[28] This kindness was repaid a dozen years later (1790) when Mr. Van Arsdale and his wife took Mr. Day's eight year old motherless daughter to nurture as their own, they having been bereft the year previous of their three young children, though seven more were given them afterwards. And Mary Day, (whose father died Oct. 19, 1802, aged 49), remained with them till her marriage to William Hutchings, the father of Mr. John Hutchings, of Norwalk, Ct. Amiable woman, pure and artless as a child, and to sum up her life in a word, filling her humble sphere with perfect fidelity,—among the happier days of the writer's boyhood were those spent in summer recreations at her modest home at Cow Bay, with the mill pond and Squire Mitchell's old red grist mill, and Uncle Billy's cooperage near it, and around the bluff the broad sandy beach, as rambling ground; your pardon, indulgent reader, if thoughts of the past do force a tear.
[29] List of the Americans who were made prisoners at Forts Montgomery and Clinton, Oct. 6, 1777.
| Officers. | |
| Col. William Allison. | Lieut. Paton Jackson, 5th Regt. |
| Lt. Col. James McClaughry. | Lieut. John Furman, 5th Regt. |
| Lt. Col. Jacobus Bruyn. | Lieut. Henry Pawling, 5th Regt. |
| Lt. Col. William Livingston. | Lieut. Ebenezer Mott, 5th Regt. |
| Major Samuel Logan, 5th Regt. | *Lieut. Alexander McArthur, 5th Regt. |
| Major Stephen Lush, Brigade Major | Lieut. Samuel Dodge, 5th Regt. |
| to Gen. George Clinton. | Lieut. John Hunter, McClaughry's Regt. |
| Major Daniel Hamil, Brigade Major | Lieut. Benjamin Halstead, Allison's Regt. |
| to Gen. James Clinton. | Lieut. Henry Brewster, Allison's Regt. |
| Major Zachariah Dubois, Woodhull's Regt. | Ensign Abraham Leggett, 5th Regt. |
| Capt. Henry Godwin, 5th Regt. | Ensign John McClaughry, 5th Regt. |
| Capt. James Humphrey, McClaughry's | Ensign Henry Swartwout, 5th Regt. |
| Regt. | Adj. Dep. Qr. Mr. Gen. Oliver Glean. |
| Capt. Lt. Cornelius Swartwout, | Qr. Master Nehemiah Carpenter. |
| Lamb's Artillery. | Capt. James Gilliland, Director of |
| Capt. Lt. Ephraim Fenno, Lamb's Artillery. | Ordnance. |
| Lieut. Solomon Pendleton, 5th Regt. | |
| Privates and Non-Commissioned Officers. 5th, or Col. Dubois's Regiment. | |
| David McHollister. | Thomas Conklin. |
| Martin Shay. | Ephraim Adams. |
| Jacobus Tarbush. | Francis Sears. |
| Thaddeus Kennedy. | Samuel Garrison. |
| John McDonald. | William Willis. |
| John Conklin. | Abraham Jorden. |
| James Montanye. | John Storm. |
| Henry Ostrander. | Thomas McCarty. |
| Jacobus Logier. | Thomas Hendricks. |
| David Bovins. | John Chamberlin. |
| Vincent Venney. | Zebulon Woodruff. |
| Jeremiah Dunn. | Paul Keizler. |
| Robert Patrick. | George Heck. |
| William Barber. | John Miller. |
| Benjamin Wiley. | John Allison. |
| Danford Winchester. | Samuel Boyd. |
| *William Mullen. | William Weaver. |
| Lewis Dixon. | William Ivery. |
| John Ivery. | John Stanley. |
| Nathaniel Otter. | John Brown. |
| Eliakim Brush. | George Polton. |
| Robert Gillespie. | *Philip Felix. |
| Abraham Wright. | Aaron Knapp. |
| Jonthan Hallock. | James Mitchell. |
| James Weldon. | John Johnston. |
| Thomas Tinn. | Nehemiah Sniffen. |
| Samuel Turner. | Solomono Shaw. |
| Daniel Dominick. | James Montieth. |
| John Witlock. | Daniel Lower. |
| Jacobus Terwilliger. | John Hunt. |
| James Steel. | Michael Johnston. |
| Thomas Crispell. | Joseph Reeder. |
| Enos Lent. | John Price. |
| Jacobus Lent. | Robert Marshall. |
| John Albright. | Scott Travers. |
| Alexander Ockey. | John Satterly. |
| Thomas Hartwell. | James Amerman. |
| Patrick Dorgan. | Harman Crum. |
| Samuel Crosby. | Samuel Griffin. |
| Moses Shall. | Cornelius Acker. |
| John West. | Jacob Lawrence. |
| John McIntosh. | Francis Gaines. |
| Henry Schoonmaker. | Benjamin Griffin. |
| Joseph Morgan. | Enos Sniffen. |
| Jonathan Stockham. | Joseph Bolton. |
| Abel Randall. | James Hannah. |
| Thomas Kent. | William Slott. |
| William Banker. | Benjamin Chichester. |
| Peter Wells. | Francis Drake. |
| Joseph Deneyck. | Jasper Smith. |
| John Weston. | William Casselton. |
| Michael Burgh. | Edward Allen. |
| Thomas Smith. | William Bard. |
| Col. Lamb's Artillery. | |
| Elisah Petty. | Alexander Moffatt. |
| David Clark. | David Hanmore. |
| Hull Peck. | James Shearer. |
| William Taylor. | William Swan. |
| Edward Keen. | John Patterson. |
| Hugh Lindsey. | John Nelson. |
| David Pembroke. | Israel Smith. |
| Thomas Griffith. | Samuel Furman. |
| Robert English. | Alexander Young. |
| David Stone. | John Kelly. |
| John Twitchell. | Alexander McCoy. |
| Hugh McCall. | John Gardner. |
| Thaddeus Barnes. | Timothy Nichols. |
| Col. Allison's Regiment. | |
| Samuel Taylor. | Peter Jones. |
| James Bell. | Uriah Black. |
| Robert Eaton. | Frederick Nochton. |
| Richard Sheridan. | David Wheeler. |
| James Koyl. | Peter Stage. |
| *James Lewis. | Isaac Ketcham. |
| James Thompson. | Henry Brewster. |
| Michael Dunning. | Frederick Pelliger. |
| James Sawyer. | Caleb Ashley. |
| Joseph Moore. | Timothy Corwin. |
| Jesse Dunning. | |
| Col. McClaughry's Regiment. | |
| *John McMullen. | Robert Barkley. |
| Henry Neely. | James Wood. |
| Robert Henry. | David Thompson. |
| William Scott. | Elias Wool. |
| Matthew Dubois. | *Robert Wool. |
| Francis McBride. | *Samuel Hodge. |
| Robert Huston. | William McMullen. |
| Andrew Wilson. | Isaac Denton. |
| Christopher Sypher. | Moses Cantine. |
| John Darkis. | George Brown. |
| William Stinson. | Elnathan Sears. |
| William Humphrey. | Philip Millspaugh. |
| George Humphrey. | John Van Arsdale. |
| James Humphrey. | George Coleman. |
| John Carmichel. | Abel Wells. |
| John Skinner. | Hezekiah Kune. |
| Gerardus Vineger. | John Manny. |
| Baltus Van Kleek. | Isaac Kinbrick. |
| Cornelius Slott. | Samuell Falls. |
| William Howell. | James Miller. |
| John Hanan. | |
| Col. Hasbrouck's Regiment. | |
| George Wilkin. | Benjamin Lawrence. |
| Cornelius Roosa. | Cornelius Stevens. |
| Simon Ostrander. | John Bingham. |
| Zachariah Terwilliger. | John Snyder. |
| John Stevenson. | Robert Cooper. |
| William Warren. | |
| Col. Woodhull's Regiment. | |
| John Brooks. | James Mitchell. |
| John Lamerey. | John Armstrong. |
| Henry Cunningham. | Peter Gillen. |
| John Crooks. | Edward Tomkins. |
| Willilam Penoyer. | Randle House. |
| Simon Currens. | *Christian House. |
| Israel Cushman. | Isaac Hoffman. |
| Asa Ramsey. | |
| *Joel Curtiss. | |
| Thomas Harten. | Col. Hammon's, Zachariah Taylor. |
| Jesse Carpenter. | Col. Drake's, John Vantassel. |
| Benjamin Simmons. | Col. Holme's, Cornelius Cornelius, |
| Isaac Cooly. | William Randle. |
| Joshua Currey. | Col. Ogden's, Thomas Cook. |
| James Thompson. | Col. Antill's, Jonathan Nichols. |
| Stephen Clark. | |
| Corps Unknown. | |
| John Donalds. | Tobias Lent. |
| Joseph Mead. | George Depew. |
| George Peck. | Auris Verplank. |
| Jesse Lockwood. | Albert Vantass. |