Requa, Esq., who lived for a time after the war in Florida, and while there came within one vote of being elected United States Senator by the Legislature of that vState. Afterwards resided for a time at Tarrytown Heights and while there lost his only son. Pie removed to Santa Barbara, California, and died there in March, 1SS8. This Gabriel also had sons James Dixon, who was a Methodist Minister and now of Pasadena, Cal. ; Henry M., who married Katharine Brown of Yonkers and lived in New York, and had son Henry M., Jr.; Stephen,. Isaac, and George, a daughter Harriet who married Geo. Thomas, and a. daughter Sarah F. Requa, who married Geo. Root.

Daniel Requa, also had Isaac who married widow Barnett, John who married Iona Ruff, and Stephen, all born in Tarrytown.

Daniel Requa took title to 135 acres of his father's farm in 1S19, being that portion which comprised the present Jay Gould place on the

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west side and a considerable portion of that on the east side, where was his residence, an old house standing until about twenty years since.

The drowning of James and Glode, sons of Capt. Glode Requa,was a tragedy the memory of which has been perpetuated in the family. It occurred while crossing the Hudson, either to or from Piermont, one account says by the upsetting of the boat in a severe storm ; another story is that they were struck by lightning -- probably on the river opposite the old homestead. An old double tombstone, now fast crumbling to decay perpetuated the fact of the death of James and Glode Requa, both on the 12th of August, 1789, the age of the former being given as 19 years, 6 mo. and 27 days, and of the latter, 14 years, 1 1110. and 22 days, but the cause of their death does not there appear.