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HON. WILLIAM REQUA. Page 38.
1-
THE
FAMILY OF REQUA
1 678- 1 898.
COMPILED BY
REV. AMOS C. REQUA,
PEEKSKILL, N. Y.
• • • • • •
• • • •
• • • •
1898.
COPYRIGHT,
1898,
AMOS C. BEQUA.
•••••• • •
• •• • •• •• • • •
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DEDICATIOiS.
TO ALL WHO BEAR THE HONORED NAME OF
REQUA,
THESE PAGES ARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
BY THE COMPILER,
AMOS C. REQUA.
" Onfy the actions of the just
Smell sweet and blossom in the dust!'''
There is a tradition, with apparent ground of fact,
that the identical name, Eequa, existed in France. Mr.
J. M. Re qua, of New Tork, says : that in conversing with
scholars, they have frequently spoken of finding the name,
Requa, in French writings.
Col. Henry Rutgers, of Rutgers Place, New York, said:
that the Requa Family had large possessions in Paris,
which he thought might be recovered.
Dr. Josephus Eequa, of Rochester, N. Y., recently met
a young lady of that place, named Requa, not of the Requa
Family in this country, whose father, Alexander Requa,
came from France. To verify the foregoing tradition would
require an investigation of French records, which, for the
present at least, must be left for other hands.
A. C. R.
Peekskill, N. Y., March 28, 1898.
OFFICIAL ORDER.
Adjutant Eequa is to take command of a Company of
Rangers consisting of 50 men of the Regiment of Militia
commanded by Lieut. Col. Hammond, to continue in ser-
vice for two months, unless sooner discharged, for the
protection of the inhabitants against small parties of the
common enemy, plunderers and freebooters, who infest
the settlements near the lines in the County. Jonathan
Knapp and Richard Peacock to be Lieutenants of the said
Company, which with Col. Hallett's command is to be so
disposed as best to answer the above purposes ; and the
officers of this corps are to obey such orders as they shall
from time to time receive from the officers in the Conti-
nental Army commanding near the lines, and to whom
they are occasionally to report their proceedings and to
make regular and stated returns.
It being represented to his Excellency the Governor^
that small parties from this and the neighboring States
who assemble without proper authority have committed
great abuses upon the inhabitants living near the lines,
by plundering them of their effects, abusing their persons,
and other practices contrary to the laws of civilized nations
and the common dictates of humanity ; the officers of this
Company are to be particularly attentive not only in pre-
venting their own men, but also in detecting, apprehending
and delivering up to the civil officials of the County, all
others who shall be guilty of those offences, reporting their
names at the same time to the Officers commanding the
Regiment of Militia to which they belong, (of citizens of
this State) that they may be proceeded against for a breach
of the General Orders of the 30th ult.
Given at Kingston, 16 Sept., 1779.
By order of his Excellency,
GEORGE CLINTON.
Stephen Lush, Aid-de-camp.
The above order, on file in the State Library at Albany, N. Y., was no doubt
directed to Joseph Requa, he having sometimes acted in the capacity of Adjutant;
Adjt. Isaac Bequa being: at the date griven, a prisoner in New York.
INDEX OF PORTRAITS.
Hon. William Requa,
Frontispiece.
JuDGB James Hervey Requa,
. Part I.
opposite page
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Edmund Requa,
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Glode Requa,
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Hon. Isaac Lawrence Requa,
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Glode Requa,
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Rev. James Dixon Requa,
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Abram Requa,
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Elijah Requa, .
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21
William Requa,
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80
Charles Wesley Requa,
.
-
40
Rev. William Comb Requa, M. D. ,
.
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41
Hon. John Jay Requa,
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45
James Jackson Requa,
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Rev. Arthur Requa, .
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Rbv. Amos Conklin Requa,
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61
REVOLUTIONARY ROLL OF HONOR.
CAPT. GLODE REQUA.
ADJT. ISAAC REQUA.
GABRIEL REQUA.
JOHN REQUA.
JAMES REQUA.
CAPT. GABRIEL REQUA.
LIEUT. JOSEPH REQUA.
DANIEL REQUA.
JOHN REQUA, JR.
JAMES REQUA, JR.
SERGT. DANIEL REQUA.
ABRAHAM REQUA.
Residence of DANIEL BEQUA, SB., neir New Palts, N. T., 1795-1801.
Kindness of Dr. J. Requa. See Page 51
Besidenoe of JOHN BEQUA, near New Faltz, N. T., 1790-1832.
Kindness of Dr. J. Kequa. See Page 58.
THE FAMILg OF REQUA.
Part I.
The name Bequa is no doubt a transformation. The
English Patent Rolls, Westminister, mention the natural-
ization of Claude and John Equerie or Esquier, March 8,
1682. "Protestant Exiles from France in the Eeign of
Louis XIV." Agnew, London, 3d edit., Vol IL, p. 47.
The Records of the French Church, New York, notice
the decaase of Jean (John) Equier, mariner, native of
Tremblade, Franca, who died in the harbor, on a ship from
London, December 23, 1689. " Collections of the Hugue-
not Society of America." Vol. L, p. 8.
The Records of the Dutch Church, New York, note
the marriage of Mary Lescuye, (FEscuier), of Bushwick,
L. L, to Jan Sevenhoven, of RDchel, in the Dutch Church
of New York, September 22, 1693. •* Collections of the N.
Y. Ganealogical and Biographical Society." Vol. L, p. 76.
The " Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of Lon-
don," 1887-88. Vol. 11, p. 466, gives the name of Andre
Requier as one of the patrons of the Protestant school at
"Westminister in 1768.
Dr. Baird in his " History of the Huguenot Emigra-
tion to America," Vol. II., p. 100, referring to the above,
says in regard to the name Requa: "Perhaps originally
Requier or TEscuyer."
Family tradition as related by Abraham Requa,
1759-1843, and recorded by his grandson, Charles M.
Requa, 1823-1865, says : Two brothers named Requa from
THE FAMILY OF REQUA.
Eochelle, France, came to America about 1690 ; one with
a family, the other a bachelor. Thej were Huguenots
driven out by Bomish persecution. Just before reach-
ing New York the husband and wife died, leaving an only
son, Gabriel, about twelve years old. In the same ship
came also a girl named Jeanne, of about the same age, a
French refugee, whom Gabriel afterward married. They
lived at New Eochelle, N. T., and left an only son Glode.
On arriving in New York, the bachelor brother left Gabriel
and Jeanne, intending to go South prospecting, but was
never heard from. He had with him a large sum of money
belonging to the family.
This fact, together with the record of the French
Church, may explain his sudden disappearance. The
French Records, just referred to, say — John Equier died in
the harbor, "shackled and bound.'* Why shackled and
bound ? Was he entrapped, bound and murdered on the
same ship which had brought them from England? It
may be so. Truth is often stranger than fiction.
This tradition agrees with the English Patent Rolls of
1682, and with the French Records of December, 1689.
Thus making Claude Equerie, who died at sea, the father
of Gabriel; and making John Equier, who died in the har-
bor, the lost brother.
This view is further sustained by the fact that the
names Glode, John and Gabriel, were perpetuated in the
different branches of the family ; Glode being another
spelling of the French Claude. Hence the following :
No. 1. — Gabriel Requa, born at Tremblade, near
Rochelle, France, about 1678, emigrated with his parents
to England previous to March, 1682, and re-emigrated with
them in December, 1689, to America, where he married
Jeanne , and left one son Glode. Nothing further
is known of Gabriel ; he may have died in early manhood ;
the record of those times is exceedingly meagre.
No. 2. — Glode, born about 1700 at New Rochelle, mar-
ried, wife unknown, and left four daughters and four sons,
as follows :
GLODE BEQUA BRANCH. XI
No.
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Part II.
Birth.
Death.
Page
Susan and Wolfert Acker.
1721
1767
6
Mary and McParlin.
1723
((
Margaret and Samuel Husted.
1725
«
Captain Glode and Amy Dean.
1727
1806
((
James and Maritie Acker, 1.
1729
1817
21
" Bebecca Conklin, 2.
1735
1811
21
John and Olive Acker.
1731
1812
48
Jeannette and Jacob Stymets.
1733
6
Sergeant Daniel and Mary Martliug.
1735
1801
49
GLODE EEQUA BRANCH.
(No. 6, Capt. Glode and Amy Dean.)
Adjt. Isaac and Henrietta Paulding.
1758
1826
7
Gabriel and Elizabeth Martling.
1760
1809
8
Mary and Lieut. John Van Wart.
1762
9
Samuel and Maria Van Wart.
1764
1826
((
Daniel and Aeltie Acker.
1766
1847
13
Margaret and John Highfield, 1.
1768
16
Brown, 2.
((
James and Elizabeth Heleker.
1770
1789
<c
Amy and John Delanoy.
1772
185-
20
Glode, drowned
1775
1789
16
(No. 2, Gabriel and Elizabeth Martling.)
Amy and Stephen Van Wart.
1785
1804
8
Maria and Cole.
1787
(<
Daniel, wife unknown.
(<
Julia A. and Isaac Davids.
(
James and Hannah M. Dearman.
1797
1834
t
(
Gabriel, unmarried.
((
(No. 4, Samuel and Maria Van Wart.]
1
Margaret, died young.
1787
1891
9
Glode, unmarried.
1789
1873
10
John,
1792
1815
<c
Isaac and Bridget Dunn.
1794
1870
<(
Jacob and Eliza Lawrence, 1.
1794
1864
«
Mrs. Sarah Theall, 2.
1804
1871
u
Barnet and Rebecca C. Odell.
1799
1880
1!
2
XII THE FAMILY OF REQUA.
Part II.
No. Birth. Death. Page
22 Susan and James Leggett. 1801 12
23 Clarissa, unmarried. 1803 1852 10
24 Nathaniel, " 1805 1882 "
25 Maria, ** 1807 "
26 Amy and Warner Willsea. 1809 12
27 James and Margaret L. Blanch. 1812 1858
(No. 5, Daniel and Aeltie Acker.)
28 Mary and Joseph Sniffen. 1788 1881 13
29 Eebecca and Isaac Hart. 1790 1872 "
30 Isaac and Mrs. Roxey A. Bennett. 1793 1858 **
31 Gabriel and Abigail Tuttle. 1796 1855 "
32 John and Laura Eoof. 1799 1837 15
33 Stephen and Mrs. Priscilla White. 1805 1889 16
34 Emeline and Philo Higley, 1. 1807 1888 "
'' Martin, 2.
(No. 7, James and Elizabeth Heleker.)
35 James and Mary Ruton, 1. 1789 1870 17
Letitia Ruton, 2. 1803 1857 "
(No. 14, James and Hannah M. Dearman.)
36 Adaline and William Storm, 1. 1818 8
" Geo. Lawrence, 2.
37 Justus D. and Julia A. Hunt.
38 Oscar J. and Mary A. Sherwood, 1.
" Frances Vredenburgh, 2.
39 Elizabeth and Elisha Lawrence.
40 Elias B. and Julia A. Arnold, 1.
" Frances A. Knapp, 2.
41 James Carlton, unmarried.
42 William Augustus, "
(No. 19, Isaac and Bridget Dunn.)
43 Maria and Alonzo Leonard. 1855 10
44 Isaac and Mary E. Collyer. 1856
45 Anna, unmarried. 1858 "
46 Frances E., died young. 1860 "
47 James M. and Myra R. Lee. 1861
48 Juliet and David Kent. 1863
1820
1875
(<
1822
1890
9
1824
8
1826
9
1829
1843
8
1831
1856
((
1830
12
1832
1851
11
1835
1853
((
1838
12
1843
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1817
1870
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GLODE REQUA BRANCH. XIII
Part II.
No. Birth. Death. Page
49 Grace and Frank V. Millard. 1866 10
(No. 20, Jacob and Eliza Lawrence, 1.)
Mrs. Sarah Theall, 2.)
50 Maria and Isaac Van Wart. 1820 11
51 John and Mrs. Jane E. Davenport. 1821 1865 **
52 Jacob and Maria Lawrence. 1824 1863 **
53 Samuel and Sarah A. Brundage. 1826 "
54 Hon. Isaac L. and Sarah J. Mower. 1828 "
55 James Milton, unmarried.
56 Benjamin O.,
57 Charles W.,
58 Eliza and V. Mott Hodgson.
59 Nathaniel and Mrs. Farnham.
60 Martha J. and Geo. Goodrich.
(No. 21, Barnet and Rebecca C. Odell.)
61 Clara and Nathaniel B. Lent. 1839
62 Barnet B. and Sarah A. Anderson. 1811
(No. 27, James and Margaret L. Blanch.)
63 Mary A., unmarried.
64 Isaac B. and Margaretta Gesner.
65 Frances M., unmarried.
66 Glode and Sarah E. Sherwood.
67 Susan and Frederick Nott. 1843 1880 1:^
68 Winfield S. and Christina Reichling.
69 Clara and Calvin Webster.
70 Emma, died young. 1854 1856 12
(No. 30, Isaac and Mrs. Roxey A. Bennett.)
71 Leroy and Bridget Hayes, 1. 1847 13
Ida M. Henry, 2.
72 Burlin and Kitty Bogart. 1848
(No. 31, Gabriel and Abigail Tuttle.)
73 Harriet and Geo. C. Thomas. 1822 1883 14
74 Daniel, drowned. 1824 "
75 Sarah F. and Geo. W. Root. 1825 1866 **
76 John L. and Helen Vanderbeck. 1827 1888 **
1831
1892
1833
1835
1893
1838
1843
1880
1845
1847
1895
1854
1856
Benn€
itt.)
1847
ktV *HE li-AMlLY OF tlEQtjA.
Part II.
No. Birth. Death. Page
77 Eev. James D. and Mar j Smith, 1. 1829 14
" Laura Benson, 2. **
Mary Grace Davis, 3. 1844 15
78 Henry M. and Kate A. Brown. 1831
79 Stephen F. and Elizabeth Eeese, 1. 1836
Mrs. Fannie Sniffen, 2.
80 Isaac, unmarried. 1839 1858 14
81 George C, " 1841 1866 "
(No. 32, John and Laura Eoof.)
82 Samuel, died young. 1823 15
83 Daniel and Ellen Monarque. 1825 1864 "
84 George H., drowned. 1826 "
85 Julia and David L. Westervelt. 1828
(No. 33, Stephen and Mrs. Priscilla White.
86 Daniel. 16
87 Frederick. "
88 Glode. "
89 Minnie.
(No. 35, James and Mary Euton, 1.)
(Letitia " 2.)
90 Amy and Samuel Johnson. 1812 1863 17
91 Isaac and Elizabeth Whitehead, 1. 1814 1891
Mrs. Elizabeth Booth, 2. 1890 "
92 William, died young. 1816
93 Abram and Elizabeth P. Lyon. 1818 1893 18
94 Eev. Henry and Caroline Johnson. 1820 1865 "
95 Eachel and James E. Sebring. 1822 1897 19
96 Elizabeth and Jeremiah Van Eiper. 1824 20
97 Emeline, died young. 1826 17
98 James Augustus and Celia Parker. 1827 1868 20
99 Alexander and Lucinda Andres. 1830 "
100 John J., died young. 1834 17
101 Benjamin and Sue L. Hillock, 1. 1837 20
Emma L. Prickett, 2.
102 Mary J. and John W. Lester. 1844 1874 "
103 Samuel J. and Celia B. Enright. 1849
1845
1898
8
1847
1870
((
1850
9
1852
1890.
c(
1854
«
1857
1858
8
1862
9
1862
«
GLODE REQUA BRANCH. XV
Part II.
No. Birth. Death. Page
(No. 37, Justus D. and Julia A. Hunt.)
10 i Edgar L. and Annie M. Hunter.
105 Benj. Franklin, unmarried.
106 Mary and Charles H. Post.
107 Julia and George Storm.
108 Charlotte and Adolph Damman.
109 Justus D., Jr., died young.
110 Jessie and Sidney L. Sherwood.
111 Minnie and James M. Ferguson.
(No. 38, Oscar I. and Mary A. Sherwood, 1.)
" (Frances Vredenburgh, 2.)
112 Mary E. and George Hollo way. 1850
113 Viola, unmarried. 1857 1891 "
114 Edith. 1873
(No. 40, Elias B. and Julia A. Arnold, 1.)
(Frances A. Knapp, 2.)
115 Frances Amelia. r- **
116 Emma Augusta. **
117 Mary Alida. "
("No. 47, James M. and Myra R. Lee.)
118 Ruth. 1890 10
119 James Milton. 1895
(No. 51, John and Mrs. Jane K. Davenport.)
120 John Milton, unmarried. 1857 11
121 Laura and Col. L D. DeRussey. 1859
(No. 52, Jacob and Maria Lawrence.)
122 Mary Grace and W. A. M. Van Bok-
kelen. 1847
123 Frank Clifford, unmarried. 1850
124 Howard F., died young. 1854 1855 "
125 Ella Gertrude and Oscar B. Peasley. 1856
126 Isaac C, died young. 1860 1861 "
(No. 53, Samuel and Sarah A. Brundage.)
127 Millard F. and Phebe C. Minnerly. 1850 1882 "
128 Charles A., unmarried. 1853 1871 "
129 Emma and Walter Connell. 1857
Part II.
No. Birth. Death. Page
130 Ida May, unmarried. 1860 1886 11
131 Harry Clay and Hattie Williams. 1861 1891 "
(No. 54, Hon. Isaac L. and Sarah J. Mower.)
132 Mark L. and Florence Herrick. 1866 12
133 Amy and Capt. Oscar Fitzalan Long. 1876
(No. 64, Isaac B. and Margaretta Gesner.)
134 Agnes, died young. 1861 1862 "
135 Charles Blanche, died young. 1863 1885 "
136 Wallace, " " 1873 1873 "
(No. 66, Glode and Sarah E. Sherwood.)
137 J. Edgar and Jennie Snider. 1865 13
138 Edith. 1871
(No. 68, Winfield S. and Christina Reichling.)
139 Bertha, 1872
140 Edna. 1874
(No. 71, Leroy and Bridget Hayes, 1.)
(Ida M. Henry, 2.)
141 AmyC. 1878
142 CeliaM. 1880
(No. 76, John L. and Helen Vanderbeck.)
143 Clarence E., unmarried. 1855 1879 14
144 Florence and Geo. W. Bassett. 1857
(No. 77, Rev. Jas. D. and Mary Smith, 1.)
(Louisa Benson, 2.)
(Mary Grace Davis, 3.)
145 Eev. Eugene and Harriet Warner. 1855 "
146 Benson H. and Cora Hartshorn. 1«58 **
147 Dr. Herbert D., unmarried. 1868
148 Helen M. 1871 15
149 Clarence J. 1882
150 Raymond D. 1885
(No. 78, Henry M. and Kate A. Brown.)
151 Leila Maude, died young. 1863 "
152 Henry M. and Annie E. Sheldon. 1865 1896 **
(No. 79, Stephen F. and Elizabeth C. Reese, 1.)
(Mrs. Fannie Sniffin, 2.)
Part II.
Birth.
Death.
Page
1859
15
1861
((
1871
Eirqae
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1851
((
1853
((
1855
1891
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1857
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1859
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1861
16
atiOM BEQUA BRANCH. XVII
No.
153 Maud Estelle.
154 Harry L. and Alice Sweetland.
155 Fred. Norwood.
(No. 83, Daniel and Ellen Monarque.)
156 Herman and Sarah J. Finch.
157 Laura and Michael Blewett.
158 Fred, and Minnie Foley.
159 Julia and James Biel.
160 Charles M. and Josietta Akens.
161 Walter Scott and Mrs. Kirkpatrick.
(No. 91, Isaac and Elizabeth Whitehead, 1.)
(Mrs. Elizabeth Kirkley Booth, 2.)
162 Mary and William Cornwall. 1836 17
163 Adrianna and James Stevenson. 18J:7 ''
(No. 93, Abram and Elizabeth P. Lyon.)
164 Alice and Robert C. Reeves. 1818 18
165 Charles H. and Ida A. Lyon. 1830
166 Lilian, died young. 1837 1860 "
167 Elizabeth, died young. 1860 1860 "
168 Florence, unmarried. 1861
(No. 94, Rev. Henry and Caroline Johnson.)
169 Charles, died young. 18i0 1840 19
170 Emeline and Wm McArthur. 1842
171 Abram, died young. 1846 1847 "
172 Alzuma, " " 1848 1850 "
173 Henry J. and Ida May Strong. 1861
174 James H., died young. 1853 1871 "
175 CeUa and Frank Berthe, 1. 1858
Chas. D. Wilson, 2.
176 William H. and Jennie E. Chandler. 1860
177 Mark M. and Myrtle Anderson. 1864 "
(No. 98, James Augustus and Celia Parker.)
Four children, died young.
178 Arthur. 20
(No. 99, Alexander and Lucinda Andres.)
179 Lucinda and William H. Palmer. 1853 "
XVin THE FAMILY OF BEQUA.
Part II.
No. Birth. Death. Page
180 Dora and Adelbert Folsom. 1857 20
181 Lizzie, died young. 1859 1859 "
182 Fannie, " " 1860 1860 "
183 Eliza and Harry Bussell. 1861 "
184 Benjamin F., died young. 1863 1865 "
185 James H., unmarried. 1866 "
186 Rachel A. " 1868
187 Mary J. and Frank L. Miller. 1871
188 Laura A. 1873
189 Alexander. 1876
(No. 101, Benjamin and Sue L. Hillock, 1.)
(Emma L. Prickett, 2.)
190 Edith Frances. 1893
191 GlodeB. 1895
(No. 103, Samuel J. and Celia B. Euright.)
192 Walter J. 1875
193 Frank. 1876
194 Agnes J. 1878
195 Olive A., died young. 1879 1880 "
196 Benjamin, " " 1880 1885 "
197 Howard B. 1886
198 Harry E. 1894
(No. 104, Edgar L. and Annie M. Hunter.)
199 Rev. Edgar L. and Margaret Bower. 1872 9
200 Gertrude May. 1873
201 Justus E. 1879
202 Carrie E. 1882
(No. 127, Millard F. and Phebe C. Minnerly.)
203 Mabel F. 1878 11
(No. 131, Harry Clay and Hattie Williams.)
204 Harry M. 1884
205 Samuel I. 1887
206 MaryF. 1889
207 WillardF. 1890
208 James W. 1891
(No. 145, Rev. Eugene W. F. and Harriet Warner.)
JUDGE JAMES HERVEV REQUA. Page 44.
JAMES B£QtJA BBAKOH. XIX
Part II.
No. Birth. Death. Page
209 Marian Adele, died young. 1881 —
210 Beatrice Ethel. 1883 14
(No. 146, Benson H. and Cora Hartshorn.)
211 Eugene L. 1895
(No. 152, Henry M. and Annie E. Sheldon.)
212 Cora Sheldon. 1894 15
(No. 154, Harry L. and Alice Sweetland.)
213 Frederick Van Wirt. 1894
(No. 156, Herman and Sarah J. Finch.)
214 Ella F. and George C. Dicks. 1874
215 Lester M. 1876
216 Gladys. 1885
(No. 158, Fred, and Minnie Foley.)
217 NelUe. 1885
218 Julia. 1887
(No. 160, Charles M. and Josietta Akens.)
219 Ida Ann. 1887 16
(No. 161, Walter Scott and Mrs. Kirkpatrick.)
220 Richard, stepsbn. 1881
(No. 165, Charles H. and Ida A. Lyon.)
221 Ethel M. 1876 18
(No. 173, Henry J. and Ida May Strong.)
222 James, died young. 19
223 Celia, " "
224 Estella. 1879
225 Charles. 1882
226 Henry. 1895
(No. 176, William H. and Jennie E. Chandler.)
227 Nettie. 1889
228 Fannie. 1893
229 Jennie. 1895
(No. 177, Mark M. and Myrtle Anderson.)
230 Worrath Anderson Requa. 1894 "
JAMES REQUA BRANCH.
(No. 7, James and Maritie Acker, 1.)
(Rebecca Conklin, 2.)
1 Capt. Gabriel and Elizabeth Oakley. 1753 1784 25
XX THE FAMIiY OF REQUA.
Part II.
No. Birth. Death. Page
2 Tamer and Lieut. Nathaniel Garrison. 1755 27
3 Lieut. Joseph and Theodocia Mead. 1758 1839 "
4 Daniel, killed in the Eevolution. 1761 1781 32
5 John and Mary Knapp. 1763 1827 "
6 James and Mary Teller. 1765 17i^5 34
7 Glode and Judith Comb. 1768 "
8 Hon. William and Mary Hunt. 1770 1863 38
9 Jane and James Martine. 1772 40
10 Elijah and Eustatia Comb, 1. 1773 1869 "
Mrs. Catharine Eomer, 2. "
11 Sarah and Cornelius Chatterton. 1775 46
12 Isaac and Elizabeth Clements. 1778 1857 "
13 Gilbert and Mary Banker. 1780 47
(No. 1, Capt. Gabriel and Elizabeth Oakley.)
14 Tamer, unmarried. 1776 1831 27
15 Mary and Elkanah Mead. 1778 1854 "
16 Isaac and Harriet Hait. * 1780 1816 "
(No. 3, Lieut. Joseph and Theodocia Mead.)
17 Nathaniel, died young. 29
18 Eebecca and Peter Brown. 1786 "
19 Garret and Margaret Chambers. 1788 1842 "
20 James and Mary Kelley.
21 Jane and John Brown.
22 William and Jane Hymand.
23 Isaac, unmarried.
24 Henry M. and Ellen Garret.
25 Maria, unmarried.
26 Gilbert and Caroline Van Ness.
27 Caroline and Henry B. Hall.
28 Julia and Samuel Van Buren.
(No. 5, John and Mary Knapp.)
29 Frances and Jacob VanWart.
30 Harriet and John Bloomfield.
31 Huldah and John Huyler.
32 Sarah and Henry Graham.
33 Eebecca and John Eeed.
1789
1841
30
1793
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1795
1890
<(
1797
1827
29
1799
1870
31
1802
29
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1880
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Birth.
Deatb. Page
1796
1832 32
1798
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1802
1849 "
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1861 "
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JAMES REQUA BRANCH. XXI
No.
34 James B. and Helen Maxwell.
35 Jane A. and Rev. Geo. Marsh.
36 Mary, unmarried.
37 Elizabeth and Dr. John J. Buton.
38 Adaline and Alexander Gordon.
(No. 6, James and Mary Teller.)
39 Frederick W. and Juliet Field. 1787 1882 34
40 Margaret and David Fowler. 1789 1867 "
41 Catharine, unmarried. 1791 1806 "
(No. 7, Glode and Judith Comb.)
42 Gabriel and Esther Hammond.
43 George and Sarah T. Clapp, 1. ^ 1798 1856 35
Mary H. Austin, 2.
44 Minard and Bebecca Bevere. 1800 1850 36
45 James, died young.
46 Austin and Maria Durland, 1.
Mrs. Mary A. Nichols, 2. 1801 1884 37
47 Leonard and Sophia Clark.
48 Joseph and Eliza Ackerman, 1.
Jane Ackerman, 2.
Mrs. Miriam F. Crandall, 3.
49 John and Eliza Novell, 1. 1814 38
Louisa Brown, 2. "
(No. 8, Hon. William and Mary Hunt.)
50 Thomas H. and Harriet Smith. 1791 1870 39
51 Alexander, unmarried. 1795 "
52 Caroline, ** . 1800 1888 "
(No. 10, Elijah and Eustatia Comb, 1.)
(Mrs. Catharine Bomer, 2.)
53 Bev.W. Comb and Susan Comstock,l. 1795 1886 41
Jane Montgomery, 2. 1838 "
Sarah A. Nutting, 3. 1884 '*
54 Nathaniel M. and Nancy See. 1795 1865 43
55 Hetty and John P. Searing. 1797 **
56 Elizabeth and David Cole. 1801 1893 "
1796
1798
1856
1810
1890
1800
1850
1802
1805
1872
1801
1884
1808
1887
1811
1886
1826
1846
1821
1814
Part II.
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Page
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1886
43
1809
1889
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1808
1892
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1892
46
1813
1860
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XXII I'HE FAMILY OP REQUA.
No.
57 Ann and John J. Green, 1.
David C. Ketchum, 2.
58 Clara and John Buckhout.
59 Judge J as. H. and Mary A. Norris.
60 Jane and Abram Remsen.
61 John W. and Susan Archer.
62 Sarah and Christopher Y. Towne, 1.
Calvin King, 2.
(No. 13, Gilbert and Mary Banker.)
63 MaryW.
64 John K.
65 Elijah.
(No. 16, Isaac and Harriet Hait.)
66 Cornelius O. and Ann M. Conklin. 1812 1865 27
67 Adaline, unmarried. 1815 1888 "
(No. 19, Garret and Margaret Chambers.)
68 Margaret, unmarried. 1836 1878 29
69 Elizabeth and James VanZandt, 1. 1838
Charles Jenner, 2. **
70 Garret and Sarah J. Montgomery. 1843 "
(No. 20, James and Mary Kelly.)
71 Mary Eliza and Henry Sanger. 1835 30
72 Julia and Cyrus Clark. 1840
(No. 22, William and Jane Hymand.)
73 Ann M. and James Arnold.
74 Isaac Piatt and Harriet C. Mygatt.
75 Ansel C. and Mary Lucina Cook.
76 Wm. Henry and May Filkins.
77 George A. and Angeline Lapaugh.
78 James H. and Ella Stanton.
79 Elizabeth J. and Hon. Geo Anderson.
80 Frances Amelia and Francis Cook.
81 Harriet Amanda, unmarried.
82 Charles Gilbert and Carrie Holmes.
(No. 24, Henry M. and Ellen Garret.)
83 Katharine, unmarried.
1826
30
1829
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1831
((
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1834
«
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31
1839
{(
1841
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1889 30
1845
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JAMES REQUA BRANCH. XXIII
Part II.
No.
Birth.
Death.
Page
84
John
Henry,
((
1838
1860
31
85
Mary
Ellen,
((
((
86
Leonard P. and Sarah White.
<(
(No 26, Gilbert B. and Caroline Van Ness.)
87 Mary and Dr. Wm. J. Warren. 1829 1886
88 Caroline and Harmon Henderer. 1832
89 William J. and Stella M. Springstien. 1843 1891
(No. 34, James B. and Helen Maxwell.)
90
Harriet and Col. Thomas C. Eads.
1830
91
James B., unmarried.
1833
1876
(No. 39, Frederick W. and Jaliet Field
•)
92
William Clements, unmarried.
1819
1841
93
Adaline Field,
1820
1874
94
James Field, "
1823
1851
95
Louise A. and Wm. Emile Field.
1830
1879
(No. 42, Gabriel and Esther Hammond.)
96
Mahala, died young.
1824
97
William Hammond, died young.
1818
1824
98
Georgiana and Halstead Briggs.
1821
1894
99
Eliza Jane and Wm H. Cox, 1,
1823
David P. Cox, 2.
1820
1895
100
Martha and David Dayton.
182'5'
1872
(No. 43, George and Sarah T. Clapp, 1
•)
(Mary H. Austin, 1
2.)
101
Mary E. and Levi P. Piiley.
1829
1849
102
Austin and Hannah A. Butler.
1832
103
William and Cordelia Elliot.
1834
104
James and Margaret C. Thomas.
1837
105
George H. and Mary M. Hill.
1839
106
Martha J. and Capt. A, W. Eobb.
1841
107
Lucy E. and Judge David Bedfield.
1844
108
Cyrus J. and Elizabeth Hammer.
1847
(No. 44, Minard and Eebecca Eevere.)
t
109
Caroline Amelia, died young.
1825
1838
110
Samuel F. and Sarah A. Boyce.
1828
111
Francis D. and Catharine Sanders.
1831
32
34
35
36
XXIV THE FAMILY OF BEQUA.
Part II.
No. Birth. Death. Page
112 Theodore Hudson, died young. 1835 1838 36
113 William Allen, died young. 1837 1838 "
(No. 46, Austin and Maria Durland, 1.)
(Mrs. Mary A. Nichols, 2.)
114 Mary C. and Barzillai Everson. 1830 37
115 Maria, died young. 1834 1841 36
116 Austin and Lillie 1842 1891 38
(No. 47, Leonard and Sophia Clark.)
117 Wesley and Hannah Requa. 1835 37
118 Ellen E. and Judge E. F. Dixon, 1837
119 Mary, unmarried. 1839
120 Josephine, unmarried. 1841
12 1 Elvira and James Curran Andrews, 1. 1847
William H. Turner, 2.
(No. 48, Joseph and Eliza Ackerman, 1.)
(Jane Ackerman, 2.)
(Mrs. Miriam F. Crandall, 3.)
122 Rev. Schuyler and Mary H. Taylor. 1836 1894 "
123 Geo. W. and Harriet E. Annable. 1838 38
124 Mary J., unmarried. 1840 1889 "
125 Amos, adopted by Austin. 1842 1891 "
126 Ellen Eliza and Albert Frazier. 1844
(No. 49, John and Eliza Novell, 1.)
(Louisa Brown, 2.)
127 Ellen and "
128 Hannah and Wesley Requa. "
129 Fannie L., unmarried. *'
(No. 50, Thomas H. and Harriet Smith.)
130 Wra. H. and Cornelia A. Doty. 1822 1872 39
131 John Smith and Sarah B. Wood. 1825 1895 "
132 Charles W. and Catharine Bruyn. 1829 40
(No. 53, Rev. William Comb and Susan Comstock, 1.)
(Jane Montgomery, 2,)
(Sarah A. Nutting, 3.)
133 Wm. Nathaniel, died young. 1828 1852 42
134 Emily and Ebenezer Sperry. 1831 1861 ''
JAMES REQUA BRANCH. XXV
Part il.
No.
Birth.
Death.
Page
135
John Newton, unmarried.
1841
42
136
Sarah Jane, "
1843
«
137
David B. and Mary V. Thompson.
1844
it
138
Geo. Nutting and Sarah E. Thomas
.1846
i(
139
Sophia and William Stevens.
1847
1894
((
140
Annie and Charles W. Wilder,
1848
U
141
Elijah Comb, unmarried.
1850
43
142
Justin Edwards. "
1853
(4
143
Henry Doddridge, "
1855
((
(No. 54, Nathaniel M, and Nancy See.]
1
144
Elijah, died young.
1818
C(
145
Emily and Eufus Vorse.
1819
u
146
Harriet and Warren Elmore.
1823
t(
147
Ann Augusta and Obed Clough.
1831
<i
148
Sarah and Menzo Butler.
1833
t(
149
Wm. Comb, died young.
1836
<(
150
George Comb and Eliza Bliss.
1837
((
(No. 59, Judge Jaa. Hervey and Mary A. Norris.)
Three sons died in infancy.
44
151
Austin Coles, unmarried.
1836
1874
i(
152
Edward Norris and Mary Eule, 1.
Mrs. Harriet Maxey, 2.
1838
45
153
Lewis Cass and Helen Fleenor.
1841
1877
(<
154
Florence L. and Eichard G. Bryan.
1845
1869
((
155
Hon. John J. and Zula Spurgeon.
1850
1893
((
156
Albert Gallatin and Lulu Spurgeon
.1853
«
157
William Howard, shot hunting.
1858
1887
44
(No. 61, John Wesley and Susan Archer.)
158
Amelia C, unmarried.
46
159
Charles Augustus, "
((
(No. 66, Cornelius 0. and Ann M,
, Conklin.)
160
Samuel Denton and Carrie Bare.
1849
27
161
Hattie E. and John H, Stoots.
1853
<(
162
Ambrose Hait, died young.
1854
1856
i(
163
Cornelius Oakley, unmarried.
1859
((
164
Theodore F., died young.
1860
1862
((
XXVI THE FAMILY OF REQUA.
Part II.
No. Birth. Death. Page
165 Stephen C, " " 1864 1865 27
166 Aitkin F. and Blanche Van Ausdall. 1864
(No. 70, Garret and Sarah J. Montgomery.)
Five children died young. 29
167 Ida and Warren C. Miller. 1862
168 Edward G. and Florence Eedmond. 1865
169 Eliza and Louis Bansbach. 1870 30
170 Florence and Herman Caspar. 1871 "
171 Amos J. 1880
(No. 74, Isaac P. and Harriet C. Mygatt.)
172 Edward F. and Annie G. De Wolfe. 1860
(No. 75, Ansel C. and Mary L. Cook.)
173 Ella Frances and Ohas. E. Wliitbeck. 1858
174 Edgar, died young. 1861 1864 "
(No. 77, Geo. Augustas and Angeline Lapaugh.)
17 Fred and Carrie Deitz. 1862
176 Edward S., unmarried. 1871
(No. 78, James H., and Ella Stanton.)
177 Etta. 1882 31
178 Lamar. 1885
(No. 82, Chas. Gilbert and Carrie Holmes.)
179 Wade Hampton.
180 Carl.
(No. 86, Leonard F. and Sarah White.)
181 Howard Mead, died young. 1874 1893 "
182 Leonard F., Jr. 1878
(No. 89, Wm. J. and Stella M. Springstien.)
183 Gilbert B. and Elizabeth N. Fowler. 1872
184 Edward W. 1873
185 Margaret C. 1877
186 Irving S. 1880
(No. 102, Austin and Hannah A. Butler.)
187 Clara O. 1863 35
188 George B. 1865
189 Eula. 1868
190 Elijah S. 1870
JAMES REQUA BRANCH. XXVII
Part II.
No. Birth. Deaib. Page
191 Adalbert. 1872 35
(No. 104, James and Margaret C. Thomas.)
192 Mary K. and John J. Keetch. 1860
193 Lacy L , died young. 1863 1864 *'
194 George L./* ** 1867 1^67 "
195 Luella and Charles F. Lamb. 1868 .
196 Mattie E. and L. S. Vickers. 1871
197 Arthur J. and Maud M. Dillard. 1874
198 Hattie B. 1877
(No. 105, George H. and Mary M. Hill.^
199 Eleanor, died young. 1866 1S71 36
200 Lucy, " " 1869 18 79 **
201 Nettie J. and J. G. Ausman. 1872
202 EalphW. 1873
203 Grace P. 1870
(No. 108, Cyrus J. and Elizabeth Hammer.)
204 MaryM. 1877
205 Hubert G. 1880
206 Elmer S. 1884
207 Cyrus Bruce. 1890
(No. 110, Samuel F. and Sarah A. Boyce.)
208 Francis and Mrs. Sarah Brundage. 1853 **
209 Fred B., died young. 1859 18 '4 '*
210 JaneE., " " 1861 1864 -
211 Theodore B. and Nettie Buntoe. 1867
(No. Ill, Francis D. and Catharine Sanders.)
212 Isaac S. and Eliza Larkin. 1859
213 Martha E. and Dennis Warren. 1861
(No. 116, Austin and Lillie * * * )
214 Daisy. 38
(No. 117, Wesley and Hannah Requa.)
215 Fannie and Charles Blaokburne. 1865 37
(No. 122, Rev. Schuyler and Mary H. Taylor.)
216 Joseph, died young. "
(No. 123, Geo. W. and Harriet E. Annable.)
217 Mary Alice, died young. 1864 1865 38
XXVin THE FAMILY OF REQUA.
Part II.
No. Birth. Death. Page
218 Leah, died young. 1866 1866 38
219 Geo. Schuyler and M. Warren. 1868 1890 **
220 AlnaAnnable. 1877
221 Isabel Agnes. 1880
(No. 130, Wm. H. and Cornelia A. Doty.)
222 Mary A. and Horace B. Derby. 1852 39
223 Caroline, unmarried. 1859
(No. 131, John Smith and Sarah B. Wood.)
224 John Milton, died young. 1848 1857 40
225 Mary Elizabeth," " 1850 1850 "
226 Silas Wesley, " " 1851 1857 "
227 Wm. Arthur and Annie E. Bouek. 1855
228 Howard Smith, died young.
229 Melancthon,
230 Thomas,
231 Harriet Esther, **
232 Ernest Cheever, "
233 Alice May.
234 Albert Emory.
235 Jennie Louise, died young.
(No. 132, Charles Wesley and Catharine Bruyn.)
236 William Bruyn, unmarried. 1859
237 Charles Howard and Alice Haven. 1860 "
238 Antoinette and Henry W. Bryant. 1864
(No. 137, David B. and Mary V. Thompson.)
239 Edith L and Sidney W. Mickje. 1870 42
240 William L. 1873
(No. 138, George Nutting and Sarah E. Thomas.)
241 Kate Alice. 1876
242 Orrin Melancthon, died young. 1878 1879 "
243 Edna Clarissa 1880
244 VeraNadine. 1895
(No. 150, George Comb and Eliza Bliss.)
245 George C, died young. 1859 1859 43
246 Minnie W. and Heber E. Radford. 1860
247 Mary Helen, died young. 1863 1878 "
1857
1859
1859
1860
1861
1861
1862
1866
1864
1866
1866
1869
1871
JAMES REQUA BRANCH. XXIX
Part II,
No. Birth. Death. Page
2i8 Edwin Nathaniel and Ada Barrett. 18t55 43
249 Sarah Estelle and Harry E. Miles. 1867
250 Nettie Idelle, died young. 1870 1880 **
251 George Elmore. 1872
252 Harry Bliss, died young. 1874 1875
253 Frank Arthur, drowned. 1877 1892 "
(No. 152, Edwin N. and Mary Rule, 1.)
(Mrs. Harriet Maxey, 2.)
254 Anna and Frank A. Parker. 1865 1895 44
255 Einma and George Westfall. 1867 45
256 Edward N., Jr., and Clara Guthrie. 1869
257 James H. and Mrs Jane Swanick. 1872 "
258 Clinton, died young. 1874 1875 "
259 Florence. 1878
260 Nellie, died young. 1880 1886 "
(No. 153, Lewis Cass and Helen Fleenor.)
261 Charles Lee. 1870
262 Eva. 1873
263 Grace Louise and W. H. Stoner. 1875
(No. 155, Hon. John J. and Zala Spurgeon.)
261 Lillian May, died young. 1880 1880 "
265 Jay Vest. 1882
266 Wilna. 1888
267 Rosamond. 1889
(No. 163, Edward G. and Florence Redmond.)
268 Howard E., died young. 1894 1895 30
2J9 Harry Redmond. 1894
(No. 172, Edward F. and Anna G. De Wolfe.)
270 Charles Albert. 1886
271 Harold Piatt. 1837
272 Marjorie De Wolfe. 1839
273 Frank Wayne. 1891
274 Eugene Powell. 1894
275 Harrietta. 1897
(No. 175, Fred and Carrie Deitz.)
276 John. 1882
XXX I'HE FAMILY Of hequa.
Part II.
No.
Birth. Death. Page
277
Frank.
1886 30
5i78
Fred, Jr., drowned. -
1889 1897 "
279
Elmer.
1891 31
280
Harry.
1893
281
Charles.
1895
(No. 183, Gilbert B. and Elizabeth N. Fowler.)
282 Martha. 1893
(No. 211, Theodore B. and Nettie Buntoe.)
283 Hazel. 1892 36
(No. 212, Isaac 8. and Eliza Larkin.)
284 Charles. 1882
285 James. 1886
(No. 227, William Arthur and Annie E. Bouck.)
286 Sarah Bouck. 1883 40
287 Jessie Aletha. 1886
(No. 237, Charles Howard and Alice Haven.)
288 Haven A. 1890
289 Katharine Requa. 1891
DANIEL EEQUA BRANCH.
(No. 10, Serg't. Daniel and Mary Martling.)
1 Abraham and Bethia Hopkins. 1759 1843 62
2 Jane and Charles Craft. 1761 1836 58
3 John and Sarah Kipp. 1764 1832 "
4 Susan and Garret Cronk. 1766 62
5 Margaret and Thomas Hjndman. 1768 "
6 Mary and Walter Carpenter. 1773 1812
7 Daniel, unknown. 1774 "
8 James and Ellen Deyo. 1782
(No. 1, Abraham and Bethia Hopkins.)
9 Daniel and Phebe Lee. 1784 1836 54
10 Elizabeth and Harry Strang. 1787 1864 56
11 Ann and Samuel Fowler. 1789 1815 "
12 Sarah, unmarried. 1791 1812 54
13 Solomon and Catharine Vredenburg. 1793 1864 56
\
EDMUND REQUA.
Page 57.
DANIEL REQUA BRANCH. XXXt
Part II.
No. Birth. Death. Page
14 Edmund and Mary Bedell, 1. 1798 1873 57
Mary Conklin,2. 1814 1882 "
15 Mary, died young. 1801 1803 54
16 Amy and Lewis Purdy. 1803 1889 58
(No. 3, John and Sarah Kipp.)
17 Gilbert K. and Elizabeth Wolsey. 1790 1832 ''
18 Daniel and Clarine Merritt. 1792 1873 60
19 William and Margaret Dunn. 1794 1870 61
20 Thomas and Dorcas Ayres. 1796 1820 "
21 James J. and Charity Middagh. 1798 1870 "
22 Mary, died young. 1801 1802 58
(No. 8, James and Ellen Deyo.)
23 Maria, died young. 1804 1806 62
24 Frances and Smith Brown.
25 Edmund, died young.
26 Levi,
27 Anna M., ''
28 Caroline,. "
29 George W., **
30 Mary Ellen,
(No. 9, Daniel and Phebe Lee.)
31 Abram and Jane Strang.
32 Mary, unmarried.
33 Ann Eliza and Edmund Foster.
34 Sarah A. and Jeremiah Seeley.
35 Lewis B. and Harriet Randall.
36 Bethia and Amos Fuller.
37 Elijah Lee and Mrs. Chillingworth
88 Isaac and Ellen Crosby, 1. 1825 1878 66
Matilda Knapp, 2.
39 Julia F. and George Dayton, 1.
Theo. P. Nichols, 2.
(No. 13, Solomon and Catharine Vredenburgh.)
40 Sarah Ann, died young. 1819 1831 "
41 Edwin and Susan James. 1821 57
42 Charles Mapes, unmarried. 1823 1865 **
lOU*
1808
1810
1811
1813
1817
1814
1833
1816
1823
1846
je.)
1804
1853
1806
1835
1809
1893
1812
1894
1815
1883
1818
1820
1893
1825
1878
1834
1887
1827
ixxii ±Hk h'AmiY OF REQUA.
Part II.
No. Birth. Death. Page
43 Amy and James Hubbell. 1826 1896 57
44 James E. and Althea B. Selman. 1832 "
(No. 14, Edmund and Mary Bedell, 1.)
(Mary Conklin, 2.)
45 Anna M. and Bev. Edmund Lewis 18:^7 1892
46 Bev. Amos 0. and Mary E. Dayton. 1839
(No. 17, Gilbert and Elizabeth Wolsey.)
47 Mary and Thomas Welch. 1815 1892 58
48 Moses Wolsey, lost at sea. 1817 "
49 Sarah A. and Philip Ayres, 1. 18 19
JohnEyett, 2. 1892 "
50 Thomas and Hannah Heimbrook, 1821 1873 "
51 Almira and Lyman E. Benedict. 1823 59
52 Amelia, died young. 1825 58
53 Alfred and Melissa Harris. 1827 59
54 Angelina and Elias H. Wood, 1. 1829 60
Chas. F. Church, 2. 1868 "
55 John, died young. 1831 58
56 Lucinda, unmarried. 1832 60
(No. 18, Daniel and Clarine Merritt.)
57 Nathaniel M. and Nancy Dunn. 1817 1888 "
58 John D. and Hester Clearwater. 1819 1867 "
59 Sarah M. and Elbert Boberson. 1826 "
60 Edmund and Emily A. Comer, 1. 1830 1893 "
Lizzie A. Collins, 2.
61 Ann and Thomas Hanmore. 1832 "
(No. 19, William and Margaret Dunn.)
62 Joseph and Sarah E. Brown. 1823 1876 61
63 John and Hannah Pine. 1827 1857 "
64 Sarah C. and Nathaniel Williams. 1833 1854 "
65 Edmund and Mary J. Terwilliger. 1836 1873 "
(No. 21, James J. and Charity Middagh.)
66 Sarah M. and D. S. Morgan. 1826
67 Charlotte and Luke C. Hart. 1827 1895 «
68 Dr. Josephus and Mary Groat, 1. 1833
Annie T. Ford, 2. 1862
Part II.
Birth.
Death. Page
1837
1863 61
1839
62
1897 "
l)AltiEti tt£QUA BBAl^OH. XXXlIt
No.
69 Agnes, unmarried.
70 Mary E. and George W. Tuttle, 1.
George Tegg, 2.
(No. 31, Abram and Jane Strang.)
71 Philena S. and Eeuben Barger. 1834 55
(No. 35, Lewis B. and Harriet Bandall.)
72 Edward H. and Sarah J. Powers. 1849
73 Bandeline, unmarried. 1853 "
74 Louis E., " 1860
(No. 37, Elijah L. and Mrs. Chillingworth.)
75 Dr. Mary Augustk, unmarried. 1850 "
76 EmmaM., " 1852
77 Daniel L. and Kirkie Hungerford. 1854 56
78 Ella Lee. 1856 55
79 Elijah, died young. 1858 «
80 Louis Fred and Mary E. Park. 1862 56
81 Eobert Bussell and Sarah M. Purdy. 1865
82 Howard, died young. 1867 55
(No. 38, Isaac and Ellen Crosby, 1.)
(Matilda Knapp, 2.)
83 Mary Ellen, died young. 1847 1848 56
84 Bev. Arthur and Mary J. Stebbins. 1856 *'
85 Frank and Hattie Moore. 1861 "
86 Flora, died young. 1869 1880 "
87 Mary, unmarried. 1871 ''
(No. 41, Edwin and Susan James.)
88 John J. and Sarah L. Barnes. 1847 57
89 Kate F. and Cyrus T. Purdy, 1. 1853
Henry Parent, 2. "
90 James E., unmarried. 1857 **
(No. 50, Thomas and Haunah Heimbrook.)
91 Lucinda, died young. 1854 1855 58
92 John H. and Clara E. Barger. 1858 "
93 Thomas P. and Nora Wydick. 1862 59
94 Anna and C. W. Longcoy. 1865 "
(No. 53, Alfred and Melissa Harris.)
XXXIV
1*HE FAMILY 0^ REQUA.
Part II.
Birth.
Death. Page
1858
59
1860
1862
1865
1868
1872
1874
1878
No.
95 Almira and Lorenzo Cassade.
96 Nelson and Nellie Riles.
97 Alfred and Emma Wimmer.
98 Edmund, unmarried.
99 Alice and William Wills.
100 Abraham, unmarried.
101 Edna and George P. Beck.
102 Valentine.
(No. 57, Nathaniel M. and Nancy Dunn.)
103 Emma J. and John Bodine. ISM 1870 60
104 Clarine H. and Griggs Talbot. 1846 1890 ''
105 Anna M. and Thomas Fell. 1848
106 Nathaniel, died young. 1853 "
107 Agnes H. and Webster K. Austin. 1857
(No. 58, John D. and Hester Clearwater.)
108 Ellen C. and William G. Delamater. 1848 1878 "
(No. 60, Edmund and Emily A. Comer, 1.)
(Lizzie A. Collins, 2.)
109 Frank L. and Minnie A. Housten. 1856
(No. 62, Joseph and Sarah E. Brown.)
110 Alva M. and Jennie Burge. 1855 61
111 Belle E. and Hon. John F. Leech. 1857
(No. 63, John and Hannah Pine.)
112 Kate and Daniel Silkworth. 1856
(No. 68, Dr. Josephus and Mary Groat, 1.)
(Annie T. Ford, 2.)
113 Dr. Le Roy and Lulu Roberts. 1866 62
114 Florence, died young. 1868 1868 "
(No; 72, Edward H. and Sarah J. Powers.)
115 Richards. 1881 55
116 Julia F. 1882
117 RhodaK. 1885
118 Harriet M. 1887
119 Lewis H. 1889
120 Randel Lee. 1894
(No. 80, Louis Fred and Mary E. Park.)
t)AlJlEL REQtA ^ftAlJCJH. IXXV
Part II.
No. Birth. Death. Page
121 Charles Park. 1892 56
(No. 85, Frank and Hattie Moore.)
122 Arthur Foster. 1890
123 Florence M. 1893
(No. 88, John J. and Sarah L. Barnes.)
124 Susie B. 1876 57
125 EmmaF. 1880
126 Edwin C. 1884
(No. 92, John H. and Clara Barger.)
127 Mary H. 1892 9
128 CleoraC. 1895
(No. 93, Thomas P. and Nora Wjdick.)
129 Carrie. 1890
130 Ollie. 1893
(No. 96, Nelson and Nellie Hiles.)
131 Willie. 1886
132 Ethel. 1887
(No. 109, Frank L. and Minnie A. Housten.)
133 Adelaide. ' 1887 60
134 Frank L., Jr., died young. 1889 1889 "
(No. 110, Alva M. and Jennie Burge.)
135 Harry. 1875 61
136 Kalph. 1877
137 Claude. 1879
(No. 113, Dr. Le Roy and Lulu Roberts.)
138 Florence, died young. 1891 1893 62
139 Josephus. 1893
140 Mary Alice Requa. 1897
XXXVI THE FAMILY OF^BEQUA.
Commissioners Deed to Daniel Requa.
JLbiB f n^enture made the Sixth Day of December in
the Tenth Year of the Independence of the State of New
York, and in the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Eighty Five — BctW^Cn Isaac Stoutenburgh
and Philip Van Cortlandt, Esquires, Commissioners of
Forfeitures for the Southern District of the said State, ap-
pointed in pursuance of an Act of the Legislature of the
said State, entitled " An Act for the speedy SaJ>e of the con-
fiacated and forfeited Estates loithin this State^ and for other
Purposes therein mentioned,'' passed the Twelfth Day of May,
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Four, of the
one Part, and Daniel Requa of the County of Westches-
ter, farmer, of the other Part, TRIlttneSSetb, That the said
Isaac Stoutenburgh and Philip Van Cortlandt, Commis-
sioners as aforesaid, by Virtue of the Power and Authority
to them in and by the said Act granted ; and for and in
Consideration of the Sum of Six Hundred and Forty Eight
Pounds, Lawful Money of the said State, to them in Hand
paid by the said Daniel Eequa, the receipt whereof is here-
by acknowledged, "fcaPC Granted, Bargained, Sold, Eufe-
offed and Confirmed, and by these presents H)0 Grant,
Bargain, Sell, Enfeoff and Confirm unto the said Daniel
Requa and to his Heirs and Assigns, HU That certain Farm
of Land situate, lying and being in the Manor of Philips-
burgh and County of Westchester, JBOUn!)C& Northerly by
land now or late in the possession of William Furshee,
Easterly by land now or late in the possession of John
Requa, Southerly partly by land now or late in the posses-
THE FAMILY OF REQUA. XXXVII
sion of James Reqaa and partly by land now or late in the
possession of Matthew Farrington and Westerly by land
now or late in the possession of David Concklin, Cont^tn^
IrXQ Two Hundred and Eighty Eight acres more or less
as the same is now possessed by the said Daniel Bequa ;
iForf Citc5 to the People of the said State by the Attainder
of Frederick Philipse, Esquire, late of the said County.
And all and singular the Estate, Bight, Title and Interest,
whether in Possession, Beversion or Bemainder, of, in or to
the said Premises, which in Consequence of any Conviction
or Attainder is become forfeited, or attached to, or vested
in the People of the said State, Uo tape an^ tO 'fcOl5
all and singular the said Premises hereby Granted, Bar-
gained, Sold, Enfeoffed and Confirmed, with the Appurte-
nances unto the said Daniel Bequa and his Heirs and As-
signs, to the only proper Use, Benefit and Behoof of the
said Daniel Bequa and his Heirs and Assigns forever.
f n TKIlitneSd TKAbereof the Parties to these Presents
have hereunto interchangeably set their Hands and Seals,
the Day and Year first above written.
Isaac Stoutenburgh. [beal.]
Ph. V. CORTLANDT. [seal.]
Sealed and Delivered
in the presence of us.
Corns. Oakley.
John Smith.
XXXVIII
THE FAMILY OF REQUA.
THE REQUA FAMILY.
P^RT II.
ISAAC REQUA. Page 46.
THE FAMILy OF REQUA.
Part II.
Note.— To the Hon. M. D. Raymond of the Tarrytown Argus, Tarry-
town, N. Y., the present compiler is greatly indebted. From his excellent
articles, entitled, " Revolutionary Sketches of Philipse Manor," published
in 1894, large quotations have been made.
The story of the Bequa Family as related to Philipse
Manor during the Bevolutionary struggle, and subsequent
to that period, is one of not a little interest. Although the
migration of the Requas here was confined to a single fam-
ily of that name, and that at a period not earlier at least
than 1730, and after the settlement here under Frederick
Philipse had existed for fifty years, from 1775 to 1784,
they seem to have been a regnant family, furnishing their
fall quota of commissioned officers, and of rank and file in
support of the patriot cause. Altogether, twelve of that
name on this Manor, all that were of sufficient age to bear
arms, were soldiers of the Revolution ; four of whom were
commissioned officers. But the Requas were not only stal-
wart patriots ; they had the qualities that commanded con-
fidence and success. They built docks, engaged in the
river trade and were enterprising, public-spirited citizens.
It is indeed inspiring to look at such a record, and it may
well be cause for congratulation to all who bear that hon-
ored name, or are connected collaterally therewith.
As to the early history of the family in this country
and on this Manor, it has been found difficult to make a
satisfactory tracing, and to evolve the exact historical facts,
verifying from the records the interesting family traditions,
which very naturally differ somewhat as variously received
through various sources, though all happily agree in the
unquestioned claim of honorable Huguenot descent.
The late Charles M. Requa, a grandson of Abraham,
and gr^at-grandson of Daniel Requa, early of this place,
THE FAMILY OF BEQUA.
who spent much time in making researches concerning the
family, and who gathered a large amount of statistics, in the
shape of family trees and other interesting data, and to
whom the family is greatly indebted for services so ren-
dered, left the following memorandum of a conversation,
held by him with Mrs. Amy Delanoy, daughter of Capt.
Glode Bequa, about 1850 ; she being then nearly eighty
years old. As will be seen, it differs from the former account
as to the name of the immigrant, making Glode and Jeanne,
instead of Gabriel and Jeanne, the founders of the Family
in this country.
MEMORANPUM.
" The Bequa family lived in Paris previous to their de-
parture from that country (France), in consequence of the
persecutions by the Komish church of all Protestants,
Huguenots, as they were called. The family was rich in
houses, lands and stocks ; but the persecution was so bitter
that they fled in the night to save their lives, leaving be-
hind the greater part of their property, which they could
not convert into money. There were eleven other families
which fled at the same time, and from the same cause ; they
were strictly forbidden to read the Bible, or to hold reli-
gious meetings of any kind. Bomish priests carefully
searched every house which they imagined contained a Bi-
ble, or in which meetings were held. Some Bibles were con-
cealed, but they were found, and taken away ; some leaves,
however, were hidden under the bottom of a chair, in such
a way that they escaped discovery for a long time.
The twelve families fled by night from Paris to Bochelle,
where they all continued to live for a time, in close fellow-
ship with each other. At length, intelligence from Paris
reached the Bomanists at Bochelle, and the houses of the
Huguenots were watched. They would not discontinue
their meetings, for they contended, that every man had a
right to worship God according to the dictates of his own
conscience. But contention was in vain ; their persecutors
were rich and powerful, and in consequence of the refusal
of the Huguenots to submit, they were all condemned to
THE FAMILY OF REQUA.
be massacred on a certain night. From certain indica-
tions, they gathered, that evil was intended toward them;
their houses were pointed out by passers by. Providen-
tially, through the good offices of a friendly Romanist, they
were warned of their danger and nearly all escaped.
" On the night previous to th^ fated night, the faithful
band muffled the wheels of their wagons and stole away.
They were discovered in going and were pursued, like the
Israelites, to a river. Ten families got safely over, but two
were overtaken and killed. The ten rescued families found
a ship about to sail for America and took passage. Two
brothers, named Requa, were- of the number ; one with his
family, the other a bachelor ; the one with a family was
named Gabriel. Gabriel and his wife died of a fever on the
passage, leaving an only son. On arrival at New York,
Gabriel's brother engaged board for one year for his nephew
whose name was Glode, and for a girl named Jeanne, whose
parents had also died of the fever on shipboard. Gabriel's
brother left them to go South, taking most of the money
with him and intending to return for them if he liked the
country. He never returned, nor was he ever afterward
heard from. The son, Glode, afterward married Jeanne,
and lived on Muddy Brook, now called Harlem River. La-
ter, they moved to New Rochelle, N. ¥., where a part of the
family lived, until the war with Great Britain. Some of the
family moved previous to the war to what is now called
Tarrytown, on the North River, about thirty miles from
New York, where many of the family now live, although
they have spread over the country, as will be seen by refer-
ence to the family tree."
Elijah Requa, son of James, and grandson of Glode, Sr.,
in the application for a pension of Mra Henrietta Pauld-
ing Requa in 1847, deposes and says :
" That he was a resident of Tarrytown, and 73 years of
age ; that the name of his father was James, and of his
paternal grandfather, Glode Requa ; that the said Glode
was the common ancestor of all the Requas heretofore or
THE FAMILY OP REQUA.
now living in Westchester Co., and so far as this deponent
hath knowledge or belief, of all of the Bequas heretofore
or now living in these United States ; that he has often
heard from his said father, and it is matter of family his-
tory, that the said Glode, 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 Rochelle, County of Westchester, and subsequently,
and many years prior to the Revolution, moved over to the
western shore of said County and purchased a farm on the
Hudson about IJ miles south of Tarrytown ; that at his
death the said farm descended to his eldest son, also named
Glode ; that the male issue of his said grandfather consist-
ed of four sons, whose names were Glode, John, Daniel,
and James, the father of this deponeut, and that all these
sons remained residents of Westchester Co., and lived no
great distance apart ; that the eldest, Glode, resided on the
old homestead ; that John resided in the Town of Mount
Pleasant, about one mile from l^iug Sing, and seven or
eight miles from Tarrytown ; that James and Daniel resid-
ed in the Town of Mt. Pleasant, (Tarrytown Heights,)
about one or two miles east of Tarrytown, the latter
upon a farm adjoining and east of the said James ; that
John died without issue ; that the male issue of the other
brothers was as follows :
Glode, Jr., had six sons ; to wit : — Isaac, the husband
of Henrietta ; Gabriel, Samuel, Daniel, James and Glode,
3rd.
Daniel had four sons ; to wit : — Abraham, John, Daniel
and James.
James had ten sons ; to wit: — Gabriel, Joseph, Daniel,
John, James, Glode, William, Elijah, (this deponent), Isaac
and Gilbert.
" The foregoing includes all the Requas in the male line
who were living in the County of Westchester during the
period of the Revolution ; that there were during the Revo-
lution, as herewith shown, but two of the name of Isaac,
iBiS ]e'AMILt OF BEQUA.
one of whom was the eldest son of Glode and the other
the son of James, the ninth son, and the younger brother
of this deponent ; that Isaac, the son of Glode, was an Ad-
jutant in the Bevolution, while the other Isaac was only
an infant, the younger Isaac having been born on the very
night on which the elder, Adj't Isaac, was taken prisoner. '
That the father of the first Glode was Gabriel seems
substantiated by the fact that the name was perpetuated
in the different branches of the family.
Glode, 8r., it is said, was very Frenchy in his talk, and
hard to understand on account of his foreign speech.
For two generations the Huguenots of New Rochelle used
the French language. That he occupied the farm which
afterwards descended to his eldast son, Glode, Jr., is un-
questioned ; and that was the early home of the family on
this Manor. This farm embraced the present Jay Gould
property and the John T. Terry property. When Glode
Requa, Sr., came to this Manor does not clearly appear, but
probably soon after 1730, though the old tax list of 1732
does not contain his name ; and yet, in the marriage record
of his children Jannitie, James, John and Daniel, in the old
Dutch church, the birth places of all of them is given as
Philipsburgh ; the first named, Jannitie, married April
loth, 1751, being the first public record of the family found
as yet either on this Manor or in this county.
No reference is made to the wife of Glode, Sr., nor to
the date of death of either of them, their place of burial
being unmarked ; but, doubtless, it was in the old Dutch
church-yard, though neither of them nor their children
were members of that church.
The religious trend of the Family should be noted.
The faith of the fathers, which drove them from their na-
tive land, was the inheritance of their children and chil-
dren's children. Not a Tory among them, nor a criminal,
hardly an indigent person to this day. Early associating
themselves with the various Christian churches, the record
of their unselfish lives and happy deaths is written on their
tombstones, and rehearsed in family story.
The family of requa.
Bishop Asbury, one of the first Bishops of the Metho-
dist church, says, in his Journal, "July 23, 1802, — I came to
Captain Requa's by surprise ; but was not, therefore, made
the less welcome."
Glode Requa, 8r., and his wife had eight children, four
daughters and four sons : Susan, who married Wolfert
Acker, afterward of Newburgh, and buried at Tarrytown,
N. Y ; Mary, who married McFarlin or MoFarden of Tar-
rytown, (Gabriel and James McFarden of Capt. Gabriel
Requa's company, were probably her sons;) Margaret who
married Samuel Husted of Hempstead, Long Island ;
Jeannette, who married Jacob Stymets, also of Capt.
Requa's company ; Glode, James, John and Daniel.
GLODE REQUA BRANCH.
Glode, Jr., or Capt. Glode Requa, as he came to be
during the Revolution, was a well-defined figure upon our
local horizon ; a distinct personality, the date of whose
birth and death, and place of residence, and burial, dis-
tinctly appear. He was born May 4, 1727, and died De-
cember 9, 1806. Buried in the old Dutch church-yard.
He married — date not known — Amy Dean, daughter of
Thomas Dean, and sister of Sergt. John Dean of the Revo-
lution. He was a member of the Committee of Public
Safety in 1776, and was early appointed to the command of
a Company of Militia on this Manor. Of the services
so performed by him, frequent mention is made in the ap-
plications for pension, of those who served under him.
The following accounts, copied from the books of the State
Treasurer, show various sums paid to him and his com-
mand for such service :
April 19, 1777, paid Capt. Glode Requa for his com-
pany, X60.14.7
Sept. 17, 1778, paid to Capt. Glode Requa for his com-
pany, X83.16.
He was for one year a prisoner in the old Sugar House
Prison, New York, but the date of his capture does not
appear, as he died before the general pension act was pass*
GLODE REQUA.
Page lO.
GLODI! ntQJJA BRAI^OH. 7
ed. He was, like many others, obliged to remove his fami-
ly for safety, as stated by Peter Van Woermer, his neigh-
bor, to CoUaberg, which is the present Croton. He took
title from the Commissioners of Forfeiture, to the valuable
farm of 296 acres, which he had previously occupied, and
also to four lots of one acre each, in the present village of
Tarry town, and at his death left a valuable estate.
Glode Bequa, Jr., and his wife Amy Dean had six sons
and three daughters : Isaac, Gabriel, Mary, Samuel, Dan-
iel, Margaret, James, Amy and Glode.
Isaac Requa, the eldest son of Captain Glode Requa,
born 1758, was a soldier of the Revolution, and was com-
missioned as Adjutant of Colonel Hammond's Regiment,
June 16th, 1778, having previously been a Lieutenant in
Capt. Jonas Orser's Company. He also served under his
father, Capt. Glode. The date of his being taken prisoner
appears from the following account rendered against the
State, which was duly audited :
The Stale of New York, Dr.
To Isaac Requa. to his pay as Lieut., and Adjutant, for
the time I was in captivity, from January 31, 1779, until
March 10, 1780 £244.17.9
His commission as Adjutant is on file with the pension
papers of his widow, at the Pension OiBce in Washington.
Isaac Kequa, subsequently to the Revolution, became
a very prominent man in this county. He was Supervisor
of the Town of Greenburgh for six successive terms, from
1787 to 1792, inclusive ; was Justice of the Peace, for nearly
20 years, and from 1810 to 1820 was an Associate Justice, or
side Judge, sitting at the County Courts, and was common-
ly known as Judge Bequa. He married Henrietta, the
second daughter of General William Paulding, and sister
of William Pauldiug, Jr., who was Mayor of the City of
New York, and successfully engaged in business at his
residence, adjoining the residence of General Paulding, near
the Requa Dock at Tarry town. He accumulated a large es
tate for those times, and was a highly respected citizen. He
died in February, 1826, leaving no descendants.
8 l-HE FAMILY OP REQUA.
Henrietta Eequa, widow of Adjt. Isaac Requa, in her
application for pension, says, that she was married to Isaac
Requa on the 12th of April, 1784, when she, was eighteen
years of age. Justice Requa married them.
Gabriel, second son of Capt. Glode, was born Jan. 9,
1760, and died Oct. 8, 1809. He was a soldier of the Revo-
lution ; was in Capt. Daan's Company, and was for two
months a prisoner in the hands of the enemy. He was
engaged largely in the carrying trade on the Hudson River,
in company with his cousin, William Requa, and his son-
in-law, Stephen Van Wart. Their lines of transportation
extended from Albany to New York. He and his family
were active members of the Methodist Church. His will,
dated July 1, 1809, is recorded at White Plains. He mar-
ried Elizabeth Martling, and had three sons and three
daughters, — Amy, Maria, Daniel, Julia, James and Gabriel.
Amy married Stephen Van Wart and died, aged nineteen
years, greatly mourned. Maria married a Mr. Cole of Tar-
ry town. Daniel married, but left no children. Julia mar-
ried Isaac Davids, hatter, of Mt. Pleasant. Gabriel was
pilot in New York harbor; was unmarried.
James, son of Gabriel and Elizabeth Martling, married
Hannah Dearman, daughter of Justus Dearman, and had
two daughters and five sons, — Adaline, Justus D., Oscar
I., Elizabeth, Elias B., James C, and William Augustus.
James C, and William Augustus died young. Adaline
married, first, William Storm ; second, George Lawrence,
and lives at Hartsdale, Westchester County, N. Y. Eliza-
beth married Elisha P. Lawrence, and lives at Mount Ver-
non, N. Y. She has a son, J. Melville Lawrence, an archi-
tect.
Justus D., son of James and Hannah Dearman, married
Julia A. Hunt, and had three sons and five daughters, —
Edgar L., Franklin, Mary E., Julia F., Charlotte, Justus,
Jr., Jessie and Minnie.
Justus, Jr., and Franklin died young. Edgar L. re-
sides at Highland Mills, Orange County, N. Y. He married
Annie M. Hunter, of New York, and has two sons and two
GLODi^ B^QTTA BBAKCH. 9
daughters, — Edgar L., Jr., Gertrude, Justus E., and Carrie.
Edgar L., Jr., married Margaret Bower of New York,
and is Quaker preacher at Yorktown Heights, N. Y.
Mary E., daughter of Justus D. and Julia A. Hunt,
married Charles H. Post of Farmer's Mills, N. Y. Julia
F. married George Sborm of Sing Sing. Charlotte married
Adolph Damman of Tarrjtown. Jessie married Sidney L.
Sherwood, and Minnie married James M. Ferguson, both
of Sing Sing. Jessie and Minnie were twin sisters.
Oscar Ir>dng, son of James and Hannah Dearman,
married, first, Mary Ann Sherwood, by whom he had, Mary
E., who married George Holloway, of Johnsville, Ohio, and
Viola, unmarried. Oscar Irving married, second, Frances
Vredenburgh, by whom he had Edith, unmarried.
Elias B., son of James and Hannah Dearman, married
first, Julia A. Arnold ; second, Frances A. Knapp,by whom
he had three daughters, — Frances, Amelia, Emma Augusta
and Mary Alida. He resides in Jersey City, N. J.
Mary M., daughter of Capt. Glode and Amy Dean,
married John Van Wart, who was a Lieut, in Capt. Mart-
ling's Company, and was killed in action near Morrisania,
March 4, 1782. She, probably, was not living two years
later; for in the following entry, copied from the Book of
Audited Accounts, in the State Library at Albany, ber
name is not mentioned.
" State of New York, Dr.
" To Mary and Daniel Van Wart, children of John Van
Wart, late Lieutenant in Lieut.-Col. Hammond's Regt., for
seven years' half-pay, he having been slain on the field on
the fourth of March, 1782.
" Audited December 10, 1784."
Samuel, son of Capt. Glode, lived at the old homestead,
on or near the site of what was Capt. Glode Requa's
house, nearly opposite the entrance to John T. Terry's
gate ; the house which he built, or rebuilt, still standing
there. " He was," says Rev. Geo. Rockwell, " a man of
much prominence and consideration in the community."
He married Maria Van Wart, and had twelve children, —
16 Me ^AmtLx OP Hequa.
Margaret, who died young; Glode, John, Isaac, Jacob,
Barnet, Susan, Clara M., Nathaniel, Maria, Amy and James.
Glode, son of Samuel, removed to Kendall, N. T., and
accumulated a large property ; was unmarried. He died in
1873, and is buried in Sfeepy Hollow Cemetery. His pic-
ture appears opposite page 6.
John, Clara, Nathaniel and Maria, were also unmar-
ried. Isaac and Jacob were twin brothers. They were in
the war of 1812. Isaac married when an old man and had
seven children : Maria, who married Alonzo Leonard ; Isaac,
who married Mary E. Collyer of Sing Sing, N. T. ; Fran-
ces, who died young ; Anna ; James M., who married Myra
R. Lee of Potsdam, N. Y., and had Ruth and James Mil-
ton ; Juliet, who married David Kent of Paterson ; and
Grace, who married Frank V. Millard, a lawyer, of Tarry-
town. Isaac and James M., sons of Isaac, are grocery mer-
chants in Tarrytown. Isaac is also Treasurer of the vil-
lage, and James M. is owner in part of the Tarrytown pro-
peller.
Jacob, son of Samuel, was captain of a market sloop,
and was an active and influential member of the Methodist
Church.
He married, 1st, Eliza Lawrence, by whom he had
nine children : Maria, John, Jacob, Samuel, Isaac L., James
Milton, Benjamin, Charles and Eliza. Benjamin and
Charles died young. Eliza Lawrence Requa died in her
41st year. Her son, James Milton, says, " Calling her fam-
ily and friends about her, and bidding each one an affec-
tionate farewell, she began singing one of her favorite
hymns, and thus triumphantly passed away." The epi-
taph on her tombstone reads :
" Farewell kind husband and my children dear,
Oh, serve the Lord, for he will soon appear ;
The time is short, till we shall meet again,
With Christ, to share the glories of his reign."
Capt. Jacob Requa, married, 2d, Mrs. Sarah Theall, of
Haverstraw, N. ¥., by whom he had two children : Nathan-
iel and Martha.
HON. ISAAC LAWRENCE KEQUA. Page II
GLODEi BEQtA BBANOH. 11
Maria, eldest daughter of Captain Jacob, married Isaac
F. Van Wart, grandson of Isaac Van Wart, one of the cap-
tors of Andre. John, son of Capt. Jacob, married Mrs.
Jane E. Davenport, and went to California in 1850. He
had five children, only two of whom are living : John Mil-
ton, unmarried ; and Laura, who married Col. I. D. De
Russey, of the TJ. S. Army. John Eequa with his wife and
three children, who died young, is buried in the cemetery
near Oakland, Cal.
Jacob, son of Capt. Jacob, married Maria Lawrence,
and lived in New York. They had five children : Mary
Grace, Frank Cliflford, Howard, Ella Gertrude and Isaac.
Howard and Isaac died young. Mary Grace married W.
A. M. Van Bokkelen and lives in Oakland, Cal. Frank
Cliflford is unmarried, and resides at Tarrytown. Ella
Gertrude married Oscar B. Peasley, and lives at West
Point, Cal.
Samuel, son of Captain Jacob, also became captain
and continued in the market-boat business for fifty years.
He is, also. President of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery As-
sociation, Treasurer of the Tarrytown Board of Water
Commissioners, and member of the N. Y. Sons of the Revo-
lution. He married Sarah Brundage, and had five chil-
dren : Millard, Charles, Emma, Ida May and Harry Clay.
Millard married Phebe Minnerly, and left one daughter,
Mabel F., who unveiled the Revolutionary Soldier's Monu-
ment at Tarrytown, Oct. 19, 1894. Charles and Ida May
were unmarried. Emma married Walter Connell, of Tar-
rytown. Harry Clay married Hattie Williams, of Bed-
ford, and left four sons and one daughter : Harry, Samuel,
Mary, Willard and James.
Isaac L., son of Capt. Jacob, whose picture appears
herewith, went to California in 1850, and, with the excep-
tion of one year spent in the East, has continued to reside
there. Much of the time he has been engaged in mining
and milling ores of gold and silver. He is at present Presi-
dent of the Central Pacific E. R. Co.; and, also, of the
Oakland Savings Bank. His residence at Piedmont Park,
1^ l-HE I^AMlLt OF BfiQUA.
Oakland, overlooks the city and harbor of San Francisco.
He married Sarah J. Mower, of Maine, and has a son,
Mark L., who married Florence Herrick, and resides in Oak-
land ; also a daughter, Amy, who married Capt. Oscar Fitz-
alan Long, of the U. S. Army, and resides in Oakland.
James Milton, son of Capt. Jacob, was one of the or-
ganizing members of the New York Produce Exchange,
and is a member of the Union League Club of that city;
he is unmarried.
Eliza, daughter of Capt. Jacob, married Valentine Mott
Hodgson, of White Plains.
Nathaniel, youngest son of Capt. Jacob, married Mrs.
Farnham and resides in New York.
Martha, youngest child of Capt. Jacob, married George
Goodrich, of Westport, Conn., and left a daughter, Mattie.
Barnet, son of Samuel and Maria Van Wart, lived at
Croton Landing; and, for many years, sailed a market
sloop to New York. He married Rebecca C. Odell, and had
two children ; — a daughter, Clara M., who married Nathan-
iel B. Lent, of Croton-Landing ; and a son, Barnet B., who
married Sarah A. Anderson, and resides at Croton-Land^
ing ; he has no children.
Susan, daughter of Samuel, married James Leggett of
Mt. Pleasant.
Amy, youngest daughter of Samuel, married Warner
Willsea, and removed to Orleans County, N. Y. Her daugh-
ter, Susan, is married to Dr. Cady, of Holly, N. Y.
James H., youngest son of Samuel and Maria Van
Wart, resided at Piermont, N. Y., and organized the first
uniformed company, the Orangetown Guards, in Eockland
County. He married Margaret L. Blanch, and had five
daughters and three sons, — Mary, Isaac, Frances, Glode,
Susan, Winfield S., Clara and Emma. Emma died young.
Mary and Frances were unmarried. Isaac married Marga-
retta Gesner and had three children, all of whom died young.
He resides in Jersey City, N. J.
Glode, son of James, whose picture is here given, re-
sides at Mousey, N. Y., is extensively engaged in tne lum-
GLODE REQUA.
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GLODE REQUA BRANCH. IS
ber trade and is President of the Corning Lumber Com-
pany. He married Sarah E. Sherwood, and has a son,
J. Edgar, and a daughter, Edith. J. Edgar married Miss
Jennie Snider, of Monsey, and has five children, — Eula,
Jas. Milton, Margueritte, Eloise and Eaetta.
Susan, daughter of James, married Frederick Nott, and
left two sons and two daughters.
Winfield Scott, son of James, resides at Sparkill, N. Y.,
and is an engineer on the Erie B. B. He married Christina
Beichling, and has two daughters, — Bertha and Edna.
Clara, daughter of James, married Calvin Webster, o-f
Piermont ; she died in 1895.
Daniel Be qua, son of Capt. Glode, took title to one
hundred and thirty-five acres of his father's farm in 1819,
being that portion which comprised the present Jay Gould
place, on the west side, and a considerable portion of that
on the east side, where was his residence, — the old house
standing until about twenty years since. In 1836 he, with
all his family, except the eldest child, Mary, moved to Ken-
dall, Orleans County, N. Y., where he and his wife and
many of their descendants are buried.
Daniel Bequa married Aeltie Acker, of Tarrytown, and
had seven children, — Mary, Bebecca, Isaac, Gabriel, John
Stephen and Emeline. Mary married Joseph Sniffen, and
lived in the old Sniifen house recently torn down on Broad-
way, Tarrytown. She died in 1881, aged ninty- three years.
Bebecca married Isaac Hart, of Tarrytown, and is buried
in Kendall, N. Y. Isaac married Mrs. Boxey Alvord Ben-
nett, of Western New York, and moved to Vernon, Mich.,
where he died, leaving two sons, — Burlin and Leroy. Bur-
lin married Kittie Bogart and lives in Holly, Mich. ; no
children. Leroy married, 1st., Bridget Hayes ; and had two
daughters, — Amy and Celia. He married, 2nd, Ida M.
Henry, and lives at Corunna, Mich.
Gabriel, son of Daniel and Aeltie Acker, married Abi-
gail Tuttle of Tarrytown, and went with his father's family
to Orleans County, N. Y., where he settled on a farm. In
order that his children might have the benefit of a liberal
14 THE FAMILY OF REQUA.
education, he took a scholarship in Genesee Wesleyan
Seminary, at Lima, N. Y. His sons, John L., James D.,
Henry M. and Stephen F., were educated there.
Gabriel and Abigail Tuttle had nine children, seven
sons and two daughters, — Daniel, who was drowned at
Tarrytown; Harriet, who married George C. Thomas;
S^rah, who married George W. Eoct; John L., James D.;
Henry M.; Stephen F.; Isaac and George. Isaac and
George died unmarried.
John L. studied law and was, for one term. City At-
torney of Rochester, N. Y. ; later when a resident of Jack-
sonville, Fla., he lacked but a few votes of being chosen U.
S. Senator from that state. He married Helen Vanderbeck
and had a son, Clarence, who died at Tarrytown, N. Y. ; and
a daughter, Florence, who married George W. Bassett and
resides in Los Angeles, Cal.
John L. Requa died and was buried in Santa Barbara,
Cal.
Rev. James D., son of Gabriel, whose picture is here
given, graduated at Genesee Seminary, joined the Genesee
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and con-
tinued in the effective ranks 31 years ; later he removed
with his family to Los Angeles, Cal., where he now resides.
He married, 1st., Mary Smith ; 2nd, Laura Benson ; 3rd
Mary Grace Davis ; and had five sons and one daugh-
ter,— Eugene W. F., Benson H., Herbert D., Helen M.,
Clarence and Raymond. Rev. Eugene W. F. studied, also,
at Lima and Rochester, N. Y., and joined the Wisconsin
Conference of the M. E. Church. Is now stationed at Osh-
kosh. Wis. He married Harriet Warner, a gifted lady and
author, of Rochester, and has one child, — Beatrice Ethel.
Benson H., son of Rev. James D., graduated with
honors at Syracuse University, N. Y., and is Cashier of
the Union National Bank, Sioux Falls, South Dak. He
married Cora Hartshorn and has a son, Eugene L.
Herbert D., son of Rev. James D., graduated as a Den-
tist at the University of Pennsylvania, spent nearly three
years in the practice of his profession in Hong Kong,China,
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GLODE BEQUA BRANCH. 15
and Singapore, and is now settled at Los Angeles, Cal. ; is
unmarried.
Helen M., Clarence and Raymond are with their parents
in Los Angeles.
Henry M., son of Gabriel, was member of the firm of
A. F. Roberts & Co., flour merchants, of New York, and al-
so a member of the New York Pioiiice Exchange. He
married Katharine A. Brown, of Yonkers, and had one
daughter, Leila Maud, who died young, and one son, Henry
M., Jr., who married Annie E. Sheldon, of New York, and
had one daughter, Cora S., Henry M., Jr., was a lawyer in
New York City. He died July 27, 1896.
Stephen F., son of Gabriel, married, 1st., Elizabeth
Reese, of St. Catharine's, Ontario ; moved to Chicago and
is a member of one of the oldest Fire Insurance firms in
that city. He married, 2nd, Mrs. Fannie Sniffen, of Chicago.
By his first wife he had one daughter, Maud Estelle, and
two sons, — Fred. Norwood, who is unmarried, and Harry
Livingston, Who married Alice Sweetland, and has one son,
Frederick Van Wirt.
John Requa, son of Daniel and Aeltie Acker, married
Laura Roof and went with his father's family to Kendall,
N. Y., where he is buried. He is mentioned in the will of
John Requa, Sr., He had three sons and one daughter :
Samuel, Daniel, George and Julia. Samuel and George
died unmarried. Julia married David L. Westervelt, of
New York, since deceased. She resides with her only son,
George R., a lawyer in Tacoma, Wash.
Daniel, son of John, married Ellen Monarque, of New
York, and had four sons and two daughters : Herman M.,
Laura, Fred S., Julia, Charles M. and Walter Scott. Her-
man M. married Sarah J. Finch and lives in New York,
has three children — Ella, who married George C. Dicks,
Lester M., and Gladys. Laura married Michael Blewett,
of Jersey City. Fred S. married Minnie Foley and left
two daughters : Nellie and Julia. He died in 1891. Julia,
daughter of Daniel and Ellen Monarque, married James
Riel, of New York. Charles M. married Josie Etta Akens,
16 THE FAMILY OF REQUA.
of Wyoming, Penn., and has one daughter, Ida. Walter
Scott married Mrs. Cornelia Kirkpatrick, of Hudson, and
lives in New York ; has a stepson, Eichard.
Stephen Van Wart, son of Daniel and Aeltie Acker,
married Mrs. Priscilla White, of Orleans County, and had
three sons and one daughter: Daniel, Frederick, Glode
and Minnie.
Emeline, youngest child of Daniel and Aeltie Acker,
married, first, Philo Higley, of Kendall ; second, Mr. Mar-
tin, of Carlton, Orleans County, N. Y., where she is buried.
Margaret Bequa, daughter of Captain Glode, married
John Highfield, of New York. Later, she probably mar-
ried a Mr. Brown. She is mentioned in John Bequa's will
as Margaret Brown.
James, son of Capt. Glode, married Elizabeth Heleker,
and was drowned with his youngest brother, Glode, in the
Hudson river.
THE DROWNING OF JAMES AND GLODE,
sons of Capt. Glode Bequa, was a tragedy, the memory of
which has been perpetuated in the family. It occurred
while crossing the Hudson, either to or from Piermont.
One account says by the upsetting of the boat in a severe
storm ; another story is that they were struck by lightning,
probably on the river opposite the old homestead. An old
double tombstone, now fast crumbling to decay, perpetu-
ates the fact of the death of James and Glode Bequa, both
on the 12th of August, 1789, the age of the former being
given as nineteen years, six months, and twenty-seven days,
and of the latter, fourteen years, one month, and twenty- two
days, but the cause of their death does not there appear.
Not only is that fact well preserved in the family tradi-
tions, but it is also found of record in the Clerk's oflBce of
the County of Westchester, as follows :
At Court of Oyer and Terminer, held in November,
1790, Geo. Combs, Esq., Justice, acting as Coroner, return-
ed an inquisition by him taken on the bodies of James
Bequa, Glode Bequa, Jr., and Braboy, a slave, by which it
GLODE REQUA BRANCH. 17
appears that they were drowned in the Hudson, by the up-
setting of a canoe which they were in, Aug. 12, 1789.
It seemed at first, when the family tree showed that
the above James Eequa had descendants, that there must
be a mistake somewhere ; but an examination of the records
of the old Dutch Church showed a James Bequa, married
to Betsey Heleker, as the tree indicated, on the 28th of
June, prior to the 12th of August on which he was drown-
ed. He was then in his twentieth year, and early marri-
ages were common at that period. And then, more than
six months after his death, a son, James, was born to him,
who has many descendants.
James Bequa, son of James who was drowned, married
first, Mary Buton, and, afterward, her sister, Letitia. For
thirty years he was engaged in the river trade as captain
of a market sloop. His first wife, Mary, died in New York,
and was buried in a vault beneath the Bedford Street M.
E. Church, of which she was a worthy member. Her son,
Alexander, writes : " I well remember hearing my dear
mother say in her last moments :
"Jesus can make a dying bed,
Feel soft as downy pillows are !"
She was unable to repeat the remaining lines.
James Bequa and his second wife, Letitia, moved to
Chatfield, Minnesota, where he died at the home of his
son, Alexander. By his first wife he had twelve chil-
dren : by his second wife, two children: Amy, Isaac,
William, Abram, Henry, Bachel, Elizabeth, Emeline, James
Augustus, Alexander, John J., Benjamin, Mary and Sam-
uel J. His grandchildren were seventy in number. Wil-
liam, Emeline and John J. died young. Amy married Sam-
uel Johnson, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and had eight children.
Samuel M. Johnson, of 48 Wall Street, New York, is her
son. Isaac, married first, Elizabeth Whitehead, of Brook-
lyn ; second, Mrs. Elizabeth Kirkley Booth, of Pottsville,
Pa. By his first wife he had two daughters : Mary, who
married Wm. Cornwall, of Brooklyn ; and Adrianna, who
18 THE FAMILY OF REQUA.
married James Stevenson, Supt. of Agencies, Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company, New York.
Abram Kequa, son of James and Mary Enton, whose
picture appears herewith, was born at Croton Landing, edu-
cated in New York, and became a teacher in Irving Insti-
tute, Tarrytown, where he married Elizabeth P. Lyon, sis-
ter of the principal, William P. Lyon. Later, he went to
Baltimore, Md., and edited the Baltimore Clipper. He was
offered the Consulship at Honolulu, which he declined.
After the war he returned to New York and became asso-
ciated with the Five Points Mission, Methodist. He was
financial agent of this institution for the twenty-one years
preceding his death, devoting his entire time to the work
of the Mission.
The following incident, characteristic of the man, is
furnished by his daughter, Mrs. Alice Kequa Beeves, of
Brooklyn, N. Y. : During the Civil War, a young man of
. his acquaintance was condemned to be shot, for desertion
from the Union army. Taking the order for the young
man's death and the heart-broken mother, Mr. Eequa came
to President Lincoln to plead her cause. Mr. Lincoln, af-
ter a patient hearing of the case, took the fateful order and
said — " I will put it in this pigeon hole." It was never
taken out, and the young man's life was spared.
Abram Bequa and Elizabeth Lyon had five children, —
Alice, Charles H., Lilian, Elizabeth and Florence. Lilian
and Elizabeth died young. Alice married Bobt. C. Beeves,
seedsman, of New York. Charles H., married Ida A. Lyon
and has a daughter Ethel M. Charles H. is official steno-
grapher of the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, N. Y. Florence
A., youngest child of Abram, resides with her mother in
Brooklyn.
Bev. Henry Bequa, son of James, was for twenty years
a member of the Wisconsin Conference of the M. E. Church,
and served one term as presiding elder. At the breaking
out of the Civil War, he raised a company of soldiers and
reported for duty at Milwaukee, but was rejected by the
surgeon. When the Christian Commission was formed, he
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GLODE REQUA BRANCH. 19
was invited to take work under it and immediately pre-
pared to go, saying as he left, — " I cannot go south as a
soldier, but perhaps I may live to do the boys some good."
In eight weeks his lifeless body was brought back to his
church at Kipon and buried. His daughter, Mrs. Charles
D. Wilson, writes — " Chaplain Eandall, an old friend and
fellow-laborer, was with him in his last moments. Just
before the end came, with a tremulous voice, he began to
sing :
** Oh, sing to me of heaven. When I am called to die !"
His voice failing, the Chaplain took up the chorus,
" There'll be no sorrow there." A monument was erected
at Eipon to his memory.
Mr. Eequa married Caroline Johnson, of Brooklyn, N.
Y., and had nine children, — Charles, Emeline, Abram, Al-
zuma, Henry J., James M., Celia, William H. and Mark M.
Charles, Abram and Alzuma died young. Emeline married
William Mc Arthur and resides in Lanesboro, Minn. They
have eight children.
Henry J., son of Rev. Henry, married Ida May Strong
and lives in Seattle, Washington. They had five children,
— James, Celia, Estella, Charles and Henry. James and
Celia died young.
James H., son of Eev. Henry, died in early manhood.
Celia, daughter of Eev. Henry, married, 1st., Frank Berthe ;
2ad., Charles D. Wilson. They live in Carthage, Mo., and
have three children.
William H., son of Eev. Henry, married Jennie E.
Chandler. They live in Lewiston, Idaho, and have three
daughters, — Nettie, Fannie and Jennie.
Mark M., youngest child of Eev. Henry, married
Myrtle Anderson and lives in Livingston, Mont. He is
bookkeaper in the office of the Northern Pacific E. E. Co.,
and has one son, Worrath Anderson Eequa.
Eachel Eequa, daughter of James and Mary Euton,
married James E. Sebring of New York, and removed to
Washington, D. C, about twenty-five years ago. Her hus-
20 THE FAMILY OF REQUA.
band was in the Sixth Auditor's office until his death, Sept.
18, 189 L She died January 5th, 1897, at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. David M. Doremus, in Mount Vernon, N. Y.
They are buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Washington.
Elizabeth, daughter of James, married Jeremiah Van
Biper, builder, of New York. She left three children.
James Augustus, son of James, married Celia Parker
and had five children. All died young but one, Arthur,
who is at Santa Bosa, Cal. James Augustus was engaged
in grape culture at Brockton, N. Y., where he died in 1868.
Alexander, son of James, married Lucinda Andres, of
New York, and moved to Mower Co., Minn., where he was
elected Treasurer of the county for three successive terms.
After the death of his wife, May 19, 1893, he lived for a
time in Missouri and Arkansas. He had eleven children,— r
Lucinda, Dora, Lizzie, Fannie, Eliza, Benjamin, James,
Bachel, Mary, Laura, and Alexander. Lizzie, Fannie and
Benjamin died young. Lucinda married William H. Pal-
mer and lives at Brownsdale, Minn. Dora married Adel-
bert Folsom and lives at Everett, Wash.
Eliza married Harry Bussell, and Mary married Frank
L. Miller, both of Brownsdale, Minn.
Benjamin, son of James, married 1st, Susan L. Hillock,
2nd, Emma L. Prickett, by whom he has one daughter,
Edith; and one son, Glode B. He served three years in the
Union Army and lives at Neosho, Mo.
Mary, daughter of James and Letitia Euton, married
John W. Lester and lived at Spring Valley, Minn. She
died, May 20, 1874, leaving five children.
Samuel J., son of James and Letitia Euton, married
Celia B. Enright and has five living children, — Walter,
Frank, Agnes, Howard and Harry. Samuel J. is teacher
and resides at Austin, Minn.
Amy, youngest daughter of Capt. Glode, married John
Delanoy of Tarrytown, and is buried in Sleepy Hollow
Cemetery.
ELIJAH REQUA.
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James b^qi^a branch. 2l
JAUES EEQUA BRANCH.
James Eequa, the second son of Glode, 8r., born 1729,
married Jlaritie Acker, daughter of Wolfert Acker, 8r.,
Dec. 20, 1752; probably, was married at the Tappaa church,
as the marriage is recorded there, as well as in the old
Dutch church records.
When she died is not known, nor how many children
she left, but her death must have been prior to Nov., 1766,
as the following, copied from the records in the Register's
otfice of Westchester County, testifies :
" James Requa and Rebecca his wife, of Philipse Man-
or, a blacksmith, date of Nov. 3, 1766, conveyed to William
Ascough, a certain house and lot of land being at Brown's
Point, in the town of Rye, containing four acres and ten
rods ; consideration X130."
The above suggests the interesting query as to wheth-
er James Requa had not, for a period at least, resided af-
ter his first marriage, and up to the time of his second
marriage, in the town of Rye ?
Possibly, that property was the patrimony of his sec-
ond wife. Certainly, the grave of his first wife is not to be
found in the old Dutch churchyard, neither does his sec-
ond marriage appear in the old Dutch church records.
The above is also of interest, as being the first trans-
fer of property, by or to a Requa, that appears in the old
records, as far as has been found either in New Ro-
chelle, this county, in New York City or at Albany. And
80, James Raqaa was a blacksmith, as well as Justice of
the Peace, Supervisor, soldier and farmer. He was also a
member of the Committee of Public Safety, and the father
of a numerous family, consisting of ten sons and three
daughters. Surely, he must have had a vigorous, virile
manhood, and have possessed a well-equipped, well-bal-
anced character and strong personality.
He was a Justice of the Peace prior to, and during the
continuance of the Revolution, of which he was a staunch
and influential supporter ; and although he was only a pri-
vate soldier, subject to be called out by frequent alarms,
22 tHE FAMILY OF lltlQTtA,
his house, as appears by the testimony of his son, Lieut.
Joseph, was burned down by the enemy and a reward was
offered for his capture. But those things had very little
influence with such stern and true patriots as James Requa,
except that they tended to strengthen their determination
and increase their activity.
A significant item appears in the books of the State
Treasurer, as follows: Nov. 7, 1776, — To cash paid James
Eequa for transporting poor at New Rochelle, X3.40s.
Why acting in such capacity there ? Does it not indi-
cate a former connection of the Bequas with that place ?
It would seem so. At that time there was no proper town
government in New Bochelle, other than that under Tory
domination, and these dependents, so helped from that
town by him, were doubtless patriot refugees.
At the Town Meeting held on Philipse Manor, the 7th
day of April, 1778, — for, notwithstanding the turmoil of
the Bevolution, the annual town meeting was held by these
sturdy patriots, as the records tersely state, " as usual," —
James Bequa was chosen one of the Overseers of the Poor.
The following year, April 6, 1779, he was chosen Super-
visor of the then Philipse Manor, or Manor of Philips-
burgh, as it was commonly called, being the second super-
visor, as the records show, who was elected under patriot
domination ; Joseph Paulding having been the first one
so chosen, the previous year. The records show that
James Bequa received $25 for his said services as Su-
pervisor.
In this connection it is well to note, that at the same
Town Meeting held in 1779, not only was James Bequa
chosen Supervisor, but his son, Lieut. Joseph, was elected
town clerk, as he had been the previous year ; another son,
Gapt. Gabriel, was an assessor, his brothers, John and
Daniel, were appointeJ overseers of highway, and his
brother, Capt. Glode, a fence viewer. So, that, not only
on the field, but in civil life, the Bequas were at the fore-
front of afiairs.
JAMES BfiQtA BRAHOH. ^3
The services of James Eequa, Esq.,were in frequent and
constant demand daring the Revolution for the perform-
ance of the marriage ceremony ; there being no clergyman
on the Manor at that time, and Squire Itequa being espe-
cially felicitous, in the performance of such service. His
record of those marriages, preserved as it was in his family
Bible, would be invaluable, and should be searched after
until found.
Justice James Bequa was one of the original members
of the Baptist church at Sing Sing, and was one of the
deacons elected at its organization, Nov. 12, 1790. His
brother, John, was probably also a member of that church,
as appears by a bequest in his will.
James Bequa took title from the Commissioners
of Forfeiture to the following real estate, as bounded on
the book of Records and map of M. K. Couzens, Esq. :
" Eequa James, Deo. 6th, '85, A. S. 76, 170 acres ; N. W.
by Matthew Farrington ; N. by Daniel Eequa ; E. by John
Eequa ; S. E. by Isaac Eeed ; S. W. by Wm. Davids ; as
now possessed by said J. E.
"Aug. 3rd, '86, A. 8. 128, 1 acre at Tarrytown ; N. by
road leading to landing ; E. by George Combs ; S. by
David Storm ;' W. by Daniel M!arfcling ; as now possessed
by said J. E."
The will of James Eequa, dated Oct. 24, 1811, and proved
May 13, 1818, recorded at White Plains, is as follows:
WILL OF JAMES REQUA.
** In the name of God, Amen,
I, James Eequa, of the town of Mt. Pleasant, in the
county of Westchester and State of New York, farmer,
being in a perfect state of health and sound in mind and
memory, but far advanced in years, calling to mind the
mortality of man's body, and that it is appointed unto men
once to die, do make and ordain this to be my last will and
testament. First: I commend my soal to God who gave
it, and my body I commend to the earth from whence it
came, to be buried in a christian-like manner at the dis-
24 THE FAMILY OF REOUA.
cretion of my executors ; and as touching such worldly
estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me, in this,
I give and dispose of it, manner and form following :
It is my will and I do order, that all my lawful debts
and funeral charges be first paid. It is my will and I do
order, that after my decease, all my estate be disposed of
in manuer and form following, to wit : I give and bequeath
unto my son Joseph Raqua, the sum of $125. I give and
bequeath unto my son John Bequa, $275. I give and be-
queath unto my son Elijah Bsqua, $125. I give and be-
queath unto my son William Raqua, $125. I give and
bequeath unto my son Isaac Bequa, $125^ I give and
bequeath unto my six grandsons, Gabriel, George, Minard,
James, Austin and Joseph, children of my son Gload
Bequa, the sum of $550, which said sum shall be put out
at use, and the interest arising therefrom shall annually
be applied by my executors, for the support of my son
Gload's family, and the principal to be by them paid to
the said children respectively, as they severally accom-
plish their full age of twenty-one years, in equal distribu-
tion ; but if any of the said children shall die before they
arrive at full age, their portion shall be equally divided
among the surviving ones. I give and bequeath unto my
grandson John K. Bequa, son of my son Gilbert Bequa,
and to such child or children as shall lawfully issue of his
body, the sum of $55J ; the principal and interest to be
applied in the same way and manner by my executors, as
is above directed to be done respecting my son Gload's
family. I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Jane Mar-
tine, the sum of $125. I give and bequeath unto my
daughter, Sarah Chatterton, the sum of $500. I give and
bequeath unto my negro man, * Bra'boyj' the sum of
$50, and his freedom, after my decease. I give and be-
queath unto my black girl, Lena, her fre.edom after my
decease. Lastly, all the rest of the money arising from
my eritate, if any there be, shall be equally divided among
all my children.
Signed : James Bequa.
JAIOlS BEQUA BRANCH. 25
John B3qaa aadJames Foshay, Executors.
Jamas Foshay, Sarah Graham and Eebecca Requa,
Witnesses."
Three sons and one daughter of James Eequa were
already dead. Eabecca, second wife of James Requa, died"
March 21, 1811. On her tombstone in the old Dutch
churchyard is this memorable inscription : " The loving
wife, tender mother and sincere christian." James Requa
died Sept. 9, 1817, in the 83th year of his age. His chil-
dren were as follows : Gabriel, Tamer, Joseph, Daniel,
John, James, Glode, William, Jane, Elijah, Sarah, Isaac
and Gilbert.
Gabriel, eldest son of James and Maritie Acker, was
Captain of one of the Militia Companies in Col. Ham-
mond's Regt., and did good service therein. He was com-
missioned as Ensign, Sept. 20, 1775.
The following account of the arrest of a spy, in this
vicinity, by him and his brother Joseph, in April, 1777,
while yet a Lieutenant, is of interest :
Court held in Peekskill, Friday, April 18, 1777.
"Anthony Hill was brought before the Court and
charged with holding a treaoheous correspondence with
the enemy and being employed by them for the purpose
of enlisting men into their service. The prisoner on his
arraigamant pleads not guilty. Lieutenant Gabriel Requa
being sworn, says — That he lives two miles back of Tarry-
town ; that about a week ago, as he was working by his
house, he saw two men crossing the lots ; that suspecting
them he went into the house, took his gun and followed
them into the woods ; on hailing them one ran away ; the
prisoner stopped ; when he came up with him he asked
him where he came from ; the prisoner answered from
Kings-Bridge. He then took him to his father's house, and
there searched him in the presence of his brother ; — ^found
about him six dollars and one shilling in silver, some cop-
pers aud two silver spoons ; also a warrant torn in pieces,
the same now produced.
26 I'HJ; Family of itEQtJA.
"Joseph Bequa, l?eing sworn, says — That he was at his
father's when his brother brought in the prisoner, that he
asked him where he came from. He answered, from Long
Island to New York and from thence. Said also that he be-
longed to Captain Cain's Company in the enemy's service
— that he had been in their service four months. On ask-
ing if he had any letters, he answered, no ; but on the
evidence offering to search him, he pulled out of his pocket
a warrant, the same as now produced, torn in pieces. The
evidence asked him how he came to get that warrant. He
said he took it to get out, for he could not get over the Bridge
without it ; said he took it solely to get out, and never
intended to go back or act in consequence of it. The evi-
dence then asked him why he did not deliver himself up
to the first guard ; the prisoner answered he knew of no
guard ; — he also said he had put the warrant under a stone
intending to leave it, but that the man who was with him,
persuaded him to take it with him. The prisoner further
said that the other had a warrant also, and had, a night or
two before, carried down twenty-three men; the prisoner told
him he came from Kings-Bridge, the 10th of April, about
half an hour before sun-set ; he was taken the 11th of
April. , ,
" The Court, having considered the evidence and de-
fence of the prisoner, are of opinion that he is guilty of
the charge, and do therefore sentence him to be hanged
by the neck until he is dead.
" Ben. Walkek, Judge Advocate.
" Philip Cortlandt, President."
In a return of the Militia on this Manor, date of June
22, 1778, Capt. Gabriel Bequa reports eight commissioned
and non-commissioned officers in his Company, and sixty-
one men of the rank and file. May 27, 1780, he was allowed
£2,065 for himself and men as payment for services ren-
dered by his Company, for the year ending that date. The
original roster of Capt. Bequa's Company is in the pos-
session of Prof. Bashford Dean, of Columbia University,
New York. His death, at the age of 31 years, is attributed
JfAlt^S BEQtA BAAKOH. 2?
to woauds and exposure, though the exact date of his death
is not known. His widow was appointed administratrix
of her husband's estate, May 7, 1784.
Gabriel Itequa married Elizabeth Oakley, of White
Plains, and left three children, — Tamer, Mary and Isaac.
Tamer was unmarried. Her will, dated Aug. 11, 1830, is
recorded at White Plains. She died, February 9, 1831.
Mary married Elkanah Mead and lived near Sing Sing.
Bobert Q. Mead of Sing Sing is their son. Isaac married
Harriet Hait, of Digby, Nova Scotia, and had two chil-'
dren, — Cornelius Oakley and Adeline. Isaac died when
his children were young, and his widow, marrying again,
moved to Connecticut. Then occurs one of the strange
incidents of life. Cornelius, son of Isaac, married Ann M.
Conklin of New York ; he also died when his children were
young. These four children — Samuel D., Hattie E., Cor-
nelius O. and Aitkin F., grew up without knowledge of
their father's relatives, until discovered by the historian.
The three brothers, Samuel, Cornelius and Aitkin compose
the firm of fiequa Brothers of Cold Spring Harbor, Long
Island, doing business there as tea and spice merchants.
Tamer Bequa, daughter of James, Sr., married Na-
thaniel Garrison, who was a soldier of the Bevolution
here, and afterward lived at Peekskill ; buried at Tarry-
town.
Joseph Bequa, son of James, Sr., in his application
for a pension, date of Aug. 4, 1832, states : — " That he was
born near White Plains, Westchester County, N. Y., Aug.
17, 1758 ; that he commenced his military career early in
177d, some time before the British took possession of New
York; his Captain was William Dutcher, Col. Thomas
Thomas, commanding the regiment. He was with Wash-
ington at the battle of White Plains. After the American
army left, the inhabitants had to defend themselves ; at
that time Col. Hammond being in command. He con-
tinued on the lines until 1780 ; in the course of which time
he commanded a company, having been commissioned as
Lieutenant by Governor Clinton. In the year 1780 he was
28 THE I'AMILY OF BEQUA.
wounded in three places and taken prisoner. While a
prisoner, Col. DeLancey offered a captain's commission in
the British army to be handed him in twenty- four hours, if
he would accept. The declarant replied that he was a
prisoner ; whereupon Col. DeLancey told him he might
speak his mind freely ; then this declarant told Col. De-
Lancey, that having drawn his sword in defence of his
country he was determined not to lay it down until America
was acknowledged to be free and independent. The Colonel
* then replied, * Then you will be at war as long as you live !'
Lieut. Kequa answered, * No, about two years will decide
the business.' He then remarked that this declarant was
* an active enemy of the British,' and asked him if he would
not like a parole? to which Lieut. Bequa replied, 'Well !'
* Whereupon he gave me my parole,' and soon after Gov-
ernor Clinton secured his exchange and called him into
active service by ordering him to muster the northern
troops at Albany ; and, afterwards, he was ordered to take
command of a Company at Tappan, where he was under
General Washington's command for some time ; from
thence was sent to the northward, to Albany and the Mo-
hawk river and stationed at Fort Plain, at the time when
Butler and Brandt and the British and Indians defeated
Col. Brown and killed him and a number of his men ;
whereupon the same day reinforcements under General
Tenbroeck arriving, the enemy were attacked and a number
of them killed and they routed. The declarant belonged
to Col. Malcolm's regiment ; but was in the action under
the command of Col. Dubois, which engagement took place
in October, 1780. If he remembers rightly, his company
took thirty-nine prisoners whom they lodged in the Pough-
keepsie Jail. He discharged his company at King's Ferry,
and the next day there was a severe snowstorm, in which
he traveled home to his father's house. This declarant
had the command of the American Light Horse when the
British headquarters were surprised and their commander.
Major Barmore, taken prisoner with nineteen of his men ;
he was the first that entered the house and ordered them
JAMES REQUA BRANCH. 29
to surrender. This declarant had one brother killed,
Daniel, three brothers wounded and taken prisoners, and
five brothers of them were in action together at one time.
His father's house, a new one, was burnt to ashes, and he
(the father), being a Justice of the Peace and a Committee-
man, it was said that a liberal reward was offered for his
capture, but he escaped. Then 74 years old, a resident
of the town of Baltimore, Green County, Aug. 4, 1832."
Lieut. Joseph Bequa's commission is on file with his
pension papers at Washington. Leonard F. Efequa, of
Now York, says : My grandfather, Joseph Bequa, as near
as I can learn, removed from Tarry town in 1790, and settled
on a farm midway between New Baltimore and Coeyman's ;
the farm-house overlooking the Hudson river. Grand-
father was highly respected in the community by all. His
wife was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Their house was the stopping place of the Bishops and
mauy of the noted ministers of that church. It was cus-
tomary for his neighbors on the 4th of July to come at
sun-rise and salute him. This was done for many succes-
sive years. He died in 1839, and was buried in the family
burial plot, on a beautiful rise of ground on the west bank
of the Hudson.
Joseph Bequa married Theodocia Mead, daughter of
Jacob Mead, of Tarrytown, And had twelve children, —
Nathaniel, Bebecca, Garret, James, Jane, William, Isaac,
Henry M., Maria, Gilbert, Caroline and Julia. Nathaniel
died young. Isaac and Maria were unmarried. Bebecca
married Peter Brown of Tarrytown. Garret married Mar-
garet Chambers and had three children, — Margaret, who
was unmarried ; Elizabeth, who married 1st, James Van
Zandt ; 2nd., Charles Jenner of Bochester, N. Y. ; Garret,
Jr., who married Sarah J. Montgomery and moved to
Bochester.
Garret, Jr., and Sarah J. Montgomery had ten children,
of whom five are living — Ida, who married Warren C.
Miller, resides at Churchville, N. Y. ; Edward Garret,
who married Florence Bedmond and had two sons, —
30 I'HE FAMILY OP REQUA.
Howard and Harry, — resides at Lockport, N. T. ; Howard
and Harry were twins ; Eliza, who married Louis Bans-
bach, resides at Rochester, N. T. ; Florence, who married
Herman Caspar, resides at Wheelwright, Mass. ; Amos J.,
youngest son of Garret, Jr., resides with his sister, Flor-
ence, at Wheelwright.
James Requa, son of Joseph, married Mary Kelley of
New York and had six children; — two are living; — Mrs.
Mary E. Sanger, of Brooklyn, and Mrs. Julia Clark of
New Xork. Col. William Cary Sanger, member of As-
sembly from Oneida County, N. Y., is the son of Mary
Requa Sanger. Cyrus Clark, husband of Mrs. Julia Requa
Clark, is President of the West End Association, New
York.
Jane Requa, daughter of Joseph, married John Brown
of Tarrytown ; lived in Jersey City, N. J.
William Requa, son of Joseph, whose picture is here
given, married Jane Hymand and moved to Westorlo,
Albany Co., N, Y., where he died in 1892, aged 96 years.
William Requa and Jane Hymand had ten children, — Ann
M., Isaac P., Ansel C, William H., George A., James H.,
Frances A., Elizabeth A., Harriet A. and Charles G.
Harriet A. was unmarried. Ann M. married James
Arnold and lives in Erie, Penn. Isaac Piatt married Caro-
line Mygatt and moved to southern California ; has one
son, Edward, who is married and has six children.
Ansel Cornell, son of William, married Mary L. Cook
and lives on the homestead atWesterlo. He had two
children, — Edgar, who died young, and Ella F., who
married Charles E. Whitbeck, and lives at Castle ton,
N. Y. Ansel C. was clerk of the County of Albany,
and President of its Board of Supervisors. William
Henry, son of William, married May Filkins and lives in
North Carolina ; no children.
George Augustus, son of William, married Angeline
Lapaugh and lives at Athens, N. Y., has two sons, — Fred
and Edward. Edward is unmarried. Fred married Car-
rie Deitz and had six children, — John, Frank, Fred, Jr.,
6- JULlA ij^i^TuIi^ETTI REv^dii
Born at Albany, W. )l . , Marcn, 15, 1839;
married Cyrus Clark, of New York, November 14,
1861; died September 3, 1899. t>ix children
(see Clark Genealogy) .
Attractive in person, possessed of great
energy, remarkably buoyant in disposition, she
adorned and managed her household with ability.
Generous and hospitable by nature, she was un-
wearied in any effort that could give pleasure
or comfort to her friends, vvith her children
shw was a strict disciplinarian, striving al-
ways to inculcate in them the love of order
that was so strongly characteristic of herself.
A sincere believer in the faith of her fathers,
she strove to teach her children also to "hold
fast to that which is good." Surely tne worthy
descendant of an honored line.
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WILLIAM REQUA. Page 30.
JAMES BEQUA BRANCH. 31
Elmer, Harry and Charles. Fred, Jr., was drowned Aug.
16, 1897.
James Hymand, son of William, married Ella Stanton
and lives, also, on the homestead at Westerlo ; has one
son, Lamar, and one daughter, Etta. James H. was Lieu-
tenant in the Civil War, and was a prisoner at Anderson-
ville, Ga., nine months. He was released when General
Lee surrendered.
Elizabeth, daughter of William, married George An-
derson and lives at Castleton, N. Y. Mr. Anderson has
represented his district in the State Assembly at Albany.
Frances, daughter of William, married Francis Cook
and lives at Gilman, 111.
Charles Gilbert, youngest son of William, married
Carrie Holmes and has two sons, — Wade Hampton and
Carl. He lives at New Whatcom, Wash., and is Sheriff of
Whatcom County.
Henry M., son of Joseph, married Ellen Garret and
had four children, — Katharine, who for many .years was
principal of the 12th Street Public School, New York ;
John H., who died young. Mary Ellen, who was unmar-
ried, and Leonard F. who married Sarah White and had two
sons, — Howard M., who died young, and Leonard P., Jr.
Leonard F. is at the head of the Safety Insulated Wire and
Cable Company of New York.
Gilbert, youngest son of Joseph, married Caroline
Van Ness and lived in the town of Stuyvesant, Columbia
Co., N. Y. He had three children, — Mary, who married Dr.
William Warren of Albany, N. Y. ; Caroline, who married
Harmon Henderer, also, of Albany ; and William J. who
married Stella Springstien of Binghamton, N. Y.
William J. Eequa lived and died on the homestead at
Stuyvesant, a highly respected citizen. He had four chil-
dren,— Gilbert B., Edward, Margaret C. and Irvin S.
Gilbert B., son of William J., married Elizabeth N. Fow-
ler, of Bath, N. Y., and has one daughter, Martha.
Caroline, daughter of Joseph, married Henry B. Hall,
merchant of New Baltimore. Julia, youngest child of
32 THE FAMILY OF REQUA.
Joseph, married Samuel VanBuren, cousin of President
Martin VanBuren. They lived in New York and are buried,
with their two children, in Slef^py Hollow Cemetery. The
children of Lieutenant Joseph Requa worthily sustained
the honor and integrity of their parents. Garret, James,
Isaac and Henry M. were grocary merchants in Albany ;
William and Gilbert were farmers.
John Requa, son of James, 8r., was a soldier of the
Revolution. In his application for a pension, he says :
Being out on a scout at North Castle on the 7th of Janu-
ary, 1781, he received a wound in his leg from a musket-
ball and was at that time 17 years of age. He married
Mary Knapp and had ten children. Frances married
Jacob Van Wart and lived at Tarrytown. Harriet married
John Bloomfield and lived in New Jersey. Huldah mar-
ried John C. Huyler of New York. Sarah married Henry
Graham, son of Dr. Graham of Tarrytown. Rebecca mar-
ried John Reed of Tarrytown.
James B., the only son of John Requa, married Helen
Maxwell, sister of Hugh Maxwell, Collector of the Port of
New York, and had two children, — James B., Jr., who went
to northern California about 1860, and engaged in the sal-
mon trade on the Klamath River. The town, Requa, near
the mouth of that river, was undoubtedly named for him.
He was elected County Clerk of Siskiou Co., Cal. ; was
unmarried. Harriet, daughter of James B., married Col.
Thomas C. Eads of New York. James B. Requa died of
cholera in New York in 1832.
Jane A., daughter of John Requa, married Rev. Geo.
Marsh, a Presbyterian minister of New York. Mary was
unmarried. Elizabeth married Dr. John J. Ruton ; and
Adaline, youngest child of John and Mary Knapp, married
Alexander Gordon, of New York.
Daniel Requa, son of James, Sr., at the age of 19 years,
gave his life for his country. He took part in the attack
on Fort Independence in January, 1777, and in 1781 was
mortally wounded in action. No marble marks his early
JAMBS REQUA BRANCH. 33
grave, but Dr. Thatcher in his Military Journal, dated
Crompond, March, 1781, thus honors his memory :
"A gentleman volunteer, by name Eequaw, (Daniel),
received a dangerous wound and was carried into the
British lines ; I was requested by his brother to visit him,
under the sanction of a flag of truce, in company with Dr.
White, who resides in this vicinity. This invitation I
cheerfully accepted ; and Mr. Eequaw (probably Joseph
Eequa), having obtained a flag from the proper authority
and procured horses, we set off in the morning, arrived at
Westchester before evening, and dressed the wounded man.
We passed the night at Mrs. Bartow's, mother-in-law of
Dr. W. She has remained at her farm between the lines
during the war, and being friendly to our interest, has
received much abusive treatment from the royalists.
" The next day we visited our patient again, paid the
necessary attention and repaired to a tavern, where I was
gratified with an interview with the much famed Colonel
DeLancey, who commands the Eefugee Corps. He con-
ducted with much civility, and having a public dinner pre-
pared, at the tavern, he invited us to dine with him and
his officers. After dinner. Colonel DeLancey furnished us
with a permit to return with our flag; we rode ten miles,
and took lodgings in a private house. Here we were in-
formed that six of our men, having taken from the refugees
thirty head of cattle, were overtaken by forty of DeLan-
cey's corps and were all killed but one, and the cattle re-
taken.
" In the morning breakfasted with a friendly Quaker
family, in whose house was one of our men who had been
wounded when four others were killed; we dressed his
wounds, which were numerous and dangerous. In another
house we saw four dead bodies, mangled in a most inhu-
man manner by the refugees, and among them, one groan-
ing under five wounds on his head, two of them quite
through the skull bone with a broad sword. This man
was capable of giving us an account of the murder of his
four companions. They surrendered and begged for life,
34 IHE FAMILY OF REQUA.
but their entreaties were disregarded, and the swords of
their cruel foes were plunged into their bodies so long as
signs of life remained. We found many friends to our
cause, who reside on their farms between the lines of the
two armies, whose situation is truly deplorable, being con-
tinually exposed to the ravages of the tories, horse thieves
and cow-boys, who rob and plunder them without mercy ;
the personal abuse and punishments which they inflict are
almost incredible."
James Requa, son of James, Sr., was a soldier of the
Revolution, was wounded and taken prisoner, though he
was but 18 when the war closed. He died at 30 years of
age, of yellow fever. He married Mary Teller and had
three children, — Frederick W., Margaret and Catharine.
Frederick W. married Juliet Field of Peekskill, and
had William Clements, Adaline, James F. and Louisa A.
Only the youngest was married. She married William
Emile Field, and left one son, Fred R. Field. Captain
Fade Requa, as he was called, owned a large property in
Peekskill, and sailed a market sloop from that village to
New York more than forty years. He was President of
the village of Peekskill in 1839, and gave his name to one
of its streets. His residence is now the property of the
Helping Hand Hospital.
Margaret, daughter of James and Mary Teller, married
David Fowler, of Yorktown, and had two sons and one
daughter. Catharine, youngest child of James and Mary
Teller, died in the West Indies, whither she had gone
seeking health.
Glode Requa, son of Jjames, Sr., married Judith Comb,
daughter of Captain George Comb, and had eight sons, —
Gabriel, George, Minard, James, Austin, Leonard, Joseph
and John.
Gabriel, son of Glode, married Esther Hammond, of
Tarrytown, and had five children, — Mahala, William Ham-
mond, Georgiana, Eliza J. and Martha. Mahala and Wil-
liam Hammond died young. Georgiana married Halstead
Briggs, of Armonk, N. Y. ; Eliza J. married, 1st, William
JAMES BEQUA BBANGH. 35
H. Cox ; 2nd, David P. Cox of Unionville, N. Y. ; Martha
married David Dayton of Armonk, N. Y.
George, second son of Glode, is said to have been a
man of rare loveliness of character. He went as a young
man to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he married Sarah T. Clapp,
by whom he had two daughters who died young ; his wife
also died. In 1826 he went to Union Mission, Fort Gib-
son, Ark., where his cousin. Rev. William Comb Requa,
was engaged in missionary work. The next year he mar-
ried Mary Harmony Austin, of Harmony Mission, Papins-
ville, Mo., and engaged in the work of that Mission. Miss
Austin's parents had gone west from Vermont as mission-
aries to the Osage Indians, and were so engaged in mis-
sionary work. She was a cousin to Rev. R. S. Storrs, of
Brooklyn, N. Y. In 1832, the missions being disbanded,
George and Rev. William Comb Requa moved their fami-
lies to Butler, Bates County, Mo., where they entered Gov-
ernment land and settled. Daring the Civil War both fami-
lies were forced to leave their homes and seek protection
in Kansas. Their houses were burned and much of their
property was laid waste and destroyed. Five sons of the
two families were in the Union Army.
George Requa and Mary H. Austin had eight children.
Mary E., who married Levi P. Pixley, of Independence,
Mo. ; Austin, William, James, George H., Martha, Lucy
and Cyrus J. Austin married Hannah Butler, and lives
on the homestead near Butler, Mo. He has five chil-
dren, — Clara, George, Eula, Elijah and Adelbert. William
is a graduate of Centre College, Danville, Ky. ; was a sol-
dier in the Union Army and lives at Nevada, Mo. He
married Cordelia Elliott ; no children.
James, son of George, was also a Union soldier, mar-
ried Margaret C. Thomas, and lives at Port Scott, Kansas.
He has five children, — Mary married John J. Kutch and
lives at Paoli, Kan. ; Lualla married Charles Lamb, and
lives at Fort Scott ; Mattie E. married L. S. Vickers and
lives at Paoli, Kan. ; Arthur married Maude M. Dillard,
and Hattie is unmarried.
36 THE FAMILY OF REQUA.
George H., son of George, was a Union soldier and
lives at Fort Scott ; is ex-Clerk of Bourbon County, Kan.
He married Mary M. Hill and has three children, — Nettie,
Ealph and Grace. Nettie is married to J. G. Ausman ;
Ralph is connected with the U. S. Fish Commission ;
Grace is unmarried.
Martha J., daughter of George, married Capt. Andrew
,W. Robb of the Union Army, and lives at Muskogee, Ind.
Ter. They have three daughters, — Mary, Katharine and
Jessie.
Lucy, daughter of George, married Judge David Red-
field, also a son of missionaries from New York. They
live at Ardmore, Ind. Ter.
Cyrus J., youngest son of George, lives on the home-
stead near Butler, Mo. He married Elizabeth Hammer
and has four children, — Mary, Hubert, Elmer and Bruce.
Minard, 3rd son of Glode and Judith Comb, married
Rebecca Revere and lived at Haverstraw, N. Y. He had
five children, — Caroline, Samuel F., Francis D., Theodore
and William Allen. Caroline, Theodore and William Al-
len died young.
Samuel Ferguson, son of Minard, was a soldier in the
Civil War. He married Sarah A. Boyce, of Tarrytown,
and had four children, — Francis, Fred B., Jane E. and
Theodore. Fred B. and Jane died young. Francis mar-
ried Mrs. Sarah Brundage, and lives at Tarrytown ; no
children. Theodore married Nettie Bantoe, of Kingston,
N. Y., and has one child, Hazel ; lives in New York.
Francis Donnelly, son of Minard, married Catharine
Sanders and had two children, — Isaac and Martha. Isaac
married Eliza Larkin, of Haverstraw, and has two sons, —
Charles and James. Martha married Dennis Warren, and
lives at Yonkers. Francis D. was, also, a soldier in the
Civil War, and is an inmate of the Soldiers' Home, Bath,
N. Y.
James Requa, 4th son of Glode, died young. Austin,
5th son of Glode, married, 1st, Maria Durland, by whom
he had two children, — Mary C. and Maria. Maria died
JAMifiS REQUA BRAlfCH. 3?
young. Mary O. married Barzillai Everson, and lives in
New York. She has one daughter, Mary M. Everson.
Austin married, 2nd, Mrs. Mary A. Nichols, a relative of
Mrs. E. D. N. Southworth. He was an iron founder in
Canal Street, New York, and acquired considerable prop-
erty. He moved to Morristown, N. J., where he was Presi-
dent of the National Bank, and elder in the First Presby-
terian Church. In his will he left $1,000 to that church.
. Leonard, 6th son of Glode, married Sophia Clark, of
Utica, and lived in western New York, Kansas and Mis-
souri. Mrs. Eaqua died in La Clede, Mo. ; Mr. Eequa
died in Brooklyn, N. Y. He had one son and four daugh-
ters, — Wesley, Ellen, Mary, Josephine and Elvira. Wes-
ley married his cousin, Hannah Raqua, and had one daugh-
ter, Fannie, who married Charles Biackburne of Brooklyn,
N. Y. Ellen graduated at Eockford, 111., and married
Judge E. F. Dixon of Troy, Doniphan County, Kan. Mary
resides at the HoUenden Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio. Jose-
phine and Elvira reside in Brooklyn, N. Y. Elvira mar-
ried, 1st, James C. Andrews, Vice-Consul at Trieste, Aus-
tria, under Mr. Lincoln's administration. She married,
'2nd, William H. Turner, of Brooklyn, where they now
reside.
Joseph, 7th son of Glode, married, 1st, Eliza Acker-
man ; 2nd, her sister Jane ; 3rd, Mrs. Miriam F. Crandall.
By his first wife he had five children, — Schuyler, George
W., Mary, Amos and Ellen. Eev. Schuyler was an honored
minister of the M. E. Church, a member of the Philar
delphia Conference. In the Civil War he was Chaplain
of the 13th Eegiment, New York Volunteers. The burst-
ing of a shell caused permanent deafness which compelled
him to lay down his beloved life work. For many years
he resided at Ocean Side, Long Island. His biographer
says of him : ** A man of singular purity of life." He was
iuBtantly killed by the cars at Springfield, L. I., July 30,
1894:. He . married Mary H. Taylor and had one son,
Joseph, who died young.
38 THfc i'AMILY OF ftEQUA.
George W., son of Joseph, married Harriet E. Annable,
of Little Falls, N. Y., and resides at Ridgewood, N. J. He
had five children, — Mary, Leah, George Schuyler, Alma
and Isabel. Mary and Leah died young. George Schuy-
ler married Marrietta Warren, of Glens Falls, N. T. ; no
children. Alma and Isabel reside with their pareats at
Ridg3Wood. Mary, daughter of Joseph, was unmarried.
Atnos, son of Joseph, was adopted by his uncle Austin,
and his name chaaged to Austin. He went to California,
married and died, leaving an only daughter, Daisy. Ellen
Eliza, youngest child of Joseph, married Albert Frazier,
and resides in Brooklyn, N. T.
John Requa, 8th and youngest son of Glode, married,
1st, Eliza Novell ; 2nd, Louisa Brown. By his Ist wife he
had one daughter, Ellen, who nlarried and lives in western
New York, By his 2nd wife he had Hannah and Fannie.
Hannah married her cousin, Wesley Requa ; Fannie is a
teacher in New York City.
William Requa, 7th son of James, Sr., whose picture
appears as frontispiece to this volume, was a prominent
figure at Tarryfcown, both iu church and State. Methodism
in all this region owes much to his wise counsels and active
support. He gave the land for the first Methodist Church at
Tarrytown, and was a member, of its first Board of Trustees.
He was farmer, storekeeper and also engaged in the river
trade, building and sailing sloops. His old memorandum
book, still preserved, is a model of neatness and correct
method. In 1815 he was Supervisor of Mt. Pleasant. In
the years 1815-16-18-19 he was member of the State As-
sembly. In 1820-21 he. was County Clerk of Westchester
Co. Rev. George Rockwell, a resident of Tarrytown, says :
»* I think he was one of the best men I ever knew ; one of
nature's noblemen ; respected by every one that knew him."
At the time of his death his pastor. Rev. J. W. B. Wood,
wrote: "The venerable William Requa died in Tarrytown,
N. Y., March 6, 1863, aged 93 years. He was converted in
1801 under the ministry of Rev. J. B. Matthias. For 60
years, his license as exhorter was annually renewed ; for
JAM£S B^QtA BBAKCH. 3d
58 years he served the ohurch as steward and a working
one ; for 26 years he was class-leader, loving and beloved.
In the church, in the world, even in public political life,
as legislator. County Clerk, etc., year after year did his
fellow citizens continue to honor him with proofs of their
undiminished esteem. Thus, blameless and harmless, a
sou of God without rebuke, shining as a light in the world,
lived and died William Eequa."
A tablet to his memory was placed in the old White
Plains Church. Hon. William Bequa married Mary,
daughter of William Hunt, of Tarrytown, and had three
children, — Thomas H., Alexander and Caroline. Alex-
ander and Caroline were unmarried.
Thomas H. moved to Kingston, formerly Esopus, N.
Y., and engaged in freighting. His father's freighting
lines to Albany, no doubt, acquainted him with thi4 place.
His son, Charles W., of Chicago, writes: "My father,
Thomas H., was engaged in the transportation business at
Kingston, N. Y. Like his father, he was a very conscien-
tious man, and a strict observer of the Sabbath. When
his vessels were loaded on Friday, he almost invariably
held them until Monday, to avoid being on the river on
Sunday. He was always a leading member of the Metho-
dist Church." Thomas H. married Harriet Smith, of
Kingston, and had three children, — William H., John
Smith and Charles Wesley.
William H. married Cornelia A. Doty, of New York,
and was killed by accident in Boston, leaving two daugh-
ters, — Mrs. Horace B. Derby and Miss Caroline Requa,
both of Albany, N. Y.
John Smith, son of Thomas, married Sarah B. Wood,
of High Falls, Ulster Co., N, Y., and moved to Middle-
burgh, N. Y. He was prominently identified with the
religious and business interests of his town, and at his
death, September 27, 1895, resolutions of respect were
adopted by the official board of the M. E. Church, and b^^
the order of Good Templars, of which bodies he was an
esteemed member.
40 tHE FAMILY O^ REQUA.
John Smith Bequa and his wife had twelve children, of
whom only three are living, — William Arthur, Alice May
and Albert Emery. William Arthur is a member of the
firm of J. H. Cornell & Co., hardware merchants, Mid-
dleburgh, N. Y. He married Anna E. Bouck and has
two daughters, — Sarah B. and Jessie Aletha. Alice May
is teacher in the High School of Middleburgh, and Albert
E. is engaged in insurance at the same place.
Charles W. Bequa, whose portrait appears herewith,
youngest son of Thomas, married Katharine Bruyn, of
Ulster County, N. Y. They lived for a time in Albany, N.
Y., where their children were born. In December, 1873,
they moved to Chicago, 111., where Mr. Bequa engaged in
the grain commission business. For twenty years he has
been a member of the Board of Trade of that city. His
sons, William Bruyn and Charles H., continue the com-
mission business on Sherman Street under the firm name
of" BeQua Brothers." Charles W. Bequa has three chil-
(jren, — William Bruyn, unmarried ; Charles Howard, who
married Alice Haven, daughter of Hon. Luther Haven of
Chicago, and has a son, Haven A., and a daughter Katha-
rine ; Antoiaette K., only daughter of Charles W., is mar-
ried to Henry Willis Bryant, proprietor of Bryant and
Stratton Business College, Chicago.
Jane, daughter of James Bequa, Sr., married James
Martine. She is mentioned in her father's will.
Elijah Bequa, son of James, Sr., whose picture appears
opposite page 21, lived many years on the homestead at
Tarrytown Heights. He married, 1st, Eustatia Comb,
daughter of Captain George Comb of Tarrytown, and rear-
ed a large family. In 1830, he moved to Cayuga County, N.
Y., where his first wife died. Later, he returned to Tarry-
town and married, 2Qd, Mrs. Catharine Bomer. They
lived for a time on the Thomas Boyce farm, near Elms-
ford, and afterward moved to Main Street, Tarrytown,
where he died in his 9(ith year. His house is the present
Police Headquarters. For many years he was elder in the
Greenburgh BeformeJ Church, and, at the time of his
CHARLES WESLEY REQUA. Page 40.
REV. WILLIAM COMB REQUA, M. D. Page 41.
JAMES BElQltA BBANOH. 4l
death, was elder in the Second Reformed Church of Tar-
rytown. A man of unblemished christian character. Among
those who united with the old Dutch Church in the winter
of 1816-17, were a number of his children, who afterward
became members of the Presbyterian Church. Elijah Re-
qua and Eustatia Comb had ten children, — William Comb,
Nathaniel, Hetty, Elizabeth, Ann, Clara, James Hervey,
Jane, John Wesley and Sarah. William Comb and Na-
thaniel were twin brothers. They were in the war of 1812.
Rev. William Comb, whose picture is here given,
studied at North Salem Academy, N. Y., and went out in
1820, under direction of the Presbyterian Board, as mis-
sionary to the Osage Indians at Fort Gibson, Ark. Wash-
ington Irving, in one of his works, pays a high compliment
to his former neighbor and friend Rev. William Comb
Requa, whose mission station he visited in one of his
excursions to the far west. Two years later, in 1822, Rev.
William Comb married Susan Comstock, by whom he had
two children. In 1832, the mission was disbanded, and
Mr. Requa removed with his family to Butler, Bates Co.,
Mo., where he took up government land, being allowed a
bounty for his services in the war of 1812. In 1833 his.
first wife died ; and, in 1837, he married Jane Montgomery,
who lived only one year. In 1840 he married Sarah A.
Nutting, by whom he had nine children. He was farmer,,
physician and preacher, having erected a church in which
he held services on the Sabbath.
During the Civil War, his church and buildings were
burned, and his family were compelled to seek safety in
Kansas. Mr. Requa enjoyed a long and eventful life.
Born under the administration of Washington, he outlived
both Lincoln and Grant. A soldier of the war of 1812, he
also suffered much in the War of the Rebellion. From
the classic halls of North Salem Academy, N. Y., he vol-
unteered to go as teacher and physician to the Indians on
the frontier. Parts of the New Testament he translated
into the Osage tongue, and gave twelve years of his early
life to exclusively missionary work.
ii *r^^ FAMtLY 6P B^QtJA.
His biographer writes : " A leading trait of his char-
acter, was his conscientious performance of duty. Being
for many years the only physician, and almost the only
minister for many miles around, he was kept fully em-
ployed often by night as well as day, and no call was
ever neglected. It is to be hoped that he was paid for his
medical services, for he has often been heard to say that
one dollar was all that he ever received for preaching. Yet
his preaching appointments were all met. The love of
Christ constrained and compelled him to labor on, till
obliged by old age to simply wait the coming of the Mas-
ter." Mr. Requa died, in 1886, in his 92nd year ; having
practiced as a physician and preached the gospel sixty
years. His living children, with one exception, reside in
Bates County, Mo. They are all members of the Presby-
terian Church.
Rev. William Comb Requa's children were as follows :
William Nathaniel, Emily, John Newton, Sarah J., David
Brainerd, George Nutting, Sophia, Annie, Justin Edwards,
Henry Doddridge and Elijah Coinb. William Nathaniel
died young. Emily married Ebenezer Sperry, and left
one son, Lyman R. Sperry, of Opolis, Kansas. John New-
ton, son of Rav. William Comb, was soldier in the Union
Army and lives with his sister, Sarah J., on the homestead
near Butler, Mo.
David Brainerd, son of William C, married Mary V.
Thompson, and lives near Butler, Mo. He has two chil-
dren, — Edith I. and William L. Edith I. is married to
Sidney W. Mickle. William L. is unmarried.
George Nutting, son of William C, was a soldier in
the Union Army ; married Sarah E. Thomas and lives near
Butler, Mo. He has three daughters, — Kate Alice, Edna
Clarrissa and Vera Nadine.
Sophia, daughter of William C, married William
Stevens and left one son, Norman H. Stevens, of Yakima
County, Wash.
Annie, daughter of William C, married Charles W.
Wilder and lives in Vernon County, Mo. Thoy have six
JAMES B^QUA BBAKOH. 4S
children. Three younger sons of Rev. William C, — Elijah
C, Justin E. and Henry D., — live with their sister, Sarah
J., on the homestead near Butler, Mo.
Nathaniel M., second son of Elijali andEastatia Comb,
married Nancy See, and was captain of a market sloop on
the Hudson river. Afterward he moved to Kendall, Or-
leans County, N. Y. He had seven children, — Elijah,
Emily, Harriet, Ann Augusta, Sarah, William Comb and
George Comb. Elijah and William C. died young. Emily
married Kufus Vorse. Harriet married Warren Elmore
and lives in Black River Falls, Wis. Ann Augusta mar-
ried Obed Clough and lives in Hinesburgh, N. Y. Sarah
married Menzo Butler and lives in Kendall, N. Y.
George C, youngest son of Nathaniel, married Eliza
Bliss and is a prosperous farmer in Kewanee, 111. He and
his family are members of the Methodist Church. He
had nine children, only four of whom are living. Minnie
Winona married Heber R. Radford ; Edwin Nathaniel
married Ada Barrett ; Sarah Estelle married Harry E.
Miller ; George Elmore is unmarried.
Hettie Requa, daughter of Elijah, married John P.
Searing, a Hicksite Quaker, of Long Island. Elias Hicks
used to hold meetings at their house. They lived for a
time in Cayuga County, N. Y., and afterward moved to
Janesville, Wis. Their son, Edward, was educated at, and
became Professor in, the State University at Ann Harbor,
Mich.
Elizabeth, daughter of Elijah, married David Coles of
Long Island and moved to Ohio ; then removed to New
York. She died in 1893 at Plainfield, N. J., in her 93rd
year. They had eight daughters and one son.
Ann, daughter of Elijah, married, 1st, John James
Green of Tarrytown ; 2nd, David Chichester Ketchum of
Huntington, L. I. Major John Buokout Ketchum, Corre-
sponding Secretary of the U. S. Army Aid Association of
New York, is her son. He says of his mother that " she
was baptized in the old Dutch Church at Sleepy Hollow
in 1817, and was a devoted member of the Presbyterian
44 1?HE fAUXLY Of B£QtA.
Church for over seventy years." She died at Newark, N.
J., in her 84th year, and is buried in Orange Cemetery,
New Jersey. Her daughter, Miss Mary E. Ketchum, has
been engaged in city missionary work in Newark for more
than thirty years.
Clara, daughter of Elijah, married John Buckout.
They lived in Newburgh, N. Y., afterward bought a farm
in Cayuga County, N. Y. They had eight daughters and
one son.
James Hervey, son of Elijah, whose picture appears
in Part I, married Mary AnnNorris, daughter of a sculptor
in New York. Her father, it is said, in fashioning the
cherubs for the decoration of Trinity Church, New York,
took his little daughter for the model. Her daughter-in-
law, Mrs. John Jay Eequa, says of her : " She was the
most lovable, the kindest, sweetest, gentlest and most for-
giving woman I have known." About 1837 they moved to
Fort Wayne, Ind. In 1840 they removed to Bates Co.,
Mo,, where he taught the first school in that vicinity. He
was elected successively, School Commissioner, County
Judge and State Legislator. His sympathies during the
Civil War were with the South, and three of his sons were
in the Southern army. He died in his 85th year, in Deer-
field, Mo., respected and honored by all who knew him.
Judge James Hervey and his wife, Mary Ann Norris,
had ten children, — Edward Norris, Robert McBride, Austin
Coles, Edward Norris, Lewis Cass, Henry Laurens, Flor-
ence Louisa, John Jay, Albert Gallatin and William How-
ard, The first Edward Norris, Robert McBride and Henry
Laurens died in infancy. William Howard, the youngest,
was shot in young manhood, while on a hunting tour ;
which sad event caused the death of his grief-stricken
mother. Austin, son of James Hervey, was unmarried
and was killed by accident in Mississippi.
Edward N., son of James Hervey, married, 1st, Mary
Rule of Franklin County, Mo., who died, leaving three
children, — Anna, Emma and Edward N., Jr. Anna, daugh-
ter of Edward, married Frank A. Parker, County Treasurer
*t
HON. JOHN JAY REQUA. Page 45.
JAMES BEQUA BRANCH. 45
of Vernon County, Mo. Emma, daughter of Edward, is
the wife of George Westfall, an artist, of Waco, Texas.
Edward N., Jr., married Clara Guthrie, of Nevada, Mo.,
and resides, also, in Waco. Both Edward N., Jr., and his
brother-in-law, George Westfall, lived for a time in Hono-
lulu, Hawaiian Islands. They have no children.
Edward N., Sr., married, 2nd, Mrs. Harriet Maxey, of
Camden County, Mo., by whom he had four children, a
son and daughter who died in infancy ; also James H.
and Florence. James H., son of Edward N., Sr., married
Mrs. Jane Swanick and lives near his father in the Indian
Territory. Florence is unmarried.
Lewis Cass, son of James Hervey, married Helen
Fleenor of Bates County, Mo. They were said to be re-
markably good-looking. Both died early, leaving to the
care of their grand parents three children, — Charles Lee,
Eva and Grace Louise. Grace L. is the wife of W. H.
Stoner of Colorado City, Col. Chas. Lee and Eva reside
in Nevada, Mo.
Florence L., only daughter of James Hervey, was the
wife of Eichard G. Bryan, County Treasurer of Vernon
County, Mo. She died a year after her marriage, to the
great grief of her father and mother.
Hon. John Jay, son of James Hervey, whose picture
is here given, was County Assessor of Vernon County, and
in 1892 was elected to the State Legislature by the largest
majority ever given in that county. He died January 6,
1893, cut down in the prime of his manhood and useful-
ness. He married Zula Spurgeon of Davidson County,
North Carolina, December 23, 1879. They had four chil-
dren, — Lilian May, Jay Vest, Wilna and Rosamond. Lilian
May died in infancy.
Albert G., son of James Hervey, was from his boy-
hood, a lover of adventure. After many narrow escapes
in the West and South, he was married May 14, 1884, to
Lulu Spurgeon of North Carolina. They now reside in
Indian Territory ; no children.
46 THE FAMILY OF REQUA.
Jane, daughter of Elijah and Eustatia Comb, married
Abram Kemsen of Greenburgh. They lived many years
in Greenburgh, and for a time in western New York ; are
buried in the old Dutch churchyard, Tarrytown. They
left three daughters, — Frances, Augusta and Jane. One
of the daughters, Mrs. W. H. Lester of Dobbs Ferry, K.
Y., has in her possession an autograph deed given by
James Kequa and Kebecca, his wife, to Augustus Van
Cortlandt in the year 1800.
John Wesley, youngest son of Elijah and Eustatia
Comb, married Susan Archer of Tarrytown, and moved to
Fort Wayne, Ind. He died about 1860, leaving two chil-
dren, — Amelia C. and Charles Augustus, neither of whom
were married.
Sarah, youngest child of Elijah and Eustatia . Comb,
married, 1st, Christopher Yates Towne, son of Salem
Towne, LL. D., who lived only six weeks after his mar-
riage. She married, 2nd, Calvin King by whom she had
four children. They reside in Northville, Cayuga County,
N. Y.
Sarah, youngest daughter of James Requa, 8r., married
Cornelius Chatterton and lived in New York ; afterward in
Newark, N. J.. She is said to have had her father's family
Bible, a book of great historical value.
Isaac Bequa, son of James, Sr., whose picture stands
at the head of Part II, married Elizabeth Clements, daugh-
ter of Aaron Clements of Yorktown, and lived on a farm
near Sing Sing. He was a man of property and influence,
a member of the Baptist Church. His will, dated Febru-
ary 24:, 1853, is on record at White Plains. He died
August 17, 1857 ; his wife died March 13, 1859. They left
no children. Mrs. Susan Leggett, still living in Tarry-
town, is their adopted daughter.
William, Elijah and Isaac Requa, sons of James, Sr.,
were devout christian men. William was Methodist, Eli-
jah, Presbyterian, and Isaac, Baptist. They frequently
visited each other in later years, and after battling over
JAMES REQUA BRANCH. 47
disputed points of doctrine, always closed their interviews
with " a word of prayer."
Gilbert, youngest son of James Requa, Sr., was wound-
ed in the war of 1812. The records of the U. S. Pension
Bureau at Washington, state : ** That he was granted a
pension on account of a wound in the arm, received near
Fort George in upper Canada on September 13, 1813, while
serving as a private in Captain Myer's company, in the
13th Regiment of U. S. Infantry. He enlisted on June 18,
1812, and was discharged in June, 1817." He married
Mary Banker, of Tarrytown, and had three children, —
Mary W., John K. and Elijah. John K. is mentioned in
his grandfather's will. No other trace of this family has
been found.
Note.— By the kindness of Franklin Couch, Esq., Supervisor of the
town of Cortlandt, we have in our possession the original commission of
Hon. William Kequa. as Glerk of the county of Westchester, dated at the
city of Albany, June 8. 1820. sealed with the ofllcial seal and signed by
Hewitt Clinton, Governor of the State of New York.
48 THE FAMILY OF REQUA.
JOHN KEQUA.
John Eequa, the third son of Glode Eequa, Sr., mar-
ried Ael tie Acker, daughter of Abraham, and grand-daugh-
ter of Wolfert Acker ; she being, therefore, a niece of her
sister-in-law, Maritie, wife of James Requa, Esq., May 15,
1758, according to Ihe old Dutch Church records, it being
stated in connection therewith that both were born in
Philipsburgh.
He had evidently lived on a farm adjoining to and east
of his brother Daniel at Tarrytown Heights, now Pocan-
tioo Hills, prior to the Revolution, but he took title from
the Commissioners of Forfeiture to a farm about one mile
east of Sing Sing, which, as appears from the following
description, had, prior to that time, also been in his pos-
session :
" Requa, John, Dec. 6th, 1785, A. S. 72, 96 acr. N. W.
by Wm. Haight and John Smith, E. by W., Acker
and John Oakley, S. by Barnett Delamater and W.
by Marvil Garrison, as now possessed by said J. R."
He was also a soldier of the Revolution, enrolled in
Capt. Gabriel Requa's company. He is mentioned in the
application of Benjamin Acker of Mt. Pleasant, as taking
part in the capture of British prisoners at Sparta, near
Sing Sing. The muster roll of men raised for Colonel
Samuel Drake's regiment date of July, 1780, has the follow-
ing description of him :
" John Requa, Philipse Manor, blacksmith ; com-
plexion dark, eyes blue, hair dark brown, haith (height)
5 ft. 9."
His name does not appear on the U. S. pension rolls,
his death having occurred before the general pension act
was passed. John Reqtia died May 28, 1812, aged 80
years, 9 months and 24 days. His wife died the same
year, aged 78 years. They are buried in the old Dutch
churchyard. Her name appears as Olive on the tomb-
stone. They left no descendants.
John Requa's will, dated September 14, 1810, gives to
his wife, Olive, one-third ; to Margaret Brown, XlOO ; to
JAMES BEQUA BRANCH. 49
Polly Sniffen, £100 ; to KebeccaKequa, daughter of Daniel,
£100 ; to John Requa, Rebecca's brother, £150 ; to John
Requa, son of James, Sr., £100 ; to Rachel Storms, wife of
Thomas Storms, £25; to Baptist Church of Mt. Pleasant,
two shares, $50 each, in the Farmer's Association of Mt.
Pleasant. Daniel Requa, son of Captain Glode, was one
of his executors.
50 I'HE FAMILY OF REQUA.
DANIEL EEQUA BRANCH.
Daniel Requa, the fourth and youngest son of Glode,
Sr., was born on Philipse Manor, June 5, 1735, and mar-
ried Maritie Martling, who was born December 27, 1739,
date of March 24, 1759, as appears in the old Dutch Church
records. He lived at Tarrytown Heights, present Pocan-
tico Hills, his farm joining that of his brother James to
the eastward, and between the farms of James and his
brother John.
The house in which Daniel Requa lived was not far
from the fountain by the roadside erected by the widow
of Burbank Roberts, east of the present railroad station,
and on the southerly side of the Bedford road. It was
burned in the winter of 1892. The property now belongs
to Mr. Lewis Roberts. M. K. Couzens, Esq., gives the
boundaries as deeded by the Commissioners of Forfeiture,
as follows :
" Requa, Daniel, Dec. 6th, 1785, A. S. 78, 288 acr., N.
by Wm. Fushee. E. by John Requa. S. by James
Requa and Matthew Farrington. W. by David
Conklin, as now possessed by said D. R.*'
Daniel Requa was Sergeant in Capt. Gabriel Requa's
company and was taken prisoner by the enemy. The
manner of his capture and release is referred to as fol-
lows:
*' Sergeant Daniel Requa, a man of delicate constitu-
tion, was seized as a prominent rebel and confined in the
Sugar House, New York, where he remained until he was
exchanged for a British officer said to have been captured
by his son Abraham. Only for the delicacies furnished
him by his friends, Daniel would have perished in prison."
The following petition, copied from the original on file
in the Manuscript Room, State Library, Albany, N. Y.,
gives the time of his captivity, and approximately, the
date of his release : — " To the Honorable, the Assembly of
the State of New York : Daniel Requa and John Drake,
being refugees and having met with many losses and dis-
appointments by the ravages of a cruel foe, petition for
JAMES JACKSON REQUA.
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DANIEL REQUA BRANCH. 51
that assistance without which we must greatly want.
" Your petitioners have suffered nearly twelve months'
imprisonment ; and our families, consisting each of eight,
have been for a great part of the time in the power of the
enemy, whose depredations have been frequent. Believ-
ing, gentlemen, your generosity to be as great as your
goodness, be pleased to interpose your kind offices between
us and ruin. And your petitioners will ever pray.
Signed Daniel Requa.
John Drake.
In Assembly, read and referred, 18th June, 1781."
In a petition of the inhabitants of Philipse Manor —
** To the Honorable Legislature of the State of New York :"
dated January 29, 1779, asking that, " in case of confisca-
tion, they might have the refusal to purchase their respec-
tive farms at the price of unimproved lands — ," we find the
names of Glode, James, John, Daniel, Isaac, Gabriel, Ga-
briel, Capt., and Joseph Requa."
Among the signers of a petition from the patriots of
Philipse Manor — " To the Honorable Legislature of the
State of New York :" presented July 30, 1784, and asking
that, " a speedy sale of the forfeited lands may be order-
ed — ," appear the names of Glode, James, John, Daniel
and Abraham ReqUa, tenants of the aforesaid forfeited
lands.
About the year 1795, Daniel Requa, with his wife and
younger sons, moved from Tarrytown to New Paltz, Ulster
County, N. Y., where he bought a farm on the Paltz River
in the Gilford Tract. This farm lay at the junction of the
Shawangunkkill with the Wallkill or Paltz River. The
Deyo family lived near. These were the oldest houses in
that part of the county. Daniel's son John had already
moved to the Huguenot settlement at New Paltz and pur-
chased of his wife's uncle a farm near by. The stone house
in which Daniel Requa lived is still standing, bearing the
date " Sept. 26, 1799." Here Daniel Requa and his wife
died and were buried in a family burying ground. Daniel
62 THE FAMILY OF BEQUA.
Bequa died in October, 1801 ; his wife, Mary Martling, hav-
ing died the 23rd of March, 1800.
The inventory of Daniel Bequa*s estate, taken Novem-
ber 26, 1801, and signed by Tyerk Van Kuren, Levi Deyo
and Selah Tuthill, is on file with the county records at
Kingston, N. Y. The farm, containing 97f acres, was sold
to Selah Tuthill of New Paltz, by deed dated February
24, 1804. Abraham Bequa was administrator. Daniel
Bequa and Mary Martling, his wife, had four sons and
four daughters, — Abraham, Jane, John, Susan, Margaret,
Mary, Daniel and James.
Abraham Bequa, eldest son of Daniel, enlisted as a
Bevolutionary soldier. May 1, 1776, when he was 16 years
old and continued in the service until the close of the war.
His company, under Captain William Dutcher, was en-
gaged in the building of Fort Independence in the sum-
mer of 1776, and remained there until that post was evacu-
ated. He was afterward with his company at the battle
of White Plains, where they occupied a position on the
west side of Morton's mill pond. In the winter of 1776-7
he was stationed with about sixty others, under Captain
Sybert Acker, at the houses of Peter and Cornelius Van
Tassel on the Saw Mill river road. Captain Acker was
wont to tell in later years that when he called for volun-
teers from the militia on Tarrytown Green, in presence of
the Tory, Col. DeLancey, the second and third men to re-
spond, in face of strong opposition, were Bequas ; John
Odell being the first.
Abraham Bequa was with Capt. Daniel Williams in
the defence of Young's House, Christmas eve, 1778, when
Capt. Williams and a part of his men were taken prisoners.
He was also in the engagement at Young's House, Febru-
ary 3, 1780, when thirteen men were killed, and Lieutenant
Colonel Thompson, six officers and eighty-nine men were
made prisoners. Afterwards he was in a foot company
commanded by Lieutenant Bichard Peacock. He was
near at hand when Andre was captured at Tarrytown and
was present at his execution at Tappan. March 4, 1782, he
DANIEL BEQUA BRANCH. 53
was one of a company of volunteer horse, under Captain
Honeywell, who attacked Ool. DeLancey's corps of refu-
gees at Morrisania and captured a lieutenant and thirty
prisoners. In this attack on the Tory refugees, Lieut.
John Van Wart, son-in-law of Captain Glode Kequa, was
killed, and Abraham Dyckman, one of the brave West-
chester Guides, was mortally wounded. Abraham Bequa
served in the regiments of Col. Thomas, Col. Hammond,
Col. Luddington, Col. Morris Graham and Col. Aaron
Burr. These facts are gathered from documents on file in
the U. S. Pension Bureau at Washington.
During the war, Abraham lived with his parents at
Tarrytown Heights, on the Bedford road. On the morn-
ing of September 23, 1780, when he had gone out with his
musket to patrol the roads (his father being then in
prison), a strange horseman was seen, passing the house.
Abraham's mother immediately ran out and called to her
soldier-boy, but he was beyond her reach. That horseman
was Andre ; who, a little later, was captured by the trio
of militia men, — Paulding, Williams and Van Wart. At
the execution of Andre, so gallant a young officer, many
brave men turned away their faces and wept. While Abra-
ham Bequa was never taken in battle, his heart was cap-
tured in a march through a part of Dutchess County, now
Putnam. Bethia Hopkins, daughter of Captain Solomon
Hopkins of Fredericksburg, now Carmel, was the fair
maiden who made the capture.
" Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than war."
They were married October 18, 1782. Bethia Hop-
kins was a lineal descendant of Stephen Hopkins of the
Mayflower.
After the war, Abraham bought one-half of his
father's farm at Tarrytown Heights and built, on the
Bedford road, a house ; probably the one burned in the
winter of 1892 on the Lewis Bobert's property. In the
spring of 1794 he moved his family in wagons to Fish kill,
Dutchess County, where he bought a farm. In December,
64 l-HE FAMILY 6F llEQtJA.
1794, he bought a farm of 100 acres in the suburbs of
Peekskill. He afterward sold that farm to Abraham De-
pew, grandfather of Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, and bought
the farm in Yorktown on which Major Andre slept the
night before his capture. There he passed the remainder
of his days. No one delighted more than he in rehearsing
stories of the war, and no one had a more strict regard for
truth. His trusty firearm, a British musket captured in
the war, is now in the possession of his grandson, Edwin
Bequa, of Yorktown.
Abraham Bequa was Supervisor of the town of York-
town in 1811, declining to be a candidate for re-election.
His home, his family and the industries of his farm were
his delight. His death at the age of 84 years was tragic.
Preferring to draw his pension in person and sign with his
own hand, he prepared to go to Peekskill, four miles away.
In order to make his ride more comfortable, his large arm
chair was set in the wagon, and he was placed in it. Un-
fortunately the chair was not tied ; the sudden starting of
the horses tilted the chair, and with an exclamation, "Oh!"
he fell to the ground. His neck was broken. An old man
full of days and honors. He sleeps in the old burying
ground of the Yorktown Presbyterian Church at Crom-
pond, near the remains of his brave companions in arms —
Col. Green, Major Flagg and Abraham Dyckman. His
death occurred Nov. 1, 1843 ; and that of his wife, Bethia
Hopkins Bequa, January 29, 1849, They had three sons
and five daughters, — Daniel, Elizabeth, Ann, Sarah, Solo-
mon, Edmund, Mary and Amy. Sarah and Mary died
young.
Daniel, eldest son of Abraham, was born at Tarry-
town, Aug. 27, 1784, and married Phebe Lee, daughter of
Judge Elijah Lee of Yorktown. He was an elder in the
Yorktown Presbyterian Church and left behind him an
honored name. Daniel Bequa and Phebe Lee had nine
children, — Abram, Mary, Ann Eliza, Sarah A., Lewis B.,
Bethia, Elijah L., Isaac and Julia F.
DANIEL REQUA BRANCH. 55
Abram, eldest child of Daniel, married Jane Strang of
Yorktown, and had one daughter, Philena, who married
Beuben Barger of Mahopac Falls, N. Y. Abram Be qua
was one of the Supervisors of Putnam County, and at the
time of his death was President of the Board.
Mary, daughter of Daniel, was unmarried.
Ann Eliza, daughter of Daniel, married Edmund Fos-
ter of South East, and had one son, Bev. Daniel Bequa
Foster, who is pastor of Bethany Presbyterian Church,
Trenton, N. J.
Sarah A., daughter of Daniel and Phebe Lee, married
Jereiniah Hopkins Seeley of South East, and had two chil-
dren, who died young.
Lewis B., son of Daniel, married Harriet A, Bandall
of New York, and moved to Bock Island, 111. He was
elder in the Central Presbyterian Church of that city for
nearly thirty years. He had three children, — Edward H.,
Bandeline and Lewis E.
Edward H. married Sarah J. Powers, of Bock Island,
and lives in Norfolk, Neb. ; is an elder in the Presbyterian
Church of that place, and has six children, — Bichard S.,
Julia F., Bhoda K., Harriet M., Lewis H. andBandel Lee.
Bandeline, daughter of Lewis B., is teacher in Bock
Island.
Lewis E. is unmarried.
Bethia, daughter of Daniel, married Amos Fuller, of
Carmel, and lives at Peekskill ; no children.
Elijah L., son of Daniel, married Mrs. Mary A. Qhil-
lingworth of New York, and had eight children, — Mary
Augusta, Emma M., Daniel Lee, Ella Lee, Elijah, Louis
F., Bobert B. and Howard.
Howard and Elijah died young.
Mary Augusta is a physician, and is one of the Super-
visors of physical education in the public schools of New
York. She and her sisters, Emma M. and Ella, reside with
their widowed mother in New York.
Emma M. is teacher in the Normal College, New York.
h^ *Hfa S-AMiLy of BEQUi.
Daniel Lee, son of Elijah, married Kirkie Hunger-
ford of Los Angeles, Cal., and resides in that city.
Louis F., son of Elijah, married Mary Emily Park ©f
Eye, and has a son, Charles Park Kequa. They reside in
New York.
Robert R., youngest surviving son of Elijah, married
Sarah M. Purdy of Rye, and resides in New York.
Isaac, son of Daniel and Phebe Lee, married, 1st,
Ellen Crosby of Carmel, by whom he had Mary Ellen
and Arthur. Mary Ellen died young. Reverend Arthur,
whose picture is here given, married Mary J. Stebbins of
Patterson, N. Y., and is pastor of the Presbyterian Church
at Noroton, Conn. ; no children.
Isaac married, 2nd, Matilda Knapp, of Yorktown, and
had three children, — Frank, Flora and Mary. Flora died
young. Frank married Hattie Moore of Somerstown, and
has two children, — Arthur F. and Florence M. Mary re-
sides with her brother Frank in Peekskill. He is an elder
in the First Presbyterian Church of that place.
Julia F., youngest child of Daniel and Phebe Lee, mar-
ried, 1st, George Dayton, a prominent citizen of Peekskill,
and, 2nd, Theodore P. Nichols of New York. She resides
in Peekskill.
All of Daniel Requa's children were active members
of the Presbyterian Church.
Elizabeth, daughter of Abraham and Bethia Hopkins,
married Henry Strang, grandson of Capt. Henry Strang of
Yorktown. Her son, Abram R. Strang, represented his
district in the Assembly in 1856 and was county superin-
tendent of the poor for twenty-two years.
Ann, daughter of Abraham Requa, married Samuel
Fowler of Yorktown, and left one daughter, Ann R.
Solomon, son of Abraham, was a worthy descendant
of the Huguenots ; always ready and resoluta, his voice
rang out like a trumpet in the cause of right. He married
Catharine M. Vredenburgh of Yorktown, and had five
children, — Sarah A., who died young; Edwin, Charles M.,
Amy and James E.
REV. ARTHUR REQUA. Page 56.
KEV. AMOS COXKLIN REQUA.
Page 57.
1)ANI]^ B^QtA BRANCH. 67
Edwin, son of Solomon, married Susan James of Shrub
Oak, N. Y., and resides on a part of the homestead in
Torktown. He has three children, — John J., Kate F. and
James E.
John J. married Sarah L. Barnes, and resides in Brook-
lyn, N. Y. He is President of the Eequa Manufacturing
Company of New York, and has three children, — Susie B.,
Emma F. and Edwin C.
Kate F., daughter of Edwin, married, 1st, Cyrus T.
Purdy of Yorktown, and, 2nd, Henry Parent of Somers.
They have one son, Cortlandt Field Parent.
James E., son of Edwin, is unmarried.
Charles M., son of Solomon, was many years connected
with the commission house of Benjamin H. Field, New
York ; was unmarried. His careful record of dates and
facts forms the basis of Bequa history.
Amy, daughter of Solomon, married James Hubbell,
of Peekskill. Their daughter, Ida, is teacher of vocal
music in Vassar College, Poughkeepsie.
James E., son of Solomon, went in 1852 to California,
where he married Althea R. Selman, and where he still re-
sides ; is engaged in mining ; no children.
Edmund Eequa, son of Abraham, whose portrait is
given in Part I, was for nearly thirty years an official mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Shrub Oak, and
through a long life sustained the character of an upright
christian gentleman. He lived and died on the Bequa
homestead in Yorktown. He married, 1st, Mary Bedell,
and, 2nd, Mary Conklin, daughter of Amos Conklin of
Shrub Oak, by whom he had two children, — Anna M.
and Amos C. Anna M. graduated at Charlotteville
Seminary, and taught two years in Wayne Female
College, Goldsboro, N. C. She married Rev. Edmund
Lewis of the New York Conference, and died at Hudson,
N. Y., leaving two sons, — George Augustus and James H.
Lewis. No nobler Requa has ever lived and died.
Rev. Amos C, only son of Edmund and Mary Requa,
whose picture appears herewith, married Mary E. Dayton
58 THE FAMTLX OF REQUA.
of Peekskill, N. T. ; resided for several years on the home-
stead in Yorktown, and now resides in Peekskill ; is a lay
preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is the
compiler of these records ; no children.
Amy, youngest child of Abraham and Bethia Hopkins,
married Lewis Purdy, who was for fifty years postmaster
at Shrub Oak, N. T.
Jane, daughter of Daniel and Mary Martling, married
Charles Craft and moved to Ellen ville, Ulster County, N.
Y„ where, she is buried. Mrs. James Denike, of Peeks-
kill, is her granddaughter.
John, second son of Daniel and Mary Martling, mar-
ried Sarah Kipp, daughter of William Kipp and Mary
Merritt, of Sing Sing, and moved to New Paltz, Ulster
County, where he bought a farm of his wife's uncle, Mer-
ritt. The stone house which John Kequa rebuilt and oc-
cupied is still standing, bearing the date of rebuilding,
"1791." John Requa and Sarah Kipp had six children,
— Gilbert K., Daniel, William, Thomas, James J. and
Mary. Mary died young.
Gilbert K., son of John and Sarah Kipp, was a farmer,
and married Elizabeth Wolsey of Paltz Landing, now High-
land, N. T. They had ten children, — Mary, Moses W.,
Sarah A., Thomas, Almira, Amelia, Alfred, Angelina, John
and Lueinda. Amelia and John died young.
Mary, daughter of Gilbert K., married Thomas Welch
and had one son, Alonzo, killed in the Civil War.
Moses W. went to sea on a whaler and never returned.
Sarah A. married, 1st, Philip Ayers ; 2nd, John Eyett,
of Highland,Ulster Co., N.Y. Two of her 90ns were killed in
the Civil War.
Thomas, son of Gilbert K., went to St. Louis, Mo.,
and engaged in the transportation business. He married
Hannah Heimbrook, daughter of Dr. Heimbrook of Mem-
phis, Tenn., and had four children, Lueinda, who died
young, John H., Thomas P. and Anna.
John H., son of Thomas, resides at Little Bock, Ark.,
and is conductor on the St. Louis and Iron Mt. B. B. He
Daniel bequa bmnch. 59
married Clara R. Barger and has two daughters, Mary H,
and Cleora C. Kequa.
Thomas P., son of Thomas, also resides at Little Rock,
and is conductor on the Iron Mountain R. R. He married
Nora Wydick and has two daughters, Carrie and Ollie.
Annie, youngest child of Thomas, married C. W.
Longcoy, lumber merchant of Little Rock, Ark. They
have three children, — Emma, Eva and Clifford R.
Almira, daughter of Gilbert K., married Lyman E.
Benedict, iron founder of Williamsburgh, N. Y. They
lived for a time in St. Louis, Mo., where their son, Adol-
phus, was editor of the Globe Democrat of that city,
Alfred, son of Gilbert K., went as a boy to New York
City, and in 18^9 sailed, via Cape Horn, for California,
where he was successful as a miner. In 1853 he returned
to New York and married Melissa Harris. They sailed
again, via Panama, for California. He re-engaged in min-
ing for four years, and then settled on a stock ranch at
Cahto, Mendocino Co., where he now resides. Alfred
Requa and Melissa his wife, had five sons and three daugh-
ters, — Almira, Nelson, Alfred, Edmund, Allie, Abraham,
Edna and Valentine. All Alfred Requa's children, except
one, are pioneer farmers. Abraham and Valentine are
with their father at Cahto, unmarried.
Almira, daughter of Alfred, married Lorenzo Cassade.
He has a sheep farm at Cahto.
Nelson, son of Alfred, married Nellie Hiles and has a
farm at Kendrick, Idaho. They have two children, Willie
and Ethel.'
Alfred, son of Alfred, married Emma Wimmer and is
farmer at Pomeroy, Washington. Edmund, unmarried, is
farmer at Pomeroy, Washington.
Allie, daughter of Alfred, married William Willis,
farmer, at Eugene City, Oregon. They have four children,
Robert, Willie, Josiah and Eddie.
Edna, youngest daughter of Alfred, married George P.
Beck and resides in San Francisco.
60 THE FAMILY OF REQFA.
Angelina, daughter of Gilbert K., married 1st, Elias
Hicks Wood of Dabchess Co., N. Y. ; 2nd, Charles F.
Church of New York City, both deceased. Mrs. Church
resides with her daughter, Mrs. Lucien P. Van Norman, a
talented poet and author at Minneapolis, Minn.
Lucinda, youngest child of Gilbert K. and Elizabeth
Wolsey, lives in New York ; is unmarried.
Daniel Bequa, second son of John and Sarah Kipp,
married his second cousin, Olarine Merritt of New Paltz,
N. Y. ; and had five children, — Nathaniel M., John D.,
Sarah M., Edmund D. and Ann.
Nathaniel M., son of Daniel, married Nancy Dunn and
moved to New York. They had four daughters and one
son, — Emma J., Clarine H., Anna M., Nathaniel and Agnes.
Nathaniel died young. Emma married John Bodine ;
Clarine married Griggs Talbot ; Anna married Thomas
Fall ; and Agnes married Webster K. Austin ; all of New
York.
John D., son of Daniel, married Hester M. Clearwater,
and had one daughter, Ellen C, who married William G.
Delamater of Kingston, N. Y. She left four daughters.
Sarah M., daughter of Daniel, married Elbert Rober-
son, a prominant citizen and Methodist of Woodlawn, New
York City. She resides with her daughter, Mrs. Forsyth,
at Woodlawn. Mrs. Eoberson has her grandfather's fami-
ly record.
Edmund D,, son of Daniel, married, 1st, Emily A.
Comer; 2nd, Lizzie A. Collins, and lived in Newark, N. J.
By his first wife he had one son, Frank Leslie. Frank
Leslie Requa married Minnie A. Housten of New York
and had two children, — Adelaide and Frank L., Jr. Frank
L., Jr., died young.
Ann, youngest child of Daniel and Clariene Merritt,
married Thomas Hanmore, of New York, and had three
children, — Kate, Wilfred and Carrie. Mrs. Hanmore re-
sides with her youngest daughter Carrie, the wife of Dr.
E. F. Hurd of Mount Hope, New York City.
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DR. JOSEPHUS REQUA.
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DANIEL REQUA BRANCH. 61
William Requa, son of John and Sarah Kipp, married
Margaret Dann, and lived and died on the homestead at
New Paltz, N. Y. He had three sons and one daughter, —
Joseph, John, Sarah C, and Edmund.
Joseph, son of William, went, when a young man, to
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, where he accumulated considerable
property. He married Sarah E. Brown, by whom he had
two children, — Alva M., and Belle Evelyn. Alva married
Jennie Burge and has three sons, — Harry, Ralph and
Claude. He lives in Kansas City, Mo., and is Assistant
Suparintendent of the Kansas City Transfer Company.
Belle E. married Hon. John F. Leech, Mayor of Mt.
Pleasant, la., where they reside.
John Kequa, son of William, married Hannah Pine,
of New Paltz, and had one daughter, Kate, who married
Daniel Silkworth, also of New Paltz.
Sarah C, only daughter of William, married Nathaniel
Williams, of Highland, and left one son, James Watson
Williams, of Vineland, N. J.
Edmund, youngest son of William, married Mary J.
Terwilliger, and lived at Libertyville, Ulster Co., N. T.
They left no children.
Thomas Requa, son of John and Sarah Kipp, married
Dorcas Ayres, and died in his 24th year ; no children.
James J. Requa, youngest son of John and Sarah
Kipp, whose picture appears opposite page 50, was school-
teacher in the town of Rochester, Ulster Co., N. T., and
married Charity Middagh, a farmer's daughter of that
town. He established a large freighting business at Port
Benjamin on the Delaware and Hudson Canal, and after-
ward removed to Rochester, Monroe Co., where he died.
He had four daughters and one son, — Sarah M., Charlotte
A., Josephus, Agnes and Mary E. Agnes died unmarried.
Sarah M. married D. S. Morgan of Rochester.
Charlotte A. married Luke C. Hart of Rochester,
engineer.
Josephus, a dentist in Rochester, whose picture is here
given, married 1st, Mary Groat ; 2nd, Annie T. Ford. By
62 THE FAMILY OF BEQUA.
his first wife he had two children, — Leroy and Florence.
Florence died young. Leroy graduated at the Dental Col-
lege of the University of Pennsylvania and is associated in
business with his father in Rochester.
Dr. Leroy Requa married Lulu Roberts and had three
children, — Florence, Josephus and Mary Alice. Florence
died young.
Mary E., youngest child of James J. and Charity Mid-
dagh, married, 1st., George W. Tuttle who died in 1889 ;
married, 2nd, George Tegg, Esq., with whom she resides
in Lower Edmonton, England.
Susan, daughter of Daniel and Mary Martling, married
Garret Cronk and lived in Ulster County, N. T*
Margaret, daughter of Daniel, married Thomas Hynd-
man and lived in New York.
Mary, daughter of Daniel, married Walter Carpenter,
farmer of Shrub Oak, N. Y., where they are buried.
Daniel, son of Daniel, went from home when a young
man and was never heard from.
James Requa, youngest son of Daniel and Mary Mart-
ling, married Ellen Deyo of New Paltz, and moved to New
York, They had eight children, all of whom died in early
life except one, Frances, who married Smith Brown, and
and left descendants in New York City. James Requa and
his family are buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Long
Island.
It has been a labor of love to place on record the
heroic deeds of these heroic men and women. Persecu-
tion might drive them from their home and rob them of
their liberty ; the Atlantic might roll between them and
the land they loved ; but no privation nor punishment could
quench in them the indomitable spirit of right and justice.
It is a pleasure also to find their descendants of the
fifth and sixth generations, holding places of honor and
responsibility in the communities where they dwell. Not
the least compensation of the work has been, the enlarged
acquaintance and correspondence, which it has opened with
DANIEL REQUA BRANCH. 63
many valued friends, otherwise unknown. To all who
have aided the work in any degree, we extend a brother's
salutation.
Here are gathered a few outlines of family history.
But could the joys and griefs, the hopes and fears, the pur-
poses and plans of each individual life be portrayed, what
breadth and depth and tone would be added to the picture.
Eternity alone can supply the proper lights and shades.
That the lights may not grow dim, nor the shades pre-
vail, is the earnest hope of the compiler.
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