This declarant had the command of the American Light Horse when the British headquarters were surprised and their Commander, Major Bearmore, taken prisoner with 19 of his men ; he was the first that entered the house and ordered them to surrender. This declarant had one brother, Daniel, killed, three brothers wounded and taken prisoners, and five brothers of them were in action together at one time; his father's house, a new one, was burnt to ashes, and he (the father) being a Justice of the Peace and a Committeeman, it was said that a liberal reward was offered for his capture, but he escaped. Then 74 years old, a resident of the town of Baltimore, Greene County, Aug. 4, 1S32. Lieut. Joseph Requa's Commission is on file with his pension papers at Washington. It is said that he was very fond of talking over the events of the Revolution with his children and grandchildren, and he often spoke of the conversations which hehadhad with General Washington, and of the battles in which he had been engaged. It was customary for his neighbors on the Fourth of July to come at sunrise in front of his house and salute him. This was done for man v successive vears.

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He died in 1841, and was buried in the family burial ground, which is situated on a beautiful rise of ground overlooking the Hudson.

Ansel, son of William and grandson of Joseph, has oceupi. : public positions in his native county, of Albany, having been at omtime, County Clerk.