In fact, there was so much of commingling of these families that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other ends ; whether one of the descendants is more of a Van Wart than he is an Acker, or more of an Acker than he is a Van Tassel, or more of a Van Tassel than he is a Dutcher, or more of a Dutcher than he is a Davids, or a Davids than he is a Storm, or a Storm than he is a See, or a See than he is a Martling, or a Martling than he is a Requa, or a Requa than he is a Dean ; or a Dean than lieis a Coucklin, or a Concklin than he is a Jewell, or a Jewell than he is a Buckhout, or a Buckhout than he is a Tompkins, ora Tompkins than he is an Odell. All of which affords an interesting study to the antiquarian.

The Van Warts, so numerous here in the early days, have now almost entirely disappeared from this vicinity. They were sturdy burghers of good Dutch ancestry, and had in them those elements of virtue and character which are the foundation of the state, and make good government, and the institutions of freedom and liberty possible

among men.

I he f^ecjua family

The story of the Requa Family as related to Philipse Manor during the Revolutionary struggle, and subsequent to that period, is one of not a little interest. Although the migration of the Requas here was confined to a single family of that name, and that at a period not earlier at least than 1730, and after the settlement here under Frederick Philipse had existed for fifty years ; from 1775 to 1784 they seem to have been a regnant family here, furnishing their full quota of commissioned officers and of rank and file in support of the Patriot cause.