Was Census Enumerator in 1801. Lived on the White Plains Road beyond Glenville.

A letter from Gen. Pleath dated at Crompond, Feb. 16, 1781, states that " the enemy came up to Bedford last night, and this morning took S prisoners, including Lieut. Peacock, and burnt several houses." That was Lieut. Richard Peacock, of Tarry town. But it appears that the valiant Lieutenant did not stay "taken," for a reliable account states that, "After they got to Harlem, Lieut. Peacock escaped by knocking down the sentry, and going upon an island; the next night he got across the main." Pie lived under the hill at Tarrytowu Lauding, adjoining Widow Martling.

Simon Sharpenat, "a private in the late Capt. Gabriel Requa's Company, received two wounds from swords while on a scout to Morrisania, Dec. 17, 1779 ; one on the back part of his head and neck, and the other on his left hand. Was taken prisoner. Application for State Pension granted July 5, 1786.

Levina Drake, widow of Sergt. Samuel Drake, of Tarrytowu, was allowed seven years' half pay on account of the death of her husband who was "slain on the field," as the record states, Dec. 17, 1779.

Cornelius Jones, who was a member of Capt. Gabriel Requa's Company, was an ancestor of Dr. R. B Coutant of Tarrytowu.

Hendrick Banker, a soldier of the Revolution in Capt. Requa's Company, died in October, 1804, aged 7S years, and was buried in the old Dutch Churchyard. He was the son of Frederick, and his stock mark is recorded in the old Manor Book date of P'eb. 18, 1750.