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Macdonald, John. Interview with Odell, Jackson, 1792-1849; (1845-09-30). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1469. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…that occurred during the
war. DeLancey marched his detach-
-ment along by roads and across
fields so as to pass all American
outposts and patrols unobserved
and gained the Croton without discovery. My father being down with a
flag in…
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Interview with Odell, Jackson §2
— …that occurred during the
war. DeLancey marched his detach-
-ment along by roads and across
fields so as to pass all American
outposts and patrols unobserved
and gained the Croton without discovery. My father being down with a
flag in…
Interview with Odell, Jackson §1
— …of
this by his spies and determined to
strike the first blow. My father
used to say he considered this one
of the boldest and best conducted
enterprises that occurred during the
war. DeLancey marched his detach-
-ment along by…
Interview with Odell, Jackson §0
— …When the enemy approached
with their vanguard of horse, the Yank-
-kees could not be prevented from peeping
and the ambuscade being thus discovered
the horsemen all pulled up but one and
receiving the fire at a distance escaped
unhurt…
Interview with Odell, Jackson §3
— My father being down with a
flag in 1778, Colonel DeLancey took
him aside and told him he had
better withdraw from the lines for
a while, as some of his men whose
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relatives had had…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Romer, John, 1764-1855; (1845-09-15). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1980. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
They at
the same time took off the horses, cattle and
flock of the place and burnt the houses. -
After they had fired the houses, a soldier
took an infant out in a blanket and de-
-posited it in a…
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Interview with Romer, John §1
— They at
the same time took off the horses, cattle and
flock of the place and burnt the houses. -
After they had fired the houses, a soldier
took an infant out in a blanket and de-
-posited it in a…
Interview with Romer, John §0
— …They at
the same time took off the horses, cattle and
flock of the place and burnt the houses. -
After they had fired the houses, a soldier
took an infant out in a blanket and de-
-posited it in a…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Brown, David, 1762-1850; (1844-10-23). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 298. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…The Refugee party with Purdy
had intended to strike at Col. Thomas's. I never heard of Delancey being out except
in the Croton attack. The Refugees went
up to take revenge, Totten had been
taken by Colonel Green's…
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Interview with Brown, David §0
— …The Refugee party with Purdy
had intended to strike at Col. Thomas's. I never heard of Delancey being out except
in the Croton attack. The Refugees went
up to take revenge, Totten had been
taken by Colonel Green's…
Interview with Brown, David §2
— …He
was placed on horseback and fainted - was
left by the road side and bled to death.-
Delancey was in this excursion and command-
-ed.
[X] It was not Flagg who
fired, but a young lieutenant
whose name is not…
Interview with Brown, David §1
— …He
was placed on horseback and fainted - was
left by the road side and bled to death.-
Delancey was in this excursion and command-
-ed.
[X] It was not Flagg who
fired, but a young lieutenant
whose name is not…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Tompkins, Caleb Recollections - Prepared by Hufeland (). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 2212. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…Totten came near enough
to strike him with his sword + cut the end of
his nose so as to draw blood, when Odell gave a
back handed stroke + cut Totten on the shoulder
or cheek when they ceased further pursuit…
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Tompkins, Caleb Recollections - Prepared by Hufeland §5
— …Totten came near enough
to strike him with his sword + cut the end of
his nose so as to draw blood, when Odell gave a
back handed stroke + cut Totten on the shoulder
or cheek when they ceased further pursuit…
Tompkins, Caleb Recollections - Prepared by Hufeland §19
— …25th Oct 1776 + encamped a little north of where
John Barker then lived. On Monday 28th they
advanced to White Plains when the battle took
place. Gen How during the time had his
headquarter at the house now owned by…
Tompkins, Caleb Recollections - Prepared by Hufeland §6
— Totten came near enough
to strike him with his sword + cut the end of
his nose so as to draw blood, when Odell gave a
back handed stroke + cut Totten on the shoulder
or cheek when they ceased further pursuit…
Tompkins, Caleb Recollections - Prepared by Hufeland §4
— Some time in the winter of 1781 or 82 a party of
these guides + militia horse, under the command of
Capt Williams went down to West chester + took a
number of swords + pistols and returned as far as
Sing Sing…
Tompkins, Caleb Recollections - Prepared by Hufeland §20
— They remained here 8 days, then
decamped and marched down + captured fort Washington below
Kings Bridge.
In the original this comes *af [after]* death of Crawford end of pp 22 O. Huf
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Tompkins, Caleb Recollections - Prepared by Hufeland §1
— …The house and barn on this one
hundred acres (conveyed by Capt Griffen) was
built during the year my father resided in
Vail's house. He resided in the house he built
until a week before the battle of White…
Tompkins, Caleb Recollections - Prepared by Hufeland §23
— …I
belonged to a company commanded by Capt Pearce. We marched late in the afternoon as far as Col
Ludingtons in the mountains west of Patterson, where
we staid during the night (We then met Genl Arnold
and his wife…
Tompkins, Caleb Recollections - Prepared by Hufeland §18
— …Shortly after the war Mosier related this
whole transaction to me personally
A Capt Althouse + his company was sent out by
the British + had gone within a short distance of
Youngs house at Croton. The inhabitants of the
neighborhood collected…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Lyon, Samuel, c.1783-1853; (1849-12-01). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1603. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
Some time during the war (early
part, probably), a party from below
came up, and took off all Colonel
Thomas's cattle, together with a large
quantity of flour from his mill which
stood on Blind Brook, where the
Saw…
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Interview with Lyon, Samuel §7
— Some time during the war (early
part, probably), a party from below
came up, and took off all Colonel
Thomas's cattle, together with a large
quantity of flour from his mill which
stood on Blind Brook, where the
Saw…
Interview with Lyon, Samuel §6
— …Some time during the war (early
part, probably), a party from below
came up, and took off all Colonel
Thomas's cattle, together with a large
quantity of flour from his mill which
stood on Blind Brook, where the
Saw…
Interview with Lyon, Samuel §5
— …Some time during the war (early
part, probably), a party from below
came up, and took off all Colonel
Thomas's cattle, together with a large
quantity of flour from his mill which
stood on Blind Brook, where the
Saw…
Interview with Lyon, Samuel §3
— …At last he was furnished with an old
hat, and a very old and sorry horse which
he was compelled to mount, and so was
conducted to Kingsbridge. During his
march to Kingsbridge, he was often
left alone among the…
Interview with Lyon, Samuel §4
— …such treatment to a prisoner
any longer. After this he was no longer
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insulted during his journey. Having
arrived at New York City early in the morning
he was conducted to the old stone jail
[Hall…
Interview with Lyon, Samuel §2
— …General Thomas told me that during
the Revolutionary war, he was compelled
to leave his house and farm in Harrisons
Purchase, which were for the most part of
the time between the lines. Late in the
Fall of 1778, having…
Interview with Lyon, Samuel §0
— …A party
of British horse made a circuit, forded
the Byram, and getting upon the Horseneck
road, came to the attack from the east,
charging at full speed with loud cries
of "surrender ye d--d Rebels! - surrend-
-der!" At…
Interview with Lyon, Samuel §1
— The party then moved on, passing across
Pecks Land and Clabord Ridge (?) near which
last place [X] they came out into a North Street, (?)
and attacked the three farmhouses simul-
-taneously. When Sherwood's barn was burnt,
Bearmore was up…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Miller, Hannah Mabie, c.1759-1849; (1846-11-21). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 480. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…Anthony Miller commanded a
company of militia and took a very active
part among the whigs at the commencement
of the troubles. He was at the capture and
death of William Lounsbury. Fearful then
that he had gone too far…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Dibble, John; (1847-11-02). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1665. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…would come out of the farm
houses and address us: "Why don't you
fight? Why don't you face the enemy?
- Come! That's good boys! - Do something
for the good cause! - Strike a blow for
Congress!" There was…
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Interview with Dibble, John §3
— …would come out of the farm
houses and address us: "Why don't you
fight? Why don't you face the enemy?
- Come! That's good boys! - Do something
for the good cause! - Strike a blow for
Congress!" There was…
Interview with Dibble, John §1
— They never fired a gun, but they fired at
us fiercely from City Island. Ten Dollars
we offered to the first man on board
and five for the second. Andrew Mead
was the first and one Gregory the second. No…
Interview with Dibble, John §2
— We went down to attack the fort being
in number about thirty or sixty. Fade Donaldson was a rough ugly old fellow
and had three sons with him in the whale
boat service. Major Eyres had been a Major in…
Interview with Dibble, John §0
— …We
then ran down with a fair wind, and
the [Shuldham] grand ship lay near City
Island. When we came near the Shuldham
Captn. Lockwood was at [our?] the helm, and
the watch cried out: "What sloop is that?"
- Hufeland…
Westchester County Historical Society / John M. McDonald Interviews — Digital Collection April 2025
…She recalls that Colonel Christopher Greene and Major Ebenezer Flagg, the officers of the regiment who were killed during the battle, were buried in a “splendid military funeral” at the First Presbyterian Church of Yorktown a few days after the…
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McDonald Interviews — Croton-Area Eyewitness Accounts (1844-1851, WCHS digitized 2025) §4
— …She recalls that Colonel Christopher Greene and Major Ebenezer Flagg, the officers of the regiment who were killed during the battle, were buried in a “splendid military funeral” at the First Presbyterian Church of Yorktown a few days after the…
McDonald Interviews — Croton-Area Eyewitness Accounts (1844-1851, WCHS digitized 2025) §12
— He concludes by discussing a “Captain Buchanan of the water guard,” who was frequently at Tarrytown and skirmished with the Refugees. Editorial note: “Twitching’s four corners” was located at the present Sprain Brook Parkway exit on the Sprain Brook…
McDonald Interviews — Croton-Area Eyewitness Accounts (1844-1851, WCHS digitized 2025) §3
— …John Macdonald visits the office of Aaron Ward, an attorney who served as a general officer in the New York State Militia and represented Westchester County for four terms in the United States House of Representatives. During his visit he…
McDonald Interviews — Croton-Area Eyewitness Accounts (1844-1851, WCHS digitized 2025) §11
— …John Romer (1764-1855) was the son of Jacob Romer and Frena Haerlager. The family resided near the present Tarrytown Reservoir during the Revolutionary War. He recounts the entrapment of a force of American cavalry under Captain David Hopkins by…
McDonald Interviews — Croton-Area Eyewitness Accounts (1844-1851, WCHS digitized 2025) §15
— …Samuel Washburn (b.c.1762) recalls that his father left New Castle for Long Island due to the harassment and plundering that he suffered from both the Skinners and Cowboys during the Revolutionary War. He recalls two Skinners, Isaac Webbers…
McDonald Interviews — Croton-Area Eyewitness Accounts (1844-1851, WCHS digitized 2025) §13
— …recounts the route of the British force under Robert Abercrombie that raided Crompond on June 3, 1779. During this raid, British soldiers took livestock belonging to Fowler’s father. He also describes the raid on Crompond conducted by a British…
McDonald Interviews — Croton-Area Eyewitness Accounts (1844-1851, WCHS digitized 2025) §2
— …John Shaw was the son of American militiaman John Shaw, a native of Scotland who was killed during a British raid against Crompond in 1779. The younger Shaw believes that his father was mistaken by the British for a Captain…
McDonald Interviews — Croton-Area Eyewitness Accounts (1844-1851, WCHS digitized 2025) §14
— The “meeting house” was the predecessor of the First Presbyterian Church of Yorktown.
Macdonald, John. Interview with McGowan, Margaret Benson, 1766-1851; (1845-12-16). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1280. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…The Blue Bell was a tavern on the
Post road near Fort Washington, and
which before and during the Revolutionary
war, was kept by Blazius Moore, father
of Blazey Moore, who lives now in the
Bowery. Colonel Roger Morris's…
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Interview with McGowan, Margaret Benson §1
— …The Blue Bell was a tavern on the
Post road near Fort Washington, and
which before and during the Revolutionary
war, was kept by Blazius Moore, father
of Blazey Moore, who lives now in the
Bowery. Colonel Roger Morris's…
Interview with McGowan, Margaret Benson §0
— …The Blue Bell was a tavern on the
Post road near Fort Washington, and
which before and during the Revolutionary
war, was kept by Blazius Moore, father
of Blazey Moore, who lives now in the
Bowery. Colonel Roger Morris's…
Macdonald, John. Interview with {} ({}). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 2043. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…Ronalds was a grandson of James Holmes, who began the Revolutionary War as an officer in the American service but later changed his allegiance to the British. Ronalds' death certificate indicates that he died in Brooklyn, New York, on September…
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Supplemental Material - Interviewees §52
— …Ronalds was a grandson of James Holmes, who began the Revolutionary War as an officer in the American service but later changed his allegiance to the British. Ronalds' death certificate indicates that he died in Brooklyn, New York, on September…
Supplemental Material - Interviewees §2
— …He served in the 17th Light Dragoons of the British army during the Revolutionary War but remained in New York after the end of the conflict. He died on June 29, 1852. According to historian Benson Lossing, Battin was aged…
Supplemental Material - Interviewees §3
— …BAYLIES, Nathaniel
See BAYLES, Nathaniel
BEAGLE, Mary
No information exists regarding a Mary Beagle in Westchester County during the 1840s. She may be Mary Bedell, who is listed as an 84-year-old resident of the Town of Cortlandt, New…
Supplemental Material - Interviewees §44
— OAKLEY, Sarah
Sarah Oakley was a daughter of Westchester Guide Cornelius Oakley. She is listed as a 54-year-old resident of the Town of White Plains, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. Her tombstone in White Plains…
Supplemental Material - Interviewees §61
— …Tompkins was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is listed as a 76-year-old resident of the 10th Ward of New York City in the 1850 United States Census. His death notice in The Evening Post indicates…
Supplemental Material - Interviewees §63
— …death notice in indicates that he died in New York City on March 23, 1848 "in the 69th year of his age." See New-York Commercial Advertiser, March 24, 1848. VALENTINE, Frederick
Frederick Valentine is listed as "Fred Valentine," a…
Supplemental Material - Interviewees §27
— …Holmes was the founding president of the Westchester County Savings Bank. He is listed as "N.B. Holmes," a 54-year-old farmer in the Town of Greenburgh, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. His death notice in…
Supplemental Material - Interviewees §36
— …He is listed as Donald McClean, an 80-year-old native of Scotland residing in the 22nd Ward of New York City in the 1855 New York State Census. A death notice for Donald McLean, who died in White Plains…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Lyon, Samuel, 1760-1849; (1844-11-01). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 305. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…Tarleton
was a large heavy man. I saw him
with Bearmore. Bearmore wanted
Tarleton to give him some of the dragoons
to strike an American post near Byram
but Tarleton refused.
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Saml. Lyon contd.
Thomas Merritt…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Romer, John, 1764-1855; (1845-09-30). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1324. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…The British on their
way up the river landed to strike
at this force and to distract the
Americans. Luddington not know-
-ing the force waited for them, preparing
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his baggage for a retreat. He had…
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Interview with Romer, John §2
— …The British on their
way up the river landed to strike
at this force and to distract the
Americans. Luddington not know-
-ing the force waited for them, preparing
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his baggage for a retreat. He had…
Interview with Romer, John §1
— …of Dutchess, lay a little west of Ham-
-mond's house near the school house. Colonel Hammonds regiment also
was there under the command of
Luddington. The British on their
way up the river landed to strike
at this force…
Interview with Romer, John §3
— …He
preached before the war four times a
year at the Tarrytown church and
also came up occasionally to attend
christenings, marriages, funerals, &c."
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The arms used by the American
army at the commencement of the…
Interview with Romer, John §4
— …father of
Samuel, was a Justice of the Peace
and a man of some consequence before
the Revolutionary War. John Paulding was born on
the Saw Mill River, near the pre-
-sent County house, and near the
course corners formed…
Interview with Romer, John §5
— …ancestry or
mostly. ? When the American Galleys attacked
the Phoenix and Rose off Tarrytown
I think they were more than a mile
apart. Abraham Martling for-
-merly of Tammany Hall was on
board one of the Galleys.
His mothers name…
Interview with Romer, John §0
— …Peter who was the
Committee Man held a Lieutenants
commission in the militia (?) and
was entitled to and received his parole
I don't know how long he was absent. The Van Tassel taken in the Sum-
-mer of 1779…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Mead, Matthew, 1767-1851; (1847-11-10). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1216. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…During the last years
of the Revolutionary war, Horseneck was
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between the lines. The American lines
were drawn back, running from Palmer's
Hill across West Chester Creek towards
Croton river. Titus's Bridge was the…
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Interview with Mead, Matthew §4
— …During the last years
of the Revolutionary war, Horseneck was
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between the lines. The American lines
were drawn back, running from Palmer's
Hill across West Chester Creek towards
Croton river. Titus's Bridge was the…
Interview with Mead, Matthew §3
— The
guard house was burnt and also a
house owned by Daniel and Joshua
Smith which stood near the meeting
house. There was an old woman
burnt to death in this house. Captain
Fowler was taken into the house next…
Interview with Mead, Matthew §2
— …The
guard house was burnt and also a
house owned by Daniel and Joshua
Smith which stood near the meeting
house. There was an old woman
burnt to death in this house. Captain
Fowler was taken into the house next…
Interview with Mead, Matthew §1
— I
never heard whether or not this foot
soldier was a Frenchman from Canada. The salt works must have been over
towards Coscob. The British didn't retreat
till afternoon, and were followed as far
as Byram by the Americans…
Interview with Mead, Matthew §0
— …The vanguard
of horse was within half a mile of us,
when the alarm gun (one of the old
cannons) was fired, and the main body
followed not long after. The main column
advanced by the road and the flank…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Vail, Lydia, b.c.1772; (1847-11-19). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1353. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…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…
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Interview with Vail, Lydia §4
— …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…
Interview with Vail, Lydia §3
— …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…
Interview with Vail, Lydia §1
— …and the other
officers, and the death of those who fell,
particularly that of Greene was much and
long lamented. This disaster happened
a little before sunrise. I lived at my fathers
half a mile off northerly on the Crompond…
Interview with Vail, Lydia §2
— This disaster happened
a little before sunrise. I lived at my fathers
half a mile off northerly on the Crompond
road. Word came to us that they were
all cut off and killed at Headquarters and
we all ran through…
Interview with Vail, Lydia §0
— …They, the Refugees, came on suddenly
and called upon the soldiers to surrender,
but a young Captain or Lieutenant opened
the window and discharged two pistols at
the enemy, first one and then the other. Then
the Refugees were much…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Guion, Elias, 1772-1855; (1844-09-05). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 36. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
American infantry fired across the bridge
from an ^the adjacent eminence on the north side and killed
or mortally wounded seven (?) or eleven (?)
of the British Refugees. Many of them
bled to death on the flat rock near the
south…
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Interview with Guion, Elias §1
— American infantry fired across the bridge
from an ^the adjacent eminence on the north side and killed
or mortally wounded seven (?) or eleven (?)
of the British Refugees. Many of them
bled to death on the flat rock near the
south…
Interview with Guion, Elias §0
— …The stone wall, west
of the road at [New Rochelle] bridge over
the M[amaroneck] pond was built after the
Revolutionary war. Before that there was
a common unenclosed on that side of
the road. At the skirmish there, the…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Cregier, Augustus, b.c.1769; (1847-10-01). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1757. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…Old Jacob Moore had two sons,
Blaze, who after his death kept the Blue
Bell, and Baltus, who was a tobacconist
and accumulated a large fortune. If there
be a man of that family now living in the
Bowery, he…
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Interview with Cregier, Augustus §4
— …Old Jacob Moore had two sons,
Blaze, who after his death kept the Blue
Bell, and Baltus, who was a tobacconist
and accumulated a large fortune. If there
be a man of that family now living in the
Bowery, he…
Interview with Cregier, Augustus §3
— …Old Jacob Moore had two sons,
Blaze, who after his death kept the Blue
Bell, and Baltus, who was a tobacconist
and accumulated a large fortune. If there
be a man of that family now living in the
Bowery, he…
Interview with Cregier, Augustus §1
— …Row
was shot about half a mile east of the
Methodist Meeting House, and near a small
ravine. Colonel Armand and not Kilmaine
or the French surprised the picket guard of
Col. Worm, about half a mile northeast of
Frederick…
Interview with Cregier, Augustus §0
— …Augustus took the estate
(which was entailed) at the end of the
war in 1784 or 1785. When Emmerick was a Captain, and
was drilling his men in the beginning
of the war, his headquarters were at Cook's
house…
Interview with Cregier, Augustus §2
— …Bowers was a Hessian who
came over with the Hessian army and
married a daughter of Jacob Moore the
father of Blaze Moore of the Blue Bell. The Blue Bell Tavern was kept after
the Revolutionary war by Blaze, son…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Odell, Jackson, 1792-1849; (1845-11-26; 1845-11-28). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 454. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…Thison says that during the war,
Captain Daniel Williams was taken
prisoner several times - that once the
British refused to parole or exchange
him, considering him a dangerous man
and keeping him a close prisoner. After
a while his friend…
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Interview with Odell, Jackson §0
— …Thison says that during the war,
Captain Daniel Williams was taken
prisoner several times - that once the
British refused to parole or exchange
him, considering him a dangerous man
and keeping him a close prisoner. After
a while his friend…
Interview with Odell, Jackson §1
— …Captain Vermille whom J
M M[cDonald] enquires about
must have been my brother Jacob Vermille
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who, in the Revolutionary War commanded
a company of West Chester militia or
volunteers. He made an unhappy mar-
-riage…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Odell, Jackson, 1792-1849; (1845-09-12). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1873. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
There was a
spring of water nearly opposite Young's
on the East side of (and in) the road, where
many wounded crawled for water and died. The British returned I think by the
Sprain road. My father was at…
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Interview with Odell, Jackson §1
— There was a
spring of water nearly opposite Young's
on the East side of (and in) the road, where
many wounded crawled for water and died. The British returned I think by the
Sprain road. My father was at…
Interview with Odell, Jackson §2
— …He was a
guide).
Colonel Hammond told me that
Emmerick was surprised upon some
occasion at the corner of a word, which
stands on the north side of the (Sprain)
Saw Mill (?) road, about one mile south
west of Young…
Interview with Odell, Jackson §0
— …The enemy's cavalry, from the depth
of the snow not being able to surround
the house, drew upon the hill, situated
east on the White Plains road, awaiting
the infantry. A party of American's
had advanced as far…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Brown, Nehemiah, 1766-1847; (1844-10-28). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1508. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
When Colonel Greene was attacked
at Croton, he said to the soldiers in the
house as the Refugees advanced: "Fire
away, boys! They are only a party of
Cowboys!"
Miss Mary Kniffen [X1], who lost her
life in 177 , was…
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Interview with Brown, Nehemiah §4
— When Colonel Greene was attacked
at Croton, he said to the soldiers in the
house as the Refugees advanced: "Fire
away, boys! They are only a party of
Cowboys!"
Miss Mary Kniffen [X1], who lost her
life in 177 , was…
Interview with Brown, Nehemiah §5
— …Her death was always
considered an accident by all except
her relatives. Maynard's party said
they did not know there was a woman
with the party. Huggeford took Colonel Wells
by making a circuit and coming upon
him from…
Interview with Brown, Nehemiah §3
— …When Colonel Greene was attacked
at Croton, he said to the soldiers in the
house as the Refugees advanced: "Fire
away, boys! They are only a party of
Cowboys!"
Miss Mary Kniffen [X1], who lost her
life in 177 , was…
Interview with Brown, Nehemiah §0
— …Gill got up, crept up on the top of a
rock, and seeing no escape, said, "I
surrender myself a prisoner!" His
horse after laying on the ground a few
moments apparently dead, suddenly
rose and ran forward and joined…
Interview with Brown, Nehemiah §7
— Shube Merritt, being active, sprang
over the fence and stripped the French-
-man of a belt he wore about his waist
which contained two or three hundred
"French guineas." These the robbers
divided - Shube retaining the largest
portion. Another Frenchman…
Interview with Brown, Nehemiah §6
— He was
met by an officer coming out of the cabin with
a pistol in each hand who fired. Both
balls took effect, one on each side, and he
was lame, in consequence, for life. He was
constable at Horseneck…
Interview with Brown, Nehemiah §1
— He
insulted Bearmore by asking whose men
they were, and when answered "a detach-
-ment of His Majesty's Light Horse," replied,
"that's a lie! You are only a set of
plundering cow thieves!" He then asked
Bearmore the…
Interview with Brown, Nehemiah §2
— …Bearmore was
too much upon his guard to be drawn
within the American lines. Dole, first a sergeant and then a
lieutenant of Sheldon's, was Sheriff after
the war of a county at or near Albany
[Rensselaer Co]. Captain…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Gedney, Prince, c.1758-1855; (1850-10-22; 1850-10-23). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1977. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
from somewhere in Connecticut. - [Was
this Captain Doolittle of Ridgefield? -
See Note Book 1/84.]
There was a frolic once during the
Revolutionary war in [North Castle, proba-
-bly, or somewhere near there] which was
attended by a number of…
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Interview with Gedney, Prince §5
— from somewhere in Connecticut. - [Was
this Captain Doolittle of Ridgefield? -
See Note Book 1/84.]
There was a frolic once during the
Revolutionary war in [North Castle, proba-
-bly, or somewhere near there] which was
attended by a number of…
Interview with Gedney, Prince §6
— …Pew, and they
threatened the three drovers with instant
death if they attempted to escape. Thereupon
they proceeded to secure the captives who were
all three unarmed. Pew drove the boys
into a corner of the room and there guarded…
Interview with Gedney, Prince §0
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October 22d Prince Gedney (slave), of
White Plains: "I will be 92 on the 16th
of December next. Elijah Haines was a
private in the Queen's Rangers, &c. and was
killed in the attack upon…
Interview with Gedney, Prince §1
— …Jonathan Purdy was with the
British army on the Danbury Expedition. Colonel Thomas and Cornelius Oakley
were both concerned in driving cattle
below towards the close of the war and
also (as was said) during the middle
part of the…
Interview with Gedney, Prince §4
— …He was
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from somewhere in Connecticut. - [Was
this Captain Doolittle of Ridgefield? -
See Note Book 1/84.]
There was a frolic once during the
Revolutionary war in [North Castle, proba-
-bly, or somewhere near there] which…
Interview with Gedney, Prince §7
— …Palmer accepted the pugna-
-cious alternative and a combat with
fists ensued, the result of which was for
a long time doubtful, but the cattle drover
at last triumphed over his adversary and
was set at liberty. Peter Angeoine, a…
Interview with Gedney, Prince §2
— On such occasion
I got a pass from General Horriman [X] or
some other Hessian officer, whose quarters
generally were at Morris's house. The
pass allowed me to go in the city and
purchase the articles which were speci…
Interview with Gedney, Prince §3
— Having
succeeded in their excursion, they were
returning with a drove of cattle and
some horses they had taken off, when
they were overtaken by Captain Samuel
Kipp at the head of his troop, while
they were traversing in their…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Mandeville, James, 1760-1848; (1845-09-23). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1226. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…We crossed the bridge and sur-
-rounded the house but the Colonel was
not to be found, having gone out as the
inmates told us to a cock fight, but
we afterwards learnt he concealed
himself in an out-house…
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Interview with Mandeville, James §0
— …We crossed the bridge and sur-
-rounded the house but the Colonel was
not to be found, having gone out as the
inmates told us to a cock fight, but
we afterwards learnt he concealed
himself in an out-house…
Interview with Mandeville, James §2
— …Captain Williams
had been averse to our halting here,
urging us to cross the Croton and
join a guard of about twenty five
or thirty man posted at Courtland's
Interview with Mandeville, James §3
— …Captain Williams
had been averse to our halting here,
urging us to cross the Croton and
join a guard of about twenty five
or thirty man posted at Courtland's
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House before stopping, and he was…
Interview with Mandeville, James §1
— …reached (approached) the Croton
and we agreed to go to Orser's house
on the banks of the North River, re-
-fresh ourselves and our horses and
divide our plunder. It was now
about 9 o'clock a.m. Our…
Interview with Mandeville, James §7
— We were
detained prisoners till the 27th or 28th
of April, that is, three months. Odell rode during most of the
war a very fine grey horse presented
to him by Governor Van Courtland,
which he lost in the surprise…
Interview with Mandeville, James §6
— …Odell rode during most of the
war a very fine grey horse presented
to him by Governor Van Courtland,
which he lost in the surprise at Or-
-sers but afterwards recovered, the
animal returning to the farm where
he was…
Interview with Mandeville, James §5
— Odell seized the first
horse he would find, mounted and
tried to escape but was overtaken by
Kipp and Totten and pursued on the
ice for half a mile or three quarters or
more. Kip and Totten were ahead
of…
Interview with Mandeville, James §4
— …I was then a boy of sixteen only and
wore my brother's uniform and arms,
&c., he being a captain of the West
Chester troop of horse, and at the time
sick. Williams escaped by the fleet-
-ness of…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel, c.1770-c.1854; (1845-11-01). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1169. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…It was always always
supposed that Holcraft betrayed
Shube, informing the whale boatmen
where he was. Captain Kipp was very severe
and Totten kind to prisoners. Samuel
Kipp of Mount Pleasant near Croton
River is a son of Captain Samuel…
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Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §5
— …It was always always
supposed that Holcraft betrayed
Shube, informing the whale boatmen
where he was. Captain Kipp was very severe
and Totten kind to prisoners. Samuel
Kipp of Mount Pleasant near Croton
River is a son of Captain Samuel…
Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §4
— …It was always always
supposed that Holcraft betrayed
Shube, informing the whale boatmen
where he was. Captain Kipp was very severe
and Totten kind to prisoners. Samuel
Kipp of Mount Pleasant near Croton
River is a son of Captain Samuel…
Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §2
— …of the Croton and near
Pines Bridge. On his return from
one of these visits he was waylaid
by James Totten, James Tillott and
two others at a place not more
than a mile from Pines Bridge
in a straight…
Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §6
— …Greene then deplored the same saying:
'What a wretched war, &c, which
[gives] no security for life or liberty! &c.
A few days before Greene's
surprise and death my father, who
had lived here (where my brother now
resides…
Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §3
— …did, and straight away the
appointed man put him to death. One of them - (Totten?) soon after
appeared below at Morrisania,
dressed in the Frenchman's clothes,
and openly boasted of the deed, but
received a sharp reproof from Colonel…
Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §0
— …At this place which is
about a mile from Richardson Daven-
-port's farm house where Colonel Greene's
Head Quarters were, they crossed the Croton
pushed on and were not seen until
they arrived within pistol shot of a…
Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §1
— then stormed - Flagg killed,
Greene mortally wounded &c. -
Knapp and Totten (?) then pushed
for the Widow Griffen's nearly two miles
off by the said road. When they
raised the hill in the road a little
west of, and near…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Buckhout, Mr.; (1848-10-07). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 710. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…The old Morrisania Mill as I
have always heard stood a little south of
the church. You can see where the
dam and pond of the Mill Brook were.
The small brook
that crosses the road between Mill Brook
and…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Husted, Peter, 1772-1858; (1849-11-17; 1849-11-21). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1951. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…During the whole
part of the war the people about Horseneck
were much harassed and plundered. Once
Mr. Titus Meads house was attacked by a
party of Refugees. Bush and Thomas
Knapp were two of them. Titus Mead's house…
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Interview with Husted, Peter §2
— …During the whole
part of the war the people about Horseneck
were much harassed and plundered. Once
Mr. Titus Meads house was attacked by a
party of Refugees. Bush and Thomas
Knapp were two of them. Titus Mead's house…
Interview with Husted, Peter §3
— …Schools were discontinued about
Horseneck and some adjacent places
during much of the war. An active man from the Pecks land
road in Greenwich about two miles from
Horseneck, named Andrew Honum or
Honham, went below with a party and…
Interview with Husted, Peter §1
— …Knapp
when the British dragoons charged. Mrs. Knapp pointed out his danger and he then
rode down the Hill. I saw the dead dragoon the day after
his death. Henry Mead at that time
kept a Tavern in Horseneck village…
Interview with Husted, Peter §4
— …Schools were discontinued about
Horseneck and some adjacent places
during much of the war. An active man from the Pecks land
road in Greenwich about two miles from
Horseneck, named Andrew Honum or
Honham, went below with a party and…
Interview with Husted, Peter §6
— Once while Colonel or Major Mead
commanded at Horseneck, the British
came up in force, and he hid his two field
pieces in a field of wheat and retreated
not having force enough to fight. He was
much ridiculed for…
Interview with Husted, Peter §5
— They had good
guides from the country about here. Once while Colonel or Major Mead
commanded at Horseneck, the British
came up in force, and he hid his two field
pieces in a field of wheat and retreated
not having…
Interview with Husted, Peter §0
— …An American soldier
was chased by a British dragoon south or
south east of the road. The soldier crossed one
fence followed by the dragoon. He then ran
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through the field and jumped over another
fence…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Peck, James, b.1777; (1849-11-26). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 970. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…After my father's death the Refugees fled. They were from the neighborhood of Stanwich
and Horseneck. The name of one of these
Refugees was Lockwood. Once the Refugees crossed the Byram
near Peck's land, and making a circuit…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Holly, Isaac, 1764-1851; (1849-11-22). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1773. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…death. "Sometime (I think about the middle of
the war) four armed British vessels chased
two American privateers from somewhere
in the Sound to one of the Horseneck Harbours. The privateers ran for safety into a narrow
harbor called the…
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Interview with Holly, Isaac §1
— …death. "Sometime (I think about the middle of
the war) four armed British vessels chased
two American privateers from somewhere
in the Sound to one of the Horseneck Harbours. The privateers ran for safety into a narrow
harbor called the…
Interview with Holly, Isaac §0
— …death. "Sometime (I think about the middle of
the war) four armed British vessels chased
two American privateers from somewhere
in the Sound to one of the Horseneck Harbours. The privateers ran for safety into a narrow
harbor called the…
Interview with Holly, Isaac §3
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The schoolhouse, occupied during the
war as a guard house and prison, stood
about twenty rods east of the Bridge. When the sentry was killed at the school
house (see Enos Hobby's account) the officer…
Interview with Holly, Isaac §2
— …He might have
been an Irishman
Coscob (spelt cos.) is the name of
an old Indian who lived there, and from
whom the place was so called.
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The schoolhouse, occupied during the
war as a guard…
Interview with Holly, Isaac §5
— …The hickory tree where the sentinel was
killed is on the west side of the salt creek,
and there is a large oak tree near which
the schoolhouse stood."
[I examined the ground &c. this day
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Interview with Holly, Isaac §4
— I think Enos Hobby is mistaken, and
that it was the sentinel posted in advance
about thirty rods from the school house
near a hickory tree who flashed his gun,
upon which the sentinel by the school
house fired and…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Ryder, Jesse, 1812-1889; (1848-10-20). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 726. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…Jesse
Ryder of Ossining: "My Grand-
-father, Jacob Ryder, during the Revolu-
-tionary war lived in the next house
below on the road to and not far from
Sing Sing. A French officer (Colonel
Armand I suppose) staid with him…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Ford, Hannah Lockwood, 1767-1858; (1847-11-02). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1041. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…He, Lockwood,
never afterwards was in the continental
service but was during the whole war
engaged in the whaleboat warfare. He built a galley himself which was
blown up accidentally. Brom. Barrett was an Irishman,
and Fade Donaldson who feared…
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Interview with Ford, Hannah §0
— …He, Lockwood,
never afterwards was in the continental
service but was during the whole war
engaged in the whaleboat warfare. He built a galley himself which was
blown up accidentally. Brom. Barrett was an Irishman,
and Fade Donaldson who feared…
Interview with Ford, Hannah §1
— He had a large family
and was once taken prisoner, but soon
exchanged. He was a man of great ec-
-centricity of character. My father was a middle sized man
very active until his death, and always
very much respected…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Van Cortlandt, Pierre, 1762-1848; (1845-10-31). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1106. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
There is a deep valley
(that is, the Peekskill valley) every
part of which is conspicuous from
the Hill, on its left or west flank;
and which at that time was covered
with brush and wood, and much
less conspicuous…
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Interview with Van Cortlandt, Pierre §1
— There is a deep valley
(that is, the Peekskill valley) every
part of which is conspicuous from
the Hill, on its left or west flank;
and which at that time was covered
with brush and wood, and much
less conspicuous…
Interview with Van Cortlandt, Pierre §0
— …General Pierre
Van Courtland, of Peekskill:
"The hill east of and adjacent to
the Post Road about a quarter or a
half a mile south of my house and
contiguous to the 'Old Orchard'
is the spot where the Picket…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Brown, David, 1762-1850; (1845-11-20). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 420. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…David Brown
of Harrison: "Captain Smith from
Stamford, or near there was surprised
during the war, at a house situated in
the fields, a little off the road and near
where Roger Purdy lived by a party of
Refugees among…
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Interview with Brown, David §0
— …David Brown
of Harrison: "Captain Smith from
Stamford, or near there was surprised
during the war, at a house situated in
the fields, a little off the road and near
where Roger Purdy lived by a party of
Refugees among…
Interview with Brown, David §1
— …the
consequences." Shube went a short
[distance] and turned round to look
when several fired at the same
moment and the robber fell dead. -
Bad as Shube was, yet good faith
was outraged in his death, and at the
time…
Interview with Brown, David §2
— Accord-
-ingly when the attack was made upon
Greene's quarters it was led by Totten
who engaged at the door in single combat
with the Colonel, was struck down by him
and saved by a Refugee soldier. Totten
the…