Macdonald, John. Interview with Ryder, Jesse, 1812-1889; (). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 726. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
INTERVIEWEE: Jesse Ryder
DATE: October 20th
LOCATION: Ossining
October 20th Jesse
Ryder of Ossining : "My Grand
=father, Jacob Ryder, during the Revolu=
=tionary war lived in the next house
below on the road to and not far from
Sing Sing. A French officer (Colonel
Armand I suppose) staid with him
the whole or part of one winter. His men
were not all French. He was about putting
one of them to dea…