(brig?) armed vessel on shore, and took the two (sloops?) others into Norwalk. We landed on Long Island, and the militia turned out and attacked, but we got safely in. Ebenezer Jones commanded us -- see Mem. Book for 1846. Novr 5th Isaac Quintard, of Greenwich, aged 84: "I was private in a company raised by Jabez Fitch of Horse =neck. These were state troops. Fitch was commissioned by Governor Tr…

He was wounded by the British Captain Roney of the Shuldham, a sloop or guard vessel, of twelve * [marg: * 10 guns, in another account.] guns. The Shuldham was then taken into Stamford where the Scotch Captain Roney died, of his wound inflicted by Mead, at my aunt's (the widow Hubbard) at Stamford. Roney said he didn't wish wish to recover, considering himself disgraced by the way he was taken. I …

Ryder had not come up - that he had the advantage of him, and was on the point of capturing his boat, but when Ryder approached he found it necessary to surrender. Almost every man of the two hostile boats was wounded. Brewster was badly wounded in the breast. The boats lay side by side, and fought with their breaches of their muskets, with cutlasses &c Hoyt and Brewster fought hand to hand, clenc…

At the close of the Revolutionary war the lines were about two miles west of Stamford, the American advanced posts, being then at Titus's Bridge on Mianus river and that vicinity - General Waterbury at the time commanding on the Continental side, and having his head quarters at Fort Nonsense in the north part of Stamford. It received that name, because the situation was considered a poor one to wh…

Palmer then came out and treated the Refugees to a bottle of rum. [Holmes] He kept his word. Some of his men took Palmers horse who complained to Holmes and the horse was immediately restored. They did'nt enter Stamford Village, but swept off all the cattle along the roads, driving them with their cutlasses, and knocking in the windows of houses belonging to obnoxious whigs. Captain Fitch's compan…

The ball passed first under Humphrey, behind his knees, [marg: x / So in origl. / see pa. 90. /] and passed through the horse which was owned by Mr. Samuel Hutton of Stamford, who said he didn't care for the loss as long as the enemy was prevented from landing. The militia in considerable numbers were then on the beach with the Town Guard of Stamford and volunteers &c to oppose the Refugees if the…

Shube Merritt was killed by Samuel Reynolds of Greenwich and Peter Smith of Stamford at [N.R. [New Rochelle]] North River or Ryers Point. Shube had once taken Reynolds prisoner and snapped his pis- -tol at him twice, without effect after he had surrendered. He then pointed it up in the air and it went off. Then Shube said: "I'll now save you. My pistol never missed fire before." He then gave him q…

Then he used to come up and give us a good deal of trouble with the horse commanded by him. At last he was taken prisoner and placed under guard in the guard house at Stamford village. Here one of the guard, an Irishman named Wilson [marg: *After he had let Frink escape, Wilson went below, and was afterwards taken at Horseneck, at one of the Mead's or Holby's. He had a wife that was with him when …

Talcott's small sloop or schooner was lying at Gorham's Mill or Ringsend, at the Dock. A Refugee whale boat over from Long Island and cut her out, and put White Raymond to assist the inhabitants of the former places, do. We followed Holmes's party past Saw pitts before we recovered our cattle. Our company was the principal means of retaking the cattle. They held on to them till we got near Rye C…