Macdonald, John. Interview with Mead, Deborah Close, 1758-1853; (1847-11-06). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 1201. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
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Novr. 6th. Widow Zaccheus Mead,
the grand mother of the present Zaccheus
Mead with whom she lives upon her late
husband's farm, born Close: "I believe
it was Colonel Holdredge who commanded
the Americans at Horse neck when General
Tryon attacked us in 1779. I was then a
young girl, and lived in Horseneck village
near the Church. The principal British
force adva…