Complex sentence: Mathews was arrested at his Flatbush home on June 22,1776 by Lieutenant Colonel Ezekiel Cornell and was sent to Litchfield, Connecticut and placed under house arrest in the home of Major Moses Seymour, who was a relative of his wife Sarah Seymour.
Split into simpler sentences: Mathews was arrested at his Flatbush home on June 22,1776 by Lieutenant Colonel Ezekiel Cornell. He was sent to Litchfield, Connecticut and placed under house arrest in the home of Major Moses Seymour, who was a relative of his wife Sarah Seymour.