Macdonald, John. Interview with Lyon, James, 1761-1850; Sutton, James, 1760-1849; (1847-11-18). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 1376. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
was the captain and Abijah Harris was the Lieutenant of a militia company in Bedford, to which my neighbor James Sutton belonged.
Colonel Armand and with his legion was sometime in North castle and Bedford. Col. Holmes was with the party that took Bedford. Holmes was a bad man."
Nov. 17th James Sutton, of Bedford aged 88: "I was in Capt. Vermille's company of militia of which Abijah Harris was L…
The Refugees several times came to Suckabone Street and were pursued from thence to Clark's corner. We were in a skirmish near Clark's corner, when Capt. Pritchard, and Captains Moseman and Vermille with their companies pursued the Refugees to that place, which is about six miles below Old North Castle Church on the Tarrytown road. The Americans when they attacked occupied ground much higher than …