from, required for issuance of passes to Vermont, 41; charges by, preferred against suspected or disloyal persons, 41; obliged to reveal disloyalty, 41; conduct of overzealous, objected to by Albany board, 43-44; barbarity of, in plundering tories, 55; called scoundrels and rascals, 56, 454; compelled to procure private guards for security against tory violence, 416. Whitacre. See also Whiteacre.

Whitacre (Whitaker), Barent, confined for refusing to aid in transporting military stores, 368; committed for disaffection, 369; released on bail, 377. Whitaker, Whitakre. See Whitacre, Whiteacre.

White, Alexander, applies for permission to appear before Albany board, 193; refuses oath of allegiance, 193; his removal to enemy's lines ordered, 193; released on bail till day of removal, 193; his refusal of oath certified to secretary of state, 197-198; detained at Albany, for exchange, 206, 835; his wife given pass to Poughkeepsie, 206; his wife to solicit exchange for him, 206; exchanged and paroled, 237, 244; to be sent to Poughkeepsie, 239; in charge of Captain Edward Willet, 245.

W^hite, George, captain, assaulted and robbed at house of Nicholas Michel, 119, 120, 149; stolen goods seized upon warrant from, 138; sends John Lary to Albany board, 145; heads remonstrance against privilege granted to Aaron Hammond, 279; requested to support charge against Hammond, 279; withdraws charge against Hammond, 289; brings charge of disaffection against Robert Martin, 325, 351; writes concern- J ' ti'i :u> -,1 Index — Commissioners for Conspiracies 261 White, George — continued. ing Ebenezer Knap and Ezra Knap, 360; forwards examination of Bernard Carpenter, 609; causes arrest of Abner Darling, 609.

White, Jesse, of Kings district, bailsman for William True, 437. Whiteacre. See also Whitacre.

Whiteacre (Whitacre, Whitakre), James of Niskayuna, laborer, dissuades persons from taking up arms, 470-471; committed, 471; released on bail, 571; bailsman for Ann Standerren, 592. White Creek, Washington county, residents of, 127, 590, 631, 632, 635, 712; pass to, 227; charges for express from, to Saratoga, 806; charge for express from, to Little White Creek, 806; charge for express from, to Bennington, 806.

Whiting. See also Witting. Whiting, Thomas, of Claverack district, laborer, disaffected person, apprehended and committed, 569; Colonel Flenry J.

Van Rensselaer intercedes for, 601; released on recognizance, 602. Whiting, William, writes from Great Barrington, 682; requested to procure arrest of William Scott, 686. Whiting, William B., of Kings district, colonel, recommends that Zadock Wright be allowed Whiting, William B. — continuedto reside in Cumberland county, 343; informed that Wright will be retained for exchange in Kings district, 343-344; advises release of insane person, 517; transmits intelligence touching Shakers, 723-724; requested to gather evidence regarding Shakers, 724.

Whitmore, Abraham, disaffected person, charges for conveying him to jail, 806. Wickwire, Jonathan, arrest ordered for complicity in robberies of John Smith, 143. WicofF.

See Wycoff, Wykoff. Wies. See also Wiess.

Wies, Ariantie, of Hoosick district, warned to remove from state, 528. Wiess, John, captured at Crown Point, examined and returned to General Stark, 214. Wighman (Weeghman), Johannis P., German deserter from Burifi'yne, confined for robber}', 384-385; examined by interpreter, 385; reward for his capture, 392.

Wilcocks, Stephen, of Little Hoosick, farmer, confined as disaffected and dangerous perso^^ 660-661; released on bail, 667. Willet, Edward, captain, tories on parole put in charge of, 245. Willet, Elbert, of Albany, signs petition in behalf of Jane Moffity 619. .£00 00 ; GO 262 State of New York Willett (\Vniet), Marinus, lieutenant colonel, imprisons person who assisted in destruction of Currytown, 751; apprehends persons charged with assisting in destruction of Currytown, 75.1-752- Williams, Elizabeth, widow, robbed, 99.

Williams, Ezekiel, high sheriff of Hartford county, Conn., 189; acknowledges delivery of Benjamin Morrison into his charge, 221. Williams, Frederick, tory, his family warned to remove from state, 523. Williams, Henry, commissioner for conspiracies, Dutchess county board, appointment, 68; his audited account, 805.

Williams, Jakemyntie, wife of Frederick Williams, warned to remo^■e from state, 523. Williams, John, assemblyman, of Charlotte county, reports progress of bill in assembly, 30. Williams, Nicholas, of Rensselaerwyck Manor, charged with entertaining express from New York, 550; warrant for his arrest, 550.

Williams, William, of Newtown, farmer, summoned before commissioners at Stillwater, 466; bailsman for William Williams, Jr., 467. Williams, William, Jr., of Newtown, farmer, furnishes bail, 467. Williamson, Jacobus, of Maple Town, summoned as witness against Simon Frazer, 185.

Williamson, Samuel, of Albany, charged with utterances injurious to American cause, 421. Willman, Michael, deserter from British army, 86. Wills, William, commissioner for conspiracies, Tryon county board, appointment, 68; his attendance at Albany board meetings, 76, 98; signs oath, 80, 98; requested to specify charges against