Macdonald, John. Interview with Park, Abigail, 1792-1872; (1845-11-08). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 415. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).

- Hufeland Index Page 268 - November 8. Abigail Park: "My maternal grandmother's name was Mary Lyon, wife of Israel Lyon. She resided two miles south (on the Post Road) of Bedford Village, and was burnt out on Sunday morning soon after daylight on the 11th. of July, 1779. My mother went up on the next day, but my grandmother had then removed to Ridgebury in Connecticut. During …

Simcoe on his return the same day halted before our door, and being thirsty after [X] my mother for a bowl that he might drink from the well, but she refused, saying, "Good for nothing cruel fellows like you who go about burning people's houses ought to drink like cattle out of the brook upon all fours - Away with you!" &c. She rated him so severely that he lost his temper and …

hung upon the British rear on their retreat - November 11th. Among those who drove cattle below to the enemy was a farmer of Greenwich, Connecticut, named Jabez Huested, who on one occasion had collected a drove with which he was going below in the night. Passing through Rye, on the Post Road, he was informed that Captain John Thomas with a com- -pany of thirty or forty …

Mary Sniffen, with a party of friends from near Round Hill or thereabouts, forming a considerable company, was killed at Rye Neck in 1777.(?) The party escorting her were driving cattle below and stopped a moment at Stoneybrook to water when they were fired upon by some militia under John Maynard of Purchase Street near Merritt's corner (that is, below) who were lying in …

- Hufeland Index Page 274 - always protested he didn't kno there was a female in the company.] The escort from Round Hill reached Sniffen's Hill late at night and as the evening advanced Mary was extremely anxious for their arrival in order to proceed on her journey chiding her escort's tardiness and displaying great uneasiness. She had prepared her wedding dress, and for half …