of, 242, 505, 746; prisoner of war living at, 370, 374; southern limit of residence prescribed to person on bail, 489. Norris, Walter, of Albany, ex- amined respecting escape of prisoner, 397. Northampton, Mass, tory , major confined in jail at, 167; tory major removed from jail at, to Albany, 167, 292. Northern department, commissary of, 224. Norwalk, Conn., letter from, about British deserter, 404. OATHS, administered by com- missioners for conspiracies, 12, 778; taken by commissioners for conspiracies when entering upon office, 13,64,465, 670,779; required of neutral and equivo- Oaths — continued. cal persons, 18, 784; Quakers allowed to affirm, 18, 43, 784; refusal to take, how treated, 18, 784-786; extension of time for taking, allowed persons ordered removed, 21, 21 (note); taken by deserters from Burgoyne, 39; made supreme test of loyalty, 43; Quakers object to form of, 43; in doubtful cases admin- istered upon opinion of supreme court judges, 44, 189; rangers employed by Albany board re- quired to take, 48, 112; con- temptuous refusal of, by a tory, 60, 177-178; tory families at Argyle required to take oath of neutrality, 117; oath of alle- giance refused, 171, 172, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 182, 183, 188, 192, 193, 196, 198, 202, 203, 206, 208, 215, 225, 235, 260, 267, 478, 712, 834-835; removal of persons refusing, 172, 173, 176, 177, 183, 189- 190, f./i, 193, 201, 205, 209, 260, 267, 288; oath of neu- trality taken before Albany committee, 200; objections to oath of allegiance presented to Albany board, 203; oath of neutrality taken by Hessians, 204; oath of allegiance taken by person returning from Canada, 210; form of oath of allegiance sent to Lieutneant Colonel Wil- liam Butler, 211; oath of alle- giance taken by German de- State of New York Oaths — continued. setters from Burgoyne's army, 213; oath of allegiance taken by deserters from enemy in Rhode Island, 216; oath of neutrality taken by person allowed to go to Canada, 218; oath of alle- giance taken by persons accused of corresponding with and har- boring tories, 325; oath of alle- giance may be taken after re- fusing it, 336, 342, 344, 346, 359, 788; certificates of oath of allegiance received, 361; oath of neutrality taken by soldiers in hands of robbers, 364-365; oath not to aid robbers, tories, delinquents or deserters, 388- 389; oath not to aid robbers or tories, 399; oath of allegiance taken by former tory, 420-421; oath taken to disprove con- nection with tories of Albany county, 473; spy under oath charges Albany physician with aiding him, 477; oath to com- municate intelligence to com- missioners and withhold it from enemy, 504, 507, 512-513, 630- 631; oath of allegiance refused by Archibald McNeal, 712; oath of allegiance taken by Lambert Starnbergh and Dirck Miller, 718-719; prisoner con- fesses that he has taken oatli of loyalty to king, 735; oath of allegiance taken by persons arrested when about to go to Canada, 747; form of oath of Oaths — continued. allegiance to state of New York, 747; oaths of allegiance with signatures, 831-833; oath taken by clerk of Albany board, 833; certification of names of per- sons refusing oath of allegiance, 833-834; persons removed to enemy's lines or held for ex- change for refusing oath, 834- 835- O' Brian, Jonathan, deserter, con- fined, 679. Odell, , warrant for his arrest as dangerous person, 419. Odell, Gersham, of Hoosick dis- trict, constable, apprehends Jacob Timmerman, 639. Odell, Jonas, his examination, 652. Oliver, Frederick, attacks soldiers sent to capture deserter, 368. Oliver, John, of Renssclaerwyck Manor, farmer, witness against Edward McGurkey, 736; bails- man for jacobus Van Valken- burgh, 758. Olmstead, Noah, cited before Al- bany board to testify respecting conduct of John Miller, 414; gives testimony, 416. Oneidas. See also Indians. Oneidas (Oneyda Indians), the, persons captured by, released by Albany board, 45, 263, 266, 271, 273; persons captured by, near Crown Point, 737. Oniskethau (Niscutaw, Niscu- thaw, Nistutaw), Albany county, rangers employed to ferret out • I f - ,''S'. li.-r- Index — Commissioners for Conspiracies 169 Oniskethau — continued. tories at, 48, 162; tory express entertained at, 150; residents of, i77> 375> 389' 39o> 577. 578. 581, 588, 744, 745, 746; pay for serving citations at, 238; residents of, said to have joined enemy, 238; letter from, con- cerning robbers, 328; tories en- listed at, 564; tories to be ar- rested at, 565. Oothout (Outhout), Abraham, of Schenectady, commissioner for conspiracies, Albany county board, appointment, 67; to take oath of office, 465; joins in com- munications to Albany board, 468, 612; consulted about cap- ture of party of tories, 700; ad- vises removal of tories from Hel- derbergs, 733-734; requested to send party of men to Helder- bergs, 734; sends prisoner to Albany board, 763-764-, his audited account, 809. Oothout