Louis DuBois
Louis DuBois, (sometimes called Louis deWall, or the Walloon) was born at Wicres, near Lille, Artois, France [Walloon Flanders, Spanish Netherlands] on October 27, 1626. I’ve spelled the name DuBois, but many records and biographies spell it Du Bois. Many older records spelled his name phonetically.
He married Catherine Blanchan, in the city of Mannheim, in the Palatinate, in Preußia (Prussia, now Germany) on October 10, 1655. Catherine was the daughter of Mattheus (Mathew, Matys, Matheus) Blanchan.1
About Louis’ father, Chrétien DuBois, has been written:2.
Louis was born to Chrétien DuBois, who was a French official in the Comté of Coupigny. He was the son of Antoine DuBois and Anne Cousin and was married to Françoise le Poivre.
Chrétien DuBois lived in the village of Wicres, outside of Lille. He was a bailli, lieutenant, greffier & receveur [bailiff, lieutenant, clerk and receiver] of the Comté of Coupigny, notary justice officer, laborer and cloth merchant. He died sometime after 1641.
Internet pages frequently – and incorrectly – claim that Chretien DuBois’ wife was name ‘Cornelia’ due to a translation error on the part of a researcher in 1980 that was later re-printed in The American Descendants of Chretien Dubois of Wicres, France by William Heidgerd.
Chétien DuBois is of interest to American genealogists, both because of the notability of his descendants and because several different versions of noble ancestry have been claimed for him.
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Louis’ sister Francoise and her husband Pierre Billiou also emigrated in 1661, settling in Staten Island, New York. Fourteen years later, his brother, Jacques and his wife, Pierrone Bentyn, arrived in Kingston.
Louis DuBois was called Louis the Walloon because he came from the part of Flanders [Walloon Flanders] whose residents were known as Walloons. The Walloons are a French-speaking people of Celtic descent inhabiting the current southern and southeastern Belgium and adjacent regions of France. Walloon is also referred to as a language, a French dialect spoken by the Walloons.
A nice summary of the life of Louis DuBois is found in History of the Huguenot Emigration to America,3 written by Charles Baird in 1885. As a young man, Louis joined other countrymen in moving to Frankenthal, near Mannheim in the lower Palatinate (Paltz), Preußen [Prussia, now Germany]. This region offered a haven for the Walloons and Huguenots fleeing persecution based on their religion.
The Huguenots Journey
The following is a summary of Louis DuBois travels in search of Religious freedom.4
It was perhaps in quest of religious freedom, that Louis left his native province, in early manhood, and removed, as numbers of his countrymen were doing, to the lower Palatinate. This Calvinistic state, which had taken the lead among the Protestant powers of Germany, from the outbreak of the thirty Years’ War, now offered a refuge to the oppressed Huguenots. Frankenthal Preußia [Prussia, now Germany], only a few miles from Mannheim, its capital.
Mannheim became home to many of the French refugees, and among them several families that afterwards removed to America, including David de Marest, Frederic de Vaux, Abraham Hasbroucq, Chrétien Duyou, Mathése Blanchan, Meynard Journeay, Thonnet Terrin, Pierre Parmentier, Antoine Crispel, David Usilie, Philippe Casier, Bourgeon Broucard, Simon Le Frebre, Juste Durié, and others, enjoyed the kindness of their German co-religionists and the protection of the good Elector Palatine. Here Louis du Bois came, and on the tenth day of October 1655, he married Catharine, daughter of Mathése Blanchan, who, like himself, was from French Flanders.
The refugees found much, doubtless, to bind them to the country of their adoption. They were encouraged in the free exercise of their religion. The people and their prince were Calvinists, like themselves. Openings for employment, if not for enrichment in trade, were afforded in the prosperous city, where, a century later, Huguenot merchants and manufacturers were enabled to amass large fortunes. How fondly they remembered the goodly Rhine-land, that the emigrants to America named their home in the wilderness, not frothier native province in France, but from the place of their refuge in Germany, calling it “The New Palatinate” [New Paltz].
In spite, however, of all inducements to remain, Louis de Bois and certain of his fellow-refugees determined to remove to the New World; influenced, it may be, by a feeling of insecurity in a country lying upon the border of France, and liable to foreign invasion at any moment.
The Dutch ship Gilded Otter, in the spring of the year 1660, brought over several of these families. Others followed, in the course of the same year. The little town of New Amsterdam, nestled upon the lower end of Manhattan island, presented a curious appearance to the strangers. Inclosed [sic] within the limits of Wall Street and Broadway, “two hundred poorly-constructed houses gave partial comfort to some fourteen hundred people. The fort loomed up broadly in front, partially hiding within it the governor’s residence, and the Dutch church. The flag of the States-General, and a wind-mill on the western bastion, were notable indications of Holland rule.”
Taking counsel of their Walloon countrymen, and obtaining permission from the governor and his council, they soon decided upon a place of settlement: and by the end of the year, Matthew Blanchan and Anthony Crispel, with their families, had established themselves in Esopus; where, before the following October, they were joined by Louis DuBois and his wife and sons.
See my post on Esopus / Wiltwyk / Kingston, New York early history for the story of Wiltwyk (now Kingston, New York).
Louis DuBois and Catherine Blanchan
Born: 27 Oct 1627 in Wicres, Artois, French Flanders, Spanish Netherlands (now France)5. (Find A Grave shows born 21 Oct 1627 and his tombstone shows born 1626)
Died: 1693 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
Married: 10 Oct 1655 Catherine Blanchan in Mannheim, Prußeun (Prussia now Germany).
Find A Grave: I found two memorials for Louis DuBois: Memorial #11498969 shows buried at Old Pittgrove Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Daretown, Salem County, New Jersey, USA. This is not correct. The monument was most likely erected by later ancestors as this cemetery was not established until 1767. See next Find A Grave Memorial for correct information. Memorial #8039531 buried at the Huguenot Cemetery, New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, USA.
Catherine Blanchan
daughter of Mattheus Blanchan and Magdalina Brissen Joire.
born: ca 1634 in Armenitiéres, Spanish Netherlands [France].
died: 18 Oct 1713 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
married 1st: 10 Oct 1655 Louis DuBois in Mannhein, Prueßen, (Prussia now Germany).
married 2nd: 1697 Jean Cottin in New Paltz, New York. Jean was the schoolmaster and later a merchant in Kingston.
Find A Grave: I found three memorials for Catharine:
Memorial #11498998 shows buried at Old Pittsgrove Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Daretown, Salem County, New Jersey, USA. [She lived her last days and died in Kingston, New York, so not sure why she would have been buried in New Jersey. The headstone in the next memorial shows her buried in Kingston Churchyard. Also it looks like the Old Pittsgrove Presyterian Church was not organized until 1741.] Perhaps later descendants erected the memorial for them. See next Memorial:
Memorial #232253909 shows buried at Huguenot Cemetery, New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, USA. The tombstone is at the Huguenot Cemetery in New Paltz, but the tombstone clearly states she was buried at the Kingston Churchyard.
Memorial #241572594 buried at the Old Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, Ulster County, New York, USA. This is most likely her true burial place. She’s listed at Catherine Matthyse Blanshan Cottin. At the end of her life, she went by Catherine Cottin.
Note: Although Catherine went by her “maiden” name during her years married to Louis DuBois, she did go by Catherine Cottin after her marriage to Jean Cottin.
When Did They Arrive?
It is believed by some that in August 1660 Louis DuBois and his wife Catherine and their two boys, arrived in New Amsterdam on the ship De Vergulde Otter (The Gilded Otter) from Amsterdam with Matthew Blanchan (Catherine’s father) and Anthony Krypel (Anthony Crispell), Catherine’s brother-in- law, and families. However, they are not listed on the ship manifest and I find this highly unlikely since their son Isaac was born May of 1660 in Mannheim, Preußen [Prussia, now Germany]. The ship sailed in April and arrived in August and Isaac was born in Mannheim during this time, so, the DuBois’ were still in Mannheim during the time of this voyage.
Another source6 believes they arrived August 6, 1661 on the ship St. Jan Baptist7 with Louis’ brother- in-law Pierre Billiou, also from Artois. Their reasoning is that Louis and Catherine were not present at the communion season supper on December 25, 1660, and did not join the church until October 1, 1661 (with letters). They would then have a child [Jacob] baptized nine days after. Again, they are not showing on the list of passengers.
It is not uncommon for the ship manifests to be incomplete, so we may never know which ship they arrived on. Regardless, we do know they were residing in Wiltwyck by the time their son, Jacob, was baptized on October 9, 1661.8
Louis DuBois Legal Troubles
During the first couple of years, we show several entries for legal disputes involving Louis:
- Nov 2, 1661 Louis is showing as defendant:
Bart Sybrantse, plaintiff, demands of Lowys Dubo the amount of seven schepels of wheat as pay- ment for the freight of cattle. Lowys Dubo, defendant says he paid his share. Whereas the defen- dant admits having ordered the cattle of Bart, he is therefore, after deliberation, ordered to pay. - Mar 19,1662 Louis is showing as plaintiff:
Lowys Dubo, plaintiff, vs. Coenraet Jans or Ham and Christiaen Andrissen, defendants. Plaintiff demands from defendant’s payment of five schepels of rye, on account of ribbons sold them. Defen- dants admit the debt. The Commissaries order defendants to pay within three weeks. - Apr 18, 1662 Louis is showing as plaintiff:
Lowys Dubo, plaintiff, vs. Coenraet Ham and Christiaen Andrissen, defendants. Default. - Apr 18, 1662 Louis is showing as plaintiff:
Lowys Dubo, plaintiff, vs Pieter Hillebrantse, defendant. Default. - May 2, 1662 Louis is showing as plaintiff:
Lowys Dubo, plaintiff, demands from Pieter Hillebrantse payment of the amount of two schepels of wheat due for ribbons sold him. Defendant, Pieter Hillebrantsen admits owing the debt to plain- tiff. The Commissaries order defendant to pay plaintiff the amount sued for, within two months’ time.
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Louis DuBois - New Dorp (Hurly)
In the Spring of 1662, Petrus Stuyvesant, Director General of New Netherlands, established the village of Niew Dorp on the site of an earlier Native American Settlement three miles from Wiltwyck and Louis and his family relocated there about the same time. This was also called “New Village” in various biographies. Louis kept a store and traded thriftily with his neighbors, the people of the back settlements, and with the Indians.
On June 7, 1663, second Esopus War was started with the burning and destruction of Niew Dorp (Hurley). Many of the family members were captured by the Indians and their homes destroyed. This included Catherine and three of their children, most likely Abraham 5, Isaac 3 and Jacob 9 months; three of Catherine’s siblings, probably Elizabeth Blanchan 12, Mattheus Blanchan, Jr. 8; and Maria Blanchan 23, and her child: Maria Magdalena, about 4 months old. In my post The Esopus Wars, I have covered this event in more detail. There were many killed during the attack and they would not recover the captured for 3 months. In September most of them were returned and we assume these family members were among them.
On September 17, 1669, the village of Niew Dorp, abandoned since the Esopus attack, was resettled and renamed Hurley. Then Governor Francis Lovelace renamed the town Hurlely after his ancestral home, Hurley-on-Thames. Despite its English name, for the next century and more, Hurley remaine d aDutch provincial town–in language, customs, and architecture.
Lewys De Boys was listed on the New York Colonial Muster Roll as a Hurley Soldier.
Louis DuBois - New Paltz
It is believed that on the return from rescuing Catherine and their three children from the Esopus Indians in 1663, Louis must have been attracted by the fertility of the lowlands along the Wallkill and the hope was born that someday he and a company of friends might start the nucleus of a Huguenot settlement there.
Fourteen years later, after New York had passed from the hands of the Dutch to the English, and his sons, Abraham and Isaac were grown men, that he saw his hopes realized.
Edmund Angross was at that time Governor of New York and there was at Hurley a young Huguenot, Abraham Hasbrouck, who had served with Andross in the English army. Through him a patent for a large tract of land was granted to “twelve patentees”: Louis and his two oldest sons, Abraham and Isaac, Christian Deyo, Abraham Hasbrouck, Andries LeFever, Jean Hasbrouck, Pierre Deyo, Louis Bevier, Antoine Crispell, Hugo Frere and Simon Lefevere.
Louis had not forgotten the trouble at the New Village because the Indians received nothing but promises for the land which was taken from them. And so, in May 1677, four months before the New Paltz patent was granted by the Governor, the land was duly purchased from the Indians. And this was the price that was paid: 40 kettles, 10 large, 30 small; 40 axes; 40 adzes; 40 shirts; 400 fathoms of white net-work; 300 fathoms of black net-work; 60 pairs of stockings, half small sizes; 100 bars of lead; 1 keg of powder; 100 knives; 4 kegs of wine; 40 oars; 40 pieces of “duffel” (heavy woolen cloth); 60 blankets; 100 needles; 100 awls; 1 measure of tobacco; 2 horses, 1 stallion, 1 mare. Besides they were to pay every year a rent to a government official at the redoubt in Esopus five bushels of good winter wheat.
See my post on New Paltz, New York for more details.
They called the new village New Paltz in memory of the Old Palatinate on the Rhine, a territory formerly held by the Counts Palatine (Pfalzgraften, aka Pfalz) which had given them refuge before they fled to the New World.
The first settlers all undoubtedly lived on what is now called Huguenot street in this village. About thirty years after the first settlement, the log houses of the pioneers began to be superseded by the stone houses which have come down to present day [1909].9
Louis DuBois Wills
There were two wills and one codicil recorded in the Ulster County Probate Records for Louis DuBois.
Translated as follows:
Louis DuBois' Will March 30, 1686
Louis DuBois will dated 30 March 168610
Page 39—DU BOIS, Lois of the New Paltz.
Will dated March 30, 1686.
“Estate (after payment of debts) to be Equally divided amongst my children: but my two Eldest sons desiring to have Each of them a part of the Land of the New Paltz and more than the other children by Reason their names are upon patent, but if they will be content to deale Equally with my other children whether in land houses or Any other sort of Goods whatsoever belonging to my said Estate As well the land of the Paltz that I have bought former And after my death And their mothers decease shall be dealt Equally Amongst them.”—“My two Eldest sons will Each of them have part of the land lying in the New Paltz—on condition that they shall pay for the said land with interest unto the other of my children and shall not inherit any of the other land housing or Another sort of Goods belonging to my said Estate but them that have home-lots And have built thereon shall keep the same upon condition that the other of my children shall have so much land instead thereof in such convenient places As may be found most Expedient for them.” “My wife their mother shall have the ordering of the Estate as long as she remains a widow.” “If she marry the Estate to be divided amongst the children aforesaid except my two eldest sons.” Signed by the testator, and witnessed by
Arent Tunisen (Recorded May 5, 1686.)
Dirck Schepmoes
Louis DuBois' Will March 27, 1694
Louis DuBois will dated 27 March 1694 written in Dutch. The translation follows:11
Page 167.—DU BOIS, LOWIES, of Kingston.
Will dated March 27, 1694, and written in the Dutch language.
In deen Naeme Des Heeren, Amen.”
I bequeath first my soul to the Almighty God my shepherd and to Jesus Chrisrus my savior and
to the holy ghost my redeemer, and my body to the earth from which it came, to be buried in a Christian manor.
To my wife Chathrina de boys, all my property in land, houses, goods, debts, money. If widow should marry, then to his eldest son, Abraham du boys, £6 as his right being the first born.
To my son Abraham du boys , the eight part of my whole estate. To my son Jacob an eighth part of the estate.
To my son Salomon, an eighth part of the estate.
To my son Lowies, an eighth part of the estate.
To my son Matthew, an eighth part of the estate.
To the children of deceased, Isaac du boys, and eight part of the estate. If any of the children should die before they become of age, then their shares to be divided among the other heirs mentioned.
To children of my daughter Sara, wife of Joost Janse, an eight part of the estate.
Wife appointed executrix. Signed by testator.
Jan Ward
S. Valloau (23 June 1696. A true copy examined
W.D. Meyer W.D. Meyer, Clerk).
Louis DuBois' Codicil February 22, 1695/6
Louis DuBois Codicil dated February 22, 1695/6, and written in Dutch. The translation follows:12
(Codicil.)
Page 169.–DU BOIS, LOWIES, of Kingstown.
Will dated Febr. 22, 1695/6, and written in the Dutch language.
“Be it known that I on March 27, 1694 made a will, which is hereby approved and to be followed in all parts, except as here provided–
To my son Jacob half of my farm at Hurly adjoining land of Hyman and Jan Rosa and land of Lammert Huyberse” “on condition that he pays 1500 shekels wheat; Jacob to use the other half until my youngest sonMatthew Du Bois becomes of age, for which he is to pay 50 shekels wheat yearly.
I have this day conveyed to my youngest son, Matthew Du Bois, house and land in Kingston, a parcel of meadow land, and one half of my land at Hurley, for which he is to pay 1500 shekels of wheat.
Payments for the land which my son David bought from Jan wood to come out of my estate, as I had promised my son David.
My sons Salomon and Louis Du Bois are to have my land in the Paltz, conveyed to me by deed from Coll. Thomas Dongan, dated June 2, 1688, for which they are to pay 800 shekels of wheat.
My daughter Sara wife of Joost Jansen to have a piece of land inHurley adjoining the land of Cornelis Cool, for which she is to pay 700 shekels of wheat. This includes the woodland adjoining. Signed by the testator.
W. D. Meyer (Major Jacob Rutse and Mattys slept of
Jacob Rutsen Kingstown appeared before Capt. Dirck
Jan Burhans Schepmoes and Mr. Johannis Wynkoof, Jus-
Matthys Slecht tices of the peace, March 26, 1696.
W.D. Meyer, Clark.
Henr. Beeckman, Judge of ye Court of
Common Pleas.
A true copy Examined 23 June 1606.)
In the will dated March 27, 1697, Louis leaves an eighth of his estate to the children of his daughter Sara (wife of Joost Janse Van Metre). It is believed that during this time, Sara and Joost Janse were residing in New Jersey and perhaps Louis did not know her fate. Sara and Joost Janse would later return to Kingston, and his codicil dated February 22, 1695/6 reflects this as he left property to Sara directly.
Catherine Blanchan DuBois Cottin
When Louis DuBois died in 1696, he left his wife a rich woman. In his will, Louis had performed the unusual act of bestowing on her the full half of the property, in case she should marry again. Her father, Mattheus Blanchan was also a very rich man and much of the property may have come from him.13
In 1689, Jean Cottin, the schoolmaster, was deeded a gift of a house and lot in the little settlement (New Paltz), showing the character of the Huguenot settlers and that they prized education.
Louis DuBois’ widow, Catherine Blanchan, would later marry Jean Cottin, about or before 1703. (Date unknown but prior to the baptism of a slave girl in the church of Kingston in 1703 where she promises to serve her mistress, Catharine, and her master, Jean Cottin, faithfully as long as they live and she shall then be free),)
Jean Cottin sold his house and lot at New Paltz, moved to Kingston and married Catherine where he engaged in the mercantile business, which he carried on for about twenty years. His will, written July 5, 1721 shows him living in the City of New York as a Merchant. It does not appear he had any children. You can read his will at the Ulster County NY Probate Records page 109. His will leaves money to his brother, sister, and cousins, who all live in Europe. He leaves his nephew who lives in New York, money, clothes furniture and brass copper kettles. He leaves his servant maid, Maria Folbreght, all his household stuff. The income from his properties and “notes” etc. to the Church.
The following will by Catherine Cottin notes that her will was practically annulled by an indenture. What this means I could not find out. It is very possible that she transferred much of her property to her children before her death.
Catherine Cottin Will July 23, 1712
On July 23, 1712, Catherine Cottin wrote her will in French, translated as follows:14
Page 323.—COTTIN, CATHERINE, of Kingston.
Will dated July 23, 1712, and written in French.
In the name of God, who has made the heaven and the earth, I, Catherine Cottin, of good mind and memory, and being wife of Jean Cottin, merchant, living in Kingston, in the county of Ulster, New York, considering that the hour of death is unknown to all human creatures, I recommend my soul to my Creator, almighty God…short religious preamble… As it appears from an inventory which I made with my said husband, Jean Cotton, that I should have one third of all the profits which God, in his grace, has given unto us, from the hour of my marriage with said husband, Jean Cotton, until I pass away. I will that the freedom, dated Sept 22, 1702, which I have given to Rachel [a slave], as her name is now after having been baptized Sara, shall remain in force, and that she shall have 30 pieces of eight from said third part of the profits, and other things, as appears in said manumission, and she shall have it before my children divide their shares of my third interest in said profits. I will that the letter of manumission, dated Aug 17, 1709. Which I have given to our negress, Dina, shall remain in force, and be properly observed. I also wish that the donation, dated March 2, 1697, which I have made to my daughter, Sara, of all my new clothing and a gold ring, shall be properly observed. I give to the Dutch Church here in Kingston 20 pieces of eight, to be taken after my death from my third part of the profits, to be used for the benefit of the poor. And so far as the rest of said third part of the profits is concerned, I give to Abraham DuBois, Jacob DuBois, David DuBois, Mathieu DuBois and to the two sons of Isaac DuBois, deceased, one quarter interest in said third part of the profits to be divided equally between these five, and other fourth part, I give to Salomon DuBois and Louis DuBois, and the two remaining four parts, I give to my daughter Sara, and for the performance hereof, each one of my children is to take according to his or her share, silver, merchandise and good or bad debts.
My husband Jean Cottin, appointed executor. Signed by the testatrix, and witnessed by Cornelis Swart, Mattys Pears, and Carol Barweer, who appeared before the court, Dec. 10, 1713, proving the will. (The provisions of this will are, however, practically annulled by an Indenture.)
I’m not quite sure what the Indenture was that annulled her will, but her husband Jean Cottin, outlived her for many years, dying in 1723. It’s interesting that the only mention of her children were the 1/3 of the “profits”. I assume that any property she owned was transferred to her children prior to her death. I could find not other information regarding the disposition of her ‘estate’.
Where were Louis DuBois and Catherine Blanchan buried?
Louis died after the Codicil was written on February 22, 1696 and prior to when his will was “Examined” on June 23, 1696, at the age of 68.
There is much confusion about where Louis and Catherine are buried, because of the various monuments that have been added by later descendants. There is a monument in Kingston indicating Louis was buried there. There is a monument in New Jersey, indicating he was buried there (although the cemetery was not established until long after Louis’ death). And There is the headstone that shows he was buried at the Huguenot Cemetery in New Paltz, New York also showing Catherine was buried in the Kingston Churchyard.
I’m pretty sure that Louis was buried at the Huguenot Cemetery in New Paltz. After Louis died, Catherine married Jean Cottin. She is buried in Kingston, New York at the Old Dutch Churchyard under the name Catherine Matthyse Blanshan Cottin (no marker is photographed).
The headstone shown to the right: “Patentee” indicates Louis DuBois was one of the twelve patentees that purchased the land that New Paltz was originally built on. The headstone indicates that Catherine (not Louis) was buried in the Kingston Churchyard (at the Old Dutch Churchyard).
Fun Tidbit: Famous branches of the DuBois family tree:
- General George Patton
- artist Maary Cassatt
- actor Marlon Brando
- actress Joan Crawford
- Sam Walton, founder of WalMart.
Louis DuBois and Catherine Blanchan Children
1. Abraham DuBois
son of Louis DuBois and Catherine Blanchan.
Born: 29 Dec 1657 in Mannheim, Pfalz [Palatinate], Preußen [Prussia, now Germany].
Baptized: 3 Jan 1658 in Mannheim, Preußen (Prussia, now Germany).15.
Died: 7 Oct 1731 at the age of in New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
Married: 6 Mar 1681 Margriet Deyo in the First Dutch Church, Kingston, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
Find A Grave: Memorial #8039528 buried at the Huguenot Cemetery, New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, USA.
Margriet Deyo
daughter of Christian Dayo and Jeanne Wibau / Verbeau.
Born: 7 Oct 1662 in Mannheim, Pfalz [Platinate] Prußia (Prussia, now Germany).
Note:Many webgens show her born in Kingston, New York, but she came over with her family from Europe and Historic notes (posted to ancestry.com) on her father note that he came over in 1677. In the Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Vol. 17, page 1547, she is listed as being with her family that emigrated to America.16 So, she was not born in New York. Her father is listed as one of the last of the 12 Patentees to emigrate to America. Her father is listed as one of those who settled in Mannheim, Paltz, Prußia (Prussia, now Germany) from about 1655 until they emigrated, so this is likely her birthplace, not her parents homeland in France.
Died: 7 Oct 1731 at the age of 69 in New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
Find A Grave: Memorial #8039528 buried at the Huguenot Cemetery, New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, Colornial America.
Abraham was one of the 12 New Paltz Patentees. He served in the second Canadian Expedition during Queen Anne’s War in Col. Thomas Farmers Regiment, 6th Co., George Van Est Captain.17
Abraham DuBois and Margiet Deyo Children:
- Sara DuBois (1682-1746)
- Abraham DuBois II (1685-1758)
- Leah DuBois (1687-1758)
- Rachel DuBois (1689-1734)
- Mary DuBois (1689-1692)
- Benjamin DuBois (1691-1730)
- Catharine DuBois (1693-1730)
- Noah DuBois (1700-1702)
- Joel DuBois (1703-1734)
- Margaret DuBois
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2. Isaac DuBois
son of Louis DuBois and Catherine Blanchan.
Born: 9 May 1660 in Mannheim, Pfalz [Palatinate], Preußen [Prussia, now Germany].
Baptized: 14 May 1660 in Mannheim, Preußen (Prussia, now Germany).18
Died: 28 Jun 1690 at the age of 30 at his home in New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
Married: 1 Jun 1683 Maria Hasbrouck in the First Dutch Church, Kingston, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.19
Find A Grave: Memorial #8039524 buried at the Huguenot Cemetery, New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, USA.
Maria Hasbrouck
daughter of Jean and Anna (Deyo) Hasbrouck.
Born: 8 Jan 1664 in Moudestad, Pfaltz, Preußen (Prussia, now Germany).
Died: 1715 at the age of 354 in New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
Find A Grave: Memorial #8039527 buried at the Huguenot Cemetery, New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, USA.
At the age of 18, Isaac was the youngest of the Patentees. He took the oath of Allegiance in Ulster County, September 1, 1689.
Isaac DuBois and Maria Hasbrouck Children:
- Daniel DuBois (1684-1752)
- Benjamin DuBois (1689-1767)
- Philip DuBois (1690-1764)
3. Jacob DuBois
son of Louis DuBois and Catherine Blanchan.
Baptized: 9 Oct 1661 Wyltwyck, Esopus, New Netherlands
Died: Jun 1745 at the age of 68 in Hurley, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
Married 1st: 8 Mar 1689 Lysbeth Varnoye in Kingston, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.[Double wedding with his brother David and Lysbeth’s sister Cornelia Vernoy.]
Married 2nd: About 1692 Gerritje van Nieukirk in Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
Find A Grave: Memorial #8039517 buried at the Huguenot Cemetery, New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, USA.
Lysbeth Vernoye
daughter of Cornelius Vernoij and Annetje van der Cuyl.[Various spellings: Vernoy, Vanoy Vernoye, Varnoye, Vernooy, etc.]
Born: 1662 Wiltwyck, New Netherlands (now Kingston, Ulster County, New York). (I could not find her baptism record).
Died: 25 May 1690 at the age of 26 (at the time of, or shortly after the birth of her daughter, Magdalena) in Kington, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
Find A Grave: Memorial #74035777 buried at the Huguenot Cemetery, New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, USA.
Gerritje van Nieukirk
daughter of Gerrit Corneliesen Niewkirk (or VanNieuwkerck) and Chieltje Cornelissen Slecht.
Baptised: 12 Mar 1669 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York.
Died: 3 Apr 1739 at the age of 26 in Hurley, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
Find A Grave: Memorial #58090264 buried at the Huguenot Cemetery, New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, USA.
Jacob DuBois and Lysbeth Vernooy Child:
- Magdalena DuBois (1690-1745)
Jacob DuBois and Gerritje Van Nieukirk Children:
- Barent DuBois (1693-1750)
- Louis DuBois (1695-1784)
- Gieltje DuBois (1697-1741)
- Gerrit DuBois (1700-Bef 1703)
- Isaac DuBois (1702-1773)
- Gerrit DuBois (1703-1773)
- Cathereyntie DuBois (1706-1775)
- Rebecca DuBois (1708-1775)
- Johannes DuBois (1710-1806)
- Zara DuBois (1713-1755)
- Neeltjen DuBois (1716-1775)
4. Sara DuBois
daughter of Louis DuBois and Catherine Blanchan.
Baptized: 14 Sep 1664 Wyltwyck, Esopus, New Netherlands (now Kingston, Ulster County, New York, USA)
Died: 13 Jan 1726 in Salem, Salem County, New Jersey, Colonial America.
Married: 18 Nov 1682 Joost Janse Van Meteren in New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
Find A Grave: Memorial #79887606 it states she was buried at the Old Hurey Burial Ground, Hurley, Ulster County, New York, USA, but she appears to have died in Salem, New Jersey. I suspect that is where she is buried, although there is no evidence of her burial, either in Hurley, New Paltz or Salem and lots of controversy regarding where.
Note: There is controversy regarding the date of birth for Sara. Because some family stories state she was with her mother during the capture by the Natives in 1663, they believe she was born in 1662. Her baptism record is dated 14 Sep 1664. This family was devout and baptized their children within days of their birth. Even if Sara was born days before the Indians captured, they would certainly have baptized her soon after being saved and brought home after the event, not a whole year later. The details in Captan Kregers journal, written during and at the time of the event, does not support some of the family lore. See my post The Esopus Wars for the details, so you can form your own conclusions.
Joost Janse Van Meteren (aka John of New York, John the indian Trader and John Van Metre)
son of Jan Joosten Van Meteren and Mackyke Hendricks.
Born: About Feb 1660 in the Tielerwaard, Gelderland, Netherlands.
Died: Unknown, but before 1726 and after 14 Nov 1709. He disappeared from the records and it’s believed he died during one of his travels, most likely in New Jersey or Virginia. Many webgens show his death as 1706, which is the year his father (Jan Jooste Van Meteren) died.
Find A Grave: Memorial #184623335 it states he is buried at the Huguenot Cemetery, New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, USA, but there is no evidence regarding where he is buried. He spent the last (documented) years of his life in New Jersey and Virginia.
Note: Joost Janse Van Meteren appears in later records as John Van Metre, not Joost Janse. He is also referred to as John the Indian Guide and Trader and John of New York. To add to the confusion, his son is also John Van Metre.
Joost Jans Van Meteren and Sara DuBois family is the line I am following. Their story will be coming soon.
5. David DuBois
son of Louis DuBois and Catherine Blanchan.
Baptized: 13 Mar 1667 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.20
Died: About 1715 in Rochester, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
Married: 8 Mar 1689 Cornelia Vanooy in Kingston, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America. [Double wedding with his brother, Jacob and Cornelias sister, Lysbeth].
Cornelia Vanoye
daughter of Cornelius Vernoij and Annetje van der Cuyl.[Various spellings: Vernoy, Vanoy Vernoye, Varnoye, Vernooy, etc.]
Born: 5 Jan 1679, Kingston, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
Died: 1727 at the age of 48 in Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
David DuBois and Cornelia Vanooy Children:
- Catryn DuBois (1690-bef 1692)
- Catryn DuBois (1692-1738
- Hanna DuBois (1696-?)
- Josophat DuBois (1706-1757)
- Elizabet DuBois (1708-?)
6. Solomon DuBois
son of Louis DuBois and Catherine Blanchan.
Born: 3 Feb 1669 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
Died: 15 Feb 1759 in New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
Married: 1692 Tryntje Gerritsen in New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
Find A Grave: Memorial #105725962 burial details unknown.0-*-/
Tryntje Gerritsen
daughter of Gerrit Gerritsen Focken and Jacomyntje Slecht.
Born: 1669, Kingston, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
Died: 1727 at the age of 48 in Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
Find A Grave: Memorial #105754230 burial details unknown.
Solomon DuBois and Tryntje Gerritsen Children:
- Isaak DuBois (1691-1729)
- Jacomeintje DuBois (1693-1760)
- Benjamin DuBois (1697-1767)
- Sara DuBois (1700-1759)
- Cathryn DuBois (1702-?)
- Magdalena DuBois (1705-1760)
- Cornelis DuBois (1708-1781)
- Hendrericus DuBois (1710-1780)
7. Rebecca DuBois
daughter of Louis DuBois and Catherine Blanchan.
Baptized: 18 Jan 1671 in Hurley, Ulster County, Colonial America.
Died: About 1681 at the age of 9 years.
Note: Many webgens show her married to Henry Van Meter. This is due to confusion of another Rebecca DuBois who did marry a Henry Van Meter. This Rebecca dies young, about 1681.
8. Ragel "Rachel" DuBois
daughter of Louis DuBois and Catherine Blanchan.
Baptized: 18 Apr 1675 in Hurley, Ulster County, Colonial America.
Died: April 1676 at the age of 1 year in Hurley, Ulster County, Colonial America.
9. Louis DuBois, Jr.
son of Louis DuBois and Catherine Blanchan.
Baptized: 1 Oct 1677 in Hurley, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
Died: 1729 in New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
Married: 19 Jan 1701 Rachel Hasbrouck in Kingston, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
Find A Grave: Memorial #116759634 buried at the Old Hurley Burial Ground, Hurley, Ulster County New York, Colonial America.
Rachel Hasbrouck
daughter of Abraham Hasbrouck and Maria Deyo.
Baptized: 12 May 1680 in Kingston, Ulster County, Colonial America.
Died: 17 Mar 1717 at the age of 36 in Kingston, Ulster County, Colonial America.
Louis DuBois Jr. and Rachel Hasbrouck Children:
- Maria DuBois (1701-1717)
- Nathaniel DuBois (1703-1763)
- Mary DuBois (1706-1790)
- Jonas DuBois (1708-1749)
- Jonathan DuBois (1710-1746)
- Catryna DuBois (1714-1774)
- Louis DuBois (1717-1746)
10. Matthius DuBois
son of Louis DuBois and Catherine Blanchan.
Baptized: 3 Jan 1679 in Hurley, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
Died: 2 Jun 1748 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, Colonial America.
Married: 17 Jan 1697 Sara Mattysen in Kingston, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America.
Sara Mattysen
daughter of Mattys Mattysen and Tajie “Tjatje” de Witt.
Baptized: 16 Apr 1678 in Kingston, Ulster County, Colonial America.
Died: 1748 at the age of 70 in Dutchess County, Colonial America.
Matthius DuBois and Sara Mattysen Children:
- Louis DuBois (1697-?)
- Matheus DuBois (1698-1774)
- Hiskia DuBois (1701-1757)
- Ephraim DuBois (1703-?)
- Tjaatje Dubois (1707-1748)
- Jesse DuBois (1709- Bef 1712)
- Jesse DuBois (1712-1756)
- Elias DuBois (1713-1786)
- Catrina DuBois (1715-1765)
- Gideon DuBois (1719-After 1768)
- Jeremiah DuBois (1721-1796)
Citations and Attributes:
- DuBois Family Association website: http://www.dbfa.org-(Accessed 16 Jun 2016) Louis DuBois.
- Wikipedia "Chrétien DuBois" online at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chr%C3%A9tien_DuBois (Accessed 16 June 2016)
- Charles Washington Baird. History of the Huguenot emigration to America, v. 2. New York: Dodd, Mead, c1885.Ancestry.com [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com (accessed 01 September 2017). Available free of charge at Google Books: https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_the_Huguenot_Emigration_to_Am/heZ9AAAAIAAJ?hl=en
- Charles Washington Baird. History of the Huguenot Emigration to America, v. 2. c1885, pages 187--189; Available free of charge at Google Books: https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_the_Huguenot_Emigration_to_Am/heZ9AAAAIAAJ?hl=en (Accessed 1 March 2023).
- Charles Washington Baird. History of the Huguenot Emigration to America, v. 2. c1885, page 187; Available free of charge at Google Books: https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_the_Huguenot_Emigration_to_Am/heZ9AAAAIAAJ?hl=en (Accessed 1 March 2023).
- The Blanshan Family in America Website, Mattheus Blanshan 1606-1688. https://www.blanshan.com/Mattheus_Blanshan.html (Accessed 25 Feb 2023).
- Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, St. John Baptist, Amsterdam, Netherlands to New Amsterdam, departed 06 Aug 1661 arrived 09 May 1661.
- Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York 1660-1809.
- Ralph Le Fevre, History of New Paltz, New York and its Old Families (From 1678-1820). 1909. Revised 1936.
- Ulster County N.Y. Probate Records in the Office of the Surrogate, and in the County Clerk's Office at Kingston, N.Y., New York Abstracts, Ulster County Wills, p 46-47.
- Ulster County N.Y. Probate Records in the Office of the Surrogate, and in the County Clerk's Office at Kingston, N.Y., New York Abstracts, Ulster County Wills, p 50-51
- Ulster County N.Y. Probate Records in the Office of the Surrogate, and in the County Clerk's Office at Kingston, N.Y., New York Abstracts, Ulster County Wills, p 52-53.
- Blanchan Family website, Catherine Blanshan DuBois 1627-1713 at https://www.blanshan.com/Catherine_Blanshan_DuBois.html (Accessed 3 March 2023).
- Ulster County N.Y. Probate Records in the Office of the Surrogate, and in the County Clerk's Office at Kingston, N.Y., New York Abstracts, Ulster County Wills, p.83.
- Baden and Hesse Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1502-1985. Ancestry.com (Accessed 3 March 2023).
- The Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Vol. 17 page 1547 (Accessed 3 Mar 2023).
- Abraham DuBois Military obtained from note posted on ancestry.com. Original source noted, but link no longer valid.
- Baden and Hesse Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1502-1985. Ancestry.com (Accessed 3 March 2023).
- "Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York 1660-1809." Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1980, page 507 #62. Online at Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/baptismalmarriag00king/page/n7/mode/2up. (Accessed 4 Mar 2023).
- "Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York 1660-1809." Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1980, page 6 #79. Online at Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/baptismalmarriag00king/page/n7/mode/2up. (Accessed 4 Mar 2023).