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Mead, Calvin
John M. McDonald interview — 1846-11-19
From the Westchester County Historical Society catalog:
Although Calvin Mead (1760-1847) was living in Greenwich, Connecticut when he was interviewed by John Macdonald, he served in the Westchester County Militia under Captain Israel Honeywell during the Revolutionary War. Mead references Cornelius Oakley, a Westchester Guide who accompanied Honeywell’s men. He concludes by discussing the death of Loyalist Captain Ebenezer Theall, who was killed in 1780 during an ambush set up near Round Hill in Greenwich, Connecticut, by American militia under William Mosier.
Although Calvin Mead (1760-1847) was living in Greenwich, Connecticut when he was interviewed by John Macdonald, he served in the Westchester County Militia under Captain Israel Honeywell during the Revolutionary War. Mead references Cornelius Oakley, a Westchester Guide who accompanied Honeywell’s men. He concludes by discussing the death of Loyalist Captain Ebenezer Theall, who was killed in 1780 during an ambush set up near Round Hill in Greenwich, Connecticut, by American militia under William Mosier.
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- Hufeland Index Page 364 -
1846. November 19th Calvin Mead: “I belonged to Captain Honeywell’s volunteers horse, and Cornelius Oakley, a small and light, but very brave man was with us often. Mosier ambuscaded Theall’s party and killed him, about half a mile east of Levi Mead’s, at a place where there are high rocks on each side of the road.
Transcription from Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews.
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