Macdonald, John. Interview with Quintard, Isaac, c.1763-1855; (1847-11-05). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1417. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).

- Hufeland Index Page 612 - 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 Trumbull as Captain, Joseph Hull of Derby (father of Commodore Hull) as Lieutenant, and Andrew Mead of Horseneck as Ensign. This company was raised in the beginning of 1781 …

Our men then came out of the hold and fired, sweeping the deck of the Shuldham and preventing the crew from coming on deck, they being asleep below. It was then not far from daylight. Our men then cut away the netting which was nearly ten feet high and boarded. Mead was the foremost in boarding. He was wounded by the British captain Roney of the Shuldham, a sloop or guard …

On the morning of the 5th of December, 1782, Brew- -ster espied two British whaleboats off the Norwalk Islands and made for them. The British Captain was Joseph Hoyt, and another whose name might have been Johnson, but I think not. I believe Johnson commanded another whale boat with Hoyt and made his escape. Val. Ryder was with Brewster and killed two negroes in the boat to …

They were both very athle- -tic men. After the fight they went into Norwalk. The crews of Brewster's and Hoyt's boats were both very select and powerful men. Ten, and sometimes twelve whale boats went out of Stamford. They didn't all belong there, but made Stamford their Headquarters. Capt. Samuel Hawley, of Bridgeport was sometimes at Stamford with his boat - also the whale …

a quarter of a mile of the village. They took off all the cattle they could find. They were about one hundred strong - all horsemen. They came to the house of a militia captain Seth Palmer, who lived here at Palmer's hill, on the old Post road or King's highway, and Holmes said if Palmer would come out and show himself he or his should not be hurt. Palmer then came out and …

Several British vessels were laying off the shore, and the one that fired was near. The ball passed first under Humphrey, behind his knees [X], 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 …

Shube Merritt was killed by Samuel Reynolds of Greenwich and Peter Smith of Stamford at N.R. [New Rochelle] 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 …

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 [X] allowed him to escape. They were at first going to hang Wilson, but at last they tied him to a horse's tail, then drove him through the street …

Raymond and Silleck let Talcott take the tiller and steer. Talcott knocked Raymond down with the tiller, and killed Silleck with the same as he was coming out of the cabin. Silleck refused to surrender. Talcott took his vessel then into Norwalk. The aforesaid Refugees were in the habit of making feints of landing at different places, for instance at Norwalk or Compo, and then …