Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication at Tarrytown
The foregoing includes all the Requas in the male line who were living in the County of Westchester during the period of the Revolution, and there were during the Revolution, as herewith shown, but two of the name of Isaac, (one of whom was the eldest son of Glode) and the other the son of James -- the ninth son, and the younger brother of the deponent; that Isaac the son of Glode was an Adjutant in the Revolution, while the other Isaac was only an infant, the younger Isaac having been born on the night on which the elder, Adjutant Isaac, was taken prisoner.
Henrietta Paulding was married to Isaac Requa in May, 17S4. Her father was Commissary General, and after the battle of White Plains removed his family to Bedford ; after peace was declared they immediately returned. Justice Requa married them. He (Isaac), died
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iii February, 1S26. His commission as Adjutant is on file with tinpension papers of his widow at the Pension office in Washington.
Isaac Requa, subsequently to the Revolution, became a prominent man in this county. Was Supervisor of the town of Greenburgh for svx successive terms, from 1787 to 1792, inclusive; was Justice of the Peace for nearly twenty years, and from 1810 to 1820 was an Associate Justice, or side Judge, sitting at County Courts, and was commonly known as Judge Requa. He was successfully engaged in business at his residence adjoining the residence of Gen. Paulding near the Requa Dock. He accumulated a large estate for those times, and was a highly respected citizen. Left no descendants.