Greene held on the horse till they were just coming out of the wood into the main road. He then fell off, and they found he had fainted, and was dying from loss of blood. They then laid him on a bank by the side of a wood and passed on. Major Morrell escaped the disaster of Davenport house by accident. He happened to pass that eventful night at a Mrs. Remsen's who lived somewhere near Pinesbridge (courting 'twas said). Returning to Headquarters (where
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he staid) next morning he heard a noise which seemed to approach. He reined up his horse, listened, and looking in the direction from which the sound came saw the glittering of the soldiers caps and swords. Spurring his horse he leaped him over the fence and concealed himself in a thicket until the detachment had passed by. The widow Griffen's house stood above the Croton on the north side of the Crompond road. She was born Brundage. The widow Budd's house stood below the Croton, and at Pinesbridge on the left side of the road leading to White Plains, and on the right of the road leading to the North Castle Church - She was born Griffen. The only Dutch families, I remember that lived at Pinesbridge during the Revolutionary war were the Juhels who lived near a mile from the bridge on the left, near where the White Plains road now leaves the turnpike, and the Buckout's who lived on the right side