The following information was contributed by Carole Nurmi Cummings, a French Huguenot descendant from the 1600s and a Requa cousin.
The Family of Requa 1698-1898 - Author: Amos Conklin Requa 1890 -
Page: 17
▪ James Requa, son of James who was drowned, married first, Mary Ruton, 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.
▪ Marriage: about 1811 - Westchester County, New York
The Family of Requa 1698-1898 - Author: Amos Conklin Requa 1890 -
Page: 17
▪ James Requa, son of James who was drowned, married first, Mary Ruton, 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.
▪ Marriage: about 1811 - Westchester County, New York
The following information was contributed by Carole Nurmi Cummings, a French Huguenot descendant from the 1600s and a Requa cousin.
The Family of Requa 1698-1898 - Author: Amos Conklin Requa 1890 -
Page: 17
▪ James Requa, son of James who was drowned, married first, Mary Ruton, 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.
▪ Marriage: about 1811 - Westchester County, New York
The Family of Requa 1698-1898 - Author: Amos Conklin Requa 1890 -
Page: 17
▪ James Requa, son of James who was drowned, married first, Mary Ruton, 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.
▪ Marriage: about 1811 - Westchester County, New York
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