October 7th. Mrs. Daniel Edwards of West Farms: "By the old roads of the Revolutionary war, it was about four miles from West Farms to Morrisania, and about three from West Farms to West Chester. Graham's Neck was the first Neck east of Morrisania, and the old road from West Farms to Morrisania, after running along or near the Bronx, turned to the right of Graham's place, and so crossed Mill Brook…

Powell, just previously to her death spoke to me about the fallen fortunes of the De Lancey family in a very lamenting strain. "Formerly," she said, "the De Lanceys were numerous and looked to by all - but now they were almost extinct in West Chester, and held in reverence by none". About two years before the blockhouses at West Farms were burnt, there was a battle between the British and American…

I don't know whether he was an American or a German. When Tim Knapp was taken Colonel De Lancey came into West Farms from his quarters below, about 9, a.m. He paced the Guard room awhile in silence without deigning to cast a glance at the prisoner, but at length suddenly stopped before him, and looking him full in the face, thus addressed him, his whole frame trembling, and the tone of his voice d…

The West Chester people must be able to tell if any of the Bearmore's family be living, where they are to be found. [Part of this I got from Mr. Berrian. J. M. M.] It was in 1778, I think, that my aunt, Mrs. Phoebe Turner (Daniel Turner's widow) was robbed and afterwards murdered. From the wounds in her hands and arms and the place where her body lay, it was supposed, they were on the point of fin…