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Macdonald, John. Interview with {} ({}). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 2043. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States). Passage 57 of 69 305 words

He is listed as a 78-year-old farmer in the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut, in the 1850 United States Census. SMITH, Caleb Caleb Smith was the husband of Hannah Dyckman, who was a sister of Westchester Guides Abraham "Brom" Dyckman and Michael Dyckman. He is listed as a 76-year-old farmer in the Town of Yonkers, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. His tombstone in Saint John's Cemetery in Yonkers indicates that he died on January 2, 1858, aged 84 years and 4 months (WCHS Book #40, p.174).

The McDonald Interviews: Interviewees SMITH, Charles Charles Smith was a son of Captain Charles Smith of the Connecticut Militia. The mortality schedule for the 1850 United States Census for the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut, lists a Charles Smith, who died in 1850 at the age of 84. SMITH, Joshua Joshua Smith is listed as an 84-year-old farmer in the Town of North Castle, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. His tombstone in Middle Patent Rural Cemetery in North Castle indicates that he died on December 27, 1856, aged 89 years (WCHS Book #23, p.15b). SMITH, Martin Martin Smith was a nephew of Isaac Van Wart, one of the three captors of British Major John André. His mother, Anna Van Wart, was Isaac Van Wart's sister (see Grenville Mackenzie, "Families of the Colonial Town of Philipsburgh," Typescript in WCHS Library, p.629 and 760). He is listed as a 65-year-old farmer and innkeeper in the Town of Greenburgh, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. His tombstone in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York, indicates that he was born on August 28, 1786, and died on September 15, 1860. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39851784/martin-smith SMITH, Mary John Macdonald indicated that Mary Lockwood Smith was "aged 84 and upwards" at the time of her interview on November 12, 1849.

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