I am looking for information regarding the Englishmen of Westchester 
Village in 1656.  Here's an overview of what I know--

1654, June:  Thomas Pell purchased land from Indian owners in an area 
claimed by the West India Company.

1654, November:  English settlers made an agreement with Thomas Pell to 
move onto the land.

1655:  Dutch representatives visited the settlement.  They were met with a 
show of force by the settlers who claimed they were under English 
jurisdiction.  The settlers were warned to leave.

1656, March:  Dutch soldiers entered the village--under cover of darkness 
if I understand the records correctly--and arrested the leading men.  Most 
of the men were easily disarmed, but 5 managed to take up arms and only 
laid down their weapons after being promised fair treatment.

On March 15, the men who had been arrested (except the final 5) were 
released.  On the 16th, many men of the village petitioned for permission 
to remain on the land.  The petition was granted the same day and Thomas 
Wheeler was appointed magistrate. 

On March 25, the 5 Englishmen who had taken up arms against the Dutch were 
released.  Gehring's 1995 transcription lists the men as:  Captain Richard 
Ponton, William Elit, Black March, Jan Gray and Roger Wheales.  Captain 
Ponton's identity is established.  The other four men are not identified 
in any source I have found.  I am trying to identify these men.  

Help would be greatly appreciated...

Richard Ponton - I believe he was a resident of Flushing before going to 
Westchester Village.  In 1654, Goodwife Harck complained to the 
authorities against Richard Pontum.  She suspected he had burned down her 
barn.  I am trying to learn more about this incident: her husband had gone 
to Virginia; claims to tobacco were involved.  Did Richard become a 
fugitive from the Dutch?  (About 1670, Richard's daughter married Thomas 
Farrington of Flushing.  There was an issue between Harck and Thomas when 
he was a minor.)...

William Elit - I suspect he was the William Ellit of the New Haven Colony 
who was one of Thomas Baxter's men.  I suspect he was also the William 
Ellit who got into trouble with Hannah Spencer.  Note:  Robert Bassett was 
arrested with William during the Thomas Baxter incident.  Robert was one 
of the men in Westchester who petitioned on March 16, 1656.  If I have 
this correctly, Robert's wife was executed for witchcraft.  Robert himself 
had been very outspoken about going to war against the Dutch, etc...

Black March - this man has me stumped.  I am wondering if he could have 
actually been Lieut Marsh, as in Lieutenant Alexander Marsh.  Alexander 
was married to the sister of Josiah Gilbert's wife.  Josiah was one of the 
men who petitioned on March 16; his name has sometimes been transcibed as 
Isaiah.  Josiah's brother Obadiah was also one of the March 16 
petitioners.  The Gilberts' mother or sister-in-law, Lydia Gilbert, had 
been executed for witchcraft by November 1654.  (Note:  their brother 
Jonathan was the marshall assigned to arrest Thomas Baxter.)  Another 
possibility for the identity of Black Marsh:  There was a Jonathan Marsh 
of Westchester who died about 1670.  A Jonathan Marsh of the New Haven 
Colony was on a carpenter committee with Robert Bassett in the 1640's...

Jan Gray - I believe this was the John Gray of Newtown who was banished by 
the Dutch in 1653, was accused of abusing the magistrates in 1654, and 
called a fugitive from justice on January 26, 1656.  (No wonder he took up 
arms!)

Roger Wheales - On January 1, 1657, Richard Pointom and Rochier Wyls were 
absent from Westchester Village when the Dutch administered the oath.  
Roger Wiles, Robert Bassett and Richard Ponton are listed in a 1658 
document.  Possibly his surname was Willis... 

I will be spending tomorrow at the Family History Library in Salt Lake 
City, digging for more information about these men.  Any suggestions?