Family legend says that when he and a buddy left the camp, they stole a white stallion to give to GW (the one Tully painted the picture of) and stampeded the other horses in the corral.
He and the other grandfather both signed the Bradford Accord: Danial Mathius and Michael Sanior. I have a picture of their grandson Louis Mathius.
Interesting family stories. My family on my father’s side was ethnic German going back in the Philadelphia area to maybe 30 years before the Revolution. No stories that I’ve heard regarding the period. The Germans in the area were somewhat divided in their loyalties as were just about every other group.
I’ve heard it estimated that 1/3rd were pro-revolution, 1/3rd were pro-Brit, and 1/3rd just wanted to be left alone. Some things never change.