Macdonald, John. Interview with Weed, Jacob T., b.c.1804; (1850-10-16). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 1614. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
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Octr. 16th Jacob T. Weed, of
Horseneck Village, Inn Keeper, &c
"Horseneck Meeting-house stands
very nearly in the same spot as the old
building in the Revolutionary war. Matthew Mead's house is about a
mile and a little more from Horseneck
Meeting House. In May, 1780, the sentinel at the
Stone house was distant from the guard
-house about 200 - probably 300 yards. The road…
Chimney corner is in Indian Harbor
and is about a mile and a half from
Horseneck Meeting House in a southerly
direction. Mr. Theodore Mead is intelligent and
obliging, and I think will let you see his
grand father's papers, but not one of that
Mead family, or ever has been military,
or fond of war. Andrew and Richard
Mead were of a different family. Mrs. Elizabeth Mead Bloomer of No.
100 Norfolk S…