On the 20th of July, 1779, Brant, with a corps of Indians and Tories, invaded this neighborhood. The occurrences of which and of the battle of Minisink, one or two days afterwards, are contained in Eager's History of Orange County, page 388, &c., relative to the invasion and in relation to the battle see page 490, &c. There were about 18 families in this neighborhood who suffered in a greater or less degree the effects of the war, and a great proportion of them lost much property by the plunder and destruction which the enemy made by taking some of the best horses, plundering houses of goods and wearing apparel, burning of houses, barns and other buildings. In addition to which a few prisoners were taken, two of whom were slaves and two or more were killed. This invasion caused many of the best citizens of Goshen and vicinity to volunteer and pursue the enemy. The result of this was a more grievous calamity than the former, the results of which can be obtained as mentioned. The number of children and domestics of each family in the lower neighborhood I cannot correctly determine, but contemplate the number of children to have been nearly as follows, to wit: Anthony Van Etten 15 Daniel Van Auken 15 Major John Decker 6 Moses Cortright about 7 Jacob Schoonover about 3 Abraham Van Auken " 4 Capt. John Westbrook " 7 John Decker, Sr. " 6 Sylvester Cortright " 4 ____ Decker " 4 James Van Fliet " 8 Solomon Kuykendall None. Simon Westfall " 6 Wilhelmus Cole " 4 Peter Kuykendall " 5 Samuel Caskey " 6 Martinus (Martin) Decker 3 Utley Westbrook 2 ____ Whole number 105 The number of children of those 18 families, according to my recollections, cannot have been less than 100, and may have been as many as 110. How many of them grew up to years of maturity, or how many died previous thereto I do not know. Major Decker had two or three children by his first wife, who died young; and John Decker, Sr., had one or more by his first wife, who also died young before the war commenced, but all of them after the decease of their respective mothers. The loss of a mother will affect the feelings of some children much, and no doubt many a child dies in consequence of the melancholy state of mind produced by such a bereavement. There were two or more premature deaths of boys or young men, and there may have been a few natural deaths in this neighborhood of which I have no recollection. * * * * * PEENPACK NEIGHBORHOOD.