46 482 3. of seeing the wounded brought from a skirmish in East Chester past and some to my father's house. My father was a Loyalist, but went below without taking up arms, and remained neutral. Austin Stannard lives between Ed. Terris's old place and Pelham. He is the oldest man about West Chester town and recollects most of the revolution!

Frederick Valentine of 206 Delancey Street down an alley in the rear of a butcher's shop. "The maiden name of Bearmore's mother was Kirkpatrick, an old West Chester family in reduced circumstances, & he was born on the Neck. He was a brave, humane, popular man, but couldn't keep his men from plundering, and was in consequence much blamed. In person, he was straight, tall, fair complexioned and handsome. After he received his mortal wound he was

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483 49 4. taken to New York and died in Roosevelt St. I believe, but am not sure that he was Delancy major. His sister kept house for me a short time after my wife's death. I do not know whether she's alive. DeLancey's Headquars. were about a mile below West Farms. Captn. Corse was under DeLancey. I had two uncles named Williams on different sides - viz: one Frederick Williams, a Captain in DeLancey's, and a very capable officer; and the other Capt. Daniel Williams, a celebrated partisan in the American service, who was a large fleshy, swarthy man, brave, enterprising, and of great military abilities.

Aug. 24. Donald McLean, of 34th St. between Avenues 7th & 8th. second house of the row from Ave. 8th: "Our family were originally Irish, and not McLean but McGillian. Our ancestors came from Ireland