History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I

The Tarrytown Company originally elected Abraham Storm, for its Captain;* George Combs, for its First Lieutenant;^ Joseph Appleby, for its Second Lieutenant; and Nathaniel Underbill, for its Ensign ; but all of these, except Lieutenant Combs, having declined the honors and responsibilities of offices, a new Election was held, and Gload Requa* was chosen in the place of Captain-elect Storm ; Cornelius Van Tassel was chosen Second Lieutenant, in the place of Lieutenant-elect Appleby ; and Sibourt Acker was chosen Ensign, in the place of Ensignelect Underbill.

The Associated Company in the upper part of Philipsborough elected William Dutcher, for its Captain ; ' Daniel Martlinghs, for its First Lieutenant ;

1 Israel Hoiu-ywell wiis one of the Commissioners of Soiiiicstration for WestclioBter County, 1777. Ho represented the Town of Westchester in tlio County Committee, 177(i-'7 ; and lie was also a Member of the Constitutional Convention of 1801, representing Westchestcr-county.

Israel Honeywell, Junior, was said to have been a member of the County Committee, representinj; the Manor of Philipsborough, 177G-'7 ; and, in 1777-'8 and 1778-'9, he w,is Sivid to have represented Westchestercounty in the Assembly of the State. It is not impossible that, in some instances, these references have become mi.xed.

2 See jjages 278, 27'J ante.

Jlit^lorical Ma»nscrq)U relntiiig to the War of the RecoJittton : MUil(irij Ki'tunis, xxvii., 142.

* Abraham Storm represented the Manor of Philipsborough in the County Committee, 1770- 7.

5 George Combs was a member of the first County Committee, appointed in 1775 ; and in 18IX), ho represented Westchester-county, in the Assembly of the State.