Davis, Harrison
John M. McDonald interview — 1846
Harrison Davis of Old Well (now South Norwalk) in Norwalk, Connecticut, lists the names of five men who were taken prisoner by the British alongside the Reverend Moses Mather on July 22, 1781. British troops entered the Middlesex Parish Church (now the First Congregational Church of Darien) during a service and took the Reverend Mather and a number of male congregants prisoner. Six of these men died while imprisoned in New York City. The remainder of the interview appears to be a list of people whom John Macdonald intended to write.
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Transcription
- Hufeland Index Page 454 -
Mr. Harrison Davis, of Old Well, South Norwalk, P.O. Nathaniel Raymond, Mr. Seth Seymour, and Mr. Henry Chichester of Old Well; Thaddeus Bell of Darien were taken with Mr. Mather – also a Mr. Dribble, near Darien, was taken with Mr. Mather.
- Hufeland Index Page 455 -
Lemuel Hawley, Esq, of Reading Ridge. (write) James Quintard, Esq. (Old Well) near South} “ Norwalk John James Lambert, Esq. of Wilton. “ Captain Ebenezer Disbrow of West Port. “ Captain Joseph Bulkley of Greenfield Hill, } “ Fairfield Co. Joshua I. King, of Ridgefield. “ Rev. James H. Holley “ Reuben Booth, Esq. of Danbury. “ Alderman Lamb of New York. “ Alexander Van Wart of Mount Pleasant} “ Tarrytown, P.O. Augustus Cregier, of Yonkers. “ Jackson Odell, Esq. Dobbs Ferry, P.O. “ Miss Sarah Ann Tompkins. “