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Westchester County Historical Society / John M. McDonald Interviews — Digital Collection April 2025
The “meeting house” was the predecessor of the First Presbyterian Church of Yorktown.
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McDonald Interviews — Croton-Area Eyewitness Accounts (1844-1851, WCHS digitized 2025) §9
— Item 1090: Interview with Odell, Pierre
Date: 1851-10-17
Interviewee: Odell, Pierre, 1828-1885;
People mentioned: Brown, Abigail; McChain, Hannah; Odell, John, 1756-1835; Van Cortlandt, Pierre, 1721-1814;
Manuscript source: Hufeland Mss. Book 1. Vol. 7, pgs. 1064…
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 widow Budd's house
stood below the Croton, and at Pinesbridge
on the left side of the road leading to White
Plains, and on the right of the road
leading to the North Castle Church - She was
born Griffen…
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Interview with Vail, Lydia §4
— The widow Budd'
s house
stood below the
Croton, and at Pinesbridge
on the left side of the road leading to White
Plains, and on the right of the road
leading to the North Castle Church - She was
born Griffen…
Interview with Vail, Lydia §3
— …The widow Griffen'
s house
stood above the
Croton on the north side of
the Crompond road. She was born
Brundage. The widow Budd'
s house
stood below the
Croton, and at Pinesbridge
on the left side of the road…
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 §0
— …Lydia Vail, aged 74:
"I am grand-daughter of Richardson
Davenport, and niece of Fanny Totten, but only two years
Tarleton's circuitous
route - Greene's
domestic feelings -
"Next spring I hope to
be with my family." -
Two…
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…
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).
…A party of DeLancey's
Refugees (under Kipp I believe)
crossed the Croton at Blenis's ford
and got to the house unperceived. -
They came up on the West side of the
house where only a single sentinel
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Interview with Carpenter, Joshua §0
— …A party of DeLancey'
s
Refugees (under Kipp I believe)
crossed the
Croton at Blenis'
s ford
and got to the house unperceived. -
They came up on the West side of the
house where only a single sentinel
Interview with Carpenter, Joshua §1
— …A party of DeLancey'
s
Refugees (under Kipp I believe)
crossed the
Croton at Blenis'
s ford
and got to the house unperceived. -
They came up on the West side of the
house where only a single sentinel
- Hufeland Index…
Interview with Carpenter, Joshua §4
— I showed him through - told him
all I knew of the Colonel'
s fate, and
pressed him to stay all night and sleep
in the room where Greene and Flagg
were surprised, but he declined, be-
-cause he was expected…
Interview with Carpenter, Joshua §3
— …Blenis'
s ford was, probably, a mile
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and an half below Pine'
s Bridge. (?)
On the 14th. of May last year, a
Mr. Ward (fifty or sixty years old) of
New York, called upon me saying…
Interview with Carpenter, Joshua §2
— …or more,
and then fell off where you descend
a hill a little north west of the
Widow Griffen'
s. Finding that he
was dying they did not attempt a further
removal, but left him by the road side
- Hufeland…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Barker, William, 1764-1859; (1850-10-23). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1065. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
In the afternoon, when about to return,
he said to us, "Now boys, we've got a
good boat, let's buckle to and get back
soon." I was saucy and answered,
"Yes, Sir, we'll give her the spurs…
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Interview with Barker, William §4
— In the afternoon, when about to return,
he said to us, "Now boys, we've got a
good boat, let'
s buckle to and get back
soon." I was saucy and answered,
"Yes, Sir, we'll give her the spurs…
Interview with Barker, William §3
— …In the afternoon, when about to return,
he said to us, "Now boys, we've got a
good boat, let'
s buckle to and get back
soon." I was saucy and answered,
"Yes, Sir, we'll give her the spurs…
Interview with Barker, William §0
— …
Croton by a party of
Refugees from below and conducted to Morris-
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-ania where the loyalty of his brother and
father succeeded in procuring his enlargement
By their request he was paroled to his father'
s…
Interview with Barker, William §2
— …In the afternoon, when about to return,
he said to us, "Now boys, we've got a
good boat, let'
s buckle to and get back
soon." I was saucy and answered,
"Yes, Sir, we'll give her the spurs…
Interview with Barker, William §1
— …When Elijah, who
belonged to Delancey'
s corps, heard of this,
he vowed revenge, and having several
nights waylaid the French scouting
parties, he at length attacked one of
the Lauzun'
s patrols, and killed on of his
captains of…
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).
…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 the Croton. There was a
splendid military funeral of the officers
who fell a few…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Merritt, David; (1846-10-12). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1188. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…of the Croton
and Pinesbridge until the Continental
or New Bridge was built, which was situa-
-ted about a mile from (that is, above)
the present bridge at the wire factory.
When the Refugees surprised Williams's
party at Orsers…
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).
The
party from Salem and Stephentown
wishing to take the nearest road
home were anxious to leave us when
we reached (approached) the Croton
and we agreed to go to Orser's house
on the banks of the North River…
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Interview with Mandeville, James §2
— The
party from Salem and Stephentown
wishing to take the nearest road
home were anxious to leave us when
we reached (approached) the
Croton
and we agreed to go to Orser'
s house
on the banks of the North River…
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
— …The
party from Salem and Stephentown
wishing to take the nearest road
home were anxious to leave us when
we reached (approached) the
Croton
and we agreed to go to Orser'
s house
on the banks of the North River…
Interview with Mandeville, James §5
— …Kipp'
s party when
he attacked us at Orsar'
s was sixty
or seventy in number. One of Kipp'
s
men, the notorious Shube Merritt
stripped me of my boots and uniform. We, the prisoners were taken first to
Morrisania…
Interview with Mandeville, James §6
— The
officer (a Lieutenant) who com-
-manded the squad at Van Cortland'
s
made no effort to assist us, for which
he was afterwards tried by a Court
Martial. He might have saved us. He was broken. Kipp'
s party…
Interview with Mandeville, James §0
— …Somers and Salem) of Courtland'
s
Manor. --- It was an
enterprise planned by Colonel Samuel
Drake and Mr. Peter Van Tassel to
carry off Colonel DeLancey, because he
had been a public disturber and his men
plunderers, and to guard…
Interview with Mandeville, James §7
— …The reason assigned for this barbarity
was that he had burnt the dwellings
and barns belonging to some of the
Refugees and had attempted to set
fire to Colonel Delancey'
s."
George M.Chain was the
only man killed, and…
Interview with Mandeville, James §4
— …Rivington'
s account
is correct in the main, though, I
think the Refugees made more
than seven prisoners. [Fifteen
of us were taken prisoners. - We
were three months prisoners, that is,
till the 28th. of April [X].] When the alarm…
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).
…The American lines
were drawn back, running from Palmer's
Hill across West Chester Creek towards
Croton river. Titus's Bridge was the most
advanced of the American posts on the
east end of the lines.
Col. Mead was not…
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Interview with Mead, Matthew §4
— …The American lines
were drawn back, running from Palmer'
s
Hill across West Chester Creek towards
Croton river. Titus'
s Bridge was the most
advanced of the American posts on the
east end of the lines.
Col. Mead was not…
Interview with Mead, Matthew §1
— …Fowler'
s party left the Sherwood Bridge
road here at my house, and took a
private road leading from my present
place through the woods to near Zaccheus
Mead'
s barn, and then marched to Horse-
-neck upon the road…
Interview with Mead, Matthew §3
— …They
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crossed Mianus river and advanced
beyond Palmer'
s hill, which lies directly
east of Titus'
s Bridge. They were pursued
and many of the cattle retaken. I never
heard of their being so far east…
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).
…DeLancey's
troops on their return crossed the
Croton at a ford above Pine's Bridge
Joshua Hett Smith and
Major André were stopped at or
near Crumpond by a Sergeant's guard
under Crawford, a one
eyed man. The…
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Interview with Strang, Thomas §2
— …DeLancey'
s
troops on their return crossed the
Croton at a ford above Pine'
s Bridge
Joshua Hett Smith and
Major André were stopped at or
near Crumpond by a Sergeant'
s guard
under Crawford, a one
eyed man. The…
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 §3
— DeLancey'
s
troops on their return crossed the
Croton at a ford above Pine'
s Bridge
Joshua Hett Smith and
Major André were stopped at or
near Crumpond by a Sergeant'
s guard
under Crawford, a one
eyed man. The…
Interview with Strang, Thomas §4
— On occasion of the last military
parade of the militia of Courtland'
s
manor under the Royal authority, the
commander wishing to bring out his men
for the Crown addressed them thus:
"All you who are loyal to your King…
Interview with Strang, Thomas §0
— …Thomas Strang, of Yorktown,
about two miles from Crum Pond:
"My father and his three brothers were
born at Crum Pond in Courtland'
s
Manor. In the Revolution two
of them, vizt. my uncle, Major Joseph
and my father Henry…
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).
…373, 528, 535
Cregier House 528, 536
Cregier August Yonkers 373
Crompond 552, 656, 708, 709, 713,
Crompond Meeting House 555
Crooker Robt *?* 989
Column(L)
Croton bridges 441
Cudney's ford over Croton 708
Cunningham, Provost 990
Cushings raid…
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Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews §6
— …373, 528, 535
Cregier House 528, 536
Cregier August Yonkers 373
Crompond 552, 656, 708, 709, 713,
Crompond Meeting House 555
Crooker Robt *?* 989
Column(L)
Croton bridges 441
Cudney'
s ford over
Croton 708
Cunningham, Provost 990
Cushings raid…
Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews §3
— …90
Blenis Ford over
Croton 79, 124, 202, 240, 251, 255, 567
Column(L)
Blenis Ford, Fight at 568
Block house at West Farms 116, 119
Bloomer'
s at Rye Neck 293, 507
Blue Bell Tavern 340, 531, 668
Booth…
Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews §39
— …
s Hill Dec 16, 1781, 188, 198, 505
Uniforms 261, 689, 693, 821
Hessian Yagers 260
Moylans 821,
Treadwells tories 327,
Totten'
s refugees 794
Column(L)
Vail, Lydia Yorktown Int. 650, 724
Vails ford over Croton 552…
Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews §8
— Column(L)
Delancey'
s bridge at W.F 99, 669, 670
Delancey'
s corps irregular 791
Delancey-Emmerick quarrel 77
Delancey'
s H.Q below W.F. 309
Delancey'
s H.Q. at Mad. Morris (Gouv M) 374
Delancey H…
Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews §9
— Ebenr Compo Int 460, 465, 470
Dobb'
s Ferry 131, 541, 659, 849
Dobbs Ferry Block House on West Side 131
Dobbs Ferry fight at Constants 129
Dobbs Ferry, fort 195
Dog swims off with sword 368
Dole, Lieut, 30…
Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews §29
— Column(L)
Peekskill 552, 554, 937
Peekskill attack on Mch 23 1777, 234, 238, 543, 547
Peekskill Village 5 or 8 houses 164
Pell'
s Phil. Bridge over Hutchinson R. 837
Pell'
s Neck 584, 613, 604
Pells Neck battle…
Hufeland Index to The McDonald Interviews §5
— Column(R)
Carpenter, Wright - Quaker, Skinner, 183, 742, 747, 773, 781, 818, 820, 1092
Carr, Lieut 368
Cattle drovers 648
Chadeayne'
s Yorktown 734
Chadeayne Saml Rye + Yorktown Int. 78, 239, 702
Chamberlain, of Delanceys 531
Chapan Point 615
Champenois…
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).
They pursued the Refugees
from the Croton, and first saw them at
the great white wood tree where Andre
was taken, and overtook them at the
village of Irving [where the village
of Irvington now stands]. Took the
cattle, two…
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Interview with Lyon, Samuel §1
— They pursued the Refugees
from the
Croton, and first saw them at
the great white wood tree where Andre
was taken, and overtook them at the
village of Irving [where the village
of Irvington now stands]. Took the
cattle, two…
Interview with Lyon, Samuel §0
— …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
road leading by the Chappequa Meeting
House - (White…
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).
…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 1778, Colonel DeLancey took
him…
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Interview with Odell, Jackson §2
— …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 1778, Colonel DeLancey took
him…
Interview with Odell, Jackson §1
— …A private of Delancey'
s Re-
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-fugees named Henry Treucher
being in advance and riding at
speed passed the ambuscade, and
wheeling about repassed through a
shower of shot, and, with his horse
escaped unhurt. Colonel…
Interview with Odell, Jackson §0
— …Wright Carpenter the fighting
Quaker was a Lieutenant in Captain
Hobby'
s company and Colonel Tho-
-mas'
s regiment. He was on very bad
terms with his family in consequence
of taking up arms. On Honeywell'
s excursion to Mor…
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).
…Colonel Green and Mayor Flagg had their
Head quarters at the house of Richardson
Davenport about a mile (?) from Blenis's
ford on the road which is north of the
Croton towards the Hudson. When they
came to the Ferry…
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Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §1
— …Colonel Green and Mayor Flagg had their
Head quarters at the house of Richardson
Davenport about a mile (?) from Blenis'
s
ford on the road which is north of the
Croton towards the Hudson. When they
came to the Ferry…
Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §0
— …Colonel Green and Mayor Flagg had their
Head quarters at the house of Richardson
Davenport about a mile (?) from Blenis'
s
ford on the road which is north of the
Croton towards the Hudson.
Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §2
— …and then advanced (in
whole or in part) to the widow Griffen'
s
where a party was posted and summoned
them to surrender, offering quarter if
no resistance &c was made, but threat-
-ened extermination &c if otherwise
&c. The…
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).
…Fredrick Stephenson, of
Stephenson'
s Rangers, commanded
the party that took Delancey in 1777,
below West Farms. Delancey
was ensconced under a bed where Stephenson
discovered him, and said: "Come out, Jimmy [X]!"
[X] Written Jimmy
in original.
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Interview with Brown, Nehemiah §3
— …Fredrick Stephenson, of
Stephenson'
s Rangers, commanded
the party that took Delancey in 1777,
below West Farms. Delancey
was ensconced under a bed where Stephenson
discovered him, and said: "Come out, Jimmy [X]!"
[X] Written Jimmy
in original.
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 §2
— Gill leaped
his horse over a fence to meet him half
way and their swords actually crossed
when several of Bearmore'
s men spur-
-red on their commander, and Gill,
finding himself likely to have several
antagonists, withdrew. Bearmore was…
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
— …White
he approached Bearmore'
s crops and endea-
-voured to provoke him to a pursuit. 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…
Interview with Brown, Nehemiah §8
— …came to Brown'
s and
inquired for the Frenchman in the
cellar. Brown at first denied him
because several neighbors, loyalists,
were present. He managed to acquaint
the officer of ^with this who ordered the tories
off, and then he…
Interview with Brown, Nehemiah §7
— …The third ran north, towards Samuel
Brown'
s (the next house) for his life, pur-
-sued by Neb. Merritt with his unloaded
gun. The Frenchman, hand pressed by
Neb. Merritt, took up a large stone and
faced him. He pointed…
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 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).
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…
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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 §2
— John Cook, tavern keeper, at
Paparinimo, and John Corbie of the
city of New York spiked the cannon
at or near Fort Independence. (Probably
the second party mentioned by the prisoner
Haines &c.)
General Oliver de Lancey'
s house
which…
Interview with Cregier, Augustus §0
— …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 §3
— …Three Indians were killed at Tippett'
s
brook. 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…
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…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Wood, James; (1847-11-18). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1372. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…Knapp on this occasion came up the North
River road to Tarrytown and from that place
went on the Clark's corner. When Captain
Knapp joined us we were about a mile
north of Buttermilk Hill. Knapp retreated
by the…
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Interview with Wood, James §4
— …Knapp on this occasion came up the North
River road to Tarrytown and from that place
went on the Clark'
s corner. When Captain
Knapp joined us we were about a mile
north of Buttermilk Hill. Knapp retreated
by the…
Interview with Wood, James §1
— …Knapp soon after returned and
with the rest of his force went to Kipp'
s
assistance. Knapp charged Sheldon'
s
horse and drove them back in confusion. Lieut. Poole took to an open field
pursued by Charles Leggett, a private…
Interview with Wood, James §0
— …They then attacked the widow Griffen'
s
about a quarter of a mile off. Here the
negroes were cut up unmercifully - Refu-
-gees very bitter against them on account
of Captain Totten. In the Fall of 1780, Captain ^Samuel^ Knapp…
Interview with Wood, James §3
— …This skirmish
- Hufeland Index Page 647 -
was fought about a quarter or half a
mile west of Clark'
s corner on the road
to Bedford. This place was not called
Clark'
s corner in the Revolutionary war. It is or…
Interview with Wood, James §2
— …Hyat says
about five - that it was not called
Clark'
s corner during the Revolutionary
war, and was formed by the intersection
of the Tarrytown and Bedford road with
the White Plains and Pinesbridge road. It consists of three corners…
Interview with Wood, James §5
— Knapp on this occasion came up the North
River road to Tarrytown and from that place
went on the Clark'
s corner. When Captain
Knapp joined us we were about a mile
north of Buttermilk Hill. Knapp retreated
by the…
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).
…Samuel
Kipp of Mount Pleasant near Croton
River is a son of Captain Samuel
Kipp. Captain Samuel Kipp was
lost at sea in going to Nova
Scotia whither his wife refused to
accompany him. When the book of Joshua
Hett…
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Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §5
— …Samuel
Kipp of Mount Pleasant near
Croton
River is a son of Captain Samuel
Kipp. Captain Samuel Kipp was
lost at sea in going to Nova
Scotia whither his wife refused to
accompany him. When the book of Joshua
Hett…
Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §4
— …Let them bring it to
my house and I will then see if I
can get it.' DeLancey then directed
Shube and Ackerly to carry the
money to Holcroft at Davenport'
s
Neck which they did, and on his
return…
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 §2
— …and a surgeon of one of the
French regiment'
s went down
daily to see them, returning at night
to his quarters in York Town some
where north of the
Croton and near
Pines Bridge. On his return from
one…
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 §6
— …Van
Wart and Yerks both said that
he came down the Post Road, and
Van Wart said he saw him from
the hill by Clark'
s Kill just after
he passed the Dutch Church. - Jackson Odell. A few days before…
Interview with Chadeayne, Samuel §3
— …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
DeLancey. "Totten," he said, "you
think you have accomplished an
honorable…
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).
…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…
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— …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…
Interview with Montross, Nathaniel §2
— My father'
s name was David
He was a Captain before the Revolutionary
war, and always said that his oath
would always prevent him from taking
up arms against the king. The road or path through the
woods by which…
Interview with Montross, Nathaniel §1
— …My father'
s name was David
He was a Captain before the Revolutionary
war, and always said that his oath
would always prevent him from taking
up arms against the king. The road or path through the
woods by which…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Davis, Abraham, c.1765-1854; (1846-11-24; 1846-11-21). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1232. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
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1846 November 24th Abraham Davis: -
"Totten once went above the Croton,
and took some cattle from the active
Whigs which he entrusted to a small
party, returning himself by another
direction. John McFadian was of
the…
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1846 November 24th Abraham Davis: -
"Totten once went above the
Croton,
and took some cattle from the active
Whigs which he entrusted to a small
party, returning himself by another
direction. John McFadian was of
the…
Interview with Davis, Abraham §2
— …Fadian was a private in
DeLancey'
s. The Purdy'
s, Nathaniel and Joseph,
were whipped below. Persons, known to possess money,
were whipped and tortured for it. My
father was whipped and maltreated
so often that he went below. Captain…
Interview with Davis, Abraham §1
— …A party
of Sheldon'
s (a reconnoitring party probably)
came down from Salem by the Robbin'
s
Mills road by Nathaniel (?) Purdy'
s within
sight of our house. Tarleton'
s men were
at dinner. They immediately turned out and
pursued…
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).
…On the 24th of June,
Tarleton came up by a circuitous route
going up the Croton above Pines Bridge
one mile and a half or more above, crossed
at Vail's ford, advanced upon Crompond
from the east by a…
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Interview with Strang, Thomas §0
— …On the 24th of June,
Tarleton came up by a circuitous route
going up the
Croton above Pines Bridge
one mile and a half or more above, crossed
at Vail'
s ford, advanced upon Crompond
from the east by a…
Interview with Strang, Thomas §2
— …When the British horse surprised
Colonel Drake at Crompond, a British
party crossed Vail'
s ford about two
miles east of Pine'
s Bridge and advanced
upon a crooked road commencing at the
Ford and running first northerly, then
westerly…
Interview with Strang, Thomas §1
— On the
3rd of June 1779, Major [Abercrombie]
burnt Major Strang'
s house then
occupied as a Court House, and also
burnt a storehouse, then used as a
depot for firearms and stores &c. for the
military. Shaw was killed…
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).
…I
was at Davenport's house a few minutes
after the Refugees left. Part of them
approached in front of the building
and part by the road from the Croton,
which road then passed by the rear
of the house…
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Interview with Vail, Lydia §0
— …I
was at Davenport'
s house a few minutes
after the Refugees left. Part of them
approached in front of the building
and part by the road from the
Croton,
which road then passed by the rear
of the house…
Interview with Vail, Lydia §3
— …After all the circumstances of
the surprise of Davenport'
s house came
to be known and understood, Colonel
DeLancey and the Refugees were not
blamed. The impetuosity and indis-
-cretion of a single individual caused
probably all the bloodshed at…
Interview with Vail, Lydia §2
— …Besides the
officers I have mentioned, there quar-
-tered at this time at my grandfathers,
whose house was Colonel Greene'
s Head-
-Quarters, Doctor Cushman (a Continental
surgeon) and also a Captain and a
lieutenant whose names I don't…
Interview with Vail, Lydia §1
— …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…
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
— …Jack, my father'
s slave, was one of
the most artful, cunning men I ever knew. He had an extraordinary judgment, was
a great hand at planning and contriving,
either in relation to the farm or anything
else. He made…
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).
…Odell on Philipse's Manor on the 31st of Augst; - & at Fishkill on the 2nd of September; at wh place the P. Convention ^also assembled on the 5th of September.
/
[X]Next* to *Croton river* at the house of John…
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Macdonald's Research Notes §32
— …Odell on Philipse'
s Manor on the 31st of Augst; - & at Fishkill on the 2nd of September; at wh place the P. Convention ^also assembled on the 5th of September.
/
[X]Next* to *
Croton river* at the house of John…
Macdonald's Research Notes §42
— …yt [that] the sd [said] Capt said he saw the enemy
fire a field piece from about Peemort'
s, wh [which] killed one & wounded 1 or 2; -
that Genl McDougall has some troops, but not enough to stand them." p…
Macdonald's Research Notes §69
— …375-377.
/
Rogers'
s rangers at Courtland Farm,
Croton river &c. p. 387.
/
"Letter from Brig. Genl. John Marin Scott" "North Castle, January 11th, 1777."
Sir \….Rogers with about 900 of the enemy, are now plundering at & about
New Rochelle…
Macdonald's Research Notes §41
— Debois'
s regt is ordd to garrison
Fort Montgomery & c. - Col. Livingston is under marching orders to reinforce the troops
at Westchester, if it shd. be absolutely necessary. Col. Van Cortlandt & Col. Gansefort,
will be ordd. to hold themselves in…
Macdonald's Research Notes §20
— …reau'
s, - & John Gedney borrowed the other sledge of Guion a blacksmith:
-That he went with the said party towards the cannon near Valentine'
s for the purpose
of rendering them useless, & started from John Gedney'
s on a violent…
Macdonald's Research Notes §33
— …Graham'
s regiment is stationed, at present, at Frog'
s Neck. The
enemy *being* yesterday & all last night by Hart Island. This morning they re
moved a little to the *southward* of Miniford'
s island, where they at present
lie…
Macdonald's Research Notes §27
— …Pennsylvanians - Wayne'
s,
*[Irwins], Shea'
s, Magaw'
s. - New Jersey, Lord Stirling'
s, & Dayton'
s." p. 379.
/
"March 28th ' 76 - Capt Ambrose Horton'
s Company" & [p. 393, 421, 455. p. 389.
/
"April 11th '76 - The island with the buildings thereon…
Macdonald's Research Notes §17
— That they had 2 sledges
with them that they got one sledge out of *Flandereau'
s* shop without
the consent of the owner & the other out of Guion'
s shop at New Rochelle: -
Then he dropped the design of spiking…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Hobby, Enos, 1761-1857; (1849-11-05). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1363. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…We moved first up the North
River road with the intention of surprising
the guard at Pine's Bridge; but when
within three or four miles of the Croton information
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came that the rebels there had…
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Interview with Hobby, Enos §0
— …We moved first up the North
River road with the intention of surprising
the guard at Pine'
s Bridge; but when
within three or four miles of the
Croton information
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came that the rebels there had…
Interview with Hobby, Enos §2
— John Glisson, an Irishman of my
acquaintance said to me: "Let'
s exchange
accoutrements, and you push into Mor-
-risania, and don't take anybody behind
you." I did so, and took care of the
horse. There were several troop…
Interview with Hobby, Enos §3
— …Montross
took the Frenchman'
s horse at this time. The
officers and horsemen rode into the water and
fired at Montross, but he would not give up the
horse. The Refugees beckoned and shouted
from York Island to him, and…
Interview with Hobby, Enos §5
— …A third sentinel was posted on the road
in advance about eight or ten rods off, and
he fired as we supposed at the second
sentinel'
s flash and killed him dead. When we formed our plan of escape there…
Interview with Hobby, Enos §1
— …John Glisson, an Irishman of my
acquaintance said to me: "Let'
s exchange
accoutrements, and you push into Mor-
-risania, and don't take anybody behind
you." I did so, and took care of the
horse. There were several troop…
Interview with Hobby, Enos §6
— A third sentinel was posted on the road
in advance about eight or ten rods off, and
he fired as we supposed at the second
sentinel'
s flash and killed him dead. When we formed our plan of escape there…
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).
…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 command and
placed under the guard of negroes (Rhode
Island regiment…
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Interview with Brown, David §0
— …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 command and
placed under the guard of negroes (Rhode
Island regiment…
Interview with Brown, David §1
— …Green'
s door forced in by
throwing large stones. [Flagg] fired his
pistol in bed and was instantly killed. [X] -
Green, a strong man, used his sword
and struck at Totten, and would have killed him
but the blow was…
Interview with Brown, David §2
— Green'
s door forced in by
throwing large stones. [Flagg] fired his
pistol in bed and was instantly killed. [X] -
Green, a strong man, used his sword
and struck at Totten, and would have killed him
but the blow was…
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).
…Croton. The inhabitants of the
neighborhood collected together and attacked Althouse
who defended himself bravely but was overpowered
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+ with his company made prisoners
Joshua Barnes who had resided at what is now
called Hart's Corner…
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Tompkins, Caleb Recollections - Prepared by Hufeland §18
— …
Croton. The inhabitants of the
neighborhood collected together and attacked Althouse
who defended himself bravely but was overpowered
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+ with his company made prisoners
Joshua Barnes who had resided at what is now
called Hart'
s Corner…
Tompkins, Caleb Recollections - Prepared by Hufeland §5
— …John Odell'
s horse broke loose + ran off. One of
the party named Acker ran off leaving his horse
which Odell mounted + ran off before Williams
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Acker'
s horse that Odell mounted had no shoes
on…
Tompkins, Caleb Recollections - Prepared by Hufeland §11
— …Carpenter caught Delancey'
s
horse, Ferris the indifferent one + Greene the mare + started
off at full speed. They passed Williams Bridge where were
stationed 25 Refguees, some of whom observed, there goes
the Col'
s horse. They thinking that Col…
Tompkins, Caleb Recollections - Prepared by Hufeland §21
— Being down on a Sunday, there was a
good deal of skirmishing between Delavan'
s
Rangers + the Tory refugees (Capt Delavan who
commanded a company of rangers was
stationed at Judge Ward'
s house + went
down every day to protect…
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— …I have been informed of this affair, by Capt
Williams - Capt William Dyckman, John Odell +
William Vermilyea, all of the party.
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The capture of Delancey'
s outpost
Sometime in the year 1781 or 82 Isaac Oakley…
Tompkins, Caleb Recollections - Prepared by Hufeland §20
— …Being down on a Sunday, there was a
good deal of skirmishing between Delavan'
s
Rangers + the Tory refugees (Capt Delavan who
commanded a company of rangers was
stationed at Judge Ward'
s house + went
down every day to protect…
Tompkins, Caleb Recollections - Prepared by Hufeland §14
— …Of Massachusetts) arrived
a Greene'
s quarters a few minutes after the affair
happened. I obtained this information from Doctor
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Eustis himself, who informed me that when he
arrived there, those negroes lay kicking about the…
Tompkins, Caleb Recollections - Prepared by Hufeland §10
— …made his escape in safety.
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The Capture of Delancey'
s horse
Wright Carpenter who resided in North Castle went
down Col Delancey'
s quarters at Westchester with a flag of truce. Col Delancey was acquainted with…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Hoag, Hannah, b.c.1762; (1846-10-31). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 646. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
…In my opinion there
is no high ground south of Croton
river from which you can see Ver-
-plank's or Stoney Point, unless it
be very near Sing Sing. North Castle church was a very
large, unpainted, shingled building…
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 old Mill on
Mill Bridge, I think, is a quarter of a mile
below James Morris's gate or thereabouts. I don't recollect the burning of the
Refugee settlement, or where it was, or the
sites of Redoubts…
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Interview with Corsa, Andrew §2
— The old Mill on
Mill Bridge, I think, is a quarter of a mile
below James Morris'
s gate or thereabouts. I don't recollect the burning of the
Refugee settlement, or where it was, or the
sites of Redoubts…
Interview with Corsa, Andrew §1
— …Williams'
s Bridge is northeast of
Kingsbridge. I don't remember the uniform of Em-
-merick'
s, Barnes'
s, or Althouse'
s, nor any
thing about Captain Pray, Romer, Anna
Fowler, commander of the Yagerhorse, or
Colonel Armand'
s surprise…
Interview with Corsa, Andrew §0
— …DeLancey'
s
and Bearmore'
s troops were under British
pay. Bearmore was not Major under
DeLancey. DeLancey did not come forward
as commander until after Bearmore'
s
death. My father'
s cousin Colonel Isaac
Corsa of Newtown, Queens County, was…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Rich, Frederick, 1769-1859; (1847-09-16). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1445. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
When Guest [X] was surprised Colonel
Odell, an American guide, took them
across Saw Mill river near John Guion's
and near Paddock's - a narrow escape. The British were at the church advancing
in force. Emmerick advanced by a…
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Interview with Rich, Frederick §1
— When Guest [X] was surprised Colonel
Odell, an American guide, took them
across Saw Mill river near John Guion'
s
and near Paddock'
s - a narrow escape. The British were at the church advancing
in force. Emmerick advanced by a…
Interview with Rich, Frederick §0
— …The first regiment at Grethens,
and second regiment on Sampson Valentine'
s
farm, third regiment on our farm, that is
the Rich farm at Mile Square, the fourth
at Valentine'
s Hill, the fifth on Mr. Babcock'
s
farm, and…
Interview with Rich, Frederick §2
— …Asten and others who belonged
to Emmerick'
s say that the Colonel had
a narrow escape that day. Barnes, I think, was not one of
Emmerick'
s captains - Emmerick'
s men,
I think, dressed in red. Barnes was
taken when…
Macdonald, John. Interview with {} (1844). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1736. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).
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Prince Charles' Redoubt stood on the hill
contiguous to the road and to Hyatt's
Tavern and Kings bridge.
James Requa's and Daniel Requa's Houses
are on the [Sleepy Hollow] road about
three quarters…
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Prince Charles' Redoubt stood on the hill
contiguous to the road and to Hyatt'
s
Tavern and Kings bridge.
James Requa'
s and Daniel Requa'
s Houses
are on the [Sleepy Hollow] road about
three quarters…
Notes - Visits and Home Locations of Interviewees §1
— Head Quarters at the Purdy House. - General
Morris'
s quarters at the house where - John
Horton lived "at Farquaners."
White Plains
Quakers Meeting in Maroneck stood in the
Revolutionary war where it does now.
A. Storms…