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John Peck, John Rhodes, John Wilson, John Hains, Andrew Ely, John and Nathaniel Gee, John and Nath- aniel Harcourt, Nathaniel Hull, Allen Lester, John, Richard and Samuel Lewis, Alexander, Alexander, Jr., and Charles Mackey, George Merritt. Joseph and James Plumstead, William Purdy, Dennis Relyea, William Scott, Jacob, Joseph and Jonathan Terwil- ligar, Michael and JJohn Wygant, Timothy Wood, Jacob Degroot, Jonathan Woolsey, John Case, and Joseph Rhodes are said to have served in the fifth
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regiment of the line, under Lewis DuBois, and all are supposed to have been from New Marlborough.
Joseph Rhodes, who died more than fifty years ago and who will perhaps be remembered by the older people, was on account of his bravery and conduct, offered the appointment of sergeant of his company. He had to refuse the same as he could neither read or write. It was a source of much grief to him all his life; he never spoke of it without tears in his eyes. I have spent much time in searching out these names and I am quite sure there are many more.
DUBOIS' REGIMENT.
DnBois' regiment, the fifth of the line, was raised about this and adjoining counties. Its field and staff at organization were :
Lewis DuBois, Colonel; Jacobus S. Bruyn, Lient. Colonel ; Samuel Logan, Major ; Henry DuBois, Adjutant; Albert Pawl- ing, Aid-Major; Nehemiah Carpenter, Qr. Master : Saml. Town- send, Paymaster; John Gano, Chaplain ; Samuel Cooke, Sur- geon : Ebenezer Hutchinson, Surgeon's Mate.
Captains-1. Co. Jacobus Rosekrans; 2. James Stewart : 3. Amos Hutchins; 4. Philip DuBois Bevier; 5. Thomas Lee : 6. Henry Goodwin ; 7. John F. Hamtrack : 8. John Johnson.
First Lientenants-1 Co. Henry Dodge; 2. Alexander Me- Arthur; 3. Patton Jackson; 4. Michael Connelly: 5. Henry Pawling ; 6. Solomon Pendelton ; 7. Francis Hammer ; 8. Henry W. Vanderberg. Henry Pawling was transferred to the regi- ment from Gansevort's.
Second Lieutenants-1 Co. Samuel Dodge ; 2. John Burnett ; 3. John Furman: 4. ; 5. Samuel English ; 6. Ebenezer Mott: 7. ; 8. James Betts.
The changes subsequently made are omitted.
The regiment was stationed in the spring of 1777 at Forts Clinton, Montgomery and Constitution in the Highlands, on garrison duty, and was there on
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the 6th of October, when the forts were captured by the British forces. This was the first engagement which the regiment experienced. Lient .- Col. Bruyn, Major Logan, and Quartermaster Carpenter, Captain Goodman, Lients. MeArthur, Jackson, Pauling. Pendleton, Dodge, Furman and Mott; Ensigns Swart- wout, MeClanghrey and Legg, and Sergeant Henry Schoonmaker, were taken prisoners. About 100 pri- vates were killed, captured or missing. The regiment lost nearly all their camp equipments and clothing. DuBois with the balance of his men marched with Gov. Clinton to Kingston at the time it was burned; in the winter following the regiment was in camp at Fishkill, and were in a very deplorable condition for want of clothing, blankets, etc. In July, 1778, the regiment was at White Plains; in 1779 it was with Gen. James Clinton in the Sullivan campaign against the Indians, and then was stationed at Fort Stanwix in the Mohawk valley -afterward divided up with other regiments.
CAPT. JACOB WOOD'S ORDER.
Newborough 13th of August 1261.
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If any of the Exempts prefers Stand a Draft Rather than pay their money then Let them appear and Draft according to Resolve of Congress.
Newmolborough 15 of August 1777.
To George Stanton & John Davis, Sergents you are hereby Commanded forthwith to Repair to Each of the within Exempts and Demand the Sum anexed to each mans Name In your District Which Is all South of Bond pattint
If any of the within Exempts Refusees to pay the Sum Demanded yon are to proceed Next monday morning & deteach a guard and Destrain of ther goods or Chattles and Deliver the Same at my house at 1 oClock In the after Noon that may be Exposed to sail at the head of the Company-
Hereof Fail Not. Given Under my hand JACOB WOOD Capt. I desire von would warn the men that was Not with us at fort montgomery to appear on monday at 1 oClock.
It is quite hard to understand some things about this ancient document. Jacob Wood was the captain, and he appears to have had quite a number of ex- empts, twenty-seven, or men claiming to be such, in his company. From the names, we see that most of them were Quakers, and on principle opposed to war, and quite likely refused to serve as soldiers.
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I cannot find by what authority the captain could rate and assess them and some are rated much higher than the rest. Samuel Hallock, the Quaker preacher, must pay seven pounds eight shillings. Two ser- geants were sent out to " Demand the Sum annexed to each Name." If they refused to pay, the ser- geants were ordered to put a guard over them, and to destrain their goods and deliver them to the cap- tain's house " that they may be Exposed to Sail at the head of the Company." This would look like a very high-handed piece of business, to put a guard over a person, carry his goods away, turn out the company, and sell the goods at public sale. I can account for it in no other way except by martial law, or that the captain of a company had almost unlimited power. If they did not want to " pay their money " then they could stand a draft, under a resolution of Congress. The captain probably got the money all right, as these people would pay before they would fight. He also had other trouble, as some of his men did not turn out to go to Fort Montgomery; for he directs his sergeants to warn the men that were not with the company at the Fort to appear at his house. We are not told what for, but it was for some sort of punishment. The paper gives the district to be notified as south of the Bond patent, so it was from the river and Sturgeon's corner through to Lattin- town, though his company district was all the north part of the town.
Capt. Wood had a farm and a dock at the river, where he built sloops, and carried on other business. He was a good, loyal man, deserved well from his country, and did much good in the cause. He was one of the chief men in the town in his time; I find his name in many places.
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CAPTAIN JACOB WOOD VINDICATED.
Fort Montgomery 31 May 1717
A court of inquiry by Gen. George Clinton whereof Lient. Col. McCloughry is President.
Present Members.
Major Houghteling Capt. De Witt
Lieut. Johnson Vancer
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Capt. Conklin Judge Advocate.
The members being Duly Sworn also the President. Capt. Jacob Wood being Brought before the Court and Charg'd by Elijah Lewis for Disobeying Orders and Particularly in Draft- ing his Qato of men for the Present Service. After the Alliga- tions and Evidence it Appears to the Court that Capt. Jacob Wood has been Maliciously and Wrongly Us'd and that he has Discharged his Duties as a good and faithful Officer agreeable to his Orders.
JAMES McCLAGHRY. Lieut. Col. President.
GENERAL VAUGHN'S EXPEDITION UP THE RIVER.
On the night of October 6, 1777, Forts Clinton and Montgomery had been taken, and some soldiers of this town had been killed, some wounded and some taken prisoners. The chain and boom across the river at West Point, having been destroyed, the river was open for the possession of the enemy, and it was thought by them that some assistance might be ren- dered to Burgoyne, who was surrounded at Saratoga by the American troops, or that a diversion might be made in his favor: so, preparatory to the expedition, Gen. Vaughn, on the 11th of October, sent Sir James Wallace up from the Highlands with a galley, a schooner and three other vessels to reconnoitre the river, and they proceeded up as far as the Smith mills
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at Milton. and then returned, having burned Van Buren's mills and several other buildings on the other side of the river and some old vessels along shore, that could not get out of the way. On the 14th, the British fleet, consisting of several armed vessels, twenty galleys and flatboats and about 1,600 men left Peekskill and sailed up the river, and though the peo- ple expected something to happen, they were hardly prepared to see so large a fleet with cannon and armed men. The vessels passed here on the morning of the 15th and dropped anchor a few miles south of Kingston in the afternoon which they burned the next day. They went as far north as Saugerties, and re- turning, passed here on the evening of the 19th. During this time between the time they went up and returned the people here were very much worried and troubled, and great fear was entertained that the troops might land and phinder and destroy property.
Captain Case was out with his company patrolling the shore and watching their movements. The Com- mittee of Safety were on the alert, but they had no means of defense; they advised the people to take their property and move back into the country, which many did, taking their families, their stock and valu- ables with them; and they hid and buried much of their property in the woods. To add to the terror, many shots were fired from the vessels on their way up at the DuBois house at Marlborough, now owned by John Rusk, and at the Anning Smith house at Milton, now owned by Anning Smith, the great- grandson.
These places were said to have been pointed out by the tories on the vessels as being owned by promi- nent rebels. The houses were not struck, but solid shot has been picked up around them since.
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Some of the more venturesome watched the prog- ress of the fleet from sheltered points about the shore. News soon spread that Kingston was burned and the fleet returning; then the terror and confusion knew no bounds. The people here were sure they were to be the next victims; there was very little sleep on the nights of the 18th and 19th ; people were riding about on horseback; teams were hitched up, goods being packed and loaded, but during the night of the 19th, news came that the vessels were passing down the river without any indication of stopping. The next few days were busy times for the people, moving back and getting to rights. They could well be pardoned for their fear; there was defeat and destruction all about them. Some of their relatives and neighbors had been killed and some wounded; and they were entirely helpless and unprotected.
It has always been claimed about here that certain tories of this place were with the British and assisted them to pilot up the river; this tradition has been handed down from one generation to another, but there is nothing authentic about it. There are other tradi- tions about this expedition, but they are not known to be correct. We can easily imagine what a relief it must have been to the people when the last ship dis- appeared down the river. No part of the town was ever invaded by the enemy; the nearest they ever got were at the places above mentioned.
When Brant and his Indians massacred the soldiers who went out from Goshen to meet him at Minesink on the Delaware, there was another scare, but it soon subsided, as Brant got no farther.
Yet still our ancestors had their troubles; there was war and rumors of war all the time; they were taxed to the limit; their property pressed into the service, and many of their men were in the service of the country and much of their lands uncultivated.
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Yet they were true and loyal to the cause and their rejoicing was great at the favorable termination of the war when it came.
Before General Vaughn's expedition passed here on its return, it had become known about the town that General Burgoyne had surrendered his army at Saratoga; and the fear of the people that they might have trouble from the enemy was soon followed by rejoicing at the surrender of the northern army. The news was proclaimed far and near, and people flocked to Lattintown from miles back in the country. The rejoicing and celebration was kept up until there was nothing left at Lattintown to drink except water.
The defeats at Forts Montgomery and Clinton and the burning of Kingston were soon followed by the surrender to the Americans of the great English army with all its equipments, which was considered by many of our devout people as a special interposition of Divine Providence. Many were the prayers of thanksgiving and praise that ascended to Heaven from a grateful people on this occasion.
LIEUTENANT ROSE CASHIERED FOR INSUBORDINATION.
At a General Court Martial held at the House of Widow Hills near Good Will Meeting House Ulster County on Friday 21 Feb. 1777.
Present Col. Woodhull President.
C'ol. Snyder Lieut. Col. Jansen
Maj. Jansen
Maj. Cantine
Maj. Popno
Maj. Philips
Maj. Wynkoop Capt. Salsbury Capt. Vancuren Capt. Galespie Capt. MeBride
Came on for Tryal of Lieut. Jacobus Rose of Capt. Has- brouck's Co .. Col. Paulmer's Reg't of Ulster County, who Stands Charged before the Court of Refusing to obey the orders of a Superior officer, when ordered to detach by Ballot the Quoto of Men of his Com'y for Service on 23 Sep'r Last and also disobey- ing at other times.
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To which Charge the said Lieut. Rose pleads guilty and further declares in the presence of this Court that he will not obey the order of drafting men by Ballot in future.
Capt. Hasbrouck Deposed and said That Lieut. Rose never appeared to him to be unfriendly, but his General Character is Rather unfriendly to the States that he Commonly associates himself with those People that is Disaffected and suspected of being Really friends * * Maj. John Cantine deposed That sometime in Sept. Last Lient. Jacobus Rose * was ordered by this deponant, agreeable to a Resolution of the Con- vention of this State to detach Six men by Ballot being the Quoto of the Company he then Commanded, But absolutely Refused to do so though several times requested by this Depon- ant, also Refused to Raise his Quoto another time, notwith- standing this deponant held out to him under what sollemn Trust of Honour and Religion, he had obligated himself to obey his superior officers at the time he Received his Com- mission. * *
The Court taking into Consideration the Case of Lient. Rose and from his Confession together with the Evidence do find him guilty of the within charge and Adjudge him the said Lient. Rose to be Cashired, and to pay a Fine of Thirty pounds and also be Rendered Incapable of ever bearing a Commission again in this State.
The Within is the Proceedings of the Tryal of Lient. Rose. Attest.
JESSE WOODHULL. President. JOHN HATHORN Judge Advocate
NEW MARLBOROUGHT . 26 APRIL, 1221.
Taken up by Lient. Potter and brought before the Committee of New Marlborough, Samuel Towndson Depositions of Eben- ezer St. John and Andrew Ayres. Against Samuel Towndson.
Appeared before this Committee Ebenezer St. John, and made oath that he heard the said Samnel Towndson say that after being warned he Did not Care for their Orders, and would not be Running after their Damned Nonsense. He was asked if he was not willing to obey Orders, and he Swore he would not, and Rode Round Mr. Freyer that was Discoursing with him in a way of Ridicule, and asked the said Frever if he was not ashamed of going upon Such a Foolish Errand, as he had been to alarm the Colonies and inhabitants of Concerning those
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Tories now gone off. He said if he had alarmed five hundred he would not be able to take them. Andrew Avres standing by told the said Towndson that he would take them with twenty- five men if he could come at them, and said Towndson told Avres that he might take twenty-five of the best of his Damned Wigs and he would bring twenty-five men that should meet him upon Lattig Town plain and fight it out with him, and insisted upon Ayres Entering into bonds to meet him, which Ayres did not choose to do. And further this Deponant Saith not.
EBENEZER ST. JOHN
Personally appeared before this Committee, Andrew Avres, and made oath and Saieth that he was discoursing with Mr. Freyer Concerning the Toryes, Shooting JJonathan Terwillegar, and taking the said Frever's Brother. The said Towndson being present, was asked by Freyer why he did not come to assist to take them. He told him he was warned to appear but not when nor he did not care when. The said Towndson demanded of Freyer where he had been and he said Towndson told him he had been to Alarm the County and he said five hundred would not take them.
The said Ayres told him that he would engage to be one of the twenty-five that would take them. The said Towndson said he might take twenty-five of the best of his Wigs, and he would take as many Tories and meet him on the Plain at Latting Town and Fight it out for which he offered to Stake money or draw Bonds for Fifty Pounds, and further Saith not.
ANDREW AIERS.
It would appear from the above proceedings that tories were being enlisted into the service of the English, that the town committee had issued orders for the people to turn out to intercept them, that Freyer had been riding around notifying. and that Towndson after having been notified to turn out, had refused to do so, and that together with his conduct afterward had prompted the committee to order Lieut. Potter to arrest him and bring him before the com- mittee; and it would appear from the following peti-
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tion which Towndson makes, that the committee held and imprisoned him.
PETITION OF SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
To the Honorable the Council of Safety for the State of New York in Council convened.
The Petition of Samuel Townsend of New Marlborough precinct and State of New York Confined on Board the vessel at the strand of Kingston for being thought an enemy of this State Humbly showeth, That ve petitioner some time ago being intoxicated in Liquor inadvertantly fell into company with a person, and jockingly said to him that he might bring five and twenty Damd Wigs against five and twenty Tories and that the Tories would beat them there on the plain where they then was (at a place called Lating Town) for which a Complaint was entered to the Committee of New Marlborough and ye petitioner was committed to gaol for the same. That ve petitioner is sensible that what he said and did he ought not to have done and is very sorry for the same and he should not have acted in that manner had he been in his sober hours May 15, 1711.
SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
Townsend was tried on April 26; on April 30, he making the following petition :
To the Honrable the Representatives of the State of New York In Convention Assembled.
The Petition of Samuel Townsend Humbly Showeth
That yr petitioner is at present Confined in the Common Gaol of Kingston for Being thought unfriendly to the American States That yr petitioner some few Days ago went from Home upon some Business & happened to Gett a Little Intoxicated in Liquor, and upon his Return home, Inadvertantly fell in Com- pany upon the Road with a person unknown to yr petitioner & Discoursing and Joking about the Torries passing through there & Escaping this person says to yr petitioner that if he had been with the wigs they should not have Escaped so, Inadver- tantly and by way of Boasting, that he would have Done Great Feets as a Tory could not look a whig in the face, to which your petitioner being merry and in Liquor, Wantonly and in a Bantering manner told him that in the Lane through which
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they were then Riding five & twenty wigs would not Beat five & twenty Torries & Joking togather they parted & yr petitioner thought no more of it, since he has Been taken up and Confined, as he supposes on the above joke.
Being coneonss to himself of his not committing any Crime or of being unfriendly to the American Canse worthy of punish- ment
That yr petitioner is Extremely sorry for what he may have said and hopes his Intoxication & Looseness of his Tongue will Be forgiven by this Honorable Convention as it would not have been expressed by him in his sober Hours: That yr petitioner has a wife and two Children and a helpless mother all which must Be supported by his Labour & should he be kept confined in this time his family must unadroidably suffer through want as yr petitioner is but of Indigint Circumstances and fully conceives it is Extremely hard to keep him confined to the Great Distress of his family as well as Grief of yr petitioner. Yr petitioner therefore humbly prays that this Honorable Con- vention would Be favorably pleased to take the premises under their serious consideration so as that yr petitioner may be relieved and Discharged from his Confinement or such Relief as to the Honorable House shall seem meet and yr petitioner will ever pray.
Kingston Gaol April 30 1:11.
SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
From this petition it would appear Townsend got into jail very soon after his arrest, and he was not suited with his conditions. It is somewhat similar to his other petition made afterward and most likely for the same offense, and if this be so, it would indicate that the tories at this time went through Lattintown and escaped. It was probably the same transaction. It is hard to reconcile all the facts and the reader must judge for himself, as I give all I have.
PETITION OF ELIZABETH WIGGINS.
To the Honorable the Convention of the State of New York. The Petition of Elizabeth Wiggins Humbly Showeth That notwithstanding Stephen Wiggins The Husband of yr Petitioner is supposed to be with the Ministerial Army which in Fact may
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be the Case vet the seizing of the whole of his Personal Prop- erty which in Fact is all the Estate he could call his own as matters stands Truly Circumstances in a more common Hard- ship on your Petitioner, as your Petitioner is able to prove by good Authority that her Husband went off Intentionally against her will and advice, That her two sons Remain at home with her Disapproved much of their Fathers going off, also as they are of age have from time to time when called upon Cheerfully done their duty in the Militia *
* Yr Petitioner is a poor woman with a large family of small Children and can now Barely support them, with the help of her sons and what little Stock of Cattle she had, which stock is now seized by order of your Honorable House * * Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays that your Honorable House will be pleased to take the Case of your Poor distressed Petitioner as above Petition into consideration as well as the care of her two sons, and allow them the use of the whole, or at least a part of the Estate so seized and give orders to the gentlemen appointed to make Sale thereof accordingly. But in case you shall think Proper Notwithstanding to continue the Sale your Petitioner most earnestly prays that she may be allowed the use of one cow, and her riding mare which she purchased since her Husband's Absence, and Prays that in Case the Property is Sold that her Sons may be discharged from Militia Duty as she will then have no other Dependance than the daily Labor of said sons for the support of herself and large family *
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