Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24733, for Isaac Requa, New York
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
New York Requa, Isaac H.24733
Henrietta

Contents
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112
New York City Reported
Henrietta Requa
widow of Isaac Requa
NY
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Lieut + Lieut Adj
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
406 Dollars 61.
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
13th day of June 1848
and sent to
H. Ogden Irving
Tarrytown
N.Y.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 175, Vol 4
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State of New York
Westchester County} : On this twelfth day of July. A.D.
1847 before me, Albert Sockwoods County Judge of
the said county of Westchester
personally appeared Henrietta Requa, a resident of
Tarrytown in said County, aged Eighty years
the ninth day of October last, who, being  first
duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the pension in ??? by the Act of
Congress, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "An act
granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:"
That she is the widow of Isaac Requa, who
was in service, to the best of her information and 
belief, as an officer in the War of the Revolution:
that she has no personal knowledge of his services,
but ??????? to have heard him say that he was
a prisoner in the war and confined in the Sugar
House in the city of New York and while there was
i????? for the Small Pox by a British ????? ?????.
She cannot say whether he ever stated to her the du-
ration of his imprisonment: if he did, she cannot
now recollect it: She remembers his telling her that
he was paroled on Long Island at his release
from prison and was ?????? at the house of a
person by the name, if her memory serves,  of Stothoff.
She further declares that she was married
to the said Isaac Requa in the Spring of the
year succeeding the peace; She thinks in the month
of May: that the marriage took place a the house
of her father, William Paulding: that her father, the
said William Paulding, was a ??????? General
in the War of the revolution and after the battle
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of Whiteplains moved his family  from Tarrytown,
Westchester County, where they resided, to Bedford in
the same county, and thence again to Dutchess Coun-
ty, and a the ????? of peace then immediately re-
turned their former habitation at Tarrytown: that
it was then, soon after her return, that she first became
acquainted with the said Isaac Requa, who resi-
ded in the same vicinity, at the house of his father,
Gloade Requa: and declarant recollects distinct-
ly that they were married in the ensuing Spring.
She further saith that the marriage ceremony was
performed by an uncle of her husband, James Re=
qua, a Justice of the Peace; then being at that
time no clergyman in the place: that she knows
of no record or documentary evidence of her marriage:
that she formerly had a certificate of her marriage,
written at the time in German text by the village
Schoolmaster, but that it is lost.
Declarant further saith that her aforesaid hus=
band, the said Isaac Requa, died, to the best of her recol-
lection, in February, A.D. 1826; that she was ???
married to him prior to his leaving the service, but
the marriage took place previous to the first of 
January, 1794, ???: at the time above stated.
Requa

State of New York,
County of Westchester, ss.
I, Munson I. Lockwood, Clerk of the County aforesaid, and also Clerk of the Courts
in and for said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That, Albert Sockwoods ???
whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed
Instrument and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said certificate, a
County Judge in and for the said County, residing in the said County,
commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same, according to the laws of the
said State.  And, further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge
and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County
and Courts, the Fifteenth day of July 1847
Munson I Lockwood Clerk.
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of Whiteplains moved his family  from Tarrytown,
Westchester County, where they resided, to Bedford in
the same county, and thence again to Dutchess Coun-
ty, and a the ????? of peace then immediately re-
turned their former habitation at Tarrytown: that
it was then, soon after her return, that she first became
acquainted with the said Isaac Requa, who resi-
ded in the same vicinity, at the house of his father,
Gloade Requa: and declarant recollects distinct-
ly that they were married in the ensuing Spring.
She further saith that the marriage ceremony was
performed by an uncle of her husband, James Re=
qua, a Justice of the Peace; then being at that
time no clergyman in the place: that she knows
of no record or documentary evidence of her marriage:
that she formerly had a certificate of her marriage,
written at the time in German text by the village
Schoolmaster, but that it is lost.
Declarant further saith that her aforesaid hus=
band, the said Isaac Requa, died, to the best of her recol-
lection, in February, A.D. 1826; that she was ???
married to him prior to his leaving the service, but
the marriage took place previous to the first of 
January, 1794, ???: at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this Twelfth day of July, AD 1847 Henrietta Requa
who further certify that the deponent
is unable from age to in formality to attend
and make the foregoing declaration in ???? Court.
Albert Lockwood
County Judge
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City and County of New York Ss: Charles M Requa being duly
sworn deposith and saith that he resides int he city 
of New York and is a clerk in the store of Benjamin
H Field No 28. Bunting Strip: that he is Twenty Four
years of age, is a native of Westchester County in the
State of New York and son of Solomon Requa, a resi-
dent of Yorktown in said County and proud son of
Abraham Requa deceased who was a Revolutionary
pensioner of the United States.  That he has been for
some time Engaged in tracing the history of the family
of the Requas of Westchester County, and more es-
pecially in time of descent from the first immigrant
who came over from France and settled in said
County, that it appears from memoranda in his ???
?? that in commenced his inquiries and researches
on the 11th of April last: that he Engaged in the task and
has presented in solely as a matter of amusement
and to satisfy a natural curiosity of himself and
another member of the family: that the service of
his investigations established the fact that there
was but one line of descent and that the annexed
genealogical tree is in his (deponents) represents that line
the direct Ancestor of all being Glode, and Emigrant
from France, that said genealogical tree is in (depo-
nents) handwriting and was drawn out by him from
information collected from time to time of the differ-
ant members of the family, that it appears by ???????
thereto that the said Glode, the common ancestor of
all had four sons viz: Glode, John, Daniel and James:
that John died without ????, that the eldest sone
of Glode was named Isaac, and the youngest son
but one of James was named Isaac, and that there
were no others of that branch bearing that name.
that there are four more of the name of Isaac
in said genealogical tree, but that they belong to
the ??????? branches of the family and were
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born subsequent to the Revolution - Deponent further
saith that the said genealogical tree was drawn out
by him some time ago, with no reference whatever to
any further use that might be made of it than the
gratification of a natural curiosity, and with no
idea or intention whatever of making it in any man-
ner form or shape available as evidence in the
application which he has lately been informed is
now pending for a pension by ?? Harriet Requa
the widow of Isaac the son of Glode. And
finally deponent saith that he has no acquain-
tance with Elijah Requa, who has as he understands
testified to the line of descent on said application:
that he has never conversed with ihm on the sub-
ject, or derived any of his information directly or
indirectly from him.  And also that he has made
no alteration or additoin to the said genealogical
tree from the time it was first prepared, except
in one instance in which, perceiving by reference to
his memoranda that he had ????? in writing the
name of Gilbert where he should have written
Gabriel he ????? the one and substituted the
other

State of New York,
City and County of New-York, } ss

I, James Conner, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas for said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that
James P Neward before whom the annexed
deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Commissioner
of deed, in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and
sworn, and that I believe the Signature of said Commissioner thereunto
subscribed is genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of
the said Court and County, the 21 day of ??? 1847
James Conner Clerk
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born subsequent to the Revolution - Deponent further
saith that the said genealogical tree was drawn out
by him some time ago, with no reference whatever to
any further use that might be made of it than the
gratification of a natural curiosity, and with no
idea or intention whatever of making it in any man-
ner form or shape available as evidence in the
application which he has lately been informed is
now pending for a pension by ?? Harriet Requa
the widow of Isaac the son of Glode. And
finally deponent saith that he has no acquain-
tance with Elijah Requa, who has as he understands
testified to the line of descent on said application:
that he has never conversed with ihm on the sub-
ject, or derived any of his information directly or
indirectly from him.  And also that he has made
no alteration or additoin to the said genealogical
tree from the time it was first prepared, except
in one instance in which, perceiving by reference to
his memoranda that he had ????? in writing the
name of Gilbert where he should have written
Gabriel he ????? the one and substituted the
other

Sworn and subscribed
before me this 21st day of     Charles Requa
October 1847

Jas P Howard
Com of Deeds

I Certify that the above name Charles
M. Requa is a young maan of respectabitily
and ?????? and that his statements are
enlisted in full faith and credence
Jas P Howard
Com of Deeds
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In the matter of the application
of Henrietta Requa, widow of
Isaac Requa, for a pension.

Sate of New York
Westchester County} Ss: William Requa, being further sworn
in addition to his former deposition in the above
entitled applicaiton. Saith that he is the son of 
James Requa: that his grand-father, whom he
has always understood to have been named Glode,
emigrated from France to said Westchester County
when a young man, and was, to the best of his know-
ledge and according to the current tradition of the
family, the common progeniton of all the Requas
of Westchester County aforesaid: that all of that name
now or heretofore residents of said county have
descended directly from him, and that so far as 
deponent is informed, or has any knowledge, all
of the name on this side of the Atlantic, whether
living in said county, the city of New York, the
State of Missouri where he knows of three, or elsewhere
in the United States trace their paternal origin
to this single ancestor. _____  Deponent further
saith that the said Glode married, as he has
always understood, after his arrival in this country,
and that he left seven children at his decease, of
whom four were sons and three daughters: that
the names of the sons were Glode, John, James &
Daniel, all of whom left children but John, who
died without issue: that of these children, there
were ???, and but two, of the name of Isaac, viz:
Isaac, the eldest son of Glode, and Issac, the 
son of James and younger brother of this deponent:
that Daniel had no son of that name.  He further
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saith that all the sons and grandsons of his
said grandfather Glode ???? living in said
county of Westchester in the war of the Revolution
and resided not many miles apart, except
when scattered by the war: that a portion
of the grandsons were too young to bear
arms during said war, but that serveral were
in the service, viz: Isaac & Gabriel, sons of 
Glode: Gabriel, (who was a Captain) Joseph, (???
was a Lieutenant) John, (who was ?????) Dan=
iel, (who was killed) & James; sons of James ??????
of ???????; and Abraham, son of Daniel: that
the last and also deponent's brothers Joseph & 
John ??????????????. _____ He further saith
that he himself retains a lively recollection of
many of the scenes of the ?????????????, but was
too young to bear arms, being born on the 24th
June, 1770, and that his brother ???? was born
after the commencement of the revolution.  Depo=
nent further saith that Isaac, the son of Glode,
was, as he before testified, and adjutant in the
war of the Revolution: that he was always understood
so from his youth up: that he remembers to have
??? seen him in Regimentals during the revolution:
that it was at his father's house in Dutchess County
after his said father had been ????, as stated
by him in his former deposition, ????? to
abandon his house in Westchester County.  ___ De=
ponent finally saith that the said Isaac, the
son of Glode Requa, was, as state in his prior de=
position, the husband of Henrietta Paulding: that he
lived about four miles from the residence of Colonel
James Hammond, the house of his father lying ????
a mile and a half south of Tarrytown, & that of ???
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Hammond between two & three miles east of
said village; and that he was the only Isaac
Requa living within the limits of his ??????
old enough to bear arms during the war of the
revolution, there being, as before stated, ???? me
other, & he an infant.

Sworn to and subscribed
this 26th day of October Wm Requa
AD 1847, before me
Peter Clark, Justice of the Peace

Westchester County Ss: I, Peter Clark, the ????? before
whom the above deposition was take, hereby certify
that I am personally acquainted with William
Requa, the above deponent; and that he is a man
of respectability and of ????? and scrupulous ve=
racity, to whom statements fill confidence may be
given.

Peter Clark

State of New York,
County of Westchester, ss
I, Munson I Lockwood, Clerk of the County aforesaid, and also Clerk of the Courts
in and for said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Peter Clark
whose named is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed
Instrument, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said certificate, a
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE in and for the said County, residing in the said County,
commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same, according to the laws of the
said State.  And, further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice
and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County
and Courts, the 29th day of October 1847
Munson I Lockwood Clerk,
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Hammond between two & three miles east of
said village; and that he was the only Isaac
Requa living within the limits of his ??????
old enough to bear arms during the war of the
revolution, there being, as before stated, ???? me
other, & he an infant.

Sworn to and subscribed
this 26th day of October Wm Requa
AD 1847, before me
Peter Clark, Justice of the Peace

Westchester County Ss: I, Peter Clark, the ????? before
whom the above deposition was take, hereby certify
that I am personally acquainted with William
Requa, the above deponent; and that he is a man
of respectability and of ????? and scrupulous ve=
racity, to whom statements fill confidence may be
given.

Peter Clark

State of New York,
County of Westchester, ss
I, Munson I Lockwood, Clerk of the County aforesaid, and also Clerk of the Courts
in and for said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Peter Clark
whose named is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed
Instrument, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said certificate, a
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE in and for the said County, residing in the said County,
commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same, according to the laws of the
said State.  And, further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice
and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County
and Courts, the 29th day of October 1847
Munson I Lockwood Clerk,
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I, William Paulding, late of the city of New York,  ????
a resident of Westchester County, State of New York,
certify under oath as follows: That I am the
brother of Henrietta Requa, now applying for a pension
on account of the services of her deceased husband,
Isaac Requa; that I was born on the seven-
teenth day of March AD 1770; am now 77 years of
age, and was nearly twenty four years of age
on the ???? day of January, 1794; that at that
date the said Henrietta Requa was living in the
married state with the said Isaaac Requa, and
had then been married to him for many years;
that they were married when I was a lad, ????
their entire married life at Tarrytown in Westches-
ter County, State of New York, and were ??????
received and ??????? ???? as man & wife
long before I arrived at years of maturity.
I further certify that I have always understood, as
matter of tradition and common ????, that the
said Isaac Requa was a Lieutenant in the
Wary of the Revolution; was taken prisoner by the
enemy, and was in captivity  on Long Island;
and that he was at ?? ?????? of the ???????
engaged in the regular service, ?? was with
the regular army. __ I also certify that his
father, Glode Requa, lived at no great distance
from the residence of Colonel James Hammond,
the latter living between two and three miles
east of Tarrytown, and the former about a
mile and a half south.  And finally I
certify that the accord of ????? annexed to my
former certificate was an original family accord,
& was in the handwriting of my deceased
father, William Paulding; was in his possession
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until his death upwards of twenty years ago, &
since then had been in my possession up to the
date of my former certificate.
Sworn to and subscribed before me   Wm Paulding
this 25th day of October AD 1847
Benson Ferris, Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that the above deponent, William Paul-
ding, is known to m: to be a person of respecability
and veracity, to whose statements entire faith and
credit are due.  Benson Ferris Justice

State of New York,
County of Westchester, ss:

I, Munson I. Lockwood, Clerk of the County aforesaid, and also Clerk of the Courts
in and for said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Benson Ferris
whose named is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed
Instrument, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said certificate, a
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE in and for the said County, residing in the said County,
commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same, according to the laws of the
said State.  And, further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice
and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County
and Courts, the 29th day of October 1847
Munson I Lockwood Clerk.
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In the matter of the application
of Henrietta Requa for a pension
Supplementary testimony
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City and County of New York Ss: Jacob Requa, a resident
of Tarrytown, Westchester County, State of New York,
being duly sworn deposith and saith that he is 53
years of age; is a nephew of Isaac Requa, where
widow Henrietta is now applying for a pension; that
he has often heard his said Uncle speak of his
having served in the revolution in the Regiment of
Col. Marinus Willet.  And also that he had always
heard from his youth up that he was an Adjutant,
but in what Regiment he cannot say with certain.
He further saith that he was the only Isaac Requa
living of ??????? to have been in service in
the Revolution; these being that one other Isaac alive in
the Revolution.  & he an infant  & now living.  He also
saith that he has always understood from his early
years that his said Uncle Isaac was in captivity
during the Revolution.
Sworn to & subscribed before me Jacob Requa
this 1st November A D 1847
Jas P Howard
Com of Deeds

State of New-York
City and County of New-York} ss

I, James Conner, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas for said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
James P Howard before whom the annexed
deposition was, taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Commissioner
of Deeds,  in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and
sworn, and that I believe the Signature of said ???? thereunto
subscribed is genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of
the said Court and County, the 1st day of November 1847
James Conner Clerk
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City and County of New York Ss: Jacob Requa, a resident
of Tarrytown, Westchester County, State of New York,
being duly sworn deposith and saith that he is 53
years of age; is a nephew of Isaac Requa, where
widow Henrietta is now applying for a pension; that
he has often heard his said Uncle speak of his
having served in the revolution in the Regiment of
Col. Marinus Willet.  And also that he had always
heard from his youth up that he was an Adjutant,
but in what Regiment he cannot say with certain.
He further saith that he was the only Isaac Requa
living of ??????? to have been in service in
the Revolution; these being that one other Isaac alive in
the Revolution.  & he an infant  & now living.  He also
saith that he has always understood from his early
years that his said Uncle Isaac was in captivity
during the Revolution.
Sworn to & subscribed before me Jacob Requa
this 1st November A D 1847
Jas P Howard
Com of Deeds

I certify that the above named deponent
Jacob Requa is a person of respectability ve-
racity to whom statements full faith + credence are
due
Jas P Howard
Com of Deeds
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I,
and presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the
City and County of New York, do certify that James
Conner, whose name is subscribed to the within Certi-
ficate, is Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and
also Clerk of said Court of Common Pleas, duly elected
and sworn, and that full faith and credit are due to his
official acts.  I further certify, that the seal affixed thereto
is the seal of the said Court, and that the attestation thereof
is in due form of Law.

Date at New-York, the                      184
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William Paulding was born December ? 1735 at N York
Catharine Ogden was born June 27 1742 at Brinswick N Jersey
William Paulding and Catherine Ogden wedded July 25 1762 at N York
Catherine the daughter of Wm and Catherine was born friday June 1st 1764 at NY
Henrietta daughter of Wm & Catherine was born thursday October ?? 1766 NY
Julia daughter of Wm & Catherine Paulding was born on wednesday
Aug ?? 176? at Phillips Burgh
William Son of Wm and Catherine Paulding was born Saturday
March 17th 1707 at Phillips Burgh
Joseph Son of Wim and Catherine was born friday February 29th
1772 at P. burgh
Susannah daughter of Wm & Catherine was born February 2?th 1774
On monday at P Burgh
Nathaniel son of Wm and Catherine born on Saturday May 11th 1776
at P. Burgh
James Kirk Paulding son of Wm and Catherine was born on Saturday
Aug 22 1778 at Great nine Partners
Euphemia Paulding Daughter of Wm and Chatharine was born
Monday July 9th 1781 at Nine partners

Suzan took her departure from New York
the 22 day of May in the year of our Lord 1797
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The
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Of the late Reverend and Learned
William Bates, D. D.

CONTAINING

I. Discourses on the Existence of God; the | IX. Eleven Sermons on Several Occasions.
Immortality of the Soul; and the Di- | A Sermon upon the Death of Queen
vinity of the Christian Religion. | Mary.
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III. The great Duty of Resignation. | XII. A Funeral Sermon on Dr. Jacomb.
IV. The Danger of Prosperity. | XIII. A Funeral Sermon on Mr. Baxter:
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VII. The four Laft Things, viz. Death, | XV. A Funeral Sermon on Mr. Benjamin
Judgement, Heaven, and Hell: (In | Afhhurft
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piness of Man, is included) | XVII. On the Fear of God, &c.
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Also some Account of the AUTHOR's Life and Character, in a Funeral
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With an exact Alphabetical TABLE to the Whole.

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and Aaron Ward. M.DCC.XXIII.
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I, William Paulding, late of the city of New
York, but now a resident of Tarrytown, Westchester
County, State of New York, certify as follows:
That I am the brother of Henrietta Requa
now applying for a pension on account of the
services of her deceased husband, Isaac Re=
qua; that I was born in the seventeenth day
of March A D 1770; am now 77 years of age.
And was nearly twenty four years of age on
the first day of January 1794; that at that date
the said Henrietta Requa was living in the
married state with the said Isaac Requa, and
had then been married to him for many years;
that they were married when I was a lad,
??? their entire married life at Tarrytown
aforesaid, and were universally received and re=
cognized there as man and wife long before I
arrived at years of maturity.  I further certify
that I have always understood, as matter of tradition
and common ?????, that the said Isaac Requa
was a Lieutenant in the war of the revolution;
was taken prisoner by the enemy, and was in
captivity on Long Island; and that he was at
one ????? of the revolution engaged in the regular
service, or was with the regular army.  I also certify
that his father Glode Requa, lived at no great
distance from the residence of Col James Ham=
mond, the latter living between two and three
miles east of Tarrytown, and the former about
a mile and a half South.  And finally I certify
that the records of births hereunto annexed is an
original family record, and is in the handwriting
of my deceased father, William Paulding; was in
his possession until his death ?????? as of twenty
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years ago, and since then has been in my
possession. Tarrytown. August 30th 1847
In presence of  Wm Paulding
???? Paulding
Pierre M Irving

It is my particular request that this record
may be returned to me after satisfactory inspection.
Wm Paulding
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?? of our Children
????? on his wife Amey
Son  ??? was born June 3 day 1758
was Born March 9th day --- 1760
was Born February 6th Day 1762
as Born January 5th Day 1764
Requaw was born May the ?? day 1766
??? was born March the 19 day 1768
James was born March 16 Day 1770
Amey was Born February the 20 day 1772
Glode was Born June the 20 day in the year of our lord 1775

1829
1792
____
37

Came to Cortlands December ?? 1779
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TRANSLATIONS
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Sate of New York
Westchester County } ss: Gloade Requa being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith that he is
fifty six years of age; is the son of Samuel
Requa, and grandson of Glode Requa and
Amey, his wife; resides at the homestead, is 
on the site of the homestead of his said
grandfather and father about a mile and a
half South of the village of Tarrytown and
has resided there during his life; that the
annexed record, now partly torn and deface
by age, is an original family record of the
births of the children of Glode Requa and
Amey, his wife, the grand-parents of this depo=
nent; that after the death of his said grand-
parents it ?????? into the hands of his father,
Samuel, and at his death into the hands
of his deponent and two brothers and a sister
living with him in the site of the old home=
stead aforesaid, and that it has been in their
??????? ever since the death of their said
father.  He further saith that his uncle, Isaac
Requa was the oldest child of the said
Gloade and Amey Requa that he married
Henrietta Paulding, daughter of William Paul=
ding, deceased, who resided at Tarrytown afore-
said, and that his said widow is now living
at Tarrytown, and as he understands, is a
claimant for a pension on account of the services
of her deceased husband, the said Isaac Requa,
during the war of the revolution. Deponent
further saith that he has always understood
and it is a matter of family tradition, that his
unclde, the said Isaac, was an Adjutant in
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the war of the revolution, and was also a pris=
oner:_ and finally he saith that the following 
are the names of the children of the said
Gloade Requa and Amey, his wife, vis: Isaac,
Gabriel, Mary, Samuel, Daniel, Margaret, James, 
Amey, Gloade; and that none of them are
living, except Margaret, the widow of John
Hifield.
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this seventh day of
September AD 1847    Glode Requa
Benson Ferris Justice
of the Peace

I, Benson Ferris, the magistrate be=
fore whom the above deposition was taken, hereby
certify that I am well acquainted with Glode
Requa, the above deponent: that he is a man
faith

State of New York,
COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, ss
I, MUNSON I. LOCKWOOD, Clerk of the County aforesaid and also Clerk of the Courts
in and for said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Benson Ferris ??
whose named is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed
Instrument, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said certificate, a
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE in and for the said County, residing in the said County,
commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same, according to the laws of the
said State.  And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice
and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County
Courts, the Eighth day of September 1847
Munson I Lockwood Clerk
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the war of the revolution, and was also a pris=
oner:_ and finally he saith that the following 
are the names of the children of the said
Gloade Requa and Amey, his wife, vis: Isaac,
Gabriel, Mary, Samuel, Daniel, Margaret, James, 
Amey, Gloade; and that none of them are
living, except Margaret, the widow of John
Hifield.
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this seventh day of
September AD 1847    Glode Requa
Benson Ferris Justice
of the Peace

I, Benson Ferris, the magistrate be=
fore whom the above deposition was taken, hereby
certify that I am well acquainted with Glode
Requa, the above deponent: that he is a man
of respectability and veracity and that full faith
and credit are due to his statements.
Benson Ferris
Justice
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New York 8281 City
Henrietta Requa
widow of Isaac Requa
who was a Lieut & a Lieut  & Adj
in the Revolution
Husband died in Feb. 1826

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
406 Dollars 61
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
26th day of Nov 1847
and sent to
P. M. Irving Esq
32 Wall Street
New York

[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June
17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book D
Vol. 2. Page 84
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Raymond                Ex. by Wd
N. Y. Widow, &c    Tarrytown
________             Feb. 14

File No. 24733
Henrietta Requa
Wid of
Isaac Requa
Adjt Rev War
Act: Feb 26 1848
Index: --Vol. R, Page 156
[Arrangement of 1876]
Page 31

1922 Oct. 10, A. L. Herold ???? of cost of copy
of Paulding family record ???
1922 Oct. 14 Photo copies mailed to
A. L. Herald ?????
Page 32

V M 12326
Henrietta Requa
NY
??? to P. M. Irving Aug 1949
??? to ???? Oct 16 '49

Act July 1838
Page 33

Act Feb 48
May 12, 48

S DR 1970
J P 4190
82 86
Page 34

10 34y Reported

New. York
Henrietta Requa
Widow of Isaac Requa
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died in Feb 1826
of Westchester in the State of New-York
who was a Lieut & Lieut & Adj in the Re ?????
commanded by Captain ______________ of the
Regt. commanded by Col. Hammond in
the Revolution for 10 mo 20 dys Lieut
10 " 10 dys Lieut &
Adjt
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 406 Dollars 61
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of
Nov 1847, and sent to P. M.
Irving, Esq.
32 Wall S ? New York
Total amount, $2033.06
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H Sumpkin Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1. Page 179
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2173
William Hodges, Dec
Kentucky
Det L D D Addison
Augt 28th '47
Page 36

Act '43
no 9381 No 13426
Henrietta Requa
widow of Isaac
NY
Act 7 July 1838
????,
13mo 10 days July & Augt $264.40
10" 20 " September 1 142.21
$406.62
aomo act 3 march 1843 ??
17 June 1844
$406.61 ????
???? 4 March 1843.

P. M. Irving
No 32 Wall st
N.Y.
from 4 March 1836
Page 37

J. L. Edwards ????
Page 38

Tarrytown May 9 1848
J. L. Edwards ???
???
I send herewith the declarations
of Jane Paulding, Henrietta Requa & Sara De Revere
in pursuance of the directions given a the Pension
office March 9 1848 in order to obtain the benefits of
the Act of February  / 1848
Please transmit the certificate, under ???? to
my address
Your ????
H Ogden Irving
Tarrytown
Westchester County
State of New York
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New York November 1 1847
Sir
I Your letter of the 16th well; in the case of
Henrietta Requa, widow of Isaac Requa, was received
on the 20th; and in reply to the suggestion about
the ????????, I have to state that it would have
been transmitted at the outset, if it had been in
??????? Mrs Requa, or of her husband & family
Mr Requa's papers were destroyed at his death, &
his ????????? must have ??????? then, if not before.
I now transmit the former statement of Mr.
Paulding testified to under oath, and some additional
proof of identity.  The testimony to the line of descent
from three independent sources effectually negatives the
supposition of these having been more than one Isaac
Requa of mature age within the limits of Col: Ham-
mond's Regiment; and even if it did act, it could
hardly be supposed that there were two of the name
each a Lieutenant & Adjutant, and taken prisoner
on the same night.  Nor must it be forgotten that
Peter Van Wormer testifies directly to his having known
the husband of the claimant as an officer in Ham-
mond's Regiment & that he was the only one of the name.
This ?????? is one of the three survivors of Hammond's
Regiment & the only one of the three competent to tes-
tify in the matter; of the two others one being ?????
and bed-ridden & the other, (who lived 8 or 10 miles from
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Requa) never having known him or his wife. In
Van Wormer's deposition therefore you have the best at-
tainable direct evidence of identity, which the evidence
of the testimony points une??ingly to the same conclusion.
Ms Requa and her relatives ask only that the whole
evidence be carefully weighed and ?????, satisfied
that there is no escape from the argument of i-
dentity which it presents.
I claim for her a pension adjusted to the follow-
ing scale; 13 months & 10 days pay as Lieutenant &
Adjutant & the balance of the two years as Lieutenant.
Very respectfully
Your obedient Servant
Pierre M Irving
(32 Wall st)

James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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New York Sept 18. 1847
Sir
I herewith transmit additional testimony in
the case of Mrs Henrietta Requa, widow of Isaac
Requa, which ???? than meets the requirements of
your letter of the 19th ???: and cannot fail to ????
all doubt of the truth and justice of her claim.
No record, or documentary evidence, public or
private, can be attained to prove the date of her
marriage.  I had satisfactorily ascertained this
print before the former papers were transmitted; but
since the receipt of your letter I have made a
new and thorough search with the like result.
I found on the church records at Tarrytown the
date of the subsequent marriage of her sister, Mrs
Catharine Hale, viz: 12th April, 1787, but that of
Mrs Requa was not there, and was not to have
ben expected, as she was married by a Justice du=
ring the interval succeeding the revolution when
Tarrytown was without a clergyman.  The Bible
of James Requa, the officiating Justice, alleged by
William Requa in his deposition to contain the
record is irrecoverably lost, as also the Register
of his proceedings as Justice which might by ????=
???? have contained it. No trace of other can
be fount.  In the absence therefore, of ????????
documentary testimony, the evidence of the individuals
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hereunto me offered with that no produced must be
conclusive as to the ???????? of the marriage long
prior to 1794, which is all that is necessary for the 
purposes of the application to establish.
Mrs Hifield testifies that she was present at the
marriage; that it occurred some years prior to her own,
and that she was married on the 31st December 1789.
It appears by the record of births in her family bible,
which I have personally inspected, that her first child
was born in July, 1791.__ The deposition of Mr William
Requa, to which I invite ?????? attention, proves
incontestably that the marriage took place prior to
1786.  This testimony is of the ???? highest character,
and is not to be disregarded, or lightly condemned.
The witness is a man never spoken of but on terms
of respect and ????? for the Sterling ????? of his
character, his uncompromising veracity and his long
life of consistent piety.  Such a man knows whereof
he affirms, and there is not a ???????? in the U=
nited States in which his testimony would not be
received as conclusive in regard to this marriage
having ?????? long prior to 1794.___  To this 
testimony before submitted I now add that of
Mr William Paulding and Mr Lewis G Irving.
Mr Paulding is the brother of Mrs Requal; he was
formerly a Member of Congress from and Mayor of
the city of New York, and is, I presume, personally
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well known to the Secretary of War.  this gentleman
testifies, it will be seen, that he was nearly twenty
four years of age on the 1st of January 1774, the date ??=
???? to which it is required to establish the marriage;
that his sister had then been long married and was
married when he was a lad.____  Mrs Irving is
the daughter of the elder sister of Mrs. Requa, who
died some 8 or 9 years ago.  Her testimony shows that
her mother was married 12th April, 1787; (a fact verified
by the church record) that Mrs Requa was married
before her mother, and that it was the uniform
statement of the latter that Mrs Requa was married
before she had attained her eighteenth year, and
consequently as the record of her birth now produced
will show, before the 9th of October 1784.  The claimant
herself states that the marriage took place in May, 1784.
I could multiply testimony in proof of the marriage
long prior to 1794, but ?????? it cannot be received.
The evidence now offered would more than suffice
in an court of law.
The service of Mr Requa having been so clearly
established by documentary testimony, I regret that
the evidence first submitted shoudl have been
deemed insufficient to prove his identity with the
????? of the claimant.  It was so satisfactory to
my mind that I purposely refrained from accummu=
lating proof on this pring.  I could not have anticipa=
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ted ????, the requirement of ???? living of the age
of the claimant and of that of her husband, or it
would probably have been furnished in the first
instance.  I find no such regulation comprised
within the general ???? of the office, and as i have
in previous experience or knowledge of the usage
I was not of ????? aware that it fell within
the ordinary measure of precaution prescribed by
????????.  The claim is one, ????, which can
bear to be thoroughly sifted; and it will be seen
by reference to the records now furnished that the
claimant was born on the day set forth in her
declaration, and that her husband was born
on the 3d June, 1758 and was consequently 20 years
of age when appointed adjutant, and 24 during his
last term of service.
As the record containing the date of Mrs Requa's
birth is the property of Mr William Paulding, and
is on the leaf which forms the title page of an old
and long cherished volume of his mother, it is his
earnest wish that it may be sent back to be re-
stored to the place from which it has been severed/
Permit me now to place this application,
and my connection with it, in their time light that
you may be enabled to give full effect to the evi=
dence, heretofore exhibited as well as to that which
accompanies this letter.
Until June last Mrs Requa was ignorant of
her right to a pension, which accounts for the delay
in presenting the claims.  She then consulted me in
the subject, stated that her husband was a Lieutenant
and Adjutant in the ??????????? was a prisoner, & had
offered he was mainly in the militia service, at
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the same time communicating her ?????????? that a pension
was not allowed for that ??????? of service. I ????=
ceived her in this ????????, and told her I would
look into the matter for her.  My inquiries resulted in
a feeling of entire certainty as to the truth and justice of her
claim, and I then, at her request, and with the ???????
of the brother, Mr Nathaniel Paulding, on whom she has
been mainly dependent since the death of her husband, _
undertook the application.  In my first draft of the
declaration, Mrs. Requa was made to State, in conformity
with her original information, that her husband was a
Lieutenant and Adjutant, but this i subsequently modi=
fied to an ?????? that he was "to the best of her know-
ledge and belief and officer in the war of the revolution";
She, in a spirit of extreme ???????????, ??????? a
wish to have the declaration so general as to ?? guard
against all hospitably of mistake.  I next took the depo=
sitions of Mr William Requa and Mrs Hifield, and
then wrote to Albany for the record evidence of ser-
vice, ????? myself, until it's receipt, ignorant of the full
and precise extent of service it would show.  When I
read the record, and perceived the striking coincidence
between it and the testimony of Mrs Hifield as to the
date of her brother's capture and the duration of his
imprisonment, I felt that the identity of the husband
of the claimant with the Isaac Requa for whose service
she claims was so clear that I at once dispatched
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the application.  I am ????????? if you could have
been present, and gone along with the witness in her
unprompted testimony, the comparison would have
???????? from you a similar connection._ In fact
the deposition of Mrs Hifield does not do full jus=
tice to her testimony; for it was taken in extreme
haste and under constant expectation of the arrival of
the steamboat in which I was to return to the city.
My visit to her was intended at the time to be limited
to me of mere inquiry, but it was her own urgent
wish that I should reduce her testimony to writing
on the spot.  She stated that she was the sole
survivor of her father's family, and the only person
capable of communicating the facts of her brother's im=
prisonment, and ????? me to make sure of her testi-
mony then, and not ??? ??? hazard of her death.
She had no previous knowledge of the ????? ap-
plications, and no information whatever of any ??????-
tany testimony with which her own might coincide
or conflict.  On this print I wish my asperation to
be as full and empathetic as ????? and honor
can make it. ____ To give a portion of her tes=
timony a little more in detail.  She stated that a
gang of ??????, or of refugees and British, attacked
her father's house at night, after the family had retured
to rest; that they were startled from their sleep by
the cry of "Turn out; turn out - your d- ??????"
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that this, (as given in her deposition) was either in the 31st 
of January or the 1st of February.  I say either, said she,
only because I cannot be positive whether the attack was
before or after midnight, & hence whether it was on the
31st or 1st: if before midnight, it was on the 31st January;
if after midnight, on the 1st February. that her father
Glode and her brother Gabriel were captured at this
time until Isaac: that the first two were promptly ex-
changed or liberated, but that Isaac remained a prisoner
thirteen months and a half.  The certificate of the ????
????? shows he was captured on the 31st of January,
and remained in captivity thirteen months and
ten days.  The approximation is certainly close enough:
it would be nearly miraculous on any other ??????-
tion than the truth of the testimony.  To my inquiry,
whether she meant that he was ???? up in prison
for 13 months and a half, and then paroled on Long
Island. (She having previouslt stated his parole) the
reply was - "no - from the time he was taken prisoner
to the time he was exchanged was thirteen months and 
a half- " In the deposition she is made to state that
"to the best of recollection" he was thirteen months
and a half in captivity, but where it was read over
to her, she objected ??????? to the cautious qualifi=
cations - ?? - said the - it was - it was - from the
time he was taken prisoner to the time he was set
at liberty was thirteen months and a half - I know
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it. I know it. ___ I state these facts (for which I
must trust in your indulgence) only to meet any ???=
????, or unfavorable ??????? that may in the
first examination have lessened the weight of her
testimony.  If the suspicion were indulged of a pre-
????? adjustment of the testimony to the record,
I can only say that such suspicion ???? ?????
owing to the witness, and ?????? a view of my
character from which I would Scorn to vindicate
myself.  I ???? home to you, therefore, the deposition
of Mrs Hifield.  I  insist upon, because conscious of
its entire integrity, and ???? not how your can
work and from it any other conclusion than the
identity of her brother Isaac, with the Lieutenant &
Adjutant named in the certificate.
But the testimony to the identity owes not ????
here.  The papers herewith submitted leave not a
shadow of doubt on the subject.  The deposition 
of Peter Van Wormer who knew him while in
service and after his marriage to the claimant is
decisive on this print. _ The deposition of his
namesake, Isaac Requa, is strikingly  in print.  This
gentleman testifies that he is now 68 years of
age, and will be 69 on the 11th of January next,
(the anniversary of the capture) and that he has
often and after heard "both his mother and
father say that he was born on the ??? night
the claimiant's husband was taken prisoner.
The record from the ????????? office shows that
the capture took place on the 31st of January, 1777;
precisely 69 years from the coming 31st of January.
This testimony is strikingly ??????, and the
more so that it came out incidentally.  I had
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called in the witness with no view of taking his ?????
him, and simply to inquire whether he could give any
information in relation to his father's Bible, presumed
to contain the record of Mrs Requa's marriage.  I could
not ??????, however, the ????? and learning of this evidence,
when casually mentioned._  James Requa, the father
of the witness, was the Justice who married the claimaint.
He lived about three miles from claimant's husband at
the time of the capture; was a prominent Whig in Westches-
ter County and a member of the Committee of ?????.
The certificate of Mr Paulding, though mainly intended
to bear upon the marriage, affords presumptive evidence
of identity by sharing that the husband of his sister, (the
claimant) lived within the limits of Colonel Hammond's
Regiment.  He also testifies, it will be perceived, that he
had always understood that the husband of the
claimant was at one period of the revolution a Lieu-
tenant in the regular service, or that he was with the
regular army; testimony which points to the service
in 1780 following his imprisonment when Mr Requa
was a Lieutenant under Colonel Willett at that time
commanding the 5th Regiment of New York State ????
which was connected with "the grand army" on the
Hudson.
And the deposition of Elijah Requa comes the 
whole ground.  In the testimony of this intelligent
well-informed and ???????? conscientious man
you find the time of the Requas of Westchester
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County (the only line known to exist in the United States)
traced from their common ancestor (a ?????? emmigrant
from Rochelle in France and grandfather of the witness)
through the children to the grand children; an
enumeration which including all who were living
during the revolution.  From this evidence you
will perceive but two of the name of Isaac were
living in the revolution; the elder of whom was the
husband of the claimant, the Lieutenant and Adjutant
of the record from the Comptroller's office, and the
other the younger brother of the deponent; an infant,
from as he himself testifies on the very night
his namesake was taken prisoner.  Surely a case
of identity could not be more completely made out.
Those in no ???? for any other ??????.
I therefore submit this additional testimony
in the confident expectation that no further diffi=
culty or delay will be interposed to a claim so
in ???????? just.
Very respectfully
your obedient servant
Pierre M Irving

J D Edward Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 51

State of New York
City & County of New York} ss: On this sixth day of September
A.D. 1847, before me, Henry Richardson, a Commissio=
ner of deeds in and for said city and county, duly
authorized by law to administer oaths, personally
came Peter Van Wormer, known to me to be a per-
son of respectability and veracity, aged Eighty
seven years, who being duly sworn, deponeth and
saith that he is a pensioner of the United States
at the rate of Sixty seven dollars and thirty two
cents per annum; that he resides in the township
of Greenburg in the county of Westchester about a
mile and a half from the Hudson and between
two and three miles from the village of Tarry=
town; that he resided there in the time of the
revolution; that he was well acquainted with
Isaac Requa during the revolution; that he
lived in the same township with this ????????
and between one and two miles from him at the
house of his father, Gloade Requam which was about
a mile and a half south of the said Tarrytown.
He also saith that his father and the father of
the said Isaac removed for a time to Collabert,
10 or 12 miles above Tarrytown during the revolution,
and that those two families were in the im=
mediate ?eight ????? of each other in opposite sides
of the road._  Deponent further saith that he
was in service during the revolution in the Regiment
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of Lieutenant Colonel James Hammon; that the said
Isaac was an officer in the said Regiment; that he
has often seen him in regimentals and on parade in
said Regiment during the revolution; that he was
in the ?????? of this deponent, a Captain; that
there was no other person of the name of Isaac Requa
in the Regiment of Colonel Hammond ??? the said
Isaac, the son of Gloade, ??? was there any other
grown person of that name living during the revolution
within the limits of the said Regiment, or so far as the
deponent knows or believes, within the limits of West=
Chester County.__ Deponent further saith that
the said Isaac after the revolution married Hen=
rietta Paulding, daughter of William Paulding, deceased,
of Tarrytown; that he kept store in said Tarry=
town; that the store was in a corner of his house
which adjoined that of his wife's father, the said
William Paulding, decease; and that he, this depo-
nent, was in the habit of dealing and trading
with him at that place: that he knew his wife, the
said Henrietta: that she is still living at Tarry-
town aforesaid int he same house, and is the identi=
cal Henrietta who was married to the identical
Isaac who was, as before mentioned, an officer in
the Regiment of the said Colonel James Hammond,
and the only person of that name in the said Regiment.

Sworn to and subscribed before             Peter his X mark Van Warmer
me this 6th September, 1847
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and the only person of that name in the said Regiment.
Sworn to and subscribed before                             Peter his X mark Van Wormer
me this 6th September, 1847

(the same having been first
carefully read over to him)
Henry Richardson
Commissioner of Deeds
in aforesaid City & County

STATE OF NEW-YORK
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK} ss.

I, James Conner, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
That Henry Richardson whose name is subscribed to the Certificate
of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of
taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Commissioner of Deeds for said City and County, dwelling
in the said City, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same.  And further, that
I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Commissioner, and verily believe that the signa-
ture to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County,
the 9 day of Sept 1847
James Conner Clerk.
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New York July 28th 1847
Sir
I herewith transmit application of Mrs Henrietta Re=
qua for a pension under Act 7th July, 1838, an accrual
of the services of her husband, Isaac Requa, a Lieutenant
& Adjutant in the War of the Revolution.
Mrs Requa is a sister of the Hon: James K Paulding,
and daughter of William Paulding, who was  a ?????=
?? General in the war of the revolution, and suffered,
as the writer, his grand-son, has often heard, to the extent
of his private future by furnishing supplies to the army
in his personal ?????????, when that ?????? was pre=
ferred to the failing credit of the government.
I present documentary print in support of the claim of
Mrs Requa, with the exeception of the marriage with is
substituted by the affidavit of Mrs. Hifield, who was pre=
sent at the ceremony, and the testimony of Mr William
Requa, an authority of the very highest mind, who has
been familiar with their married life since his ?????/
From his deposition it appears that the parties occu=
pied but two dwellings during the whole period of their
cohabitation and that they were living in the last of
these (next door to the residence of Mrs Requa's parents) in
1786, and where continued to live to the day of Mr Re=
qua's death in 1826, as man + wife, + so ??????????
Mrs Hifield, who saw them married, swears that the mar-
riage occured some years prior to her own, and that
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she was married on the 31st of December, 1789. I cannot
but think, therefore, that the proof submitted approximately
near enough to the date of the marriage, after all that
is required for the purposes of the application is to es=
tablish a marriage ?????? to 1794.  The actual cere=
mony occured, as appears from the declaration of Mrs Re
qua, herself one of the most scrupulous & conscientious
of her sex, in the spring of 1784.
As proof from the ages of her children as sometimes
impact at the pension office, it may ??? be ???? to
???? that Mrs Requa has never been a mother.
Very respectfully
Your obedient servant
Pierre M Irving
(32 Wall Street)

J D Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Re. War Section

Oct. 10, 1932

Mr. Amos L. Herold, 
Bucknell University,
Lewisburg, Penn.

Sir:
In response to your letter of the 29" ultimo,
you are advised that if you desire a photocopy of
the family record of William and Catharine Paulding,
which is on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim
W. 34733, of Henrietta widow of Isaac Requa, the same
will be furnished you under the provisions of the Act of
Aug. 24, 1912, a the cost of fifteen cents, with twenty
five cents extra, for certification, if that is desired.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bu-
reau, by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary
of the Interior.  Also return this letter with your
reply.
Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.

This is the
paper awarded
Page 57

IN REPLY REFER TO
Rev. War Section. 3-1865

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON 
Oct. 10, 1922.
M.O. for 40c

Mr. Amos L. Herold
Bucknell University,
Lewisburg, Penn.

Sir:
In response to your letter of the 29" ultimo,
you are advised that if you desire a photstat copy of
the family record of William and Catharine Paulding,
which is on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim
W. 24733, of Henrietta widow of Isaac Requa, the same
will be furnished you under the provisions of the Act of
Aug. 24, 1912, at the cost of fifteen cents, with twenty-
five cents extra, for certification, if that is desired.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bu-
reau, by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary
of the Interior.  Also return this letter with your
reply.

Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.

Finance Division
OCT 14 1922
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Page 58

Bucknell University
Lewisburg, Pa.

English Department

October 13, 1922

The Secretary of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Att. of Mr. Washington Gardner

My dear Sir:
I have your letter of October 10 telling me that a
photostat copy of the family record of William and Catherint
Paulding on file in the Revolutionary War Pension Department
can be secured at the cost of fifteen cents with twentyfive cents
for certification if that is desired.
Accordingly, I enclose a money order for forty cents to
cover the expense and the letter you sent me for reference.
When the copy has been prepared, kindly forward to me at Lewisburg,
Pennsylvania.

Very respectfully yours,
A. L. Herold

FINANCE DIVISION
OCT 14 1922
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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M233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
OCT 14 1922 19__
Chief of Rev. War Section
Sir:
I have this day received from
Amos L. Herold M.O.
No. 143738 for $40
                            _____
                             100
requesting copy
as per letter herewith

Copies mailed
and ???? held
Oct. 24. 1922. ????

Very respectfully
O. S. Randall
Chief of Division.
Page 60

(MF 42) Date Oct. 19, 1922
Name Isaac Requa No W. 24733
___________Rev War
Photographic copies wanted of 1
pieces, consisting of 1 pages.
Remarks: _____
________-
____Exr. A E Wilson Chief Div.
Law Clerk.

Serial
No.________
Page 61

Bucknell University
Lewisburg, Pa.

English Department

Rev
September 29, 1922.

The Revolutionary Pension Office,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:
I am investigating the life of James K. Paulding, a New York
novelist and Secretary of the Navy under President Van Buren.  Last
summer I learned that among the application papers of Henrietta Requa,
widow of Lieutenant and Adjutant Requa of Tarrytown, N. Y., for a
pension, made near the beginning of the nineteenth century, there
was an authenticated copy of the family record taken from the family
Bible of William Paulding, who was the father of Henrietta Requa.  If
this paper can be found and is readable, I wish to arrange to secure
an exact copy of it since it will give not only the date and place of
birth of James K. Paulding, a son of William, but also indicate move-
ments of the family and other interesting data.
If there is any expense attached to this request, kindly let
me know and I will forward the amount.

Very truly yours,
Amos L. Herold

PENSION
OCT
T 2 S
1922
OFFICES
Page 62

State of New York
City and County, of New York } ss: On this seventeenth day of
September, AD. 1847 before the ???????, a Commissio-
ner of Deeds in and for said city and county, duly au-
thorized by law to administer oaths, personally
appeared Maria C. Irving, a resident of the city of
New York, aged fifty ---- years, who being duly sworn
deponeth and saith that she is the wife of Lewis
G. Irving of the city of New York, and daughter of
Mordicai & Catharine Hale, deceased; that her
mother, the said Catharing, was a sister of
Henrietta Requa now applying for a pension on
account of the services of her deceased husband, I=
saac Requa, and was two years older than
the said Henrietta; that the said Henrietta
though the younger, was married first; that her
mother was married, as she has always understood
from her, when she was twenty two years of age, and
that it appears by reference to a record of the oath of
her mother's marriage now and for many years in
deponent's possession that it took place on the 12th day
of April, 1787.____ Deponent further saith that she
has often heard her mother speak of the marriage
of her said sister, Henrietta, to the said Isaac Requa;
that at such times she stated to her that the said
Henrietta was married to the said Isaac, when very
young and before she had attained the age of
Eighteen, and on this point deponent saith that
her recollection is positive and distinct.  Deponent
finally saith that it appears by reference to the family
record of her grandfather, William Paulding, deceased, now
exhibited to her, and ????, as she understands, to be
transmitted for inspection to the pension department at
Washington, that the said Henrietta was born on
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the ninth day of October, 1766, and was consequently
eighteen years of age on the 9th October, 1784, prior
to which date, according to the testimony of her deceased
mother, the marriage of her said sister, Henrietta,
must have taken place.
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 17th day of }   Maria C Irving
September AD 1847

Jas P Howard
Com of Deeds }

I the commssioner before whom the foregoing
deposition was taken hereby certify that the said
deponent  is a person of respectability and veracity
to whose statements implicit confidence is due
sept. 18th 1847     Jas P Howard
Com of Deeds

STATE OF NEW-YORK
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK } ss,

I, James Conner, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of Court of
Common Pleas, for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
James P. Howard before whom the annexed
deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Commissioner
of Deeds in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn,
and authorized by the laws of the State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of said
Commissioner thereunto subscribed is genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the
said Court and County, the 18' day of ????? 1847

James Conner
Page 64

the ninth day of October, 1766, and was consequently
eighteen years of age on the 9th October, 1784, prior
to which date, according to the testimony of her deceased
mother, the marriage of her said sister, Henrietta,
must have taken place.
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 17th day of }   Maria C Irving
September AD 1847

Jas P Howard
Com of Deeds }

I the commssioner before whom the foregoing
deposition was taken hereby certify that the said
deponent  is a person of respectability and veracity
to whose statements implicit confidence is due
sept. 18th 1847     Jas P Howard
Com of Deeds

STATE OF NEW-YORK
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK } ss,

I, James Conner, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of Court of
Common Pleas, for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
James P. Howard before whom the annexed
deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Commissioner
of Deeds in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn,
and authorized by the laws of the State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of said
Commissioner thereunto subscribed is genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the
said Court and County, the 18' day of ????? 1847

James Conner Clerk.
Page 65

State of New York
Secretarys office } I certify that it appears by
the minutes of the council of appointment
of this state in this office that on the 16th day
of June 1778 Isaac Requaw was appointed &
commissioned as adjutant of the Regiment
of Militia in the county of Westchester whereof
James Hammond was Lieutenant Colonel
Commandant. Archd Campbell
Dep Sec of State
Albany July 26, 1849
Page 66

State of New York
To Isaac Requa ??

To my pay as Lieut & Adjutant
for the time I was in Captivity from
the 31st Jany, 1779, until the 10 March
1780 is 13mo, 10dys 397 Doll, per month L 211..11..1
Audited 13th Dec, 1784
Comptrollers Office
Albany 26th, July 1847 }
I certify that
the preceding is a true extract from
Book A and amounts relating to the
Revolutionary period.
Philip Phelps
Dep. (????)
Page 67

In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay
of the Levies and Militia, for their service in the late War, and for other purposed therein mentioned," the fol-
lowing certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
____________________________________________________________________________
30th Nov, 1780 Isaac Requaw at L 80 19 4
6th Jan, 1779 Isaac Requa Do. 3 3 6
31st, July 1781 Do. Do. 35 2 2
11th Nov, 1782 Do. Do. 26 17 4
_______________ 156 2 4
                                        2
                                     __________
                                     312
                                        78
                                           25
                                     _______________
                                    1390 25
                                    _______________
                                    195 00
                                    _______________
                                    14 mo 18 days
__________________________________________
STATE OF NEW YORK,
COMPTROLLER's OFFICE, Albany, 26th July 1847. }
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No, 2, 6, 8 + 9 now remaining in this
office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following
officers, viz:

First -- under Capt. Richd. Jacket in Col. Marinus Willett Reg't.
Second " " Jonas Orser " " Jas. Hammond "
Third " " Israel Honeywill " " ----- "
Fourth " " Do. " " ----- "
Fifth " "     " "     "
Sixth " "     " "     "
Seventh " "     " "     "
Eighth " "     " "     "
Ninth " "     " "     "
Tenth " "     " "     "
Eleventh " "     " "     "
Twelfth " "     " "     "
Philip Phelps ?????
Page 68

JW 13426
Application of Henrietta
Requa for a pension
under Act 7th July 1838,
8E.
======================
Married before 1794
husband died 18??
Page 69

State of New York
Orange County ss: On this twenty third day of July
A. D. 1847, before me Isaac Faurot,
a justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally
appeared Margaret Hifield, a resident of the city of
New York, but now on a visit to her grand-daughter in said
counyt of Orange, aged 79 years in the 19th of March
last, who being first duly sworn, according to law,
doth in her say that she is the daughter of
Gloade Requa, & sister of Isaac Requa; that her said
father lived on the Hudson River about a mile and a 
half below Tarrytown in Westchester County; that her
brother, the said Isaac, was a Lieutenant in the war of
the revolution in the regiment, as she thinks, of Colonel
James Hammond: that a ?????? was ???????? during
the revolution at the said residence of her father: that
said ?????? was ????????? one stormy winter night-
she recollects it well - it was either the 31st of January
or the first of February - that her said brother Isaac
escaped into the meadows back of the house, and was
there taken prisoner, and carried to New York, and
was in the ?????? and Sugar House, and afterwards
paroled on Long Island: that to the best of her recollection
he was thirteen months and a half in captivity: She
further saith that the attacking party set fire to here father's
house on the night of the attack: that they took down
some linen yarn that was hanging in the ????? placed it
in the middle of the floor, put a chunk of fire on it-
and then ???? a straw bed and other material on it-
& left, after having compelled her and her brother Daniel
to blow the fire until it got in a blaze- She further
saith that there was a tub of water on the outside of the
house which had been filled during the rain & snow of
that night, & with the aid of this her mother extinguished
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the fire before the house was consumed.
Deponent further saith that her said brother Isaac
was married ??? after the close of the war, but whether in
one, two or three years she cannot recollect, to Henrietta Paul=
ding, the daughter of William Paulding, a resident of
Tarrytown: that they were married in the house of the
said William Paulding, by her uncle, James Requa, a
justice of the Peace; there being at the period no clergyman
in the village.  She further saith that she was present
and saw them married; and also that she well remem=
bers that said marriage took place some years before
her own, but she cannot tell exactly how many- that she
was married to her husband, John Hifield, on the 31st
day of December, 1789.
Deponent further saith that her father, the said Gloade
Requa, some time after the capture and imprisonment
of her said brother, Isaac, moved to Collaberg some
distance futher up the river, & lived there two years
and five months and on the return of peace came back
to his old homestead.

Sworn to and subscribed     Margaret her X mark Hifield
before me this 23, day
of July AD 1847 Witness
Isaac Faurot    A. J. R. Smith
Justice of the peace in and for
Orange County

STATE OF NEW YORK
_________________
ORANGE COUNTY,
CLERK'S OFFICE, } SS  I, Albert S Benton, Clerk in and for the Country of Orange,
Do Hereby Certify, That Isaac Faurot before whom the
foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was a the time of taking the
same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county; and further, that I am well
acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice
and verily believe that he signature to the said certificate of affidavit
is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of said County,
the 26th day of July 1847
A. S. Benton
Clerk
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the fire before the house was consumed.
Deponent further saith that her said brother Isaac
was married ??? after the close of the war, but whether in
one, two or three years she cannot recollect, to Henrietta Paul=
ding, the daughter of William Paulding, a resident of
Tarrytown: that they were married in the house of the
said William Paulding, by her uncle, James Requa, a
justice of the Peace; there being at the period no clergyman
in the village.  She further saith that she was present
and saw them married; and also that she well remem=
bers that said marriage took place some years before
her own, but she cannot tell exactly how many- that she
was married to her husband, John Hifield, on the 31st
day of December, 1789.
Deponent further saith that her father, the said Gloade
Requa, some time after the capture and imprisonment
of her said brother, Isaac, moved to Collaberg some
distance futher up the river, & lived there two years
and five months and on the return of peace came back
to his old homestead.

Sworn to and subscribed     Margaret her X mark Hifield
before me this 23, day
of July AD 1847 Witness
Isaac Faurot    A. J. R. Smith
Justice of the peace in and for
Orange County

I, the above magistrate, hereby certify that the foregoing de-
ponent, Margaret Hifield, is known to me to be a person
of respectability & veracity, in whose statements full confidence
can be placed
Isaac Faurot
July 23, 1847
Page 72

Declaration of
Henrietta Requa
under Act of
Feby 2 1848

????

Admitted

H. Ogden Irving
Tarrytown
N.Y.
Page 73

State of New York
Westchester County } Ss.
On this first day of May
in the year one thousand eight hundred forty eight
personally appeared before me a Justice of the
Peace in and for said County duly authorised by
law to administer oaths, Henrietta Requa a
resident of the town of Greenburgh in said
County aged Eighty One years who being first
duly sworn according to law doth on her oath
make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefits of the provision made by
the Act of Congress passed on the 2nd February
1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who
served during the revolutionary war: That she
is the widow of Isaac Requa, who was a 
Lieutenant and a Lieutenant and Adujtant
during the revolutionary war; and that he
annual amount of the pension which she
received under the Act of 17th June 1844 was
four hundred six dollars and fifty one cents:
She further declares that she is still a widow:
Henrietta Requa
Sworn to & subscribed on the day
???????? written before me
Patterson R Hart
Justice of the Peace

State of New York,
County of Westchester, ss.

I, MUNSON I. LOCKWOOD, Clerk of the County aforesaid, and also Clerk of the Courts in and for said
County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Patterson R Hart Esquire,
whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, and
endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the
said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same, ac-
ccording to the laws of said State.  And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the
said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County Courts, the
Eighth day of May 1848
Munson I Lockwood Clerk.
Page 74

State of New York
Westchester County } Ss.
On this first day of May
in the year one thousand eight hundred forty eight
personally appeared before me a Justice of the
Peace in and for said County duly authorised by
law to administer oaths, Henrietta Requa a
resident of the town of Greenburgh in said
County aged Eighty One years who being first
duly sworn according to law doth on her oath
make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefits of the provision made by
the Act of Congress passed on the 2nd February
1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who
served during the revolutionary war: That she
is the widow of Isaac Requa, who was a 
Lieutenant and a Lieutenant and Adujtant
during the revolutionary war; and that he
annual amount of the pension which she
received under the Act of 17th June 1844 was
four hundred six dollars and fifty one cents:
She further declares that she is still a widow:
Henrietta Requa
Sworn to & subscribed on the day
???????? written before me
Patterson R Hart
Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above named declarant is
personally known to me, and that she is the same
individual who drew a pension as stated by here
in the foregoing declaration.
Patterson R Hart
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Westchester County Ss: On this seventeenth day of July
A.D. 1847, personally appeared before the subscribed
Steuben Swartwout a Justice of the Peace for said
county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths,
William Requa, a resident of Sleepy Hollow in the 
vicinity of Tarrytown in Westchester County, aged
Seventy Seven years, who being first duly sworn
according to law, deposeth and saith that he was
well acquainted with Isaac Requa, the son of
Gloade Requa: that the said Isaac was his cou=
sin: that he was an Adjutant in the war of the revo=
lution: and his ??????  is, in the regiment of Westches=
ter County militia commanded by Colonel James Hammond:
that he was in active service in the revolution, and
was a the one time a prisoner; but the particulars of
his capture and duration or place of his imprison=
ment he cannot state, except that he has always un=
derstood that he was ???????, when on parole on
Long Island at Jamaica, or in that neighborhood.
Deponent further saith that soon after the close of
the revolutionary war, either in the year 1783 or 1784,
the said Isaac Requa was married to Henrietta
Paulding, the daughter of William Paulding, a resident
of Tarrytown aforesaid: that these was no clergyman
at that time in the village, and the marriage was
performed by deponent's father, James Requa, who was a
Justice of the Peace, and living at that period about
four miles from Tarrytown on the Bedford ????:
deponent was not present at the marriage, but he remem=
bers distinctively that it took place when his father was
residing as above, and therefore in the year 1783 or 1784,
his father occupying that residence only during those
years, having returned from Dutchess County, where he
Page 76

had been obliged to take refuge during the revolution, to
this place in the Spring of the year 1783, and having
afterwards removed to his old homestead about two
miles neared Tarrytown. _  Deponent further saith
that it was the practice of his father when Justice to
keep in the family bible a register of the marriages
performed by him: that he has often seen therein
the record of the marriage of the said Isaac Requa
to the said Henrietta Paulding and that he presumes
the said record is still in existence: that he said
bible was in his father's possession until his death, which
occurred in the year 1816 at Tarrytown at the residence
of his youngest daughter, Sarah Chatterton, wife of Cor=
neluis Chatterton, with whom he then lived: that the
said bible containing the said record, then became the
property of his said daughter, who subsequently removed
to the city of New York, and there died about a year or
two since.  Deponent further saith that the said Isaac,
and Henrietta, his wife, soon after their marriage, occupied
a house in the village of Tarrytown across the way from
the mansion of William Paulding, the father of the said
Henrietta: that he has visited them there when they were
living together as man and wife, and were universally re=
cognized as such: that they lived there by a year or
two, and then removed opposite into a new house contiguous
to the said mansion of her said father, and built for them,
as he has understood, by Gloade Requa, the father of
the said Isaac: that in the year 1786 deponent en=
tered the employ of Daving Martling at Tarrytown and
they were then living together in the last mentioned house
as man and wife and were universally visited and re=
cognized as such; and so continued to live together, as 
man and wife, in the said house until separated by
________________________________________________
New York July 27th
I have made strict search to inquiring for the Bible among the ????? ?????
of the Chatterton family, + others who might be ?????? to feel an interest in its ????
????????? - but without success.  I apprehend it is not to be found, if it be still in
existence which is doubtful PM Irving.
Page 77

death.  Deponent further saith that the said Isaac
Requa died at the house aforesaid in February 
1826: that he helped to lay him out: & that he left
surviving him the said Henrietta, who hath not
intermarried, but hath ever since remained a widow.
And finally deponent saith that he knows of no other
Isaac Requa, who was living and in service in the
revolution, but the said Isaac, the son of Gloade Re=
qua; that the said Gloade occupied a farm just
below Tarrytown, but was obliged for safety to remove
about the year 1780 to Collaberg further up the river,
where he remained until peace.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this seventeenth day of July AD 1847    Wm Requa
Steuben Swartwout _ Justice of Peace

I Steuben Swartwout the above subscribing magistrate
hereby certify that I have been long acquainted with William
Requa the above deponent, that he is in full possession of
his faculties and is a man of high respectability and scrupulous
the most entire confidence can be

State of New York,
COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, ss.

I, MUNSON I. LOCKWOOD, Clerk of the County aforesaid and also Clerk of the Courts
in and for said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Steuben Swartwout
whose named is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed
Instrument, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said certificate, a
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE in and for the said County, residing in the said County,
commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same, according to the laws of the
said State.  And, further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice
and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County
and Courts, the 20th day of July 1847
Munson Lockwood Clerk
Page 78

death.  Deponent further saith that the said Isaac
Requa died at the house aforesaid in February 
1826: that he helped to lay him out: & that he left
surviving him the said Henrietta, who hath not
intermarried, but hath ever since remained a widow.
And finally deponent saith that he knows of no other
Isaac Requa, who was living and in service in the
revolution, but the said Isaac, the son of Gloade Re=
qua; that the said Gloade occupied a farm just
below Tarrytown, but was obliged for safety to remove
about the year 1780 to Collaberg further up the river,
where he remained until peace.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this seventeenth day of July AD 1847    Wm Requa
Steuben Swartwout _ Justice of Peace

I Steuben Swartwout the above subscribing magistrate
hereby certify that I have been long acquainted with William
Requa the above deponent, that he is in full possession of
his faculties and is a man of high respectability and scrupulous
veracity in whose statements the most entire confidence can be
placed._  Dated July 17 1847
Steuben J Swartwout - Justice of Peace

Munson Lockwood Clerk
Page 79

In the matter of the appli=
cation of Henrietta Requa
for a pension under Act
7th June 1838, 3rd March 1843
& 17 June 1844
============================
Supplementary testimony
Page 80

State of New York
Westchester County } ss: Isaac Requa, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith that
he resides in the township of ???????
in the County of Westchester and
State of New York; that his the son
of James Requa, the brother of Gloade, both
of whom have been dead many years;
that he was well acquainted with his cousin,
Isaac Requa, the son of the said Gloade;
that the said Isaac died many years since,
leaving him surviving his widow, Henrietta, daugh-
ter of William Paulding, deceased; that said
Henrietta is still living, and residing at Tarry=
town about three or four miles from the resi-
dence of this deponent.  He further saith that he
was named Isaac after his cousin, the said
Isaac, husband of the said Henrietta; that he
has always understood in the family from
his early years that the said Isaac was an
????????
Adjutant in the War of the Revolution, and
was taken prisoner; and deponent distinctivly
remembers to have heard both his father and
mother say over and over again that he
was born on the very night that his said
cousin, Isaac, was taken prisoner.  And finally
he saith that he is now 68 years of age, and
will be 69 on the 31st day of January next.

Sworn to and subscribed
before me this fourth day of             Isaac Requa
September AD 1847
Peter Clark _ Justice of the peace

I, Peter Clark_ the magistrate before
whom the above deposition was taken hereby certify
Page 81

that I am personally acquainted with Isaac Re=
qua, the foregoing deponent; and that he is a 
man of respectability and veracity to whose
statements full faith and credit are due
and I further certify that the words of some ????
office between the Nineteenth and Seventeenth
lines was inter???? before ?????????????
Dated the 4th day of september 1847
Peter Clark_ Justice of the peace

State of New York,
COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, ss,
I, MUNSON I. LOCKWOOD, Clerk of the County aforesaid, and also Clerk of the Courts
in and for said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Peter Clark ???
whose named is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed
Instrument, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said certificate, a
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE in and for the said County, residing in the said County,
commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same, according to the laws of the
said State.  And, further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice
and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the County
Courts, the Eighth day of September 1847
Munson I Lockwood Clerk.
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State of New York
Westchester County } ss: Elijah Requa, being duly
sworn, deposeth and saith that he is a resi=
dent of Tarrytown in said county of Westchester
and is Seventy three years of age: that
the name of his father was James and the
name of his paternal grandfather, to the best
of his knowledge and belief, was Gloade Re=
qua: that the said Gloade was the common
ancestor of all the Requas heretofore or now
living in Westchester County aforesaid, and
as far as this deponent has knowledge or belief,
of all the Requas heretofore or now living in
these United States; that he has often heard
from his said father, and it is a matter of family
history, that the said Gloade, the grandfather
of this deponent, emigrated from Rochelle in
France to the then colony of New York during
some of the persecutions or severe measures against
the Protestants; that he first settled at New Ro=
chelle on the eastern shore of the said county of
Westchester, and subsequently and many years
prior to the revolution moved over to the eastern
shore of said county and purchased a farm
on the Hudson river about a mile and a half
south of Tarrytown aforesaid, part of which is
still the property of his descendants; that at his
death the said farm descended by act of law
to his oldest son, also name Gloade: that the
male issue of his said grandfather consisted
of four sons, all born many years prior to the
revolution, whose names were Gloade, John, Daniel
and James, the father of this deponent; that all
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of these sons remained residents of Westchester County,
and lived at no great distance apart: that the
oldest, the said Gloade, resided on the old home-
stead aforesaid about a mile and a half south
of Tarrytown; that the said John resided in
the township of Mount Pleasant about a mile
from the village of Singsing and seven or eight
miles north of the said Tarrytown; that the said
James, the father of this deponent, and the said
Daniel also resided in the township of Mount
Pleasant, the former about a mile or two east
of the said Tarrytown, and the latter upon a farm
adjoining and east of that of the said James.
Deponent further saith that the said John died
without issue; and that the male issue of the
three remaining sons was as follows: Gloade
had six sons, viz: Isaac, the husband of Henrietta
Requa, now applying for a pension as his widow, _
Gabriel, Samuel, Daniel, James and Gloade: _
Daniel had three sons, viz: Abraham, John & 
James: _ James had ten sons, viz: Gabriel, Jo=
seph, Daniel, John, James, Gloade, William, Eli=
jah (this deponent) Isaac and Gilbert._ Deponent
further saith that the foregoing enumeration of sons
and grandsons includes all the Requas in the
male line who were living in the county of Westchester
during the period of the revolution, or so far as he
knows or has reason to believe, in the whole United
States: that they all sprung from a common progeni=
ton the grandfather of this deponent; and that these
were during the revolution, as is shown above, but
two of the name Isaac, one of whom was, as
before stated, the son of Gloade, and was the oldest
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son, and the other was the son of James, the ninth
son, and a younger brother of this deponent.  And
deponent further saith that Isaac, the son of Gloade,
was, as he has always understood in the family &
verily believes, an Adjutant in the war of the revo=
lution, and was taken prisoner: and that Isaac,
the son of James, and younger brother of this deponent,
was an infant in the way of the revolution: was
names after the first Isaac, and he has often
heard his father and mother say, and his memory
is distinct and clear on this point, that he, the
said Isaac, was born on the very night in
which the elder Isaac, the husband of the said
Henrietta, was taken prisoner.  And this deponent
further saith that he (this deponent) was born
on the tenth day of October AD 1773 and
that his brother Isaac was several years younger
that himself.
Sworn to and subscribed          Elijah Requa
before me this seventh day
of September AD 1847
Steuben Swartwout _ Justice of peace

I, Steuben Swartwout, the magistrate before whom the 
above deposition was taken hereby certify that I

State of New York
COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, ss.
I, MUNSON I. LOCKWOOD, Clerk of the County aforesaid, and also Clerk of the Courts
in and for said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Steuben Swartwout Esq
whose named is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed
Instrument, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said certificate, a
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE in and for the said County, residing in the said County,
commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same according to the laws of the
said State.  And, further, that I am will acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice
and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County
Courts, the Eighth day of September 1847
Munson I Lockwood Clerk.
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son, and the other was the son of James, the ninth
son, and a younger brother of this deponent.  And
deponent further saith that Isaac, the son of Gloade,
was, as he has always understood in the family &
verily believes, an Adjutant in the war of the revo=
lution, and was taken prisoner: and that Isaac,
the son of James, and younger brother of this deponent,
was an infant in the way of the revolution: was
names after the first Isaac, and he has often
heard his father and mother say, and his memory
is distinct and clear on this point, that he, the
said Isaac, was born on the very night in
which the elder Isaac, the husband of the said
Henrietta, was taken prisoner.  And this deponent
further saith that he (this deponent) was born
on the tenth day of October AD 1773 and
that his brother Isaac was several years younger
that himself.
Sworn to and subscribed          Elijah Requa
before me this seventh day
of September AD 1847
Steuben Swartwout _ Justice of peace

I, Steuben Swartwout, the magistrate before whom the 
above deposition was taken hereby certify that I
am personally acquainted with Elijah Requa the foregoing
deponent, and that he is a man of respectability and
veracity to whose statements full faith and credit are due.
Dated Sept 7. 1847