Jacob Storm of this place.

Isaac Delameter states in his application, dated Dec. 5, 1832, that hewasin theExpeditiou to St. Johns and Canada, in Capt. AYalker's Co. ; returned with the troops so sent ; reached Newburgh where he was discharged. That some time in May, 1777, he re-enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt. William Dutcher. In the winter, 1777-8, served for three months in Capt. Gabriel Requa's Co. ; was then for a time in Capt. Orser's Co ; was taken prisoner on the first day of July, 1779; (with Lieut. Jacob Van Tassel ;) was a prisoner until Nov. 5, 1781. W as born in the yrear 1757, on Philipse Manor. Tunis Garretson states that when a boy and a young man he lived in the same neighborhood with Isaac Delameter, and served in Capt. Sybert Acker's Company

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with him in 1777. O11 July 24, 1838, his widow, Abigail Delametcr,

applied for pension. Her husband died July 8, 1837. Her maiden name was Abigail Haight.

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David Devoe, of ML Pleasant, says he entered the service on or about the 1st of April, 1776, as a private in a Company commanded by Capt. Wm. Butcher. That he served during that year at Ft. Independence, Dobbs Ferry, at Tarrytown, at Sing- Sing, and Peekshill. That he entered the service again in June, 1777, in Capt. Wm. Butcher's Company. Again -entered service in May, 1779, in Capt. Orser's Company. That in July, 17S0, while he was in an expedition as a volunteer with some Continental troops from Peekskili to the southern part- of the County he was taken prisoner and carried to New York, and there confined in the old Sugar House Prison until the first day of January, 1781, when he was exchanged.