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Macdonald, John. Interview with Weeks, Abraham; (1848-10-19). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1639. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…They paid
for everything in hard money, and
cut crowns and dollars in 1/4ths and
1/8ths for change, &c.
- Hufeland Index Page 722 - that niggers will be scarce!' The
Negro troops then lay near Pines-
Bridge at Widow…
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Interview with Weeks, Abraham §1
— …They paid
for everything in hard money, and
cut crowns and dollars in 1/4ths and
1/8ths for change, &c.
- Hufeland Index Page 722 - that niggers will be scarce!' The
Negro troops then lay near Pines-
Bridge at Widow…
Interview with Weeks, Abraham §0
— …that niggers will be scarce!' The
Negro troops then lay near Pines-
Bridge at Widow Griffen's and Mr. Montross's &c. Strict discipline was maintained
in the French army when it lay in
this neighbourhood - officers and
soldiers were…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Carpenter, Joshua, 1787-1873; (1845-11-01). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1103. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…The present Pines Bridge
stands exactly where the old bridge
stood in the Revolution. On the hill
north of the Croton and of the bridge
and just over it are the remains of old
works thrown up by Washington to…
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Interview with Carpenter, Joshua §0
— …The present Pines Bridge
stands exactly where the old bridge
stood in the Revolution. On the hill
north of the Croton and of the bridge
and just over it are the remains of old
works thrown up by Washington to…
Interview with Carpenter, Joshua §3
— …to stay all night and sleep
in the room where Greene and Flagg
were surprised, but he declined, be-
-cause he was expected back by com-
-pany waiting his return at Pine's Bridge. He had previously called upon Thomas…
Interview with Carpenter, Joshua §1
— On the hill
north of the Croton and of the bridge
and just over it are the remains of old
works thrown up by Washington to
command the bridge and which
he mounted with several cannon. The following are the…
Interview with Carpenter, Joshua §4
— …to stay all night and sleep
in the room where Greene and Flagg
were surprised, but he declined, be-
-cause he was expected back by com-
-pany waiting his return at Pine's Bridge. He had previously called upon Thomas…
Interview with Carpenter, Joshua §2
— You
see five or six bullet holes yet
remaining in the doors and panel
work. Greene, a large powerful
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man, met the enemy at the north
door and attempted to defend it sword
in hand. He…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Lyon, Samuel, 1764-1856; (1844). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1895. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…Green surprised about a mile
below Pines Bridge. British crossed
Blenis's ford a mile below Pines bridge
- Green's quarters three fourths of a
mile north from the ford on a high
hill. Delancey's party came up the…
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Interview with Lyon, Samuel §0
— …Green surprised about a mile
below Pines Bridge. British crossed
Blenis's ford a mile below Pines bridge
- Green's quarters three fourths of a
mile north from the ford on a high
hill. Delancey's party came up the…
Interview with Lyon, Samuel §1
— …Took the
cattle, two prisoners and four horses. The rest escaped in a swamp - one
wounded - Lyon one of the volunteers
- All mounted - Cornet Thomas
Merritt was a brother of Shube -
Shube attempted to enter [break into]
the bedroom of…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Vail, Lydia, b.c.1772; (1848-10-19). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1403. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
These
whortleberry bushes were by or near to
the public highway (that is, the
Crompond and Pines Bridge road). They
soon after took the bodies of the
dead officers and buried them with
the honors of war in Crompond church…
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Interview with Vail, Lydia §3
— These
whortleberry bushes were by or near to
the public highway (that is, the
Crompond and Pines Bridge road). They
soon after took the bodies of the
dead officers and buried them with
the honors of war in Crompond church…
Interview with Vail, Lydia §2
— …These
whortleberry bushes were by or near to
the public highway (that is, the
Crompond and Pines Bridge road). They
soon after took the bodies of the
dead officers and buried them with
the honors of war in Crompond church…
Interview with Vail, Lydia §0
— …When
the Refugees came up they fired a
volley to signalize their friends in
the orchard near Pine's Bridge, and ap-
-proached the house without making fur-
-ther use of their arms calling upon the
inmates to surrender. The…
Interview with Vail, Lydia §1
— This was
their account which I heard at the
time and often afterwards. When
the Refugees came up they fired a
volley to signalize their friends in
the orchard near Pine's Bridge, and ap-
-proached the house without making…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Van Wart, Alexander, 1799-1890; (1848-11-30). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 806. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…André's route was after he left the
White Plains and Pines Bridge road. I
would urge you to see Mrs. Campbell who
lives at the corner, who always lived in
the neighborhood and was intimate with
my father. She…
Westchester County Historical Society / John M. McDonald Interviews — Digital Collection April 2025
…He notes that he never heard his father explain the precise route that André took en route to his capture after he left the White Plains and Pines Bridge Road, the last leg of his journey in the present Town…
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McDonald Interviews — Croton-Area Eyewitness Accounts (1844-1851, WCHS digitized 2025) §8
— …He notes that he never heard his father explain the precise route that André took en route to his capture after he left the White Plains and Pines Bridge Road, the last leg of his journey in the present Town…
McDonald Interviews — Croton-Area Eyewitness Accounts (1844-1851, WCHS digitized 2025) §4
— …Pines Bridge
URL: https://collections.westchestergov.com/digital/collection/mcdonald/id/718
Archivist summary:
Mary Beagle may actually be Mary Bedell. She briefly describes the Battle of Pines Bridge and notes that the Black enlisted men of the American 1st…
McDonald Interviews — Croton-Area Eyewitness Accounts (1844-1851, WCHS digitized 2025) §12
— …During the Revolutionary War, Stevens Avenue extended eastward from Saw Mill River Road toward Wright’s Mills in North Castle. The home of Cornelius Van Tassel was burned by the British in 1777. The Romer-Van Tassel House was built…
McDonald Interviews — Croton-Area Eyewitness Accounts (1844-1851, WCHS digitized 2025) §11
— …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 British cavalry in Greenburgh on July 30, 1779, and Hopkins’ efforts to extricate…
McDonald Interviews — Croton-Area Eyewitness Accounts (1844-1851, WCHS digitized 2025) §7
— …Nathaniel Baylies (1791-1873), whose surname is actually spelled Bayles, owned land at the site of the capture of British Major John André in Tarrytown. He does not believe in the reliability of David Hammond’s account of the route…
McDonald Interviews — Croton-Area Eyewitness Accounts (1844-1851, WCHS digitized 2025) §6
— …He seconds the information given by Nathaniel Bayles in an interview on the same day, and describes the place in Tarrytown where the captors concealed themselves. He suggests that John Macdonald interview George W. Paulding, a son of John Paulding…
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) §2
— …Crompond is the neighborhood at the intersection of Crompond and Old Yorktown roads in the Town of Yorktown. The “meeting house” to which Shaw refers is likely the First Presbyterian Church of Yorktown.
Macdonald, John. Interview with Montross, Nathaniel, 1770-1858; (1848-10-19). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1423. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…Nathaniel
Montross: "Upon the bluff
on the north side of the Croton at
Pines Bridge are remains of fortifi-
-cations said to have been thrown
up by Washington in 1776 to command
the passage of the river at this spot…
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Interview with Montross, Nathaniel §0
— …Nathaniel
Montross: "Upon the bluff
on the north side of the Croton at
Pines Bridge are remains of fortifi-
-cations said to have been thrown
up by Washington in 1776 to command
the passage of the river at this spot…
Interview with Montross, Nathaniel §1
— …When Captain Jacob (?) ^Isaac? Van
Wart (not Van Tassel) commanded the
Guard at the Bridge (Pines), he went
one day to see his wife who lived over the
hill on the North Castle corner road above
Flewellings. All at once…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Kipp, Benjamin, 1763-1849; (1848-10-16). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 720. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…Island part of the war.
October 16th Benjamin Kipp,
Talk with Samuel Washburne
and with Sophia Underhill who are
intelligent, but above all with General
Nathaniel Montross who was born and
brought up at Pines Bridge, and must
be able…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Strang, Thomas, 1763-1851; (1847-10-20). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1344. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…This happened in the
morning of June 24th, on the road
from Crompond to Pine's Bridge,
about two miles three quarters from
Crompond. The British then burnt
the Meeting House and Parsonage house
and retired upon Pines Bridge. On…
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Interview with Strang, Thomas §0
— …This happened in the
morning of June 24th, on the road
from Crompond to Pine's Bridge,
about two miles three quarters from
Crompond. The British then burnt
the Meeting House and Parsonage house
and retired upon Pines Bridge. On…
Interview with Strang, Thomas §2
— -ticut and brought in 600 Connecticut
troops who disarmed the tories, placed
the arms and accoutrements in the
Parsonage House for safe keeping, and
a queer set of arms they were - old
firelocks, rusty pistols, worn out
espouloons?, &c., ancient…
Interview with Strang, Thomas §1
— …They threatened, and were so
numerous that my father and uncle,
Henry and Joseph Strang, went to Connec-
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-ticut and brought in 600 Connecticut
troops who disarmed the tories, placed
the arms and accoutrements in the…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Hammond, David, c.1768-1854; (1848-11-29). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 802. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…taken from the whigs about Pines
bridge. Captain Samuel Kipp com-
-manded the Refugees, and Captain Jacob
Acker the Americans. The Americans
attacked on both sides of the road in squads
behind the fences, and regained all the
cattle and…
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Interview with Hammond, David §1
— …taken from the whigs about Pines
bridge. Captain Samuel Kipp com-
-manded the Refugees, and Captain Jacob
Acker the Americans. The Americans
attacked on both sides of the road in squads
behind the fences, and regained all the
cattle and…
Interview with Hammond, David §0
— …Isaac Van Wart
told me the route Andre pursued after leaving Pines-
-bridge, which was as follows (and which Andre
told him, as we had to answer on being question-
-ed): He went from Pinesbridge on the
road to White…
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).
…Eden Hunt, an American guide, was
shot by a party of Refugees, a little north
of my house on the road to Pines Bridge. The account I gave you of the West
Chester Tea Party is correct in its facts…
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).
…Word came to us that they were
all cut off and killed at Headquarters and
we all ran through the field's to Davenport's
house. The Refugees were at this moment
retreating through the woods towards Pines-
-bridge, and…
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Interview with Vail, Lydia §2
— …Word came to us that they were
all cut off and killed at Headquarters and
we all ran through the field's to Davenport's
house. The Refugees were at this moment
retreating through the woods towards Pines-
-bridge, and…
Interview with Vail, Lydia §1
— …Word came to us that they were
all cut off and killed at Headquarters and
we all ran through the field's to Davenport's
house. The Refugees were at this moment
retreating through the woods towards Pines-
-bridge, and…
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 §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 §0
— …The three
were afterwards interred together in the
same grave at Crompond. Two Negro servants
of my father were wounded, one in the arm
and the other in the shoulder. The very night
before this surprise Greene said to my…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Montross, Nathaniel, 1770-1858; (1848-10-17). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1489. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…in-
-formed of it he forbid the soldier from
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doing him any further injury and
rescued him. My father went home
but finding himself badly wounded
made for his sisters who lived just
across Pines Bridge…
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Interview with Montross, Nathaniel §1
— …in-
-formed of it he forbid the soldier from
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doing him any further injury and
rescued him. My father went home
but finding himself badly wounded
made for his sisters who lived just
across Pines Bridge…
Interview with Montross, Nathaniel §2
— …The road or path through the
woods by which the Refugees retreated
from Davenports, came out into the
Pines Bridge and Crompond road about
a quarter of a mile north west of the
Spook-Rocks, and about a quarter of…
Interview with Montross, Nathaniel §0
— …Nathaniel Mon-
-tross aged seventy eight: "When
Tarleton came out to Crompond in
1779, he crossed the Croton at Cudney's
ford two and a half miles above Pines
Bridge. He then went about two miles
on the Somers road…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Hyatt, Joseph; (1847-10-22). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1335. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
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October 22d Joseph Hyatt, of
Pines Bridge: "During the Revolutionary
war there were two ancient low houses
near Pine's Bridge, one on either side
of the river. [X] André may have stopped
at the one…
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).
…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 line to the south. They
took him…
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Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §2
— …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 line to the south. They
took him…
Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §5
— …This
house was three or four miles and
from Pines Bridge, and she directed
him which road to take, showing
him where the Tarrytown road turn-
-ed off from the White Plains road. The two roads were then in sight…
Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §0
— …advanced
by the White Plains road, or rather by
the Chappequa road, and when he
came to the Sing Sing road about
three fourths of a mile from Pines Bridge
left a detachment in an orchard
on the right hand…
Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §6
— …This
house was three or four miles and
from Pines Bridge, and she directed
him which road to take, showing
him where the Tarrytown road turn-
-ed off from the White Plains road. The two roads were then in sight…
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…
Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §3
— …When the game
was over he advanced all of his own
accord to a tree and clasping
the tree in his arms motioned to them
to come forward and tie him which
they did, and straight away the
appointed man…
Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §4
— James Totten once told me that he
and three other were once overtaken
by a thunder shower among some
hollow rocks in the North Castle
woods and the whole party struck
with lightning. They were at first
blind and could…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Hyatt, Nathaniel, 1781-1873; (1849-11-23). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 952. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…of New Castle, Pines Bridge Post Office:
"Mr. Samuel Chadeayne requested
me to call and see you. The names of the
men who captured and robbed the French
Doctor near Pines Bridge, during the Revolu-
-tionary war were: Henry Weeks…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel, c.1770-c.1854; (1848-10-16). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1386. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…A young gentleman (always supposed
to be Andre) rode up to the house (com-
-ing from the direction of Pines Bridge)
and enquired the road to White Plains,
the distance &c. He was informed by
the young woman and particularly…
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).
…towards
Pines Bridge.
Isaac Davis one
mile from here - an
old man - Denham
Palmer aged
84 - ½ mile from
Davis's.
I think Enos Hobby is mistaken, and
that it was the sentinel posted in advance…
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Interview with Holly, Isaac §3
— …towards
Pines Bridge.
Isaac Davis one
mile from here - an
old man - Denham
Palmer aged
84 - ½ mile from
Davis's.
I think Enos Hobby is mistaken, and
that it was the sentinel posted in advance…
Interview with Holly, Isaac §2
— …964 -
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
in command was…
Interview with Holly, Isaac §1
— …In the mean
time the alarm guns had been fired, and the
militia and the Continental troops from
Horseneck Meeting House collected near the
shore to protect the privateers. The British
first sent the galleys near the shore in such…
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…
Interview with Holly, Isaac §0
— …Silas Chapman (one of the party) offered to
commit the assassination if they would treat
him. They consented, and he killed June in
a cornfield. Afterwards (the same day proba-
-bly) a skirmish took place between three
Refugees and three…
Interview with Holly, Isaac §5
— The ice was too weak for the horsemen I
believe. Tim Knapp when about to be hung
exclaimed - 'Must I be hung for stealing
one horse when so many horses have been
taken by Delancey's Refugees?' His brother
Tom…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Strang, Thomas, 1763-1851; (1845-10-06). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 380. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…I saw them next
morning as they passed my father's
house traveling briskly on the road
towards Pines Bridge about sunrise.
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When Mosier was surprised
he was shaving, and very coolly
laid the razor down…
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Interview with Strang, Thomas §3
— …I saw them next
morning as they passed my father's
house traveling briskly on the road
towards Pines Bridge about sunrise.
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When Mosier was surprised
he was shaving, and very coolly
laid the razor down…
Interview with Strang, Thomas §2
— …Colonel Greene was surprized at
Davenports house, situated in the fields
between Croton River and the road
leading from Pine's Bridge to Crum-
-pond, said houses being about three fourths
of a mile from Blaine's ford, about
- Hufeland…
Interview with Strang, Thomas §1
— …Colonel Greene was surprized at
Davenports house, situated in the fields
between Croton River and the road
leading from Pine's Bridge to Crum-
-pond, said houses being about three fourths
of a mile from Blaine's ford, about
Interview with Strang, Thomas §0
— …Daniel had a son in the
enemy's service, who was found with
a British commission in his pocket
within the American lines, recruiting
men, and was hanged as a spy. The
name of this son was Daniel. Francis
had…
Interview with Strang, Thomas §4
— …Two thirds
of the population of Courtland's manor
were, I think, then Tories, notwith-
-standing, the officers proceeded forth-
-with to enrol themselves their compa-
-nies, &c, and to act as though the
men were all Whigs. In this…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Macdonald's Research Notes (). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 2168. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…rocks
· Widow Griffen
· Pines Bridge
· *Glovnis's* Ford
Skitch by McDonald of *Davenport House*
Oct. 2. The corn hay &c. on Haerlem Plains bet. 3 two armies brot. Lay. & amn. - N.B. 2, 2.
Right
'76
Aug * 27th Battle of…
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Macdonald's Research Notes §0
— …rocks
· Widow Griffen
· Pines Bridge
· *Glovnis's* Ford
Skitch by McDonald of *Davenport House*
Oct. 2. The corn hay &c. on Haerlem Plains bet. 3 two armies brot. Lay. & amn. - N.B. 2, 2.
Right
'76
Aug * 27th Battle of…
Macdonald's Research Notes §42
— …the
Bridge & Fort Washington, &c." … "That most of the soldiers about the Bridge
are Hessians &c." … "That there are rangers about the Bridge called
Rogers' rangers dressed in green coats, white waistcoats & breeches; -
- that they are 400 or 500 in…
Macdonald's Research Notes §41
— …the
Bridge & Fort Washington, &c." … "That most of the soldiers about the Bridge
are Hessians &c." … "That there are rangers about the Bridge called
Rogers' rangers dressed in green coats, white waistcoats & breeches; -
- that they are 400 or 500 in…
Macdonald's Research Notes §1
— Line with 240 men failed - Major Henley killed - 14 men killed + wounded + missing
Octr 3d -A Redoubt command on * Hill where Williams Bridge * (Tuesday)
8th 3 Br. Frigates + several Tenders passed Forts Wash^n + Const.. + the chevaux de frise & 2…
Macdonald's Research Notes §59
— …George Clinton." : "Kings Bridge, 10th October, 1776."
"Dear Sir \.....Yesterday morning (Oct. 9th) three of the enemy's shipping, to wit,
a 40, 44, & 20 gun ship, & 3 tenders, passed by, in shore, East [?] of our obstructions
in the river…
Macdonald's Research Notes §22
— …P.275
/ Qu> - Were the guns at or near Kings Bridge spiked? -
/
"February 2d 1776 - Josiah Burrell examd, says "He lives on
Rye Neck - … On Wednesday, the 17th * in the night, William Lounsberry, Joshua Gedney, Thomas Haines, James Haines junior…
Macdonald's Research Notes §32
— …down to the Fort now erected on the North side of Kings
Bridge &c. to prevent the enemy from cutting off the communication between the army in
Town & the country. &c. P .563
/
"Col. Joseph Drake to the Provincial Convention…
Macdonald's Research Notes §60
— George Clinton." : "Kings Bridge, 10th October, 1776."
"Dear Sir \.....Yesterday morning (Oct. 9th) three of the enemy's shipping, to wit,
a 40, 44, & 20 gun ship, & 3 tenders, passed by, in shore, East [?] of our obstructions
in the river…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Montross, Nathaniel, 1770-1858; (1848-10-18). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1515. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
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General Nathaniel Montross:
"When Totten was up at Pines Bridge
in the spring of 1781, and was insulted
&c., the officer commanding the guard
said to him on parting: "When will
you be up again with…
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Interview with Montross, Nathaniel §0
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General Nathaniel Montross:
"When Totten was up at Pines Bridge
in the spring of 1781, and was insulted
&c., the officer commanding the guard
said to him on parting: "When will
you be up again with…
Interview with Montross, Nathaniel §1
— secure the sentinel. The free black
was then to assist Jack in keeping
the Frenchman quiet, and the
two whites were then to rob the military
chest. Jack then stripped naked and
made his approaches on all fours. -
Every time…
Interview with Montross, Nathaniel §2
— Jack, however, kept his prisoner quiet,
and the execution of the plot went on. The two white men approached the
waggon and removed the covering when
they perceived something move and
rise up in the waggon. Supposing it
to be…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Beagle, Mary; (1848-10-19). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 718. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…The
Rhode Island negroes who lay about
Pines Bridge were very much cut to
pieces. They lay for the most part at
the widow Griffen's and widow Remsen's
and Captain David Montross's, on the
north side of…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel, c.1770-c.1854; (1844-11-01). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 862. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…to Pines-
-bridge, probably to secure that pass. The
main body then surprised Green at his
[X] Whale boat men?
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Saml. Chadeayne contd.
quarters. &c. and then advanced (in
whole or in part) to the widow…
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Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §1
— …to Pines-
-bridge, probably to secure that pass. The
main body then surprised Green at his
[X] Whale boat men?
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Saml. Chadeayne contd.
quarters. &c. and then advanced (in
whole or in part) to the widow…
Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §2
— …They were pursued through the
fields and killed. Mrs Green lived on
the same road near where it joins the
Somers road a little east of Pinesbridge. The planks at Pinesbridge were taken
up every night and replaced in the…
Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §0
— …They restored
the money and returned to New Rochelle
Agrees with story in *Mote* Genealogy OH
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Saml. Chadeayne contd.
landing which when the Refugees (?) [X] surrounded
he house where he was (the…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Orser, Talman, 1766-1862; (1850-10-17). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1020. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…during the Revolutionary war formed by the
White Plains and Pines Bridge road and
the Bedford ^North Castle and Tarrytown road near
the Poor House was a road used before the
Revolutionary war. I was born in the house where…
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— …during the Revolutionary war formed by the
White Plains and Pines Bridge road and
the Bedford ^North Castle and Tarrytown road near
the Poor House was a road used before the
Revolutionary war. I was born in the house where…
Interview with Orser, Talman §1
— There was a party of women about
here who in the beginning of the war attacked
a Tea pedlar and an Irishman named
James Dunlap, and compelled him to sell tea to
them for continental money. Their number was fifteen…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel, c.1770-c.1854; (1847-10-23). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1177. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…Greene, of Pines Bridge, was a
wealthy farmer who did not belong to the
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militia, but had the soubriquet of General
which pleased him. Col. Benjn. Greene of
Somers commanded a militia regiment
after the Revolutionary…
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Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §1
— …Greene, of Pines Bridge, was a
wealthy farmer who did not belong to the
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militia, but had the soubriquet of General
which pleased him. Col. Benjn. Greene of
Somers commanded a militia regiment
after the Revolutionary…
Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §3
— The rest of
the picket were at this time in high glee
amusing themselves at the expense of one of
their number who was what they called
a "Johnny Raw." They ran on the alarm,
ran first to their arms…
Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §0
— …Green of
Somers, a real Colonel.
October 23d Samuel Chadeayne
"Early in the Revolutionary war, that
is, about 1778 or 1779, one Thomas Gibson
lived in Yorktown, and joined the British
He afterwards came up, a Refugee, skulk…
Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §2
— …One night, one or two
Refugees crawled, unperceived, near the
sentinel and fired at him. The rest of
the picket were at this time in high glee
amusing themselves at the expense of one of
their number who was what…
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).
…Pines Bridge, he
retreated by the North River road. One
of his men boasted on returning at
Odell's house that he could show
more rebel blood upon his sword than
any of the party. This was in the presence…
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Interview with Odell, Jackson §1
— …Pines Bridge, he
retreated by the North River road. One
of his men boasted on returning at
Odell's house that he could show
more rebel blood upon his sword than
any of the party. This was in the presence…
Interview with Odell, Jackson §2
— This was in the presence
of Mrs. Garret Dyckman. This man's
name was James Foskey. Colonel [X1] Cushing's party on the re-
-treat from Morrisania passed up the
Sprain road to McChain's where it ter-
-minates, and…
Interview with Odell, Jackson §0
— …They
are only DeLancey's Cow-boys!" He
drew up his men in front of the house and to the right
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right side of it and posted some in the
house. The Grenadiers and DeLancey's…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Cook, Lyman, c.1772-1859; (1848-10-28). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 735. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…the particular papers
you mention, (formerly in General Thomas's
possession) and relating to Colonel Greene,
Major Flagg, and the attack on Davenports
house, and the destruction of the black
part of the Rhode Island regiment at
Pines Bridge. General…
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Interview with Cook, Lyman §0
— …the particular papers
you mention, (formerly in General Thomas's
possession) and relating to Colonel Greene,
Major Flagg, and the attack on Davenports
house, and the destruction of the black
part of the Rhode Island regiment at
Pines Bridge. General…
Interview with Cook, Lyman §2
— Among them is an
account of the attempt made by Governor
Tryon in the early part of the troubles to
bring over Governor Van Courtland and his
family to the Crown. Failing in the
attempt he left the Manor house…
Interview with Cook, Lyman §1
— By all means obtain access
to the papers left by General Philip Van
Courtland. Among them is an
account of the attempt made by Governor
Tryon in the early part of the troubles to
bring over Governor Van Courtland and…
Macdonald, John. Interview with June, Zabud, 1766-1859; (1847-10-23). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 999. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…Totten (cousin of
Gilbert, the Captain) James Tillett
and two others not far from Pines Bridge. After taking his horse, watch, money, &c.
they kept him one or two hours in an obscure
place in the woods where they had…
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Interview with June, Zabud §0
— …Totten (cousin of
Gilbert, the Captain) James Tillett
and two others not far from Pines Bridge. After taking his horse, watch, money, &c.
they kept him one or two hours in an obscure
place in the woods where they had…
Interview with June, Zabud §1
— Some suppose this was in order to sub-
-mit to his fate, others, that he wished
them to leave him secured thus in the
woods. He was then tied and shot
by him upon whom the lot had fallen. Luther…
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).
…They built them up in a very
wide stone wall near the water side, where they remained
2 or 3 days. Kinnicutt + Simmons laid sedge along the
sides of the wall and fed them privately through the
holes in the…
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— …They built them up in a very
wide stone wall near the water side, where they remained
2 or 3 days. Kinnicutt + Simmons laid sedge along the
sides of the wall and fed them privately through the
holes in the…
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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— …Kings Bridge
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thrown into a waggon, to be taken to New York + died
by the way. The same night a company commanded by
Capt Archibald Campbell (a Scotchman) were
marched into the yard in front of…
Tompkins, Caleb Recollections - Prepared by Hufeland §19
— …Gen How during the time had his
headquarter at the house now owned by Mrs. Osbury. They remained here 8 days, then
decamped and marched down + captured fort Washington below
Kings Bridge.
In the original this comes *af…
Tompkins, Caleb Recollections - Prepared by Hufeland §11
— …Williams Bridge where were
stationed 25 Refguees, some of whom observed, there goes
the Col's horse. They thinking that Col Delancey had
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sent out an express, a party of horse were sent out in
pursuit…
Tompkins, Caleb Recollections - Prepared by Hufeland §23
— …In 1775 I was enrolled in the militia
at the age of 16 + performed duty until the battle
at White Plains. I belonged to Col Thomas Thomas reg=
iment. In the fall of the same year the militia
were ordered…
Tompkins, Caleb Recollections - Prepared by Hufeland §1
— …He resided in the house he built
until a week before the battle of White Plains
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when the family were removed to John Cromwells
near the Friends Meeting house in Harrison. The day before the battle…
Tompkins, Caleb Recollections - Prepared by Hufeland §8
— They told the refugee if he was faithful as soon
as they effected their purpose he might go, but if he
had deceived them they would kill him on the spot. They then placed the refugee in front two soldiers…
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).
…VAIL, Lydia
Lydia Vail was a granddaughter of Richardson Davenport, who owned the Davenport House in Yorktown, New York, that figured prominently in the Battle of Pines Bridge. John Macdonald indicated that she was 74 years old at the time…
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Supplemental Material - Interviewees §62
— …VAIL, Lydia
Lydia Vail was a granddaughter of Richardson Davenport, who owned the Davenport House in Yorktown, New York, that figured prominently in the Battle of Pines Bridge. John Macdonald indicated that she was 74 years old at the time…
Supplemental Material - Interviewees §63
— VAIL, Lydia
Lydia Vail was a granddaughter of Richardson Davenport, who owned the Davenport House in Yorktown, New York, that figured prominently in the Battle of Pines Bridge. John Macdonald indicated that she was 74 years old at the time…
Supplemental Material - Interviewees §16
— Her tombstone in White Plains Rural Cemetery indicates that she died on November 1, 1850, aged 82 years, 1 month, and 10 days (WCHS Book #38, p.29).
The McDonald Interviews: Interviewees
DERBYSHIRE, William
William Derbyshire told John Macdonald that…
Supplemental Material - Interviewees §61
— Her tombstone in White Plains Rural Cemetery in White Plains indicates that she died on March 27, 1853, aged 76 years (WCHS Book #38, p.132). TOMPKINS, John
John Tompkins is listed as a 66-year-old farmer in the…
Supplemental Material - Interviewees §54
— Nelson Scofield is listed as a head of household in the Town of Mamaroneck, New York, in the 1830 United States Census. The one free white male aged 60-69 in this household was presumably the interviewee. Although Nelson Scofield…
Supplemental Material - Interviewees §17
— He is listed as a head of household in the Town of Greenburgh, New York, in the 1840 United States Census. The one free white male aged 80-89 in this household was presumably the interviewee. DIBBLE, John
John Dibble…
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 §0
— …Much of the vital information for the interviewees was obtained through cemetery and tombstone records. The entries that contain a reference to "WCHS Book" refer to the tombstone transcription books in the library of the Westchester County Historical Society for…