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. Not wishing to hurt the woman, we let inland ; then rose and fired upon them. We killed two, wounded tv. made prisoners of the other five and let the woman go." Benjam Acker, died in Sing Sing, Nov. 25, 1851, in the 90th year of his r .

It is said that he was the last of the Pensioners in that place, he was also the last of the Revolutionary soldiers buried in the L Dutch Churchyard.

A John Acker was captured at. the house of Lieut. Coni /. Van Tassel, Nov. 17, 1777, who died in the old Sugar House Pr:

The following from the granddaughter of Mrs. Rachel AM'.' Stillwaggou, the venerable old lady who died a few years since in ' * 106th year, is worthy of a place here : "Grandmother does not reim ber her grandfather's first name. He fought in both the French 2: Revolutionary wars. Williams and Van Wart were both cousin - her. Grandmother's father, Abram Acker, was in the Revolutio: war, and was taken prisoner and on one of the prison ships in York.