You may have already looked at this, but there is some references to your query in The Gazetteer of New York State of 1860 in the sections on Orange Country and Sullivan County. In Orange County, p. 503, it references the attacks in the French and Indian War by the Indians. Then states: "During the Revolution the frontiers ere again constantly in a state of alarm. In July, 1778, Brant, at the head of a large Indian force, laid waste the whole Minisink settlement; and on his retreat the disastrous battle of Minisink was fought, in which nearly the whole force of the Americans was destroyed." Then follows footnote 5 that refers the reader to Sullivan County, p.642: "The first Indian incursion took place in 1777, when the family of Mr. Sprague, in Mamakating, was attacked. The next year the family of Mr. BROOKS was attacked, some members were killed, and others taken prisoners." Some other possibly helpful information is found in Orange County on p. 505 in footnote 1 in reference to Oxford Depot in the Blooming Grove area: "Among the early settlers were the families of Strong, Brewster, Howell, Dubois, Coleman, Moffatt, Seely, Gilbert, Woodhull, Tuthill, Goldsmith, BROOKS, and Matthews." Sometimes, researching from the other names there is a marriage that is helpful. I recently connected two families by discovering the wives maiden names were the same, so they were sisters. This put two families together in New York City, one living in Manhattan and the other in Brooklyn Heights. But that is another whole story that may make it into a book being written on part of the family. Good luck! Cheshire Jean