p.92). BAYLIES, Nathaniel See BAYLES, Nathaniel BEAGLE, Mary No information exists regarding a Mary Beagle in Westchester County during the 1840s. She may be Mary Bedell, who is listed as an 84-year-old resident of the Town of Cortlandt, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. A Mary Bedell who died on April 18, 1869, at the age of 90 is buried in the East-Yard Cemetery in Yorktown, New York (WCHS Book #44, Section 3, p.4).
The McDonald Interviews: Interviewees BEARMORE, _____ (Madam) John Macdonald did not indicate the first name of Madam Bearmore but noted that her father was a cousin of Loyalist Major Mansfield Bearmore. She may be Elizabeth Barmore, who is listed as a 60-year-old resident of the Town of Cortlandt, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. Madam Bearmore was interviewed on October 21, 1847; Thomas Currie (Curry), the only other person interviewed that day, was also a resident of Cortlandt. BEARMORE, Gilbert Gilbert Bearmore is listed as a 67-year-old shoemaker in the Town of Harrison, New York, in the 1850 United States Census.