[margin: 1845] 140. November 12th Capt. John Romer. "Cornelius Van Tassel, my father -in-law, was a lieutenant in the militia regularly commissioned by Governor Clinton. Gilbert Dean, Sybert Acker, Joseph Requa, and William Dutcher were captains elected by volunteers for parti- -cular expeditions on account of their popularity, enterprize and courage and generally had at command a certain set who …

Leah never had a sister and but one brother who on the night of the attack fled for safety half naked to the roof of Van Tassel's house and held on by the chimney from which when the fire began to reach him he jumped to the ground. He escaped that night, but caught a cold of which he never recovered and died of consumption. (Buckhout) Katrina Buckhout, a young girl, was killed in by a Yeager rifle…