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To Lieut. Jacob Van Tassel, Isaac Van Tassel and four privates of Col Hammond's Regt.. Westchester Co. Militia, for pay from the time they entered service and during the time they were taken prisoners to the day they returned from their captivity.

To Isaac Van Tassel, Sergt. from 27th May, 1779, to 1st July, 1779, 35 days, /4.13.4.

To Isaac Van Tassel, from 2d July, 1779, to 5th Nov., 1780, (during the

time he was prisoner), 16 months and 5 days, ...... 64.10.8.

To Abraham Van Tabse'i, " " ...... 46. 2.7.

To Da\?id Van Tassel, " 46. 2.7.

To Jacob Van Tassel, Lieut., ,£307.18.2.

To Retained Rations, ........ 36. 1.8.

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Jacob Van Tassel took title from the Commissioners of Forfeiture to 185 acres', the place which he had occupied as a tenant under Frederick Philipse, and for which he paid ^500. Jacob Van Tassel and Hester his wife had "Lena" who married Caleb Brush and had Jacob born Aug. 2S, 1790, and also sons Caleb and Joshua. She died Oct. 27, 1861, in her 95th year, and he. died Nov. 59, 1856, in his 93d year. Jacob also had sons Isaac, Jacob, and William. Charles Denison Belden, of New York, is a great-grandson of Lieut. Jacob Van Tassel.

The following inscription appears on his tombstone in the old Dutch Churchyard, he being there designated "Major" Jacob Van Tassel, to which honor he was entitled by reason of a commission he had held in the Militia after the Revolution: