Macdonald, John. Interview with Gedney, Prince, c.1758-1855; (1848-12-09). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1459. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).

- Hufeland Index Page 898 - Died - Prince Gedney aged 97 years - in Harrison West Chester Herald Dec 26/55 Decr. 9th 1848 Prince Gedney, of White Plains: "I will be 90 years old on the 16th of December inst., and was born in Scarsdale. I came in possession of the Gedney family when an infant. On the 28th of October 1776, I saw the advance of the British army to White Plains in …

William Lounsbury was a large, heavy, resolute man. Captain Jonathan Purdy was for three or four years, or perhaps during most of the war, a private soldier in the British service. The liberty pole which was destroyed or injured in 1775, stood between Captn. Abraham Hatfield's and the Court House The destruction or injury was attributed to Captain J. and Lieut. Wm Lounsberry …

The cowboys thereupon went imme- -diately to Morrisania and alarmed the Refugees. Captain Kipp instantly commenced a pursuit at the head of his dragoons and overtook the Skinners and the plundered cattle in the road which leads from Purdy's Lane to North Street about half a mile south from where John Gedney lived. The pursuer's charged. Honum escaped owing to the fleetness of …

Jack, a slave of Colonel Budd here doctored the horse, bolstering up the tail &c. so that it finally recovered and was as well as ever. Captain Abraham Gedney lived during the war on the James Tompkins farm on Chatterton Hill. He married my master's widow and I went to live with him. I used to see the French officers there. Gilly Hatfield was a man that would fight till he …