Curry, Thomas
John M. McDonald interview — 1847-10-21
Thomas Currie Jr. is likely Thomas Curry (1773-1862), a resident of the Town of Cortlandt. He shares what he has heard regarding Loyalist officer Mansfield Bearmore. Curry also notes that Bearmore’s widow felt that her husband would have recovered from the mortal wound that he received during a skirmish in Mount Pleasant in November 1780 had he not gotten “wet in some river…when in a fair way of recovery.”
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October 21st Mad. Bearmore: "My father was a cousin of Major Bearmore. My mother is now very far gone in dotage, and has almost lost her memory. She always represented Major Bearmore as a very bold officer and good man. The upper party in the Revolution stood in great awe of him. The family of Caleb Williams living at Annsville were related to Major Bearmore, and must have many particulars of him" &c
[marg: Curry.] Oct. 21. Thomas Currie, junr: I have always heard Major Mansfield Barmore well spoken of as a good and gallant officer, and as a person that was much dreaded by the whigs in the Revolutionary war.
They called him, "That old bitch Bearmore," and feared him as though he were a tiger. I have heard old Mrs. Bearmore say that he would have got well of the wound he received but for the imprudence of getting wet in some river when in a fair way of recovery, &c. — I will correspond [with] you and endeavor to collect particulars of Major Bearmore from my mother, the Williams' family and others, &c. — Address me at Peekskill Post Office
Oct. 22. Zabud June: "I lived during the Revolutionary war in the west part of the town of Bedford, and there was a Captain Moseman who lived near us belonging to the militia).