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Interview with Vail, Lydia
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Macdonald, John. Interview with Vail, Lydia, b.c.1772; (1847-11-19). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 1353. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
…The Refugees were at this moment retreating through the woods towards Pines Bridge, and when we saw them the glittering of their arms we stopped and hid till they had passed on. We arrived at Davenport
house about sunrise, or…
Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881.
…This disaster
happened a little before sunrise. I lived at my father's, half a mile ot!
northerly, on the Crompond road ; word came to us that they were all
cut off and killed at head -quarters, and we all…
Interview with Vail, Lydia
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Macdonald, John. Interview with Vail, Lydia, b.c.1772; (1847-11-19). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 1353. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
The reason DeLancey's party were
so cruel at Davenport House in May 1781. was
this: They, the Refugees, came on suddenly
and called upon the soldiers to surrender,
but a young Captain or Lieutenant opened
the window and discharged…
Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…to cross the ford after sunrise, and therefore had
taken no precautions to prevent it. By this means, Davenport's
house was surrounded by the enemy, and all possibility of
escape cut of!:' before the danger was discovered. De Lancey…
Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881.
…to cross the ford after sunrise ; and therefore
had taken no precaurions to prevent it. By tliis means, Davenport's
house was surounded by the enemy, and all possibility of escape cut 0*7
before the danger was discovered. De…
Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…William Smith, on
the Pine's bridge road, a narrow lane diverges son ih- west to
Davenport's or Danforth's house, the scene of Colonel Green's surprisal by the British Refugees, upon the 13th of May, 1781. The…
Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881.
…Greene's worst fears were fully
realized by his surprisal at Davenport's or Danforth's house, by the
British refugees, upon the 13th of ]May, 1781. The following account
of this incursion, is given by General Heath : --
" The ne…