Ariel Bradley, born at Salisbury, Conn. in 1767 and later the first settler in Springfield Twp in 1806, died at Mogadore in 1857. Before the Battle of White Plains in 1776, when nine years old, he was chosen by Gen. Washington to enter the British lines and learn their number and distribution. Taking an old horse and a bag of grain under pretence of going to mill, he rode into the British camp and was arrested, allowed to go, and on returning brought the report to his commander.