(brig?) armed vessel on shore, and took the two (sloops?) others into Norwalk. We landed on Long Island, and the militia turned out and attacked, but we got safely in. Ebenezer Jones commanded us — see Mem. Book for 1846.

Novr 5th Isaac Quintard, of Greenwich, aged 84: "I was private in a company raised by Jabez Fitch of Horse =neck. These were state troops. Fitch was commissioned by Governor Trumbull as Captain; Joseph Hull of Derby (father of Commodore Hull) as Lieutenant; and Andrew Mead of Horseneck as Ensign. This company was raised in the beginning of 1781, to serve both on land and water.

sentinel fired. Our men then came out of the hold and fired, sweeping the deck of the Shuldham and preventing the crew from coming on deck, they being asleep below. It was then not far from daylight. Our men then cut away the netting which was nearly ten feet high and boarded. Mead was the foremost in boarding. He was wounded by the British Captain Roney of the Shuldham, a sloop or guard vessel, of twelve * [marg: * 10 guns, in another account.] guns. The Shuldham was then taken into Stamford where the Scotch Captain Roney died, of his wound inflicted by Mead, at my aunt's (the widow Hubbard) at Stamford. Roney said he didn't wish wish to recover, considering himself disgraced by the way he was taken. I nursed Andrew Mead who was taken to my father's house at Stamford.

When the fight between Brewster and Hoyt occurred, Brewster and Ryder,

were at Chapan Point where some Continental troops and whale boat men were waiting to cross the Sound, and make an attack on Loyd's Neck. The wind was blowing hard from the east, and the sea so rough that they could not cross, in consequence of which they delayed and were waiting for better weather. On the morning of the 5th of December, 1782, Brewster espied two British whale boats off the Norwalk Islands and made for them. The British Captain was Joseph Hoyt, and another whose name might have been Johnson, but I think not. I believe Johnson commanded another whale boat with Hoyt and made his escape, Val. Ryder was with Brewster and killed two negroes in the boat to which he was opposed which then surrendered. Ryder then bore down to assist Brewster and Hoyt surrendered. Hoyt told me that he would have taken Brewster, if

Ryder had not come up – that he had the advantage of him, and was on the point of capturing his boat, but when Ryder approached he found it necessary to surrender. Almost every man of the two hostile boats was wounded. Brewster was badly wounded in the breast. The boats lay side by side, and fought with their breaches of their muskets, with cutlasses &c Hoyt and Brewster fought hand to hand, clenched each other &c. They were both very athletic men. After the fight they went into Norwalk. The crews of Brewster's and Hoyt's boats were both very select & powerful men.

Ten, and sometimes twelve whale boats went out of Stamford. They did'nt all belong there, but made Stamford their Headquarters. Capt. Samuel Hawley, of Bridgeport was sometimes at Stamford with his boat – also the whale boat Capt. John Scranton of New London, &c.

At the close of the Revolutionary war the lines were about two miles west of Stamford, the American advanced posts, being then at Titus's Bridge on Mianus river and that vicinity - General Waterbury at the time commanding on the Continental side, and having his head quarters at Fort Nonsense in the north part of Stamford. It received that name, because the situation was considered a poor one to which an enemy would never come.

When Col. Hatfield was taken January 19. 1780, he staid at my father's while a prisoner He was taken off in a sleigh drawn by two powerful horses. It was very cold and good sleighing at the time. The house attacked was burnt down - Hatfield's men fired from the window.

In 1781 or 1782, Colonel Holmes with a party of Refugees advanced to Stamford, within

a quarter of a mile of the village. They took off all the cattle they could find. They were about one hundred strong — all horsemen. They came to the house of a militia captain Seth Palmer, who lived here at Palmer's hill, on the old Post road or King's highway, and Holmes said [if] Palmer would come out and show himself he or his should not be hurt. Palmer then came out and treated the Refugees to a bottle of rum. [Holmes] He kept his word. Some of his men took Palmers horse who complained to Holmes and the horse was immediately restored. They did'nt enter Stamford Village, but swept off all the cattle along the roads, driving them with their cutlasses, and knocking in the windows of houses belonging to obnoxious whigs. Captain Fitch's company turned out in pursuit, joined by the militia and volunteers. Captain Palmer joined in pursuit of Holmes immediately after he left Palmers Hill. Fitch commanded

the pursuers and pressed the Refugees so hard, that at Rye they were compelled to abandon all the cattle. One man on each side (British and American) were killed and several wounded. Three were killed [in] at the Skirmish at Mianus river on the retreat - both parties firing across.

It was on Greenwich beach just below here and near Mrs. Ford's that Major Humphrey's horse was shot. Several British vessels were laying off the shore, and the one that fired was near. The ball passed first under Humphrey, behind his knees, [marg: x / So in origl. / see pa. 90. /] and passed through the horse which was owned by Mr. Samuel Hutton of Stamford, who said he didn't care for the loss as long as the enemy was prevented from landing. The militia in considerable numbers were then on the beach with the Town Guard of Stamford and volunteers &c to oppose the Refugees if they should attempt landing.

[marg: Isaac Smith, brother of Peter, lives at New Canaan. He (Isaac) Killed the Captain of the Shuldham.]

The British always came up to Stamford with cavalry, never with infantry. They never took Stamford Village although they were all around it, [and] at Norwalk, Horse -neck, Greenwich, Bedford, Danbury &c.

The two men killed in Holmes's excursion was killed while he was on his retreat. He was then on the West side of Mianus river, and Fitch's men the east side. It was one of Fitch's sergeants that was killed. His name I think was Pease.

Shube Merritt was killed by Samuel Reynolds of Greenwich and Peter Smith of Stamford at [N.R. [New Rochelle]] North River or Ryers Point. Shube had once taken Reynolds prisoner and snapped his pis- -tol at him twice, without effect after he had surrendered. He then pointed it up in the air and it went off. Then Shube said: "I'll now save you. My pistol never missed fire before." He then gave him quarter, and took him prisoner.

Smith had been once taken also by Shube and ill treated. I believe Shube snapped a pistol at him too. At any rate Smith always said he would kill him if it should ever be in his power. Smith always said that he never promised to give quarter to Shube, but that he (Shube) came down stairs with a pistol in his hand, and that he and Reynolds both fired and killed him upon the stairs.

Samuel Reynolds never commanded a whale boat. Reynolds Finch was a whale boat captain.

Captain Ebenezer Jones died at Troy to which place he had gone to live.

Capt. Isaac Jones also died many years ago at Darien where he lived.

Captain Frink was a very gentlemanly man from somewhere East. He was a brisk, smart, young man, and acted a long time as a spy for the Americans.

Afterwards he went below and joined the British. Then he used to come up and give us a good deal of trouble with the horse commanded by him. At last he was taken prisoner and placed under guard in the guard house at Stamford village. Here one of the guard, an Irishman named Wilson [marg: *After he had let Frink escape, Wilson went below, and was afterwards taken at Horseneck, at one of the Mead's or Holby's. He had a wife that was with him when he was killed.] allowed him to escape. They were at first going to hang Wilson, but at last they tied him to a horse's tail, then drove him through the street and hanged him on a tree before Parson Dibble's door (the Episcopal minister). He was then taken to Norwalk, and shot by a sentinel that was guard over him.—

Frink was a delicate man with a small hand. He drew one hand out of his handcuffs, and went off with the other one in.

Lieut. Hull was a very bold enterprising officer.

Major Bearmore was a very active

enterprising officer who took off our scouts and guards, and was so well acquainted with the country that he always escaped.

Talcott's small sloop or schooner was lying at Gorham's Mill or Ringsend, at the Dock. A Refugee whale boat over from Long Island and cut her out, and put White Raymond

to assist the inhabitants of the former places, do.

We followed Holmes's party past Saw pitts before we recovered our cattle. Our company was the principal means of retaking the cattle. They held on to them till we got near Rye Church. We pressed them from behind and got upon their flanks.

Nov. 5.th Visited Titus's Bridge in company with Mr. J. Quintard. This bridge that is, the old Titus's bridge is situated on the old Post road or Kings highway, about a mile or a mile and a half north of the turnpike road. The situation of the tree on which Brom. Barrett was hanged was pointed out to us. It stood on the hill side immediately east of and near to the Bridge. J. M. M.

Brom Barrett's wife who lived somewhere near Horseneck, came up a few days after he was hanged, disintered, and took his body with her below?