74 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



Pritchard was with us, we pursued them to the vicinity of Clarke's Cor- 

 ner. a We had a severe skirmish and recovered part of the cattle. 



Isaac Daniels, of Chestnut Ridge, aged eighty-six, Oct. 28th, 1846, 

 relates : " I served for two years under Capt. Marcus Moseman (I be- 

 lieve), in Col. Thomas' regiment. I was in several skirmishes. One of 

 the Kipp's, of De Lancets Corps, came up to Bedford and drove off a 

 great number of cattle ; Capt. Moseman's Company and other volun- 

 teers pursued ; I think Moseman accompanied us, but am not certain ; 

 he was reported to be rather timorous ; Ephraim Knowlton was our 

 Lieutenant, and a good officer ; he was with us at this time ; we pursued 

 on the road leading to North Castle church, overtook the refugees five 

 or six miles below, when we fired upon Kipp's party, and they aban- 

 doned the cattle or most of them; we followed on very fiercely, and were 

 soon after joined by Lieutenant James and three privates of Sheldon's 

 regiment ; all at once, as we gained the top of an eminence, we came 

 upon the main body of the enemy's horse, who were waiting for us over 

 the crest of the hill ; they instantly charged. Lieutenant James was 

 badly wounded in the arms and head, and taken prisoner (shortly after 

 paroled); one horseman was dismounted, joined us and escaped; but the 

 other two were taken ; Thadeus Seely, a private in our Company, was 

 wounded and taken prisoner; none of our company were killed, and no 

 others wounded ; they did not pursue us very far ; we re-took about 

 fifty head of cattle and escaped by taking to the woods ; there were 

 about fifty or sixty of us beside Sheldon's Horse ; Capt. Pritchard was 

 not with us at that time. On the morning of the 16th, 1781 " (continues 

 the same authority), " the enemy made an incursion from Morrisania, 

 towards Bedford, and took Lieutenants Carpenter, Wright and Peacock, 

 and five other inhabitants, prisoners ; burnt five houses, plundered and 

 stripp'ed several other inhabitants, and returned; they were pursued by 

 Capt. Pritchard, but could not be overtaken." 



" Some personal incidents are worthy of being recorded here. David 

 Williams, one of the captors of Major Andre, was a citizen of this town. 

 We are glad to see that the bones of this good man have been removed 

 from Livingston ville, in Schoharie County, N. Y., to Rensselaerville, 

 Albany County, where it is proposed to mark the place by a suitable 

 monument. Another citizen of Bedford, whose name is given in a note 

 to one of the late editions of Cooper's "Spy" as Elisha H. — and it has 

 been suggested that the " H" probably stands for Haines or Holmes — 



a Clarke's Corners were about six miles from New Castle church, formed by the intersec- 

 tion of the Tarrvtown and Bedford roads : consists of three corners, viz.: the White Plains 

 and Pine's Bridge having joined the Bedford and Tarrytown roads half a mile or more north. 

 —McDonald MSS., in possession of Geo. H. iloore, Esq. 



