Raymond, Marcius D., editor and publisher. Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication, at Tarrytown, N.Y., October 19th, 1894. Tarrytown, NY, 1894.

Commission of Fisheries, where he acquitted himself with honor. Professor Bashford Dean was recently married to Miss Dyckmau, the daughter of Isaac M. Dyckmau, Esq. , of the old Kingsbridge Dyckman family. Wm. Dean also has a son Thomas and a daughter Llarriet M. This much to show that Sergt. John Dean of the Revolution has posterity as well as ancestry. That there was cause …

A daughter and only child, Mary Ann Delanoy, married Isaac Nelson of Somers and Sing Sing, and so became the mother of Hon. Henry C. Nelson of that place and of David D. Nelson formerly of Sing Sing and now of New York, who has four sons and two daughters by a marriage with Sarah C. News of Cortlandt. Two of the sons are graduates of the College of the City of New York, one of …

Another added to the long list of Revolutionary war-starred Patriots whose remains were laid to rest there. The Dutch Church records show that Thos. Dean, Sr., was married to Maritje Jurcks, Sept. 15, 1750, and Couzen's map of the old Philipsburg Manor shows that his farm was on the Bedford Road near New Castle, where he had a farm of 134 acres, while his son John Dean lived …

Probably came to New England with the Rev. Peter Bulkley, who was rector of the parish of Odell, in Bedfordshire, England, 1620. The Odell family had been settled in Bedfordshire for many generations, and it is probable that Mr. Wm. Odell was a resident of that part of England. He died at Fairfield, Conn. , in June, 1676, leaving sons John and William. Wm. Odell, Jr. , was of …

Dutch Church Prison, New York, in the autumn of 1776, and soon afu: the battle of White Plains, as related by his son, Col. John Odell, in histatement published herewith. In the later days, after the Revolution, it said by those who remember him, that he presented a picturesque appearance as he drove up the road in his gig to attend the Sabbathday 'services at the old Dutch …

It is said that 011 occasion when the Hessians made a raid on the Odell premises they hung up a faithful slave Ccesar three several times so as to make him tell where the pork was secreted, but he would not, and at last they left him hanging until some one cut him down as soon as they were gone. Ol the capture of Jonathan Odell, his grandson, Jackson Odell says: "My …

For the latter it is said he was afterwards fully paid. Col. John Odell, s o called from having commanded a regiment of militia after the Revolution, born in 1756, was the eldest son of Jonathan. He was a stalwart patriot, and did valiant service in the cause of his country, winning distinction as one of the famous Westchester Guides. In a memorial to the legislature of this …

And your memorialist further shows, that in the autumn of the year 1776, whilst your memorialist was doing duty on the lines, his father vras made a prisoner by the enemy and confined in the Dutch Church, in the City of New York, and that whilst the father of your memorialist was thus confined, the enemy encamped on his farm, and destroyed and carried off property to a great …

And your memorialist further shows, that in the Spring of the year 1780, your memorialist left the service as a Hofse Guide, having been appointed a Lieutenant in a Regiment raised under the authority of the government, of this State, and commanded by Morris Graham, "'!> T' , r ■ " i i ' HISTORICAL SKETCHES. Esq., now deceased ; that your memoralist continued to do duty in th …

And your memorialist further shows, that his commission as Lieutenant, and also tire certificates showing his having entered the service as a Horse Guard, and stating the nature of such service, havebeen lost or destroyed; and your memorialist therefore respectfidh refers to the accompanying document, which he trusts will satisfactorily show that the statements made by him in …

David Merritt of Cortlandtown, Oct. 12II1, 1845, says: "When the Refugees surprised Williams' post, at Orser's, a part of them went north and cut off ye retreat, driving Col. John Post, the guide and others upon ye ice, when Odell (Col. John Odell of the Westchester Guides) fought with two and escaped." It is said that he severely wounded one of his pursuers on the right by a …

Jackson Odell says, "My father (Lieut. John Odell,) assisted in capturing Capt. Ogden twice. He was with the party that took him at Vermilyea's, at Kings Bridge, and with Cushing's party." John Odell was also with Arman d when he took Bearmore and Frederic Underhill, and is referred to by Gen. Timothy Pickering as the principal Guide in the advance of the Continental army …

Odell arose to dress, his breeches could nt 1 be found, and there were no others at hand to supply their loss. He heard that his commanding officer, Col. Sheldon, was approaching, and lie must go to meet him. The good woman of the house offered as her best substitute, one of her petticoats, which he immediately donned, mounted his horse, and so rode forth to meet Col. Sheldon …

Abraham D\C man was to have been married to a sister of Cornelius Oakley, anoii:- of the Westchester Guides, but for his tragic death. . Dyckman Odell also relates an amusing adventure of his gran ' father in which he came near being captured while on a visit to hi. sweetheart, Hannah McChain, in the fall of 1782, she being a sister G his associate guide, John McChain, and the …

John Jay, dated March 15, 1797, naming him as Dieut.-Col. Commandant of a Regiment of Westchester County | t ; j ' * HISTORICAL, SKETCHES. Militia, having previously, in 1786, been commissioned as Captain by Gov. George Clinton. He was over six feet in stature and every way a stalwart man, of splendid physique. He was twice married. By his first wife, Hannah McChain, he had a …

He lived at the Tompkins- Odell farm, distinguished for having been the headquarters of Rochambeau during the summer of 1781, and which was purchased of the Commissioners of Forfeiture in 1785, he having previously purchased the interest of the widow Bates in the improvements on the property. Her husband, Gilbert Bates, was taken prisoner by two British scouts who came along …

He also, for some time, acted as Adjutant and Secretary to Governor-General George Clinton. Was a Lieutenant in 1781. After the war he was Member of Assembly for seven terms, and for nearly twenty years Supervisor of the town of Greenburgh. lie married Anne Mandeville of Peekskill. Died 1S20, and was buried in the old Dutch Churchyard, Tarrytown. Pliebe Odell, a daughter of …

Barker of Oneida Co., also Isaac, Abralian; William, Jr., Altien, Johanna who married Garret Dyckman, and Win. Dyckmam Odell. Jacob, son of Jonathan Odell, born 1752, married Hannah Stymus and had Jonathan, Jasper, and Jacob, Jr., born soon after his death, Sept. 28, 179S. Jacob, Jr., married a Miss Smith and lived an : died at Peekskill. Jasper »S. married Sarah Wildey, and …

Odell's business life comprised being merchant and Postmaster at the old Mott store on the corner ot Broadway and Main St., afterwards engaged in the freighting business from the old Requa Dock, then removed to Point Dock ; was a farmer for a time in the Saw Mill river valley, then engaged in steamboating', and in the grocery business. Was Town Clerk, Supervisor in 1827. and …

HISTORICAL SKETCHES. Ail Abraham Odell, who married Christina Van Wart and lived on what was afterwards called the Underhill place, at East View (East Tarrytown), was known as handsome " Brom." His ancestry has not been clearly traced, but he was claimed as kindred by the late Capt. Jonathan Odell of Tarrytown. That he was a soldier of the Revolution is abundantly evidenced by …

Abraham and Christina Van Wart Odell had the following children : John, Isaac, Jacob, Benjamin, who married Mary, the daughter of Jacob Buckhout and Jane Hammond his wife, and had Capt. Jacob B. Odell, who was at one time Postmaster of Tarrytown and has long been connected with the Albany Day Boat Line ; Hannah, twin sister of Benjamin, married Jacob Buckhout, Jr.; Rachel …

The Isaac Odell who is said to have been one of the Westchester Guides, was a son of Isaac, Sr., one of the brothers of Jonathan Odell, Sr., of Philipse Manor. He married his cousin Hannah Odell, daughter of Abraham Odell. General Jacob Odell of Yonkers, born 1756, was the son of Abraham, brother of Jonathan, Sr. An interesting fact in regard to this Patriot officer of the …

A Moses Odell who lived near Kensico, had sister Elizabeth wh married Elnathan Taylor, who suffered death at the hands of the British by being taken from his bed and thrown into a snow drift when sick with the small-pox; they were the great-grandparents of Supervisor Moses W. Taylor of Mt. Pleasant, and C. K. Buchanan of Tarrytown. Lieut. Gilbert Taylor of the Revolution was …

An old tax roll for 1732, shows him to have been assessed at £31, which was a larger amount than the most of his neighbors. His name there appears as follows : Barent Duijser. In the description of the laying out of the old Post Road, present Broadway, in 1723, his name appears as Barrent Duytchers, so various seems to have been the orthography of the name as interpreted by …

apparently first, is recorded in the old Dutch Church as of 1701. In regard to where he may have come from is the unexplainable statement made opposite his name in connection with his second marriage, thathewas " of Stuy vesant, and residing at Philipsburgh. " No such place appears in all the New Netherlands, and the old records of Long- Island do not disclose it. But it …

His second marriage was with Derktje Smith, widow7 of Hendrick Lammerse, date of Dec. 29, 1717, his first wife having died something less than a year previous. By this marriage was Jannike, born 1718, Isaac, bapt. 1720, and Jacob bapt. Aug. 28th, 1722. He lived on what was long known as the old Dutcher farm near present Irvington, and which, at his death, camcinto the …

Meyno Buys Duytser, died on the 17th of August, 1770, and the next year Johannis married again, his second wife being "Rachel Van Wart, widow of Jacom." Johannis Dutcher died Sept. 16, 1776, in his 73d year. His second wife, Rachel Van Wart, outlived both her husband and his son Capt. William, and dying jn 1795 left a will in favor of his widow, Catrina Concklie Dutcher …

Dutcher, copied from the original in the State Archives at Albany gives a good reason for their not so appearing : -- for they stood upon high vantage ground as Patriots, serving their country without pay and at their own charges, the only suggestion made being that lead and powder would be welcome ! What a high example that was and what an inspiring one to look upon. But here …

have heretofore done a great deal of County duty when other Companies have been left at home, and have never had any satisfaction for it, and which also we never intended to make any demand of. However, we have notwithstanding, been very ill used, for all the other Companies have had powder and ball delivered to them when we are left without any. So gentlemen, if you should be …

Dutcher' s lettei was read at a session of the Convention held July 31, 1776. The following is copied from the original proceedings date, of Aug. 5, 1776 : " A letter from Wm. Dutcher, Captain, Daniel Marling, First Lieutenant, and ■George Munson, 2d Lieutenant, dated the 30th day of July last, and rec'd on the 31st, was read and filed. They therein set forth their willingness …

Washington, dated at Tarry town, July 15, 1776, giving him account of the presence of the enemies' war ships on the Tappan Zee, and asking for aid to repel them, says : "As to further particulars must beg leave to refer your Excellency to the bearer, Capt. William Dutcher." So Capt. Butcher was sent on an important errand to see Gen. Washington and to com. municate to him …

Our people had become proportionably disheartened, and a gloom had settled over the whole country. Even the courage of Washington seemed to be giving away before the tardiness of Congress, the small number of ablebodied men upon whom he could rely, and his severe reverses in the field. The army, very much reduced in number, and dejected in spirits, had gone into winter …

The sky, however, being cloudless, the moon at its full, and the ground covered with snow, it was sufficiently light to see objects at a great distance. We were about rising from the table, when our attention was suddenly attracted by one of the children who was standing at the window, as she said, ' Oh father, yonder are some soldiers coming this way.' A single glance in the …

I followed him with eager eyes and beating heart, till he disappeared over the hill ; but my anxiety was so great that it seemed he would never reach it. I expected every instant to hear the report of their heavy pistols. It could not have been more than a moment after I had seen him disappear, when the door shook beneath the heavy blows of sabres, accompanied by the coarse …

I had hardly removed the last bar, when the door was thrown violently open, and six rough, powerful, and evil-looking men stood before me. 'Where is your rebel husband?' demanded the leader in a voice of thunder. , HISTORICAL SKETCHES. - ■ Striving to be calm, I answered, 'He is not in the hou 'He is in the house,' was the gruff reply, 'one of my men sav. him enter more than …

Tliev seemed the most pleased when they could do the greatest injury. .Seeing his men returning alone, the leader became furious, and laying his brawny hand upon my shoulder, roared rather than asked -- 'Where is the cursed rebel ? ' 1 1 cannot tell you. ' * 'If he is gone, which way did he go?' To this question I made no answer-- I. had become so frightened I could not. 'If …

The road around the dwelling described almost a semi-circle ; and, though in places partially hidden from view, there was one spot entirely exposed. Could he pass that place without detection he might escape. He was passing over that part, when a neigh from the ton 's horse caused the rider to look up, and follow the direction of the animal's gaze. At once he recognized the …

I knew that grandfather's horse was a hardy, swift animal, and was therefore perplexed and troubled to see the others gain so rapidly on him. The cause was soon apparent. The pursuers in their eagerness to take him dead or alive, had discharged their pieces at random ; and before giving them time to reload, he slackened his horse's speed, and drawing his pistols from their …

But still, a chance shot might disable the horse, or wound him, and if he fell into their hands no mercy would be shown him. But what a night that was to me ! I was alone with my children, without any protection save that which the house afforded, and that I knew to be but little, when these brutal men were around. They would stop at nothing to accomplish their purposes. If …

Some mouths after, when I saw him, he told me that once or twice lie was on the point of stopping his horse and surrendering, feeling that escape was impossible. Then the thought of life, of home, and of country, again urged him forward. They pressed him so hard that his - , ■ HISTORICAL SKETCHES. horse began to show great signs of weariness. And when at length R rode into …

The slaves were left in charge of the premises, and on one occasion they were taken out for a distance in the river and then thrown overboard by the Piritish and Tory marauders at such depth as they might be able to just keep their heads above water, and so get ashore ! Capt. Win. Dutcher is mentioned as connected with Col. Thomas Thomas' Regt., date of October 4, 1776, as …

I could not answer him in positive terms or give him any advice decidedly in the affair, but have referred him to your Excellency for information. If your Excellency has got any commissions on hand and can consistently indulge him with a commission for the purpose aforesaid. I would esteem it a favor. His sufferings entitle him to notice. lie is a warm friend to his country …

The significance of some of these names is very apparent, i instance, Maritje, after the great-grandmother ; Meynotie, for Ik grandmother; William, Jr., for the father ; Salem, from the fact the. for a period about the time of the birth of that son the family, drive:! away from their home here, sought safety in the town of Salem; and Deliverance, as a recognition that at last …

Louis, and daughters Anna, Caroline and Elizabeth. Wm. Dutcher, 2d, also had son Abram who married Caroline Martling and had William, Thomas, Esther, Caroline E. , who is the widow of De Witt Clinton Graham and resides in New York; Mary E. ; Arabella; Geo. W. , who married Annie, daughter of Isaac See, and lived at Arlington, N. J. ; Samuel, who went to South America, and …

Y., Coxsackie, then at the old Market St. Church, New' York City, Bound Brook, N. J., and then a year at Somers, Conn. In 1882 he w'as appointed Consul at Port Hope, Canada, by President Arthur, where he remained until 1887, when he removed to Springfield, Mass., where he died Nov. 27, 1888. Dr. Dutcher's first marriage was with Margaret ta Ayres, by whom were four children …

Benson Ferris, President of the Westchester Savings Bank at Tarrytown. Deliverance Dutcher, son of Capt. William, lived on the east end of the old Dutcher farm on the road to Greeuburgh. He married and had a large family of children. Deliverance Dutcher died Nov. 7, 1823, hi his 41st year. Cathriua Bancker his widow, born Jan 14, 1785, died July 10, 1875. Mrs. Andrew C. Field …

William, married Abigail Ferris, daughter of Oliver and Abigail Lockwood Ferris, and lived at Hall's Corners, (Elmsford). Had a large family. A son, Oliver Ferris Dutcher, lived at Providence, R. 1. ; was a prominent merchant there, an Alderman ot the city and Member of the State Legislature. He married Mary P. Warner, who after his death became the wife of Mr. Benson Ferris …

There was an Abram Dutcher who was a soldier in Capt. Martling's Company, probably Abraham, 2d. Parent Dutcher of Philipse Manor, probably Parent, Jr., made a will which was admitted to probate Dee. 31st, 1772. Gave to Iris daughter Rachel £10. Otherwise his estate was equally divided between his son Isaac, daughter Mary Monson, daughter Catharine Barnes and his before …

D, as was their near neighbor and kinsman, Capt. Jan Hannse, and they were probably brothers. The following record of their marriage is copied from the old Dutch Church of New York City, with which Jan appears to have united on profession of faith March 4, 1680: MARRIED. Mar. 21 Dec., 1692, Wolfert Ecker 1. m. Van MidAVout en Maritje Sibouts, Van dc Armen Bouwcrye, beyde op …

Sybout, and Abraham, living, and "dafter Maritie." Peter Buckbout and Jacob Dyktnan were the witnesses to the will. In this connection it is of interest to notice that his deceased grandson had made a will date of July 3, 1746, in which he gave his gold ring and all of his estate to his grandfather, Wolfert Ecker, Sr., although as appears by the will above quoted he must have …

Pie was evidently a man of property and character, and good business qualifications, for not only was he an Elder in the Old Dutch Church, but he was one of the first Assessors appointed for the Phillipsburgh Manor by the General Court as early as 1714. As will further appear, he was doubtless the ancestor of all of the name of Acker or Ecker who afterwards resided in this …

Isaac he gives " my Dutch Bible, to him and his heirs forever." He also mentions eldest son Wolfert, and " dafter" Ally Requaw, wife of fulm Requaw, and grandsons John Dutcherand Abraham l\eker. He also had daughters Rea and Maritie. This Wolfert Acker is probably the Wolfert who married Susanna Requa, the sister of John, Daniel, James and Glode Requa, and removed to Newburg …

He died July 9, 1811, and Ids wife Catharine died April 11, 1S06. Abraham Acker, third, appears to have principally inherited his father's estate. This Abraham married Jemima Dutcher, daughter of'Capt. William Dutcher, and resided at the old homestead, on lower Broadway. • He was a man of property and importance in the communits and his residence, known far and wide as the …

By his will, made Dec. 20, 1821, gave to his wife Jemima, to his son James, and grandson Abraham son of James; to his son Wm. D. Acker and to his daughters Catharine, Maria, Margaret and Lettie. He was evidently a man of consequence and substance, as a receipt of internal revenue date of 1815, giving him the right of use for a " two wheeled carriage called a chair, owned by …

Maria, the sister of James and daughter of Abraham Acker, 3d, married the late Benson Ferris, Sr., and was a woman much esteemed i- ' ■ HISTORICAL SKETCHES. io5 in this community. Her son, Benson Ferris, Esq., is President of the Westchester County Savings Bank of this place. The oldest memorial stone of the Acker family recognizable in t lie old Dutch Churchyard, bears the …

Sibout Acker, son of Wolfert, baptized prior to 1699, had Wolfert, Magdalen, William, Abraham and Rachel, Tea, Maritie and Jan Acker. Mr. Jacob Acker, a great-grandson of William Acker, son of Sybout and grandson of Wolfert, lived near the summit of the hill west of the Saw Mill River, and 011 the road leading to East Irvington, on what was formerly a part of the Win. Acker …

He remembered how his father was taken prisoner during one of the forays of the enemy to the northward. He had stoutly resisted but was finally overpowered by a blow from a saber which made an ugly and nearly fatal cut in his head. He was then taken to New - ' io6 IIISTORICA I, SKETCHES. York and confined in the Old .Sugar House Prison (as stated in If application fora …

Israel Honeywell, as a scout in a reconuo.itering party to examine the lines of the British troops then at Morrisiauia, and that on their return, he and others under the command of Ensign Thos. Boyce, on the 3d of March, in the town of Newcastle, were attacked by a part\ of British Dragoons, and that during the attack he received a severe wound from the sword of a British …

The conflict was brought on by the firing of 'Jake Acker. ' He was famous in his days as a sharpshooter with musket or rifle, and being out probably hunting on the brushy and brambly elevation known as 'the Island,' between Saw Mill River and the road east of it, in company with John Dean, he saw a squad of twenty-eight British soldiers marching carelessly down the road toward …

But while they were thus occupied with him, and taking counsel together what to do, 'Jake' who had reloaded his musket, crept stealthily through the bushes down to the eastern edge of the island, and, taking deliberate aim, sent another ball through the temples of a British soldier, who fell dead upon the spot. They were both afterwards buried on the island. 1 saw, said Mr …

He was thrice wounded while on a scout to Morisauia on the 14th of Dec. 1779. Stephen son of Wolfert, was a pensioner by reason of being wounded once on his chin, once iii his gullet, and the third in his right shoulder; and on the 1st day of May, 1780, being again ordered out by Col. Hammond on a scout to Sing Sing, he received another wound on his left shoulder, by a …

In a list of officers chosen for a Tarrytown Company date of Oct. 23, 1775, Sybout Acker's name appears as Ensign. He was afterwards Captain of a Company, and was much of the time in active service on the Lines in this neighborhood, as is evidenced by the statements of many applicants for pension, including Samuel Youngs. His marriage does not appear on the records, but Sybout …

In a statea.r made by him in 1847, sa>'s •' "1 saw service during the Revoluti ary war, and in the latter part of it was employed as a Perryman King's Ferry. 1 ferried Smith (Joshua Hett) and Andre aero, s'' river Sept. 22, 1780, and was a witness at Smith's trial, in 17. . when the French arm)' lay at White Plains, I was employed as a wv.- • man at Dobbs Ferry. Once, in the …

The following from the granddaughter of Mrs. Rachel AM'.' Stillwaggou, the venerable old lady who died a few years since in ' * 106th year, is worthy of a place here : "Grandmother does not reim ber her grandfather's first name. He fought in both the French 2: Revolutionary wars. Williams and Van Wart were both cousin - her. Grandmother's father, Abram Acker, was in the …

Wolfert Acker was an Assessor of the Manor in 1714, and in 1723, filled the office of Collector, the following receipt being copied from the old records : " New York, May 21, 1723, " Rec'd from Stephen Ecker in behalf of his father, Woofcrt Ecker, Collector of the Manor of Phillipsburgh, the sum of six Pounds four Shillings and five pence which with his salary at nine pence in …

The old Dutch Church records state that in the absence ol a minister Jan Ecker was appointed to conduct the funeral service "in a Christian manner, and that he walk before the procession to the grave." Jan Acker was one of the Deacons chosen at the organization of the old Dutch Church, 1697, and served as Elder 1702-4. The old survey of the Post Road, date 1723, indicates that …

Jan Cornelius Van Tassel was the first of that name, known to have come to New Netherland. Among the first settlers to locate upon Philipse Manor, were John, Jacob and Cornelius Van Tassel, sons ol the first mentioned. They were the 38th, 53d and 73d persons whose names appear upon the roll of members of the old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow. Dirck, the son of Cornelius, was …

Captain elected for the company that was known as the Tarrytown Company, this Sept. 2, 1775, being the first and earliest mention of the name Tarrytown yet discovered. Lieut. Cornelius Van Tassel, was elected an officer of one of the four companies organized in the upper Manor ot Philipsburg. The Provincial Congress in session in New York city, gave them their commissions …

They were mounted, and the Governor, to stimulate enlistments j: that branch of the service, gave them a reward of twenty-five dollar: for the capture of every committeeman, aval five dollars each for ever-, deserter.' This command soon grew to be a very effective regimen. They were given the name of Cow Boys, as their thorough kuowledg of the roads and country was a great …

Throwing a blanket over his head he came down stairs and sprang over tin* lower half of the hall door and ran rapidly to the Saw Mill River, pursued by the enemy, who gave up the chase when they found that he had broken his way through the ice, in order to escape to the Karen Ilott, the picket station on Beaver Mountain. Cornelius, Jr., died Jan. 3, 1780, as the result of his …

are both owned by d d Rebels -- burn them!' My wife, l,cah Van Tassel, was the only daughter of Cornelius, and she was the infant taken out of the house in a blanket by a soldier, laid carefully in the snow and the mother, distracted, was seeking her babe when be told her where the child was. The only son, Cornelius, Jr., fled for safety half naked to the roof of the house and …

signed by I/ieut Cornelius and Peter Van Ta >cl, as Committeemen, and others, drawn up at the Provost Goal, date of F< b. 6, 1778, is on file among the Clinton papeis, in whir l) they, set forth that they are there as Committeemen, and Jemo. unable to get exchanged, and they ash the Governor to help them out of their diicjuma so that they may be returned to their families …

Ilis only son having died from exposure received in fighting for his country, he postponed the affair until the marriage of his daughter I, cah, to John Romer, son of Jacob Romcr, Sr., who with his thi'-e brother . )■/ d been active participants in the cause of Independence; and in 1793, they erected the dwelling still standing, of which a photo representation appears …

Dank-] Martling's Company as early as 1776, and as already stated he was ; member of the Committee of Public Safety for this County when taker prisoner and carried away to the Provost Goal in New York in Nov., 1777. His tombstone in the old Dutch Churchyard shows that he was born in May, 1728, and that he died in Sept., 1784, just after the close of the Revolutionary war, and …

So Peter was the sou of Johannis who had married Trintje, and the brother of famous Major Jacob Van Tassel of Wolfert's Roost, also brother of Catrina who married Abraham Acker or Ecker, 2d, the great-grandfather of Mr. Benson Ferris. As Peter died in 1784, his widow, Catrina or Catharine, and her sons Peter, 2d, and John, took title to his farm of 150 acres in the Saw Mill …

"The situation of the Roost is in the very heart of what was the debateable ground between the American and British lines, during the war. The British held possession of the city of New York, and the island of Manhattan, on which it stands. The Americans drew up towards the highlands, holding their headquarters at Peekskill. The intervening country, from Croton River to …

In a little while this debateable laud was overrun by predatory bands from either side ; sacking hen-roosts, plundering farmhouses, and driving off cattle. Hence arose those two great orders of border chivalry, the Skinners and the Cow Boys, famous in the heroic annals of Westchester County. The former fought, or rather, marauded under the American, the latter under the …

Mediterranean ploughed by hostile prows; and. would occasional]; throw up a mud breast-work on a point or promontory, mount an old iron field-piece, and fire away at the enemy, though the greatest harm was apt to happen to themselves, from the bursting of their ordnance, nay, there was scarce a Dutchman along the river that would hesitate to fire with his long duck gun at any …

As the Roost, from its lonely situation on the water's edge, might be liable to attack, he took measures for defence. On a row of hooks, above bis fire-place, reposed his great piece of ordnance, ready charged and primed for action. This was a duck, or, rather, goose-gun of unparalleled longitude -- with which it was said he could kill a wild goose, though half way across the …

"He was, as I have already hinted, of pugnacious propensities; and, not content with being a patriot at home, and fighting for the security of his own fireside, he extended his thoughts abroad, and entered into a confederacy with certain of the bold, hard-riding- lads of - ' <T> Tarry town, Petticoat Lane and Sleepy Hollow -- who formed a kind of holy brotherhood, scouring the …

Did he ever chance to espy, from his look-out place, a hostile ship or galley anchored or becalmed near shore, he would take down his long goose-gun from the hooks over the fire-place, sally out alone, and lurk along shore, dodging behind rocks and trees, and watching for hours together, like a veteran mouser intent on a rat hole. So sure as a boat put off for shore, and came …

These mosquito cruisers generally kept aloof by day, so that their harboring places might not be discovered, but would pull quietly along, under shadow of the shore, at night, to take up their quarters at the Roost. Hither, at such time, would also repair the hard-riding lads of the hills, to hold secret councils of war with the "ocean chivalry ; " and in these nocturnal …

"This doughty Dutchman (continues thesage Diedrich Knickerbocker) was not content with taking a share in all the magnanimow enterprises concocted at the Roost, but still continued his petty warfaic along shore. A series of exploits at length raised his confidence in his prowess to such a height, that he began to think himself and his goosegun a match for anything. Unluckily …

"It was not long after this, during the absence of Jacob YanTu.- sel on one of his forays, and when no one was in garrison but his stouthearted spouse, his redoubtable sister, Nochie Van Wurmer, and a strapping negro wench called Dinah, that an armed vessel came to anchor off the Roost and a boat full of men pulled to shore. The garrison flew to arms -- that is to say, to …

The struggle continued down to the very water's edge, when a voice from the armed vessel at anchor ordered the spoilers to let go their hold. They relinquished the prize, jumped into their boats, and pulled off, and the heroine of the Roost escaped with a mere rumpling of the feathers. Shortly after the catastrophe of the Roost, Jacob VanTassel, in the course of one of his …

Hammond he received directions to take as many men from his company as seemed advisable, and go as far.down the Hudson as he could with safety, and gather all the information he could relative to the movements and designs of the enemy, and that he selected six privates and went down, and on their return put up for the night at a private dwelling in the vicinity of Croton River …

which was executed at the old Sugar House in Liberty St., was tin-:, sent to Platbush where lie remained until he was exchanged in the fa; of 1781, and on his arrival home he first heard of the surrender of Cornwall is. , Relates being one of the Company that made a raid to Morrisania when the guide Dyckman was killed. Upon one occasion he recollected to have shot a deserter …

Reton, his relatives, and Isaac Delameter, were the persons who were taken prisoners with him. That at Flatbush where he was on parole, were many American officers, including Col. Hammond, the latter part of the time, he having been taken out of his bed when he was taken prisoner. That when they were exchanged Hammond accompanied them up through New Jersey to Greenburg ; that …

The old record at Albany shows the following in the book o! ^ o Audited Accounts : ■ , . HISTORICAL, SKETCHES. I 2 1 To Lieut. Jacob Van Tassel, Isaac Van Tassel and four privates of Col Hammond's Regt.. Westchester Co. Militia, for pay from the time they entered service and during the time they were taken prisoners to the day they returned from their captivity. To Isaac Van …

She died Oct. 27, 1861, in her 95th year, and he. died Nov. 59, 1856, in his 93d year. Jacob also had sons Isaac, Jacob, and William. Charles Denison Belden, of New York, is a great-grandson of Lieut. Jacob Van Tassel. The following inscription appears on his tombstone in the old Dutch Churchyard, he being there designated "Major" Jacob Van Tassel, to which honor he was …

Stephen Van Tassel's application for a pension, dated Dec. it, 1832, states that he entered the service as a Volunteer about the first of May, 1776, at Tarry town, for 9 mouths in the Co. of Capt. Abram Ladieu ; resided in or near Tarry town at that time ; was at the battle of White Plains in the right-wing of the American Army near Chatterton Hill. In the spring of 1777 …

lived at "Haventje," known as the Fremont place. This Johannis Van Tassel was the great-grandfather of Mr. Daniel Van Tassel of Tarrytown. A John Van Tassel, born 1737, and who died 1807, was one of the John Van Tassels who served in the French war; was also a soldier of the Revolution. He kept the Van Tassel Inn, present Jacob Mott house, which was a rallying place in the …

John Romer says of the affair, "John Van Tassel was posted as sentinel near the house, and challenged the enemy who charged. He fired, defended himself with his bayonet, but was surrounded and cut to pieces by the dragoons. The men then jumped out of the windows and escaped." The State afterwards gave a pension to "Catharine Ann and John Van Tassel, orphan children of John Van …

Among the early if not original members of the old Dutch Church were Jacob Van Texel and Aletje his wife, Jan Van Texel and Cathriua his wife, and Cornelius Van Texel and Antje his wife. Among the officers of that Church appear the names of Cornelius Van Texel, Deacon, 1709; Jan Van Texel, Deacon, 1716; Cornelius, Elder, 1717; Jan, Elder, 1727; Jan, Elder, 1736; Hendrick …

Van Tassel; 1756, Dec. 29, earmark of Johannis Van Tassel ; ] 757, March 20, ear mark of Johannis Van Tassel, son of Hendrick. 1760, Mar. 4, licensed Inn Keeper, Peter Van Tassel; x 7 7S, John Van Tassel, a Pound Master ; 1779. John Van Tassel Assessor. ■ ■ . HISTORICAL SKETCH ICS. The following', copied from the original on file in the St. Archives at Albany, well deserves a …

Notwithstanding theenemy has not left us one single head of our cattle, furniture &c.. but has plundered us of all, we beseech that you will look with an eye of pity or, , and have some consideration for our past services, and that a year's imprisonment ,v. : five years' exile, the ruin of our fortunes, and the submission with which we have b these punishments and the zeal …

The Van Warts are found in the old Dutch Church records as early as 1700, Gerret Van Wart having been a Deacon there 1705-7, and 1710-12 ; an Elder 1719, and a Gerret Van Wart, perhaps Gerret, Jr., an Elder 1731-2, Joegliem Van Wart was a Deacon 1734, and perhaps another Joegliem Deacon in 1751. A Jacob Van Wart was Deacon 1 739, and a Jacob, Elder 1766 and 1771, and Deacon in …

In the old records of the officers of this Manor Garret Van Wart appears as Constable date of 1715; was Collector 1723. Jacob Van Wart was Collector 17x8. A Gerret Van Wart was Constable 1742, and Joegliem was Collector same year. In 1744 Joegliem Van Wart was Constable and Collector, and again Collector in 1745. The following is copied from the ancient records verbatim : "Ye …

In the Tax hist of 1732, for this Manor, the following Van Wartappear: Abraham, Gerret, Sr. , Gerret, J r. , Jan, Joeghem, Jacob, and William Van Wart. William Van Wart, by will, proved Aug. 4, 1772, gave to his wife Cathrina, and sons Wm. , Jacobus, Jacob, and daughters, Belitie, wife of David Davids, Susanna, w ife of Wolfert Cropper, and Cathrina, wife of Jacobus Davids …

C* The petition of Isaac Van Wart, late a Lieutenant in Philip Van- Cortlandt's Regt. , respectfully slioweth : That in the year 1775 he was appointed alLieutenaut in Capt. Ambrose Horton's Company in a Regt. commanded by Col. Jas. Holmes; that he served tnat Campaign in the siege of St. Johns, and in the winter he marched with the army to the siege of Quebec, and continued …

That he has a large family of children to support, and asks for the allotment of lands given to officers. To enumerate some of the important actions in which he was engaged: Was an officer of the Line, 1776. Had command on board the Galleys in their attack on the Phenix and Rose at Tarry town, in July of that year. Was in the Battle at White Plains and at T renton ; in 1777 …

That he was in the sendee again that year, and in the beginning of the year 1777 he kept his home at the house of the father of this deponent, and in a short time enlisted more than 30 men, and this deponent well remembered to have seen the said Isaac Van Wart, and a number of the soldiers that enlisted under him doing duty in the Regiment of Continental troops commanded by …

He drew a pension of $320 per annum. IP- died July 13, 1840. David Henry, of Lansinburgb, makes affidavit in support the claim of Isaac Van Wart's widow ; says he then resided at Lausinburgh, aged 86, and a pensioner ; he well knew Isaac Van Wart to be a Lieutenant in the army of the Revolution. In May, 1775, lie was enlisted in the service by him at White Plains. Ambrose …

Abraham Van Wart, father of Lieut. Isaac Van Wart, was the son of Abraham, Sr., and Antie Mey his wife, (she the daughter of Martinas Mey and born in Germany) and bapt. Sept. 19, 1730, his brother Martinas Van Wart, the father of Isaac the Captor, havingbeen bapt. June 26, 1733. Abraham Van Wart, Sr., was the son of Gerridt Van Werdt and Catalyntie his wife, and bapt. at the …

Martinus Van Wart and some of his Patriot neighbors, hearing the firing came up, and did some skirmishing on the flanks of the red coats, and as soon as the enem)^ had finished the work of destruction and had retired, they came upon the scene to minister to the wounded and bury the dead. They found Capt. Roberts lying where he had fallen on the snow, inhumanly robbed of …

While at the encampment at North Castle, John Paulding came one afternoon, to me, saying, 'Isaac, have you any objection to going with me on a scout, below?' 'No,' says I. We then started between three and four in the afternoon, with our English rifles on our shoulders? and proceeded southward. After walking a mile or so, we fell in with David Williams, and persuaded him to …

out discovering- us -- Paulding and Williams keeping a perfect silt i and I laying down within the bushes, close to the fence. Shortlv p twenty or thirty minutes from the time of our arrival) 1 saw a liorsem ride slowly along on a black horse, the rising ground, directly oppeto where the Tarrytown academy now stands. I said to Paulding a-. Williams, 'Here's a horseman coming …

"He started, changed color, and fetching a deep sigh, said, 'G bless my soul! a body must do anf tiling to get along now-a-day.- . 1 Thereupon he showed us General Arnold's passport, and said : 'I have been in the country on particular business and hope you won't deta . me a minute.' After we had read the passport we ordered him to dh mount and follow' us. We then took down …

Replacing *B fence, we allowed him to remount his horse and go in advance You never saw such an alteration in any man's face. Only a K" minutes before, he was uncommonly gay in his looks ; but after w' had made him prisoner, you could read in his face that he thought it was all over with him. We felt for him ; but that was all v. ■ could do, so long as we meant to be honest to …

He suffered much in mind, as was apparent from his great dejection ; but he acted like a gentleman, candidly and politely. He never once attempted to escape." Isaac Van Wart was baptised Oct. 25, 1758, and died May 23, 182S. He married Rachel, daughter of Nicholas Storms, and had two sons, Abram and Rev. Alexander Van Wart. Was buried at the old Greenburgh Church, Blmsford, of …

"Ames Van Wart, Esq., of New York city, born there Jan. 20, 1841, married Apr. 13, 1869, Carolina Marshall Roberts, daughter of Marshall of New York, son of Irving Van Wart, of New York city, born there Mar. 7, 1808, who married 1839, Sarah Craig Am,es, son of Henry, born at Tarry town, 1783, died at Kdgbaston, Birmingham, Eng., in Mar. 1873 ; was in business with the Irvings …

William Van Wart was pensioned by the State for worn: ' received in the service. Date of July 3, 1786, he made affidavit beibn- James Requa, Esq., that he served as a private in Col. Hammond'. Regiment, and that while in such service he was disabled by tv. wounds ; one in his left shoulder, and one above his left eye. V.. placed on the Invalid Pension roll from May 25, 17S0 …

In fact, there was so much of commingling of these families that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other ends ; whether one of the descendants is more of a Van Wart than he is an Acker, or more of an Acker than he is a Van Tassel, or more of a Van Tassel than he is a Dutcher, or more of a Dutcher than he is a Davids, or a Davids than he is a Storm, or a …

The story of the Requa Family as related to Philipse Manor during the Revolutionary struggle, and subsequent to that period, is one of not a little interest. Although the migration of the Requas here was confined to a single family of that name, and that at a period not earlier at least than 1730, and after the settlement here under Frederick Philipse had existed for fifty …

Requa, a grandson of Abraham and great-grandson of Daniel Requa. who spent much of time in making researches concerning the family and who gathered a large amount of statistics in the shape of family trees and other interesting data, left the following memorandum in regard to the original emigration and emigrants of that name : They came from La Rochelle, France, about 1690 …

My Gram:'... ther (Abraham) informed me that Gabriel had a brother on board the same ship, as he : . been told by the oldest in the family and when Gabriel and James' parents were dead, ; - having an equal share with his brother's money he took charge ol it and James' aa arrived in New York, and purchased what necessaries they were in want of, clothing, ,y< procuring and paid …

The family was rich in houses, lands and stocks ; but. the persecution was so bitter that they fled in the night to save their lives, leaving behind the greater part of their property which they coukJ,not convert into money. There were eleven other families which fled at the same time and from the same cause; they were strictly forbidden to read the Bible, or to hold religious …

But contention was in vain ; their persecutors were rich and powerful anil in consequence of the refusal of the Huguenots to submit, they were all condemned to be massacred on a certain night. From certain indications they gathered that evil w.m intended toward them ; their houses were pointed out by passers by. Providentially, through the good offices of a friendly Romanist …

The son Glode afterward married Jane and lived on Muddy P>rook now called Harlem River. Afterward they moved to New Rochelle where a part of the family lived until the war with Great Britain. Some of the family moved previous to the war to what is now called Tarry town, on the North River, about 30 miles from New York, where manv of the family no"' live, although they have …

When Glode Requa, Sr., came to this Manor does not clearly appear, but probably soon after 1730, though the old Tax List of 1732 does not contain his name, and yet in the marriage record of his children, Jannitie, James, John and Daniel, in the old Dutch Church, the birth-place of all of them is given as Philipsburgh, the first named, married April 10, 1751, being the first …

John Dean of the Revolution, and had a family of six sous and three daughters. He was early appointed to the command of a Company of Militia on this Manor, and of the services so performed by him frequent mention is made in the applications for pension of those who served under him. The following accounts copied from the books of the State Treasurer show various sums paid to …

The old Manor records show that Glode Requa was chosen oikof the Assessors the 1st Thursday of April, 1753, and that the ear mark of his stock was recorded April 1, 1767. It is said of Glode, Sr., that he was very Prencliy in his talk, and difficult to understand on account of his foreign speech. That he occupied the farm which afterwards descended to his eldest son, Glode …

That she was a daughter of William Paulding, and was born Oct. 8, 1766. Peter Van Woermer, aged 87, said he was well acquainted with Isaac Requa and lived in the same township with him during the Revolution, one or two miles from him. That his father and the father of the said Isaac removed for a time to Collaberg, 10 or 12 miles above Tarrytown, during the Revolution, and …

ancestor of all the Requas heretofore or now living in Westchester Co., and so far as this deponent hath knowledge or belief, of all the Requas heretofore or now living in these United States; that he has often heai d from his said father, and it is a matter of family history, that the said Glo'de, the grandfather of this deponent, emigrated from Rochelle in France, to the …

Pleasant, about i mile from Sing Sing, and seven or eight miles from Tarrytown ; that James and Daniel resided in the town of Mt. Pleasant, about one or two miles east of Tarrytown, the latter upon a farm adjoining and east of the said James. That John died without issue. Male issue of the other brothers was as follows : Glode, Jr., had 6 sons, viz.: Isaac, the husband of …

The foregoing includes all the Requas in the male line who were living in the County of Westchester during the period of the Revolution, and there were during the Revolution, as herewith shown, but two of the name of Isaac, (one of whom was the eldest son of Glode) and the other the son of James -- the ninth son, and the younger brother of the deponent; that Isaac the son of …

Was Supervisor of the town of Greenburgh for svx successive terms, from 1787 to 1792, inclusive; was Justice of the Peace for nearly twenty years, and from 1810 to 1820 was an Associate Justice, or side Judge, sitting at County Courts, and was commonly known as Judge Requa. He was successfully engaged in business at his residence adjoining the residence of Gen. Paulding near …

Cole ; a son James Requa who lived at Piermont and had Glode Requa who lives at Mousey, Rockland Co. James Requa had married Margaret Blauvelt, and died at Piermont April 15, 1858. Gabriel and Elizabeth Martling his wife also had Julia who married Isaac Davids, and Gabriel who seems to have been unmarried. Mary M. Requa, daughter of Glode, married John Van Wart who was a …

Willsea, and removed to Kendall, Orleans County. Isaac L. Rjeoua. HISTORICAL SKETCHES. J39 Capt. Jacob Requa, a son of Samuel, married Eliza Lawrence daughter of Isaac, and had Maria, who married Isaac F. Van Wart, a grandson of Isaac Van Wart the Captor, and had a son Jacob and two daughters ; John Requa, who went to California 1850, and died at San Francisco about thirty …

Albert Lewis, until he sold his interest in 1892. Capt. Samuel has retired from business, but at the village election in 1894 was unanimously chosen as one of the Board of Water Commissioners of Tarrytowu, and has since been elected Treasurer of the Board. He is also a Trustee and Treasurer of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Association, a Trustee and Treasurer of the Andre Capture …

Jacob Requa married second the widow Theall of Haverstraw, and had a son Nathaniel, who lives in New York. Isaac, twin brother of Capt. Jacob, and son of Capt. Samuel, had Maria, who married Alonzo Leonard ; Isaac, unmarried ; Anna, James M., who married Myra R. Lee of Potsdam, St Lawrence County, Juliet, who married David Kent of Putnam Co., and Grace Requa who married Frank …

Requa, Esq., who lived for a time after the war in Florida, and while there came within one vote of being elected United States Senator by the Legislature of that vState. Afterwards resided for a time at Tarrytown Heights and while there lost his only son. Pie removed to Santa Barbara, California, and died there in March, 1SS8. This Gabriel also had sons James Dixon, who was a …

It occurred while crossing the Hudson, either to or from Piermont, one account says by the upsetting of the boat in a severe storm ; another story is that they were struck by lightning -- probably on the river opposite the old homestead. An old double tombstone, now fast crumbling to decay perpetuated the fact of the death of James and Glode Requa, both on the 12th of August …

It seemed at first, when the family tree showed that the above James Requa had descendants, that there must be a mistake somewhere, but an examination of the records of the old Dutch Church showed a James Requa married to Betsey Helliker, as the tree indicated, on the 28th of June, prior to the 12th of August on which he was drowned, lie was then in his 20th year. And then …

James Requa, the second son of Glode, Sr., born 1729-30, u:.v ried Maritie Acker, daughter of Wolfert Acker, Sr., Dec. 20, 173.; , probably was married at the Tappan Church, as the marriage is records there, as well as in the old Dutch Church records. When she died • not known, nor how many children she left, but it must have been prim to Nov. 1766, as the following, copied …

Certainly the grave of Iris first wife is not to be found in the old Dutch Churchyard, neither does bis second marriage appear in the old Dutch Church records. This above is also of interest as being the first transfer of property by or to a Requa that appears in the old records, so far as has been discovered. And so James Requa was a blacksmith as well as a justice of the …

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 …

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 …

He gave to bis sons Joseph, Elijah, William and Isaac $125 each; to his grandsons Gabriel, George, James Austin, and Joseph and granddaughter Minerva, children of his son Glode, $500, to be placed at interest until they became of age; to his grandson John R. Requa, son of Gilbert, $500 to be put at interest for his benefit until of age ; to daughter Jane Martine, $125; to …

The Prisoner on his Arraignment pleads not Guilty, l i e: Gabriel Requaw being sworn, says that he lives two .Wile back of Tarry Town, that a! a Week ago, as he was working by his House, fie saw two Men crossing the Lots ; ;i suspect them, he went into the House, took his Gun and followed them into the Wo< w on haling them one Ran away, the Prisoner Slop'd, when he came up …

" The Court having considered the Evidence & Defence of Prisoner, are of Opinion that he is Guilty of the charge and Do therefore Sentence him to be hanged by the Neck till he is Dead. " Ben Walker, Judge Advocate. Philip Cortlandt, President." t In a return of the Militia on this Manor date of June 22, 177S, Capt. Gabriel Reqtia reports 8 commissioned and non-commissioned …

He continued on the lines until 1780, in the course of which time he commanded a Company, having been commissioned as Lieutenant by Governor Clinton. In the year 1780 he was wounded in three places and taken prisoner. Whilst a prisoner Colonel Delancey offered a Captain's Commission in the British army to he handed him in 24 hours if he would accept. The declarant replied! …

" He then remarked that this declarant was "an active enemy of the British," and asked him if he would not like a parole? to which Lieutenant Requa replied, " Well !" " \\ hereupon he gave me my parole," and soon after Governor Clinton secured his exchange and called him into active service, by ordering him to muster the northern troops at Albany, and afterwards he was ordered …

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 …

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. ' ■ ■ ' ■ . HISTORICAL SKETCHES. M6 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 …

Although but 19 years of age he had already become noted as an Electrician. Henry M. Requa's daughter, Catherine, has been Principal of the 1 2th Street School, New York City, for many years. James Requa, son of Joseph, had a daughter Mary Eliza, who married Henry Sanger, of Howard, Sanger & Co., and was so the ancestor of Col. Wm. Cary Sanger, of Saugerneld, N. Y. Col. Sanger …

H. , resides at Middleburgh, N. Y. Has four children : William A., Alice May, Albert F... and Jennie L. Chas. W. Requa, another son of Thos. PL, resides in Chicago, and has for 18 years been a member of the Board of Trade 0! of that city. He married Catharine Bruyn, of Ulster Co., and has two sons, Wm. Bruyn and Chas. Howard Requa in the Commission business, Chicago, under the …

In 1828-9 was one of the Superintendents of the County Aims House, and in 1815 lie had been Supervisor of Alt. Pleasant. Pie was a prominent Methodist, and aided in the organization of Asbury M.E. Church, Tarrytown. Gave the site for the original edifice. Daniel Requa, son of James, gave his life for his country, having been, as stated by his brother Elijah, "slain on the …

Janies Requa, Jr., son of James, Sr., married Maty Teller. Was a soldier of the Revolution. Plad Frederick W. , who married Juliet Field, and had Wm. C., unmarried, lived for a time at New Orleans and died at Peekskiil ; Jas. F. , his brother, the same; Adaline F. Requa, and Louise. Frederick W. Requa lived at Yorktown and Peekskiil ; was the first President of that village …

Comb Requa, uuuried Susan Archer, became Judge in Nevada, Warren Co., Missoni;, and died in 1893, in his 90th year, leaving 8 sons and 1 daughter. Elijah Requa also had daughters Ann, Jane, Clarissa and Sarah. Jane married Abram Remseu and had a daughter who married William H. Lester, who now resides at Dobbs Ferry. Clara married John Buckhout, and Elizabeth married David …