Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17521, for Abraham Requa, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Requa, Abraham Bethia
N. 17521
CONTENTS

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Requa, Abraham Bethia
N 17521
CONTENTS

6484 New York
Abraham Regua of Yorktown in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Stritch of the Regt. commanded by Col. Thomas in the N. York army for 2 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 80 Dollars — 80 per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Feb., 1833 — and sent to H. A. Ward H. A. P.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1832 $ 120 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Mo. '33 40 $160
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Seab. Giles Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 132

Abraham Regula 4 Pension papers
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York County of Westchester ss Personally appeared on this 4 th day of December 1832 in open court before the Court of Common Pleas held at White Plains in and for the said County of Westchester now sitting Abraham Regula a resident of York Town in the said County and State aged Seventy three years on the twentyfourth day of November last past who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the Service of the United States and served as herein stated That is to say. That he entered the Service of the United States in the first of May 1776 as a private in an Independent Company commanded by Col t William Butcher Samuel Martine and Gershom Sherwood were Lieutenants in the said Company for the term of six Months. That soon after the said Company were completed. They were Marched to Kings Bridge and were immediately employed in building Fort Independence at that place that he thinks their said Company were annexed to Col t Thomas Thomas's Regiment That he continued to serve as a private soldier in said Company at Fort Independence during that summer and until after the British Troops had taken possession of the City of New York when Fort Independence was evacuated by the Americans and their said Company retreated from thence to the White Plains. That the Regiment commanded by the said Col t Thomas Thomas to which their Company was annexed was Stationed a little North of White Plains on the west side of a Mill Pond known then as Morton's Pond. That they continued in that situation until after the Battle of White Plains That a few days after the said Battle the said Regiment was ordered to Pines Bridge over the Boston River in the said County and from thence to Peekskill That after the greater part of Gen l Washington's Army had crossed the North River. their said Regiment was ordered to Sing Sing on the east side of the Hudson and continued there until the time for which the Men had en- listed expired when they were discharged That he continued during the whole of that time in the said Company. That in the beginning of December 1776 then next. The American Troops having been withdrawn from the vicinity of York Town and White Plains. and the Maj. Inhabitants
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3 Nov
14 Nov
The Declarant does not state that he was in this town of Scarsdale
exposed to the depredations of the Plundering parties of the British Refugees. The Declarant with about sixty of the said  Inhabitants Inhabitants was embodied under a Capt Acker and took up their quarters at the Houses of Peter Vantassel and Cornelius Vantassel on the Saw Mill River Road and continued to serve on that Station until in the beginning of the Month of May then next when a draft was made on the Militia of the said County to raise four companies of three Months men to be under the command of said Lt Col. Nammand that Declarant enlisted again in Capt Acker's company in said Regiment That the head quarters of the said Regiment was kept at Youngs's House that he served the said three months When another draft was made on the Militia of the Southern part of the County of Dutches and Middle and Northern parts of the said County of Westchester that about four hundred Men was raised by that draft and was commanded by a Col Luddington Col. Nammand was Lt Col under Luddington and these Men were to serve four months that the Declarant again enlisted as a private and served in Capt Acker's Company in said Regiment during said four Months on the American lines in the said County which had been some time previous Established from Tarry Town East by the way of Youngs's house to the White Plains. That after the time for which the men composing Luddington's Regiment had been enlisted had expired. The times Inhabitants residing on and near those lines were again exposed to the ravages of the Plundering parties of the British Refugees. That about one hundred and fifty of the Militia of the said County were again called out and took possession of those lines and continued to guard the several roads leading to the British post in Norrissina from some time in the Month of December 1777 until in the latter part of the Month of April 1778 when they were relieved by a Regiment of Men raised in the Counties of Dutches and Westchester for the term of three Months under the Command of Col Morris Graham That the Declarant immediately enlisted as a private in Capt Acker's Company in said Regiment and served as a Soldier in said Regiment during the said term. That during the Summer of 1778 Genl. Washington's Army soon after the Battle of Monmouth arrived on those lines and all the men of the composing Col. Graham's Regiment enlisted into the Continental Service excepting about sixty or seventy who  were continued on those lines

about 8000
1778
under the Command of Col d Basil Williams Lt d Abraham Van Wart and Lt d Huddy who after the Continental Troops had been withdrawn from the said lines took their quarters at Youngs's House and continued to hold that post until on the evening night of the twenty fourth day of December when they were attacked by the British Refugees and the said House taken by storm by the said Refugees that Col d Williams a Number of his men and Joseph Youngs the owner the said House were Captured by the said Refugees and the Barn of the said Joseph Youngs was burnt by them. That the times of the men expired on the first day of January 1779. That the Declarant and men about twenty made their escape but several of them were so severely frozen as to be totally unfit for duty. Lt d Van Wart therefore discharged what men remained of the said Regiment. That in the early part of Janu- ary 1779 Col d Aaron Burr arrived on those lines with about five Hundred Continental Troops who took up his head quarters at said Youngs's House and immediately engaged eight Horsemen and twelve footmen as guides to his Detachment. That the Declarant was one who enlisted as one of the foot guides that they men commanded by Col d Peacock and conti- nued to serve as such during the Command of the said Col d Burr and Major William Hull who Succeeded Col d Burr in the Command of that Station and continued on those lines until the fifth or Sixth day of June 1779 when the Continental Troops were again withdrawn from that Station. That the Militia who resided on and near those lines were again obliged to embody themselves and defend that part of the said County from the plundering parties of the said British Refu- gees. That they drew pay for one year from the State of New York in certificates after the termination of the War. That the Declarant after that period was frequently engaged in expeditions against the Refu- gees in Norrissinia but for Short periods. That he well remembers being with a party of Commanded Volunteer consisting of about two hundred Militia Horsemen who made an attack on the said Refugees in their Huts in Norrissinia in the Month of March 1782 when they took a Lieut d and about thirty Prisoners that they were pursued in their about twenty retreat by the said Refugees about seven twenty eight Miles. That they lost eight or ten men in killed and wounded That Abraham Dyckman one of the most brave and useful men among the said guides was Mortally wounded during the said retreat but that they bro t off all their Prisoners and a Number of Horses taken from the said Refugees

And the Declarant further says that he knows of no person by whom he could prove his services other than those whose affidavits are hereto annexed: and the Declarant further states that the persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood & who can testify to his character and also to their belief of his being a soldier of the revolution are Richard Wyndrook a Clergyman in the town of Gortstown aforesaid & Joseph Fowler of said town That he has no documentary evidence relating to his enlistments, services or discharge and that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state — In answer to the interrogatories presented by the war department Declarant says that he was born in the year 1759 at Mount Pleasant in the county of West Chester — Declarant has a record of his age taken from his family Bible, now produced in court — When first called into service he was living at Mount Pleasant aforesaid — & has lived in said town of Mount Pleasant during the revolutionary war & a few years after the peace and ever since that time in the town of Gortstown that is aforesaid in which Declarant now lives In the year 1776 Declarant was drafted for six months — After that period for the remainder of his services Declarant was a volunteer and never a substitute — The names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where Declarant served were Col. Thomas Thomas at Brandywine Col. Morris Graham Col. Ludington Major Strang Capt. William Dutcher Capt. Sybil Aikers Capt. Daniel Williams Col. James Hammond The general circumstances of Declarant's services are detailed in the preceding declaration — Declarant never had a discharge in writing
Sworn & subscribed to the day and year aforesaid in open at Graham Neogwa Court before N Bayles Clk of said court

We Richard Wynkoop a clergyman residing in the town of Yorktown in the County of West Chester and Jesse Fowler residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abraham Rigua who has subscribed & sworn to the preceding declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion. & that he is a man of good character & entitled to full belief.
affirmed & subscribed in open court
This 4th Dec 1832 before
N Bayles Clk of said Court
Richard Wynkoop
Jesse Fowler
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Richard Wynkoop who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in said town of Yorktown and that Jesse Fowler who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town & is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Nathaniel Bayles clerk of the court of common Pleas of the County of West Chester do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Abraham Rigua for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office. This 4th day of December 1832.
N Bayles Clk of said County Court

State of New York. Westchester County ss Samuel Youngs of the Town of White Plains in the said County being duly sworn Saith that he is well acquainted with Abraham Regula of York Town in the said County. The Declarant stated in the annexed application for a Pension That he became acquainted with him at the commencement of the Revolutionary War. That he well knows that the said Abraham Regula was a Soldier in Captain William Butchers Independent Company. in the 1st Regiment commanded by Col. James Munday That some time in the Summer of the year 1776 the said Company was marched to Kings bridge and there employed in Building and Completing Fort Independence and the entrenchments around it That he the Declarant always understood and Still believes the said Company was enlisted for Six Months That he has always understood that the Abraham served out the said Six Months as a good and faithful Soldier. That in the fall of the year 1776 the American Troops having crossed the North River and Marched into New Jersey and that part of the County of Westchester about Yarry Town was left open to the ravages of the British Refugees. That in the beginning of December then next a part of the said Regiment of Col. Hammond was enlisted under a Capt. Sylvester Acker consisting of the Inhabitants residing in the Vicinity of Yarry Town and Youngs House of about eighty men. That they Stationed at the Farms of Peter Van Tassel and Cornelius Van Tassel on the Saw mill River road leading to the British out posts That the said Abraham Regula was a Soldier under the said Capt. Acker and served as such until the first of May in the year 1777 when that Company was discharged and the said Col. Hammond with the Regiment of Levies raised in the said County took the command of Station That the said Capt. Acker was a Captain in that Regiment and most of the men who had served with him during the past Winter again enlisted under him for the Space of three Months that the said Abraham Regula again enlisted under the said Capt. Acker and served during that term That the head quarters of the said Col. Hammond was at the house of Joseph Youngs the Father of the Declarant. which gave him an opportunity of frequently seeing and conversing with the Soldiers of the said

Regiment That after the said three Months for which that Regiment had been enlisted had expired another Regiment of Levies was immediately raised from the Militia residing in the Lower part of the County of Dutches and the parts of the County of West Chester not in possession of the British Troops of which Regiment a Col d Liddington had the command and that the said Col d Hammond was Lt Col d of said Regiment. That they were raised for the term of four months. That the said Regiment consisted of about four three hundred men that Capt s Akeers Company say again enlisted in said Regiment for the said term of four months and served during that time in the said Regiment on what was then called and known to be American lines in the said County of West Chester that the that the Head quarters of the said Regiment was kept a greater part of the said four months at said Youngs's house on those lines. That after the time for which Liddingtons Regiment had been raised had expired. The inhabitants residing on near those lines were again called out by the said Lt. Col d Hammond about eighty men put under the command of the said Capt s Akeers Capt s Gabriel Regue and some other Militia Officers of said Hammond, Regiment who continued to guard the several roads leading to the out posts of the British Troops from some time in the latter end of November until until the latter part of the Month of April 1778 when they were relieved by a Regiment of Levies commanded by a Col d Morris Graham. That the Defendant served the greater part of that time with them and well remembers that Abraham Regue was during the whole of that time a Soldier in the said Service and also that he enlisted again in the said Capt s Akeers Company in the said Col d Graham Regiment about the first of May and served as a private Soldier in said Regiment. That in the ensuing Summer. Gen l Washingtons Army came on to those lines. That almost all the men composing Col d Grahams Regiment enlisted into the Continental Service. That the remainder of the men of the said Regiment was formed into one Company and put under the command of Capt s Basil Williams who in the early part of the Month of November 1778 took

his quarters at said Youngs house - And the Deponent well remembers that the said Abraham Rigwa was a soldier under the said Capt Williams and continued to serve as such in the said company until on the night be- fore the twenty fifth day of December then next when that post was attacked by the British refugees under the command of Major Bar- more who took the said house by storm & captured the said Capt Williams some of his men & the Deponents father - That he well remembers that the said Abraham Rigwa & some others made their escape but many were so much frozen as to be totally unfit for duty and were immediately discharged they having but five days to serve before their time would expire - That in the ear- ly part of January 1779. Col. Aaron Burr took the command on those lines - That he fix- ed his head quarters at Youngs house and immediately engaged eight horse guides & twelve foot guides - That the said Col Burr consulted this Deponent on the selection of his foot guides who gave him the names of the said Abraham and others And that the said Abra- ham Rigwa was immediately engaged as one of the foot guides that were put un- der the command of Lieut. Peacock That the Deponent frequently during that Winter and spring saw the said Abraham Rigwa in that service; that the said Col. Burr continued in his command until about the first of March 1779. that he was relieved by Major William Hull who continued in that station

until about the first of June then next when when the whole of the con- tinental troops were withdrawn from these lines - that after the conti- nental troops left these lines Col Hammond's Regiment was again sent out & drew pay for one year and occasion- ally provisions and ammunition from the continental stores that he well remembers the said Abraham to have served during that time that he frequently afterwards saw the said Abraham Regua in scou- ting parties between the British and American lines and in a particular manner he well remembers that the said Abraham was a volunteer in the expedition formed and executed by the Militia of Winchester County who with about two hundred horse- men made an attack on the Brit- ish refugees in Morrisania under the command of Capt Israel Honey- well - That the Defendant was one who led the attack and well remembers the bravery & activity of the said A- braham Regua on that occasion & during that expedition
Sam l Youngs
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 11 th day of December 1832 before
N o Bayles Clerk of said Court

State of New York
Westchester County ss.
3 Nicholas Banker of the town of Greenburgh being duly sworn doth depone & say that he is seventy four years of age last May - that in the year 1776 in the Month of June as deponent thinks Deponent with Abraham Regua the Defendant in the preceding Declaration enlisted as privates into the company of Capt. William Dutcher Daniel Madley first Lieut. Gershon Sherwood 2 nd Lieut. - This enlistment was for more than five months but how much more Deponent can not distinctly recollect. Deponent well remembers that the said Abraham Regua continued to serve out the time of his enlistment - This was an Independent company annexed to Col. Thomas's Regiment - Our service was at Kingsbridge building Fort Independence until that was abandoned. After that we marched to White Plains after wards to Peekskill where we continued until discharged and during all this time Deponent well remembers that the said Abraham Regua was in said company and did constant duty therein until our enlistment was out. Deponent again saw said Regua in service in the winter of 1776-7 & in the spring of 1777. Deponent and said Regua again enlisted in said Capt. Askers company as privates for three months during which time we principally lay at Youngs house until it was burnt by the British during which time the Deponent remembers that said Regua did his duty in said company faithfully until their time of enlistment expired -
Nicholas his Banker mark
Subscribed & sworn to open Court this 4 th day of December 1832 before me
A. Bayles Clk of said Court & County -

I certify that Young and Bonker are credible witnesses a Wora M c G

3135.
New York City Bethia Regua widow of Abraham
Reported Jany 18/49
who served in the Revolutionary N.Y. war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 50 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Jany 18/49 and sent to
Hon W. Nelson G.H. [Signature]
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2. 1848, Page 175 Vol. 4 ,

Declaration under Acts 3 rd March, 1843 & 17 th June, 1844.
State of New York } Westchester County } p: On this first day of October A.D. 1844 personally appeared before the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Westchester in the State of New York, Bethia Regua, a resident of Yonkers in said County, aged Seventy Nine years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, with an oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the acts of Congress, passed on the 3 rd March, 1843, and 17 th June, 1844:
That she is the widow of Abraham Regua who was a Private in the War of the Revolution and a Pensioner on the Roll of the New York City Agency under act 7 th June, 1832, at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum.
She further declares that she was married to the said Abraham Regua on the eighteenth day of October in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty two; that her husband, the aforesaid Abraham Regua, died on the first day of November, 1843, for proof of which she refers to the voucher on which the balance of pension due at his death was paid in April last: that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, 1794, viz; at the time above stated; - and that she is still his widow.
Declarant further saith that the accompanying family Record is in the handwriting of her said husband, and was transcribed by him from an original record, now lost, into the

family Bible more than twenty five years ago: that said family Bible from which it has been extracted was in her husband's possession until his death & has since been in her possession. She further declares that said family record is, to the best of her knowledge & belief, the only documentary evidence of the date of her marriage in existence.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me
her Bethia X Regula Mark
Henry White one of the judges of the Court of Westchester County.
I, Henry White, Judge as above subscribed, hereby certify that the above declarant is unable from age and infirmity to attend and make the foregoing declaration in open court; and further that I have been acquainted with her for many years and know her to be the widow of Abraham Regula, a person of the United States; and the identical person described in her declaration.
Henry White one of the judges of the Court of Westchester County.

Westchester County ss: Solomon Regua, being sworn, deposeth and saith that he is the son of Abraham & Bethia Regua; that his father was a pensioner of the United States, and died on the first day of November, 1843, and that the balance of pension due at his death was drawn by him on the 30 th of April, 1844; that he left a widow surviving him, who still continues his widow, & who is the identical Bethia Regua who hath signed the preceding declaration. He further saith that the accompanying family record is a leaf from the family Bible; that said record has been familiar to him ever since he grew up, & that he is now fifty years of age.
Sworn to and subscribed
Solomon Regua
this first day of October
1844, before me, who further
certify that deponent is well known to me, & that he is a person of respectability & veracity.
Henry White one of the Judges of the Courts of Westchester County
Westchester County ss: Samuel Fowler being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is well acquainted with Bethia Regua, who hath signed the foregoing declaration, & that she is the identical person described in her declaration; to wit, the widow of Abraham Regua, late a pensioner of the United States.
Samuel Fowler
Sworn to & subscribed this
first day of October 1844,
before me, who further certify that I am acquainted with the deponent, & that he is a person of veracity, to whose statement full faith & credit are due.
Henry White one of the Judges of the Courts of Westchester County

State of New York,
County of Westchester, } ss.
I, MUNSON I. LOCKWOOD, CLERK of the County aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
That Henry White 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 Judge of the Peace  Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same. And, further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice  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 the said
County, the first day of October 1844
By Chauncy Smith Dept. Clerk.

Application of Bethia Requa for a pension under acts 3 rd March 1843 & 17 th June 1844
6578

State of New York Putnam County ss
Sarah Foster of the Town of Patterson, and said County, being duly sworn, saith, that, according to record, she was born February 4th 1870. that, Bethiah Bequa of York-town, Westchester County is the lawful widow of Abraham Bequa deceased, of said Town & County a revolutionary Pensioner, who died the first day of November 1843, that she was present at the Marriage and saw Abraham Bequa, married to Bethiah - Hopkins, the present widow of said deceased. that, said Marriage was consummated at the house of Solomon Hopkins, then Deches, but now Putnam County & town of Kent, on or about the 18 Day of October 1842, that, said Marriage took place about six years & seven months previous to Deponents Marriage And Deponent further saith, that she distinctly recollects that Charles Craft, and Jane Bequa were present at the said Marriage of Abraham Bequa & Bethiah Hopkins.
In presence of Emory Foster Jr Sworn & Subscribed to before me this twenty fifth Day of September - 1844, Alfred C. Penny, Justice of the Peace
Her Sarah Foster (Mark)
I do hereby certify that Sarah Foster, the above Deponent has always borne an exalted character for truth and veracity among her neighbours & acquaintances. Alfred C. Penny, Justice of the Peace
I Newton D Bammann do certify that I have known Sarah Foster for the last thirty years and know her to be of good character for truth and veracity Date Sept 25: 1844 N D Bammann

Putnam County } Clerks office }
I Newland Barnum Clerk of the court of Putnam County certify that Alfred B Penny is a Magistrate as within and that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my my name this 25 th day of September in the year 1844.
N D Barnum Clerk.

March 18 th 1818 Sept. 2 nd 1812
March 2 nd 1803

Abraham Stequa
14
Feb. 23 1833
Hon. A. Ward

BRIEF in the case of  Abraham Regua  of York Town in the State of N. York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     May 1 st In 1776 6 Private Capt. W m Dutcher } Col o Thos. Thomas } N. York   beginning of Dec r 1776 to the beginning of May 1777 } about 5 " Capt. Acker } "   May 1777 3 " do do & } "   Not Specified 4 " Col o Hammond } "   1778 about 8 " Capt. Acker & Col o Luddington "   1779 about 8 " do do & Col o Morris Graham "   " Lieut. Peacock, Col o Burr "    Some further service of a desultory character, is alleged, but not defined.
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Mount Pleasant N. York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence, and two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? they are duly authenticated 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W m Gordon Examining Clerk.

in N.Y. R. Hotel N.Y.C.
17521
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17521
Bethia Regua Widow of Abraham Regua Deceased
Act: Dec 29 1888
Index: — Vol. M Page 105
[Arrangement of 1870.]
list in Skaneateles N.Y.
unished be permitted
1893
Oct. 1893 Mil. Dist. 6th Trenton
Ex by M.S. Leijman
Tonytown, W.Y. Feb.
1894 Oct. — Mil. Dist.
Rev. Amos C. Regua, Pa.
Oct. 7-1904
R. Ruelle Regua Port Chester N.Y.
Nov. 18-1904
To above — Copy not f A person authorized by him may to copy papers

Bethia Requa widow of Abraham Requa.
Oct '38
husband died Nov. 1. 1843 married to Catherine Ken married 18 Oct '82
acts 38 43 x 44 - 193
P. M. Irving N o 15 1 / 2 Wall St. New York

Pension Office
Oct. 25. 1843
Sir:
In answer to your enquiry of the 9 th inst. I have to inform you that the amount which will probably be expended in the last three quarters of the fiscal year ending June 30. 1845, will be according to the following Estimate.
Revolutionary Claims, act 15 May 1828

1757 - cont
Abraham Reynea
Dec 21 1832 Born Jan 21 1759 Yorktown N.Y. - 73
May 176 - cont S.N.Y.
Capt M c Intosh Col Thos Thomas Batt - 6 m
Dec 76 - Capt Acker Col - Batt - 4 m
May 77 - Capt Acker Col Hannon Batt - 3 m
- - - Col Acker Col Suel Lipton 4 m
Dec 77
out - 4 m
77 - Capt Acker Col - - - out 9 m
1779 - to Daniel Williams Col - - - 6 m
married Abigail Hopkins
Oct 18 1782
died Nov 1 1843

He served for various short periods under different officers gathering about 2 years for which time his claim was allowed

OLD WAR & NAVY SEP 10 1894 FILES.
PENSION U S SEP 8 1894 OFFICE.

No. 17 J 2 /
Hon. Wm Lochren,
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington. D. C. ;
My Dear Sir:
I am greatly interested in the Regua Family & especially in the history of my grandfather Abraham Regua - a soldier of the Revolution.
Will you kindly furnish me a full copy of his application for a pension made Dec. 4. 1832? I am willing to pay all reasonable expense, & will feel greatly obliged.
(Very Respectfully, (Rev.) Amos C. Regua Pekskill, N.Y. Sept. 6. 1894.

U.S. NAVY AUG 30 1893

Wash: Aug. 26/93.
Respectfully referred to Hon. Com. Pensions, with the request that he will cause answer to be made to Rev. Daniel Requa Foster, Trenton, N.J., who desires some official evidence that his great-grandfather, Abram Requa, of Westchester Co., N.Y. was a soldier of the revolution.
Louis H. Jenkins. 1413. N. St. N.W.

during the Revolution- ary War. I seek their official statement with ref- erence to uniting with the Sons of the Revolution.
Your wife was a cousin of Mrs Foster, and I had the pleasure of meeting your daughter at Mrs. Blockfairs about three years ago. With kind regards to you and your family, I am
Very sincerely Yours Daniel Pegue Foster.
Trenton N.J. Aug 24/1893.
Mr Lewis Watkins
Dear Sir —
I take the lib- erty of addressing you to ask if you will kindly send me the name of the person in Washington from whom I can obtain information — official information , con- cerning a pension, gran- ted my Great Grand Father Abram Pegue, of Westchester Co New York, for services ren- dered his country.

Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., _____, 189___
Sir,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Abraham Regula a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     See Brief attached                                                                 
Battles engaged in, Several skirmishes Residence of soldier at enlistment New York - Mount Pleasant N.Y. Town not given. Date of application for pension, December 4 1832. Residence at date of application, Yorktown New York Age at date of application, Born 1739 in Mount Pleasant N.Y. Remarks: His pension was allowed
Very respectfully,  Reuben Foster  Dutton  See also Regula  See R. Bell Commissioner.

246 King St.,
Port Chester, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1901.
The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir;— Will you kindly send me a certified copy of the pension record of Abraham Requaw, who served in the Westchester Co. (N. Y.) Militia during the Revolutionary War.
The name "Requaw" to-day is spelled "Requa", the "w" having been dropped. If there is anything in the record to indicate the change in spelling, kindly make mention of it.
May I trouble you to give in detail the record of his services in the War.
Thanking you in advance for your kindness, I am,
Yours very respectfully, R Russell Requa.

New York October 2. 1844
Sir
I herewith transmit application of Mrs Bethia Reyna for a pension under acts 3 d March, 1843 & 17 th June, 1844, with the necessary proof of her identity as widow of Abraham Reyna, a deceased pensioner, and also of the date of her marriage.
Very respectfully
Your obedient servant
Pierce M. Irving
157 Wall St.
J. S. Ollivars Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington

John P. Ryan
Dept. Education
made over 6844-

New York February 14. 1845
Sir
At the request of Mr Solomon Regula I herewith forward the application of his mother, Bethia Regula, of Westchester County, for a pension under the resolution of Congress of 23 rd January, 1845.
Very respectfully
Your obedient servant
Siene M. Strong
15 p Wall St
J. L. O'Driscoll Esq Corresponding of Treasurers Washington City

Payment to be made at
New York, by
John A. Stevens, Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New York—
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A. Vol. 2. Page 84.
D. Brown,
Clerk.

War Department.
Widow's Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of March 3, 1843, } June 17. 1844 }
Bethia Requa, of New York — widow of Abraham Requa — who was a Private in the Revolution — and died on the 1 st — day of November 1843 — is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and — cents per annum, commencing on the 1 st 4th March , 1843, and terminating on the 4th of March, 1844 , 1848 , unless the Pensioner shall marry or die before the last mentioned date; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 25 th — day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty-four.
Wm Wilkins
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

6300.

Rep.
Lt. G. Pierre M. Irving Apl 15. '43.
New York 6300
Bethia Regua
widow of Abraham Regua
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March , 1843. when he 1 st November
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of October 1844 and sent to P. M. Irving,
N o . 15 1/2 Wall Street, New York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. & June 17. 1844
Vol. 2. Page 84.

House of Reps. 11 th Feb. 1849 -
Sir,
I herewith find you the declaration of Bethia Regan to be placed on the Pension roll. I believe the papers are all right, We should find me the Certificate when issued -
Respectfully -
W Wilson
Col. Edward Commt. of Pensions

Application of Bethia Regua for a pension under the Resolution of 23 rd January, 1845

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23 d January 1845—
Whereas the act of the 30 th April 1844 prohibited me from drawing a Pension for the same period during which my Husband was a pensioner, I now make the following statement under oath to obtain the benefit of the resolution above mentioned I am the Widow of Abraham Prequa who was a Private in the War of the Revolution, I have drawn a pension at the rate of Eighty dollars, per annum from the first day of November 1843, and now ask for the amount due me from the 4 th day of March 1836 to the first day of November 1843 when my first pension commenced.
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this Twelfth day of February 1845 at Yorktown, Westchester County
State of New York
Henry White one of the Judges of the Courts of the said County of Westchester
Attest David Hull
Bethiah X Prequa Mother
I the above subscribing Judge certify that the declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual who represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
Henry White one of the Judges of the Courts of the County of Westchester
State of New York } Westchester County } ss. I Munsah D Lockwood Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and also Clerk of the Courts aforesaid Do hereby certify that Henry White whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate is a Judge of the Court

of Common Pleas in and for said County Com- missioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and really 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 Court and County this Twelfth day of February A D 1865 Murrell S Lockwood Clk
Application of Bethia Regna for a pension under the Resolution of 23 rd January, 1845

By Miss Regina Chan
Thurs 11th Oct 1890 Barnes Church of England Chapel of ease at ...

State of New York } Westchester County } p.
On this 22 nd — day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight, personally appeared before the undersigned David K. Cook one of the Justices of the peace of York-town in & for the said County of Westchester Bethia Regua a resident of the said town of York- town in the said County of West- chester aged Eighty Three years & who is personally known to me the under- signed Justice of the peace, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oaths make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 d . February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war:
That she is the widow of Abraham Regua late of the said town of York-town deceased who was a private in the army of the United States in the Revolu- tionary War, that the annual amount of pension which she this declarant received under the act of Congress

of the 17 th June 1844 was eighty dollars as will appear by the original certificate of said pension hereto annexed, - She further declares that she is still a widow -
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written to her true
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 David H. Conklin 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 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 Eight day of December 1848
Munson Lockwood Clerk.
Victoria Regis, Chanc
David H. Conklin Justice of the Peace

of the 17 th June 1844 was eighty dollars as will appear by the original certificate of said pension hereto annexed, - She further declares that she is still a widow -
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me David N. Cuthbert -
a justice of the peace in & for said county - In the presence of - David N. Cuthbert - Solomon Reyna
Bethia her Reyna mark
Bethia Reyna
Henry Clay
Charles F. Brannan
W. L. Marcy