lotte county, now Clarendon, Vt., resident of, 136. Southerland, Hector, prisoner delivered to Albany board by General Hand, 271. Sparding, John, prisoner, cap- tured at Ticonderoga, sent to Albany, 100; committed, 100. Spawn (Swawn), Philip, of Onis- kethau, cited to appear before Albany board, 177, 182; dis- charged, having taken oath of allegiance, 186. Spencer, Hazelton, ensign in Sir John Johnson's corps, his cap- ture, 515; General James Clin- ,, ; 'J ;,<■ 2l6 State of New York Spencer, Hazelton — continued, ton consents to his liberation, 703; on bail within prescribed limits, 703, 704; permitted to live in New City, 752-753. Spencer, Jabez, of Rensselaer- wyck Manor, reads Sir Henr)' Clinton's proclamation at tory meeting, 636; warrant issued for his arrest, 636, 641. Spencertown, Columbia county, petition from inhabitants of, touching disaffected person, 247; inhabitants asked to per- mit disaffected person to live among them, 248. Spengler, Henry, deserter from British army, 83. Spies, from British lines, 25; deserter from Brant and Butler acts as, for Albany board, 39; Albany board orders arrest of British spy from New York city, 46, 147; act of June 30, 1780, as to, 46; Albany board employs released prisoner to apprehend British spy, 53-54; ferreted out by Albany board, 60; John Davis suspected as, 121; efforts to arrest spy from New York, 339; lurking in woods in company with deserter from Burgoyne, 350; person suspected of being a spy appre- hended at Schodack, 376; de- serter from continental army suspected of being a spy, 412; Samuel McFarland looked upon as a spy, 413; spy sent by Spies — continued. Major Skene into General Stark's army, 417; emissaries from enemy in different parts of state, 440, 793; Peter Cohoon supposed to be a spy, 472, 473, 488 ; pjiysician in Albany charged with aiding spy, 477; Jolm Sherman suspected of beiug a spy, 492; person from New- port suspected of being a hostile emissary, 501; emissaries from enemy harbored at Niskayuna, 538; harbored in New Scotland, 548,57o;supposedspysentto Al- bany from Stillwater, 551; har- bored in Saratoga district, 554; spy sent under guard to Alban}-, 554; persons sent to Albany for aiding, 557-558; emissary from enemy swears in recruit, 629, 630; Jacob Timmerman ac- cused of harboring hostile emis- saries, 634; one supposed to have been entertained by Lieutenant Cleveland, 646; hostile emissary said to have visited Rensselaerwyck Manor, 653? 654-655; William Hartley suspected of being a spy, 655, 732; Abel Bacon suspected of being a spy, 678; supposed spy at house on road to Coey- mans, 681; James Milligan suspected of being a spy, 760- 761; Benoni Robins Forrister suspected of being a spy, 766. Sprague (Sprauge), David, bonds- man for Daniel and Jonathan Index — Commissioners for Conspiracies 217 Sprague, David — continued. Chase, 93; bondsman for Isaac Lamb, 432, 437; cited to appear before Albany board, 649. Springer, Jacob, of Rensselaer- wyck Manor, bailsman for John Myers, 122, 461. Springfield, Mass., person per- mitted to remove to, 701. Squire, Alexander, released on bail, 433. Squire, Andrew, captured at Stony Point, on bail witliin prescribed limits, 434. Squire, Gurdin, bailsman for Al- exander Squire, 433; bailsman for Andrew Squire, 434. Staats, Barent I., of Rensselaer- wyck Manor, lieutenant colonel, asked to apprehend suspected person, 243; to report men of his regiment with enemy or absent from home, 246; reports presence of suspicious character on road to Coeymans, 681, 682; bailsman for James W arson, Jr., 685. Staats, Henry, of Albany, cited to appear before Albany board, 170; asks time to consider oath of allegiance, 171; refuses oath, 175; notice of removal served upon, 176; advised of day for removal, 191; presents to com- missioners objections to oath, 203. Staats, Nicholas, of Rensselaer- wyck Manor, farmer, captain, reports that deserter from Bur- Staats, Nicholas — continued, goyne is lurking in woods, 350; apprehends Jurie Kolenbergh, 351, 352; apprehends tories in Schodack, 638, 640; to arrest Nicholas Miller and others, 645-646; bailsman for John J. Miller, 649; apprehends Sam- uel Baker, 658. Staats, Philip, lieutenant in Col- onel Killian Van Rensselaer's regiment, with ten horse em- ployed by Albany board, 50, 444; pay of his contingent same as cavalry of United States, 50, 444. Staats, Thomas, deserter from Brant, ordered confined, 293; brought from Schoharie, 294. Stalker, Ambrose, of Claverack district, farmer, bailsman for John Stalker, 605. Stalker, John, of Claverack dis- trict, laborer, released on bail, 604-605. Stalker, Joseph, of Rensselaer- wyck >'unor, cited as witness respecting spies, 570. Stalker, Seth, witness against Simeon Smidi, 702. Stamford (Stanford), Conn., Gen- eral ^yate^bury writes from, 722; suspicious characters ap- prehended at, 723. Standcrren, Ann, dissuades friends of liberty from taking up arms, 469; arrested, 469, 470; com- mitted, 471; to be removed to enemy's lines, 504; commission- ■J r.i <.n' 2l8 State of New York