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The ages are not impossible for militia, but uncommon for active-duty service. One boy in SW PA went on an expedition into Ohio country with relatives and neighbors when he was about 12; he was captured but after running the gauntlet and some months being adopted by a Shawanese family, he escaped and made his way home. A very brave boy. The Pension Office gave him quite a hard time, but everything he said was true.
Youngish teens' being taken along by fathers or brothers, such as being drummer-boys, are fairly well documented in small numbers.
But if you really don't know where *your* Joseph came from, it is nearly impossible to determine if he can be documented with any military service. Militiamen typically did not have any active-duty service, and militia rosters almost never give an idea of ages (except the roughly age 16-60 date range that varied by time and place). The militia rolls were nearly all made on the occasion of a regular drill and nose-counting, rather than because the men of the County were roused for defense.
New York is especially difficult because nearly all of the Revolutionary War records except concerning the Continental Regiments were burned in a fire at the State Library in 1919.
Good hunting!
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