Macdonald, John. Interview with Barker, William, 1764-1859; (1845-10-22). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 387. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
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October 22d William Barker
of White Plains: "I had been
sent on an errand on horseback to
Captain John Tredwell and was
returning home, being then about
fourteen, when between my father's
(Squire Bonnals) and the next house
south (Bates's) I met a detachment
of soldiers and was accosted by one of
Colonel Simcoe's officers on the return
of his party from the capture…
The roof and beams had
fallen in and it was still burning."
"Jacob Purdy of White Plains had
a brother Henry who was a captain
in De Lancey's, and went to Nova Scotia."
"Joshua Barnes and Benjamin
Hunt, a Captain and Lieutenant of DeLancey
were taken at Tuckeyhoe or near
there by a company of Meigs's regiment. I saw the prisoners as they passed up,
that is, Barnes, Hunt, and their company
consisti…