October 22d Prince [Slave] Gedney, of White Plains: "I will be 92 on the 16th of December next. Elijah Haines was a private in the Queen's Rangers, J.c. and was killed in the attack upon Wards House. It was Bartholemew Haines who was engaged in spiking the cannon at Kingsbridge, although some of his brothers might have assisted. Thomas and James Haines brother of Elijah and Bartholemew were both grenadiers in one of the British regiments which went south where they were both killed.

In the summer of 1781, the French cavalry lay in the long lot, directly east of where James Tompkins afterwards built his dwelling house and where he died. The French horse encamped there in the Long Lot upon Chatterton Hill, for about six months weeks. --

Captain Absalom Gedney then occupied what was afterwards the James Tompkins farm. He (Capt. Absalom) married

way. They collected cattle together, or allowed others to do so, and then shut their eyes and allowed the Cow-boys to take them to New York. The Cow-boys somehow always found out where there was a lot of good fat cattle collected.

I used often to go below to sell chickens, butter and provisions for my master, and have often seen Colonel Emmerick at Kingsbridge, and knew Cap'tn Ben Ogden. Sometimes, I went into New York to buy. On such occasions [marg: + Sometimes written Horrimon.] I got a pass from General Horriman or some other Hessian officer, whose quarters generally were at Morris's house. The pass allowed me to go in the city and purchase the articles which were speci- -fied. Once I lost my pass and went back for another. This provoked general Horrimon who said "What for you lose your pass? Be careful. Suppose you lose this, I give you no more!" After scolding awhile he gave me a new permit