We were reaping wheat that day, and the Refugees crossed right through the field of stand- -ing grain. Peck's Land, is east of Byram river, and about two miles west of North Street, and about one and a half or two miles north of Horseneck Meeting House. I remember when Colonel Wells was taken at Horton Reynold's's in North St. nobody was killed, and I know that Colonel Wells went off with one boot…

Once two Refugees had been across Stamford river and wishing to return over Stamford Bridge, one of them killed the American sentry posted on the Bridge and so crossed to the west side of the river. Fort Nonsense was so called in ridicule because built out of the way where it was of no use! Schools were discontinued mostly about here in the Revolution). Towards the close of the war the Refugees…