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State of Service: NY
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: 01 Mar 1731 Coram / Suffolk / NY Death: 06 Feb 1789 Coram / Suffolk / NY
Qualifying Service Description:
PRISONER, JULY 1779
REFUGEE, 2-2-1780
DAR GRS NOTES: ISAAC TOOK 1778 OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE KING; TRYON'S LIST, pg 11
Additional References:
"The Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut," by Frederic Mather, captioned, Isaac "Petticoat" Smith: Signed Assoc. (Patriotic) Papers in 1775, pg 570
"New York in the Revolution-Supplement," Isaac Smith is listed as a prisoner of war, Vol II, pg 43
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Additional Information:
Battle of Long Island raged across Kings Co, now the Borough of Brooklyn in NYC. Apart form espionage and Patriot Whig raids across L. I. Sound from CT, Suffolk saw limited mil. action. British Army regulars and Hessian troops were billeted with local Suffolk Co, L. I. households as a practice. CT colonists welcomed L. I. evacuees and recipicated by raiding L. I., frequently, tormenting British regulars. Coram is the oldest settlement in the central part of the town of Brookhaven
Isaac Smith remains an exceptionally popular figure, who was resolved to perform Revolutionary War public service in 1776 as an Long Island resident at Corham, (L.I., N.Y). He and his 5 sons, were held by local Tories but escaped by whaleboat across L. I. Sound to Connecticut, dressed in female clothing. For his heroic action, Isaac was labled with the moniker, "Peticoat Isaac" by his Corham, LI, NY