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. Pleasant, about i mile from Sing Sing, and seven or eight miles from Tarrytown ; that James and Daniel resided in the town of Mt. Pleasant, about one or two miles east of Tarrytown, the latter upon a farm adjoining and east of the said James. That John died without issue. Male issue of the other brothers was as follows :