In a list of officers chosen for a Tarrytown Company date of Oct. 23, 1775, Sybout Acker's name appears as Ensign. He was afterwards Captain of a Company, and was much of the time in active service on the Lines in this neighborhood, as is evidenced by the statements of many applicants for pension, including Samuel Youngs. His marriage does not appear on the records, but Sybout (probably Capt. Sybout) and Engeltie his wife had Elizabeth, born May 28, 1779, and Jacobus born

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Jan. i, 1782. Capt. Acker was a stalwart Patriot, and was anion;' • first to enlist in the cause of the Colonies on this Manor.

Benjamin Acker, of Mt. Pleasant, states in his application, pension, dated Dec. 3, 1832, that he served as a Perryman at V planck's Point; enlisted under Col. Hughs, March r, 1780, re-enlisted at the expiration of that time in same Regt. Born Philipse Manor (now town of Mt. Pleasant) Aug. 12, 1763. AppF tion endorsed hy Benj. Brown and William Lambert. In a statea.r made by him in 1847, sa>'s •' "1 saw service during the Revoluti ary war, and in the latter part of it was employed as a Perryman King's Ferry. 1 ferried Smith (Joshua Hett) and Andre aero, s'' river Sept. 22, 1780, and was a witness at Smith's trial, in 17. . when the French arm)' lay at White Plains, I was employed as a wv.- • man at Dobbs Ferry. Once, in the month of October, f don't remem' what year, I was engaged in watching 2 British frigate which lav 1 Sparta, in company with John Paulding, John Requa. David Marti:- and Isaac Lent. We lay in ambush in'the bushes above Judge Kem: place. Presently a boat from the frigate approached us with nine m : and a woman on board.