bottom out of a chair, placed it over a fire of coals and seated my father in the chair, in- -tending he should sit naked, but he contrived to keep his breeches on. The pain was so great that he sprang up with five or six on his shoulders, &c. The Skinners were fright- -ened thinking him dead &c. Captain Kipp was a man of wonderful resolution and his enemies lived in great dread of him. After I …

The reason DeLancey's party were so cruel at Davenport House in May 1781. was this: They, the Refugees, came on suddenly and called upon the soldiers to surrender, but a young Captain or Lieutenant opened the window and discharged two pistols at the enemy, first one and then the other. Then the Refugees were much excited, and cried out aloud: "Kill all the d__d Rebels!" "You have undone us!" said …

Davenport's House was Greene's head quarters, Greene was much beloved by my grandfathers family, as well as Flagg and the other officers, and the death of those who fell, particularly that of Greene was much and long lamented. This disaster happened a little before sunrise. I lived at my fathers half a mile off northerly on the Crompond road. Word came to us that they were all cut off and killed a…

This lane was considerably south of the present lane which leads from Davenport House to Crompond road, and was a much nearer route to Pines Bridge. Greene held on the horse till they were just coming out of the [?Bridge] wood into the main road. He then fell off, and they found he had fainted, and was dying from loss of blood. They then laid him on a bank by the side of a wood and passed on.-- M…

The widow Budd's house stood below the Croton, and at Pines Bridge on the left side of the road leading to White Plains, and on the right of the road leading to North Castle Church - She was born Griffen. The only Dutch families, I remember that lived at Pines Bridge during the Revolutionary war were the Juhels who lived, near a mile from the bridge on the left, near where the White Plains road n…