Macdonald, John. Interview with Corsa, Andrew, 1762-1852; Valentine, Elijah, c.1779-1848; (1844). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 1891. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
Andrew Corsa:
Simcoe. A square built stout man rather
above the middle size - dark and
florid - a good horseman and
slightly round shouldered.
Emmerick. Was smaller but square built
- dark, swarthy - middle aged -
face marked with powder - a
good horseman.
Delancey. A large fleshy man - florid -
fine looking. - His horse stolen
by Tim Knapp who had deserted
from him, and was hung in
Theophilus H…
Peter Delancey, of Delancey's Mills, had
four sons - vizt Col. James, Oliver,
Warren, and John (of the Bowery).
- Delancey's unpopular - overbearing
- the Colonel a coarse man.
(Valentine)
Bearmore raised a corps before Delancey?
(Corsa.)
Simcoe had a stoop in the shoulders
- Fought with the Indians up along
Tippett's Brook - Emmerick, a short
fat, oldman, - active. Delancey
large and coarse - bes…
They
were first seen on rising ground south
of Corsa's house, by the son of Andrew
(Capt) Corsa who remained a prisoner
nearly a year.
(Corsa)
Refugee settlement in Governeur
Lewis's Morris's woods, both east and
west of Morris Brook - Nuts.
(Corsa.)
Fort Independence on Tetard's Hill or
thereabouts - three quarters of a mile
north of Dennis Valentine's. Bron
Dyckman died at a house a little
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