Raymond, Marcius D., editor and publisher. Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication, at Tarrytown, N.Y., October 19th, 1894. Tarrytown, NY, 1894.
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974.702 T17t 1757837 a!^?~Ds h'STORICAL GENEALOGY C0LL1C / Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2015 https://archive.org/details/souvenirofrevoluOOtarr Souvenir. OF THE [Revolutionary Soldiers' floniiment Dedication AT TARRYTOWN, N. Y. October 19th, 1894* £ COMPILED BY MARC JUS D. RAYMOND, TARRYTOWN, N. Y, 1894. i K-* £S <-S , -- «r;- THE OLD DUTCH CHURCH, SLEEPY HOLLOW. I …
Receipts and Disbursements, Additional Memoranda, Illustrations. PAGE. iSr I97 2 1 1 PAGE. Presentation Address b> M. I). Raymond, .... Procession Passing Monument to Captors of. Andre, Sons of the Revolution Marching on Broadway, . . 1 1 View at the Unveiling, ....... President Tallmadge Delivering the Dedicatory Address, • • If View in Music Hall During the Oration …
The Old Manor House. ....... . . 206 . .'V The publication of the proceedings -at the dedication of the monument recently erected in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in honor of the patriot soldiers of the Revolution of this vicinity, and with the story of the day, a sketch of the lives of some of those who were active participants in the great struggle for Independence, is a fitting …
From the memorandum of receipts and disbursements, which in proper place appears herewith, it will be seen that the expense of this publication has been more than the sum which so remained, the balance being made up by the committee. It is only regretted that they were unable to further elaborate and embellish the work. With this simple statement this souvenir is issued in the …
i movement which culminated in the dedication of a monument at this place to the soldiers of the Revolution, had its inception in the desire to honor the memory of the sturdy patriots who by their courage and valor well sustained the cause of liberty and independence on these historic fields, -- not only those who were buried in the old Dutch churchyard, but in a larger …
It was entitled one of the military districts of Westchester County, and in it a regiment of militia was organized, with headquarters in the vicinity of Tarrytown, which was then the place of greatest interest on the Manor, the old Dutch Church being here located, and consequently a large number of the soldiers of the Revolution here found their last resting place. Hence it …
Only the recalling of the history of those trying times, only the re-telling of the thrilling tales of those heroic days, only the reviewing of the memory of the men of the Revolution by the Sons of the Revolution, and it may also well be added, by the Daughters of the Revolution, and the flow of patriotic thought and feeling would soon crystallize in the enduring granite …
Only the occasion was needed to call it forth. The site had already been donated by the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Association. And so the good work went successfully forward, the original plan was enlarged and elaborated, and the event grew in importance. As the monument approached completion, the 19th of October, it being the 113th anniversary of the surrender of Cornwallis, at …
H. H. Ely, Charles P. McClelland, Lewis Roberts, N. Holmes Odell, Daniel Armstrong. Press Committee : -- W. H. PI. Ely, M. D. Raymond, George N. Pratt. Committee on Printing and Badges : -- M. D. Raymond, W. H< H. Ely, Joseph E. See.' The following additional appointments were also soon after announced : President of the Day: -- Plon. Noah Davis. Orator: -- Hon. Isaac N …
On Main Street and Orchard Street and in fact everywhere were brilliant blends of color. Stores were dressed with the red, white and blue, and homes and other buildings bore the colors of all nations. Prominent in the mass of color, however, was Old Glory ; and this was most fitting, for the 'Stars and Stripes' was made possible by the men of the Revolution who by their and …
"The attention of all was soon diverted however by the arrival of the artillery from Fort Hamilton. The troops had left Fort Hamilton at io o'clock in the morning on the steamer Little Silver, and had been landed at Hastings at about i o'clock, from which place they marched to Tarrytown. The vessel had in the meanwhile proceeded up the river and landed the camp equipage, and …
Crowds lingered around and watched the artillerymen as they prepared for supper, and later still as in the moonlight t hi e final work of the night uTas done, and at the sound of " taps " the camp became quiet. " Friday morning dawned bright and beautiful, the promise of a most auspicious day, fit for such a symposium of patriotism, and the sunrise was greeted by a national …
The marines and blue jackets from the Cincinnati and Dolphin landed, -- sturdy looking fellows who look as if they preferred business and service to parade. The streets were filled with uniformed menand patriotic bands. It was nearly 11 o'clock when the Mary Patten , bearing the Sons of the Revolution and the Society of Colonial Wars reached the dock.'' The parade was formed …
i i j ! i \ i MONUMENT DEDICATION. SECOND DIVISION. Drum Corps. Ward B. Burnett Post, No. 496, G. A. R., Sylvester Gesner in command.' Kitching Post. No. 60, of Yonkers, Augustus Kipp, Commander. McKeel Post, No 120, of Katonah. E. S. Folsom, Commander. Morell Post, No. 144. of Sing Sing, Wm. W. Ryder, Commander. Farnsworth Post, No. 170, of Mount Vernon, Commander. Cromwell …
Cureau, Assistant Foreman Hope Hose No. 1, F. V. Millard, Foreman ; Geo. Vanderbilt, Assistant Foreman. FOURTH DIVISION. Carriages. LINE OF MARCH. Along- Orchard St. to Central Ave. , to Washington St. , to College Ave. , to Broadway, to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, passing the Monument; returning along Broadway, passing in review in front of residence of Benson Ferris, Esq., to …
It is interesting in this connection to notice the fact that Col. Tallmadge is a descendant of Major Tallmadge, ofSheldon's Dragoons, but for whose intelligent foresight in foreseeing the consequences of Andre being sent on to Gen. Arnold by Col. Jameson, and the persuading of him to recall the order and quickly send after the detachment which had Maj. Andre in charge on the …
" When the parade reached Battle Hill, halt was called, and the Sons of the Revolution, and the guests and committees assembled about the monument, which was veiled with a large American flag. At a given signal the flag was hoisted by Miss Mabel Requa, the little granddaughter of Captain Samuel Requa, and slowly raised to the mast head. The monument had been unveiled, and the …
" Salutes were fired at daybreak by the cruiser Cincinnati , and the dispatch boat Dolphin , which were detailed by the Navy Department to participate in the ceremonies. Every public building, nearly every store, and many of the private houses had been gayly decorated with bunting of patriotic colors last night, and sunrise found the town -bestirring. The inhabitants were …
M, , on the steamer Mary Patten, had not arrived. They came half an hour later, 200 strong, with President Frederick Samuel Tallmadge at their head, flanked on either side by the Rev. Brockholst Morgan, and James M. Montgomery. The procession started up Main Street, and marched to Broadway, and thence to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, with the Marine Band at the head, the marines and …
Business was at a standstill ; from every window flags were streaming, and the various stores were fairly hidden by the quantity of bunting displayed, here, there and everywhere. Grand Army men, Marines, small Cadets and larger Firemen, mounted Artillery and Infantry flashed before you in every quarter of the city, and I was proud to observe that the Fourth Separate Company of …
" Taking a short cut across the old Dutch Cemetery, I pause to gaze on the moss eaten old gravestones beneath which the Revolutionary patriots lie buried -- and fell to pondering on the changes wrought in a hundred years. Passing slowly on, I saw the monument veiled, on the top of Battle Hill, just above the Copcutt Vault, and, as I climbed towards it, the Sons of the …
One hundred and thirteen years ago, at this precise hour of 12 o'clock, Cornwallis surrendered to the combined forces of Washington and Rochambeau ; peace was declared, and independence secured. To the achievement of these blessings which we are now enjoying, the men whose names are to-day upon our lips with silent veneration and gratitude, these men contributed, and the Sous …
The scene is purely American, and whatever may be the nationality of some who listen to me, you all united in the prayers which have been made to Almighty God to continue his blessings to our people and to our laud. The love of freedom is a distinguishing trait of our people, and we are grateful to-day to meet together to renew our allegiance to our Government and to express …
May this monument to the memory of the officers and soldiers of the Re volution encourage the patriot and be a warning to the traitor. May it last so long as patriotism shall live in our land and until freedom and independence shall be forgotten." President Tallmadge then formally declared the monument dedicated, after which Mr. M.'D. Raymond, Chairman of the Committee of …
The thunder of guns salutes them to-day ; the flag which they followed waves above them ; we sing the pceans of victory in their praise ; they were our heroes, and we honor them. This Monument shall stand a silent sentinel, keeping the watch of the ages over the hallowed graves of these patriots dead-- -an object lesson in patriotism to those who shall come -after us, a …
Tablets of stone will contribute their part, but the great nation itself is, and always will be, the best possible memento of those self-sacrificing Westchester County yeomen. It is an interesting circumstance, that the earthwork, which surrounds us and on which so many of you are now standing, was thrown up during the Revolution by these men themselves, so that they …
Shotts acted as reviewing officers, and so to Music Hall, where the literary exercises of the day took place, Hon. Noah Davis acting as President, with the following Vice-Presidents : Isaac M. Requa, Major R. E. Hopkins, J. D. Archbold, F. W. Giteau, Hon. D. O. Bradley, Andrew C. Fields, Alfred B. Hall, Rev. Amos C. Requa, Geo. B. Newton, John I). Rockefeller, Franklin Couch …
JUDGE MILLS DELIVERING ORATION IN MUSIC HA' L Address by Judge Noah Da\ is. On taking- the chair, Hon. Noah Davis delivered the following introductory address : " Fellow Citizens : For this great honor, 1 give you my cordial thanks. It is a good thing in the midst of our party strifes to turn back for a while to the struggles, sufferings and triumphs of the Revolution, out of …
Contrast for a moment with our own, the status after more than a hundred years of the still remaining Provinces of the British Crown, in the estimation of the civilized world. With territory almost boundless in extent, with inexhaustible resources of natural wealth in forest, mine, and vast expanse of fertile soil ; with ocean, lakes and navigable streams illimitable; with the …
In every quarter of the globe her influence is felt and recognized in all the impulses of liberty ; in all the progress of commerce; in every national question of finance ; in the marches of education ; the products of art ; in the inventions of genius ; in the achievements of skill and science ; in the circles of education and learning ; in the missions of Christian mercy …
During the wholeperiod of the war, Westchester lay in the darkest shadow of the struggle. To be a Tory was dangerous, but to be a patriot was far more so. The marauders of the city plundered the country, often sparing neither friend nor foe -- oftentimes no man could lie dovm at night with assurance that he would rise in the morning, or rise with the assurance of food for the …
Her very air is sweet with the perfume of patriot memories. Throughout our State, here and there, _ in sacred churchyard and wayside cemetery, moulder the mortal part of its Revolutionary heroes. Nowhere in all its territory are the graves of those, men to be found more frequent relatively, or better preserved and known, or locally held in more tender regard, than right here …
In her immediate neighborhood, in Revolutionary days, brave deeds and deeds of great moment were performed. On that September morning in 1780, when the fate of the new born nation rode along yonder highway in the keeping of the British spy, the straining ear of the listener, standing upon her southern slope, might perhaps have caught the faint echo ot Paulding's bold …
On July 2d of that year, Washington and his army, on their way southward to make the movement against New York, rested at eveningtide before the portals of her church ; and the iStli of August following, upon their return, they passed along her western border on the long march to Yorktown. Knowing, as we do, the inherent reverence of that great leader's nature, we may rest …
Could they but be restored to life and re-endowed with memory and speech, and would they but narrate to us the events in our country's career which they personally witnessed or heard of at the time ot their happening, every chapter of American history from the Lnglish occupation of this province to the present time would be unfolded to our ears. Upon the choicest spot of the …
They knew by instinct at least, that governments derive " their just powers from the "consent of the governed," and that there is no such thing as "the "divine right of kings to rule. " The Declaration of Independence, with its grand statement of the right of self-government, its awful arraignment of the tyrant king, and its solemn appeal to "The Supreme "Judge of the world" …
Often er, however, that call came to them from no human lips, but borne on the very breeze, in the faintly heard sound of distant musketry fire, telling that the invader was up the county again. Let us recall such a scene. It is a morning in early spring, with the wind fresh, from the northeast, presage of coming storm, though still the skies are bright. The militia-man has …
The implement of husbandry, the hoe or spade, slips unheeded from his grasp ; his form straightens and then bends slightly forward ; the good right hand, with open palm slightly inward curved, is raised behind the ear; the right foot is forward flung; the left arm falls behind ; the lines of the noble face grow tense ; and the fire of battle begins to- blaze in his eyes, as …
He leaps from the field to the farmhouse, seizes the trusty musket, already charged, from the hooks over the mantle shelf, and the precious powder and ball from the closet near by ; and snatching a kiss from lips of loved wife and babes, whom he may never see again, he goes bounding away northward over hill and dale, to the chosen, natural place of rendezvous, -- a little …
Note, with what ardent glance they search the upper bend of the road, round which the swelling turmoil above tells that the enemy must soon come- Not long have they to wait ; for soon round that upper bend the vanguard appears, stretching from wall to. wall ; and close behind it the struggling, surging mass of frantic cattle, that early morning stolen from patriot farms above …
This unexpected attack is too much even for far famed English valor to endure ; it tells the foe that the patriot farmers of the old manor are rising in arms on every hand; it carries dismay and panic to their very hearts ; and those of them who have not already fallen, abandon their plunder, and seek safety in headlong flight. As they scurry down the road, many a patriot …
In the actual career of more than one of them, that wonderful character, "The Spy," of Cooper s famous fiction, had its substantial prototype. Some of them, by their active and efficient services to the Continental cause, made themselves so especially obnoxious to the British authorities, that the latter offered money rewards for their capture ; in one instance, at least, that …
Jt is well "known to several members of your honorable Houses that our landlord "in the first of these troubles, espoused our cause, but soon after sent " up a writing purporting a protest against Congresses and Committees, "which he enjoined us, the inhabitants, to sign, or we should labor "under his displeasure; but disregarding his threats, the inhabitants "had a meeting …
"That we have been and are still greatly exposed to the ravages "of the enemy, and that during the contest they have been up among "us as far as Tarry Town four different times with considerable armies, "and that the losses sustained and the distress occasioned thereby to "the unfortunate families where they came is not to be conceived. "That many of us have repeatedly lost …
Many of them languished in British prison pens or in pestilential holds of British prison ships; and not a few were included among the Eleven Thousand and Five Hundred patriot prisoners who, in and about New York City, miserably perished in those accursed dungeons and prison ships. Some of them died on the field in open honorable warfare, glorious deaths. One, at least, fell a …
Even the children of patriot families were not safe from their cruel rage, as witness their notorious mutilation of three boys near Dohhs Ferry, an act so horrible and so foul, that its detailed character cannot be explained here. To the everlasting credit of the patriots of this manor, be it -said that no act of inhumanity, even by way of retaliation, stains their peerless …
Across the ocean in a far-distant land is his sepulchre, well nigh forgotten ; while to-day, here in the heart of his old manor, this vast federal Government, by representatives from its army and navy, and speaking through the thunder of its war ships; and this great State represented in the person of its prominent officials ; and above and over them all the sovereign people …
The pages of history contain no more striking exhibitions of valor than those men gave ; for instance : when Montgomery in the gray of that early winter's morning led the forlorn hope against the citadel of Quebec ; or when, at sunset of that great day at .Saratoga, after the gallant foe Frazer had been mortally wounded and his veterans beaten back into narrowest compass …
Eauguage is inadequate to express the debt, which we as a people owe to them. iVll that we are, in the vast expanse of our domain, in our established principles of local self control and of Federal power, extending its protecting arm over all ; in all our material development and wealth ; in all our intellectual advancement, colleges, schools, free press and general diffusion …
To no other of those honored societies is this tribute of commendation more due than to the two composed of descendants of the men of the Revolution and known as "The Sons of the Revolution" and "The Sons of the American Revolution." Upon such occasions as this, at least, it is to be deeply regretted, that those two great organizations of common origin, with, a common law of …
The honor scholar of the day, a girl of perhaps thirteen years, ascended the platform, unfurled the stars and stripes, and facing, presented them to the expectant lines. At the signal word, each childish form straightened to its fullest height ; each childish eye seemed, at least to my partial fancy, to flash back something of the spirit of 1776 ; and in harmonious grace of …
Finally, we dedicate this monument upon this day, of all the year the fittest for such an act ; the day in 17S1, which crowned with final triumph the six long years of toil and battle, of alternate success and defeat, of patriot hope deferred making the heart sick ; the day, which made good the early promise of Lexington, Bunker Hill and White Plains, confirmed the great …
But upon this occasion of revival of patriot memory and of self-congratulation we may be pardoned, even by the descendants of those valiant allies, if we recall the historic fact, that in the generous rivalry of that night assault upon the English entrenchments, the yoemanry of America first scaled the hostile parapet, even before the tried veterans of Gaul ; and the stars and …
Judge Mills' oration was a fitting climax to the glorious day. A highly appreciative audience listened to it with wrapt attention, and interrupted it with frequent and enthusiastic applause which was long continued at the close. Judge Mills was at his best, and by the charm of his oratory, and the felicity of his speech as well as by his graceful, manly manner and the …
McClelland of Dobbs Ferry, Mayor Brush of Mt. Vernon, Rev. Dr. Coffey of Eastchester, Supervisor Joseph B. See, of North Castle, Supervisor Lane of Mt. Pleasant, Supervisor Underhill of Yorktown, Hon. James Irving Burns of Yonkers, Hon. Tlios. K. Fraser of Hastings, Leonard F. Requa, Esq., of New York, Rev. Amos C. Requa of Peekskill, Alfred Flail Esq., and Mr. Wm. Dutcher of …
Steers, President of the Daughters of the Revolution of New York, J. Milton Requa, Esq., and Pierre Wildey, Esq., of New York, Jared Sandford, Ass't. State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Rufus King, Esq., of Yonkers, and Mrs. Richard Moore, of New York, a great-granddaughter of Gov. Gen. George Clinton, and daughter, Major Paulding and Commander E. B. Long of White …
The officers in command extended every courtesy and won the admiration of all. The photo representations of these war vessels, with the list of officers of each, which appear on the opposite page, are of interest in this connection. M.- ' UNITED STATES WARSHIPS. Lieut. -Commander, J. D. J. Kelley-. I.ieut. C. A. Grove, Ensign Roger Welles, Jr. Naval Cadet S. P. Fullingwider …
Dear Sir : -- In sending you the enclosed cheque for $250 towards the erection of a monument, to the memory of the Revolutionary soldiers from this place, which you brought to my attention, I wish to state how heartily I am in favor of a plan which will not only' add to the attractiveness of a place I have always considered my' home, but will at the same time add to the …
Raymond : -- I take pleasure in- handing herewith my cheque for fifty dollars, towards the Monument to the Soldiers of the Revolutionary War from Philipse Manor, to be erected in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery'. Although the family whose patronymic I so unworthily bear, was one of great pruminence in the Colonial history of Massachusetts, and adoined the pulpit, the bench and the bar …
But the cause is a sacred one, and the memory of the men who fought for the liberty we now enjoy, deserves to be kept alive in stone, and celebrated in monumental brass. Philipse Manor was a spot where men had to show their true colors, and, although it was part of the neutral ground there was no neutral tint in the patriotism of its freemen. Here's to them, then ! Their …
Hon. Charles P. McClelland. FROM GOVERNOR FLOWER. State of_New York, Executive Chamber, Albany, Oct. 11, 1894. Hon. Charles P. McClelland, Chairman, Tarrytown, N. Y. DearSik: -- Governor Flower is in receipt of your letter of recent date, inviting him, on behalf of the citizens of Tarrytown, to be present at the unveiling of the Revolutionary soldiers' monument in Tarrytown …
I did not succeed ; t; times were not ripe for them. 1 have often wondered that our business men have n : been quickened to realize the cash value to a town of such historical mementoes, even they were not moved by sentiment. The historical interest of your town and its milegendary lore have added enormously to the attractiveness of your natural advantages and made it the home …
Dear Mr. Raymond : -- Lost, one of the events of my life ! But really, in behalf of my worthy ancestors, I must at least thank you for doing so much to perpetuate the memory of those Revolutionary sires. As to my going to the Dedication , the Synod of New Jersey was in our city till Thursday afternoon, leaving me in just that condition that I did not see how I could leave. You …
Lieutenant Niblack is considered one of the most promising of the young naval officers, and Admiral Meade is devoted to him.'1 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS, IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. New York, October 15, 1894 Mr. M. D. Raymond, Sec'y Monumental Committee. Dear Sir : -- In response to the invitation extended through Mr. Samuel Requa, the Society of Colonial Wars will send a …
Secy of the 'N. Y. Society of the Sons of the Revolution. SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. New York, October 18, 1894. Dear Sir: -- Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Board of Managers accepting your courteous invitation to participate in the historical celebration at Tarrytown on October 19th, President Depew appointed the following committee to …
And what a roll of honor it is. Opposite how many names that there appear is written the fatal sentence "Slain on the field !" "Dead on the field of honor ! " What an immortal epitaph ! In what hallowed graves sleep such Patriot dead, " where no bugle sounds reveille." And how fit and becoming that a monument should be erected there, at the old Redoubt on the brow of Battle …
Samuel Youngs, Lieut. Cornelius Van Tassel, Lieut. Isaac Van Wart, Lieut. John Van Wart. Lieut. Thaddeus Avery, Ensign Peter Paulding, Ensign Thomas Bovce, Ensign Barnardus SwarLwout, Commissary Win. Paulding. SOUTH SIDE. Sergt. John Dean, Sergt. Staats Hammond, Sergt. Jacob Acker, Sergt. Daniel Requa, Sergt. James See. Sergt. Jacob Van Wart, Sergt. Isaac Martling. Sergt John …
The foregoing list was intended to include the names of all the soldiers of the Revolution who were buried in the old Dutch churchyard, but owing to the fact that no stones now mark the graves of some o them, and the evidence of their burial place not being ascertained until too late, some were unavoidably omitted which are well entitled to a place there with the others. Among …
It has not been possible to designate with the publication of this list the times, and places, and organizations in which even the officers so named served during different enlistments,* and much less to properly place each soldier whose name appears upon this roll. It has been made upinpart from Femow's "New York intheRevolution," published by the authority of this State …
The autographs of officers of the Militia Regiment on this Manor, which appear on the opposite page, have an added significance from the interesting fact that they were made in affirmation, "before Robert Graham, Stephen Ward, Gilbert Drake, Ebenezer Lockwood and Jonathan Griffin Tompkins, Esqrs. , Judges of the Inferior County Common Pleas in and for the County of …
Roll of Revolutionary Soldiersjof IPhtiSipse /VXarJor. ROLL OF REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS. ^yy^-- ^rSct V - - // 'ip- 1 ' r,s Ck\ -dv _< r l^fy^ / &t' /?: (&/?£? William Paulding, Commissar)-. Abraham .Storms, Major. Jonathan Paulding Horton, Maj. William Butcher, Captain. Glode Reoua, Captain. Gilbert Dean, Captain. Sibout Acker, Captain. Abraham Ladieu, Captain. Benjamin …
ROLL OF REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS. William Champenois, Harman Chamsions, Edward Couenhoven, Tunis Cuyper, William Davids, William Davids, Jr., Isaac Dean, John Dean, Sergt., Thomas Dean, William Dean, Samuel Delameter, Isaac Delameter, ■ Cornelius DeP evere, Henry DeRevere, John DeRevere, Hendrick DeRevere, Corp., Abraham De Danoy, David Devoe, William Devoe, Joseph Dickerman …
Elbert Orser, Sergt,, Nicholas Orser, Dennis Osburn, Joseph Paine, Caleb Paulding, John H. Paulding, John Paulding, Joseph Paulding, Roger Paulding, Thomas Paulding, Thomas H. Paulding, William Paulding, Henry Philips, William Philips, Anthony Purdy, Caleb Purdy, ROLL OK REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS. Francis Purdy, Abraham Requa, Daniel Requa, Sergt. , Daniel Requa, Jr., Gabriel …
Jeremiah Tompkins, Hermanus Vaude water, Abram Van Tassel, Sergt., Abram Van Tassel, Jr., Cornelius Van Tassel, Jr., Isaac Van Tassel, Sergt., John Van Tassel, John Van Tassel, Johannis Van Tassel, Stephen Van Tassel, Abram Van Wart, Garret Van Wart, Hendrick Van Wart, Henry Van Wart, Isaac Van Wart, Corporal, Jacob Van Wart, Sergt., James Van Wart, Martinus Van Wart, William …
The singular wording of the certificate of the enrolling officers, who were the Justices of the Peace in that district and the Manor, is quaint enough, and shows that it was calculated to embrace all within certain ages from sixteen upwards, who were then residing within that district without regard to whether they wanted to be enrolled or not, and it is quite possible that …
They were of the sturdy patriotic yeomanry from whose numbers the Continental army was continually recruited. But the old Muster Roll : It is a quaint original document, as here appears : * . ' OLD muster roll. fluster Roll. \ Jamks Hammond, Colonel. Jonathan G. Horton, Major. GABRrEL Requaw, Capt. VVm. Veal, Lieut. John Dean, Sergt. John Helleker, Sergt. Ned Bugbee, Samuel …
John Y erks, Sr., Lewis Angevlne, John Yerks, J r. , Josh Hatfield, James Yerks, James See, William Yerks, Peter See, Abram Sifer, John See, Jacob Brower, John Sifei, John Britt, John Fosha, William Britt, Abram See, Caleb Oakley, Sr., Miles Oakly, Caleb Oakley, J r., Othaniel Clark, Joseph Conklin. Joseph Requa, Richard Peacock, Benjamin Oakley, Elijah Leggett, William Fosha …
Even the Declaration of Independence and the immortal proclamation of the rights of men would all have been in vain, but for the sword. Wielded in a righteous cause the light of justice flashes from the shining blade, and as the very impersonation of the patriotic spirit of those times the poet still sings "The Sword of Bunker Hill!" And so we present the sword hilt of our …
In 1755 he was the Captain of the upper part of the Manor. In a census of the slaves of that district, which is published in the Documentary' History' of New York, and winch is signed William Hammond, Captain, he reports : "Twenty negro men and eleven negrois women." In the tax list of 1732, Captain Win. Hammond was assessed at ^18. Was a Fence Viewer in 1742, and had …
Robert Bonner, and the balance, including the old homestead, a picture of which appears with this sketch, now belongs to the Kingslaud estate. He was early and actively' enlisted in the cause of the Colonies, and was duly commissioned as Rieut.-Col. of the 1st Westchester Regiment of Militia, at its organization, date of October 14, 1775, Joseph Drake being Colonel, although …
The Regiment appears to have consisted of only five or six,companies, all belonging to this Manor. A return of the Regiment dated Philipsburgh, June 22, 1778 shows four companies, commanded respectively by Captains Daniel Martling, Geo. Combs, Jonas Orser and Gabriel Requa, with 180 officers and privates. The following is attached to the report : "N. B. -- Nine others sworn …
Whereas, two of the enemy's ships of war with their barges and tenders are arrived up the North River as far as Tarrytown, we suppose with a hostile design to distress us ; with the concurrence of the Congress and assistance of the Committee, and by the forwardness of a number of volunteers, a considerable number of people are collected to our assistance, most of whom are very …
To the Chairman of the Provincial Congress. Manor of Cortlandt, Croton Ferrv, July 17, 1776. This morning mustered the regiment, and upon parade appeared forty-six men. Our men are at present very much fatigued. Capt_ain Ledue's company, in defiance of us all, waded through the terry and are gone off. The Ministerial ships are still riding in Haverstraw Bay. We have been very …
"At a meeting of the Convention held Friday afternoon, Julv 19, 1776, a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Hammen, of the Militia now stationed at the banks of Hudson's River, at Cortlandt's Ferry, dated this day, Colonel Hammen informs Congress that a Member of this Convention has informed him that a complaint is exhibited against him to this Convention, charging him with …
"Ordered, That the following persons attend this Convention to-morrow afternoon, at five o'clock, as witnesses on a complaint exhibited against Lieutenant-Colonel Hammen, relative to some pork, to- wit : Martin us Van Wart, Joseph Legget, Sam'1 Purdy, Jun., Thomas Deane, and Jacob Buckhout ; and that the following persons attend, at the same time, as witnesses on a complaint …
I confide, sir, in the justice of your Honorable House, that no sentiments prejudicial to my reputation will be entertained until I have an opportunity of vindicating myself, when I doubt not 1 shall prove to the Honorable Convention that the charges are entirely groundless. I should, sir have immediately waited upon the Convention upon receiving notice of the complaints, had …
On July 24, 1776, Colonel Hammond, or Hammen, was tried before a committee of inquiry, "in respect to his behavior as an officer on the evening of the day (July 12, 1776) on which the enemy's ships came to anchor off Tarrytown, in this Count)', and as a buyer of Pork for this State." The testimony on the trial is' a curious mixture of the serious and the amusing, in which …
Hammond to warn him, and that thereupon the said Col. mounted his horse and set out directly to warn Capt. Vermilie ; That the said Col. and a brother of this Deponent had some words, as the Deponent heard from some of the men, but cannot recollect from whom, and that the said colonel arrived at Tarrytown between twelve and one o'Clock the next morning, as his said brother …
said were about eight in number ; That the next day, after said Hamnaan had ree'd the said four bbls. of pork from the Deponent, he told the said deponent, it having been repacked, that lie had made three bbls. of prime pork of the four bbls. aforesaid, and that he did allow the deponent but four pounds for the remaining barrel ; That the deponent heard others call the said …
" The deponent further saith that he saw several prime pieces of pork taken by Joseph Legett while the said Hunt was repacking pork which he said the said Legett had sold the said Hamman, and that the deponent did not hear the said Legett or any other person desire the said packer to put in any pieces into the bbls. but vdiat he thought proper, nor did he know that any pieces …
Yermilier, and he, the said Col., also desired the aforesaid man to warn all they came across and that they should influence others to do the same ; that the said Col. informed the deponent that he was under the necessity of ordering the people to meet at his house, as he had the amunition there ; that Capt. Requaw was sufficiently warned, being in a field from which he could …
That scarcely an hour after the deponent with the Col. went down to the River, but the hour of the night he could not tell, as he had no watch. Peter Allair, clerk to Col. Hamman's regiment, being sworn, deposeth and saith : That Col. Hamman's son-in-law about 9 o'clock warned him to turn out on the alarm. That he went to alarm some men, then returned to the Col. and charged …
Haminon had been warned at 10 o'clock on the evening the enemy appeared off Tarrytown, and did not go to Tarrytown till 10 o'clock the next day. But the depon't going down to the said town found by the information of credible persons that Col. Hamman had been down at about one in the morning, and further saith not as to that matter. That he was pres't when Jos. Drake asked …
"Joseph Leggett doth affirm that he was present when Requaw's pork was repacked by the aforesaid Hunt, and told the Company, of which Col. Haminan and the repacker were two, that the pork was ven much moulded, and that he saw the said repacker put several pieces to his nose and throw them aside, but did not see or learn that Col. Hamman gave the repacker any orders or …
Haminan, upon a door which he had laid down, took and laid the prime pieces of said five bbls. ; that four bbls. were filled by there packer, Hunt, and that a bbl. was filled with part of the prime pork and marked by the repacker, the remainder of the said prime pieces of Pork the deponent took back ; and also that he, the deponent, heard the repacker commend the whole of the …
Hammond came off with flying colors, and like many another had occasion to thank his envious enemies for filling the sails of fortune which bore him successfully forward. But for this trial comparatively little would have been known of his zeal and activity and good fighting qualities. No wonder the British vessels had sailed away up the river before he hardly had time to …
As will be seen there are different accounts and dates named of that affair. His son William, known as Gen. Wm. Hammond, states in an account of the Westchester Guides, that after the appointment of his father as Lieut. -Col. , their house was resorted to repeatedly by all who took an active part in the common cause, and that in the summer of THE COE. HAMMOND HOUSE. 17S1, his …
This was followed by loud rapping at the door, and demands to open. The Colonel dressed as quickly as possible ; and, as he opened the door, several English soldiers demanded his surrender and all within. The Colonel replied, "I do surrender, and all with me." They then demanded: "Where is General Washington ?" The Colonel replied, "He left yesterday evening." Upon looking out …
The Colonel asked, "What do you want me to say?" "Tell him I ain't no hog. I ain't no hog!" "What do you mean by that?" "Why, they give us nothing but corn to eat -- I ain't no hog, I tell you !" However, we must take the Colonel's own account, rendered to the vState, as to when he was captured, as correct, fortified as it is by the following letter, written while he was a …
These have been indulged with a parole to return to New York, while a number of our prisoners are detained here, and not one indulged with a parole to return home. Altho' many have applied, particularly Lieut. Jacob Van Tassel, whose house has been burned, and whose wife and children to mv knowledge, reduced to beggary and himself in poor state of health for a long time. There …
He unquestionably must have been a man of resources as well as of courage, tactful as well as masterful, of the people and yet a leader of them; strongly supporting the Congresses and Conventions and Coinmanders-in-Chief, responding to every call to duty, and yet shrewdly looking out for the personal welfare and safety of the people of this Manor and of the men under his …
Others might hesitate or be discouraged, but he never faltered, and the neigh of his fiery charger, and the clanking of his scabbard were enough to put courage into the timid and make each man feel himself a hero until the next hour of danger. His thoughtfulness of others is strikingly apparent in the letter of his written when a prisoner at Flatlands, in which he more …
Prior to the war he had been for a time an Inn-Keeper. He left quite an estate. The home farm comprised 242 acres, bounded east by Joseph Youngs, north by Thaddeus x-Yvery, south by highway, and west by Joseph Paulding. He had also conjointly with his brother-in-law, Capt. Geo. Combs, purchased the farm which had belonged to their father-in-law, Thos. Wildey, who is said to …
At the dedication of the Monument to Isaac Van Wart, at present Klmsford, in June, 1829, Gen. Wm. Hammond and suite occupied a conspicuous post of honor. Gen. Hammond died January i, 1832, and his remains rest in the old churchyard of the Greenburgh Church, of which, as his tombstone states, he was a member. Joseph, the other son of Col. James Hammond, married Jenny Brewer and …
Joseph Hawes, eldest son of Captain Solomon, born Dec. 5, 1783, married Elizabeth Travis, of Peekskill, by whom he had three children : Cornelia Ann, Susan Eliza, William. Cornelia Ann married Philip J. Bonesteel, but left no issue. Susan Eliza never married. William married Sarah Felter, of New York, by whom he had six children: James Bonesteel HaWes, Edward West Hawes …
Vail also had a daughter Tamer, who married Wm. Jones, and lived in New York, and afterward lived in Sleepy Hollow on what was formerly known as the Mead-Requa farm. They had Lovina who married Benjamin Lovett, the father of Mr. Isaac B. Lovett, who is so a greatgreat-grandson of Col. Hammond. A daughter of David Hammond and Esther his wife, and sister of Mahala, married David …
They had only one child, Susan Louisa, the wife of Mr. Thomas Rawcliffe, of Tarrytown. Staats Hammond, whose parentage does not appear, was a Sergt. in Capt. Requa's Company ; was shot through the left leg, near Sing Sing, June 17, 1779 ; a .State Pensioner by the act of April 22, 17S6. From the Commissioners of Forfeiture he took title to no acres, north by Jacob Van Wart and …
The animal he bestrode was a beautiful bay, bitted with a handsome double snaffle bridle ; the mane, particularly about the head, being thickly matted with burs. The stranger immediately asked for a drink of water. It deserves to be noticed, in connection with this incident, that Mr. Hammond's father --who was lying at the time badly wounded on the floor-- caught a glimpse of …
Staats Hammond was married to Elizabeth Martling Nov. 8, 1768, and had David, Januettie, James, Thomas, and Abraham. Janette or Jane, married Jacob Buckhout, who was a Revolutionary soldier, and had Isaac who married Mary Elizabeth Tompkins, daughter of Gabriel, who was a grandson of Hon. Jonathan G. Tompkins, and had Edward Buckhout of Tarrytown. John Hammond, Sr., died 1788 …
■ l i . ' - Sergeant John Dean and the Dean Family. Sergt. John Dean, -- the subject of the accompanyingsketeh, was born in Philipsburg, 1755. His grandfather* Isaac, (b. 1698, d. 1784,) of the family of the Deans of Stoniug'ton, Conn., had come to Philipsburg about 1740. He was one ohthe large lease-holders of the Planer, was Justice of the Peace, and appears to have been …
By his first wife, Mary Yerks, he had three sons, William, Stephen and John. Wiliam died in Canada in the Cafnpaign of 1775. He was buried on the Plains of Abraham in a deep drift of snow. His watch, fob, and quaintly cut silver sleeve-buttons, were brought home by bis brother John, -- sad mementoes which are still preserved in the family. John had accompanied William on this …
Samuel Dean's ear mark is recorded in the old Manor book date of Dec. 10, 1758, the record of Isaac Dean's mark being Dec. 25, 1761. The following document, with the autograph of Frederick Philips attached, is preserved among the Dean papers : Received, this 26th, day of December, 1769, from Isaac Dean, Esq., one of the tenants on the Manor of Philipsburg, the sum of six …
About 18x0, he became somewhat infirm; -- an articular lameless, which had been caused by his horse falling with him during a skirmish near Kingsbridge, on July 3d, 1781, an account of which appears herewith, gave him great discomfort during his last years, and led to his final illness. The following interesting sketch of Sergt. John Dean, who so well acted a Patriot's part …
John Dean, a Revolutionary soldier of the town of Mount Pleasant, and conceiving the recital of them would be beneficial to our ' HISTORICAL SKETCHES. readers, as portraying- the vigor and devoted heroism of an humble citizen of Westchester County in the days that tried men's souls they are herewith published. We are enabled, however, to open the narrative with but an …
Suffice it to say, Thomas Dean was at the battle of Stony Brook, and in other perilous conflicts in that school of arms which taught the infant America afterward to assert and maintain her rights against the exactions and unequal taxation of the people whose battles they had fought, and whose fame they had helped to elevate. Mr. Thomas Dean returned after the peace which …
And then how his New Fingland thought and earl)- education stands out in its concise expression, and in his reference to the Town Laws to be enacted. No reference to the Manor whatever, but the autonomy and independence of the New England town was in his thought as he penned those lines. Several pages of the old book appear in his hand writing, and although unfortunately the …
John Dean, whose name has been rescued from forgetfulness by a respectful notice in that excellent work, " Tossing's Field Kook of the Revolution," was reared, laboring with his father, and imbibing those principles of American virtue and heroism which afterwards characterized his life. It will be unnecessary for us to promise that John Dean was a man of stout, vigorous frame …
His elder brother William also enlisted with him, with like zeal, and proceeded with that company to Canada, but the fatigue and hardships of the journey proved too much for their health, and both were taken sick, as is well known many others w^ere in that service. William diedand was buried on the far-famed plains of Abraham ; John, however, continued with his company to St …
While sick from these exposures he was unfit for service, but went from St. John's to other stations, as a hospital subject -- was sue- ■ ' HISTORICAL SKETCHES. cessively at Crown Point, Ticonderoga, and Fort George, where he was at length discharged honorably, as unable to endure the rigors of the campaign. We have the unique document before us as preserved bv him, and it …
Abram Martliugs of Tarrytown, who had penetrated as far as that place with his periauger, and with him returned to Tarrytown, and to his home in Mount Pleasant, a few miles east of that point, wdiere lie was received with the warmest affection and expression of joy at his return. With care, and the cheerful companionship of his parents and friends, his health was happily …
" I hereby certify that John Dean has taken the Oath of AUegience prescrib'd by a Resolve of the Convention of the State of New York. Dec'r 27, 1776. Gilbert Dean, Capt." Thus it will be perceived he was foremost among the patriots of Westcli ester. Within a mouth after the battle of Cbatterton Hill, or White Plains, as it is usually entitled, he enlisted in Capt. Dean's …
I11 this service he continued for two years, acting as a volunteer guide in many enterprises undertaken to surprise the enemy, who were securely established at Morrisania, and from whence the Refugees under their protection were making continual inroads and depredations upon whig families, whose fathers and sons were engaged in the defence of the country. Sergt. Dean used to …
As a mark of the trustworthiness and reliable character of Mr. Dean, we give the following order, from Col. Graham, also found in his "revolutionary pocket-book," written in a beautiful style of penmanship, committed to him while a member of Captain Dean's Company of Rangers- -- Wnm. Plains, June 22d, 177S Sir -- Please 10 deliver the bearer, Mr. John Dean, the two remaining …
His captors at once the him, and he was forthwith conveyed to Delancey's quarters at Morrisania, where he was for awhile exposed to the most taunting ar opprobious insults which his fellow citizens, but tories, could heap upon him. But at length he was able, by the promise of the release of refugee whom he knew, to obtain a parole by which he again passed the lines into the …
By the annexed discharge it will be seen that he was very prompt in securing his release from the tory Colonel's grasp, and in fulfilling his word of honor : This is to certify that John Dean is discharged from his parole, he being exchanged for John Foster. T. Huggeford, Maj. West Farms, 2d January, 1781. Mr. Dean returned to his anxious family and friends, in a few weeks …
Captain Warding at Tarrytown, was alarmed and rallied in haste with what part of his company he could collect, proceeded by the road to the bridge over the river, near the church, and joined the party already harassing the enemy ; and the force by this time was so formidable that thev were obliged to leave their drove and try to save themselves; but the militia men, in hot …
Samuel Young. Mr. Dean again details another hair-breadth escape, saying : Went out one morning with a small party of men, east of the upper cross-roads in the south part of Mount Pleasant, to see what we could find ; after going a short distance, we saw some men ahead of us with guns ; we started pretty rapidly after them, and when coming close to them, they started to make …
When he came to, he revived, and said he, "I'm a dying man, but do not blame you for what you have done." I said, " You are ..worth a dozen dead men -- rouse up and get on my horse." I got him upon the horse and took him to the nearest house, where 1 borrowed some old linen and scraped lint and dressed his wounds as well as I was able and left him. A few years after the war …
Says he, " I am a cripple for life, but T do not blame you; for it was my intention to shoot you rather than surrender ; but you got the advantage of me." It was impressed on me, when he came to see ■me, that he came to revenge himself upon me ; but he did not blame me. One of his arms was stiff where the end of the elbow was cut off. I gave him his dinner and he left me …
After leaving the house and travelling some distance, we went on talking aloud, thinking of no danger, when first I knew I was clinched by the prisoner by upside, and thrown to the ground, and then with his knee on my breast he stabbed me in the side with what I afterwards found to be a large jack knife, nine or ten inches long. It happened not to take effect as he had …
Those prisoners had their hands securely tied behind them when we left the house, and it was my supposition the knife was given to them at tire house where we stopped, to cut themselves loose unperceived by us, the night being very dark." The following probably has reference to the foregoing: Phiilipsburgh, July 7 1 h , 1777- Rec'd of Mr. John Dean the sum of three pounds ten …
I took hold of the Doctor, and told him he was my prisoner, and "he must go with me." His wife was present, and begged of me "to treat her husband well." I gave her my word I would, and I always invariably did so. We brought off all the men that were in the house. This Doctor I took upon my horse before me. While riding along, the Doctor slipped into my pocket five guineas …
He told him he did, very well. The Doctor then related the story about his taking him prisoner and then telling Mr. Underhill where he lived, directed him to say to Mr. Dean he must come and see him, and he never shall want for five nor ten dollars, and " 1 will give his wife as handsome a present as she ever saw, for his treating me so kindly." So much for treating a prisoner …
I found there were twenty-eight in the company, and after they had left, I went to the neighbors and collected as many together as I could, and we followed on with our guns, firing upon them and alarming the inhabitants, saying, "Come on my boys ! -- there are but twenty-eight of them ; we will have them," etc. We followed them down the Saw mill river road, until we had …
We had information that they sent a boat ashore every morning to get butter and eggs from a small grocery near the river. Acker and myself thought we would put a stop to that ; so we with our guns in hand, one morning secreted ourselves in the bushes, on the bank of the Hudson River. It was not long before a barge put off from the vessel, with an officer in the stern, rowing …
In performing this service, which he did wisely and promptly, it appears Mr. Dean was instrumental ly connected with the capture of Andre, by assigning as he did, to those incorruptible men, Paulding, Williams and Van Wart, the post to guard on the road leading through the then sparsely settled village of Tarrytown; -- while he with John Yerks, James Romer, Isaac See and …
Dean to shield him from these annoying questions, saying, "all will be explained when we reach the Colonel's quarters." He did restrain the men from any further unwelcome questions ; and soon after arrived at the aforesaid head quarters in Northcastle. What took place there, and how the Spy was taken from there to another post in Salem, 12 or 15 miles further north, in this …
John Dean, although intimately connected with a patriotic transaction which had shed so imperishable a halo of glory upon the memory of the actors in it, was not included by name with those whom the Nation has ever since delighted to honor, because of its important bearing upon the liberties of our country, further reference is made to .Sergt. Dean's connection with the …
had the command on the morning of the 3d inst., near House, where said part) was attacked by a superior number of the enemy, and that said Dean lost his horse, saddle and bridle, they being taken by the enemy and not by reason of any neglect of the said Dean. Joseph A. VVkight, Capt. in the 2d Conn. Regt. Head Quarters I certify that Capt. Wright was in command of the advanced …
and proper here to add, that though not rich, he had always been industrious and frugal, -- living by his labor upon his paternal home as an agriculturist, and departed this life at an advanced age, lamented, loved and honored of all who ever knew him. Dossing says in his Field Book of the Revolution : While strolling among the ancient graves in Sleepy Hollow churchyard I was …
His war reminiscences, it is curious to note, were rarely related except to his immediate family circle. STATEMENT BY LIEUT. SAMUEL YOUNGS. The following statement made by Samuel Youngs, Esq., endorsing the application of Mary Dean, widow of Sergt. John Dean, for a Pension, is herewith given entire, as covering in nearly full detail the various periods of general enlistment …
to the East River, the inhabitants residing on these lines were left exposed to the plundering parties of the British Refugees, who with some British troops held possession of the southern part of the count}'. The Committee of Public Safety ordered out the Militia of that part of the county who belonged to Col. Hammond's Regiment, who were accordingly stationed, some of them …
That in the month of August, 1777, a Regiment of levies was raised in the Counties of Dutchess and Westchester, consisting of about 500 men, and placed under the command of Col. Dudiugton and Dieut. Col. Hammond, for the term of four months ; that Col. Dudiugton' s headquarters were at the house of Joseph Youngs, and that Capt. Gilbert Dean's Company was also continued in the …
Rmerick, who commanded about 300 men composed of British and Refugees, sent out Dieut. Althouse with 32 men, to take and bring in the cattle of Joseph Youngs, and of other Whig inhabitants of that neighborhood. It was the practice of the Militia, after keeping guard during the night, to return to their homes and attend to the necessary business of their farms. Col …
That deponent then soon got to the south of Althouse's party of marauders, knowing where he should fall in with about twenty of the Militia ; during which time John Dean, Jacob Acker and Hendrick Romer had attacked the enemy and commenced firing upon them. This alarmed the Militia so that when the deponent arrived at the house where they were stationed he found about 25 men …
We then sprang over the wall to attack them with the bayonet. Althouse gave us his fire as we were on the wall, by which John Bucannan was shot through the shoulder and Nicholas Banker through the thigh. Altliouse immediately abandoned his plunder, and retreated. We were there joined by John Dean and his companions, and after a runningfight of about four miles, we succeeded in …
Graham's Regiment was again left in charge of the Lines, and that Sergt. John Dean continued to act as Quarter Master until Christmas Eve of the year 1778, when the house was attacked by a superior force of British Refugees under command of Major Bearmore, and taken by storm. Two men were killed, and Capt. Williams and some of his men and Joseph Youngs were made prisoners …
Hammond's Regt. immediately formed themselves under some of the officers of said Regt. and for a time kept the plundering parties of Refugees in check, until almost all the stock was driven back into the country for safety, when the Militia also had to retire over the Croton River. That Sergt. John Dean was then in service. That the deponent was a sergeant in Baker's Company …
i * J Archer. HISTORICAL SKETCHES. arrived at the quarters of Col. Jameson, bringing with them a prisoner who said his name was John Anderson, together with a number of papers concealed in the boot of the prisoner at the time he was taken, and that a few days afterwards ii was discovered that the prisoner was Major Joljn Andre, Adjutant Gen'l. of the British Army, &e. The …
Thomas, well known to the older residents of Tarrytown, died 1872. At the age of twenty-one he was the oVner of a Sloop plying between Albany and New York. He was a lumber dealer, merchant, a founder of the old Tarrytown Library, and the first Postmaster of Tarrytown, holding that office for twenty-one years. He was also prominent among Free Masons, as one of the first in this …