At the Town Meeting held on Philipse Manor, the 7th. day of April, 1778, -- for notwithstanding the turmoil of the Revolution, the Annual Town Meeting was held by these sturdy Patriots, as the records tersely state, "as usual ! '' -- James Requa (Requaw as it appears on the record written by his son Joseph, and it was the way he himself always wrote it) was chosen one of the Overseers of the Poor.

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The following year, April 6, 1779, James Requa was chosen Supervisor of the then Philipse Manor, or Manor of Philipsburgli, as it was commonly called, being the second Supervisor as the records appear, who was elected under Patriot domination, Joseph Paulding having been the first one so chosen, the previous year. In this connection it is well to note the fact that at the same Town Meeting held in 1779, not only was James Requa, Esq., chosen Supervisor, but his son Lieutenant Joseph was elected Town Clerk, (as he had been the previous year), another son, Captain Gabriel Requa, was an Assessor, his brothers, John and Daniel Requa were appointed Overseers of Highway, and his brother, Captain Glode Requa, a P'ence Viewer. So that not only on the field, but in civil life the Requas were at the forefront , of affairs. ■

James Requa, Esq., took title from the Commissioners of Forfeiture to the following real estate, as bounded on the Book of Records and Map of M. K. Couzens, Esq. :