73. five dwelling houses in the village of Peekskill. This was before the Revolutionary war. In the course of the war they built a good many more houses. [margin: Col. Saml. Drake not Joseph - appt. Adjutant - rifle men Tories - 600 men to Delancy to disarm the Tories - Dr. Seig. Newton - Thomas Currie, Jr. Peekskill.] October 20th Thomas Strang. "When the British under Abercrombie came to Crompo…

On the 3d of June 1779, Major Abercrombie burnt Major Strang's house then occupied as a Court House, and also burnt a store house, then used as a depot for fire arms and stores &c for the military. Shaw was killed at Delavan's stable. He defended himself gallantly, but was set upon by five or six horsemen and cut to pieces. The cowboys, tories, [?] and horse thieves penetrated Westchester, O. & D.…

Nathaniel Merritt lived in Peekskill, was an influential man among the tories who assembled and deliberated at his house. They threatened, and were so numerous that my father and uncle, Henry and Joseph Strang, went to Connec- [page break] 76. ticut and brought in 600 Connecticut troops who disarmed the tories, placed the arms and accoutrements in the Parsonage House for safe keeping, and a quee…