June, Edwin, 1807-1864
John M. McDonald interview — 1849
Edwin W. June (1807-1864) recounts the murder of Thomas June, a resident of Stanwich in Greenwich, Connecticut, by Silas Chapman. He notes that the June family were strong supporters of American independence, and recalls the raids made by DeLancey’s Refugees into Greenwich.
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Edwin W. June, of Glenville (Portchester Post Office): “Silas Chapman was not killed the same day he killed Thomas June. June was an elderly man
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and was in a field where he had been hoeing corn. His wife was with him and had hold of his arm at the moment he was shot. The June’s lived all together a short (a short) distance east of Stanwich Meeting House and were strong whigs in common with the whole neighbourhood. This made them obnoxious to the Refugees. The Refugees came up in parties of thirty, fifty and one hundred, and breaking in small parties scoured the country and took off all the cattle. Sometimes they were pursued and the cattle retaken. I will write to you or see you at Flushing this winter. I want to go to Newtown to see some friends.”