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1823
Ezrahiah Wetmore,
George Hains. 1861
1824 Ezrahiah Wetmore,
Jolın Theall.
1825 Ezrahiah Wetmore, 1862
Daniel S. Merritt. Alexander Ennis.
Purdy Slater, John Shearer, George Bailey.
1827-1832 Ezrahiah Wetmore.
1863
1833-1836 Sylvanus Merritt.
1837 Sylvanus Van Sicklin.
1838-1840 William Bettys.
Alexander Worden.
1841-1843 Purdy Slater. 1864
1844 George Provoost.
1845 William Bettys.
1846-1847 Vincent Slater.
1848 Purdy Slater. 1865
1849 William Bettys,
George S. Bartlett. George S. Bartlett, Samuel Kelly, Charles Theall. William H. Guion, William A. Purdy, Birdsey Wakeley, Samuel Sniffen. William II. Guion, William A. Purdy, Purdy Slater. Purdy Slater,
Coles T. Morrell.
1762-1765 Gilbert Brondige.
1766-1767 James Anderson. 1856
Naaman H. Turner.
Purdy Slater, John Shearer, Ch. M'Intosh, Purdy Slater, John Shearer, Ch. M'Intosh.
1826
William M. Slater, John Shearer, George W. Lee,
Purdy Slater, Robert Archer, Matthew Brundage, Alexander Worden. Charles Merritt, Purdy Slater,
533
TOWN OFFICERS.
1866
Richard Archer, J. H. De Camp. Samuel Hopps, Purdy Slater, J. H. De Camp. John Hughes,
1868
Purdy Slater, R. C. Singler. W. Romer, Purdy Slater, A. M. Perrin, Michael Burns.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1663 John Budd.
1678-1688 Joseph Horton.
1685-1710 Joseph Theale. 1769
1693 Daniel Straing.
Joseph Budd, Hachaliah Brown, jr. John Thomas, Hachaliah Brown, jr., Charles Theall,
1698-1716 Deliverance Brown.
1703-1715 Joseph Purdy.
1705-1718 Caleb Heathcote.
1710-1722 Joseph Budd.
1710-1717 Isaac Denham. 1773
1720-1731 Jonathan Haight. 1793
Thomas Bowne,
1720-1753 Samuel Purdy.
1726-1753 Caleb Hyatt.
1799
1728-1746 Benjamin Brown.
1728 Charles Theall.
1734-1767 Daniel Purdy. 1812
Rivers Morrell.
1734-1752 Francis Doughty. 1821
Nehemiah Brown,
1734 Thomas Fowler.
1738-1775 John Thomas.
1830
1738-1745 Samuel Tredwell, Adam Seaman. 1831
1739
Samuel Thorn.
1739 Samuel Brown. 1832
1740-1748 John Lyon.
1740 George Lane.
1741-1745 John Budd.
1833
1743 John Bloomer.
1746-1769 Gilbert Bloomer.
1753 Jonathan Purdy,
James Stevenson. 1834
1754
Lewis M'Donald.
1755 Moses Owen,
Abraham Guion, Hachaliah Brown. 1835
David H. Mead, James W. Brown. Jonathan II. Gidney, George W. Smith.
1756-1769 Ebenezer Kniffen.
1757-1761 Elisha Hyatt. 1836
1765 Gabriel Lynchlı,
John Hyatt, 1837
James W. Brown, Monmouth Lyon. Darius W. Todd,
Roger Lyon, Abraham Hatfield, Samuel Purdy. William Anderson.
Jonathan Bailey. John Brown, Isaac Sniffin, Samuel Marvin.
David Munson. John II. Smith, William T. Praul. Abram Guion, James W. Brown.
Thomas W. Garniss, Horace B. Smith, David HI. Mead. John H. Smith, Rivers Morrell,
David II. Mead, Ralph Marshall. John H. Smith, Peter W. Edgel,
1867
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APPENDIX.
David H. Mead,
E. P. Morrell.
Merritt Brown.
1861
1838
Peter W. Edgel,
1862
Thomas Purdy,
1863
Joseph G. Fowler,
Oliver F. Green.
1839
Darius W. Todd,
1864
J. Henry Gilbert. Shubael R. Strang.
Samuel Haviland,
1865
G. H. Haight.
Josiah Bulkley.
1866
R. F. Brundage.
1860
Alexander Ennis,
1867
H. M. Henderson.
E. Sours,
1868
S. R. Strang.
A. Van Amringe,
FARMERS OF THE EXCISE.
1710 The Justices.
1714 Sept. 4, Joseph Budd.
1716 Sept. 4, Joseph Budd.
1720 Nov. 19, Joseph Budd.
1763 Dec. 13, John Thomas, jr.
1765 Dec. 23, John Thomas, jr. 1768 Feb. 3, John Thomas, jr. 1769 Dec. 30, John Thomas, jr.
1741 Nov. 3, James Wood.
1743 Dec. 2, Samuel Purdy.
1770 Dec. 22, John Thomas, jr.
1747 Oct. 31, Samuel Purdy.
1772 Feb. 26, John Thomas, jr.
1748 Nov. 12, Samuel Purdy. 1774 Feb. 8, John Thomas, jr. 1775 Jan. 31, John Thomas, jr.
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1750 Oct. 12, Underhill Budd. 1752 Nov. 11, Benjamin Brown, jr., Underhill Budd.
1737 Oct. 14, Ebenezer Heveland (and others).
1750 Oct. 12, Benjamin Brown, jr.,
A. Van Amringe. Ch. W. Field.
INDEX OF DATES.
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1609, September 3. New Netherland discovered 3
1621, June 3. Charter of Dutch West India Company 3
1623. Settlement on Manhattan Island 3 1647, May II. Peter Stuyvesant, fourth Dutch governor, arrives 3
1649, July 14. Wiequaeskeek - now Westchester County - bought by the Dutch 4
1650, Sept. 11. Conference between Stuyvesant and the English at Hartford 106
1660, January 3. Peter Disbrow treats with the Indians for the purchase of Peningo Neck 9
June 29. Disbrow, Coe, and Stedwell purchase Manussing Island . 10
July ? Hastings settlement commenced 19
July ? John Richbell buys land - now Mamaroneck - from the Indians 153
November 8. License from Connecticut Government to John Budd for purchase of 'Apawquammis ' 520
1661, May 22. Disbrow in behalf of the settlers purchases the land above the bounds of Hastings 11
November 8. John Budd purchases the tract Apawamis 12, 502
November 12. John Budd purchases the West Neek . 14
1662, June 2. Present town of Harrison bought from the Indians by settlers of Rye 15
May 10. Royal Charter of Connecticut granted
24
July 26. Settlers of Manussing Island unite in a declaration of their purposes 23
Compact of the settlers 24
August 11. Compact confirmed by the purchasers . 24
October 9. Royal Charter received at Hartford . 24 Notice sent to Westchester 24
1663, January 26. Inhabitants of Hastings petition the General Court for ' some settled way of government' 25
John Budd sent as deputy to the Court 25
March 12. New Netherland conveyed to the Duke of York 107
April 28. Lands conveyed by purchasers to planters 26
October 8. The General Court appoints John Budd commissioner, and R. Vowles constable, for Hastings 88
October 13. Conference between the Duteli and English at Hartford 107 1664, September 8. New Amsterdam surrendered to the English 28 Aecessions to the Hastings colony 28 Settlement begun on the main-land 28
October 13. The General Court continues Lieutenant Budd as commis- sioner for Hastings and Rye 89
December 1. Delegates from Connecticut meet the commissioners of the Duke of York, and agree upon the boundary line, to be a line north- northwest from Mamaroneck River 109
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1665, May 11. The General Court orders that Hastings and Rye be conjoined Peter Disbrow admitted as representative of the town of Rye 89
30
October 12. The General Court appoints persons to view the lands apper- taining to Hastings and Rye 38
Richard Vowles deputy to the General Court 89
Rye to have 'a towne brand ' 89
1666, April 29. John Budd treats with the Indians for the lands north of Apa- wamis ( Harrison) 16
May 10. Lieutenant Budd deputy to the General Court
Fairfield County erected : Ryc within its bounds . 89
1667, May 9. Joseph Horton to be Lieutenant to the train-band of Rye 89
89
1668, October 2. Differences at Rye : the inhabitants petition the General Court relative to John Budd's proceedings 38
October 8. Two depntics - Budd and Vowles - at the General Court 89 Persons appointed ' to compose differences ' 38
1669, May. Richard Vowles deputy to Hartford 90
John Coe and Marmaduke Smith at Rye . 273
October. The people of Ryc destitute of an orthodox minister. The General Court appoints persons to expostulate with them 273
1670, May 12. John Banks and Peter Disbrow deputies 90
Division of lands on Wolf-pit Ridge 52
Death of John Budd, sen. 40, 404
October. The General Court orders the magistrates of Rye to take steps for settling a minister 274
October. Timothy Knap deputy to Hartford 90
November 17. The inhabitants appoint persons to endeavor to procure a minister 274
1671, May 11. Persons appointed to settle difficulties and aid in procuring a minister at Ryc . . 40, 274
- Philip Galpin's grievanecs 31
The bounds of Rye to extend northward twelve miles . 90
1672, May 9. Persons appointed to view the township of Rye, and lay out highways 138
Schedule of prices for letters, etc., established by Connecticut . 71
December 10. Monthly post to Boston . 72
1673, July 30. Dutch fleet in the bay of New York 45
July 31. The Dutch recover possession of New York 46
Mamaroneck submits to the Dutch . 46
Rye ' being near,' is excused from sending troops for the protection of the colony 46
1673, October 21. Mr. John Banks sent to New York with a letter to Governor Colve
46
Mr. Banks ' detained under restraint' 46
November. Dutch vessels off the coast seen at Rye 46
December. Rye unites with Stamford and Greenwich, in supplicating the General Court at Boston for help 47
Lands yet nnappropriated between Stratford and Mamaroneck River to be apportioned among the towns . 90
Bounds between Greenwich and Rye settled by Connecticut 90
1674, May 14. Rev. Eliphalet Jones to preach once a fortnight at Rye . 276
October 8. Persons appointed to endeavor to obtain and settle a minister at Rye 277
November 10. New York again surrendered by the Dutch . 47
1675, May 17. Rev. Peter Prudden recommended to the people of Rye 277
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May 27. Parsonage lot provided for Mr. Prudden
277
June 20. King Philip's War begins 42
July 1. Rye with other plantations warned 43
September 1. Assaults upon Deerfield and Hadley 43
September 18. Fight at Bloody Brook, near Deerfield 43
October 5. Attack on Springfield 44
October 10. Warning of an intended attack ' as far as Greenwich ' 44
Decentber 19. Storming of Narraganset fort Death of John Purdy ? 44
Mr. Denham's losses 45,278
1676, March 5. A house to be for ified at Rye for the safety of the own .
44 October 12. Lands at Rye es imated 91
1677, June 15. A house-lot provided for Mr. Denham 278 November 22. Rev. Thomas Denham admitted an inhabitant of Rye 278
1678. Division of lands on Barton's Neck 52
May 9. Lieutenant Horton commissioned 'to grant warrants and to marry persons ' . 91
June 21. Mr. Denham admitted as a proprietor 278
1679, March 5. 'Fifty poles of land' granted to Mr. Denham 278
' The King's highway ' establishe l 139
Grant to John Ogden, for a whar" at the Fishing Rock 78, 430
1680, September 4. Eauketaupacuson, or Hog-pen Ridge, bought from Lame Will the Indian 56
November 28. A thorough bargain to be made with the Indians for lands between Blind Brook and Byram River 57
1681. Fire at Rye - Peter Disbrow's ' great losse ' 91,409
October 8. Second purchase from Lame Will 57
King Street ' lately laid out ' 55
1682, May 11. Connectieut complains in behalf of inhabitants of Rye, who elaim to Hudson's River . 91,109
1683, April 25. Governor Dongan reaches New York . 110
November 22. Quaroppas, or the White Plains, purchased from the In- dians by the inhabitants of Rye 153
November 24. Boundary line between New York and Connecticut agreed upon 110
December 3. Connectient government apprises the inhabitants of Rye of the cession of their town to New York 111
1684. Mr. Denham removes from Rye to Bedford 279
Rev. John Woodbridge, minister of Rye 280
March 12. Mr. Richbell complains that ' Rye men' claim his land eal ed the White Plains 154
March 17. Inhabitants of Rye summoned to show cause 154
1685, May 14. Connecticut orders every town to take out a patent for its lands 93
June 4. Governor Dongan summons the inhabitants of Rye to show what title they have to their lands 112
1686, November 23. Rye appoints persons to treat with the governor (of Con- necticut) for a patent 92
Proprietors of Peningo Neck apply for a patent . 92
1688. Death of Mr. Denham 280
May 2. Death of Peter Disbrow 409
1689, June 25. France declares war against England 47
First mention of slaves in Rye .
December 15. Bounty offered for the killing of wolves 65
1690, February 8. Burning of Seheneetady . 47 .
538
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April 2. Expedition of Albany ; Jacob Pearce and others, of Rye 48 April 22. Persons appointed to procure a minister, 'and if possible a schoolmaster ' 173
1691, March 19. Governor Sloughter arrives in New York 200
Act enabling towns (N. Y.) to regulate roads 140
1692, October. Delegates from Rye at Hartford . 93
November 11. Aet appointing a Fair at Rye 211
1693, September 19. Aet passed by the Assembly of New York, 'for settling a Ministry,' etc. 288
- Southernmost part of Manussing Island conveyed 'by turf and twig' 132
1694, April 12. Bounds of the White Plains to be renewed 156
1695, February 28. First election of churchwardens and vestrymen at Rye . 290
1696, Jannary 24. John Harrison purchases from the Indians a traet above Westchester Path 97
February. Harrison petitions the Council for a patent . 98
June 25. Patent issued to Harrison and others 99, 524
- Permission given for mill -probably 'Park's mill' -on Blind Brook 160
1697, Jannary 19. Rye prays to be received baek by Connectient . 93
January 21. Connecticut receives Rye and Bedford . 127
January 22. Patent granted to Rye 93
February 19. Colonel Heathcote and ' the Ringleaders' 100
April 8. Election at Rye; Major Sellick's 'invasion ' 115
- Defection of Rye and Bedford announced . 115
April 15. Governor Fletcher issnes his proclamation, requiring the in- habitants to return 116
May. Correspondence between New York and Connecticut 117
- Rev. Nathanael Bowers, minister of Rye . 281
September 20. Committee appointed to superintend the 'building of a meeting house ' in Rye . 282
- Collectors appointed to gather the minister's salary . 284
-- Death of John Brondig 62
1698, March 24. Joseph Horton chosen ' to keep a house of entertainment' 148
April 2. Lord Bellomont, governor of New York, arrives 117
April -. Slaves from the coast of Guinea landed by pirates 'with the long boat, neer about Rye ' 184
December 29. A parsonage lot not exceeding forty acres to be laid out 295
1699, February 27. Highways to be laid out on Peningo Neck 85
April 1. Road to the White Plains to be laid ont 156, 511
Country road from Byram River to Mamaroneck River, to be laid ont . 140
June. Captain Kidd on Long Island Sound 185
1700, January 31. Free use of lands granted for ten years 59
February 14. The three purchases - White Plains, and Lame Will's two purchases - to be laid out 58, 156
March 1. Mr. Woodbridge's claim acknowledged 281
March 29. The King approves the agreement of 1683 ; Rye and Bedford included in New York 118
July 23. Mr. Bowers called to Greenwich 281
October 10. Connectient releases Rye and Bedford 95
1701, March 21. Patent of Scarsdale, to Colonel Heathcote 155
May 24. Captain Kidd executed in London . 185 .
August 29. Road, now Grace Church Street, to be laid out . 54, 506
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September 29. Town meeting, relative to Harrison's claim, and arrear- ages of taxes 119
June 16. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, in- corporated 305
1702, May 3. Lord Cornbury arrives in New York
201
- Tax for defence of frontiers . 201
- Tax for fortifying harbor of New York 201
May 23. Harrison assigns his interest in the Purchase 102
1703, February 21. Town meeting with reference to taxes 202
February. Town action warning trespassers 102
April 2. Town meeting with reference to taxes 202
Poll tax 203
Public road to Connecticut established 140
1704, May. Rev. Thomas Pritchard at Rye . 306
December 7. Madam Knight at Rye 149
1705, March 5. Grant for mill at falls of Mamaroneck River
66
April 11. Trustees of public lands chosen by the town 67
July 31. Rev. George Mnirson, rector at Rye 306
September 26. Town meeting ; a church to be built 307
1706. School at Rye 174
February 18. Town meeting ; tax for building a church 308
1708, October 12. Death of Mr. Muirson 309
December 18. Lord Lovelace arrives in New York 203
1709, May 5. Death of Lord Lovelace
203
- - Expedition against Canada 204
April 11. Division of Will's Purchases 59
October. Rev. Mr. Reynolds at Rye 310
1710. Governor Hunter arrives in New York
204
January. Rev. Christopher Bridge at Rye 310
October 17. Mr. Bridge indneted as rector . 310
1711, January 29. School-house to be built at Rye .
173
February IS. Second division of Will's Purchases 59
Division of Brush Ridge 61
Tax of Is. on every chimney, and 2s. on every Negro or Indian slave 182
November 30. New divisions of lands on Peningo Neck 86
1712. Eighteen slaves in the town of Rye 181
' Negro plot' in New York ; nineteen negroes executed . 183
1713. Branch Ridge laid ont 61
1714. Sunday-school at Rye 175
1715. Excise Bill 205
1717, May. Dispute concerning boundary between Rye and Greenwich . 121
June 21. Samuel Odell petitions the governor of New York for a patent for Monussen [Manussing] Island 70,429
1718, April 4. Border fray at Rye 120
October. Commissioners to settle the boundary line meet at Rye 122
1719. Boundary commissioners appointed by Connecticut 122
New York passes 'a probationary act' 122
May 22. Death of Mr. Bridge 312
1720, February. Rev. Stephen Buckingham at Rye 321
June 20. Petition of certain inhabitants for a patent for lands between Blind Brook and Byram River . 70,515
July. Meeting of the inhabitants relative to a patent 70
- Dispute relative to Manussing Island . 70,132, 429
July 7. Petition of Joseph Budd for a patent . 41
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July 28. Patent granted to Joseph Budd 41, 520
August 11. Patent granted to the inhabitants of Rye for lands between Blind Brook and Byram River . 70, 516
Division of land at the White Plains 157
September 17. Governor Burnet arrives 206
1721, February 28. Death of Colonel Caleb Heatheote 156
December 21. Petition for patent of the White Plains 157
1722, March 13. Patent granted for the White Plains
526
June 7. Rev. Robert Jenney, rector at Rye 313
September 24. Parsonage lands at Rye surveyed 296, 299
October 27. Death of Eleazar Gedney 198
1723. October. Connecticut appoints commissioners to settle the boundary 122
Death of Isaac Denham 150
Rev. John Walton at Rye 322
1724. Harrison's Purchase settled 104
1725, April 27. Boundary Commission meets at Rye . 123
1726, May 19. Mr. Jenney removes to Hempstead 313
June 7. Rev. James Wetmore called to Rye 314
Mr. Wetmore inducted as rector 314
1727, May 11. Memorial of the Presbyterians of Rye and the White Plains, to the government of Connecticut, asking for help to build two churches 323 Their application refused 325 ·
October 6. Renewed application 327
- The General Court of Connecticut orders a collection throughout the colony for their assistance 326
Presbyterian Church built at the White Plains. 158
Presbyterian Church built at Rye 328
Friends' Meeting-house built in the Purchase 362
1728. Mr. Walton leaves Rye 328
Rev. Edmund Ward at Rye 328
1729, April 1. The town appoints a committee 'to meet Greenwich men con- cerning running the preamble line between Rye and Greenwich' . 123
May 15. Land given for the Presbyterian church 327
1731, May 14. Survey of boundary line completed ; the ' Oblong ' laid out 123
Death of Peter Brown 145
November 23. Closing up of the affairs of the Proprietors of Peningo Neck 87
1733. Bounds of Will's Purchase renewed 66
1736. Death of Samuel Lane 62
1739. Patent granted for ferry between Rye and Oyster Bay 78
1740, October 29. Rev. George Whitefield preaches at Rye . 315
1741, May 11 to August 29. 'Negro Plot' in New York -one hundred and fifty-four negroes imprisoned ; fourteen burned at the stake, eighteen hanged, seventy-one transported 183
1742, January 11. Friends' Monthly Meeting transferred to the 'Meeting House in Rye Woods' 363
December 30. A council of the Fairfield Eastern Association at Rye : Mr. Smith ordained 332
1743, February 20. Rev. John Smith at Rye 333
1745, March 25. Peter Jay's purchase from John Bndd 209
April 13. Friends' Quarterly Meeting appointed to be held in the Pur- chase 364
December 12. Birth of John Jay 209, 482
1749, October 24. Trial concerning the Parsonage lot 297
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1753, April 3. ' Great destruction of our oysters in Byram river.' 161
1755. One hundred and seventeen slaves in the town of Rye 182
February 10. Weekly post to Boston 74
1758. Recruits from Rye, for the French and Indian War 213
1759. Recruits from Rye 213
County Courts removed from Westchester to the White Plains 158
1760, March 5. Petition of William Hooker Smith and others for lands near Lake Champlain . 213
May 15. Death of Rev. James Wetmore . 315, 495
1761, September 22. Court of Sessions meets at Rye 192
1762, July 1. Rev. Ebenezer Punderson at Rye 315
October 27. Presbytery of Dutchess County erected 335
1763, November 21. Mr. Punderson indueted as rector 315
1764, September 22. Death of Rev. Mr. Punderson 316
November 16. Petition of Rector and Inhabitants of the Parish of Rye in communion with the Church of England, to be incorporated .
316
December 19. Act of incorporation 316
Controversy relative to Captain's Island 376
1765, April 2. - Town meeting with reference to inoculation 168
March 22. Passage of the Stamp Aet . 217
August 27. Rev. Ephraim Avery at Rye . 316
September 9. Mr. Avery to be inducted as rector 317
1766, March 18. Stamp Aet repealed 217
1767, June 29. Passage of Act imposing duties on tea, etc. . 217
October 28. Non-importation agreement at Boston 217
1769, October 11. Rev. Ichabod Lewis ordained to be Dr. Smith's colleague 335
1770, April 1. Fire at Rye ; Major Iaehaliah Brown's house burned . 207
1771, February 26. Death of Rev. John Smith of Rye 335
April. Fair to be held at Rye next October 211
November. Francis [Bishop] Asbury at Rye . 354
1772, June 24. Stage coach to run between New York and Boston 'sets out for the first time ' 77
1773, King Street Baptist Church constituted 366
December 16. Boston ' Tea-party ' 218
1774, March 23. Act of Parliament closing the port of Boston 218
July 6. Patriotic meeting in New York
Angust 2. Patriotic meeting in Harrison 220
August 10. Patriotic meeting at Rye 219
147
September 5. The Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia
September 24. Declaration of loyalty, by some inhabitants of Rye 220
October 17. Disclaimer of the declaration 221
November 3. Timothy Wetmore's explanation 221
1775. The poor of the parish to be ' set at vanduc' 163
March 11. Trial about ' disputed Horse Race' on Rye Flats 212
April 19. Battle of Lexington 222
May 10. Second Continental Congress . 222
-- Measures taken to raise an army 222
- Four regiments to be raised by New York .
- Companies formed in Rye 223
May 18. Connecticut troops to be encamped near Greenwich 224
June 12. Connecticut troops reviewed near Greenwich
June 26. Washington passes through Rye on his way to Boston 225
June 27. Connecticut troops pass through Rye . .2.4
219
August 19. John Adams at ' Haviland's,' Rye 229
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September 29. Tory plots at Rye. Godfrey Hains arrested, but escapes 226
October 25. Plot to seize Judge Thomas at Rye Woods 226
December 15. British man-of-war off Mamaroneck . 226
December 20. Godfrey Hains sails for Boston, with provisions for the British troops 227
December 23. The sloop ' stranded on the Jersey shore' 227
1776, January 17. Cannon near King's Bridge spiked by tories from Rye and Mamaroneck . . 226
January 23. Godfrey Hains sent to Ulster County jail 227
March 17. Boston evacuated by the British 228
April 20. Isaac Gedney writes from prison at the White Plains 230
May 13. Death of Mrs. Avery 317
May. Committees of Safety for Rye and Harrison 228
July 12. The British fleet from Boston arrives at New York 229
July 16. One fourth of the militia of Westchester County called out 229
Angust. William Lounsbery, engaged in raising troops for General Howe, shot by a party of militia . 228, 270
September 12. Action of Friends in Harrison on slavery 187
September 14. Washington abandons the city of New York 232
September 21. American force posted at Mamaroneck 233 October 2. American force at Saw Pit 233
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October 12. General Howe lands at Throgg's Neck .
232
October 21. Washington retreats to the White Plains 232
- British troops near New Rochelle 232
-- Engagement on Nelson Hill, Mamaroneck 233
October 21. Major Rogers of Connecticut at Rye 233
October 23. American force posted at the head of King Street 257
October 26. American army at the White Plains . 234
October 28. Battle of the White Plains 234
October 31. Washington falls back to the hills above the White Plains 235
November 1. Affair near Horton's Pond 236
November 1. General Parsons at Saw Pit 243
- A British force advances to Saw Pit 240
November 3. British troops pass through Rye 240
November 4. Court-house, ete., at White Plains burnt 239
November 5. Death of Rev. Mr. Avery . 240,318
December 4. British fleet passes Rye, bound eastward 244
December. Daily incursions of the Queen's Rangers in Westchester County 245
1777, January 3. Tory families at Rye required to remove 249
Jannary 14. General Heath at Mr. Clapp's, King Street 248
February 17. General Wooster still at Saw Pit 244
Inhabitants of Rye plundered 4 246
February. 'Grand forages' in Rye and vicinity
249
February. Four boats from Rye cross the Sound and carry off a market sloop 253
Indigent people from New York quartered on the inhabitants of Rye 250
March. Daily outrages committed by the Tories 251
March 22. Judge Thomas seized at his house in Rye Woods 252
April. Murder of Jonathan Kniffen's daughter at Rye 252 May 2. Death of General Wooster 244
October 12. Adventure of a whale boat from Byram River 254
Condition of the neutral ground 262
1778. Washington eneamped at White Plains 247
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August. Friends' meeting-house in the Purchase used for an army hospital . 364
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