DuBois Family Line
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Grandy's 4x Great-Grandmother:
My 6x Great-Grandmother:
Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 7x Great-Grandmother:
Catherine Tryntje DuBois (1740 - 1810)
Catrintie DuBois
Catherine Tryntje Miller
Also known as: "Catherine DuBois", "du Bois", "Catharine treintje Kip", "Catrintie Buys", "Tryntie Buys", "Treintje Dubois"
Birthdate: August 16, 1740
Birthplace: Ulster County, Province of New York
Denomination: (probably) Dutch Reformed Church / Baptist
Date of Marriage: bef. 1757
Place of Marriage: [unknown]
Death: June 21, 1810 in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York
Burial: New Hackensack Cemetery, Wappingers Falls, Dutchess County, New York
Parents:
Hendricus du Bois
1710-1780
Jannetje Hoogteeling
1713-1792
Family 1
Spouse:
Mathias Miller
Also Known As: "Matthew"
Birthdate: 1731
Birthplace: East Hampton, Suffolk County, Province of New York
Denomination: (probably) Dutch Reformed Church / Baptist
Death: bet. 1761-1805, in Hampshire, Virginia (he possibly died in 1761 if she then married Isaac Kip in 1762)
Burial: New Hackensack Cemetery, Wappingers Falls, Dutchess County, New York
Immediate Family:
Son of John A. Miller and Patience Paine
See: Miller Family Line
Children:
1. Elizabeth Miller (Claypool) 1757–1834
2. Catherine Miller (Claypool) 1759–1832 m. George Claypool 1741/47-1829 (Elizabeth's brother-in-law)
3. George Miller, Sr. 1756–1829
Family 2
Spouse [supposedly]:
Isaac Kip
Isaac Johannes Kip
1738-1780
Also known as: "Issac Kip", "Kipp", Kyp"
Birthdate: November 5, 1738
Birthplace: Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, Province of New York
Christened: November 1738 in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, Province of New York
Denomination: (probably) Dutch Reformed Church
Date of Marriage: 1762
Place of Marriage: (probably) Dutchess County, Province of New York
Death:
Immediate Family:
Son of Johannes Kip and Margarita van Etten
Children:
1. Elizabeth Kip 1763–1816
2. Rachel Kip 1765–
3. Jacob Kip 1767–
4. Margarita Kip 1769–1846
5. Peter I. Kip 1773–1834
6. Johannes Kip 1777–
About Catherine Tryntje DuBois
DAR# A033988
Huguenot Ancestry
Walloon Ancestry
French Ancestry
Dutch Ancestry
Flemish Ancestry
Residence: 1810 Hampshire, Virginia
Different Name and Spouse:
Catharine treintje Kip (born Dubois), 1740 - 1810
Catharine treintje Kip (born Dubois) was born on month day 1740, at birth place, New York, to Hendrickus or Hendricus DuBois and Rebecca DuBois (born VanWagenen).
Hendrickus was born circa 1736, in Kingston, Ulster, New York.
Rebecca was born in 1748, in of New Platz, Ulster, N. Y..
Catharine was baptized on month day 1740, at baptism place, New York.
She had 19 siblings: Philip Du Dubois, Leah (Nelly) Kierstede (born DuBois) and 17 other siblings.
Catharine married Issac Kip on month day 1762, at age 21 at marriage place.
Issac was born on November 7 1738, in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States.
They had 6 children: Rebecca Westervelt (born Dubois), Elizabeth " Betty" Chipp (born Kip) and 4 other children.
Catharine married Davis Dubois on month day 1762, at age 21 at marriage place, New York.
Davis was born circa 1726, in Kingston, Ulster, N-Yr..
Catharine passed away on month day 1810, at age 69 at death place, New York.
She was buried at New Hackensack Cemetery 1652 NY-376, Wappingers Falls, Dutchess County, New York 12590.
References:
https://www.geni.com/people/Catherine-Miller/6000000051451924264
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9HZ9-DF2
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21588334/catherine-tryntje-dubois
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dubois-1224
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LRKK-DP7/tryntje-catherine-du-bois-1740-1810
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LRKK-DP7
As Catharine treintje Kip (born Dubois), 1740 - 1810
https://www.myheritage.com/names/catharine_dubois
Possible 2nd Husband:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kip-332
https://www.myheritage.com/names/issac_kip
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MZTY-84Y
https://www.geni.com/people/Isaac-Kip/6000000018319846114
Note on Spouse 2:
Some sources say his wife was Catrintie or "Tryntie" Buys. But word is that's a different family who lived in the same area. Catrintie (Catharina) was a very common name in those days. So it's likely she was just confused with her.
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LC7G-YJJ
Pierre <?> DuBois Family Tree
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~rclarke/page1/dubois-p.htm
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Grandy's 5x Great-Grandfather:
My 7x Great-Grandfather:
Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 8x Great-Grandfather:
Hendricus du Bois (1710 - 1780)
Hendricus Salomonse DuBois
Also known as: "Hendericus du Boys", "Hendrikus", "Andries"
Birthdate: December 31, 1710
Birthplace: Kingston, Ulster County, Province of New York
Christened: December 31, 1710 in Kingston, Ulster County, Province of New York
Denomination: (probably) Dutch Reformed Church
Residence: 1775, Libertyville, Ulster County, Province of New York
Military Service: served as an ensign and Captain of the 4th Ulster County Militia at Newburgh, NY during the American Revolution.
Public Service: served as Overseer of the Poor (1751-1752), Constable (1754), and Assessor (1760).
Death: June 6, 1780 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York
Place of Burial: Huguenot Cemetery, New Paltz, Ulster County, New York
Parents:
Solomon DuBois
1669-1759
Tryntje Gerritsen Focken
1669-1759
Family
Spouse:
Jannetje Hoogteeling
1713-1792
Jannetje du Bois
Jannetje Philipse Hoogteeling
Also Known As: "Hooghteeling", "Houghtaling", "Jannetjen"
Birthdate: February 5, 1712
Birthplace: Kingston, Ulster County, Province of New York
Christened: February 15, 1713 in Kingston, Ulster County, Province of New York
Denomination: (probably) Dutch Reformed Church
Date of Marriage: May 6, 1733
Place of Marriage: Kingston, Ulster County, Province of New York
Death: March 30, 1792 in New Paltz, Ulster County, New York
Place of Burial: New Paltz Rural Cemetery, New Paltz, Ulster County, New York
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Phillip Hoogteeling and Jannetje Roosa
See: Hoogteeling (Willemse) Family Line
Children:
1. Philip Dubois 1731–1767
2. Lewis J. Du Bois 1732–
3. Phillipus Hendrickse Du Bois 1734–1767
4. Solomon Hendrickse Du Bois 1736–1784
5. Diana DuBois 1738–1782
6. Catherine Tryntje DuBois 1740–1810
7. Hendricus DuBois 1743–1784
8. Rachel DuBois 1744–
9. Mathusalem Hendrickse Du Bois 1745–1746
10. Leah DuBois 1747–1832
11. Rachel Du Bois 1749–
12. Methusalem L Dubois 1751–1829
About Hendricus du Bois
DAR# A033988
Revolutionary War Veteran
- 4th Regiment, Ulster County, New York Militia (at Newburgh)
Snyder's Regiment of Militia: Active 1776-1783
http://www.americanwars.org/ny-american-revolution/ulster-county-militia-fourth-regiment.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snyder%27s_Regiment_of_Militia
Signer of The Articles of Association 1775
The Articles were signed in New Paltz at the home of Ann DuBois.
The following document was circulated throughout the province of New York in the spring of 1775, in the aftermath of the battles of Lexington and Concord. At New Paltz, a meeting was held of which Nathaniel DuBois was chairman and Joseph Coddington committe clerk. 218 men signed the document; the list below is not a complete one and, despite appearances, it is NOT in alphabetical order, the names of those descended from the New Paltz Patentees of 1677 being listed first, followed by the names of other signers. Families do seem to be grouped together. The names of my own ancestors are in bold.
"Persuaded that the salvation of the rights and liberties of America depends, under God, on the firm union of its inhabitants in a vigorous prosecution of the measures necessary for its safety, and convinced of the necessity of preventing the anarchy and confusion which attend a dissolution of the powers of government, we, the Freemen, Freeholders, and Inhabitants (of the City and County of New York), being greatly alarmed at the avowed design of the ministry to raise a revenue in America, and shocked by the bloody scene now acting in the Massachusetts Bay, do, in the most solemn manner, resolve never to become slaves; and do associate under the ties of religion, honor, and love to our country to adopt and endeavor to carry into execution, whatever measures may be recommended by the Continental Congress, or resolved upon by our Provincial Convention, for the purpose of preserving our Constitution, and opposing the execution of the several arbitrary and oppressive acts of the British Parliament, until a reconciliation between Great Britain and America on constitutional principles (which we most ardently desire) can be obtained; and that we will in all things follow the advice of our General Committee, respecting the purpose aforesaid, the preservation of peace and good order, and the safety of individuals and private property."
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mlbgen/genealogy/articles_1775.html
https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/hhs/id/3007/
According to the Hendricus DuBois Family Papers (1702-1927)
Hendricus DuBois (C-77) [1] was born on August 1, 1710 to Solomon DuBois and Tryntje Gerritsen and baptized at the Reformed Dutch Church at Kingston, NY.
On May 6, 1733 he married Jannetje Hooghteeling, by whom he had nine children. They resided in the hamlet of Libertyville, just west of the village of New Paltz .
Hendricus served as an ensign and Captain of the 4th Ulster County Militia at Newburgh, NY during the American Revolution. Hendricus sided with Conferentia party during the Coetus-Conferentie controversy in the Dutch Reformed Church during the 1750's and 1760's. In 1766, Hendricus, along with members of the Elting, Low, Van Wagnenen, Van Vliet, Ean and Auchmody families, left the Dutch reformed Church at New Paltz and organized the Conferentia Church, or "Owl Church," on Libertyville Road in New Paltz. The church disbanded and rejoined the Reformed Church in 1774. [2] At New Paltz Hendricus served as Overseer of the Poor (1751-1752), Constable (1754), and Assessor (1760). He died on June 6, 1780.
Source: New Paltz Independent 12-13-1895
A few days ago Abm. D. Craig, Superintendent of the New Paltz Rural Cemetery, with the assistance of others, removed the remains of eight persons from the graveyard on the Capt. Jacob M. DuBois place near Libertyville to the New Paltz Cemetery. The oldest grave was that was found was that of Hendricus DuBois, the first occupant of the farm, who died about 1780. His Son Henry, who was also buried there, died a few years later. The graveyard has been in a neglected condition of late years and the old home has tumbled into ruins.
Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Sep 13 2018, 5:01:48 UTC
Hendrikus DuBois House
The Hendrikus DuBois House is located on Albany Post Road near the line between the towns of Gardiner and New Paltz in Ulster County, New York, an area once known as Libertyville.
DuBois served as a captain in the Fourth Regiment of the Ulster County Militia during the American Revolutionary War. He built the house in 1775 on land his grandfather Louis, one of the original Huguenot settlers of the area, had bought from the Esopus Indians.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrikus_DuBois_House
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/156077943312658669/
Sources
↑ Abstracts of Wills Vol IX 1777-1783, pages 267 & 268: Page 329.
↑ Source: #S307993043
↑ Hoes: Page 92
Hoes, Roswell Randall. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (De Vinne Press, 1891)
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/Dutch-Colonies/2000-10/0971628951
Source: S-776494600 Repository: #R-1197358706 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/70847091/family
Source: S307992093 Repository: #R300460982 Loughrans, "Genealogy of the Kiersteds" transcript transcript by Amos Robert Newcombe; original by sons of Helen Mariah Kiersted Schoonmaker Loughran. Call Number: ~/Documents/roles/family-man/Genealogy/research/sources/Transcriptions/Kiersted1.txt Note: Original in repository of Lydia Newcombe. Repository: R300460982 Amos Robert Newcombe Note: Anything in my possession: physically in my house, or on my disk.
Source: S307993043 Repository: #R300461826 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
References:
https://www.geni.com/people/Hendricus-du-Bois/6000000000779314581
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LRKK-V6T
https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&pz=timothy+michael&nz=dowling&p=hendricus&n=dubois
https://www.njgsbc.org/files/familyfiles/p351.htm#i33760
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141189985/hendricus-dubois
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Du_Boys-5
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LRKK-V6T/hendricus-salomonse-dubois-1710-1780
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Grandy's 6x Great-Grandfather:
My 8x Great-Grandfather:
Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 9x Great-Grandfather:
Solomon DuBois (1669 - 1759)
Also Known As: "Soloman", "DuBois"
Birthdate: February 3, 1669
Birthplace: Hurley, Province of New York
Christened: February 3, 1669 in Hurley, Province of New York
Denomination: (probably) Dutch Reformed Church
Military Service: served as a lieutenant in the local militia.
Death: February 15, 1759 in New Paltz, Ulster County, Province of New York
Place of Burial: Poughwoughtenonk, New Paltz Township, Ulster County, New York
Parents:
Louis Du Bois
1622-1697
Catherine Blanchan
1637-1713
Family
Spouse:
Tryntje Gerritsen Focken
1669-1759
Tryntje Gerritsen du Bois
Tryntje Gerritsen Foocken
Also Known As: "Tryntie", "Fochen", "Gerritse", "Foochen", "van Nieuwkirk"
Birthdate: February 3, 1669
Birthplace: Kingston, Ulster County, Province of New York
Christened: March 12, 1669 in Kingston, Ulster County, Province of New York
Denomination: (probably) Dutch Reformed Church
Date of Marriage: ca. March 2, 1688-1692
Place of Marriage: Kingston, Ulster County, Province of New York
Death: 1759 in New Paltz, Ulster County, Province of New York
Place of Burial: [unknown]
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Gerrit Cornelissen Focken and Jacomyntje Cornelise Siecht
See: Focken Family Line
Children:
1. Isaac Solomon Dubois 1691–1729
2. Jacomyntje DuBois 1693–1750
3. Benjamin du Boy DuBois 1697–1767
4. Sarah Solomon Dubois 1698–1759
5. Catharine DuBois 1702–1743
6. Magdalena Dubois 1705–1708
7. Cornelius Du Bois 1707–1781
8. Deborah DuBois 1709–
9. Hendricus DuBois 1710–1780
10. Magdalena Dubois 1713–1759
About Solomon du Bois
Mary Coates Martin, 350 Years of American Ancestors (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1989), p 132, 188-189.
In the name of God, Amen. I, SOLOMON DUBOIS, of Ulster County,, yeoman. I leave to my 4 grand daughters, Catharine, Margaret, Rebecca, and Elizabeth, the children of my eldest son, Isaac Dubois, all my land at Perkieana, in Pennsylvania, late in the possession of my eldest son, Isaac Dubois. But my three youngest grand daughters shall pay to their oldest sister Catharine œ10. I leave to my son, Benjamin Dubois, all my land at Catskill, in Albany County,, and now in his possession, and he is to pay œ100 to my daughters, Sarah, wife of Simon Van Wagenen, Helena, wife of Josiah Eltinge, and to the children of my deceased daughter Catharine, late wife of Peter Low, œ100. I leave to my son Cornelius all my farm, messuages, and lands in Ulster County,, in the Patent granted to my father, Lewis Dubois, being that part adjoining to the New Paltz, and now in his occupation, with the wood land adjoining, bounded north east by the New Paltz, southwest by Jonathan Dubois, deceased, Also 1/2 of all my right in the Patent of New Paltz, and he shall pay œ100 to my daughters and grand children above named. I leave to my son Hendricus all my farm, messuages, and lands in Ulster County, in the Patent granted to my father, Lewis Dubois, commonly called the Ganse plaats [Goose flats], as now in his possession, with the woodland adjoining, bounded northeast by Jonathan Dubois, deceased, southwest by Joseph Hasbrouck, deceased, and by a lot of my son, Harmanus Dubois, and purchased by him from Joseph Dubois, Also 1/2 of my right in the Patent of New Paltz, and he shall pay œ100 to my daughters and grand children mentioned above. I leave to my children and grand children all my part of a parcel of marsh and woodland adjoining in Kingston and Ulster County,. My executors are to sell the same and divide the money among them, to Benjamin, Sarah, and Janetye, widow of Barent Dubois, children of my son, Isaac Dubois, and to the child of my daughter Catharine, deceased, and my sons Cornelius, Hendricus, and my daughter Helena. "My son Cornelius is to pay to my daughters the number of 8 Black cattle, 3 years old, and 8 sheep." All the rest to my children and grand children. "Whereas my daughter Jacomyntie has received from the widow and children of my son Isaac œ100, I make mention of this that they may not seem to be wronged." It is my will that my children and grand children shall remain wholly satisfied with this will. I make my sons Benjamin and Hendricus, and John Eltinge, of Kingston, executors.
Dated June 26, 1756. Witnesses, Noah Eltinge, Lewis J. Dubois, Andries Dubois.
Proved, February 15, 1759.
Possible First Name Spelling Soloman Solomon Dubois was the son of Louis Dubois and Catherine Blanchan Dubois, both French Huguenots who fled France due to religious persecution. Solomon's father founded New Paltz in the Dutch Colony the place where Solomon was born and where he died. Solomon married Tryntje Focken about 1690 and they had several children including Isaac, Leah, Jacomyntje, Catherine and Benjamin.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Sep 13 2018, 5:01:48 UTC
References:
https://www.geni.com/people/Solomon-du-Bois/6000000003103414015
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KND6-L35
https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&pz=timothy+michael&nz=dowling&p=solomon&n=du+bois
https://www.njgsbc.org/files/familyfiles/p353.htm#i15836
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105725962/solomon-dubois
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Du_Bois-16
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KND6-L35/solomon-dubois-1669-1759
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Grandy's 7x Great-Grandfather:
My 9x Great-Grandfather:
Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 10x Great-Grandfather:
Louis Du Bois (1622 - 1697)
Louis Du Bois De Fiennes
Lodewijk ten Bossche, The Patentee
Also Known As: ""Louis the Walloon DuBois"", "Louis DuBois", "Louis du bois", "Louis du Bois", "Louis Du Bois", "Louis DuBois, Sr."
Birthdate: ca. 1622
Birthplace: Wijker, Vlaanderen, Wicres, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Christened: June 17, 1622 at Wijker, Vlaanderen, Wicres, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais,
Denomination: Reformed Church of France (Huguenot) / Dutch Reformed Church
Arrival: Louis, his wife, and and two sons left Mannheim after 20 May 1660, the date of his son Isaac's baptism there, and arrived in New Netherland after 25 December 1660 but before 9 October 1661.
Military Service: In 1663 the Esopus Indians captured DuBois' wife and three children who were eventually rescued three months later. According to legend but unmentioned in the detailed journal of the rescue expedition's commander, his wife, Catherine DuBois, was singing the Psalm 137 about the Babylonian captivity when they were rescued. Louis DuBois was also physically attacked by the Indians, but fought back and survived.
Death: June 23, 1696 in New Paltz, Ulster County, Province of New York
Place of Burial: Huguenot Cemetery, New Paltz, Ulster County, New York
Parents:
Chrétien du Bois
1597-1655
Françoise le Poivre
1599-1647
Family
Spouse:
Catherine Blanchan
1637-1713
Catherine DuBois
Catherine Matthyse Blanchan
Also Known As: "Catherine Blanchin", "Catherine Blanshan", "Catherine Cottin", "Catherine", "Catherine Dubois", "Blançon"
Birthdate: October 17, 1629
Birthplace: Wicres, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France
Denomination: Reformed Church of France (Huguenot) / Dutch Reformed Church
Date of Marriage: October 10, 1655
Place of Marriage: Mannheim, Kurfürstlich rheinische Pfalzgrafschaft (now Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Arrival: Louis, his wife, and and two sons left Mannheim after 20 May 1660, the date of his son Isaac's baptism there, and arrived in New Netherland after 25 December 1660 but before 9 October 1661 aboard the ship St. Jan Baptist.
Event: June 10 1663, Captured by the Indians and held for three months in the Catskills.
Death: October 18, 1713 in New Paltz, Ulster County, Province of New York
Place of Burial: Old Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, Ulster County, New York
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Matthys Blanchan and Madelaine Brissen Jorisse
Children:
1. Abraham Dubois 1656–1656
2. Abraham Du Bois 1657–1731
3. Isaac DuBois 1659–1690
4. Sarah Du Bois 1662–1726
5. David DuBois 1667–1714
6. Solomon DuBois 1669–1759
7. Rebecca du Booys 1671–1681
8. Ragel Du Bois 1675–1685
9. Louis DuBois, Jr. 1677–1749
10. Mattheus Matthew DuBois 1679–1748
11. Magdalena Du Bois 1680–
12. Jacob Du Bois –1745
About Louis Du Bois
Louis Du Bois was a Huguenot Refugee.
Louis Du Bois was a Walloon Immigrant.
Louis du Bois, with two of his sons and nine other Huguenot refugees, founded the town of New Paltz, having obtained a deed from the Esopus Indians in 1667 for 40,000 acres.
Louis DuBois (Huguenot)
Louis DuBois was a Huguenot colonist in New Netherland who, with two of his sons and nine other refugees, founded the town of New Paltz, New York. These Protestant refugees fled Catholic persecution in France, emigrating to the Die Pfalz, the Rhenish Palatinate (in present day Germany), before going to New Netherland where they settled in Wiltwyck (present day Kingston, NY) and Nieuw Dorp, settlements midway between New Amsterdam (present day New York City) and Beverwyck (today known as Albany, New York) before ultimately founding New Paltz.
Louis was the son of Chrétien du Bois and Françoise le Poivre of Wicres, and later Herlies, in Lilloise Flanders, then part of Spanish Netherlands.
The 3rd part of Horton, "The Memory of the Just is Blessed",[1] begins with an extract from a document in the Archives du Nord, and commentary:
"Louis du Bois fils de feu Crestien de stil couturier dem(eurant) à Herlÿ ...at par ceste vendu cede et t(ran)sporte audict Franchois du Bois ... touttes tel part droict et action quil poeut ... avoir des suscessions et hoiries à luy venu ... par les trepas dudict Crestien son père et de Franchoise le Poivre sa mere ..." (2E3/3572-110 (August 12, 1643)).
On this day in 1643, our future Patentee sold his interest in his parents’ estate to his uncle "Franchois du Bois fils de feu Anthoine dem(eurant) à Wicre" (for 3,600 livres parisis). Ibid. Although he was already a 'dressmaker' by profession ("de still couturier"), he would have been on that date, according to our tradition, aged merely 16 years. The reader is justifiably struck by the singularity of this professional status and contractual capacity at such a tender age. There is no suggestion of record, for example, that he was operating under any tutelage or guardianship in this sale of his birthright. Nor does it indicate that Louis was merely a couturier’s “apprentice” or the like. When presented with the new evidence from Lille, readers will likely agree that American traditions regarding the birthdates of the three known Huguenot children of Chrétien du Bois — Louis, Françoise, and Jacques — should be revisited, and, perhaps, accordingly revised.
The article demonstrates convincingly that the christening recorded 21 Oct 1626 at Wicres refers to Toussaint du Bois, not his brother Louis. Louis du Bois and his (apparent twin) brother Antoine were christened at Wicres 17 Jun 1622. Louis and Antoine appear to have been named after their paternal grandfather and great-grandfather.
Louis fled persecution in France to Mannheim, Germany before 1650. Louis married Catherine Blanchan in Mannheim, Germany on October 10, 1655.
The DuBoises eventually moved to Kingston, New York within New Netherland around 1660, then to Hurley, New York. In 1663 the Esopus Indians captured DuBois' wife and three children who were eventually rescued three months later. According to legend but unmentioned in the detailed journal of the rescue expedition's commander, his wife, Catherine DuBois, was singing the Psalm 137 about the Babylonian captivity when they were rescued. Louis DuBois was also physically attacked by the Indians, but fought back and survived.[2][3]
DuBois and the others bought a 40,000 tract of land from the Esopus Indians in 1677. The tract, known in 17th-century colonial New York as a "patent," stretched from the Hudson River to the Shawangunk Mountains. DuBois was one of eleven men to begin settling on a rise over the Wallkill River, in the center of the patent, in 1678.[4] Louis DuBois served as one of the original elders in New Paltz's French Reformed Church, which is still in existence today.[5]
The Esopus Wars
On June 10 1663, Hurley and part of Kingston were burned by the Indians. The wife of Louis DuBois and three of their children were among those who were captured. Three months after the capture, an expedition under Captain Krieger was sent from New York to recover the captives from the Indian fort near the Hogabergh in Shawangunk.
"The Story", of the rescue of the Indian captives, which is dear to the Huguenot heart of New Paltz says; when Captain Krieger and his company attacked the savages at their place of refuge near the Shawangunk Kill, the Indians were about to burn one or more captives at the stake, the women began singing the 137th Psalm, which so pleased the red men that they deferred the proposed death by torture.
Captain Krieger's band, with Louis DuBois and others, arrived and rescued the captives from a horrible death.
Louis DuBois is reported to have killed with his sword an Indian, who was in advance of the rest, before the alarm could be raised. Captain Krieger's report says nothing of this. However, as the tradition contains nothing irreconcilable with the Captain's report which deals mainly with the fighting done by his soldiers, it is interesting to keep the tradition alive as it deals more upon the condition of the captives.
The papers relating to the Paltz Patent are among the most cherished possessions of the Huguenot Historical Society of New Paltz, Ulster County, New York. They are written in Dutch and present a unique example of fair dealing between red men and white.
In the early years, DuBois and his fellow patentees governed the land communally. In 1728, the surviving patentees and their descendants created a more formal form a government called "The Twelve Men" (later known as the Duzine). This body consisted of one elected representative for each patentee families. Membership was restricted to their descendants through either male or female lines. To this date, some of the DuBois land is still owned by the family descendants. In 1785, the New York State Legislature confirmed the actions of this body. Although a standard form of town government was established in the late 18th century, the Duzine existed in at least ceremonial form into the 19th century. In the later years of the Duzine, the members were consumed with lawsuits defending the boundaries of the New Paltz patent. At one time, the Duzine hired Aaron Burr to represent them in such a lawsuit.
Louis himself eventually returned to Wiltwyck, by then known as Kingston, where he died prior to his will entering probate on June 23, 1696.[6] His widow remarried, and in her will freed two of her slaves.
The original settlement of Louis DuBois and his fellow patentees survives today as Historic Huguenot Street, a National Historic Landmark District. The site includes the DuBois Fort, a colonial stone house built by one of Louis' sons.
Several prominent Americans figure among Chretien du Bois' descendants, including former governor of Massachusetts William Floyd Weld, actor Marlon Brando, Jr., painter Mary Cassatt, journalist Maria Shriver (wife of California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger), Samuel Walton (founder of Walmart), General George Smith Patton III (my childhood hero) and film director George Lucas.
W.E.B. Du Bois is said to be grandson of a loyalist descendant of Louis DuBois' brother who left for the West Indies. Most DuBois descendants supported the revolution, though, and now, descendants of the family's "French father" can be found in every state of the union.
Biography
Louis Du Bois was a Huguenot emigrant (1540-1790).
Louis du Bois was born in Wicres, France to Chrétien du Bois and his wife Françoise (le Poivre) du Bois on 17 June 1622.[1][2] Chrétien moved his Protestant family from Wicres to Herlies after their son Toussaint was baptized in Wicres on 21 October 1626.[3] The villages are very close.[4] Louis, along with other Huguenot refugees, later moved to Mannheim on the Rhine River (near modern-day Heidelberg, Germany). This area, Kurfürstlich rheinische Pfalzgrafschaft [5] (now Baden-Württemberg, Germany), was called die Pfalz. [6]
Louis married another French Huguenot, Catherine Blanchan, on 10 October 1655 at the French Protestant Church at Mannheim.[7][8] They emigrated to America about 1660, settling in the Kingston-Hurley area.[2]
Louis du Bois, with two of his sons and nine other Huguenot refugees, founded the town of New Paltz, having obtained a deed from the Esopus Indians in 1667 for 40,000 acres.[2] The patentees were Louis du Bois, his sons Abraham and Isaac, his brother-in-law Antoine Crespel, Christian Deyo and his son Pierre Deyo, the brothers Abraham and Jean Hasbrouck, the brothers Andre and Simon LeFever, Hugo Freer and Louis Bevier.[9] The government of the patent was entrusted to the care of twelve trustees known colloquially as 'the Duzine'.[2]
NEW PALTZ
IN MEMORY OF
THE PATENTEES OF NEW PALTZ, N.Y.
They purchased from the Indians the land
Afterward granted by Gov. Andros, 1677
Louis, Abraham, and Isaac Du Bois - Louis Bevier
Christian and Pierre Deyo - Jean and Abraham Hasbrouck -
Simon and Andre Le Fevre - Hugo Frere-Anthoine Crispel
Louis du Bois died on 23 June 1696[7] and was buried at Esopus (Kingston), Ulster County, New York on 13 July 1696.[10][1]
References:
https://www.geni.com/people/Louis-The-Walloon-DuBois/6000000006168775363
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_DuBois_(Huguenot)
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G7RN-19R
https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&pz=timothy+michael&nz=dowling&p=louis&n=du+bois
https://www.njgsbc.org/files/familyfiles/p354.htm#i15822
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8039531/louis-dubois
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Du_Bois-14
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/14325561?h=ec2477&o_xid=61782&o_lid=61782&o_sch=Email+Programs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Paltz_(village),_New_York#History
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L56P-B7Q/louis-du-bois-1626-1696
Louis Du Bois and the Blanchan and Crispel Families
http://www.watermelon-kid.com/family/bios/dubois.htm
The Esopus Wars
https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2013/12/forgotton-history-the-esopus-wars/
https://www.geni.com/people/Catherine-DuBois/6000000003096865306
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Grandy's 8x Great-Grandfather:
My 10x Great-Grandfather:
Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 11x Great-Grandfather:
Chrétien du Bois (1597 - 1655)
Chrétien du Bois de Fiennes
Also Known As: "Christian", "Chrétien DuBois", "Corstiaen", "Christaesne", "Christophe". "Noel", "Noue", "Cristoff", "Crijin", "Cretien", "Gristyn", "Guislain"
Birthdate: ca. 1597
Birthplace: Wicres, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Denomination: Reformed Church of France (Huguenot)
Occupation: Linen Merchant
Parents:
Antoine Louis du Bois
1560-1619
Anne Cousin
1562-1647
Family
Spouse:
Françoise le Poivre
1599-1647
Françoise du Bois
Also Known As: "not Cornelia de Tournay", "Jeanne Masic", "Jeanne Marie", "comtesse Brunel"
Birthdate: March 27, 1599
Birthplace: Herlies, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais Picardie, France
Denomination: Reformed Church of France (Huguenot)
Date of Marriage: ca. 1620
Place of Marriage: Herlies, Herlÿ, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Death: 1647 in Herlies, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais Picardie, France
Place of Burial: Wicres, La Basse, Artois, France
Death: ca. 1653 in Wicres, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Jean le Poivre and Marguerite Bocquet
Children:
1. Antoine du Bois 1622–1716
2. Louis Du Bois 1622–1697
3. Antoine DuBois 1622–
4. Philippe du Bois 1625–
5. Anne du Bois 1625–1643
6. Catherine du Bois 1626–1626
7. Toussaint du Bois 1626–
8. Marie du Bois 1627–
9. Jacques du Bois 1628–1676
10. Françoise du Bois 1632–1695
About Chrétien du Bois
Chrétien du Bois was a Huguenot Refugee.
(Possibly the first in the line to convert to Calvinism)
Chrétien Du Bois, a Huguenot gentilhomme of French Flanders, lived at Wicres, near Lille, the largest city in Northern France. The leading family of the name in that vicinity, and that to which he evidently belonged, was that of the Du Bois, Seigneurs de Beaufermez, and de Bourse, two old family estates. Two sons of Chrétien decided successively to come over to the New Netherlands, after having escaped religious persecution, the first, Louis, at Mannheim, on the Rhine, the second, Jacques, at Leyden, in the Protestant Netherlands. Louis embarked in 1660, with his wife and two sons, for New Amsterdam, and settled first at Wiltwyck, in the Æsopus country (now Kingston). He lived thirty-six years in his adopted land, and left seven sons to keep up the name. Jacques came over in 1675 only, died a year later, leaving only three sons. He had settled at Fishkill.
Chretien DuBois (no relation to Chretien Maxmillan) was a successful middle class linen merchant in Wicres and Herlies. Inherited various official positions from his father. He was a Huguenot gentleman of the family of DuBois, Seigneurs de Beaufermez and de Bourse, having an estate at Wires in La Bassee, near Lille, in French Flanders, now Art
Because of Chretien DuBois' identification with the Huguenot faith, an attemp was made to obliterate the public records of the family and to destroy all evidence of his connection with the nobility of France.
The non-toleration of the Reformed Faith in Artois, as well as the entire country of France, induced Chretien's children to abandon their home, and Louis went to Mannheim while Jacques and Francoise went to Leyden. In Leyden, Jacques became a manufacturer of lace silks, and cloth.
Chrétien du Bois (1597-1655) was a French official in the Comté (Count) of Coupigny. (variant names Corstiaen (Christaesne, Christophe. Noel, Noue, Cristoff, Crijin, Cretien, Gristyn, Guislain) Many languages were spoken in the region, Old French (Flemish-French), Dutch, German, and Corsican since Flanders area was part of the Spanish Netherlands.
He was the father of three Protestant French-speaking immigrants to colonial New York. One of these, Louis Dubois, was among the founders of New Paltz, New York, in the late 1600s.
Chretien du Bois was the son of Antoine du Bois and Anne Cousin, and was married to Françoise le Poivre.
Chretien du Bois lived in the village of Wicres, outside of Lille. Documents from the Archives Départementales de Lille indicate he was bailli, lieutenant, greffier & receveur of the Comté of Coupigny. He died sometime after 1641.
Between 1425 and 1550, we have little information about Annequin and his lords. We can just quote them. The son of Philip, John II of the Bos lived 71 years (1425-1496). Then Jean III du Bos succeeded him until 1501. Anne du Bos then benefited from the lordship until his death in 1516. It is then his son Antoine du Bos (said Antoine de Fiennes) who is the owner until 1537. Finally, Charles du Bois became the lord until 1550, and Eustache de Fiennes succeeded him. If the sources remain meager, they allow however to know a little more about Eustache de Fiennes. This lord of Annequin is also Count of Chaumont, Viscount of Fruges, Baron of Elnes, and Lord of Esquerdes. Converted to Calvinism, he takes part in the troubles that shake the Artois remained Catholic in the last third of the sixteenth century. He is one of the Protestant leaders who support the Prince of Orange against Spain (Catholic) who administers our region by inheritance from Charles V. In 1577, Eustache de Fiennes was even the leader of the Orange party in Saint - Omer, and in 1578 he participated in the Calvinist attempts to seize power in Arras. Unfortunately for him, this project is a failure and leads him, in 1585, before the Council of Disturbances, which condemned him to banishment and confiscation of his property, including the lordship of Annequin. He died in 1596, and his son Guislain sold the lordship ten years later, to Maximilien du Chastel.
One source has his parents as:
Marquis Jacques Louis Wallerand du Bois
1558–1562
Madeleine Renée de Croix
1565–1626
Marriage: 1583, Wicres, Wijker, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
A connection to the du Bois de Fiennes family is refuted below. But an older connection to the du Bois de Fiennes family of Louis du Bois (1535-1602) cannot be excluded. In the 1550-s , commoners could not become clerks.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chretien du Bois was the son of Antoine du Bois and Anne Cousin, and was married to Françoise le Poivre.
Chretien du Bois was the father of three protestant French-speaking immigrants to colonial New York.[1] One of these, Louis Dubois, was among the founders of New Paltz, New York, in the late 1600s.
notes
http://www.geni.com/discussions/151983 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chretien_DuBois
Please see this article on fake decent for Chretien du Bois at http://www.genealogymagazine.com/watoutforfak.html
The DuBois family of New Paltz, NY are descendants of Chretien DuBois(b.ca1590) and his wife Francoise le Poivre. He was a prosperous middle class linen merchant and devout protestant from the village of Wicres, outside of Lille. In 1659 the area was handed over by the Catholic Spanish Netherlands to the Catholic regime of Louis XIV, who imposed high taxes on the middle classes and cruelly persecuted the Protestant (Huguenot) dissidents.
Chretien was the father of seven children: Francoise (b.1622), Anne(b.1624), Louis (b.1626-d.1696), Jacques (b.1628-d.1676), Antoine, Philippe and Toussaint
Resentful of high taxes and fearful of religious persecution, Francoise and Jacques settled in Leyden, Holland. Meanwhile, Louis along with other Huguenot refugees moved to Mannheim, Germany (near Heidelberg) on the Rhine River. This area was called die Pfalz (hence the origin later of the village name of New Paltz).
While in Germany, Louis DuBois married another French Huguenot, Catherine Blanchan in 1655. They emigrated to America in 1660 and traveled ninety miles up the Hudson River to a small community in the Kingston - Hurley area where he obtained a land grant in 1663.
Francoise, and her husband Pierre Billiou also emigrated in 1661, settling in Staten Island, NY. Fourteen years later Jacques and his wife, Pierrone Bentyn arrived in Kingston.
In the 1660's during the "Esopus Wars", there were many hostile incidents between white settlers and the Esopus Indians. During these times in 1663 a raid killed 21 people and Catherine Blanchan DuBois and her three children were carried off and held captive for three months before being rescued by a contingent of Dutch soldiers. During this expedition to rescue his wife tradition has it that Louis DuBois discovered the beautiful Walkill valley which became his new home.
Jacques children spread across the Hudson River and helped to establish Fishkill and Poughkeepsie. The children of Louis married the offspring of other patentees of New Paltz which gradually grew into a small self governing village. One daughter, Sarah, married a Van Meter and moved to New Jersey and then farther south. This branch of DuBoises helped open the way west and contributed to the settling of Kentucky and West Virginia.
The DuBoises, and other Huguenot families of New Paltz, were slave owners. Louis purchased two slaves at public auction in Kingston 1674. The 1755 census shows Solomon DuBois as owning seven slaves.
The DuBois family takes some small comfort that Catherine DuBois Cottin (Louis DuBois widow) made specific mention in her 1712 will that a manumission letter written for her slave girl Rachel in 1709 shall "remain in force and be properly observed".
Perhaps another counter balance to that history is that W.E.B. DuBois, a founding director of the NAACP and editor of The Crisis from 1910-1934, dedicates his autobiography to his great grandfather Dr. James DuBois, a physician in Poughkeepsie, who he claims is descended from Jacques in the fifth generation. DuBois in his nineties, discouraged by the inability of capitalism to bring the highest welfare to its people, believed in communism.
Other famous branches of the family tree: General George Patton, artist Mary Cassatt, actor Marlon Brando, actress Joan Crawford and Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart.
http://www.dbfa.org/family_history.htm
Chretien du Bois was the father of three protestant French-speaking immigrants to colonial New York.[1] One of these, Louis Dubois, was among the founders of New Paltz, New York, in the late 1600s. Chretien du Bois was the son of Antoine du Bois and Anne Cousin, and was married to Françoise le Poivre.[2] Chretien du Bois lived in the village of Wicres, outside of Lille. Documents from the Archives Départementales de Lille indicate he was bailli, lieutenant, greffier & receveur of the Comté of Coupigny. He died sometime after 1641. Internet pages frequently—and incorrectly—claim that Chretien du Bois' wife was named "Cornelia." This claim was first made by researcher Matthew Hilt Murphy in a 1980 presentation later re-printed in William Heidgerd, "The American Descendants of Chretien Dubois of Wicres, France." Murphy referenced a 1646 item in the church records of Middlebourg, Zeeland referring to "Bois/Cornelia du/vefve de Jen de Chrestien, native de Tournay." Murphy, who apparently was not familiar with the French custom of referring to women in documents by their maiden names throughout their lives, misinterpreted this as a reference to a woman who had married (1) Jean du Bois and (2) Chretien DuBois. In fact, the record refers to a woman whose maiden name was "Cornelia du Bois", who was the widow of "Jean de Chrestien." There is no basis to associate her with Chretien du Bois of Wicres. Chretien du Bois is of particular interest to American genealogists, both because of the notability of his descendants and because several different -- and inaccurate -- versions of noble ancestry have been claimed for him.[1] Several prominent Americans figure among Chretien du Bois' descendants, including former governor of Massachusetts William Floyd Weld[3], actor Marlon Brando, Jr.,[4] painter Mary Cassatt[5], journalist Maria Owings Shriver (wife of California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger), Samuel Walton, General George Smith Patton III[6] and film director George Lucas. W.E.B. Dubois is also said to be a descendant.
Chre'tien DU BOIS was born about 1590 to 1600, probably at Wicres, France.
His children, apparently all baptized at Lille, parish church of Wicres, were:
Francoise, born 17 June 1622, married Pierre Billiou; Anne, baptized 30 November 1625 at Lille, parish church of Wicres; Louis, baptized on 13 November 1626 at Lille, parish church of Wicres, married Catherine Blanchan at Mannheim, in the Pfalz, German Palatinate on 10 October 1655; and Jacques, baptized on 27 October 1628 at Reformation Church of Lille, parish church of Wicres, married Pierrone Bentyn at the Walloon Church at Leyden on 25 April 1663, and had eight children. ch at Wicres. Both emigrated to America and settled near Esopus, now Kingston, N.Y." 1725 -------------------- "The father of Louis Du Bois, as before remarked, was Chetien Du Bois. He is designated in the record of his son's mariage, at Manheim, October 10th, 1655, as the deceased Chretien Du Bois, resident of Wicres. The records of this latter place have been examined, and I regret to say that, from age and bad ink and mutilation, the register is almost illegible. The baptismal record shows that Chretien Du Bois had three children baptized at Wicres. The dates made out are the 18th June, 1622, the 13th November, 1625, and the 21st October, 1626. The names are illegible, and seem to have been intentionally obliterated. These researches were made by archivists under the direction of the consul for the United State at Lille, Mons. C. Du Bois Gregoire. In his letter of 15th July, 1875, he writes that he had visited the canton of La Bassee several times, where there are very old records, but could make nothing out, as, where the Christian names occurred, the paper was torn or cut out. He further states that the registers in the village of Wicres were also in many places illegible from age, bad ink, and from being torn and worm-eaten. He says Wicres has a population of three hundred inhabitants, and that many farmers in the vicinity had pointed out to him the farm which the tradition of the country recognizes to have belonged to the Du Bois." 1745
"In a subsequent letter of the 2d August (this month), he writes (I translate his language): 'It is extremely vexatious that the poor old register of Wicres should be in such a sad condition, and that the paper should be torn at the spot of the Christian names of the eldest sons of Chretien.' From the names of the sponsors, he thinks that Jacques and Louis were the 'fils aines,' the two oldest sons of Chretien. He adds: 'My inmost conviction is that they are brothers, and sons of Chretien.' The copy he sends of the extract fromt he registers of the Etat Civil de Wicres is in English, as follows: - The xvii. June, was baptized (the paper he parenthesises is torn at the spot of the Christian name) Du Bois, son of Chretien. Godfather, Laurent Du Bois; Godmother, Heleine de Beaussart; (1622).
The xiii, November, was baptized (in parenthesis - the christian name is torn out) Du Bois, son of Chretien. Godfather, Jacques Du Bois, and Godmother, Rogeau (1625).
The xxi. October, was baptized To____ (the rest illegible or town out, he does not say which, but put in parenthesis [probably Toussaint] Du Bois, son of Chretien. Godfather, Franchois Du Bois (so pronounced), and Godmother, catherine de Marsy (1626). I would here remark that the To resembles Lo as much as To, and possibly many have been Louis, and the archivist thinking he made out Touis, knew of no French name like it but Toussaint. It is certain that Chretien had a son Louis, and that he was born in October, 1626. A previous record sent us by M. Du Bois Gregoire, as furnished him by the archivist, states that Crhetien Du Bois and his wife had a child, Louis Du Bois, born the 28th October, 1626. The baptism just referred to is on the 21st October, 1626, of a son of Chretient, of whose name only the first two letters are extant. The explanation of the inconsistency, as reported, of a child that was born the 28th of the month, baptized the 21st of the month, is very simple. The Roman numberals, and not the Arabic, are ussed: xxviii. represents the birth as given, and xxi. the baptism as above given; but a previous letter gave the baptism of this child (with no name and no letters, T.O. or L.O., for a part of the name) as occurring October xxvii. (27th), 1626. This date, which lacks but the Roman numberl i. added to the vii. to make it correspond with the birth, is no doubt nearer the true date, and identifies the child with Louis. It was at that time an every-day occurrence to baptize a child on the day of its birth, or the day after. And in such old records where the writing is scarcely decipherable, the exact birthday of the month, or the actual baptismal day of the month, represented by Roman numerals, may not be correctly made out in these extracts." 1745
"There are some uncertainties regarding early lineage in this family as indicated in the follow "Report of European Research of Reverend W. Twyman Williams, Minister of College Church, Hampden-Sydney, Virginia, dated 13 December 1935:
"Mr. Williams pointed out errors in Mackenzie's Colonial Families of the United States of America, IV, duBois, because of lack of conciliation in generation dates, such as placing Louis DuBois, born 21 October 1626, as the son of Chretien Maxmillan des Finnes. In the Dictionarie de la Noblesse by La Chesnay, Desbois and Baider, a standard work on the French nobility, Chretien Maxmilien du Bois de Finnes was listed in Vol. VIII and recorded as 'Captain in the Regiment of his father, died 1747 ages 21 without issue'. His father was Charles Maxmilien (1701-1750); his grandfather, Maximilien Francois (1669-1714); his great-grandfather, Maximilien, who married 1662 Catherine Cecile de Guernonval; and his great-great-grandfather, Marc, who married 1624 Madeleine d-Ognies. Obviously, if Louis duBois' father, Chretien, were of this line, he could not belong to a later generation than of Marc du Bois de Fiennes, who was son of Guislain, son of Eustace, son of Charles du Bois and Claude de Lannoy. A record of the children of the last three named seems conclusive that Chretien du Bois was not of this line at all.
"This incorrect pedigree had been secured by Mrs. Anna Louise Thompson of Geneva, Illinois, since deceased, from a French genealogist, who perpetrated upon her an outrageous fraud, namely copying these generations from the Dictionarie and omitting all dates to conceal his ridiculous identification of Chretien du Bois, father of Louis, the emigrant, with Chretien Maximilien du Bois de Fiennes (1726-1747).
"Mr. S. Gordon Smythe called attention to a statement in E. de Valcourt-Vermont's America Heraldica that Chretien du Bois of Wicres, a village near Lille, belonged to the family of DuBois who were Seigneurs of La Bourse and Beaufermez, two old family estates in the vicinity of Lille.
"Mr. Williams found an Antoine du Bois, of the DuBois de Fiennes family, but in a cadet branch founded the latter part of the fourteenth century, who was Seigneur de la Bourse, as his ancestors had been for five or six generations, and who became Seigneur de Beaufermez by his marriage to Philipotte de Landas, Dame de Beaufermez.
"Wallerand du Bois, son of Antoine and Philipotte du Bois, first of his line to be by inheritance Seigneur both of La Bourse and of Beaufermez, married 1583, Madelein de Croix. Wallerand and Madeleine du Bois thus lived at the right place and the right time to have been the parents of Chretien du Bois, father of Louis, the emigrant to New York. For since the Parish Register of La Bassee (in which Wicres is situated) shows that Chretien du Bois had at least two sons older than Louis, who was born in 1626, Chretien could not have been born much later than 1600 at latest, not too late for the birth of a son to parents married in 1583.
The following was written by George Washington DuBois, D.D. (1822-1910) who was of Keeseville, Essex County, New York at the time of his death:
"Chretien du Bois of Wicres in Artois, Pas de Calais, France, was born in 1597 and died prior to 10 October 1655. Owing to the systematic mutilation of the records of Huguenot families of the nobility, neither his parentage nor issue can be definitely proved. ... From records in the Netherlands, where many Huguenots gained sanctuary, it is certain that Louis and Jacque s, both Walloons, were sons of Chretien du Bois.
Chretien du Bois was the father of three protestant French-speaking immigrants to colonial New York.[1] One of these, Louis Dubois, was among the founders of New Paltz, New York, in the late 1600s. Chretien du Bois was the son of Antoine du Bois and Anne Cousin, and was married to Françoise le Poivre.[2] Chretien du Bois lived in the village of Wicres, outside of Lille. Documents from the Archives Départementales de Lille indicate he was bailli, lieutenant, greffier & receveur of the Comté of Coupigny. He died sometime after 1641. Internet pages frequently—and incorrectly—claim that Chretien du Bois' wife was named "Cornelia." This claim was first made by researcher Matthew Hilt Murphy in a 1980 presentation later re-printed in William Heidgerd, "The American Descendants of Chretien Dubois of Wicres, France." Murphy referenced a 1646 item in the church records of Middlebourg, Zeeland referring to "Bois/Cornelia du/vefve de Jen de Chrestien, native de Tournay." Murphy, who apparently was not familiar with the French custom of referring to women in documents by their maiden names throughout their lives, misinterpreted this as a reference to a woman who had married (1) Jean du Bois and (2) Chretien DuBois. In fact, the record refers to a woman whose maiden name was "Cornelia du Bois", who was the widow of "Jean de Chrestien." There is no basis to associate her with Chretien du Bois of Wicres. Chretien du Bois is of particular interest to American genealogists, both because of the notability of his descendants and because several different -- and inaccurate -- versions of noble ancestry have been claimed for him.[1] Several prominent Americans figure among Chretien du Bois' descendants, including former governor of Massachusetts William Floyd Weld[3], actor Marlon Brando, Jr.,[4] painter Mary Cassatt[5], journalist Maria Owings Shriver (wife of California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger), Samuel Walton, General George Smith Patton III[6] and film director George Lucas. W.E.B. Dubois is also said to be a descendant.
Chre'tien DU BOIS was born about 1590 to 1600, probably at Wicres, France.
His children, apparently all baptized at Lille, parish church of Wicres, were:
Francoise, born 17 June 1622, married Pierre Billiou;
Anne, baptized 30 November 1625 at Lille, parish church of Wicres;
Louis, baptized on 13 November 1626 at Lille, parish church of Wicres, married Catherine Blanchan at Mannheim, in the Pfalz, German Palatinate on 10 October 1655; and
Jacques, baptized on 27 October 1628 at Reformation Church of Lille, parish church of Wicres, married Pierrone Bentyn at the Walloon Church at Leyden on 25 April 1663, and had eight children.
ch at Wicres. Both emigrated to America and settled near Esopus, now Kingston, N.Y." 1725
"The father of Louis Du Bois, as before remarked, was Chetien Du Bois. He is designated in the record of his son's mariage, at Manheim, October 10th, 1655, as the deceased Chretien Du Bois, resident of Wicres. The records of this latter place have been examined, and I regret to say that, from age and bad ink and mutilation, the register is almost illegible. The baptismal record shows that Chretien Du Bois had three children baptized at Wicres. The dates made out are the 18th June, 1622, the 13th November, 1625, and the 21st October, 1626. The names are illegible, and seem to have been intentionally obliterated. These researches were made by archivists under the direction of the consul for the United State at Lille, Mons. C. Du Bois Gregoire. In his letter of 15th July, 1875, he writes that he had visited the canton of La Bassee several times, where there are very old records, but could make nothing out, as, where the Christian names occurred, the paper was torn or cut out. He further states that the registers in the village of Wicres were also in many places illegible from age, bad ink, and from being torn and worm-eaten. He says Wicres has a population of three hundred inhabitants, and that many farmers in the vicinity had pointed out to him the farm which the tradition of the country recognizes to have belonged to the Du Bois." 1745
"In a subsequent letter of the 2d August (this month), he writes (I translate his language): 'It is extremely vexatious that the poor old register of Wicres should be in such a sad condition, and that the paper should be torn at the spot of the Christian names of the eldest sons of Chretien.' From the names of the sponsors, he thinks that Jacques and Louis were the 'fils aines,' the two oldest sons of Chretien. He adds: 'My inmost conviction is that they are brothers, and sons of Chretien.' The copy he sends of the extract fromt he registers of the Etat Civil de Wicres is in English, as follows: - The xvii. June, was baptized (the paper he parenthesises is torn at the spot of the Christian name) Du Bois, son of Chretien. Godfather, Laurent Du Bois; Godmother, Heleine de Beaussart; (1622).
The xiii, November, was baptized (in parenthesis - the christian name is torn out) Du Bois, son of Chretien. Godfather, Jacques Du Bois, and Godmother, Rogeau (1625).
The xxi. October, was baptized To____ (the rest illegible or town out, he does not say which, but put in parenthesis [probably Toussaint] Du Bois, son of Chretien. Godfather, Franchois Du Bois (so pronounced), and Godmother, catherine de Marsy (1626). I would here remark that the To resembles Lo as much as To, and possibly many have been Louis, and the archivist thinking he made out Touis, knew of no French name like it but Toussaint. It is certain that Chretien had a son Louis, and that he was born in October, 1626. A previous record sent us by M. Du Bois Gregoire, as furnished him by the archivist, states that Crhetien Du Bois and his wife had a child, Louis Du Bois, born the 28th October, 1626. The baptism just referred to is on the 21st October, 1626, of a son of Chretient, of whose name only the first two letters are extant. The explanation of the inconsistency, as reported, of a child that was born the 28th of the month, baptized the 21st of the month, is very simple. The Roman numberals, and not the Arabic, are ussed: xxviii. represents the birth as given, and xxi. the baptism as above given; but a previous letter gave the baptism of this child (with no name and no letters, T.O. or L.O., for a part of the name) as occurring October xxvii. (27th), 1626. This date, which lacks but the Roman numberl i. added to the vii. to make it correspond with the birth, is no doubt nearer the true date, and identifies the child with Louis. It was at that time an every-day occurrence to baptize a child on the day of its birth, or the day after. And in such old records where the writing is scarcely decipherable, the exact birthday of the month, or the actual baptismal day of the month, represented by Roman numerals, may not be correctly made out in these extracts." 1745
"There are some uncertainties regarding early lineage in this family as indicated in the follow "Report of European Research of Reverend W. Twyman Williams, Minister of College Church, Hampden-Sydney, Virginia, dated 13 December 1935:
"Mr. Williams pointed out errors in Mackenzie's Colonial Families of the United States of America, IV, duBois, because of lack of conciliation in generation dates, such as placing Louis DuBois, born 21 October 1626, as the son of Chretien Maxmillan des Finnes. In the Dictionarie de la Noblesse by La Chesnay, Desbois and Baider, a standard work on the French nobility, Chretien Maxmilien du Bois de Finnes was listed in Vol. VIII and recorded as 'Captain in the Regiment of his father, died 1747 ages 21 without issue'. His father was Charles Maxmilien (1701-1750); his grandfather, Maximilien Francois (1669-1714); his great-grandfather, Maximilien, who married 1662 Catherine Cecile de Guernonval; and his great-great-grandfather, Marc, who married 1624 Madeleine d-Ognies. Obviously, if Louis duBois' father, Chretien, were of this line, he could not belong to a later generation than of Marc du Bois de Fiennes, who was son of Guislain, son of Eustace, son of Charles du Bois and Claude de Lannoy. A record of the children of the last three named seems conclusive that Chretien du Bois was not of this line at all.
"This incorrect pedigree had been secured by Mrs. Anna Louise Thompson of Geneva, Illinois, since deceased, from a French genealogist, who perpetrated upon her an outrageous fraud, namely copying these generations from the Dictionarie and omitting all dates to conceal his ridiculous identification of Chretien du Bois, father of Louis, the emigrant, with Chretien Maximilien du Bois de Fiennes (1726-1747).
"Mr. S. Gordon Smythe called attention to a statement in E. de Valcourt-Vermont's America Heraldica that Chretien du Bois of Wicres, a village near Lille, belonged to the family of DuBois who were Seigneurs of La Bourse and Beaufermez, two old family estates in the vicinity of Lille.
"Mr. Williams found an Antoine du Bois, of the DuBois de Fiennes family, but in a cadet branch founded the latter part of the fourteenth century, who was Seigneur de la Bourse, as his ancestors had been for five or six generations, and who became Seigneur de Beaufermez by his marriage to Philipotte de Landas, Dame de Beaufermez.
"Wallerand du Bois, son of Antoine and Philipotte du Bois, first of his line to be by inheritance Seigneur both of La Bourse and of Beaufermez, married 1583, Madelein de Croix. Wallerand and Madeleine du Bois thus lived at the right place and the right time to have been the parents of Chretien du Bois, father of Louis, the emigrant to New York. For since the Parish Register of La Bassee (in which Wicres is situated) shows that Chretien du Bois had at least two sons older than Louis, who was born in 1626, Chretien could not have been born much later than 1600 at latest, not too late for the birth of a son to parents married in 1583.
"A later report of the Reverend Mr. W. Twyman Williams dated 24 July 1937 states:
"A communication from Monsieur J. S. Willems-Le Clercq of Brussels, an accredited genealogist of the Institute, gives only negative values of proving that the wanted records were NOT to be found in the church registers of Leyden. The genealogist wrote that he had examined the Cambrai Historical Society's publications, in which are genealogies of families resident at or near Wicres and known to have inter-married with the du Bois of that locality, and also the state archives at Gand, where in the 17th century were kept records of the court within the jurisdiction of which Wicres then belonged.
"In the data thus far received there were several items of positive value, corroborating, so far as they go, Mr. Williams' conclusion that our ancestor, Chretien du Bois of Wicres, was a son of Wallerand du Bois who married 1583 Madeleine de Croix.
"First: the estate of Beaufermez, of which Wallerand du Bois was Seigneur, is proved to have been situated at Wicres. The value of this item is apparent in connection with the hitherto unsupported statement of America Heraldica that Beaufermez was one of the estates possessed by the ancestors of Chretien du Bois.
"Second: the family to which Madeleine de Croix belonged also had estates in the commune of Wicres.
"Third: estates at Wicres owned by several du Bois and by 'the Seigneur of Beaufermez (Bauffremez)' adjoined estates of the family Billau (Bilyou), one of whom is known to have married a daughter of Chretien du Bois. We have a record of this marriage in Leyden, and in New York a record mentioning Louis DuBois as uncle of a daughter of this marriage."
The following was written by George Washington DuBois, D.D. (1822-1910) who was of Keeseville, Essex County, New York at the time of his death:
"Chretien du Bois of Wicres in Artois, Pas de Calais, France, was born in 1597 and died prior to 10 October 1655. Owing to the systematic mutilation of the records of Huguenot families of the nobility, neither his parentage nor issue can be definitely proved. It is believed that he belonged to one of the five quite well known families stemming from Geoffroi de Bois and his wife Sidonie Tesson of the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy who were alive in the middle of the 11th century. From records in the Netherlands, where many Huguenots gained sanctuary, it is certain that Louis and Jacque s, both Walloons, were sons of Chretien du Bois.
"Helps to the identification of the American Branch of the 'famille du Bois': In a book in my library entitled Souvenirs d'une ancienne famille Maison de Mailly en Artois, published at Limoges, France 1889, pp. 111-115, it is recorded that the 9th child of Robert de Mailly-Couronel and Jeanne de Beaumont, his wife, was Madeline, who about 1550 was married to Jacques du Bois, Baron de Finnes (one of the 12 Baronnes of the Conte de Guise), Artois, his oldest son was Pierre, Seigneur de Rantigny, advocate at the Council of Artois, married at Cambray, Jacqueline de Mouen. The second child was Jean. The third child of Robert de Mailly-Couronel was Charles, Seigneur du Rien. Note the perpetuation of Christian and surnames - Jacques, Pierre, Pierrone, Jacqueline, Jean, du Rien. Our ancestor Jacques was from Artois province (Lille). Marie du Rien was sponsor at baptism of Marie 1664, the first child of our Jacques as of record in Leyden. As this record contained in the book above referred to connects our branch with Jacques du Bois, Baron de Fienne (presumably), so does it also connect us in ascending line with the Baron de Fienne, the lineal descendant of Geoffroi de Bois, according to the genealogy preserved in the Bibliotheque du Rois Paris"
Heidgerd continues, "In 1675, Jacques and his family joined his elder brother, Louis, who had emigrated 15 years earlier to the Esopus. Seven of their children had been baptised in Leyden. The eighth was born while the family were en route or shortly after their arrival. Jacques died soon after the birth of his last child, Christian, certainly before the marriage of his widow in 1677 to John L. Pietersy. Quick re-marriages were almost a necessity in early colonial times.
"The above account was furnished by Koert DuBois Burnham of Keeseville, New York to the DuBois Family Association in 1967."
The reference next reports the following "from the papers of John Coert Du Bois, M.D. (1831-1913), late of the city of Hudson, Columbia County, New York:
"The following is a compilation from research of Dr. DuBois during the time he was a medical student in Paris from 1858 to 1860, and during a later visit there in 1883. His references were the d'Hozier Manuscripts, 1696-1716, the records of the Reformation Church at Lille, the records of the Reformation Church at Leyden. These were all examined by him personally.
"The DuBois family is one of the oldest of the noble houses of Conentin in the duchy of Normandy. The heraldic records in the Bibliotheque Nationale, rue de Richelieu, Paris, commence the genealogy with Geoffroi du Bois, 'a knight banneret' who was companion of William of Normandy, called the Conqueror after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. To date the line from Geoffroi has not been confirmed to Chretien du Bois, the father of Louis and Jacques who emigrated to Ulster County, New York, during the seventeenth century.
"In the Maison Royale de France, the 'famille du Bois' is mentioned as 'Grand Masters of the Forests of France.'
"I have traced while living in Paris during the years 1858 through 1860, and since that time, with the following generations listed:
1. Jean, Seigneur de Fontaines, maitre d'hotel of Charles VIII, died 1507. 2. Jean, king's councillor and controller-general of finances, married 7 October 1493 to the niece of the Chancellor of France. 3. Astremoine, a Huguenot who afterwards renounced his faith, was restored to his nobility, and was declared to be descended from 'la maison du Bois en Artois.' 4. Antoine, Seigneur de Fontaines, king's councillor and ambassador to the Pays-Bas. He was married in 1571. 5. Pierre, Seigneur de Fontaines-Moran, married Francoise Olivier de Leuville. He served in the army during 1597.
Chretien, a younger son, became a Huguenot, and was deprived of his nobility in consequence. His elder brother, Louis, who remained a Catholic, was designated as Seigneur de Fontaines, lieutenant-general of the Armies of the King. Louis was in 1653 made Marquis de Giuvi."
After reading the foregoing pages, it is clearly understood that Heidgerd states "it is necessary that further European research be commissioned. It is hoped that a later installment of this DuBois Family History will provide a completely authenticated lineage for Chretien du Bois of Wicres"
Chre'tien DU BOIS was born about 1590 to 1600, probably at Wicres, France.
He became a Huguenot and was deprived of his nobility in consequence. He settled on lands at Wicres about 10 miles southwest of Lille where his farm is still pointed out. He is described as 'a gentleman of the family of du Bois, Seigneurs de Beaufermez and de Bourse.' (d'Hozier MSS)
His children, apparently all baptized at Lille, parish church of Wicres, were:
Francoise, born 17 June 1622, married Pierre Billiou;
Anne, baptized 30 November 1625 at Lille, parish church of Wicres;
Louis, baptized on 13 November 1626 at Lille, parish church of Wicres, married Catherine Blanchan at Mannheim, in the Pfalz, German Palatinate on 10 October 1655; and
Jacques, baptized on 27 October 1628 at Reformation Church of Lille, parish church of Wicres, married Pierrone Bentyn at the Walloon Church at Leyden on 25 April 1663, and had eight children.
"The Rev. W. Twyman Williams, Minister of the College Church, Hampden-Sydney, Virginia, suggested as a result of his research that Chretien possibly had at least two additional sons, possibly Antoine and Isaac, who were older than the children of whom we have definite record."
Chretien had died by 10 October 1655 when his son Louis was married at Mannheim. "1722
"The DuBois family of New Paltz, NY are descendants of Chretien DuBois (b.1597) and his wife Cornelia (name uncertain). He was a prosperous middle class linen merchant and devout protestant from the village of Wicres, outside of Lille. In 1659 the area was handed over by the Catholic Spanish Netherlands to the Catholic regime of Louis XIV, who imposed high taxes on the middle classes and cruelly persecuted the Protestant (Huguenot) dissidents.
Chretien was the father of five children: Francoise (b.1622), Anne (b.1624), Louis (b.1626-d.1696), Jacques (b.1628-d.1676) and another son, name unknown."1726
"Chretien du Bois, an inhabitant of Wicres, a hamlet in the district of La Barree, near Lille, in Flanders." 1732
"As to being found in the Catholic Church registers, I quote from Gwenn Epperson's book 'New Netherland Roots', p. 95 in a chapter on European Parish Registers in France: 'Protestant records also begin in the sixteenth century, but are very rare, since the records were illigal until 1789. Therefore, many Protestants are recorded in Catholic registers, as marriage by a Catholic priest was required to inerit property . .. . Also, children were occasionally baptized in the Catholic Church to alley suspicion the parents were 'heretics.' So, if Chretien's children were baptized in the Roman Catholic church, i don't think we can say that that means that he was necessarily a Catholic at that point." 1756
"Chretien Du Bois, the father of Louis and Jacques, was a Huguenot gentleman of the family of Du Bois Seigneurs de Beaufermez and de Bourse, having an estate at Wicres, in La Bassee, near Lille, in French Flandrs, now Artois. . . it was undoubtedly owing to the circumstance of Chretien's being identified with the Huguenot faith that an attempt was made to obliterate the public records of the family, and to destroy all evidences of his connection with the nobility of France." 1733
"Chretian Du Bois of Wicres, in the Department of Artois, in Flanders, is believed to have been the father of two sons and two daughters. The sons were (2) Jacques Du Bois, b. in 1625, and (3) Louis Du Bois, b. in 1626. There is some confusion relating to the baptisms of these children, owing to mutilation of the registers of the church at Wicres. Both emigrated to America and settled near Esopus, now Kingston, N.Y." 1725 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~barbpretz/PS05/PS05_354.HTM
References:
https://www.geni.com/people/Chr%C3%A9tien-du-Bois/6000000013855450840
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LRFL-3W5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chr%C3%A9tien_DuBois
https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&pz=timothy+michael&nz=dowling&p=chretien&n=du+bois&oc=1
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Du_Bois-2336
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LRFL-3W5/chr%C3%A9tien-du-bois-1597-1652
https://www.njgsbc.org/files/familyfiles/p353.htm#i15823
https://www.myfamilysilver.com/pages/crestfinder-crest.aspx?id=180249&name=Du+Bois
Wrong Person:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33562657/chr%C3%A9tien-maxmillan-dubois
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Grandy's 9x Great-Grandfather:
My 11x Great-Grandfather:
Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 12x Great-Grandfather:
Antoine Louis du Bois (1560 - 1619)
Antoine Louis du Bois de Fiennes, Greffier receveur de Coupigny
Antoine Louis du Bois de Fiennes, Greffier, Receveur de la Seigneurie de Coupigny
Also known as: "Antoine, Notaire", "Dubois", "Antoine Boise"
Birthdate: ca. 1560
Birthplace: Wicres (Wijker), Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Denomination: (probably) Roman Catholic
Occupation: Greffier, Receveur de la Seigneurerie de Couppigny (Klerk, Receiver of the Seigneury of Coupigny); Notaris (Notaire); Commissaris (Commissaire); Receveur (Receiver) de la seigneurie de Coupigny; Meester (Maître, master)
Death: December 30, 1619 in Wicres, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France
Burial: December 1619 at Wicres (Wijker), Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Parents:
Louis du Bois de Fiennes
1535-1602
Aliénor le Michel
1535-1602
Family
Spouse:
Anne Cousin
1562-1647
Anne du Bois
Birthdate: ca. 1562
Birthplace: France
Denomination: (probably) Roman Catholic
Date of Marriage: ca. 1585
Place of Marriage: Wicres, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Death: ca. 1647 in Herlies, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Mathieu Cousin de Fournes and Isabeau de Beaussart
Children:
1. Martin du Bois 1583–
2. Sarrentje de Croix du Bois 1587–1652
3. Louis du Bois de Fiennes 1590–1652
4. Jean du Bois de Fiennes 1591–1656
5. Jacques du Bois 1595–1659
6. Ferry du Bois 1595–
7. Chrétien du Bois 1597–1655
8. Philippe du Bois 1603–1699
9. Laurent du Bois 1603–
10. Isabeau du Bois 1605–
11. Pierre du Bois de Fiennes 1608–1682
12. François du Bois 1610–1667
13. Laurent du Bois 1610–
14. Élisabeth du Bois 1611–1648
About Antoine Louis du Bois
Biography
Antoine du Bois was the son of Louis du Bois. He married Anne Cousin. Antoine was a "justice official, who, at the time of his death between 1615 and 1619, was greffier et receveur of the seigneurie de Coupigny."[1][2]
Research Notes
Estimated date: Birth date has been estimated based on information regarding other family members.
New Netherland Ancestor: Son Chrétien du Bois was a Huguenot, but Antoine was not.
Sources
↑ page 5, DuBois Family News (June 2011 – Feb 2013): 5–7, Part I: "Beginnings"
↑ Dubois-1783 had 30 Dec 1619 as the date (see this changes page)
Monte Horton. ""The Memory of the Just Is Blessed": The Ancestry and Extended Family of Chrétien du Bois, bailli, lieutenant, greffier, et receveur de la Comté de Coupigny, notaire, homme de loi, laboureur et marchand; Resident of Wicres, then of Herlies." DuBois Family News (June 2011 – Feb 2013): 5–7, Part I: "Beginnings"; 3–6, Part II: "The Crispell Connection"; 4–7, Part III: "Birthdates of Three Huguenot Children — A New Proposal"; 3–6, Part IV: "Inlaws — The Family JOIRE".
References:
https://www.geni.com/people/Antoine-Louis-du-Bois-de-Fienes-Greffier-receveur-de-Coupigny/6000000017766585795
https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-van-den-eijnde/I87063879.php
https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&n=du+bois&oc=0&p=louis
https://sites.google.com/site/stringergravesfamilytree/dubois-extended-ancestral-line-dating-to-550-ad
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GWF5-TWH
https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&pz=timothy+michael&nz=dowling&p=antoine&n=du+bois&oc=1
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Du_Bois-203
Wrong Parents:
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LB3G-BBV/charles-ii-du-bois-de-fiennes-1536-1607
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Grandy's 10x Great-Grandfather:
My 12x Great-Grandfather:
Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 13x Great-Grandfather:
Louis du Bois de Fiennes (1535 - 1602)
Antoine Louis du Bois, klerk te Coupigny
Also known as: "Lois du Bois de Fiennes"
Birthdate: ca. 1535
Birthplace: Wijker (Wicres), Vlaanderen, Boergondische Nederlanden (thans Frankrijk)
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Death: April 1, 1602 in Wijker, Wicres, Nord, Hauts-de-France, Spaanse Nederlanden (now France)
Burial: April 1602 at Wicres, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Parents:
Antoine du Bois de Fiennes
1512-1560
Baudouine Lyonnel
1516-1560
Date of Marriage: 1534
Place of Marriage: Mézières, Ardennes (Ardennen), Champagne-Ardenne, France
Family
Spouse:
Aliénor le Michel
1537-1602
Aliénor Dubois
Also Known As: "Alienore", "Michez"
Birthdate: ca. 1537
Birthplace: Wicres, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Date of Marriage: ca. 1555
Place of Marriage: (probably) Wicres, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Death: 1602
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Mathieu Le Michiel and [mother unknown]
Children:
1. Jan du Bois 1556–
2. Antoine Louis du Bois 1560–1619
3. Barbe du Bois 1560–1647
4. Jenne du Bois 1565–
5. Jacques du Bois 1569–1643
About Louis du Bois de Fiennes
https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-van-den-eijnde/I22265024.php
Research Notes
Estimated date: Birth date has been estimated based on information regarding other family members.
New Netherland Ancestor: Grandson Chrétien du Bois was a Huguenot; Louis was not.
Sources
↑ Entered by Kimball G. Everingham.
Monte Horton. ""The Memory of the Just Is Blessed": The Ancestry and Extended Family of Chrétien du Bois, bailli, lieutenant, greffier, et receveur de la Comté de Coupigny, notaire, homme de loi, laboureur et marchand; Resident of Wicres, then of Herlies." DuBois Family News (June 2011 – Feb 2013):
pp 5–7, Part I: "Beginnings";
pp 3–6, Part II: "The Crispell Connection";
pp 4–7, Part III: "Birthdates of Three Hu
References:
https://www.geni.com/people/Louis-du-Bois-de-Fienes/6000000111052087829
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCZL-Q13
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Du_Bois-204
https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&pz=timothy+michael&nz=dowling&p=louis&n=du+bois&oc=2
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du Bois de Fiennes
House of Fiennes Coat of Arms
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Antoine du Bois (1469-1537)
Antoine Dubois, évêque de Béziers
Coat of arms
The arms of Antoine Dubois were represented on a key church vault Tincques in a nave disappeared during the XIX th century. According to the sources, Antoine Dubois carried either the broken arms of his uncle Philippe de Crèvecœur (gules with three golden chevrons, the first loaded with a crescent of azure) or those of his father broken (d 'azure with a lion sable, on the border of gules). The seal of Antoine du Bois would have been: quartered, silver with a lion of sand and quartered with gold and sand. Seal of John Lord of the Woods, knight: quartered, at 1 and 4, a lion; at 2 and 3, an entangled band, quartered against a plain; bent over, stamped with a crested helmet with a head of ..., supported by two griffins. October 28, 1411.
Coat of Arms of Antoine du Bois, évêque (1469-1537)
Antoine du Bois was a French prelate (1471 (or 1469) -April 17, 1537). Clerk of the diocese of Arras, he occupied the seats of prothonotary of the Holy See, canon of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, first commendatory abbot of the Saint-Lucien de Beauvais abbey , bishop of Béziers (1504-1537).
[Keep in mind, these DuBois men were hardcore Roman Catholic warrior knights who made war against anyone who came against Rome and the Pope (basically the equivalent of the Nazi SS). They slaughtered Christian Protestants and committed atrocities against humanity. So be heedful not to take pride in their legacy. This information is being provided purely for historical and ancestral references.]
Weapons of the Bois de Fiennes family: "du Bois" (equivalent to "de Fiennes" broken by the edge of the mouth) quartered "de Lens"
Broken weapons of John III, of Fiennes
Broken arms of Philippe de Crèvecœur, Marshal of France
Arms of Antoine Dubois, évêque de Béziers
(Bishop of Beziers)
Sources:
https://www.wikiwand.com/fr/Antoine_du_Bois
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Antoine_Dubois_(bishop)
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The House of Dubois-Sale
Arms of The House of Dubois-Sale
Source:
http://www.mikesclark.com/genealogy/sires.html
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Du Bois
Motto: Tiens Ta Foy
Translation: "Hold To Thy Faith"
Blazon: Between Two Tree Stumps, Vert, The Lion Of The Shield
Dubois History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The surname Dubois is a ancient French name from Brittany (French: Bretagne). It was a name given to a person who was a boissel, a person who measured corn in the market or someone who made bushel baskets for corn. It is important to realize that wheat was called corn in the medieval period, therefore a boissel would have been working with grain, not maize.
Early Origins of the Dubois Family
The surname Dubois was first found in Auvergne and Bas- Limousin where they are recorded as an ancient family with lands and estates.
Dubois Name Meaning
French and English (Norman and Huguenot): topographic name for someone who lived in a wood, from the fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’ + French bois ‘wood’ (see Bois). In both England and America the name has been translated as Wood.
Dubois Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Dubois, du Bois, Duboie, Duboi, Duboy, Duboys, Duboit, Dubbois, Dubboie, Dubboi, Dubboy, Dubboys, Dubboit and many more.
Dubois Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
Abraham DuBois, who arrived in New York in 1660
Isaac DuBois, who landed in New York in 1660
Lewis Dubois, who landed in New York in 1660
Louis DuBois, who arrived in New York in 1660
Family DuBois, who landed in New York in 1660
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Resources:
https://www.huguenotstreet.org/dubois
House of Fiennes
https://www.europeanheraldry.org/united-kingdom/families/families-e-g/house-fiennes/
http://wappenwiki.org/index.php/House_of_Fiennes
The House of Dubois-Sale
http://www.mikesclark.com/genealogy/sires.html
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