Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication at Tarrytown
That she was a daughter of William Paulding, and was born Oct. 8, 1766.
Peter Van Woermer, aged 87, said he was well acquainted with Isaac Requa and lived in the same township with him during the Revolution, one or two miles from him. That his father and the father of the said Isaac removed for a time to Collaberg, 10 or 12 miles above Tarrytown, during the Revolution, and that the two families lived near each other on opposite sides of the road. That he was for a time a soldier in the Regt. of which Isaac Requa was Adjutant, and that he had often seen him in his regimentals on parade. That said Isaac Requa married Henrietta, daughter of William Paulding, deceased, of Tarrytown. That he kept store in Tarrytown; that the store was in the corner of his house which adjoined that of his wife's father, the late Wm. Paulding, and that he was in the habit of dealing with him and trading with him at that place.
Elijah Requa said that he was a resident of Tarrytown and 73 years ot age ; that the name of his father was James, and of his paternal grandfather, Glode Requa ; that the said Glode was the common
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ancestor of all the Requas heretofore or now living in Westchester Co., and so far as this deponent hath knowledge or belief, of all the Requas heretofore or now living in these United States; that he has often heai d from his said father, and it is a matter of family history, that the said Glo'de, the grandfather of this deponent, emigrated from Rochelle in France, to the then Colony of New York, during some of the persecutions or severe measures against the Protestants ; that he first settled at New Rochelle, County of Westchester, and subsequently, and many years prior to the Revolution moved over to the western shore of said County and purchased a farm on the Hudson about \]/2 miles south of Tarrytowu ; that at his death the said farm descended to his eldest son, also named Glode ; that the male issue of his said grandfather consisted of four sons, whose names were Glode, John, Daniel, and James, the father of this deponent, and that all these sons remained residents of Westchester Co., and lived no great distance apart; that the eldest, Glode, resided on the old homestead ; that John resided in the town of Mt.