228 898 [margin: Died- Prince Gedney aged 97 years - in Harrison Westchester Herald Dec 8/55] 230. [margin: slave] Decr 9th 1848 Prince Gedney, of White Plains: I will be 90 years old on the 15th 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 two columns (th…

William Lounsberry 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 Captain Abraham Hatfield's and the Court House. The destruction or injury was attributed to Captain N. and Lieut. Wm Lounsberry. The pole was ruined…

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 pursuers charged. Honum escaped owing to the fleetness of his horse, but all the rest were killed without mercy except one who, [margin: Honum] [margin: (Honeham?…

Gilly Hatfield was a man that would fight till he died. At some gathering after the peace he was attacked by one Ezekiel Fisher of Robins's Mills [margin: Honum?] [page break] 236 902 234. for being a tory. Fisher made the assault with his horse whip while Gilly's cousin Lawyer Richard Hatfield was present, and gave him assurance of protection and support presenting him with a cane in order to p…

Fisher made the assault with his horse whip while Gilly's cousin Lawyer Richard Hatfield was present, and gave him assurance of protection and support presenting him with a cane in order to place him upon an equality with Fisher who was armed with a horse whip. Gilly then attacked Fisher in his turn and drove him off the ground. Decr 12th William Barker. "I think there never could have been an en…