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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).
…You can see where the
dam and pond of the Mill Brook were.
The small brook
that crosses the road between Mill Brook
and the Bronx is called Wigwam Brook,
and, as I have understood was once of
sufficient power…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Paulding, John, 1794-1850; (1848-11-18). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 804. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…of the brook by the three who were posted at
the time on the west side of the road - that
he watered his horse at the brook,
Williams being on guard and Van Wart
and Paulding playing cards, and that…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Corsa, Andrew, 1762-1852; (1844). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1868. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…of the Americans under Hull and
Parsons near N: 8. This brook runs
through Andrew Corsa's farm. It
passes through the middle of the
Refugees settlement, - Is apt to be
swelled in the winter. It commences
about a mile…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Randell, John, 1772-1850; (1848). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 695. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…There is no stream of water between
Mill Brook and the Bronx river. I don't know whether or not Mrs. Mary
Ward of Wards Island be living at the present
time.
[X] Brune
1848 (?)
(1838 in origl…
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Interview with Randell, John §1
— …There is no stream of water between
Mill Brook and the Bronx river. I don't know whether or not Mrs. Mary
Ward of Wards Island be living at the present
time.
[X] Brune
1848 (?)
(1838 in origl…
Interview with Randell, John §0
— …quarter of a mile south
east of the spot where the Boston Post road
crosses Mill Brook near James Morris's
gate. There are no remains of forts or
prisons on Randall's Island, and never
heard of there having…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Cregier, Augustus, b.c.1769; (1846-11-17). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1764. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…The battle was between Mile
Square road and Tippett brook across
Courtland's ridge which was east of
Tippett's brook. There are two ridges
called Courtland's, one east of and the
other west of Tippett's brook. Fort…
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Interview with Cregier, Augustus §3
— …The battle was between Mile
Square road and Tippett brook across
Courtland's ridge which was east of
Tippett's brook. There are two ridges
called Courtland's, one east of and the
other west of Tippett's brook. Fort…
Interview with Cregier, Augustus §2
— …The battle was between Mile
Square road and Tippett brook across
Courtland's ridge which was east of
Tippett's brook. There are two ridges
called Courtland's, one east of and the
other west of Tippett's brook. Fort…
Interview with Cregier, Augustus §1
— Captain [X2] Armand surprised (in
1779 (?) a Picket Guard of Colonel
Wormb's Yager's at Frederick [Van
Courtland's] on Tippett's Hill, and killed
and cut to pieces a good many, but
took no prisoners. When the Yagers…
Interview with Cregier, Augustus §4
— and Hoghill where three of Pray's men
were who had been left behind from some
mistake by Pray who was over the day
before. (This took place sometime in
the summer or fall of 1781, and before
Cornwallis surrender…
Interview with Cregier, Augustus §0
— …Beebe lived in the
Van Cortland house
at Yonkers. V.
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Col. Wormb encamped inside Spitend. Creek [X1]
part of the time (that is, when the Ameri-
-cans appeared in force near, and oppo-
-site to where…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Morris, Robert, 1762-1851; (1848). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 704. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…The house of Gouverneur Morris
stands on the spot where the old house
owned by his father and grandfather
stood on the east side of Mill Brook
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which divided Gouverneur's lands from
Colonel Lewis's…
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Interview with Morris, Robert §1
— …The house of Gouverneur Morris
stands on the spot where the old house
owned by his father and grandfather
stood on the east side of Mill Brook
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which divided Gouverneur's lands from
Colonel Lewis's…
Interview with Morris, Robert §2
— …He was a British officer
and returned home at the conclusion of the
war. There is no stream running into
the Sound or Haerlem River between
Still [X] Brook and the Bronx. Lieut. Colonel Anthony Walton White was
related to…
Interview with Morris, Robert §0
— …8, on the east side of the road,
south of No. 8, and a little north of this house
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Part of the walls are yet standing and
form a long low one story building on the…
Interview with Morris, Robert §3
— cautiously, took sentinels, and made
his men pull off their coats and lay
them on the planks for fear of giving
an alarm, as it was his intention to
make prisoners of Colonel DeLancey and
other Refugee Officers who were…
Westchester County Historical Society / John M. McDonald Interviews — Digital Collection April 2025
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…
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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) §4
— …She briefly describes the Battle of Pines Bridge and notes that the Black enlisted men of the American 1st Rhode Island Regiment suffered heavy casualties. She recalls that Colonel Christopher Greene and Major Ebenezer Flagg, the officers of the regiment…
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) §7
— …He does not believe in the reliability of David Hammond’s account of the route taken by Major André on the morning of his capture, and states that he will speak with the friends of Isaac Van Wart, one of…
McDonald Interviews — Croton-Area Eyewitness Accounts (1844-1851, WCHS digitized 2025) §13
— …He also describes the raid on Crompond conducted by a British force commanded by Colonel Banastre Tarleton on June 24, 1779, and recalls the escape of Major Joseph Strang of the Westchester County Militia. Editorial note: The community of Crompond…
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) §9
— …Pierre Odell (1828-1885) was the son of Jackson Odell (1792-1849) and grandson of John Odell (1756-1835), one of the Westchester Guides. He provides information regarding John Odell, whom he notes received a pair of pistols and a…
McDonald Interviews — Croton-Area Eyewitness Accounts (1844-1851, WCHS digitized 2025) §2
— …He concludes his interview by noting the location of an encampment of an American army under George Washington north of the present City of Peekskill.
Editorial note: Crompond is the neighborhood at the intersection of Crompond and Old Yorktown roads…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Holmes, Nathaniel B., c.1796-1881; (). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 782. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…Holmes:
"I have always understood that
André was taken west of the road
and south of the brook, and examined
by the three captors on the east side
of the highway. My information
came from Mr. Wildey who owned
the…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Mead, Levi, c.1761-1849; (1846-11-19). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 488. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…Mosier's
men then fired again, and both parties
retired.
1846. November 19 Levi Mead: "Theall was
killed by Mosier's party in a rocky defile
half a mile east of my house after
you pass the second brook. Mosier…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Smith, Martin, 1786-1860; (1848). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 781. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…Wildey who owned the ground
where it occurred on both sides of the
road &c. The capture was made south
of André's brook and west of the
road, and they took him across for
examination.
Martin Smith of Tarrytown…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Corsa, Andrew, 1762-1852; (1850-10-19). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1301. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…The fire was very
heavy and was renewed when we approached
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Mill Brook. I and some ^one of the guides
took shelter behind the old mill; but
Washington, Rochambeau and the other
officers moved on as…
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Interview with Corsa, Andrew §4
— …The fire was very
heavy and was renewed when we approached
- Hufeland Index Page 1031 -
Mill Brook. I and some ^one of the guides
took shelter behind the old mill; but
Washington, Rochambeau and the other
officers moved on as…
Interview with Corsa, Andrew §5
— …We
retreated in this way along the west
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side of the brook about one and a half miles
(crossing the Post road under the hill east
of the late Jas. Morris's gate) and then
marched…
Interview with Corsa, Andrew §6
— Our route too was somewhat differ-
-ent, but we retired as before across the
fields of Fordham and Morrisania. [Proba-
-bly this was the day on which the Generals
examined the grounds along Haerlem
river - the Forts on New York…
Interview with Corsa, Andrew §3
— The Block House
was a little south of the road which
leads across the Stone Bridge. In the
lower part of West Farm's Village the
old road came into and was identical
with the road now used. We continued…
Interview with Corsa, Andrew §2
— …The Block House
was a little south of the road which
leads across the Stone Bridge. In the
lower part of West Farm's Village the
old road came into and was identical
with the road now used. We continued…
Interview with Corsa, Andrew §0
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[X] See pp 4-7 of origl. and 5-10 of copy
Who in 1781 owned
Dr. Powell's place? In the march
music or silence?
1850. Octr. 19th. Andrew Corsa [X…
Interview with Corsa, Andrew §1
— …We all
immediately mounted and rode at full
speed - I going ahead to show the house
where Hilliard lived part of the time when
off duty. Notwithstanding all our circum-
-section and speed Hilliard mounted
just as we approached his…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Corsa, Andrew, 1762-1852; Valentine, Elijah, c.1779-1848; (1844). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1891. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…rising ground south
of Corsa's house, by the son of Andrew
(Capt) Corsa who remained a prisoner
nearly a year. (Corsa.)
Refugee settlement in Governeur
(Lewis ?) Morris's woods, both east and
west of Morris Brook - Huts.
(Corsa)
Fort…
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Interview with Corsa, Andrew and Valentine, Elijah §2
— …rising ground south
of Corsa's house, by the son of Andrew
(Capt) Corsa who remained a prisoner
nearly a year. (Corsa.)
Refugee settlement in Governeur
(Lewis ?) Morris's woods, both east and
west of Morris Brook - Huts.
(Corsa)
Fort…
Interview with Corsa, Andrew and Valentine, Elijah §1
— …James, Oliver,
Warren, and John (of the Bowery).
- Delanceys unpopular - overbearing
- the Colonel a coarse man.
(Valentine)
Bearmore raised a corps before Delancey?
(Corsa.)
Simcoe had a stoop in the shoulders
- Fought with the Indians up along
Tippett's Brook…
Interview with Corsa, Andrew and Valentine, Elijah §0
— …Huggeford - an American - A very large
fleshy stout man, about the size of
Delancey - A good officer - popular
- men fond of volunteering with
him - Enterprising and successful.
Totten. (Capt.) from North Castle - A middle
sized, well made gentleman -
very brave…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Romer, John, 1764-1855; (1848-11-30). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 798. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…On the 26th of May 1779, a party of Refu-
-gees suddenly came upon Tarrytown. The
inhabitants dove their cattle in great alarm
into the woods north of Pocentico? Brook(?)
on
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the road leading from Rossell…
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Interview with Romer, John §3
— …On the 26th of May 1779, a party of Refu-
-gees suddenly came upon Tarrytown. The
inhabitants dove their cattle in great alarm
into the woods north of Pocentico? Brook(?)
on
- Hufeland Index Page 853 -
the road leading from Rossell…
Interview with Romer, John §2
— The fire of the house
caused a great alarm among the British
shipping and they were forced to return
by way of New Jersey after burning the boats
A British frigate once came up and
was lying off Tarrytown. She…
Interview with Romer, John §0
— …After the
capture they forgot the basin and the dinner
which I was sent for and found it where
they had left it on the knoll east of the
road and north of the brook. They soon
left our house…
Interview with Romer, John §1
— …The fire of the house
caused a great alarm among the British
shipping and they were forced to return
by way of New Jersey after burning the boats
A British frigate once came up and
was lying off Tarrytown. She…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews (). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 2131. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
Column(R)
Mead Col Horse Neck 355, 576, 593, 952, 959, 966
Mead Zaccheus Horse Neck Int 55
widow of Int 629
Mead Mad widow of Andrew 71, 625
Meigs Col 220, 949
Meigs Col H.Q. at W.P…
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Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews §23
— Column(R)
Mead Col Horse Neck 355, 576, 593, 952, 959, 966
Mead Zaccheus Horse Neck Int 55
widow of Int 629
Mead Mad widow of Andrew 71, 625
Meigs Col 220, 949
Meigs Col H.Q. at W.P…
Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews §42
— Bush Rye (?) Int 888
White Lt Col Anthony Walton attempt on Delancey 670, 671
White Col Am 286, 366, 780, 881, 822
White Lt Col of Moylans 48, 306
White at New Rochelle 367
at Stanwich 356
White Col captured…
Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews §37
— Column(R)
Tetard vaults 1033
Tetons, Widow House New Rochelle 79
Thayer's Journal Mass subaltern 522
Theall Capt of Delancey's Rye 287, 288, 353, 354, 417, 418, 826,
killed 64, 307, 364, 771
Theall William Rye Int 307…
Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews §31
— …settlements at Morrisania 108, 450, 516, 519, 682, 923, 1033
on Gouvs + Lewis Morris land 453,
both sides of Mill Brook in Morris woods 135
Remsen's Widow Yorktown 730
Requa 142
Requa Gload 998
Requa Isaac on Bedford Rd…
Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews §10
— …514
Eustes Dr later Sec'y of War and Gov of Mass 1095
Eyres Maj. Whale bt man 586
Column(L)
Fairweather Saml guide 370
Fancher 745
Fannels Mrs Hannah W.P. Int. 207
Farquaners House W.P…
Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews §38
— …266
Travers Mr Peekskill Int 937
Tredwells Capt Saml company of tory light Horse 29, 327
Trencher Henry of Delancey's 184
Tripp Mrs Abagail North Castle Int. 740
Tripp, Anthony North Castle 767
Tryon 468, 953,
H.Q. 477…
Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews §0
— …Int 855, 872
Column(R)
Anderson Jonathan joins British of W. P. 872
Anderson Wm robbed by Skinners and cowboys 869
Anderson Wm house W.P. wounded soldier at 861
Andre 204, 247, 275, 277, 278, 427, 467, 544, 658…
Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews §17
— …Brit 587, 595, 598
Hueslet, Caleb Home 95
Huggeford Sherwood Sherwoods Bridge Int 982
Hunt Mrs Int 52
Huested Jabez cowboy Glendale and Bedford 271, 844, 955, 956
Column (L)
Huested James Lieut under Emmerick bro. in-law of Paulding…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Paulding, John, 1787-c.1862; (1848). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 783. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…John Paulding of
Mount Pleasant: "I agree with Mr. Baylies in the above account. The spot
where Andre was taken and where the
three were concealed, was about 130 feet
south of Major André's brook and west
of the…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Corsa, Andrew, 1762-1852; (1848). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1433. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…The British had a fine opportunity in
1781 to fire from Haerlem up Mill Brook
on Generals Washington and Rochambeau.
I don't recollect the burning of the
Refugee settlement, or where it was, or the
sites of Redoubts Nos…
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Interview with Corsa, Andrew §2
— …The British had a fine opportunity in
1781 to fire from Haerlem up Mill Brook
on Generals Washington and Rochambeau.
I don't recollect the burning of the
Refugee settlement, or where it was, or the
sites of Redoubts Nos…
Interview with Corsa, Andrew §0
— …We conducted them
along the Bronx and then along Mill Brook
to Morrisania. The moment we came in
sight of Haerlem Creek upon a
ridge at Morrisania, the Forts and Randall's
sland, Snake Hill, Haerlem, and the
shipping in…
Interview with Corsa, Andrew §1
— We (that is, the guides) halted,
but Washington and Rochambeau went on
just as before. We then guided the army to
near Kingsbridge through the fields of
Fordham nearly in a direct line. Rocham-
-beau was a small man - Lauzun…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Carpenter, Elizabeth Field, 1771-1854; (1848). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 895. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…the
house you saw in the fields south of
Merritt's corner, and east of the road
now untenanted and surrounded by
locust trees. There was at the time a
lane running from this house quite
across to Blind Brook…
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Interview with Carpenter, Elizabeth Field §2
— …the
house you saw in the fields south of
Merritt's corner, and east of the road
now untenanted and surrounded by
locust trees. There was at the time a
lane running from this house quite
across to Blind Brook…
Interview with Carpenter, Elizabeth Field §1
— …the
house you saw in the fields south of
Merritt's corner, and east of the road
now untenanted and surrounded by
locust trees. There was at the time a
lane running from this house quite
across to Blind Brook…
Interview with Carpenter, Elizabeth Field §0
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Elizabeth, [X] wife of John Carpenter:
"My name was Elizabeth Field, and my
father lived in the first house above Tommy
Clapp's at the head of King Street being the
first house above, that is…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Churchill, Mrs.; (1845-10-03). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 370. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…This house was the
Head Quarters of General Rocham-
-beau during all the time the French
army was encamped on the high
ground between the Allaire road
and Sprain Brook on the south
side of the Dobbs Ferry Road. -
While…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Bayles, Nathaniel, 1791-1873; (1848-11-16). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 773. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…Williams
announced the approach of a stranger. We said 'Stop him.' The stranger
stopped and watered his horse which
was black, &c &c. We then took
him across the road to the east side
south of the brook, where there…
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Interview with Bayles, Nathaniel §0
— …Williams
announced the approach of a stranger. We said 'Stop him.' The stranger
stopped and watered his horse which
was black, &c &c. We then took
him across the road to the east side
south of the brook, where there…
Interview with Bayles, Nathaniel §1
— We then took
him across the road to the east side
south of the brook, where there is now
an orchard, and there examined
him, &c. What took place after-
-wards you know already. They
stopped at Isaac Reads Tavern…
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).
…the
mill on that brook) when they were fired
upon by a party under one Maynard,
and she was killed. She was taken into
Mr. Bloomer's house now standing on the
north of the road near the entrance of…
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Interview with Brown, Nehemiah §4
— …the
mill on that brook) when they were fired
upon by a party under one Maynard,
and she was killed. She was taken into
Mr. Bloomer's house now standing on the
north of the road near the entrance of…
Interview with Brown, Nehemiah §8
— Brown did not know the
Frenchman was in the house - not
having yet seen him, and denied him
to Neb. declaring he was not in the
house. Neb at length went away. Sometime afterwards, a detachment
of Continentals with an…
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 §0
— …Nehemiah Brown,
of King Street, near Rochester:
"Lieut. Brown had some disagree-
-ment with Colonel Sheldon, and left
the regiment before the close of the war. When Lieut. Gill, of Moylan's, was
taken in East Chester (or New Rochelle…
Interview with Brown, Nehemiah §2
— …Theall's body
was afterwards brought to Rye and
interred. He left a daughter who now
lives at Horseneck and the
widow of Jabez Hobby. In the winter of 1777 and 1778
a company of Sheldon's was quartered
at…
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 §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 §5
— …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 an unexpected quarter. One
of Huggerford's [men] had the adroitness
to…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Anderson, Jeremiah, b.1778; (1848-12-01). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1570. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…They were all on horseback, but were
pursued by the Refugees and were overtaken
east of Abijah Haviland's or the Buckley
farm, near Sandy Brook in Purchase
Street. All made their escape but White
who was overtaken and shot…
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Interview with Anderson, Jeremiah §3
— …They were all on horseback, but were
pursued by the Refugees and were overtaken
east of Abijah Haviland's or the Buckley
farm, near Sandy Brook in Purchase
Street. All made their escape but White
who was overtaken and shot…
Interview with Anderson, Jeremiah §1
— On
the alarm he jumped up, took his gun
and marched down the lane which then
went all the way to Blind Brook. Kipp
also went east by the road intending to
cut them off. They were within sight of…
Interview with Anderson, Jeremiah §0
— …They were within sight of
each other at times. After crossing Blind
Brook the Refugees threw down the upper rail -
jumped their horses over the fence and
rode towards Mosier who was waiting
for them in the middle of the…
Interview with Anderson, Jeremiah §13
— do, you old rascal," said Thomas, and
thereupon knocked my father down with
a blow of his musket. A moment after
the officer and men in question who be-
-longed as we discovered to Sheldon's
returned from reconnoitring, and…
Interview with Anderson, Jeremiah §4
— …None of the enemy
however came, and next day he was taken
away in a horse litter the ball having been
extracted by the surgeon of the regiment on
the same day the wound was received. His
blood flowed so…
Interview with Anderson, Jeremiah §12
— …My mother moved with com-
-passion, went to the dark hole in the
field where her meat and most of her
provisions were concealed, and gave them
the best supper in her power. In
the morning early the troopers departed…
Interview with Anderson, Jeremiah §2
— …About the end of the war six or seven
cowboys came up from Morrisania, went
to the house of John Lewis in North street
where Captain Gedney afterwards lived, and
in the night demanded admittance - the
door being barred. They…
Interview with Anderson, Jeremiah §8
— …I
had a half brother named Jonathan
who at the beginning of the revolution
raised a company of minutemen, but
someone was promoted over him and
he immediately went below with nineteen
of his men and received a captaincy in…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Corsa, Andrew, 1762-1852; (1847-09-24). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 640. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…The new road
lately made runs through it, but part
of this settlement was on the lands of
General Lewis Morris, west of the brook. There were 200 or 300 huts in the whole
scattered about in and near the…
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Interview with Corsa, Andrew §0
— …The new road
lately made runs through it, but part
of this settlement was on the lands of
General Lewis Morris, west of the brook. There were 200 or 300 huts in the whole
scattered about in and near the…
Interview with Corsa, Andrew §1
— …Every once in awhile one of the cannon
would go off. I don't remember that Barnes was one
of Emmericks Captains, but Ogden and
Althouse were. Bearmore did more active partisan
service than all the rest of the Refugee…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Romer, John, 1764-1855; (1848-11-18). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 776. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…They stopped awhile
in the bushes upon the hillock, I pointed
out to you east of the road and north of
the brook and there took the repast, but
afterwards crossed the wood, and when
they captured Andre were south…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Odell, Jackson, 1792-1849; (1845-09-18; 1845-09-22; 1845-09-23). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1748. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…They
crossed the Dobbs Ferry road a little
west of Colonel John Odells (about half
way from Odells to Sp[ring] brook ?)[X] and
continued to retreat through the fields. Just before they crossed the Dobbs Ferry
road (on Odell…
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Interview with Odell, Jackson §0
— …They
crossed the Dobbs Ferry road a little
west of Colonel John Odells (about half
way from Odells to Sp[ring] brook ?)[X] and
continued to retreat through the fields. Just before they crossed the Dobbs Ferry
road (on Odell…
Interview with Odell, Jackson §1
— My father was with Colonel
Thompson on the morning of the attack
and carried to a place of security the daugh-
-ter of Mr. Young afterwards Mrs. Van Wart. Jonathan Odell, my Grand-
-father was made prisoner after the
battle…
Interview with Odell, Jackson §2
— …They all died but
Odell who was taken with the others
in the Fall of '76 and returned. Mrs Rebecca Odell, mother of
General Odell was the bearer of
proposals of marriage on the part of
Colonel Guest (Gist) to…
Interview with Odell, Jackson §3
— …Odell and
cut down most part of his orchard. DeLancey's party overtook
Cushing on the Sprain road about
two miles south of Mc. Chains, but
the way being narrow and the re-
-treat conducted with skill they found
no…
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 §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 §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 §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 §1
— …One of the
guard was killed, one mortally wounded,
and several slightly wounded. Some of
the guard were taken prisoners. Sherwoods
house and barn were then fired. The
fire at the house was put out but the
barn was burnt…
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
— - Hufeland Index Page 985 -
Mansfield Bearmore
and brother, of Horse-
-neck. (?) - Huggeford -
forded the Byram -
See top of page 51 of
original.
Decr. 1st. Samuel Lyon, of
Weaver Street: "I am about 62 or 63 years…
Interview with Lyon, Samuel §4
— During his
march to Kingsbridge, he was often
left alone among the enemy's soldiers, and
at these times was much exposed to the
insults of the privates who guarded
him. This petty persecution proceeded
chiefly from one Robert Crooker…
Interview with Lyon, Samuel §3
— 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…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Corsa, Andrew, 1762-1852; (1849-10-27). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 839. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…After this we crossed the bridge
[X] (Hunts or Barretto)
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at the Mill, and the army also, after gaining
the west side of the Mill brook halted awhile. We then led the army along the west…
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Interview with Corsa, Andrew §2
— …After this we crossed the bridge
[X] (Hunts or Barretto)
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at the Mill, and the army also, after gaining
the west side of the Mill brook halted awhile. We then led the army along the west…
Interview with Corsa, Andrew §3
— …brook to the old Haerlem Ferry. The road
and bridge then crossed the Mill dam. The old Jail and Court House (one
building) in the Revolutionary war, stood
on the same side of the road as, and between,
the Church…
Interview with Corsa, Andrew §0
— …This was on the 22d of July 1781. I immediately dressed and went with them. -
Directly in front of Dr. Power's ^ll gate I found Genl. Washington, Count Rochambeau, Lauzun, and
the officers of the American and French staffs…
Interview with Corsa, Andrew §1
— …The moment
we came in sight of Haerlem river from the high
grounds about Gouverneur Morris's house, a
furious cannonade was directed against us from
the British at Montressor's Island, Haerlem and
Snake Hill, and from the ships…
Interview with Corsa, Andrew §4
— It was, I think, upwards of four
miles (probably four and a half) from Fort
No. 8 to Gouverneur Morris's at Morrisania. My brother, Isaac Corsa, the youngest
of our family lives in East Chester, or in
West Chester…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Valentine, Dennis; Corsa, Andrew, 1762-1852; (1844-08-26). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1473. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…Fort Charles stood by
the bridge. The Albany road then ran
along the Mile Square road under the
Ridge, and crossed Tippett's Brook close
to Courtland's House, passing near the
door. South of it.? [The lane which
now…
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Interview with Valentine, Dennis and Corsa, Andrew §0
— …Fort Charles stood by
the bridge. The Albany road then ran
along the Mile Square road under the
Ridge, and crossed Tippett's Brook close
to Courtland's House, passing near the
door. South of it.? [The lane which
now…
Interview with Valentine, Dennis and Corsa, Andrew §1
— …In the battle of
July 3. 1781, Totten's command were infantry. Richard Morris's (the Judge) house burnt
when Hatfield was taken was of stone and
stood on the east side of the road near the
present residence of…
Interview with Valentine, Dennis and Corsa, Andrew §2
— Richard Morris's (the Judge) house burnt
when Hatfield was taken was of stone and
stood on the east side of the road near the
present residence of Robert Morris. -
Manor of Fordham nearly square. - As
much as three miles…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Miller, Hannah Mabie, c.1759-1849; (1845-11-19). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 426. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…They
passed our house, and I begged Totten
to stop and let me dress his wound, as
from seeing wounded men treated by the
army Surgeons I had a little knowledge of the
healing art, but that officer refused saying…
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Interview with Miller, Hannah Mabie §1
— …They
passed our house, and I begged Totten
to stop and let me dress his wound, as
from seeing wounded men treated by the
army Surgeons I had a little knowledge of the
healing art, but that officer refused saying…
Interview with Miller, Hannah Mabie §2
— They
passed our house, and I begged Totten
to stop and let me dress his wound, as
from seeing wounded men treated by the
army Surgeons I had a little knowledge of the
healing art, but that officer refused saying…
Interview with Miller, Hannah Mabie §0
— …General
(Colonel?) Nexon and Greaton Wesson? Had
their Head Quarters at my aunt Brewers,
(in 1778, probably) The military and surgeons
at the battle of White Plains came in without
ceremony and took possession of some of
our rooms bringing…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Chichester, Henry, c.1762-1849; (1846-09-09). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1328. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…Mather, a
staunch whig. - When Judge Jones was taken
we had to travel 30 miles across to Stoney
brook harbor. - We had not boats for all, and
Jones was sent over while some of us waited till
next night. - British…
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Interview with Chichester, Henry §0
— …Mather, a
staunch whig. - When Judge Jones was taken
we had to travel 30 miles across to Stoney
brook harbor. - We had not boats for all, and
Jones was sent over while some of us waited till
next night. - British…
Interview with Chichester, Henry §1
— Mather, a
staunch whig. - When Judge Jones was taken
we had to travel 30 miles across to Stoney
brook harbor. - We had not boats for all, and
Jones was sent over while some of us waited till
next night. - British…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Edwards, Amelia, b.c.1770; Corsa, Andrew, 1762-1852; (1844-08-13). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 331. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…Emmerick was fat and short, thick
set, fierce and war like in appearance
- face powder stained. Refugee settlements on both sides
of Mill Brook mostly in Madame Morris's
woods. Madame Morris lived at Morris-
-ania all the war. Delancey…
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Interview with Edwards, Amelia, and Corsa, Andrew §4
— …Emmerick was fat and short, thick
set, fierce and war like in appearance
- face powder stained. Refugee settlements on both sides
of Mill Brook mostly in Madame Morris's
woods. Madame Morris lived at Morris-
-ania all the war. Delancey…
Interview with Edwards, Amelia, and Corsa, Andrew §0
— …Permits were
obtained from governor Tryon to cut wood
from the Morris's estates who were Whigs. The Refugee settlements were in or near
Madam and Colonel L. Morris's woods,
on both sides of Mill Brook - but mostly
- Hufeland…
Interview with Edwards, Amelia, and Corsa, Andrew §1
— The Morris woods were original forests
of which the Refugees made their log huts
extending from near the Post road along
distance toward Kingsbridge. Here
the Refugees lived with their families,
some of which (women and children)
had been expelled…
Interview with Edwards, Amelia, and Corsa, Andrew §3
— …Hunts barn,
but that (the frame of that) was double
girted and consequently unfit. They
then took him to Thomas Leggett's,
on the Gore Lot farm, north of the
village of West Farms. Theophilus
Hunt pitying so young and…
Interview with Edwards, Amelia, and Corsa, Andrew §2
— Edward's
aunt lived near West Chester village where
Honeywell Watson now lives, and she had
450 pounds in specie in the house. - Four
or five of Emmerick's soldiers with blackened
faces and disguised robbed her; but unob-
-served…
Interview with Edwards, Amelia, and Corsa, Andrew §5
— …Edwards and Andrew Corsa:
The Refugee Cavalry were drilled
with care by Regular officers from
New York - Several squadrons of
Regular horse also came out and lay
in the neighborhood to show them how
to manoeuvre.
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