INTERVIEWEE: Chadeayne, Samuel DATE: 1845-11-01 LOCATION: pointed it out to me. (?) Mr Thomas Strang informs me that the French army in 1782, was encamped on the long ridge of ground south west of Crompond Meeting House. November 1st Samuel Chadeayne of Yorktown: "DeLancey when he attacked Colonel Green advanced by the White Plains road, or rather by the Chappequa road, and when he came to the …

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 to the Widow Griffens house they halted and sent forward a flag demanding an instant and unconditional surrender. The Ameri =can officer in command finding himself surprised by a superior force hesitated an instant when the flag re-iterat…

The French army when they retired from White Plains (in 1781 probably) left some sick soldiers in North Castle Church and a surgeon of one of the French regiments went down daily to see them, returning at night to his quarters in Yorktown some where north of the Croton and near Pines Bridge. On his return from one of these visits he was waylaid by James Totten, James Tillott and two others at a pl…

"Totten", he said, "you think you have accomplished an honorable and brave exploit in taking the life of a poor French doctor who made no resistance. You are a disgrace to the Refugees, and I want to see you no more. Take my advice, and withdraw from this place, for rely upon it if you don't the rebels will spare no effort or expense to hang you." He thereupon wisely took the proffered advice and …

Holcroft refused saying: "No - for they will rob me again before I get home. 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 Shube was taken at the tavern of the Widow Toulon's at New Rochelle Landing where he had imprudently stopped for the night, (?) …

This house stood near where Miler's tavern was afterwards built - it was long and low, and a road passed two of its sides (that is, the north and west) so that it was either on the right or left hand side of the road. On this day morning a young woman, now deceased, was on a visit at the house of a friend, situate on the east or right hand side of the White Plain road when André passed by and stop…