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THE OLD DUTCH CHURCH, SLEEPY HOLLOW. " I Made a Halt at the Church by Tarrytown, Till Dusk."-Tfash I11gto11's Jjiary,July 2, I7SI

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THE OLD DUTCH CHURCH, SLEEPY HOLLOW. THE OLD DUTCH CHURCH, SLEEPY HOLLOW. " I made a halt at the church by Tarrytown, till dusk."-TFash i11gto11's JJiary,July 2, I7SI. SOUVENIR OF THE R_evolutionary Soldiers' rionument Dedication AT TARRYTOWN, N. Y. October 19th, 1894. COMPILED BY MARCIUS D. RAYMOND, TARRYTOWN, N. Y. ~~~=-=-~~CT1-f~~~- ~~;i;iz--~~ffifff;;.~ A't/A~~~ ~--:a..&:~,~~'J-4.]~~!tlt~I I Ii Contents. PAGE. Monument Dedication. 7 Address by Hon. F. S. Tallmadge, 17 Address by Hon. Noah Davis, I7 Oration by Hon. Isaac N. Mills, . 19 Correspondence, .- 32 Inscriptions on Monument. 37 Roll of Revolutionary Soldiers. 39 Old Muster Roll, 44 Hammond Family, -45 Dean Family, 6o Odell Family. 79 Dutcher Family, 89 .Acker Family, . IOI Van Tassel Family. • IIO Van War-t Family, 125 Requa Family. 133 Paulding Fau. l~y, 155, Martling Family, . 162 Storm Family, . 166 Yerks Family, . 16S See Family, 171 Davids Family. 172 Youngs Familv, 174 Wildey Family, . 17, Romer Family, 176 Capt. Israel Honeywell. 17S Capt. Oliver Ferris. 179 PAGE ..11 Reminiscences, . • 181 ~ Surprise at Orser's. 192 \....apt. Hopkins· Fight with Emerick, • 195 The Youngs House Affair, 197 Other Incidents, • 203 The Old Manor House, 20€ Receipts and Disbursements, . 209 Additional l\lfemoranda, 2II Illustrations. J>,\GE. Presentation Address by ~I. D. Raymond, . 7 Procession Passing Monument to Captors of Andre, 9 Sons of the Revolution Marching on Broadway, . II View at the Un veiling, 13 President Tallmadge Delivering the Dedicatory Address, IS View in Music Hall During the Oration, 17 Portrait of_ Judge Mills, 19 The Old Dutch Church, 20 View After the Unveiling, '.2<) U. S. War Ships Dt1lpliin and Cim·innati. U. S. Artillery on Main Street, The Col. Hammond House, 53 Sergt. John Dean. 61 Dean Rock, . 72 Daniel Odell Archer. 77 Tbe Odell Inn. So Rochambeau Headquarters. S..J. Capt. Jonathan S. Odell, S6 Rev. Dr. Jacob Conkling Dutcher, \\-oolfert Roost. 103 The Cornelius \~ an Tassel Hou,e. I II! The Van Tassei-Mott House. 122: Isaac Van \-Van·s Monument at Old Greer:burgh Church lsaac L. Requa, r39· Leonard F. Requa. 146 Rev ..\mos C. Requa. 153 The Paulding and Requa H0uses, I -::... -I John Pdu1ding. I 59, Isaac ::Martl ing's MemoriJ 1 Strine, 16..J. The Davids-Stephens Hou5e, The :\fonument. The Old ~1anor House. Preface. THE publication of the proceedings at the dedication of the mon­ ument recently erected in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in honor of the patriot soldiers of the Revolution of this vicinity, and with the story of the day, a sketch of the lives of some of those who were active partici­ pants in the great struggle for Independence, is a fitting finale to that notable occasion. This was made possible by the liberality of the sub­ scribers to the Monument Fund, a surplus remaining in the hands of the committee after all the other expenses had been provided for which, it was thought, could not be better expended than in the way of issuing this souvenir volume, thus preserving in suitable and attractive form the record of that highly interesting event. From the memorandum of receipts and disbursements, which in proper place appears herewith, it will be seen that the expense of this publication has been more than the su1n which so remained, the balance being made up by the committee. It is only regretted that they were unable to further elaborate and embel­ lish· the work. With this simple statement this souvenir is issued in the hope that it 1nay be of interest to all who shall receive it, and that the appre­ ciation which it may elicit will be a sufficient justification for its publi- cation. MONUMENT COMMITTEE. TARRYTOWN, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1894. '' In their ragged regimentals Stood the old Continentals Yielding not. '' oi co Ill a: z 0 -t- 1- 2 lll Cl) lll a: Q. lll I I- LL 0 Ul :E I- The Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument. HE movement which culminated in the dedication of a monument at this place to the soldiers of tl-ie Revolu­ tion, had its inception in the desire to honor the mem- . oryofthesturdy patriots who by their courage and valor well sustained the cause of liberty and independence on these historic fields,-not only those who were buried in the old Dutch churchyard, but in a larger, broader sense to honor all those brave men who stood for the patriot cause on this then Philipse Manor, which com­ prised the present townships of Greenburgh, Mount Pleasant, Ossining, ~nd the City of Yonkers, containing eighty square miles of territory, fronting over twenty 111iles on the Hudson and extending eastwardly to the Bronx. It was entitled one of the military districts of Westchester County, and in it a regiment of militia was organized, with headquarters in the vicinity of Tarrytown, which was then the place of greatest interest on the Manor, the old Dutch Church being here located, and consequently a large number of the soldiers of the Revolution here found their last resting place. Hence it was pre-eminently fitting that a monument to their memory should be here erected. The appellation of ''Neutral Ground,'' as commonly applied to all this region, is a strange misnomer, for from the beginning to the end of the Revolution partisan warfare so waged here that it may well be said that every field was embattled, every rock a fortress, and every highway and byway was a line of assault or retreat. 8 MONUMENT DEDICATION. Nowhere else was the country so devastated, nowhere greater suffering, severer trials, but to the everlasting praise of the patriots of this manor be it said, they '' yield~d- not''; their endurance was like the granite of these hills. An old redoubt thrown up during the Revolution, evidently to protect the legendary and historic bridge over the Pocantico, just on the verge which overlooks the old burying ground where so many of those heroes sleep, offered the ideal site for such a memorial. The circumstances were favorable. The men, the deeds, the spot, were all worthy of commemoration, and the ti1ne had come. Only action was needed. Only the recalling of the history of those try­ ing times, only the re-telling of the thrilling tales of those heroic days, only the reviewing of the 1nemory of the men of the Revolution by the Sons of the Revolution, and it may also well be added, by the Daughters of the Revolution, and the flow of patriotic thought and feeling would soon crystallize in the enduring granite which should rise as a testimonial to those patriot heroes. That work was undertaken and carried forward with such a definite object in view, the publication of the Revolu­ tionary reminiscences having been co1nmenced in the latter part of 1893, and so continued until the sun1mer of 1894. The result well justified expectation: publ1c interest w:as created, and in June of the latter year a Monument Comtnittee was organized with Samuel Requa as Chair­ man, Benson Ferris, Treasurer, and M. D. Raymond, Secretary. The .:work of obtaining subscriptions was then undertaken, to which the response was prompt and liberal beyond all expectation, warranting the early making of a contract for the proposed 111onument, and showing that the spirit of patriotism was still ·alive in the hearts of the people. Only the occasion· was needed to call it forth. The site had already been donated. by the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Association. And so the good work went successfully forward, the original plan was enlarged and elaborated, and the event grew in importance. As the monument approached completion, the 19th of October, it being the I 13th anniversary of the surrender of Cornwallis, at Yorktown, was very appropriately designated as the day of dedication, and the follow­ ing committees appointed for the occasion: Executive Committee :-Samuel Requa, Benson Ferris, M. D. Raymond, Wm. T. Lockwood, R. B. Coutant. Committee of Arrangements :-M. D. Raymond, Wm. T. Lock­ wood, D. 0. Archer, Charles E. N ossitter, Andrew C. Fields, Samuel Requa, W. H. H. Ely, Wm. H. Hoyt, David Silver. ui a: 0 z ~ l1. 0 rn a: 0 l­ a. ~ UJ ...J: ...0 1- z uJ ~ ::> z 0 :E Cl z Cl) co a.< z 0 en er., UJ 0 0 a: a. ·_,.,,__,. .· _. .. ~· ... ·~ .,. MONUMENT DEDICATION. 9 Committee on Speakers :-M. D. Raymond, R. B. Couta~t, H. C. Griffin. Committee on Invitation and Reception :-Geo. C. Andrews, Frank V. Millard, E. A. Studwell, John Webber, L. T. Yale, C. S. Davison. Committee on Government Officials :-W. H. H. Ely, Charles P. McClelland, Lewis Roberts, N. Holmes Odell, Daniel Armstrong. Press Committee :-W. H. H. Ely, M. D. Raymond, George N. Pratt. Committee on Printing and Badges :-M. D. Raymond, W. fl. H. Ely, Joseph E. See. The following additional appointments were also soon after announced: President of the Day :-Hon. Noah Davis. Orator :-Hon. Isaac N. Mills. Grand Marshal :-C. T. Carpenter. The Society of the Sons of the Revolution of the State of New York, was invited to dedicate the monument. The Committees actively engaged in their special work, and it was soon announced that the Army and the Navy would both be present and participate in the exercises of the day, and progress was reported all along the lines. The approaching event attracted interest in place3 far remote, and as the day approached, the interest increased. The batteries of U. S. Artillery, and the U. S. men of war arrived on the 18th, the evening gun of the former, fired from their bivouac· on the Benedict plateau, being the first salute of the occasion.
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