35S; required to protect inhabitants of Helderbergs and Pecsink, 377; to arrest person in hiding at Peesink, 397; to scout as far as Roe Kill and Batavia, 401; discharge of Captain De For- est's rangers, 413; John Till- man, Jr., invited to raise com- pany of rangers for Albany board, 488. Ratcliffe. See also Radliff. Ratcliffe (Radliff, Ratcliff, Rod- liff), Arent, required to give account of matters at Unadilla, 424; to give security for good behavior, 424; his bail for- feited by refusal to do militia duty, 490-491; summond to appear before Albany board, 494; released on bail, 497; to be delivered "up to Albany board, 723, 728; testimony con- cerning, 728. Ratcliffe (Radcliff, Ratcliff, Rod- liff), John, required to give account of matters at Unadilla, 424; to give security for good behavior, 424; his bail for- feited by refusal to do militia duty, 490-491; summoned to appear before Albany board. Ratcliffe, John — continued. 494^ released on bail, 497; to be delivered up to Albany board, 723, 728; testimony concerning, 728 Ratcliffe (Radliff, Ratcliff, Rod- liff), Rykert, father of John Ratcliffe and Arent Ratcliffe, 424; asked to show cause why bail of his sons should not be forfeited, 491; denies charge against his sons, 494; renews his bail for their good behavior, 497; required to deliver up sons, 723; examined and dis- charged, 728. Rathburn, Valentine (Rev.), writes to Albany board about prisoners from New Lebanon, 554-555- Rawbottom, John, permitted to go to Tryon county on bail, 533- Rawworth, Francis, of Johnstown, his testimony regarding Robert Adams, 450-451. Rea, William, cited to appear be- fore Albany board, 171-172; asks time to consider oath of allegiance, 174; his removal to enemy's lines ordered, 177; ad- vised of day of removal, 189; his refusal of oath certified to secretary of state, 197-198; in list of persons removed or held for exchange, 835. Recognizances, taken by com- missioners for conspiracies, 12, 778; prosecuted, canceled and released by same, 13, 778; } i Index — Commissioners for Conspiracies 189 Recognizances — continued, taken by justices of peace for confined British deserters, 24, 791; absence on militia duty no breach of, 24, 791-792; legis- lature requests list of, 31; commissioners for conspiracies to deliver them to clerks of courts, 3 1-32, 800-801 ; deserters placed under, 39; person tried and acquitted from charge of murder, placed under, 40; pris- • oners, when discharged, placed under, 42; conditions of, not always heeded, 42; renewal of, at enlarged amounts, re- quired in summer of 1780, 42, 459-460; Albany board authorizes military officers to make out, to certain persons, 43; sick woman released from prison on, 47; prisoner released on, and bail, for sake of sick wife at home, 47; issued by sub- board at Stillwater, 56; person under, to deliver prisoner to sheriff of Hartford county, 189; secretary of Albany board pre- pares list of, with amounts, 44I- 442, 445; persons bound in, during continuance of war, 442, 444, 447, 449, 451, 457, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 466, 478, 479, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 493' 495» 497> 49^, 499 5^°y 501, 502, 505, 506, 507, 509, 510,513,514, 515, 516,517,518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 524, 527, 530, Recognizances — continued. 532, 533. 536, 537' 540, 547> 55O' 559,562,563,564,570,571,573, 574, 575' 576, 577' 580,581, 582, 583, 585, 588, 590, 592, 593, 594' 597' 598, 599' 604, 613, 614, 616, 618, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 629, 631, 632, 633' 635, 640, 641, 642, 643, 648, 649, 651, 652, 654, 655, 658, 659, 660, 661, 663, 664, 667, 668; persons bound in, ordered to appear before Albany board on specified day, 445; forfeited by refusal to do militia duty, 491, 494, 602; surrender of persons bound in, demanded by Albany board, 491, 494, 495, 496; forfeited and paid to Albany board, 603, 736- 737; to be prosecuted, 672-673, 732; forfeited by Peter Storm and James Hammond, Jr., 822. Rederpach, Catharina, asks per- mission to join husband in Canada, 237; granting of re- quest recommended to General Stark, 237-23S. Redick, Christopher, of Durlach, charge against, 751, 752; com- mitted, 752. Reed (Read, Ried), Thomas, of Albany, major, gentleman, seeks permission for Dr. George Smith to go to Canada, 545; bailsman for Dr. Smith, 550, 561; presents to Albany board letter from General Clinton, 683; arrest of his servant, 715, : .'I AO . >3 ' '--r <^^f-;> t"-^: b. ,cd>- r .^pt .yO!^ it. ■ !^ , /'if jl State of New York Reed, Thomas — continued. 716; lives on farm of John TunniclifF, 759-760, 765; to be apprehended, 759-760, 765- 766; committed, 766; testi- mony received concerning, 768; temporarily released on bail, 768-769, 770. Reed, William, of New Perth, miller, bailsman for Archibald Campbell, 626. Reepenberger, Maria, warned to remove