STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It’s likely Ann Perine lay awake in her bed at night, nervously listening to the banter among the many British soldiers who occupied her white, stone- and wood-framed 17th century farmhouse during the Revolutionary War.

A widow whose job was to raise and protect her seven children likely became strained, hard and anxiety-ridden as she watched helplessly as the Redcoats slaughtered the animals on her farm for sustenance, and chopped down all the trees for firewood on her expansive property that extended from what is now Richmond Road, to the water.

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