Macdonald, John. Interview with Oakley, Samuel, b.c.1766; (1844-10-10). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 49. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).

- Hufeland Index Page 005 - Oakley Oct 10th Samuel Oakley, of Hog Island, Pelham: Capt. Daniel Williams took five prisoners at Valentines and four or five at the Theophilus Hunts. Among these last was Willett Carpenter who was accidentally at West Farms and was one of Bearmore's serjeants. Williams went down the [Saw-Mill] River road to Valentine's and Hunt's, and then with …

Williams after the war kept a public house at New Rochelle. Shube Merritt took Capt. Lockwood (?) prisoner. And not wishing to be troubled with prisoners said, "Stand off so many as twenty(?) paces ^or run so many paces, I will then fire, and if &c, and if my gun misses fire you shall go clear!" Merritt's gun missed fire, and Lockwood forthwith escaped. Afterwards Lockwood was …

Delancy's officers, Huggeford, Holmes, Totten, Kipp, and Knapp, were present one day when it was proposed to make a trial of the speed of their horses, and Tim Knapp rode the Colonel's horse which distanced the other horses, and Knapp took him off. - Hufeland Index Page 008 - Samuel Oakley contd. Carpenter commanded the party that brought him in and told him he had better …