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GENEALOGY COLLECTION
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Jjocume nts and Q enealoirjcal [[hart
OF THE FAMir.V OF
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ENJAMIN DU BQIS .
OF CATSKILL, NEW YORK
BEING AN ADDITION TO THK
History of the Descendants of Louis and Jacques Du I'ois,
AS given at the lil-CENlENARV REUNION
HELD AT NEW I'ALTZ, ULSTER COUxNTV, N. V. 18/5.
COMPILED BY
ANSON DU BOIS. D. D.,'*'^. JAMES G. DU BOIS.
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PRESS OF PETER ECKLER,
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PREFACE.
^IXCE the printing of the "DuBois Keuxiox.'' comprising
the j)apers read at Xew Paltz. August. 3875, and other
additional papers relating to the Dii Bois Family, a desire
has been felt by some of the descendants of Benjamix Du
Bois to print the Titles and Conveyances of his landed estate at
Catskill.
These documents possess considerable local and family
interest, and being printed in uTiiform size and type with
the " Keunion." can be readily preserved along with it.
To niake the line of Wills complete for the whole period the
fanulv has been in America, the wills of Louis, the first settler,
and of his son Solomon, through whom the Catskill branch
descends, are also given.
In copying these wills and deeds and transcribing church
records of our history, we have endeavored to copy rerhat'nn
et literdttDi, believing that veritable transcripts from the
originals, with all the old peculiarities of exjiression and varied
styles of spelling, would be preferable to amended copies made
in accordance with the rules of modern orthography. In
spelling the name '• I)u Bois," for instance, it will be observed
that it is spelled quite differently as it occurs in different places
in the same document, and it will also be noticed that
Huybartus l)u Bois, who sians his name correctly in some
l)laces, uses "his mark" in'others. Capital letters also are
often introduced where they do not properly belong, and
IV riJKFACE.
sometimes they are omitted where they shoiikl have been
employed. In some cases words are missing, but the sense
will readily supply the deticiency. No effort has been made
to correct or amend in any i)articular, but to give true counter-
parts of the original records.
The Genealogy is made as complete in names and dates
as our present infoi-mation allows, some items of personal
history being added. It is, however, still imperfect, and
anv corrections or additions Avould be gladlv received bv the
comi^ilers. Such as it is, we hope it may prove acceptable
to the Family, and awaken among ns a desire to perpetuate
the memoi-y and imitate the virtues of those from whom we
are descended.
COPY OF THE ORIGIXAL IXDIAX DEED, IX DUTCH,
OP LANDS AT CATSKILL.*
Compareerde voor oils ondergesz Comiiiissarisseii van Al-
banie Colonie Renselaerswyck eu Sclienneclitady &' dese
volgende Esopusse wilde. Eyg-lienaers van sekere Parcele Lants
gelegeu te Catskill, viz. Wanna chquatin een oude wilt,
Mamanauchqua een wildin ct liaer Soon Ciinpwaen, en Usaw-
anneck, alias gheele Jakob, en Wanninmauva Taw-wequannis,
Annaneke enXaktenioot, D'AVelke Verclaeide in waren, Recli-
ten, vryen, Eygendom te Cedeeren, Transporteeren en overte-
draegen aen en ten belioeve van Mr. AVilliam Loveridge sen'r
hoedemaker aJIo liaere gereclitigbeyd gelegen tot Catskill
synde sekere Parceele Boss Lant streckende vand' Mont vand'
Kill daer zyn Loveridge luiys en sclinyv opstaet Snydwaerts
kings d'noort alias Hudson's rivier, tot over d'lielft vand'
groote Iml)oclit daer d'boonien gemerkt zyn AVL en loopt van
d' Rivier op v.'estwaerts tot daermen konipt op een A^ael op
Kaeterskill gen' Qwatawiclmaak en so langs d'oost zvde van
Caeterskill tot daer d'selve inwaetert in Catskill en soo langs
d'Catskill tot liet linys en sclinver van \Vm. Loverido-e voorsz.
en soo tot de groote Rivier en dat mett alle de killen, krieken,
vlaktens, appendentien en dependentien van dien, e^xenipt
t'Bowlant die d'Loveridge van Jan Conell gekoclit lieel't,
*Copy of the original Indian Deeil, in Diitcli, of lands at Catskill, to Wni. I.cveiid^^e,
dated July 19, 1682. See Albany County Records, Vol. C. or Vol. 3. page 152.
2 IXDIAX DKKl).
waervan alreedes een Patent Verleeiit is ; Sulx zv Cetlanten
doen uyt cj-aclit als synde S Eeclite Pioiu'ietowrs en Eygenaers
van voorsz landeryen. exempt dat zy bedingen dat ]\faliak ^Nlini-
naw, Sakaniaker van Cat.skiil sallliebben, als liy *t hiiys konit
2 (deet duffells en G kan Rom ; Transpurteerde 't selve Lant
vry en onbeswaert, sonder eenige lasten daerop staende ofte
uyt gaende (behoudens den Heer svn lieclit) sonder dat zv
Cedanten, in't minste daerop meerderbebben te pretendeeren,
als bekennen daervoortot contentmentgenotentehebbende.se
volgende goederen in d'preseutie van d' Court, te weten : drie
roers, drie ketels, twee pistoolen, drie cornbeersen, drie cleefc
duffells, drie cleet strondwaters, drie liemden, drie Paer
Coussen, then vaera zeW half witt half swart, twee ankers
Romm, twee deegens, drie me.-sen. diiebylen, ses gupse cruyt,
. ses staeve loot, drie dissells, een half fatt goet beer, Gevende
der halve volkoome macht aend' voorsz. Wm. Loveridge, syn
Erven- en naekomelingeu, off die naemalks zyn Reehte en actie
moclite Vercrygen, ommet voorsz Lant, Boschagie, killen,
kreeken &:^ te doen & te disponeeren gelyk als hy met zyn
Eyge Patrimoniall goederen en eff'ecten doen sonde mogen
Belovende 't selve op en jegens eenen ygelyck te waren en te
vryen voor alle commer, naermaeninge ofte benoaernisse die
naermaels van Christenen oft" wilden sonde mogen coomen, En
also Uirck TeuniseTeunise eenige pretentie is makende op een
stuk lant int gemelde lymiten gelegen aend' punt l)y d'Rivier
genaemt Uyle Spiegels lant, soo Verclaert Wm. Loveridge
voord' Court dat indien hy zyn i^retentie kan goet maeken, soo
will hy geerne daer van desisteeren, anders so sail Dirk Teunise
gehouden zyn, indien hy gemelde lant will liouden, daer voor
te betaelen, naer Rats als hy voor'tgeheel betaelt, vorders
Verclaerende wilden hier tegens nimmermeer te sallen doen
noch laet engeschieden in geeniger maniere onder Verbant als
INDIA]S^ DEED. 'S
naer Rechteii daertoe staende. Actum in Albanie in d' Court
huYS op den 19 July, 1GS2, en is van alle d'Eygenaers dus
ondertek'.
(Signed) Cokxelis vax Dyck, )
DiRCK Wessels. I
T'nierck van Wannacliquatin d'oude wilt.
Tmerk van"— V-v Mamanaucliqua d'oude wildin.
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T merk van Cunpwaer (1 ■
T merk van Usawanneeck ^^^^^^5!^
T merk van AVannin \_/\ mauwaa een wildin.
T merk van ^y Taw-wequanis een wildin.
T merk van >;;^ Annaneke een wilt.
T merk van ^ — -— ._) <;-0*q ^ Xaktemoot een wildin
In kennisse van my.
(Signed)
Ro^ Livingston, Seer.
TRAXSLATIOX OF THE FOREGOING INDIAN DEED.
By Hox. Teuxis G. Bergex, Bav Ritloe, L. I.
Appeared before us underwritten commissioners of Albany,
tlie colony of Renselaerswyck and Schennectady, &c., the
following Esopusse wild men, (Indians) owners of a certain
parcel of land lying at Caktsill, viz : Wannaclitj^uatin, an old
Indian, Mamanauchqua, a female Indian, (squaw.) her son
Cuni^tAvaen, and Usawanneck, alias yellow jacket, and Wannin-
mauwa, Taw-wequannis, Annaneke and Naktemoot, who de-
clared as owners in their own right to cede, transport and convey
to and to the use and behalf of Mr. William Loveridge, Sen'r,
liatter, all their right and title to a certain piece of wood-land
lying at Catskill, stretching from the mouth of the kill on which
said Loveridge' s house and barn stands, southerly along the
North alias Hudson's river to oj^posite the one-half of the great
bend where the trees are marked WL, and running from the
River AVestwards to where it comes to a fall on the Kaeterskill,
named Qwatawichnaak, and then along the east side of Caeters-
kill to where said kill empties in the Catskill, and then along
said Catskill to the house and barn of Wni. Loveridge. afore-
said, and then to the great River (Hudson) ; with all the kills,
creeks, valleys. appendences**ind appurtenances thereunto be-
longing, except the cultivated land which said Loveridge
TIIAXSLATIOX OF INDIAN PEED. 5
bought of Jan Conell, for which iilready a patent lias been
granted ; tliis conveyance is given in pursuance of the power as
the rightful proprietors and owners of the aforesaid premises,
subject to the condition that Mahak Mininaw, l^achem of Cats-
kill, be paid when he returns to his home, 2 pieces of dulfells
and 6 kans of rum ; convey the said premises free and unen-
cundiered, with no buiden attached, or liable to (except the
rights of the Lord or Government,) without having or pretend-
ing to have, in the least, any furtlier claims thereon, and
declaring in the presence of the Court to be fully contented
with the following goods, viz.: — three guns, three kettles,
two pistols, three vests, three pieces duffells, three pieces
'•stroudwaters," three shirts, three pair stockings, ten
fathoms wampum, half white and half black, two ankers
rum, two swords, three knives, three axes, six cups pow-
der, six bars of lead, three adze's, one-half cask good beer ;
grant-ing full power to the said Wm. Loveridge, his heirs
and successors, or those who hereafter his right and claim
may o])tain of said land, woods, kills, creeks, cKrc, to do and
to dispose of the same, as he with his own patrimonial
r^oods and estates might do, promising to free the same from
the claims of all otheis who hereafter may make pretensions,
whether Christians or wikl men (Indians). And also if Dirck
Teunise Teunise makes any claims on a piece of land lying
• within the limits of said tract on the point by the River, named
Uyle Spiegels (owFs looking glass) land, then declares AVm.
Loveridge, in presence of the court, that in case he makes his
claim good he will allow the same, but if Dirck Teunise holds
said piece, he is to p)ay his proportion of the costs of the
whole plot. Further declare the vendors that hereafter
they will make no claims* or pretentions on said premises
6 TRAjS'SLATIoX of INDIAN DEED.
in any manner whatever, and to this they bind themselves
leo-allv to abide.
Done in the Court house in Albany, this 19th of July, 1682,
and is by all the owners subscribed.
(Signed) Coknelis van Dyck,
DiKCK Wessels,
Tlie mark of Wannachquatin, the old Indian.
Hn
The mark of "— V-^ Mamanauchqua, the old squaw
C
The mark (^f Cunpwaer L
The mark of Usawanneeck ^^^
The mark of Wannin C K mauwaa, an indian
The mark of y^ Taw-wequanis. an indian.
The mark oi y^ Annaneke, an indian.
The mark of ^ -^ ^-^ ^-^^_J) Naktemoot, an indian.
In presence of
lloBT. Livingston, Seer
COPY OF PATENT OF LANDS AT CATSKILL,
TO AVILLIAM L0\ ERIDCIE, Ji:.*
Recorded for Wm. Loveridge of the
County of Albany.
Thomas Dongan. Cai)t. Generall Governour in Chief & Yice-
Adniiral in A: over the province of New Yorke & Territoryes
Depending thereon in America, under liis ^laj"^, James tlie
Second, ])y the Grace of God, King of Enghand, Scottland,
Fi-anc^ & Ireland, Defendor of the faith, k^i. Wliereas Pctrus
l^tui/resdjit, the late Dutch Governour, did by his Certain
Writing or Patent under his hand, l)earing date the 2Wi Da//
of Octoh(n\ 1G53, Grant unto Feter Thuni^en Van Brunsioiek
(ti Certain Tract or Piece of Land lyeing in Katskill upon the
North River towards Albany in tlie South side of the Creek or
kill Stretching in Length, one hund^ Seventy Rodd & in
Breadth, one hundred fortj' Rodd, & Goeing on further it is
ComiDassed Round with wood Land amounting in all to about
. forty-four acres or twenty-two morgan.) And Whereas the
said Petrus Stuyvesent by another certain Patent or Writing
under his hand, bearing date the liJtJt da// of Xoeemher, 1G53,
Did Give & Grant unto the said Peter Tliiinlsseii Van Bruns-
wic/c (another Parcel of Land lyeing on the North side of the
said Creek or Kill over against afore-mentioned Land, stretch-
ing East & \Yest, Containing about twelve acres or G morgan,)
•Copy of Patent of Lands at Catskill to William Loverid^'e, Jr., dated Feb. S
i6S6, recorded at Albany in Secretary of Slate's Office, Liber 6 of Patents, p-iy;es
136 to 141, by Geo. Dongan.
8 AVM. loveuidge's patent.
by virtue of the wiiicli said Grants from said Peter Steuyve-
sent, the late Dutch Governor, the said Peter Th'oiiseit Van
BrunswicJc was Seized & Peaceably Possessed of the Prem-
issess, and in the possession thereof. Did depart this Xatural
Life, and leff Jn's wife i/i fJte Pefc^'eable Possession of the said
Tracts or Parcells of Land k. Premissess, who since Inter-
maryed witli Andreas De Yersnians, by virtue of which Inter-
mariage, the said Andreas Yersmans, according to the then
Custom c£- Practice of the Connt'/, became Sai zed (( n d possessed
of all tlie before Recited Tracts or Parcels of Land and Prem-
issess, k did I)'/ mean assurance of th(' Laic, in y^ yeare of
our Lord, IGOO, Sell, Alienate & Con re// unto EJbrrt (ierlxrts
Chriniffe & Ilennans Cansfort all the aforecited Tracts k Par-
cels of Land & Primissess. A)id Whereas, Rich'^ jYicotls,
Esqr., late Governour of this Province, under his Poy' High^^
James, Dnl^e of Yorke & Alhan.t/, now his Present Ma"^, did
by his Certain Patent under his liand & Scale, bearing Date
the Sixteenth Day of ^lay, 10G7, Rattifie & Confirrne unto the
said Elbert Gerherts Chrimffe & Hermans Gansevoret, all the
aforei'eclted Tracts & Parcels of Land within the Limits &
bounds, aforesaid, as Doth more Perticulerly appear by the
said Patent Contirniacon, Recorded in the Sec'vs Office of this
Province. And Whereas, the said Elbert Gerbert Chrimffe,
for divers considerations but more perticulerly for a Consider-
able sume of Monv that he was Indebted unto the said Her-
mans . . . Gansevort did by mean assurance of the Law, Sell,
Alienate, k Release nnto the said Hemans Gansfort, all his
right, Title cl' Interist that he had or ever Should have nnto
tlie halfe or Mojety of the said Land an its appurtenances,
as by the Record of tlie City of Albany, Reliicon being there-
unto had may more fully k att large appeare, by virtue where-
of, the said HarmansGansevoret became solelv Seized & Quietl v
Possessed of all ct every the aforerecited Tracts k Parcels of
Land k Premissess within the Limits k Bounds aforesaid.
And Whereas the said Harmans Gansfort, by his certain
Writing under his hand, bearmg date the 20th day of Ajirill,
w.M. lovkhidctE's patent, 9
1G78, for the Coiisiderucoii of two hundred ]\[archaiitable Beav-
ers to be paid unto liim, the said Ilarnians Gaiisfoert, by Jolm
Cowell, did Sell unto the said Jolm Cowell all the aforerecited
Tracts ct Parcels of Land eS: Premissess, which Consideriicon
of two hundred Marchantable Beavers, aforesaid, tliesaid John
Cowell could not pay nor was able to perform, which made him
Covenant ct agree to & with "Win. Loveridge, Deceased, of
Katskill in the County of Albany, feltmaker, that he, the said
Wm., should have & Enjoye all his right, Title A: Interist to
the aforerecited Tracts tl' Parcells of Land & Premisess, upon
Consideracon that the said \Vm. Loveridge should pay unto
the said Harmans Gansforet, the above Consideracon of two
hundred Marchantable Beavers, as by their Covenant nnder
their hands, bearing date the twenty-seventh Day of July,
1C80, Recorded in the Records of Albany, Relacon being there-
unto had may more fully t^' att large appear. And Wl/erccib;
in Persuance of the said Covenant eV Agreem', the said Wm.
Loveridge, in his life time, did pay unto the said Hermans
Gansfoort, parte of the said two hundred ^Marchantable Beavers
& the -remainder since paid by Wm. Loveridge, his Sonne eS:
Heire to the Said AVm. Loveridge, in Consideration whereof,
the said Harmans Ganesfort & ^h\v, his AVife, have bv mean as-
surance in the Law, Sold, Alienated it Couiirmed unto Wm.
Loveridge Eldest Sonn & Heir to the aforesaid Wm. Loveridge,
all the aforerecited Tracts lV' Parcels of Land cl' Premissess
within the Limits &: Bounds aforesaid, with all the Proffits,
commodities & Appurtenances thereunto belonging, as by
their Deed under tlieir Hands & Seales, bearing date the Seven-
. teentli day of April, 1G8G, Recorded in the Records of Albany,
Relacon being thereunto had may more fully cV' att Large ap-
peare. And WJitrea.s the said Wm. Loveridge, late of Albany,
ffeltmaker, deceased, Did Purchase of the Native Indians
Wawaequatin, Mananauchcpia, Cunpawean. Usawanneck,
Alias Squintereyed James, Warinmawe, Tawequa, Annan-
ecke & iS'eektemoot, (A Certaine Tract or Parcell of Land
Stretching from the mouth of the Kill where the said Lover-
10 wyi. lovektd(;e's patp:xt.
iclge's House S: Bunie Stands. Southward along Hudson's or
the Xoith Kiver till over the halfe or Great emboght or I'ay
wliere the Trees are marked A\'L. c*v: Kuns up from the Iliver
Westward to a fall of water Called the Kattskill. tlie fall of
water being Called by tli':' Indians Quatavichnaack. & soe along
the East side of Katterskill or Creek till wiiere the said Creek
runs into the Creek called Kantskill, c\: soe along Cattskill a
man comes to the House &: Bai'u of AVm. Loveridge aforesaid,
c^' from thence til! thedreate River.) with all the Kills. Creeks,
Flats. A])|)erdences & Dependencies of the same belonging or
in any wise appertnineing, which s^ Tract of Land within tlie
Limits c\: Bounds aforesaid, was by mean assurance of the Law.
Conveyed by the above said Indians unto the said William
Loveridge, his Heirs &: assyns forever, as by their Deed under
their hands, bearing Dare the nineteenth Day of July, 1GS2,
Recorded in the Olfice of Records for this Province, Reliicon
being tliereunto had may more fully & att large appeare. &
whereas the said Wm. Lovei'idge, in his life time when in
sound ct Perfect Memory, did by his last Will *i' Testament
amongst' other things, constitute & appoint his well beloved
AVife, Temperance Loveredge. to be his Executrix of his Last
Will ct Testam', & in case of her Death, that his eldest Sonn
AVm. Loveiidge should be Executor, A: P^xecute all the thing or
things required to be Don or Performed by said Wm. as appears
bv said AVill, made the sixth Dav of January, 1088, Recorded
in the Office of Records for that Provinca, Relacon being there-
unto had may more fully »Sr att large appeare. And Whereds
Temperance Loveridge, Relict tc Executrix to Wm. Loveridge,
Deceas'', aforesaid, tinding liersefe to decrease in age and soe
not capable to performe the Trust »K: Duty I'equired by her in
said Will, did therefore Resyn all her executorship of said AVill
unto her Eldest Sonn Wm. J^(neridge aforesaid, giving him fulle
Power and authority to execute all thinu's Required to be don
or Performed by said AVill, as apX3eares as "^^ her Deed of Re-
sy nation under her Hand A: Seale, bearing Date the Sixth day
of June, 1G84, Relacon being thereunto had mav more fullv k
AVM. LOVElClDtiE'S PATENT.. 11
att large appear. And W/^c/nr-s- the said Wni. Loveridg-e, in
Pursuance of tlie Preniissess, hath taken out Letters of admicon
for the due &: Legall Performance of tlie aforesaid AVill, as by
Letters of Adniicon under my hand and Seale. bearing Date
the Eiii'hth I)av June, 1G84, Relacoubeino; thereunto had mav
more fully c\: att large appeare. A/id WJieica.s the said \Vm.
Loveridge. Eldest Sonn A: Heire to the said \\m. Loveridge,
Deceased, k Executor of the last ^Yill, Testam' of his said
Ifatherr, Deceased, & Administrator of all the Goods A: Chatties
of the said Wm. Loveridge, Deceased, hath made applycation
to me for a conhrmacon of the Preniissess under the Seale of
the Province.
Now kiioic lie that I, the said Thouias Dongan, bv A^irtue of
the Power & Authoritv to me Devised from his most Sacred
Majisty aforesaid, d' in Pursuance of the same, I have Given,
Granted, Ratilied, Released «.V Conllrmed, A: by these j^resents
Doe Give, Grant, Rattitie, Release k Conlirme unto the said
Wm. Loveiidge, his Heirs A: assigns, for the nses, intents k
purjjoses expressed in the aforesaid AVill, all ct singular, the
above Recited Tract k Tracts, Parcell k Parcells of Land, to-
gether with all theSoyle, Meadow c^- Woods within the limitts
k Bonnds aforesaid, Avirh all A: Singular the Messuages, Tenn-
em'% Houses, Barnes, Buildings, Orchards, Gardens, Trees,
Timber, AVood, underwood. Swamps, Afoors, ^Marshes, Mead-
ows, Rivers, Runns, Rivuletts, Streams, Creeks, Waters,
Lakes, Pooles, Ponds, Fishing, Hunting, Hawking, fowling &
other Proffitts, Commodityes cK: Hereditan'" to the said Severall
Tracts k Parcells of Land within tlie Limits k Bounds afore-
said, Belonging or in any wise appurtaineing, and every
Parte k Parcell thereolT, to have k to hold the said Tract k
Tracts, Parcell k Parcells of Land k all k singular, other the
Preniissess unto the said AVilliam Loveridge his Heirs k As-
signs, to the only Proper use, Beneffiitt k behoofe of him, the
said AVm. Loveridge, his Heirs k Assignes forever, to bee
holden of his most Sacred Majesty, His Heirs & Successors in
fee Common Soccage, acc«Drding to the tenure of East Green-
12 \VM. loveuidge's patext.
wich in his Majestyes Kingdom of England, Yeilding. Rend-
ring c^' Paying Therefore, Yearly cV' every yeare for ever, as an
acknowledgni' or Qiiitt Rent, unto his most Sacred Majesty,
his Heirs A: Snccessorss, or to such Ofticer or Officers as shall by
liim or them be appointed to Receive the same att the Citty
of :Xe\v Yorke, in Lieu of all Services «i' Demands whatsoever,
the sume of tenn Bushells of Good Marchautable Winter
\Vheat. In Testimony whereoff, I have Caused these Presents
to be Recorded in the Secretaryes Office, & the Seale of tlie
Province to be hereunto affixed, this Bay
of
Thomas Dongax.
May it Please your Hon'.
.The Attorney Generall hath Perused this Patent, & finds
Nothing Contained therein Prejudiciall to his Majestyes In-
terest.
James Graham.
(tt.)
Examd.
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COPY OF WILL OF LOUYS DUBOIS.
In the name of God. Amen, tlie one and thirtieth dav of
..March, Anno Domini, IGSO, I, Lois Da bois, of the New Paltz
In the County of Ulster, bein"- both sound in body andof "-ood
and perfect memory, thanks be to Almiu'hty, and calling
to remembrance the uncertain Estate of this transitory life,
and that all liesh must yield unto death whoni it shall please
God to call ; doe make, constitute, ordain and declare this my
last will and testament, in manner following : Revoking and
annuling, by these presents, all and eveiy testament and testa-
ments, will and wills, heret<jfore bv me made and declared
either by word or writing, and this to be my last will and
testament. Inqn'iniis : I will that all my Just debts shall be
])aid within a convenient time after my decease, and what
there Bhall be found afterwards belonging to my Estate, shall
be equally dealt among my children I but my two oldest sons
desiring to have each of them a part of the land of the IS'ew
Paltz, more than the other sons bv reason their names are
upon Patent, but they will be content to deale equally with
my other cliildren, whether in land, houses, or any other sort
of goods whatsoever belonging to mv said Estate, as well the
lands of the Paltz that I have bought for me and after my
death and their mother's decease, shall be dealt equally
amongst them, (to wit, ) Three parts lying and being situated
in the New Paltz, but if they (to wit) my two eldest sons will
each of them have a part of the land lying in the New Paltz,
they may have it after myn and their mother's death, with
condition they shall i:>ay for the said land with all the interest
of the same, unto the other of mv children, and shall not in-
herit any of the other land, houses, or any other sort of goods
belonging to my said Estate^ but them that have house lots
and have built thereon, shall keep the same upon condition
that the other of my children shall have so much land instead
14 WILL OF SOLOMON DV liOlS.
thereof, in siicli convenient places as may be found most ex-
pedient for tlieni in any place belonging to my said Estate.
Myn wife, their mother, shall have the ordering of the Estate,
that is to say, to have the prolits and perquisites of the same,
so long as she remainetli the widdow, but in case she cometh
to remarrv. that she shall have the one right half of the whole
Estate, either lands, houses, or any other goods or chatties
whatsoever belong to my said Estate, and the other half shall
be amongst the children, aforesaid, equally dealt, except my
two eldest sons, which, if they will have the Lotts above men-
tioned, must pay for the same with the interest of the said
land, and shall have no other part in my said Estate, this is
my last will and testament and no other, in witness whereof I
have liereunto set mv hand and seal the day and year first
above written.
LOUYS UU 150IS.
Signed and Sealed in presence of
A RENT Texxissux,
DIKCK SCIIEP-MOES.
Entered upon record 19th May, 1(580.
Examined per Joux Wxvuu, D"p't Crk.
COPY OF WILL OF SOLOMOX DU BOIS.
Made June 20, 1750. Admitted to Probate Feb. l;!, 17.30.
Recorded in X. Y, Surrogate's office. Vol. 21, p. 201.
Copied from a copy in possession of Gilbert Du Bois, of EUen-
ville, X. Y.
In the name of God, Amen, I, Solomon Du Bois, of the
County of Ulster, in the province of Xew York, yeoman, be-
ing week in body, but of sound and perfect mind, memory,
and understanding', thanks be to Almighty God, but consider-
ing the uncertainty of this trajisitory life, and that we must
all yield unto Death when it shall please God to call. Do make
this last will and testament in numner and form following :
WILL t)F SULOMOX DU JJOIS. IT)
that is to say, iirst and princi[)ally, I leconimend my ^oul un-
to Alniiiilitv God, and niv bodv to tlie earth to be decent] v
buried at the direction of my Executors hereafter named, as
touching such earthly estate as it hath pleased God to bestow,
my just debts and funeral charges Being first paid and satislied,
I give and bequeath the same as followeth :
Item. I give. Devise and bequeath all my land late in
possession of my eldest son, Isaac Du Bois, Situate, lying, and
Being at porkionra in pensilvania, unto my four Grand
Daughters, the Childien of my Sai 1 Son Isaac Du Bois, De-
ceased, viz., Catharine. Margaret, Rebecca, and Elizabeth,
their heirs and assigjis. To have and To hold the said lands
imto my said Grand Daughters Catharine, Margaret, Kebecca,
and Elizabeth, their heirs and assigns to the only use, Benetit,
and Behof of niv said Grand Daughters, their heirs and assigns
forevei", to be ecpially divided between them. Saving only that
it is my will and desire that my said three youngest Grand
Daughters shall pay for the same, unto the Eldest, Catharine,
the sum of Ten pounds, which Said Sum of Ten pounds, I do
hereby Give, Devise, and Bequeath unto my Said Grand
Daughter Catharine, to be paid to her Exec'rs, Adm'rs, or as-
signs accordinglv.
Item. I give, Devise, and becpieath unto my son Ben ja-
Tiin Du Bois, all my land at Katskill, in the County of Albany,
in the province of Xew York, now in the possession of my
said Son Benjamin, and to his heirs and assigns To have and
To hold the said Land with its appurtenances, unto my said
son Benjamin, His Heirs and assigns to the only use, Benetit,
and Behoof of my said son Benjamin, his heirs and assigns for-
ever, ux)on condition, nevertheless, that my said son Benjamin
sliall pay for the same the sum of one hundred pounds current
money of Xew York, within the Term of one year, next after
my decease, that is to say, one-third part thereof unto my
Daughter Sarah, tlie wife of Simon Van Wagenor, her Exec' rs,
Adm'rs, or assigns ; and other third part thereof, unt(j my
Daughter Helena, the wife of Josiah Eltinge, her executors,
16 WILL OF SOLOMOX DU BOIS.
administrators, or assigns ; and tlu? other third part thereof,
unto my Grand Children, tlie Cliihlren of my Dauiiiiter Cath-
arine, the late wife of Peter L<iwe.
Item. I give. Devise, and Bequeath unto my son Corne-
lius Du bois, all that my farm, messuages, Lands, and appur-
tenances whatsoever, with the same Belonuinii- situate, lying,
and being in the County of Ulster, within the patent Granted
to my father Lewis Du Bois, Deceased, being that j)art adjoin-
ing the new Paltz, as the same is now in his occupation, with
the woodland thereunto adjoining, being Bounded North
Easterly by the new Palts aforesaid, and South Westerly bv the
lands of Jonathan Du bois. Deceased, and also all that the
one moiety of my right and privilege reserved to me within
the patent of the new Palts, To Have and To Hold the said
farm, messuages, Lands, and premises with the appurtenances
unto the said Son Cornelius, his heirs and assigns To the only
use, Benefit, and Behoof of my said son Cornelius, his heirs and
assigns forever, upon condition, nevertheless, that my said son
Cornelius, shall pay for the Land the sum of one hundred
X)Ounds, current money of Xew York, within the term of one
year next after my Decease, that is to say, one-third part
thereof, to my Daughter Sarah, her executors, adm'rs, or as-
signs ; and other third part thereof, unto my daughter Helena ;
and other third part thereof, unto my Grand Children, the
children of my said Daughter Catharine, Deceased, Their Ex-
ecutors, Administrators, or xVssigns.
Ite3I. I Give, Devise, and Bequeath unto my Son Hen-
dricus Du bois, his heirs and assigns, all that my farm, mes-
suages, Lands, and ap2)urtenances whatsoever, unto the same,
Belonging, Situate, lying, and being in the County of Ulster,
within the Patent, Granted to m\ father Lewis Du bois, De-
ceased, as aforesaid, commonly called the Ganso plaats, as the
same is now in his occupation, with the woodland thereunto
adjoining, being bounded North Easterly by the land late of
Jonathan Du bois. Deceased, as aioresaid, and South Westerly
by the late of Joseph Hasbrouck, Dec'd, and by a lott of land
of my said son Hendricus Du bois, hv him purchased of Jon-
"WILL OF SOLOMON DL' DOIS. 17
atlian Du bois, aforesaid. Deceased, also all that the one moiety
of my right and privilege reserved to me witliin the Patent of the
new Palts aforesaid. To Have and To Hold the said farm, mes-
suages, Lands, and Premises, with the ax)i)iirtenances unto my
said Son Hendricus. his heirs and assigns. To the only use,
benefit, and Behoof of njy Said Son Hendricus, his heirs and
assigns forever, upon condition, nevertheless, that my said
.Son Hendricus, Shall pay for the same the sum of one hundred
pounds, current money of New Yoi-k, within the term of oue
vear next after mv Decease, that is to sa^^ one-third luirt
thereof, unto my said Daughter Sarah, her Executors, Admin-
istrators, or assigns ; one other third part thereof, unto my
said Daughter Helena, her executors, administrators, or as-
signs ; and the other third part thereof, unto my said Grand
Children, the children of my said Daughter Catharine, De-
ceased, their Executors, administrators, or assigns.
Item. I Give, Davise, and Bequeath all that my part or
proportion of a pond marsh and woodland thereunto adjoining,
situate within the corporation of Kingston, unto all my children
and G^rand Children, tliat is to sav. to each of mv Children
one-eight part thereof, and to my Grand Children, the other
two-Eights parts thereof, and for the more easy division There-
of, it is mv" Avill and desire and I do hereby order and direct
that my executors, hereafter named, or the servivors of them,
Do and shall within convenient time after my decease, sell the
same lands within the Coporation of Kingston, aforesaid, to
the best advantage that can or mav be gotten for the same, and
I do hereby empower them or the survivor of them to sell and
convey the same and the money thereby arising, to be divided
into eight equal parts and to be paid by my Exec'rs, in man-
ner following : that is to say, one-eighth part thereof, unto my
said Grand Children, the Children of my said son Isaac Du
bois, Dec'd ; one other eight part thereof, unto my Daughter
Jacomyntje, the widow of Baront Du bois, Deceased, her ex-
ecutor, administrators, or assigns : one other eight part there-
of, unto my said Son Benjamin, his Executors, admin'rs,or
assigns ; and other eight part thereof, unto my said Daughter
IS WILL OF SOLOMON DU BOIS.
Sarah, her Exec'rs. adniiiiistrators. or assigns : and other
eighth part thereof, unto my said Grand Chiklren, tlie chiklren
of my said Daughter Catherine, Dec'd, their Exec' rs, admin rs,
or assigns; one other eiglit part thereof, unto my said son
Cornelius, his Executors, adm'rs, or assigns; and other eiglit
part thereof, unto my said son Hendricus, his Executors,
adm'rs, or assigns ; and other eight part thereof, unto my said
Daughter Helena, her Exec'rs, Ad'rs, or assigns ; which said
respective sums of money, herein before made to my said
children, respectively, I do hereby Give and Bequeath the same
unto my said children and Grand Children, as the same is
herein before made i:)ayal)le them particularly.
Item. It is my will and desire that my said son Cornelius
Du bois, shall pay and Deliver unto my said three Daughters,
Jaconiyntje, Sarah, and Helena, and to my Grand Children,
the children of my said Daughter Catherine, Dec'd, the num-
ber of eight black cattle of the age of three 3'ears or upwards
and eight sheep, that is to say. To Each of my said Three
Daughters, two Black Cattle and two sheep, and to my Said
Grand Children, also two Black Cattle and two sheep to be
delivered to them within the term of four years after my
Decease.
Item. All that my money that I shall have at the time of
my Decease, and also all Debts to me by bonds or other secu-
rities that shall l)e due to meat the time of my Decease, I Give
and Bequeath unto my said Three Daughters, their Executors
admin' rs, or assigns. Each of them one-fourth part thereof, and
to my said Grandchildren, the Cliildren of my Said Daughter
Catherine, Dec'd, their Ex'rs, adm'rs, or assigns, the other
fourth part thereof.
Item. After my just debts and funeral Charges are first
paid and satisfied, all the remainder of my personal estate,
whatsoever not before herein particularly Given and Bequeathed
I Give, Devise, and Bequeath unto my five children, viz.,
Jaconiyntje, Benjamin, Sarah, Hendricus, and Helena, their
Executors, adm'rs, or assigns,' each of them one-seventh part
thereof, and to my Grand Children, the Children of my said
\VILL OF SOLOMON DU BOIS. 19
Son Isaac Dii bois. dec'd, tlieir Exec" rs, adm'rs. orassiu-ns. one
otlier seventh pai-t tliereot and to my said Grand Cliildren.
the chiklren of my said Daughter Catherine. Dec'd, their Ex-
ec'rs, adm'rs, or assigns, the other seventli part thereof.
Item. It is my will and desire that if in case ir shall hap-
pen that if any of my said Grand Children, the Children of my
said son Isaac Dn bois, Deceased, and the Children of my said
Daughter Catherine, Dec'd. shall Decease without lawful issues
of their Bodies Living, then and in such case it is my will, and
I do hereby Give, Devise, and Bequeath all such part and pro-
portion of my real and personal Estate, herein and hereby given
to them, unto the Surviving Brothers and Sisters of theuh Re-
spectively, as shall be then living, to be Equally Divided be-
tween them share and share alike.
Item. And whereas my Daugliter.Iacomyntje, hath already
had and received of the widow and children of mv said Son
Isaac Du bois, Deceased, the sum of one hundred pounds, in
order to make them equal with my other Children, I have
thougjit iit to make mention of the same tliat they may not
seem 'to be wronged in their i)roportion of my Estate.
And it is my will and desire that my said Children and
Grand Children, shall be and remrdn fully satisfied with this
my Distribution of my said Estate, and that they shall not
molest my Executors in the Execution of my said will, and if
any of my said Children or Grand Children shall hereafter
happen to commence any law suit against the other of my
Children or Grand Childien Concerning part of my said Estate,
contrary to this my will, then and in such case such of my said
Children or Grand Children shall be utterly excluded and De-
barred from Inheriting any part of my said Estate, and then
and in such case I do give snch of my*^said Children or Grand
Children's proportion of my estate unto the other Cliildren
and Grand Children, to be divided among them as my other
estate.
And lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my said Sons
Benjamin Du bois. Ilendricus Du bois, and Joln/Eltinge of
Kingston, in Ulster County, aforesaid, or the survivor of them.
20 AVILL OF SOLOMOX DU BOIS.
to be Executors of this my last Will and Testament, and re-
voking all the wills by me heretofore made, I do declare this
only to be my last will and Testament, in witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Twenty-sixth Day of
June, in the vear of our Lord Christ, one Thousand seven
hundred and fifty-Six.
Signed, Sealed, Published, and De- ^
ejared by the said Solomon Du bois, to | gg^Q^jox Du bouis'
be his last will and Testament in the [ q 1
presence of us who subscribed our names {
as witnesses hereto in his presence. J
Noah Eltixgk.
Lewis J. Du bois,
AxDKiEs Dr bois.
Ulster county, the loth day of February, 1759.
MEMonAXJ)UM that on the date, aforesaid, personally ap-
peared Before me John Crooke, being Hereunto Delegated and
appointed, Noah Eltinge and Lewis Jonathan Du bois, two
of the subscribing witnesses to the above will and Testament
of Solomon Du bois, Deceased, and severallv declared on the
holy Evangelist of Almighty God that they have seen the Said
Solomon Du bois sign, seal, publish, and Declare the same as
and for his last will and Testament, and that at the time there-
of, he was of sound and Disposing mind and memor}', to the
Best of their Knowledge, and that they had also seen Andries
Du bois, the other Subscribing witness, sign the same as a
AVitness.
Be it also remembered that at the same time Benjamin Du
bois and Ilendricus Du bois of the Executors in the Said will
named, were sworn to the True Execution and performance
thereof.
Joiix Crooke, Surror/ate.
The above is a true copy of the last will and Testament of
Solomon Du Bois, Deceased, prepared by
, Joiix Ckooke, and
Hexuy Jaxsex.
Ov
DEED BY ALEXANDER MACDOWALL TO
SOLOMOX DU EOIS, Xov. 4tli, 1720.
This Indenture, made the fourth day of November, in the
seventh year of liis Majesty's reign. King George, Anno Dom-
ini, One Thousand seven liundred and twenty, Between Alex-
ander ]\[acdowall of Perth Amboy, in the county of Middlesex
and Eastern division of Xew Jersey, Mariner, (by and with
the consent, good liking, and ax)probation of Margaret, his
wife, signified by her being a party to these presents,) of the
one part, and Solomon Dubois, of the New Palts, in the
county of Ulster and province of New York. Yeoman, of the
other part. AVitnesseth, that said Alexander Macdowall, for
and in consideration of the sum of Three hundred and live
pounds, current lawfull money of the Eastern Division of X^'ew
Jersey, to him in hand paid, before the ensealing and delivery
hereof, by {Benjamin Dubois, son of) the said Solomon Du-
bois, the receipt whereof, he, the said Alexander Macdowall,
doth hereby acknowledge and himself to be herewith fully
satisfied, contented, and paid, and thereof and from every part
and parcel thereof, doth clearly acquit, release, and discharge
the said Solomon Dubois, his heirs, executors, administrators
and assigns forever, by these presents Hath given, granted,
bargained and sold, and by these presents doth freely, fully,
and absolutely give, grant, bargain, and sell unto the said
Solomon Dubois, his heirs and assigns, all that a certain
messuage or ti'act of land situate, lying, and being in the
county of Albany and i)rovince of New York aforesaid, upon
the south side of a creek or kill called Cattskill, Beginning at
a place called Hops Ncs.^ point, about one chain and a half
upon a course nearest south from the extreme part of said
point upon Cattskill, and extending from the said beginning
North eightv-two degrees, Westerly two liundred and twenty-
eight chains, be the same a little more or less, to a creek called
Caterskill, thence extending down the said creek, as the creek
runs, till where the said creek runs into Cattskill, and so along
22 DEED BY ALEXANDER MACDOWALL.
Cattskill or creek to the pkice of beginning, containing Nine
Imndred acres, be the same more or k^ss. Also two acres of
meadow off the north side of tlio meadow called the Fly, be-
longing to Hannah Hall. Together with all and singular the
houses, edifices, buildings. l)arnes, stables, orchards, gardens,
commons, common of pasture, ways, waters, water courses,
woods, underwoods, mines, mineralls, quarries, profits, com-
modities, hereditaments, and appurtenances whatsoever, to
the said tract of land and two acres of meadow, belonging or
in any manner of ways appurtaining or therewithal occu])ied,
used, or enjoyed, or accepted, reputed, taken, and known as
part, parcel or member thereof, (all which premises now are
in the actual possession of him, the said Solomon Dubois, by
virtue of an indenture of bargain to him thereof, made for the
term of one year, bearing date the day before the date of these
j)resents, and made between the said Alexander Macdowalland
Margaret, his wife, of the one i)art, and the said Solomon Du-
bois of the other part, and l)y virtue of the statute for trans-
ferring uses into possession, ) and all the estate, right, title,
interest, use, trust. X)roperty, reversion, claim, and demand
whatsoever, either in law or equity of them, the said Alexan-
der Macdowall or Margaret, his wife, of, in. and to the said
premises or any x^art or parcel thereof, and the reversion and
reversions, remainder and remainders, yearly, and other rents
and profits of the premises and of every part and parcel there-
of, To have and to hohl the said tract of land and two acres of
meadow, and all and singular the other tlie premises herein
before mentioned, meant or intended to be hereby «:ranted,
aliened, released or confirmed, and every part and parcel there-
of, with their and every of their appurtenances unto the said
Solomon Dubois, his heirs and assigns, to the only proper
use, ])enefit and behoof of him, the said Solomon Dubois, his
heirs and assigns forever. And the said Alexander Macdowall
and Margaret, his wife, for themselves and for their heirs, ex-
ecutors, and administrators, do farther covenant, promise,
grant, and agree to and with The said Solomon Dubois, his
heirs and assigns, in manner and form following : Tliat is to
DEED i;y alexaxdeh macdowall. 28
say, tlmt the above granted or hereby intended to l)e granted
and bargained X)remises, now are and at all times forever here-
after shall be and remain unto the said Solomon Dubois, his
heirs and assigns, free and clear and freely and clearly ac-
quitted, released, and discharged off and from all former and
other deeds, gifts, grants, bargains, sales, leases, releases,
mortgnges, wills, entails, judgments, executions, or any other
incumberances or troubles whatsoever in the law, had made,
done or suffered to be had made, done, or executed bv them
the said Alexander Macdowall and Margaret, his Avife. or bv,
from, or under them, or any other person or persons concerned
for, by or under them, and that they, the said Alexander Mac-
dowall and Margaret, his wife, at the time of the ensealing and
delivery hereof, are the true, sole, and lav.ful owners of the
above granted and bargained i)remises and every part and
parcel thereof, and have in themselves full power, lawful and
absolute authority to grant, bargain, and sell the same in
manner as aforesaid. And further, the said Alexander Mac-
dowal and ^Margaret, his wife, do covenant, promise, and agree
to and' with the said Solomon Dubois, his heirs and assigns,
that they, the said Alexander Macdowall and Margaret, his
wife, for themselves and for their heirs and assigns, the above
granted and bargained premises unto him, the said Solomon
Dubois, his heirs and assigns, against them the said Alexan-
der Macdowall and Margaret, his wife, their heirs, executors,
and administrators, and against the just and lawfull claims of
any person or persons whatsoever claimed, or to claim from,
by, or under them, shall and will warrant and forever defend
by these presents. The quitt or annual chief of two bushels
of good sufficient merchantable winter wheat, annually arising
and becoming due from henceforth, unto his Majesty, his heirs
and successsors only accepted.
In witness wliereof. the said Alexander Macdowall and
Margaret, his Avife, have hereunto set their hands and seals
the day and year iirst above written.
Al1!:xaxder fjTI^ Macdowall,
Maugket IP^ Macdowall.
24 DEED BY ALEXANDER MACDOWALL.
November 3rd, Anno Domini, 1720.
Received of Solomon Dnbois, the snm of Three linndred
and five jwunds (£305 Os. Od.) by tlie hand of Benjamin, his
son, in full for the consideration money within mentioned, I
say received.
Me
Alexander Macdowall.
-Witnesses,
Gerhard Wagexex, Jr.,
Jeax Leeg.
Recorded in the clerk's office for the city and county of
Albany, Book X. G., pages 54, 55 and 5G, and I hereby certify
to have examined tliis release with the records of the same,
and linding no material rasure nor" in terlienations therein, this
12th day of Mav, 17G0.
Ha. Gaxsevoort, Clerk.
Ulster s. .9.
Be it remembered that on the eighth day of ^Nlarch, Anno
Domini, 1730, there appeared before me, Abraham Gaasbeck
Chambers, Esq., of the inferior conrt of common pleas for
said county, Gerrard. Van AVaiienen, who being duly sworn
declared that he had seen the within mentioned Alexander
Magdowal and Margaret, his wife, sign, seal, and deliver the
within written instrument as rheir volentary act and deed, and
also that at the same time he saw Jean Leeg sign the same as
witness with him, and I have likewise carefully examined the
same and llnd no rasure nor interlienations in the same, and
therefore I allow the same to be entered in the said County
records.
A. Gaasbeck Chambers.
Sealed and delivered in the presence of
Gerrard Tax Wagenex-^,
Jeax Leeci.
COPY OF DEED BY GISBERT LANE AXD HAXXAH,
Ills WIFE, TO BEXJAMIX DU BOIS, Jan'y 4tli, 1728.
Tliis Indenture, made the fourth day of January, in the
second year of the reign of George the second. King of Great
Brittain, France and Irekmd, defender of the faith, etc., &c.,
Anno Domini, 1728 and 9, Between Gisbert Lane and Hannah,
liis wife, the i)rovince of Xew Jersey, (Gentleman ) of the one
part and Benjamin Dubois of Catts kills, in the county of
Albany and province of X'ew York, of the other part. Where-
as William Loveridge at the time of his desease, did stand
seized in fee simple of all that tract of land situate, lying, and
being on the west side of Hudson's River or the Xorth River,
in the county of Albany and i)rovinceof Xew York, stretching
from the mouth of Cattskill where said William Loveridge' s
house stood, southward along the said Hudson's River till over
the haJf or great (Inbogt) or bay, where the trees stand marked
WL, and runs up from the river westward to a fall or water
wpon a creek called Katers Kill, the fall of water being called
by the Indians Quatawicknaak, and so along the east side of
Katers Kill or creek till where the said creek runs into the said
creek called Cattskill, and so along Ci.ttskill till a man comes
to the house and barn that was the said William Loveridge' s,
and from thence following Cattskill to the said river, with all
the hereditaments and apimrtenances unto the same belonging
. and appurtaining, as in and by a certain charter or pattent
under the seal of the province of X'ew York, bearing date the
eight day of February, Anno Domini, One thousand six
hundred and eighty-six, and remaining on or uj)on thepublick
records in the secretary's office of the province of Xew York,
may fully and at large ai:)pear. And whereas the said William
L jveridge by the name of William Loveridge of Perth Amboy,
in the county of Middlesex, iy the X)rovince of east Xew Jersey,
(now the eastern division of the province of X'ew Jersey,) In-
26 DEED KY GISBEKT LANE.
liolder, did make, in his last will and testament, in writing,
and the same did dnly execnte and therein did bequeath unto
his daughter Hannah, (now the said Hannah Lane,) Avife of
the said Gisbet Lane, the one-lifth part of all the above recited
tract of land. And whereas by the mutual agreement of the
heirs and devisees of said deceased, and their assigns, they
have made a partition and division of the whole and entire
tract of land, as near as they can judge, into live equal parts
in quantity, and have distinguished the said five parts of the
said entire tract of land by the names of lot number one, two,
three, four, and live, of which said lots the lot number two,
by alotment, was fallen unto the said Hannah, now wife of the
said Gisbet Lane, and is beginning upon Hops Nose point about
one chain and a half npon a course nearest south from the ex-
treme i>'^i"t of the said point npon Catts Kill, and extending
from the said beginning North eighty-two degrees. Westerly
two hundred and twenty-eight chains, be the same a little
more or less, to a creek called Katers Kill as aforesaid, thence
extending up the said creek, reckoning the same upon a direct
line and'a course near about south thirty-seven degrees. West-
erly forty-seven chains and a half, thence sonth seventy-two
degrees, Easterly to Hudson's River aforesaid, being bonnded
northerly by lot number one, then belonging to Alexander
Macdowal, sontherly by lot number three, belonging to
Michiel A^an Vegten, Easterly by Hudson's River, and West-
erly by Katers Kill, (Excepting and reserving out of the said
lot number two unto Michiel Van Vegten, his heirs and as-
signs, two acres of the south side of the Fly or meadow be-
longing to the said lot number two, and also two acres of the
north side of the Fly or meadow belonging to the said lot num-
ber two, unto him the said Alexander Macdowel, his heirs and
assigns, with the liberty of a cart or wagon path to pass and
repass to and from the lots numbers (B) three and (1) one, be-
longing to the said Micliiel Van Vegten and the said Alexan-
der Mac Dowel, as by a certain deed of partition or release
from the heirs and devisees iyi the said William Loveridge,
DEED BY GIsr.EKT LANE. 27
unto the said Ilaiinali thereof, made bearing date the four-
teenth day of April, Anno Domini, One thousand seven
hundred and nineteen, may more fully appear reft'erence being
there unto had. Now this indenture witnesseth that the said
Gisbert Lane, by and with the consent and good liking of
Ilanna]], his wife, signified by her being a party to and sealing
and executing of these presents, for and in consideration of
the sum of Three hundred and fifty pounds, currant and law-
ful money of the province of New York aforesaid, to the said
Gisbet Lane and Hannah, his wife, heretofore in hand paid by
tlie said Benjamin Dubois, the receipt whereof, they the said
Gisbet Lane and Hannah, his wife, do hereby acknowledge,
and thereof and of and from every part and parcel thereof,
do clearly and absolutely acquit, exonerate, and discharge the
said Benjamin Dubois, his heirs, executors, and administra-
tors forever, by these presents Hath granted, bargained, sold,
aliend, enfeoffed, conveyed, and conlirnied. And by these
■ presents doth grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff, convey, and
confirm Unto the said Benjamin Dubois, and to his heirs and
assigns forever, all that part of the above recited tract or lot
of land, known and distiuiruished bv lot nundjer two, beirin-
ning upon hops nose point about one chain and a half upon a
course nearest south from the extreme part of the said point
upon Catts kill, and extending from the said beginning ^N'orth
eighty-two degrees, westerly along the land of Solomon Du
bois and a line of marked trees, run by Mr. Marthen Hofman
some time ago to Katers Kill or creek, above mentioned, by a
stone set in the ground and a Vuyl Yure or white pine tree,
•marked on east side of said creek and west side of a steep hill,
thence from said tree or stone extending up the said creek,
reckoning the same upon a direct course near about south
thirty-seven degrees, westerly thirty-seven chains and one-
half by a tree marked a small distance to the northward of a
small piece of low land upon Caters kill aforesaid, and is now
in the possession of Frederick Diederick, thence south Seven-
ty-two degrees easterly along by a line of marked trees, now
28 dep:d by gisi;i:ut lane.
run by Jan Eltinge, to Hudson's River, just iwo chains and
ten links on the south side of a certain creek running thi ougli
tlie iiy or meadow, and is commonly called (the grote kill or
platte kill,) and thence up the several courses of the said river
to the place of beginning. Being bounded northerly by lot
number one, now belonging to Solomon Dubois, westerly by
Katers kill, southerly bv a line of marked trees, now run by
Jan Eltinge, and easterly by Hudson's River, (excepting and
reserving the land already conveyed out of lot number two by
the said Gisbert Lane and Hannah, his wife, unto Paulus
Smith, Christian Overiiagh, Johan Jurry Overpagh, Johannis
Overjiagh, Peter Overpagh, and Frederick Dederick, and also
free fetching and using of wood, trees, timber, and stone and
grazing of cattle, from that x^nrt of the said lot number two
lying on the west and southwesterly side of lime stone hill for
them, the said Paulas Smith, Christian Overpagh, Johan Jurry
Overpagh, Johannis Overpagh, Peter Overpagh, and Freder-
ick Diederick, and theii- heirs and assigns, living on the ex-
cej^ted premises, and for to use up on the excepted farms
only, Also a common road for them, their heirs and assigns
forever, to pass and repass to and from the landing place or
river, excepting also out of the said released lot number two
unto Michiel Van Yegten, his heirs or assigns, two acres of
the south side of the lly or meadow, and also two acres of the
north side of the said lly or meadow, for Solomon Dubois,
with the liberty of a cart or wagon road to pass and re2:)ass
from the said excepted meadow, to and from the lots numbers
three and one, to ^lichiel Van Vegten or his heirs, and Solo-
mon Dubois. Together with all and singular the edifices,
buildings, gardens, orchards, meadows, swamps, pools, ponds,
riyers, rivulets, runs and streams of water, trees, timber stand-
ing, growing, lying and being thereon with all the prolits, ad-
vantages, hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever to the
said lot of land belonging or in any wise of right appurtaining,
(except as before excepted,) and the reversion and reversions,
remainder and remainders thi^reof, and also all the estate,
DEED EY GISBEUT LANE. 2d
title, dowel , 2)08sessioii, i-eversioii, claim and demand whatso-
ever of them, the said Gisbet Lane and Hannah, his wife. To
have and to ]iohl the said lot or tract of land and premises,
witli the appnrtenances and every part and parcel thereof,
(excei)t as before excepted,) Unto the said Benjamin Dnbois
and to his heirs and assigns for ever, And the said Benjamin
Dnbois, his heirs and assigns, shall and may from time to time
and at all times forever hereafter, by force and virtne of these
presents, hnvfully, peaceably, and qnietly have, hold, use,
occupy, jjossess, and enjoy the said demised premises, with
the appurtenances and every part thereof, free and clear and
freely and clearly acqnited, exonerated and dischara-ed or
otherwise, well and sufficiently saved and kept harmless and
indemnilied of and from all other and former gifts, grants,
bargains, sales or incumbrances vvdiatsoever, (except as before
excepted.) And lastly' the said Gisbert Lane and Hannah, his
wife, do further covenant and bind themselves, their heirs, ex-
ecutors, and administrators, llrndy by these presents to war-
I'ant and defend the said Benjamin Dubois, his heirs and as-
sign5,'in quiet and xjeaceable possession of all and singular the
said granted and bargained premises, against any just and
lawful claim of any person or i)ersons whatsoever, the said
Benjamin Dubois, his heirs or assigns, or some or one of them,
rendering and paying the year quittient or quantity of tAvo
bushels of good sweet merchantable winter wheat, yearly and
every year forever, to such person or persons as is or shall be
appointed by our sovereign, the King, for receiving the same.
In witness whereof the to these presents have hereunto set
their hands and seals the day and vear lirst above written.
Hann"aii ^l^^S) Laxe,
GisiiEiiT H^ Lane.
30 DEED BY GISI5EKT LANE.
Received at sundrv times of and from Mr. Beiijamiii Du-
bois, here within named, the vahie of Three hundred and lifty
pounds, {£3C)0 Os. Od.) New York money, in full of the with-
in mentioned consideration money, as witness my hand this
tenth day of May, Anno Domini, One thousand seven hundred
and forty-nine (1749).
GiSBEiiT Lane,
Witnesses Hannah Lane,
CllRISTIAEN OVEIIBAGII,
John Van okden,
Jan Eltinge,
Lonenburg, August 2nd, 1750.
Then aj^peared bef(n"e Robert Sanders, Esq., one of judges
of the inferior court of common pleas, held for the City and
County of xVlbanv, Christiaen Overbagh, one of the subscrib-
ing witnesses to this within deed, who made oath on the Holy
Evangelists of the Almighty God, and saith (That he saw Gis-
bert Lane and Hannah, his wife,) sign, seal and deliver the
within deed as their act and deed, and that he at the same
time saw John Van orden and John Eltinge sign as witnesses
thereto, and having carefully examined the within deed and
find therein no material rasures or interlinations, allow the
same to be recorded.
RoBT. Sanders.
Recorded in the clerk's office of the Citv and County of
Albany, book N. G., pages 5G, 57. 58, 59, and GO. and I do
hereby certify to have examined the within indenture of re-
lease, with the record of the same, and find no rasare nor in-
terlination therein, this 14tli day of May, 17G0.
Ha. Gansevoout, Clerk.
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered in the presence of
ClIBlSTIAEN OvEKBAOir,
John Van oi^den,
Jan Eltinge.
I IK
COPY OF WILL OF J3ENJAMIN DUBOIS.
Sii: Henry Mooue, Baronet, Captain (jeneial.
and Governor in Chief, in and over tlie Province
of New York, and tlie Territories depending
thereon in America, Chancellor and Vice Ad-
miral of the same.
To all to whom these presents shall come or may C(jncern,
Greeting.
Know Ye. that at Albany County, on the second day of
Febrnnry last, before John Depeyster, Esquire, thereunto
Delegated and Appointed, the last AVill and Testament of
Benjamin Dubois deceased, (a Copy whereof is hereunto An-
nexed) was proved, and is now Approved and Allowed of by
me, the said deceased having whilst he lived and at the time
of InsDt-aTh Goods, Chatties and Credits within this provence,
by means whereof the proving and Registering the said Will,
and tlje granting Administration of all and Singular, the said
Goods, Chatties & Credits and Also the Auditing, Allowing
and iinal discharging the Account thereof doth belong unto
me. And that Administration of all and Singular the Goods,
Chatties and Credits of the said deceased, and anyway con-
".ernicg Lis AVill is granted unto Huibartus Dubois, Cornelius
Dubois, and Isaac Dubois, the Executors in the said Will
named l>^rin£r iirst duelv Sworn well and faithfullv to Adminis-
ter the same, and to make and Exhibit a true and perfect In-
ventory of all and Singular the said Goods, Chatties and Cred-
its, and also to render a Just and true Account thereof when
thereunto Required.
In Testimony whereof, 1 have Caused the i)rerogative
Seal of the province of Xew York, to be hereunto
Affixed, at the City of ]S'ew York, the Nineteenth
day of June, One thousand. Seven hundred and
Sixtv-seven. •
John Fukncii.
32 AVILL OF EEXJAMIX DU BOIS.
In the Xame of God. Amen. I, Benjamin Dnbois, of Catts
Kill, in the County of Albany, in the province of New York,
Yeom\ beinc; in Health in Bodv and of Sound and Perfect
Mind, Memory and Understanding, Thanks be to Almighty
God, but considering the Uncertainty of this Transitory Life,
and that we must all yeald unto Deatli whan it shall please
God to call. Do make this my last "Will and Tastenient, in
manner and form following : That is to say. First and princi-
pally I Recommend my S.)ul to Almight}" God, and my Body
to the Earth to be Decentlv Buried, at the Discretion of mv
Executors hereafter Named, as Touching such Woiidlv Es-
tate as it hath pleased God to bestow upon me, my Just Debts
and Funeral Charges being first paid and Discharged, I give
devise and Bequeath the same, asfolloweth : Item. I give and
]3equeath unto my Son Isaac, his heirs. Assigns for Ever, all
that part of my Lands being the Farm now in his Occupation,
situate, lying and being at Catts Kill, in the County of Albany
aforesaid. Beginning at a Water Ash Tree standing on the
South side of Catts Kill, in a Bent above Hops nose point, and
on the East Side of a Small Pirook, which runs into Catts Kill,
the said Tree being marked with three Notches and a Blaze
on two Sides, and runs from thence South thirty Degrees W^est
Fifty live Chains and Sixty Links, to the Land Catherine
Overbagh, AViddow of John Jurry Overbagh, thence all along
the Lands of the said Catherine Overbagh and Sarah Overbao:h
to the Great Meadow lying on Hudson's liiver, thence Norther-
ly all along the Meadow to Catts Kill, thence up along Catts
Kill to wliare it hrst Begun ; also, I give and Bequeath unto
my Son Curnalius, his heirs and assigns for E^er, all that
part of my Lands being the Farm now in his Occupation, situ-
ate, lying and being at Catts Kill aforesaid, beginning at a
Black Oak tree marked with three Notches and a Blaze on one
side, standing on the Brink of the South side of Catts Kill,
and to the Northwest side of mv said Son Curnalius' s House,
and runs from thence South Eighty Eight Degrees, Avest
Twenty Chains, from thence S<nith Sixty live degrees, West
ft/ o 7
Nineteen Chains, from thence South Eleven Decrees and tliirtv
AVILL OF IJEX.IMIX DU 150IS. 33
iMiuiites, West Twelve Chains, from thence South Twenty two
I)e«i:rees, West Sixteen Chains, from thence South forty four
Degrees, West Twelve, from rlience South Seventeen Deo-rees
West Twenty three Chains to the Lands of Sarah Overba-h'
from thence South Easrerl>- all along the Lands of the said
Sarah Overbagh and Johannis Overbagh, and Catherine Over-
bagh to the Southwest corner of the said Farm herein before
given to my said Son Isaac, thence all along the line of the
same Xorth thirty Degrees, East Fifty live Chains and Sixty
links to Catts Kill to a AVater Ash tree, beint- the North West
Corner of the said Farm herein b3for8 given to mv said Son
Isaac, thence up along Catts Kill to whare it hrst Beo-un
Also,all that a certain Lott of Woodland distinguished or
known by the Lott on the Ilil], Beginning at a White oak
. Sapling marked with three Notches on four Sides standin-
near the Edge of the Rocky Hill, and runs from South Sixty
four Degrees, East Six Chains and Fifty Links to the Foot of
-the Cedar Hill, thence Xorth Easterly all along the Foot of
the Ceader Hill to a Nut Siipling marked on four Sides, and
runs fr^m thence South Sixty Degrees, East live Chains to the
Top of a Rocky Hill, thence along the Top of the Rocky Hill
to the place whare it first begun. Including the Spring of Wa-
ter at the North East point of the said Rocky Ilill.'^ Also. I
give and Bequeath unto my Son Huibartus his heirs and As-
signs for Ever, all that part of my Lands being Uie Farm now
in my Occupation, Situate, lying and being at Catts Kill afore-
said, Beginning at a Swamp white oak Tree beino- marked
Standing on the South of Side of my Tract of Land,"and in the
Northwest corner of Paulus Smith's Land, and runs from
thence North fifty six Degrees, West one Chain and thirty
eight Links to a large white oak Tree, from thence North
thirty four Degrees, East Seventeen Chains to a white oak
tree at the Road, from thence Eleaven Degrees West Nineteen
Chains, from thence North Twenty four Degrees, West six
Chains, from thence Southerly to the Foot of a Rocky Hill,
thence all along the Foot of ^ the said Ilocky Hill to in Oak
Tree, marked with three Notclies on four sides, standing at
34 AVILL OF UEXJA3IIX DU liOIS.
tlie Foot of the said Hill, and Kiuis from thence ^'orth
Twenty Eight Degrees, West four Cliains and fifty Links to
Caters Kill, to a wliite oak Tree marked on fonr Sides, and
Runs from thence down Caters Kill to Catts Kill, thence down
Catts Kill to the Northwest Corner of the aforesaid Farm given
to my said Son Ciirnalius, from thence all along the Bound
or Line of the said Farm to the Lands of Sarah Overbagh,
thence Northwesterly all along the Lands of Sarah Overbagh
and Panlus Smith to whare it first Begun. In Trust, Never-
theless, and it is my Will and desire, that my Beloved Wife
Catherinetie shall be and Remain in the full possession of my
said Farm, herein before given to my said Son Huibartus, and
shall have and Receive the full Benefit thareof during her
AVidowhood, which 1 do Cfive and devise unto her for and to-
wards her maintainance. And it is further my AVill and
desire that my said Sou Huibartus and my Son Isaac, their
heirs and assigns, shall within the space of Two years after my
-Decease, well and truly pay or cause to be paid to my two
Daughters, To Witt : Sarah the AVidowand Relict of Christian
Overbagh, deceased, and Trintie, the Wife of John Van Orden,
the Sum of Two hundred pounds Current Money of N. York^
that is to say, to each of them the Sum of One hundred pounds
current Money afoi'esaid, which said Respective Sums I do
hereby give and Bequeath to my said two Daughters to be
paid to them, their Respective Executors, Administrators, or
Assigns, and I do hereby make that part of mv Estate, herein
before given to my said Son Huibartus, Chargeable with the
payment of the Sum of One hundred and fifty pounds of the
same, and that part of my Estate, herein before given to my
Son Isaac, I do make Chargeable with the payment of the
other part of the aforesaid Sum. Also, [ give^ Devise, and
Bequeath unto my Grandson Benjamen Dubois, the Son of my
Eldest Son Soloman, deceased, his heirs and Assigns for ever,
all that part of my Lands being the Farm now in the occupa-
tion of my Daughter in Law Margriet Dubois, situate, Iving
and Being at Catts Kill aforesaid, Beginning at a white Oak
Tree Standing on the Brink of Caters Kill, being marked on
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WILL OF i;?:X.IAMIN DU BOIS. 35
four Sides, from tlience running South Twenty eight Degrees
East Four Chains and fifty Links to an Oak tree marked with
three J\^otc7/(s on Four N/'/r.v stand hi (/ at th<' Foot of a Ilocky
Ilill, and Runs from tlience S;)Uth\vesterly all along the Foot
of the said Hill to the Waggon path Avhich goes to the Mill,
from thence Westerly to the Fountain which lies just under
or at the Foot of the Limestone Hill, thence all along the Foot
of the Limestone Hill to the Lands of Jurian Overbagh, tlience
AVesterly all along the Lands of Jurian Overbagh with a Diract
Course to the Lands of Fredrick Brandow, thence all along
Fraderick Brandow's Land to Caters Kill, thence down Caters
Kill to whare it first Begun, (Except and always Keserving
out of this Farm given to my said Grandson, the fall of Water
in Caters Kill opposite the Mill of Salisbury and Company,
together with three Acres of Land Iving Adjovning to the
said Fall on the South side of Caters Kill.) In Trust, Never-
theless, and it is mv Will and desire that mv said Grandson,
■ Benjanian Dubois, his heirs and Assigns, shall within the Space
of Ten Years after he shall come to Age, well and truly pay,
or Cair^e to be paid unto his Sisters, my other three Grand
Children, To witt : Catelintie, Sarah, and Eachel, the Sum of
Seventy five X)ounds Current money of New York. That is to
say, to each of them the Sum of Twenty five pounds current
Money aforesaid, which said Respective Sums, I do hereby
give and Bequeath to my said last mentioned three Grand
Daughters, to be paid to them, their Respective Executors.
Administrators, or Assigns, and do hereby make that part of
my Estate, herein before given to my said Grandson Benjamin
Dubois, Chargeable with the jtayment of the same. Also, I
give and Bequeath unto my said three Sons. viz. : Huibartus,
Curnalius, and Isaac, and to my said Grandson Benjamen, the
Son of my Son Soloman, deceased, all that fall of Water in
Caters Kill, opposite to the Mill of Salisbury and Company,
together with three Acres of Land, lying Adjoyning to the said
Fall on the South side of Caters Kill, with the Conveniency
there for Erecting a Mill. Also, a Certain Meadow and Swamp
commonly called Uilen Vly and Great Creplebush, lying Ad-
joyning to the River ; and Also all m v Woodlands in the Hills,
36 AVILL OF BKNJAMIX DU J50IS.
and all other m\^ Rial Estate whatsoever and Whatsoever not
herein before particularly given & Bequeathed, To have and
to Iiold the said Fall of Water and three Acres of Land and
Conveniency for a Mill, Meadow and Swamp, Wood Land in
the Hills, and otlier Real Estate aforesaid, with the Heredi-
taments and Appurtenances thereunto Belonging-, unto my
said three Sons and Grandson, their heirs and Assigns, to
the only proper use. Benefit, and Behoof of my said three
Sons and Grandson, their Iwhs and Assigns for ever, equally
to be divided between them, each of them the one fourth pait
thareof. Also, It is further my Will and desire, Notwith-
standing my having Divided my Lands as aforesaid, that my
said three Sons and Grandson, their heirs or Assigns, shall,
Nevertheless, have full Liberty and priveledge, for ever here-
after, to Cut, Rive, Hew, and take away all sorts of Wood or
Timber growing upon any part of my said Lands, for their own
])roper uses, as long as the said Lands shall not be Inclosed
vvithin Fence, provided they do not make use of the same for
sale, but only for the use of their Farms, hereby made to
them, (2r for the use of tlieir particular Trade or Occupation.
Also, after my Debts or Funeral Charges being paid, I give
and Bequeath unto my said two Daughters Sarah andTiintie,
all the Money which I shall leave in Cash, or out at Interest,
at the time of my Decease, each of them the one half thareof.
Yeat, Nevertheless, it is mv Will and Meanina\ tliat mv said
Daughter Sarah shall lirst have and Receive the Sum of fortv
eight pounds out of the same to make her equal witli my
Daughter Trintie, she having already head the like Sum of me
in my Life time. Also, all the Residue and Remainder of mv
personal Estate, whatsoever not herein before particularly
given and Bequeathed, I do give and Bequeath the same unto
my three Sons and two Daughters, and my Grand Children,
the Children of njy said Son Soloman Dubois, deceased, to be
equally divided between them, that is to sav, unto each of my
said Sons and Daughters one Sixth part thareof, and the other
Sixth part thareof, unto my said Grand Children, to be equally
divided between them. Nevertheless, it is my ^Vill and desire
WILL OF BEXJAillN DU I30IS. 37
that my said AVife shall have the use and Benefitt of all niv
Household Goods, Beding and furniture, and all such other
part of ni}'' personal Estate as she shall think needfull for her,
for and during her Widdowhood as aforesaid. Also, it is my
AVill and meaning that if in case my said Grandson Benjanien,
happens to die before he come of Age without Lawfull Issue,
then and in such Case, all such part of my Eeal Estate
herein before given to him, is to ^j^o to rav other Grandson Ben-
jamin, the Son of my said Son Huibartus, and in such case I
devise the same unto him, his heirs and Assigns for ever ; and
if my said last Mentioned Grandson, alsohapjien to die before
he comes of Age without Lawfull Issue, then and in such case
the same Estate is to go to my other Grandson Benjamin, the
Son of my said Son Curnelius, and in such case I devise the
same unto hinj, his heirs and Assigns for ever. And Lastly, I
do hereby make, ordain and appoint my said three Sons, Hui-
bartus, Curnalius, and Isaac, and the Survivors or Survivor of
them, to be Executors of my last Will and Testament, and do
hereby Appoint my said Executors to be Guardians to my said
Grandson Benjamin, the Son of my said Son Soloman, de-
ceased, and mv A\'ill and Meaning is that mv said Executors
Shall let my Daughter in Law Margriet, the Widow and Relict
of my said Son Soloman Dubois, deceased, be and Remain in
the full i^ossession of that i^art of my Estate, herein before
given to my said Grandson, untill my said Grandson shall
come of Age, if she shall remain a Widow so long, and that
out of the Beneilt of the said Estate, she shall bring up and
Educate my said Grand Children, and if she shall fail therein,
• then I do give full power unto my said Executors, at thair Dis-
cretion, to let out the same Estate for the Benefit of mv said
Grand Children, until my said Grandson shall come of Age.
And Revoking all other Wills, heretofore by me made, I do
declare this only to be my last AVill and Testament. In Wit-
ness whareof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this
Twentieth day of May, in the year of our Lord Christ, One
thousand Seven hundred and Sixty two.
Bexjame^st Dubois. ^77^
38 "WILL OF BEXJAMIN DU BOIS.
Signed, Sealed, i)ublished, and declared by the within named
Benjamin Dubois, as liis last Will and Testament, in the jn'es-
eiice of us who Subscribe our Names thereto as Witnesses in
his presence. The following Interlineations being iirst made,
the Words his^ Interlin d. in the Sixteenth line of the first
page between the Words in and Occupation ; the Words De-
grees, Interlined, in tht^ Sscond line of the Second page between
the Words Ttoo^wil West ; the wovd^ Lciiuls of the, Interlin'd,
in the fifth line of the said page, l)etween the Words tJie and
said ; the Words Catts Kill, Interlin'd, in the Eleventh line of
the said page, between tlie Words along and to ; the Words
Hill, interlined, in the Twenty second line of the said j^age, be-
tween the Words Rocl:y and also ; the Words thence. Inter-
lined, in the thirty first line of the said second page, between
the Words/V'ow and Elecen ; the AVords loltJiui the space of,
Interlined, in the Fifteenth line of the third page, between the
Words shall and Tlco ; the Words my, Interlined, in the
Thirty^ line of the said page, between the Words of and
Eldest ; the Words Goes, Interlined, in the fourth line of the
fourth page, between the Words which and to ; the Words my
said Grandson, interlined, in the Sixteenth line of the said
page, between the Words tJiat and Benjamin ; the Words
mill of. Interlined, in the thirty second line of the said fourth
page, between the Words the and iSalishiiry ; the AVords is,
interlined, in the Twenty fifth line of the fifth page, between
the Words it and my ; the words also, Interlined, in the
Eleventh line of the Sixth page, between the Words Son and
happen.
Samuel A^ax Veciitex,
Sylvester Salisbury,
Abraham SALISBURY^
Albany County ss. Be it Remembered that on the Second
day of February, One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty
seven, personally came and Ajipeared before me, John De
peyster, Surrogate of the Citty'and County of Albany, Samuel
AVILL OF J^EX.TAMIX DU BOIS. 39
Van Yecbteii and Abmluini Salisbury, both of Catts Kill in
the County of An)any, and being tliiely Sworn on their Oatlis,
declared that they and each of them did see Benjamin Dubois
Sign and Seal the within written Instrnment, purporting to be
the Will of the said Benjamin Dubois, bearing date the 20th
day of :May, 17(32, and heard him publish and cieclare the same
to be and Contain his last Will and Testament : That at the
time thereof, he. the said Benjamin Dubois, was of Sonnd dis-
posing mind and :\remory, to the best of the Knowledge and
Belief of them the Deponents, and that their Xames Snb-
scribed to the said Will are of their Respective proper Hand
writing, which they Subscribed as a Witness to the said Will
in the Testator's presence, and that they, the Deponents, saw
Silvester Salisbury, the other Witness to the said Will,
Subscribe his Xame as AVitness thereto, in the Testator's
presence.
Jk° De Peystek, Surrogate.
Tlie preceeding are true Copies of the Will
of Benjamin Du])ois, Dec^ and of the Certifi-
cate of the proof thereof.
Examined bv
John FuExcir.
COPY OF THE WILL OF ISAAC DUBOIS.
Dated September 25, 1795.
The People of the state of New Yokk, by
the grace of God. Free and Independent : To
ALL TO WHO.M THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, Oli
:may coxcEiix, send Greeting : KNOW YE,
That at tlie citv of Albany, in the county of
Albany, on the eighth and fifteenth days of February in this
Current Year before Abraham G. Lansing, Esq., Surrogate of
our said countv, the last Will and Testament and Codicil of
Isaac Dubois, deceased, (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed)
was proved, and is now approved and allowed of by us ; and
the said deceased having whilst he lived, and at the time of
his death, Goods, Chatties or Credits, within this state, by
means whereof the proving and registering the said Will, and
the granting Administration of all and singular the said Goods,
Chatties and Credits, and also the auditing, allowing and lintd
discharging the Account thereof, doth belong unto i:s ; the
Administration, of all and singular the Goods, Chatties and
Credits of the said deceased, and any way concerning his
Will is o-ranted unto John Dubois, one of the Executors in the
said AVill named, he being first duly sworn well and faithfully
to administer the same, and to make and exhil>it a true and
perfect Inventory of all and singular the said Goods, Chatties
and Credits, and also to render a just and true Account thereof
when thereunto required. Ix Testimony whereof, we have
caused the seal of office of our said Surrogate to be hereunto
affixed. Witness Abraham G. Lansing, Esq., Surrogate of the
said county, at the city of Albany aforesaid, the Sixteenth day
of February in the year of our Loud one thousand seven hun-
dred and ninety six, and of our Independence the twenty-
first.
A«M. G. Laxsixg.
WILL OF ISAAC DUBOIS. 41
In the Name of God, Amen, I, Isaac Dubois, of the Town
ship of Cats Kill, in the County of Albany and State of New
York, Yeoman, being at present in health and of sound and
disposing mind, memory, and understanding, but considering
the nncei-tainty of this mortal Life, do make and ordain this
my last will and Testament, in manner following : And in the
first place, I will that all my just debts, and also my Funeral
expenses, shall be fully paid and satisfied as soon as con-
veniently may be after my decease. And in the next. place, I
give and devise unto my son John Dubois, and his Heirs for-
ever, the Lot of Land or Farm whereon I now live, as well such
part tliereof as is now improved as that which is wood Lands,
with all and every the Buildings, Kights, privileges, and ap-
purtenances to the said Lot or Farm belonging, Save and
except a certain part of the wood Lands, parcel of the said
Farm, beginning on the Bank of the Cats Kill creek, at the
Bounds of the Lands of Jacob Bogardus, and runing from
thence down and along the Bank of that Creek to a Cedar
stump, out of or contiguous to which, a young one is now
growijig, a Little below where a run of water discharges itself
into the same Creek, then witli a Line parallel to that of the
Lands of the said Jacob Bogardus to the Waggon Road lead-
ing to my dwelling House, then along the said Wnggon Road
to tlie said Lands of the said Jacob Bogardus, and then along
his Lands to the pkiceof beginning, and whicli excepted Lands
I o-ive and devise unto my Two Daughters Catlinetie and Eitie,
and their respective heirs, equally and share and share alike,
as Tenants in Common. I also give and devise unto my said
son John, and his Heirs Forever, my Two Lots of Land situate
' in tlie swamp or vly commonly called the Cats Kill VI y, in the
said Township of Cats Kill, lying contiguous to each other and
also to my said Farm, with their and either of their rights,
privileges, and appurtenances. I also give and devise my
other Lot in the said swamp or vly, which I purchased of the
Children of my late sister, with the rights and appurtenances
to the same belonging, unto.my said Two daughters Catlinetie
and Eitie, and their respective Heirs forever, equally and share
42 MILL OF ISAAC DUBOIS.
and share alike, as Tenants in Common. I give and devise
unto niv said son John and niv said dan^hters Catlinetie and
eitie, my Two Lots of Land lying in the said Township of
Catskill, and adjacent to each other, on one of which is a Lime
Kiln, with the rights and appnitenances to the same Lots re-
spectively belonging, To lljld the same to them, and their
respective Heirs forever, equally and share and share alike, as
Tenants in Common. I give and devise nnto my son Joel
Dubois, and his Heirs forever, the farm on which he now lives,
situate in the County of Ulstei", with the Rights, |>i'ivileges,
and appurtenances to the same l)elonging. And in order to
render the division of my property among my children, as
equal as conveniently may be, I give and liequeath unto my
said daughters Catlinetie and Eitie, equally as Tenants in
Common, all my personal estate of what kind or nature soever,
and do constitute them, together with my said John, Execu-
trixes and Executor of this my last Will and Testament, here-
by revoking all other wills and Testaments by me heretofore
made. In AVitness whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and
Seal, this* fourth day of Se|)tember, in the Year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and ninetv three.
IsACK Dubois, (g
Signed, sealed, and published by the above named Isaac
Dubois, as and for his last Will and Testament, in the pres-
ence of us who, at his request in his XDresence, and in the i)res-
ence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our several
Names.
Abhaiiam Bogakdus,
Jojix Sole,
Ja^ Barker.
In the Xame of God, amen, I, Isaac Duboise, the Testator
annexed named, being of sound/lisposing mind, memory, and
understanding, but of ill health and weak in body, do make
WILL OF ISAAC DUIiOIS. 43
and ordain this as Codicil and part of my last Will and Testa-
ment liereunto annexed. Forasnuicli as Catalinetie, one of
mv dano'hters in mv said last will and Testament, annexed
named, hath lately died, leavino; issue four Children, to wit :
Abraham, Isaac, Lanah, and Jacob, being Infants (under the
Age of Twenty one Years. ) who are heirs to the estate, by my
said will and Testament devised to my said Daughter Catline-
tie, deceased, and fearing least waste or other destruction of
the real and personal estate, by me willed to their said Mother,
should hap]x^n, by reason of their nonage. I will that Trustees
be or Gaurdians be appointed for my said Grand Children,
Abraham, Isaac, Lanah. and Jacob, and I do hereby a])point
mv Well beloved Son John and mv Trust v Friend Captain
James Bogardus, and the survivor of them, trustees for my
said Grand Children, issue of my said daughter Catalinetie, to
receive and lake to the use and Benefit of my said Grand
children, Abraham, Isaac, Lanah. and Jacob, all the estate,
real and personal, being the share and proportion of their said
Mother, as devised to her by my said will and Testament an-
nexed^ reference being thereunto had may appear. And I do
liereby further will and dii-ect that my said son John and
Freind James Bogardus, trustees as aforesaid, account to and
with my said Grand Children, respectively as they come of age,
for his or her part, share, and 2iro])orti()n of the personal
estate, by me devised to their said Mother, by the will and
Testament annexed. But, it is my will and pleasure, and I do
hereby positively direct the said Trustees, and it is my will
that the said Trustees, do retain and keep in Trust for my said
four Grand Children, the whole of the Real estate in and by
my said last Will and Testament annexed devised to my said
Daughter Catlinetie, until the Youmrest of my said four Grand
children shall arrive at the age of T'wentv one Years, or the
Y^oungest of the Survivors of them in case of the death of anv
or either of them, and when the Y'oumrest shall arrive at the
age of Twenty one years or the Youngest of the survivor of
them, as the Case may be, ilien the estate to vest in them
absolutely, as Tenants in Common, and to account to my said
44 WILL OF ISAAC DUBOIS.
Grand Children for the Issues and profits thereof, if any, and
the Trust herebv vested in m v said son Jolin and Friend James
Bo.£?ardus, To cease. It is my Avill that this be taken as part
of my last Will and Testament and as Codicil thereto. In
Witness whereof. I have hereunto set my Hand and seal, this
twenty fifth day of September, in the Year of our Lord, one
thousand seven Hundred and ninety live.
Isaac Dubois.
Signed, sealed, and published by the above Issnac
Duboise as and for his Codicil and part of his last Will
and Testament, hereunto annexed in the presence of us
who, at liis request in his presence, and in the presence
of each other, have hereunto subscribed our several
Names.
Jojix y. I). S. Scott,
Bex.iamix I. Dubois.
Hexky Van Gouoex.
Connty of Albany.
Be it remembered that on the eight day of February, in the
Year of our Lord, one thousand seven Hundred and ninety
six, Abraham Bogardus personally appeared before me, who
being duly sworn on his oath, declared that he did see Isaac
Duboise of Cats Kill, in the County of Albany aforesaid, de-
ceased, sign and seal the Instrument wrote on this sheet of
paper, purporting to be his last Will and Testament, that he
heard him publish and declare the same as and for his last
AVill and Testament, that at the Time thereof, he was of sound
disposing mind and memory, to the best knowledge and belief
of this deponent, that liis name subscribed to the said Will is
of his own proper Hand writing, and that he did also see John
Sole and James Barker, the other witnesses to the said AVill
WILL OF LSAAC DUBOIS. 45
subscribe their names as witnesses thereto in tlie presence of
the Testator. Antl also that Benjamin Dubois and Henry Van
Gorden, likewise appeared before me on tlie Day aiul Year
last above written, wlio being likewise duly swoVn on their
oaths, declared that they did see the said Isaac Duboise sign
and Seal the Instrument wrote on the same sheet of paper widi
the Win, and hereunto annexed, purporting to be a Codicil
and part of liis said last will and Testament,' that they heard
him publish and declare the same as and for a Codicil and part
of his said last Will and Testament hereunto annexed, that at
the Time thereof, he was of sound disposing mind and memory
to the best knowledge of these deponents, that their names
subscribed thereto are of their own proper Hand writing, and
that they did also see John V. D. S. Scott, the other witness
thereto, subscribe his name in the presence of the Testator.
And, likewise, that James Barker, one other of the AVitnesses
to the said last Will and Testamentof the said Isaac Duboise,
appeared before me on the fifteenth Day of Februaiy, in the
Year last above written, who being also duly sworn on his oath
decliH-ed that he did see the said Isaac Duboise sign and seal
the Instrument hereunto annexed, purporting to be his last
Will and Testament, and heard him publish and declare the
same as and for his last will and Testament, that at the Time
thereof, he was of sound disposing mind and memorv, to the
best knowledge and belief of this deponent, that his name sub-
scribed thereto, is of his own proper Hand writinu", and that
he did See Abraham Bogardus and John Sole, the^otiier wit-
nesses, subscribe their Names in the presence of the Testator,
And that John Dubois, the e.xecutor named in the said Will
appeared before me and was duly sworn to the faitliful per-
formance and Execution thereof, and of the Codicil tliereunto
annexed, on the day and Year last aforesaid, the Executrix
Eitie in the said will named, having renounced her right to
the executorship under the said Will and refused to i)e con-
cerned therein.
Ab^'. G. Laxsixg,
Surrogate of the County of Alhaiii/.
PERSONAL PROPEKTY OF ISAAC DUBOIS.
An Inventory of the Goocl.-^, Cliattels, and Credits wliich
were late of Isaac Dubois of the Town of Cats Kill, in the
Conntv of Albany, deceased.
£. s. d.
One Negro Girl, named Diana, 33 £. — 1 pair Andirons, 303. 36 10
1 pair of Dogs, lOs. — 1 pair of Tongs and Slice, lUs. . . 10
1 Smoothing Iron, 9d. — 1 Cupboard, 15s. . . . . 15 9
1 Silver Watch, . . . . . . . 5 8
1 Slaw bank, -lOs.— 1 Set of Hatchels, 93. . . . .290
2 old Si)inning Wheels & Eeel, 20s.— 1 Schipple vt Gallon Keg, 4s. Od. 14
1 Sheep Sheer & Masons Trowel, 3s.— A parcel of Wool, (is. 9
2 old Sieves, 3s.— 1 Bottle Case & 9 Bottles, 9s. ... 12
1 Bound Table, ISs.— A parcel of Harrow Teeth & old Iron, 17s. 2 15
1 Iron pott 25s.— 1 Weaver's Loom & Tackling, ti£. 7 5
3 Tubs, 8s.— 2 large earthen pots, 83.— 1 large Wheel. 10s. 16
1 Sythe, Sith & Mattock, 20s.— 1 old Mill Saw, 9s.. . . 19
1 Chamberpot, Is. — 1 Lanthoru, 5s. — 2 Trammels, lis. 17
1 Iron Wedge, Frow, Adz & 2 Shaves, 15s. (5(1. — 1 pair of pinchers A: Chissel, 17 (J
2 Hoes, 2 old Axes, & Sundries of old Iron, . . . .110
4 old Augers, 6s. 3d. — 1 Funnel, Is.— half of a Scow, 7£. 7 7 3
1 Log Chain, 15s.— half of a Waggon, 7 £. . . . 7 15
half of 2 plows, 1 Harrow it Tackling, . . . . 3 10
I Flax Break, 10s.— 14 old Hogsheads, 4e. 4s. Od.— 11 Do Barrels, 40s. 6 14
II Lime Casks, 55s.— half of a Flax Mill, Ss.— 3 pitch forks, 4s. Gd. 3 7 6
half of 3 Wood Sleds, 90s.- 1 Shovel, Spade, & Grubing Hoe, 15s. 5 5
1 Faning Mill, 70s.— 2 Cow & Sheep Bells, 7s. 9d. 3 17 9
Iron of a Barrack Screw, 3s.— 1 whitefaced, line back'd, red Cow, 7£. 7 3
.1 Brown, baldfaced Horse, 20£ — 1 old Mare, G£ .5s. Od. 26 5
2 Colts, 6£— 18 Sheep -a 13s. Gd. = 12£ 3s. Od. . . . 18 3
Half of 9 Hogs, 2£ 14s. Od.— l Grey Mare, 17£, . . . 19 14
1 Negro Bo}', named Will, . . . . . . 50
1 Do, named Simon, . . . . . . . 30
1 old Boat, 10s.— 7 Gee<e (a> 2s. Gd. = 17s. 6d. . . .17 6
Seven Blankets & a Hug, 7£ lOs. Od.— Six pillows, 42s. 9 12
■ Two Feather Beds, 9 £—1 Bolster, 7s.— 1 Straw Bed, 15s. 10 2
1 Bedstead, 12s. Cd. — 5 Silver Teaspoons (w 4s. — 20s. 1 12 6
7 Tea Saweers & 9 Cups, 7s.— 1 Saltceller, 9d.— 1 Suger pot, Is. 3. 9
1 Glass Bowl, 3s.— fi Soop plates. Is.— 2 Do Flatt Is. 8
1 Oval Dish, 2s. — 1 small pudding Dish, Gtf.— 1 Bowl, Gd. 3
INVEXTOllY OF (JOODS, CHATTELS, ETC. 47
£. s. d.
1 pint Tin Cup, 9d.— 2 eirthon Dislie.3, Is. !)d.— t Wood Bowls, 6s. 8
2 Milli pails, Gs.— 1 Tea Stand 30s.— 1 small Looking Glass, 2Us. 2 16
1 parL-ol of old Dutch Books, 20s.— 1 Straw Basket, 2s. 12
3 pewter Spoons, Is. 3.— i Knives & Forks, 2s. Cd.— 1 Hatchel, 5s. 8 9
6 pewter plates, 8s.— 1 Do. Dish, 7s.— 1 Tea Kettle, 2is. 1 19
1 Wafle Iron, 1.5s.— 6 Sheets, •!£ 4s. Od.— 1-1 pillow Cases, 3.5s. 6 14
2 Table Cloths, 13s.— 5 Towels, 6s. 3d.— "Woollen Yarn, Is. 3d. 10 3
1 Chest, 2()s.— 1 Sett Bed Curtains, 30s.— 1 small Stand, 4s. 2 14
1 Xegro Bed & Bedding, 3-js.— 1 Cow, 6€ 10s. OJ.— 1 Glass Bottle, Gd. 8 5 6
6 Chairs, 14s. — Leather, 9s. — G Geesi? (S 2s. 6d. = 1.5s. 1 18
1 Gun, 45s.— 1 Cyder Mill, 3£— 1 hair brush, 8s. 5 13
1 Large Dutch Bible, 40s. — 1 Seere de Waerhict door hero sebersina, is. 2 4
6 old Chairs, 14s.— 1 oval Table, 3Gs.— 1 Sett old Bed Curtains, 30s. 4
4 White earthen Tea Cups iV- Saucers, Is.— 9 small white earthen Bowls, 3s. 4
9 Whtte Do plates, 3s.— 1 Tin pepper Bos, 9d.— 1 Do pint Cup, 9d. 4 6
1 largo brown eartiien Disli, Is. 3d.— 1 Do blue & white China Do, 3s. 4 3
1 White earthen oval Dish, Is. 9d.— 1 large brown earthen Milk pot, Is. 3d. 3
1 small White Do, 8d.— 1 largo white earthen Bowl, Is. 4p. 2
8 pewter plates, 10s. 8d.-l old small Tin Cannister, 6d.-l Do large Do.'te. 6d. 17 8
1 pewter Bason, 4s. 6d. — 3 pewter Spoons, Is. — 1 large pewter Dish, os. 10 6
1 small blue & while earthen Bowl, 4d.— 1 large Tumbler. Is. 4d. 1 8
1 small Do, lOd. — 1 white earthen Sauce Cup, 3d. — 2 Iron potts, 17s. 18 1
2 smoothing Irons, 4s.— 1 large Cliurn. 22s.— 1 Flesh Fork, Is. 3d. 17 3
1 Side Sole Leather, 18s.— 1 Bread Tray, 6s.— 1 Gridiron, 4s. 18
1 Trammel, os. Gd. — 1 Frying pan, 4s. Gd. — 5 large Waggon Boxes, 6s. 16
2 small Do, 2s.— 2 Bedsteads, 25s.— 2 feather Beds, 9£. 10 7
1 Straw Do, los.— 2 old large Wood Bowls, 2s. 17
1 small Eemnant of Crown Cloth, 9s. — 10 Knives & Forks, .5s. 14
7 Sheets, 4£ 4s. Od. — 14 pillow Cases, 3.5s.— 2 Table Cloths, 13s. 6 12
5 Towels, 6s. 3d.— 1 Waggon Cushion, 5s.— 6 pillows, 42s. 2 13 3
8 Blankets, 7£ 10s. Od.— 1 Skein white woolen yarn & 2 Balls mixt Do, Is. 3d. 7 113
1 Sett of Harness, 30s.— 1 Saddle, 5s. 6d.— 1 Whitening pot, 4s. 6d. 9 Ells |
flemish of Linen @ 3s. = 27s. f 3 7
Cash & Wearing Apparel, 21
A Bond from Benjamin Van Orden & John Demarest for 100
A Note from James Bogardus for 24
Taken and apprai.sed the twenty-second day of February,
one thousand seven hundred and ninety six. By Us.
Benjamin Van Okden,
Barent Dubois.
48 WILL OF lirVUAKTUS DUBOIS.
Count V of Albany.
On the thirty lir.st day of January, in the Year one thousand
seven Hundred and niuety seven, personally appeared before
me, John Dubois, the Executor named in the last Will and
Testament of the above named Isaac Dubois, who beinu" duly
sworn on his oath, declared the preceeding Inventory to be
just and true, & at the same Time he proved and delivered a
copy of this Inventory to be tiled.
Ab^'. G. Laxsixg,
Snrrof/atc of the Vonntij of Alhmuj.
COPY OF THE WILL OF HUYBAPvTUS DUBOIS,
Febkltaky '27). 1S03.
In the name of God, Amen, I, Huybartus DuBois. of the
Town of Catskill. in the County of Green & State of iS'ew York,
Yeoman, Do make my last will & testament in manner follow-
ing : that is to say. In the lirst place. I will thatt all my just
debts and funeral Expenses shall be truly paid and satisfied.
And in the next place, I give and devise unto my daughter
Catharine, her heirs & assigns forever, a certain jueoe of land
situate and being in the town of Catskill aforesaid, whereon
she now lives, with the right c\: appertainances thereunto be-
longing ; and which x^iece of Land is bounded by a line begin-
ning at a white pine tree marked with three notches and a
blaze on four sides, standing on the South side of the Catskill,
ujjon a course South, 44 degrees 80 minutes East from the
north East Corner of Samuel Yan Yecliten's Great ^Nliil, And
running from the said place of beginning South, 23 degrees
45 m. west, fourteen Chains & tAventy five links to a black Oak
tree marked on four sides. Then South, 44 degrees 30 m. west,
19 Chains and 7 links to a Stake set up in the ground, Thence
South, 23 degrees 45 m. west, "21 chains and 47 links to the
"WILL OF IirVHAIlTUS DUHOI^^. 49
land late of my brother Cornelius DuBois, Thence along these
lands to a piece of land purchased b\' Gare Hermann, deceased,
of my said brother. Thence along that piece of Land to the
Lands of my Nephew Benjamin DuBois, Thence along those
lands to Caters Creek, Thence along Caters Creek to Catskill
Creek, Thence along Catskill Creek to the first Station or i^lace
of begining.
Also, I sive and devise unto mv said daughter Catharine,
and lier heirs & assigns forever, a certain parcel of wood land
lying contiguous to the afore described piece of land, and
which is bounded bv a line beuining at a white Oak tree
marked on 4 sides, standing near to & on the east side of the
I'oad that leads from my land called Cush land to the dwell-
ing house of the said Catharine, and running from the said
place of begining South, 89 degrees and 30 m. East, 11 chains
& 50 links to a l)lack Oak tree, marked, standing on a ledge,
then North, 24 degrees and 30 m. East, 11 Chains and 01 links,
Thence North, 34 degrees and 30 m. P^ast, 14 chains and 15
links. Thence North, 14 degrees 45 m. East, 4 Chains 21 links
to a wliite Oak tree, thence North, 41 degrees and 30 m. west,
6 chains and 49 links to the line of the above described piece
of land, being 3 Chains & 82 links from the White pine tree
herein before mentioned. But if my said daughter should
happen to decease before me, in such case, I will that the above
described pieces or parcels of land, shall go to and be E(pial]y
divided amongst all her children, and their respective heirs
forever, as Tenants in Common.
All the rest and residue of my real estate, I give and devise
•unto my daughter in law Catharine, the widow of my Son
John Dubois, deceased, To my Grand Son Peter DuBois, the
Son of my said Son John DuBois, and to my said Grand Son's
wife Catharine, for the term of their natural lives, and after
their decease It is my will that the same shall go & be equally
divided amongst all the Children which are born A: which may
be born of my said Grand Son Peter DuBois, k to their
respective heirs forever, tenants in Common.
I o-ive & devise unto Each of my daughters Pachel and
50
WILL OF lILVBAirrrS DUBOIS.
Helena, the sum of soUO. to be paid to tlieiii, their respective
Executors. Adniinistratois, by my Executors liereiii after
named, uuid of the monies which T luive rec'd <lt which is vet
due me from Kenj. Van Orden for lands which I have lately
sold unto him,) but I shall hereafter, before mv decease, irive
or cause to be given unto my said daughters Kachel & Helena,
or to any of them, any sum or sums of money ; in such a case
it shall be considered as so much paid of the moneys given &
divided to them, & shall l)e deducted from the several sums
given to them, or Either of them, by this my last will A:
Testament.
Lastly, I do hereby Constitute and api)oint my Son in law
Michael Philliixs. and my friend Samuel A'an Vechten, Execu-
tors of this mv last will, hereby revolving all other wills and
Testaments by me heretofore made.
In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal, this
18th day of March. 1800. Signed, sealed, and published by
the within named Huybartus Dnbois, the testator, as for his
last will and testament, in the presence of us,
Avlio at t4ie request and in his presence, and
in the presence of each other, have hereunto
subscribed our several names as witnesses.
/* i.s
HUYBAKTUS X Hi' HOIS.
murk.
Hauukxt Hr 1!0l^,
JoUX BOGAKDUS.
EOBEUT BOGAIID us, j
)
Recorded Feb'y 23th, 18()'J, and proved & admitted
to probate by
DoilRAXCE KlllTLAXD,
Surrogate at Cat.sklll.
COPY OF WILL OF JOHN DUBOIS.
Dated May 23, 18:37.
The last will and Testament of John DiiBois of Catskill, in
the Connty of Greene and State of New York. I, the said
John DuBois, considering the nncertainty of this mortal life,
and being of sound disposing mind and memory, (Blessed be
the Lord for the same,) Do make and i)nb]ish tliis my last
Will and testament in manner and form following, that is
to say :
li^irst. I give and devise unto my excellent wife, one room
in my dwellinii" house with the i-iaht of war to and from tlie
same for herself, friends, and servants, being such room as she
shall clioose To have, and to hold the same during her natural
life to and for her use.
Second. I give and devise to the children of mv son Joel
DuBois, Jun'", their heirs and assigns, Respectiveh*. That jiart
of mv farm in the Town of Catskill, wliich is bounded as fol-
lows : beginning at the south east corner of my Dock and run-
ning from thence westerly to the south side of the watering
place opposite the Lane wliich leads from said u'atering place
to the iields, thence westerly throuu'li tlie centre of said lane
to opposite the west fence which encloses my orchard, thence
north easterly along said fence to the bank nigh the Creek,
thence continuing the said course to the Creek at low water
mark, & along the north side of said Dock to the place of Be-
ginning, supposed to contain about ten acras, on which is my
dwelling house and buildiims.
Third. I give and devise to tlie (Children of my son John D.
DuBois, their heirs and assigns, respectively. That part of my
farm in the town of Catskfll, which is bounded as follows :
y2 WILL OF .lOIIX DUBOIS.
Beginning- at tlie north east corner of the Garden fence, now
occupied by the said John, by the road which leads from the
public road nigh the school house to my dwelling house, and
running from thence to tlie south east corner of said fence,
thence westarly parallel wirh said road to opposite the west
side of the well nigh the ])arn, thence north easterly to the
west side of said well, including the same, and to the said
road, thence easterly along said road to the place of beginning,
which includes the Garden, door yard and barn yard, with all
the buildings thereon, as now occupied by the said John D.
Duijois.
Fourtli. I giye and devise to my son Ira DuEois, my son in
law Jonathan Palen, and my nephew Isaac J. DuBois, and the
survivors and survivor of them, their heirs and assigns re-
spectively, an eqnal nndivided seventh part of the residue of
all my real estate. In trust for the support and maintenance
of my son James DuBois, during his natural life, and after his
decease, in further trust for my children Isaac, Jane, Ira, and
Catharine, in eqnal jjarts, and to their heirs and assigns re-
spectively.-
Flftli. I give and devise to my daughter Jane, and to her
heirs and assigns, an equal undivided seventh part of thesiiid
residue of all my real estate.
Sixth. I give and devise to my son Isaac DuBois, and to his
heirs and assigns, an equal undivided seventh part of the said
residue of all my real estate.
Sevotth. I give and devise to my son Ira DuBois, and to his
heirs and assigns, an equal nndivided seventh part of the said
residue of all my real estate.
Eifjldli. I give and devise to my daughter Catharine, and to
her heirs and assigns, an equal undivided seventh part of the
said residue of all my real estate.
Nuith. I give and devise to the children of my son John D.
DuBois, to their heirs and assigns respectivel\% an equal nn-
divided seventh part of the said residue of all my real estate,
and I recommend and enjoin upon them respectively, as they
respect and value m\' memory, affection, and blessing, to per-
WILL OF JOHN DUBOIS. 53
mit tlieir Father and Mother to reside upon the above prem-
ises, devised to said children, during tlieir natural lives, and
the survivor of them, wirliout rent or charge.
Tentli. I give and devise to the children of my son Joel
DuBois, Junr, and to their heirs and assigns respectively, an
equal undivided seventh part of the said residue of all my real
estate, and I recommend and enjoin upon them respectively,
as tliey value and respect my memory, affection, and blessing,
to permit their father and mother to reside upon the above
premises devised to said children during tlie natural lives of
said Father and Mother, and the survivor of them, without
rent or char2:e.
Eleventh. For the purpose of avoiding the expense and
trouble of applying to a Court of law or equity to make x)arti-
tion of my real estate as above devised to the respective de-
visees, I liereb}' authorize and direct my Executors hereinafter
named, the survivors and survivor of them, and the majority
of said Executors, as soon after mv decease as thev deem
proper, to make partition of all my real estate, except the
parts "devised to the children of Joel A: John by the second
and third items, or devises within set forth particularly, into
seven or more equal in quantity or value, according to the
best of their judgments, and number the same in whole or in
parts from one to seven inclusive, and to draw. After draw-
ing for the names of the said devisees, or those who represent
their respective interests, one of said numbers or sliare, and to
proceed in like manner until the whole is completed, which
drawing I direct to be made in the presence of my friends John
Van Yechten and Robert Dorian of Catskill, if they or either
of them shall attend after reasonable notice for that X)urpose,
but their absence shall not vitiate the said drawing. And
upon the completion of said drawing, I hereby give and de-
vise such share, part or number to such devisee or devisees for
whom the same is drawn, or for their respective representa-
tives, To have and to hold the same to them their heirs and
assigns Respectiveh^, In severalty, In joint tenancy, or in
common according to law, but in every case allowed by law, in
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WILL OF .TOIIX I)UI?OIS.
severalty and each devisee or devisees will take possession of
bis- or tlieir part thus diawn.
TicelffJi. I give and bequeath to tlie cliiklren of my son Joel
two of tlie eldest horses, the new lumber wagon and harness,
my one horse wagon and liarness, a one horse sleigli. one
plough and liarrow. one good featlier bed, bedding and bed-
stead, two cows called the Pet and Lilly, and six good sheep,
such as Joel's wife shall choose, To have and to hold the said
chattels to the said children, their Executors, administrators,
and assigns forever.
Tlilrttrntli. I give and bequeath to my wife during her
natural life, in lieu and in bar of her dowtr, all tlu- res^ and
residue of my ijersonal property of every description, and after
her decease I give and bequeath what may then remain of the
same to njy children hereinafter named, viz. : Isaac, Ira, Jane,
and Catharine, to the children of my son John, their Execu-
tors, Administrators, and assigns respectively, after dividing
the same into five equal parts of which the said children o'f
John shall have one part and the said Isaac, Ira, Jane, and
Catharine,' or their representatives, each one other part.
Fourteeidh. Having heretofore made advances to my
children of different sums, I hereby charge the part devised to
Isaac and his heirs, with the payment of eight hundred dollars
in one year after my decease, and upon its payment to mv Ex-
ecutors, I give and bequeath the same as follows, viz :' five
hundred dollars to my son Ira. his Executors, Administrators,
or assigns, and three hundred dollars to the children of my
son John, their Executors, Administi-ators, or assigns re-
spectively, in equal parts.
Flftteidli. For the mutual convenience of my devisees, tlieir
heirs. Executors, Administrators, and assigns' respectively, I
hereby give and device to them respectively, the right of way
in and over the lands of each other, so devised in the most
direct and convenient route or way at all times, with horses,
cattle, sheep, wagons, sleighs, workmen or servants, and all
farming utensils.
iilxUenth. I hereby appoint the said Ira DuBois, Jonathan
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WILL OF JOHN DLJ'.OIS. 5.")
Piileu and Lsiuic J. iMiBois, Executors of this my lust AVill
a,iid cestaiuent, herebv revokinir all former AVills bv me
made.
In witness whereof, I have liereunto set mv hand and seal,
this twenty third day of May, in the year of our Lord one
thousand ei,<;ht hundred and tliirty seven.
Joiix l)i;]3ois.
The above Instrument consistinu" of one sheet and a half and
six 2)ages was now hero subscribed by John DuBois. the tes-
tator, in the })resence of each of us. aiid was at the same time
declared by him to be his last will and testament, and Ave
ft/
at his request sign our names hereto as attesting- \Vitnesses,
in his presence and in the presence uf each other.
lioirr. DoULAX of Catskill,
EoiiEUJ' Bo(iAi:DL:s of Catskill.
CODICIL.
Whereas, I. John DuBois, of Catskill, have made my last
Will and Testament, which is hereunto annexed, and have
thereby bequeathed in the thirteenth item of said testament,
certain personal jji'^jpf^J^'ty bj my wife, who is now deceased,
Now I do by this my writing, which I hereby declare to be a
Codicil to my said AMU and Testament, and to be taken as a
part thereof, will and direct that such personal property be
divided into six equal parts instead of live, and that the
children of my son Joel, their Executors, Administrators, and
assigns, shall have one sixth part thereof, to be equally divided
among them, and the other live sixths of such property, slitdl
go as bequeathed in said thirteenth item. excei)t that the said
respective legatees, or those ^wlio represent them respectively,
shall take one sixth part thereof instead of one fifth, to be
56 WILL OF Joiix i)i'i:ois,
divided iifter the iiijinner directed in said item, and I also will
and direct that such parts of my real property as is by my
said will annexed, devised to the children of my sons John
and Joel, shtdl in the event of the decease of any of said
Children without lawful issue, go to their respective survivors
brothers and sisters in equal prox)ortions, and to their resi)ec-
tive heirs and assigns instead of to their respective fathers.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set mv hand and seal,
tliis 29th day of June, in the year 1840.
Joiix DrEois.
The above Instrument of a half sheet was at the date here-
of declared to us by the testator, John DuBois, to be a codi-
cil to be annexed to his said last Will and testament, and he
acknowledged to each of us that he had sid)scril>ed the same,
and we at his request sign our names hereto as attesting wit-
nesses in bis i)resence and in the jn-esence of each other.
lloBT. Do u LAX of Cat skill,
E. BoGAiiDus of Catskill.
OF TIIK
BESCENDAXTS OF BEXJAMIN DU BOIS,
OF Catskill, Grkp:ne Co., IN". Y.
Explanation.— The Generations are numbered from the first which settled in
America, and also from the first which settled at Catskill. In order to distinguish per-
sons of the same name from one another, and also to furnish means to trace ancestry and
posterity, a number is applied to each DuBois at the record of birth. These numbers
are continuous throughout, and from Benjamin (3) downward, they run through the
successive generations. The order of the families is fixed by the order in which the
names of sons having issue occur in the record of the previous generation. A little
attention will enable any one to trace the line of either ancestors or descendants. De-
scendants of other names are given as far as known directly in connection with the
name of the female froni whom they sprin'i'.
Abbreviations. O. C. R. — Old Catskill Church Record.
C. R. — Coxsackie Church Record.
K. R. — King,-,ton Church Record.
^ S. R. — Saugerties Church Record, belonging to the
Church at Caatsban.
1. Louis DuBois, the first of the family in America, was the
son of Cretian or Christian DuBois, and was descended from a
a Huguenot family in the province of Artois, (now know as
the '^ Department of Pas du-Calais," ) France. Louis was
born at Wicres near Lille, Oct. 27, 102(3. He left France,
whose laws Avere inimical to the free enjoyment of his
protestant faith, taking refuge in ]\fannheim, Germany, where
Oct. 10, 1G5.5, he married Catherine Blanshan, and in ICOO,
along with his wife and two young children, Abraham and
Isaac, immigrated to this country. He lived at Hurley near
Kingston, N. Y., until 1G77 when he removed to Xevr Paltz,
N. Y., as leader of a colony of Huguenot settlers. He re-
turned from Xew Paltz to Kingston about 1G87, and died
there ICOo. He was the father of ten children, seven sons
and three daughters. (See hi« Life and Times in '' Eeunion." )
2. SoLOMox DuBois was the fifth son of Louis, b. IGGO, d.
C}8 DESCEXDANTS uF HEXJAMIX DU 150IS.
1759. He acquiied a laii:e landed e,state iu Xew Paltz, and
also at Perl^ionien, Penn., and at Catskill, Xew Ycu'k. lie
nianied Tieintje Geiretsen and was the father of eight children,
four sons and four dauu'hters.
3. Bex.ia:mix DuBois was the third child and second son of
Solomon ; born at New Paltz ; baptised by Pev. Johannes
Petrus Nucella at Kiniiston. X. Y.. ^lav^ ](>, l()i)7 ; witnesses
Gerret AVynkoop and Hilletje Gerretson ; died at Catskill JTf)?.
Married by Rev. Petrus Vas. iSundav, :\[arch30. 1721 to Cath-
arine Suvlant or Seiland, of Hurlev. X. Y.. bai). at Kinu-ston,
Apr. 8, 109(5, by a transient French minister. Benjamin
settled at Catskill, al)Out 1727, we do not know the exact
date. The homestead was on the west bank of the Catskill,
a short distance above the toll brid<2,'e. His familv was
intimate with that of William Loveridiie, and tradition savs
that they intermarried, but ue have no evidence to establish
its correctness. Benjamin's residence was a well known
locality, and is referred to in old deeds locatinii' inoi)erty on
the opposite side of the creek : certain lands or corners were
said to-be opposite, or above, or below the house of Benjamin
BuBois. My great L'ncle, John DuBois at the Point, was a
lad some seven years old at his grandfather Benjamin's death.
and remembered him distinctly. I once asked Uncle, how
Benjamin appeared i and was told that he was, pei'haps, a
little less than average heiicht and weight, and of active and
eneriretic habit. He was all his life a subject of the Enulish
government, and no donbt a loyal subject, as he wjis a well
known and respected gentleman. He Avas an earnest church-
man, and i)robaV)ly more a Dutchman than a Frenchman.
His mother and his wife were ])ure Dutch, and they changed
the family tonirue, i^robably, thouu'h they could not change
the family traditions. Mv great uncle, John DuBois, would
often lament the neglect of "our mother tongue,"' meaning
the Dutch, and when reminded that we were of French, not
Dutch descent, he seemed hardly to comprehend the words,
so thoroughly had the mother'^ intiuencemade itself felt. We
DESCENDANTS OF BENJAMIN Dl' UOIS. o9
may suppose that in early life Benjamin could use the French,
but we have no evidence in the matter. Some further notices
of liim may be found in the " I)u Bois Reunion."'
The following is a fac-siuiile of the signature of Benjamin
Dubois : -...^,^^
C§^
Fourth Generation, in America, and Secrmd at Catslcill.
Descendants of Benjamin Du Bois (8) and his wife Catha-
rine Suylant :
4. Saua, Baptised by Rev. P. Vas at Kingston, Jan. 11.
1722. Witnesses Guylben Suylant and Zara Crispel. Married
by Rev. G. W. Mancius, April 4, 1743, io Christian Over-
baugh. Issue.
I. PetrusOverhaugji, bap.byDoni. Mancius, Feb. 12, 1744.
Wits. Jerry Overbach and Maria Overbach. (K. R.)
II. Benjamin Ovekbaugii, bap. Dec. 26, 1748. AVits. Ben-
jamin DuBois and Catharyntje Seiland. (S. R.)
III. Cathreyntje Overbaugh, bap. Dec. 8, 17o3. Wits.
Huybartus DuBois and Cornelia Ilallenbeck. (O. C. R.)
0. Solomon, bap. by Rev. P. Yas, Kingston, Feb. 23, 1724.
Witnesses Solomon DuBois imd Treintje DuBois. ^i. Sept. 27,
1749, Margaret Sammonsof Ulster Co., N. Y. (K. R.)Died be-
fore July 4, 17G().
Solomon lived in the old stone house at Katerskill, pictured
in the "DuBois Reunion." Tradition misled us to suppose
that this house was the original homestead of Benjamin Du-
Bois, (3.) This Katerskill house, however, must be very
ancient, as can be safely inferred from marks and initials and
dates in the stones. Solomon was a blacksmith : his shop
stood a little westerly from the house, and blacksmith cinders
could be seen there thirty years since. A waffel-iron of his
make, bearing date of 175 i,' remains in the Eckler family.
60 DESCEXDAXTS OF BENJAMIX DU BOIS.
His wife was a sister, probably, of liis brother Isaac's wife.
He is referred to in tlie tirst Avill of his fatlier. made July 4,
1760, as deceased. His son Benjamin and his three daughters
were youno: children at his death. We do not know that his
widow ever remarried.
6. HuYBARTUS, bap. by i)om. Petrus Vas of Kingston, Oct.
10, 1725. AVits. Theunis Oostrander and Margyrjen Snyland.
Died early in 1809, m. Cornelia Hallenbeck of Coxsackie who
died Ang. 2d, 1795, aged OS years. Her tombstone was standing
in 1874 just back of Mrs. Plopkins' residence in West Catskill.
The name as given on the Kingston Church Record at
his baptism is spelled Huygbartus. He was generally called
Allibartus by the old people, but uniformly wrote his name
Huybartus. His home was at tirst at the " Point'' but after-
wards at the old homestead of his father Benjamin, where he
died at the venerable aa-e of about eiu'htv-five years. He was
the survivor of his fathei-"s family, and is remembered by his
great grandson Benjamin P. DuBois, now (1877) living upon
the same place. He probably built the stone house at the
" Point," which was removed by John DuBois in 1822, to give
place to the present brick house. All of Huybartus' children
were born at The Point, and in 1700 his father wrote a will
giving to him the farm he there occupied, and to his young-
est brother Isaac, the homestead farm on which the father
lived and died. But this will was never admitted to probate.
(We have the original document from Mr. John Van Yechten
of Leeds.) Two years later Benjamin (3) made a new will
which was executed, and gave the homestead farm to Huy-
bartus and the farm at The Point t(; Isaac, the sons having be-
tween 1700 and 1702 exchanged places, and the father spent
the last of his days with Huybartus instead of Isaac.
We have very few incidents of Huybartus' life. Benjamin
P. remembers his venerable appearance, dressed in knee
breeches and the three cornered hat. Thac hat he remembers
with sjjecial distinctness from the fact that it was used smart-
ly about the legs and back oT the youngster to correct his
PESCEiNDAXTS OF EEXJAMIX DU BOIS. 61
mischiefs. It. is said that tlie daiiirhter Helena married aiiainst
lier fiitlier s wish, and was discarded. Afterward when lie lay
very sick, she brought her young babe to his bed side to crave
pardon, but he silently turned his face to the wall. If this
story is true, it shows a stern natui-e. not an unusual thing in
the old times. In his will, however, he does not discriminate
against this daughter. Huybartus was always spoken of with
respect by our grandparents. Will recorded Feb. 25, 1809, and
admitted to probate at Catskill by Dorrance Kirtland, Surro-
gate.
The following is a fac-simile of the signature of Huybartus
Du Bois, copied from paj^ers still in existence. In signing
his Will Huybartus uses "his mark," a singular custom of
those times, occasionally used even by those who could write.
Benjamin Du Bois (8) sometimes made '"his mark." Its use
in this case, however, may have been caused by severe indis-
position.
7. CoiiNELius, b., probably, at New Faltz, before the re-
moval of his father to Catskill, Sept. 14, 1727, bap. by Rev.
P. Yas, at Kingston. Xov. 12, 1727, wits. Cornelius DuBois
and Magdalena DaBois. We cannot now identify these wit-
nesses ; from their names we infer they belonged at XewPaltz,
d. Catskill, June o. 1803, m. Xov. 12, 17i")l, Catliarine Tander-
poel of Kinderhook, b. Feb. 20. 1727, d. Mar. 27, 1778. The
■notice of Cornelius given in the "Reunion," is deemed in the
main sufTicient. To that account of him one or two items might
be added. The intercourse between Catskill and Kinderhook
was at that time quite intimate. Some of the A^anderpoels
stood as witnesses at the baptism of four of Cornelius' children
and the old people constantly referred to tlie close relationshii"*
kept up in those times with the Kinderhook relatives. Cor-
nelius was a man of considerable means, and was often applied
to for the loan of money. It is said that x^ersons on the village
;?»
02 DESOE^'DA^'TS OF BENJAMIN DU BOIS.
side of the Creek, would call him out from his house on the
opposite bank, and receive from him verbal orders f or monej'
in the villap^e. The jiroverbial honesty of those times did not
fruarantee the memory of liis creditor, and this watered stock
often remained unpaid. His oldest son Benjamin also involved
him in serious pecuniary losses, by certain transactions not
creditable to the son's prudence, to say the least. Whether
Benjamin's Jersey wife, who was always called " A great
Lady,'" really deserved the bitter feelings of the family, which
she bore along with her husband ever after this, we are unable
now to determine. Cornelius' record of his own wife's death
is peculiarly devout : it is thus in the Dutch, '"Ano 1778 mert'
27, is myne vrow in Den Ileeren outslapen." We would read
it in English " March 27, 1778, Xow is my wife sleeping in the
Lord.'' His oldest son was at this time only twenty-five, and
his youngest child, Annaetje. nine years. lie lived twenty-
five years a widower, and died oreatly beloved bv his relatives
and respected bj' all. We give herewith a fac-simile of his
signature.
r^O^i^yUi^^^^^M ot^^^
8 Isaac, born, i)robably, at Catskill : the first child born there
after the arrival of the family. lie was, probably, baptised at
Kingston, though there is no record of it, a break occurring in
the records between 1730 and 1732. His tombstone in the
family graveyard at The Point, gives his birth June 1, 1731, and
his death Feb. 23, 179:>. His marriage is thus recorded at
Kingston : "1752, May 23, Isaac Dubois, young man, living at
Albany, with Lena Sammons, maiden, living at Schawegonk."
The term Albany refers to Albany County, within whose
bounds Catskill then was. Isaac was the youngest of Ben la-
min's sons. He I'emained upon the homestead until about
170 1 or G2, and then removed to The Point, on the place
previously occupied by his brother Huybartus.
"The Point '' is the term always applied by the old people
to tlie south shore of Catskill Creek, rising from the marshy
ground and opposite the beginning of the "Long Dock."
DESCENDANTS OF BENJAMIN UU BOIS. 03
Latterly the name is applied by the public to the steamboat
landing at the end of Loni^- Dock, which was oriii'inally a small
island called -'Boonpjes Iloek," The Point was the site of an
ancient Indian village, unmistakable evidence of which may
yet be found in the peculiar dark colored soil and the numer-
ous instriimsnts of stone of Indian manufacture found there.
These Indians were noted among the early discoverers and
navigators of the Hudson as " a gentle and loving people."
Their number here must have been considerable. Their burial
ground was near the edge of the bluif, about one-third of the
way from The Point to Hopenose, where distinct evidences re-
mained in our boyhood attesting this use of this spot by the In-
dians. They seem also to have buried on the North shore
opposite the Point. The hrst white settler at The Point,
and probably the first white resident in the township, was Claes
Teunisse, nick-named Uylen Spiegle, or in English Owl's Look-
ing-Crlass, a name which cannot be considered complimentary
to his good looks. He has had the honor, however, of im-
pressing an ugly name for many years, at least, upon the lands
and waters of his plantation. The Creek now called John Du-
Bois' Creek, was in our boyhood always called '• Uylen-Kill,''
and the IMarsh '' Uylen-Vlv." Claes Teunisse mav have
settled at the Point as earlv as 1G4U or IGoO. What other
occupants it had until it passedinto the ownership of William
Loveridge in 1G82, we are unable to say. It was purchased in
1728 of Gisbert Lane and his wife Hannah, daughter of Lov-
eridge, ])y Benjamin DuBois ( 3 1. It was then occupied first by
Huybartus (6) and then by Isaac (7), sons of Ben janun DuBois.
•At the death of Isaac DuBois in 1793, after a residence of
some thirty-live years at The Point, the place passed into the
I)ossession of his oldest son John, who held it forty-six years
till his death in 1S41. It then remained in the family of his
son Joel until ISr^O, when it was sold to Jacob Yan Orden.
Henry Brace, Esq., in his ''Outline of History of Catskill,"
along with an extended notice of the Catskill DuBoises, gives
the following estimate of Isaac: "Isaac DuBois, after the
death of his father, led a life of ease. Two or three slaves,
with the occasional and moderate heli) of their master and his
64 DESCENDANTS OF IJEXJAMIX DU BOIS.
sons, did the needful work of the farm, sowed and harvested
the wheat, planted and gathered the maize, made the hay,
tended the small })atches of iiax and tobacco, sheared the
sheep, killed the hogs, cut and rode in the wood. The trnth
is, this man, among his other virtues, had the characteristic
virtue of the Dutch veomen of the vallev of the Hudson — he
was contented with such things as he had. His estate pro-
duced or gave him the means of buying whatever his moderate
wants required, and a life of toil would have given him only
greater wealth, for which lie did not crave.'' We give a fac-
simile of his signature.
Fifth Generation in America, and Third at Gatsldll.
- Children of Solomon Du Bois (5) and Margaret Sammons.
9. Benjamin, bap. at Caatsban by Dominie Mancius of
Kingston, Dec. 26, 1752, witnesses Benjamin Du Bois synheus
vrow Catryntje Seiland (S. E.) m. Catharine Salisbury, who
joined the Old Catskill Church on confession, under Dominie
Peter Labagh, Oct. 24, 1709, d.
10. Cateleintie, m. Edward AYitteker. Issue. I. Solo-
mon Witteker, bap. Kingston Oct. IS, 1778, wits. Benjamen
Du Bois and Margrita Du Bois. II. Henry Witteker, bap. K.
Ang. 13, 1780, wits. James Witteker and Elizabeth Van Stein-
berg. III. William Witteker, bap. K. Aug. 2, 1784, wits.
William Marius Grom and Margaret Witteker. IV. Benja-
min AVitteker, bap. K. Nov. 12, 1786, wits. Benjamin DuBois
and Catharine Salisbury and Margrietje Felton. V. Margri-
etje Witteker, bap. K. Dec. 13, 1789, wits. Barent Staats Sals-
bury and his wife Sarah Du Bois. VI. Joel AVitteker, bap.
K. June 17, 1792, wits. Joel Du Bois and his wife ISancie
Du Bois.
11. Sauaii, bap. 0. C. Ch. Mar. 23, 1755, wits. John Van
Orden and Treyntje DuBois, m. Oct. 13, 1782, Barent Staats-
I)ESCp:xda^'ts of ijexjamix du bois. 05
Salisbury,* a Federal officer in the Revolutionary war, d. 1794.
aged.")4. (S. Ch. K.). Had issue, William B. Salisbury, b. Oct.
2,"), 1783, d. Aug. 17, 1802.
I'i. Racukl, unmarried, d. at the atlvanced age ol" UO vears
at Katerskill. The Indians were numerous about Catskill
when llachel was young. Occasionally they were trouble-
some. At one time a party of them surrounded the house of
Solomon Du Bois as if with hostile intent. Rachel happened
to be home alone : she quietly closed all the doors and windows
but made no demonstration of any kind. After prowling
around for a while the Indians seemed to suspect that the
house was Avell defended, and so fearing to nudve an attack
went awav.
Mr. Peter Eckler of Xew York, in whose father s family
old Aunt Rachel iiassed her declining years at Katerskill,
remembers hearing her sing, in his childhood, the old Dutch
Nursery Song, which is no doubt familiar to many of our
readers :
Trippe, tro]ipc, trooiuje,
I'e vaikciis in liet booiujc,
■• De koeyen iu liel klaver,
Do ])aar(ljes iu hct Imver,
De ecniljes in liet water plas,
De raiiseii in het lantrt; ci-as —
Ik won niyii iiiantje zoo groot was.
A literal translation would read substantially as follows :
Trippe, troppe, trooiitje,
(This line is untranslatable, being e(juivaleiit to '• ful de rol " in Knglish.)
The hogs in the beans,
The cows in the clover.
The horses in the oats.
The ducks in the water puddle,
The geese in the long grass —
I wish my little man was so big.
(Tossing the child to the required height while singing the last line. If the child were
a girl, " meisje," which means little girl, would be suljstituted for"manlje," little man.)
* From the manuscript notes of Henry Brace, Kscp, (Author of " .\n Outline of the
History of the Town of Cat-,kill, etc., ) we learn that Barent Staats Salisbury was, during
the Revolutionary War, a captain of militia. He fought at (lermantown and at Mon-
mouth, and his order-book is in the possession of his grandson William of Catskill.
(*a[;t. Salisbury and his wife Sarah were buried at Tefferson, at the edge of the hill
behind the house once occupied by Abner Austin. About the year iS6o their remains
were disinterred by their granrlson, and re-buried in a private grave-yard adjoining
the public cemetery in Jefferson. On the stone at the head of the new graves is the
inscription, " llarent S. Salisbury, a prominent American Officer during the Revolution.
Died .April ii, 1794, aged 54 years."
6() DESCEXDAXTS OF EEXJAMIX DU 150IS.
Children of Huyburtus IJuBois (6) and Cornelia llallenbeck.
18. Bexjamix, bap. ('aatsban, June 2(3, 1740, witnesses Ben-
jamin l)u Bois and Catharine Suylant, d. unmamed.
14. Joiix', b. d. ni. Catv Dies, dau. ^Madani Dies and
sister of Jennette, iirst wife of John Dn Bois, Son of Isaac*.
John, son of Huj^bartus, often wrote his name John IL and
his cousin John, son of Isaac, wrote his John I., the middle
letter being taken from their 2:>5n'ents respectively.
15. Theixt.te (Catharine) b. Oct. 21, 17o3, d. Aug. 24, 1889,
m. iirst Gosie Hermance, and had issue, I. Lanah Ilermance.*
II. John Hermance. Lived together to advanced age un-
married, Katerskill. III. Polly Hermance, m. Ira Canfield.
IV. Rachel Jane Hermance, bap. at Caatsban, Feb. 1(). 1782,
wits. Abram Holfman and Kachel DuBois, m. Dec. 8, 1800, by
Rev P. Labagh, Benjamin Sole. Issue, Robert Sole and
Rachel Jane Sole, who lived at John DuBois' after he married
their grandmotlier. Treinrje m. second, Michael Phillips,
xs^o issue. M. third, John I)u Bois. Xo issue.
Quite a remarkable train of circumstances are connected
with the^life of this Treintje or Catharine. She was born at
"The Point,'" where lier father then lived, in the name of Du
Bois. Her Iirst husband died leaving her with four children.
By her second husband, Phillips, she had no children. Her
third marriage was with her cousin John Du Bois, when she
was sixty-three, and this was his fourth nu\rriage, he being
tifty-six years old. This marriage brought her to the jdace
and name of her nativity. She lived happily with John Du
Bois twenty-three years, and her own children and grand-
children found welcome and shelter at ''The Point," quite as
iJeasant as those of lier husl)and. She was seven years the
senior of her luisband John Du Bois, and died before hiuj
* Lana was of a reniarkaljly cheerful and social disposition, an<l veiy'fond ot society.
Her home, in a romantic valley on the banks of the Katerskill, niidway between the
falls and the village of Cat^kill, was the scene of many rural festivities and innocent
merry-makings. She was a j^reat favfirite and r(7/;//y(7///c' of voung peojile of b(jth sexes,
who ever found in her a willing and sympathetic listener U) the narrative of their hopes
or fears, their talcs of joy or sorrow : and many momentous subjects, of which the great
world took little hecfi, but of strangely engrossing interest to the parties concerned,
were sagelv discussed by the young men and maidens of this vicinity, in her comforta-
ble, quaintly-fashioned dwelling, which was beautifully shaded l)y a grand old
(Jak — one of the large-^t and most symmetrical trees we ever beheld. Her memory will
be recalled with pleasure by all who enjnyed her hospitality, and none will forget the
old snuff-box which wa^ her constant companion, and from the use of which she seemeil
to derive rrcat consolation.
■ to
DESCENDANTS OF BENJAMIN DU BOIS. G7
tlioiif^li at a areater aue, viz. eiirlitv-six. She was a favorite
of her father lluybartus, if we may jutlge b}- the large landed
estate left her by his will. She was a woman, as we remem-
ber her in her old age, of quiet habits, but of energy, decision,
and warm heart.
IG. Rachel, b. Feb. 13, 17o5, bap. O. C. Ch. Jan. LV). IT.IG,
d. Xov. 17, 1837, m. Dec. 31, 17S0, (probabh'by Rev. Lamber-
tiis De Ronde,) Abraham ILjlfman of Kingston. Issue, I.
Antoni Hoffman. II. Hu3'bartus Hoffman, bap. by Dominie
Geo. J. L. Doll at Kingston, July 28, 1785. witnesses Huybar-
tus DuBois and Cornelia Ilallenbeck, III. Addison IIoff"man.
IV. Cornelia Catharina Hoffman, bap. June 10, 1790, wits.
Cornelia DuBois and Catharina Addison. V. Abraham Hoft'-
man, Jr., b. Mar. 19, 1793, d. Mar. 12, 1857. Descendants
living at Kingston. YI. Martinus Hoffman.
17. Lana, Helena or ]\Iagdalena, m. Abram Elmendorf. Issue
I. Annatje Elmendorf, b. Sept. 15, 1790, bap. Sept. 17, wits.
Jacob Elmendorf and Catharine DuBois. II. Kuybartus Du-
Bois Elmendorf, b. Dec. G, bap. Dec. 7, d. Dec. 8,^ 1798.
18. Lidia, m. John Sole. Issue, I. Huybartus DuBois
Sole, b. Aug. 18, 1799, bap. O. C. Ch. Jan. 15, 1800.
Children of Cornelius Du Bois (7) and Catharine Yanderj^oeh
We have the Familv Record of C. Du Bois in his own hand.
19. Benjamin, b. Sept. 23, 1752. Baptised at Caatsl)an by
Dominie Mancius Oct. 14, 1752. Witnesses Benjamin Du
Bois and his wife Catharine Suylant, m. a lady from New
Jersev and died in that State.
20. Geeutuey, b. Jan. 20, 1754. Bap. by Dominie Scheune-
man, O. C. Ch., Jan. 29, 1754. Wits. Malgert Van der poel
and Ennaetje V'an der poel. Tlie father omits the name of
this daughter from the record. We recover it from the church
record. She vjrobablv died young, as a second Geertrev was
born in 1701.
21. Low KENS, bap. Dom. Scheuneman, 0. C. Ch., Aug. 23,
1755. Wits. Isaac Du Bois»and Lana Sammons ; m. Esther
A'^an Valkenberg of Greenville, Greene County, X. Y. Lived
in Greenville and was probably a tanner. Have little know-
ledge of him from the fact that he early left Catskill.
68 DESCEXDAXTS CF BEXJA3IIN DU BOIS.
22. Catjiaiiyxtje, b. Nov. 11, llol. Bap. by Rev. Jolianiies
Caspariis Fryeumoet. Minister of Livingston Manor. Wits.
Jolm Van Orden and Treintje Du Bois ; m. Peter Bogardus.
Issue. I. Egbert Bogardus. Lived while a boy with his uncle
Joel and aunt Xancy Du Bois. Was nearly all his life tax
collector of Catskill, where his descendants remain. IL Catv
Bogardus, in. Isaac Race, a wagon maker, Catskill. III. Sally
Bogardus, m. Weed.
23. Barext, b. Oct. 28, 1759. Bap. by Fryenmoet. Wits.
Barent Van Der Poel and Catharine Iloogteling ; d. Mar. 1,
1837 ; m. Rachel Du Bois of Kingston, sister to Sarah, wife of
Henry Person ; b. Xov. 5, 17.39, d. Feb. 21, 1821.
In addition to the war record of Barent Du Bois, as given in
" Du Bois Reunion,'" we have evidence from the Pension Office
that he established a service of seventeen months during the
war under Capt. Benjamin Dubois, Capt. Delavan, Col. An-
thony Van Bergen, by testimony of Peter Bogardus, Zopher
AVeeks, and Benjamin Van Orden. "He alleged service at
different times, during tlie entire war as a scout and express
rider and' as a minute man under Capts. J. Witbeck, A'an
Schaick, and Fowler, and under Generals Sullivan, Hand, and
La Favette, but could establish seventeen months onlv, the
remainder being shown bv traditionarv evidence."
I add to this the remarks of Jas. D. Pinckney, in his
"Sketches of Catskill."
"As years passed on I became more intimately acquainted
with the good old Captain, and have spent hours in hearing
his stories of the barbarities committed by tories and savages,
and of combats in which he had borne no unimportant part.
In all these stories he managed to introduce his beau ideal of
a warrior — 'Old Murijliv ' — in such a wav as to induce the
suspicion tliat he miglit have been a coadjutor of the ' Scho-
liarie Indian killer.' " Elsewhere he says of him, "He seemed
a friend to evervbodv but tories and Indians." After the war
he was a skipper or Master of a Sloop, until his strength failed
him. I reniem])er him as a man of rare social qualities.
When he visited us in Kiskatom the house was lively while
he remained.
DESCENDANTS OF BENJAMIN DU BOIS. 69
24. CxEEKTRAY^d, Gitty or Gertrude, b. Dec. 9, 1761, bap.
Caatsban, Mancius, Avits. Huybartus I)ii Bois and Cornelia
Hallenbeck ; d. Oct. IG, 1814 ; ni. Feb. 12, 1797, Jolin Du
Bois, son of Isaac.
25. Arkeyaentje, Harriet, b. June 10, 17G4, bap. by
Fryennioet, wits. Sylvester Salesbnry and Marytie Salesbnry,
m. John Mallorv. Issue. I. Du Bois Mallorv, m. Marii-aret
Overbagh. II. Gitty Mallory, unmarried. III. Xancy
Mallory. m.
26. Abraham, b. Feb. 2, 1766, bap. by Fryenmoet, wits.
Malgert Yanderpoel and Jannetje Van Valkenberg. d.
m. Jennie Grant, Delaware Co., b. in Scotland.
27. Annaetje, (Nancy), b. Mar. 17, 1769 ; d. Kiskatom,
May 11, 1846, bajx by Fryenmoet, wits. Henrick Frans
Yan Valkenberg and Annaetje van Der i^oel ; m. Joel Du
Bois.
Children of Isaac Du Bois (8) and Lana Sammons.
28. Lana, Cathalyntje, bap. Apr. 23, 17r)3, Caatsban, ]\Ian-
cius ;-wits. Solomon Du Bois and ]\[argaret Sammons ; m.
Abram Fonda, Catskill. Issue. I. Abram Fonda. II. Isaac
Fonda. III. Jacob Fonda. lY. Lanah Fonda, m. 1st, Aiig.
7, 1775, John Yan Deusen, Johnstown, Columbia Co., N. Y.,
m. 2nd Gen. William Salesbnry. Issue. I. Catilena Sales-
bury, m. Horatio Dewey. II. Rachel Salesbnry, m. Lewis
Bennen. III. Ebellena Salesbnry, m. Henry A. Du Bois,
Hudson, X. Y. lY. Helen Salesbur}^ m. Elbert Reed.
29. AciiiE, Eggie, Eghje, (English, Agnes,") bap. Caatsban,
Apr. 11, 1757, wits. Huybartus Du Bois and Cornelia Hal-
lenbeck, m. Jacobus Bogardus, Catskill, X. Y. Issue. I.
James Bogardus, d. unmarried. 11. Lanah Bogardus, bap.
O. C. Ch. by Scheuneman, Feb. 10, 1788, wits. Isaac Du
Bois and Lanah Sammons ; d. unmarried, Feb. 2, 1876.
III. Hannah Bogardus, d. Mar. 8, 1829, aged 36 yrs.
lY. Jennette Bogardus, d. Ai)r. 2:"). 1842, aged 48 yrs. ; ni.
John M. Donnelly, Merchant, Catskill, X. Y. Y. Betsey
Bogardus, m. Dr. Jacob R. (jreene.
30. John, bap. Johannes, b. Mar. 25. 1760, bai>. Apr. 7,
70 BESCEXDANT.S OF BEXJAMIX DU BOIS.
1760, Caatsban ; wits. Benjamin Du Bois and Catliarine Suy-
lant ; d. July 30, 1841 ; m. (1st) 17S0, Jennette Dies, d. May
15, 1794, aged 34. 4. 14 ; m. (2nd) Sept. 20, 179o, Catharine
Bronk of Coxsackie, d. Aug. 3, 1790, aged 33. 4. 8 ; m. (3rd)
Feb. 12, 1797, Gitty, dau. of Cornelius Du Bois, d. Oct. 10,
1814, aged 52. 10. 7 ; m. (^ fourth) June 29, 1816, Treintje (Cath-
arine) dau. of Iluybartus Du Bois, d. Aug. 24, 1839, aged 85.
10. 3.(A11 but first marriage recorded in Caatsban Ch. Records. )
John Du Bois survived his fourth wife onlv five years, when
in his eighty-second year, he died and was laid away in the
family grave yard with the remains of his four wives, under
the shade of the apple trees in the orchard his ovv'n hand had
planted. John Du Bois was no ordinary man. The limits of
his own lands and neighborhood formed, indeed, the circuit
of the principal acts of his life, yet they were so marked as to
leave an impress on the memories of his posterity to the third
generation. AVith an indomitable will and courage that few
would dare to withstand, he became the acknowledged leader
in the neighborhood, as well as the ruler of his own family.
Ilis opinions and acts were always respected, because well
founded in wisdom and justice. He was stern in demeanor
and uncompromising, so that his will and word in the family
and over all his possessions were supreme ; none ever ventured
to dispute or question it, yet he was of a generous and kind
heart, just and upright to exactness in all his dealings.
The residence of John Du Bois at " The Point," was, in the
recollection of his descendants of the second and third genera-
tion, like an old times Baronial Hall. His personal appear-
ance and habits were well in keeping. He was fully, perhaps,
a little over six feet in height, well proportioned and strongly
built, of a presence impressive and commanding, sometimes
stern, an aspect aided by a voice which, as he chose to use it,
could be literally said to roar, but always approachable,
reasonable, and gentlemanly. A mean word or act seemed im-
possible to his nature. He wore to the last the small clothes,
the knee breeches, with great .silver buckles, tight stockin2:s,
and low shoes. When Ann S. Stevens, who spent a fortnight
at his house preparing nratter for her story of "Marv Der-
DESCENDANTS OF I5EXJAMIX DU ]?OlS. 71
•went," described liiiii as weaiiiin- .silver buckles on his shoes,
he exclaimed. '-All 1 she's got the buckles oil: my knees and
put them on my feet."
His farm of more than three hundred acres was. in itsaral)le
parts, under good cultivation. The orchards and gardens
abounded with fruits and vegetables, a great herd of cattle
furnished a sup])ly of milk and butter, domestic fowls of all
kinds were ])lenty on the ])remises. and wild fowl in the Uylen
Kill, and fish and eels could be had as they were wanted from
the Creek and the River. The soil seemed specially adapted
for fruits, and witii the southern exposure such grapes, such
pears, such peaches, such apples, such plums, and among
others those immense inLKjuuin /^o//.7///.v grew there, as we boys
of the thii-d generation never tasted elsewhere, and never ex-
pect to. If you wanted to rand)le, there were the farm roads
or the great orcliards, or the cedars upon the Roefenje where
you could lind plenty of stone arrow heads, or Jim's path to
the Hopenose, overlooking the river, the creek, the village, and
westward the glorious Catskills. If you wanted to ride in true
rustic style, there was the wagon going to the big meadow for
hay, or to the KaWtcnj for wood : or if you wanted to row
there was the boat at the dock, and tlie oars by the pear tree.
And if you were tired of all this, yon could sit on the stoop
and watch the river craft, thrcjugh that long slim mahogany-
cased spy glass, or the four-horse stages dashing down the
Long Dock to meet the steamboats. Or if nothing outdoors
l)leased you. you could go into that great north sitting room,
with the two full lengtii portraits, in oil, of Madam Dies and
her brother, in child hr)od, suspended in immense oval
gilt frames, and the female face in china, hanging over the
mantle board, and Aunt Trevntie would intei-est von in the
habits and fashions, and pranks of young folks before the
Revolutionaiy AVar, or Uncle Jolin would entertain you witli
stories of the Indians and Tories of that unsettled period. Or
if still you were restless, you could piss into that great Kitchen
with its wide lire place and its glistening pewter and copper
ntensils, and the two colored women, "On" and "Bet," who had
both been slaves, and the first one as black as the chimney
7:2 DESCENDANTS OF 1?EXJAMIX DU 150IS.
back, would give you souie new ideas of life among the lowly
well toward a century of the past.
All this, which niav sound to some so much like fancv, is
nothing but simple fact. Such was the style of life at
" The Point '" tifty years ago, as the compilers of these records
I'emember it. And thei-e was not onlv ])lentv for the family
and servants, but plenty and room f(»r those needing them.
At John T)u Bois', the orphan children of .lohn Mallor}', who
married Areyaantjo, a sistei- of his third wife, found a home;
there Cornelius, the oldest son of Abraham Du Bois. was living
at the time of death ; thence supplies of milk, and ]>uttei', and
eggs, and meat, and fruits of all kinds, were ever finding their
way to the honses of many relations at the villaue iieeding
these things. James, who became insane in early manhood,
was for many years a great care to the family, but the thought
of sending him to an Asylum pi'obably never occurred to a
single one ol them, and Jennette, with her two daughters,
lived half a lifetime at her father's. The writer of this received
at John Du Bois\ a no})le hospitality, passing there a long
winter iiltending scho(jl at the village, when compensation was
not even permitted to be named.
. A gentleman of the old school was John T)u Bois. Few. if
any, like him remain, or are even possible, in habits and sur-
roundings in these changed times. May his descendants and
kinlred imitate the cardinal virtues so conspicuous in him.
and which, whatever chansres ot.-cur in outward thinus. may be
the common heritage of all who strive to honor Clod and serve
their fellow men.
The farm at the "Point," came into the possession of the
Du Boises in 1728. We have seen that it was lirst occupied
by Iluybartus (0), probably about 1748 or 17i5(). Isaac (8) went
there about 1701 or 2, being then thirty years of age. He had
been married about twelve years, and took with him his four
young children Lana, Achie. John, and Joel. Possibly the
last named was born at the '* Point."' Isaac died in 1705, and
the farm, by will, fell to John, then thirty-five years of age,
and having four children, Isaac, John I).. James, and -lennette,
the oldest iifteen and the younu'est four. Twelve days liefore
DESCENDANTS OF IJEXJAMIX DU BOIS.
73
liis fatlier's death, be married Catharine Bronk of Coxsackie.
The farm remained in llie occupation of John Du Bois, until
his deatli in 1841. when it was divided, by his will, among his
cliihlren. Ilis son Joel and family left the old place in
18.59. after it had been one hundred and thirtv-one years in
the ownership of the Du Boises. The place of original settle-
ment, (Ben. P. Du Bois) purchased in 1720, still remains in
the occupancy and ownership of a Du Bois.
31. Joel, b. May 2o, 1702. d. Apr. 20, 1844. Farmer in
Crawford, Orange Co.. X. Y., and in Cat.skill. X. Y., m.
Annatje, dau. of Cornelius Du Bois. b. May 17. 1700. d. ]\Iay
11, 1846. He is referred to pp. 112, 114 "'Du Bois Reunion.""^"
Sixth GtJicratloii In Anarica atul Fourth in CatsJiiJI.
Children of Benjamin Du Bois (0) and Cathaiine Salisbury.
32. Solomon, bap. O. C. Ch. by Scheuneman. June 27, 1784,
-wits. Joel Du Bois and Rachel Du Bois. Died a vounji- man.
33. Annaet.u:, (Hannah i ba]). O. C. Ch. Dec. 27, 1780,
wits. AViljem Salisbury and Treintje Salisbuiy ; m. AVm. E.
Witteke]-, d. aged 81 years. Issue. I. Catharine AVitteker.
II. Benjamin Du Bois AVitteker. III. Emmeline AVitteker,
lY. Abram S. AYitteker. Y. Eleanor ^Yitteker. YI. James
AYitteker. This family removed to Perry, Pike Co., 111.,
where numerous descendants now reside.
34. Maiigkettji:, bap. O. C. Ch. May 4,1780, wits Staats
Salisbury and Sara Salisbury, d. young
. 35. Xeeltje, (Xelly) 1). 1700, bap. O. C. Ch. Oct. 8, 1701,
wits. Ilendrick van Bergen and X'eeltje van Bergen, d, April
26, 1866. m. June 27, 1822, Peter :\rorris Eckler, Issue,
I. Peter Eckler, Printer and Publisher, Xew York. b. ]Mar.
28, 1823, n). Jan. 28, 18:>7, to Jeannette Fairmain Davis of
Brooklyn, X. Y., b. Jan. 28, 18,]7. Issue,
(1.) XY'eltje du Bois Eckler, b. September 24, 1857.
(2.) Morris du Bois Eckler. b. August 12, 1850.
(3.) Carl du Bois Ecklei-. b. April 0. 1866.
74 DESCENDAXTS OF.KEX.TAMIX DU EOIS.
II. Louisa C. Eckler, b. 1827. in. July 4, 1850, Jiimes Cater.
Issue, Matilda Cater, h. April 21. 1851, m. April 20. 1808,
H. S. Eckler. Issue, ]Morris Willie Eckler, b. June 29, 1872.
Peter M. Eckler born January 12. 1788, died June 80, 1870.
His fathers ancestors emigrated from Hesse-Cassel, Germany,
his mother descended from an English family named Morris.
Mr. Eckler passed his life as a farmer. He was of a quiet un-
ostentatious disposition, honest and upiight in his dealings.
He lived to a good old age and passed his declining years in
the enjoyment of a comfortable competence. He was a soldier
in the war of 1812, and during the later years of his life re-
ceived a pension for his services from the U. S. goveniment.
Nellie Eckler i85)was a woman of frauk, kind and social dis-
position. She devoted her life to her family and the welfare
of her children. She took special interest in all that related
to the history of the Du Bois family, and could have furnish-
ed before her death many interesting facts and old family tra-
ditions which are now unfortunately lost. She died at the age
of 70, J)eloved and regretted b}' her relatives and friends.
30. William, d. June 23, 1802, aged 07 years, unmarried.
37. MARGAKET,2d (Peggy) bap. at Coxsackie, Oct. 8, 1797,
d. m. Oct. 17, 1818, Peter Moriis Eckler.
38. Bexjamix, bap. O. C. Ch. March 29, 1801, d. aged 49
years, unmarried.
Children of John Du Bois (14) and Caty Dies, sister of
Jennette Dies, tirst wife of Jolm Du Bois (30).
39. Petei;, the name aj^pears in liis grandfather s will with-
out a middle letter, but J. D. Pinckney, in "Sketches of
Catskill," speaks of him as " Peter S. Du Bois, a farmer and
large land-holder." On Aug. 18, 1800, he was married by
Kev. I'eter Lebagh. to Catharine Van Orden, the widow of
Ely. After his death the widow again married to John
Bogardus, brother of Jacobus Bogardus, and lived near the
liead of Main St., Catskill. Peter lived on the old i)lace of
Benjamin (3).
Children of Lowrens Du Bois (21) and Esther Van Valken-
berg.
DESCEXDAXT.S Ofc' KEX.TAMIX DU liOIS. /.)
40. Maiua. bap. June 14. 1781), by Dom. Soheuneniaii at Old
Catskill Clmrcli.
41. CoiiXKLius, bap. O. C. Cli., ^fay '20, 1794; d. 1876 : ni.
Hoo'edoni. He was for nianv years in the enii)lov of Mr.
Hogedoni. a farmer of IJoxbury, X. Y., and late in life married
the sister of liis employer, ^^lie survives him. A modest,
honest, and pious man.
42. Petek L., b. July iV), 18()2 ; d. at Shokan. X. Y.. 1852 ;
ni. July 10. 182r), Clai-risa Goodwin, b. Mar. 17, 1805, and
noAv living- with hei- dau,nhter, Mrs. Rhoda Dart, High-
land, N. Y.
48. Catv. m. Christian Fiero. owner of a small tannery at
Caatsban. Ulster Co., X. Y. Xo issue.
Peter L. (Lowrens, 42) served an apprenticeship at the
Tanneiy of Jonathan Palen of Palensville. Greene Co., X. Y.
The year after his marriage, 1820, he removed to Tougore, in
Olive, Ulster Co., X'". Y., where he bought a farm, and built a
large tannery. Pie was postmaster there under Jackson :ind
Amos, Kendall ; was a prominent man in that part of the
county, and did an extensive business until ruined by the hard
times of 1837. He then closed up his business, sold out, paid
all his debts in full, and moved to Shokan, X'. Y., where he
filled an important position in a large Tannery until his death.
jMr. J)u Bois was quiet and unassuming, but one of the best
and most exemplary of men ; so regarded and referred to
amonii" those who knew him best ; by men of all classes and
opinions. He was so universally respected and beloved, not
from any ])articularly yenial or social characteristics, for he
was a man of few words, but from the honor, uprightness, and
thorou<rh excellence there was about him. He was a worthy
and warmdiearted Methodist, but wholly unsectarian. His
funeral was largely attended at the M. E. Church in Shokan,
and the Roman Catholic Irishmen of the Tannery, who were
never known to attend a Protestant funeral or go inside a
Protestant church, attended.in a body.
Children of Parent l)u Bc»is (23) and Rachel Hu Bois.
44. Caty, b. Oct. 24, 1780 : d. May 24, 1807 ; m. late in life
Jacob M. Hallenbeck of Catskill Landinu'.
76 ])KSCKXDAXT.S OF IJKX.IAMIX DU BOIS.
4."). Sally, b. Nov. 7, 1787 ; d. Feb. 2, 187:? ; in. William
W. Van Loan, Mercliaiir. Catskill. Desfeiidants at Catskill.
4G. CuiiXKLius, b. Mar. 24, 1791, tl. June 2, 1824. A lawyer,
Catskill ; m. Nov. 22, 1812, Jennette, daii. uf John Dn Bois.
47. Bakent. b. d. A tanner. AVent South and
bought Indian lands in Alabama ; m. dan. of a Creek chief,
and was agent under commission of the U. S. Government,
with rank of major, removing Indians west of the Mississippi.
Issue. 48. William, 4'J. Baiiext, r)0. Sa:\[uel, 51. Rachel,
in the state of Alabama. See ■' I)u Bois Reunion."' p. 114.
52. Samuel, b. Sept. 17, 18;)1, d. Sept. 17, 18G2. Merchant.
Catskill, X. Y., High Sheriff of (ireene county : m. Sarah
Allen Allen. "Du Bois Reunion,*" p. 114.
Children of Abraham l)u Bois {2ij) and Jennie Grant.
53. Xaxcy, b. 1790, bap. Dec. 20, 1792, at Old Catskill
Church, m. 1815, Levy Stevens. Issue.
" I. Homer Augustus Stevens, b. 18IG, d. 18H8, unmarried.
II. Harriet Stevens, b. 1818, m. 1843, Jacob Carle. Issue.
(1.) Arnretta Carle, b. 1845, m. 18G8, Geo. Sax. Issue. [1.]
Ira Sax, b. 1870 ; [2.] Garetta Sax, b. 1872 ; [3.] Geo. Sax, b.
1873, d. 1877 ; [4.] Chs. L9 Grand S:ix, b. 187G. (2.) Le Grand
Carle, b. 1848, d. ^3.) Marion Helen Carle, b. 1850. m.
Frank Hodge. Issue. [I. ] Homer Hodge ; [2.] Frank Hodge.
III. Arraetta Stevens, b. 1820, m. 1852, JoelThomas. Issue.
(1.) Ettie Thomas, b. 1854. (2.) John Thomas, b. 185G.
IV. Jennette Stevens, b. 1822, m. 1842, Abraham Lewis.
Issue. (1.) Gertrude Du Bois Lewis, b. 1843, m. 18G5, Joseph
Wardwell. Issue. [1.] Ellen Josephine Wardwell, b. 18GS :
[2.] Elizabeth Scudder Wardwell, b. 1870. (2. ) Homer Agustus
Lewis, b. 1845. (3.) James Grant Lewis^ b. 1849. (4.) Levy
Stevens Lewis, b. 1851. (5.) Jennie Lewis, b. 1859. (6.) Larrn-
niore Lewis, b. 18G5. (7.) Harriet Amanda Lewis, b. 1SG8.
V. Elizabeth Stevens, b. 1825, m. 1848, Thomas Dodd.
Issue. (1.) Thomas Grant Dodd, b. 1849, d. (2.) Xancy
Gertrude Dodd, b. 1852. (3.) Spencer Carter Dodd, b. 18G2.
54. CouxELirs, d. single, at 23. Attended a social party.
and returned earlv, not feeling well. He was found dead in
DESCENDAXTS OF BENJAMIN DU BOIS. / /
his bed next morning, at John Du Bois', having slept with
Du Bois Mallorv.
55. Catharine, m. late in life, Abrani Yeghte, Griggs-
town, N. J.
56. Mai:geky, b. d. unmarried, 1840, by falling down
stairs at her brother Grant's.
57. Grant, b. 1801, d. Feb. 13. 1853. Noticed " Rennion,"
p. 112 ; m. Catharine Larremore, b. Long Island, Mar. 7,
1807, d. Mar. 19, 1875.
58. Peter, twin with Grant, b. 1801, d. Aug. 10, 18G2, m.
Elizabeth Strever, d. Dec. 1872.
59. Gertrude, (Gitty) b. 1803.
60. Harriet, d. young.
61. Jennette, b. Aug. 21, 1810, m. Jan. 29, 1833, Abram
Burgett, b. d. 1873. Issue.
I. Enieline Demarest Burgett, b. Jan. 27, 1834, ni. Aug. 29,
1853, Robert Griffin De Lamater, b. Dec. 22, 1834. Issue.
(1.) Ella Louisa De La Mater, b. Jan. 15, 1855. (2.) Carrie
Burget De La Mater, b. Jan. 28, 1858. (3.) William Dean
De La Mater, b. Dec. 7, 1860.
XL James Ronieyn Burget, b. Xov. 16, 1837, m. Jan. 29,
1868, Elizabeth Maekey.
Children of John Du Bois (30) and Jennette Dies.
63. Isaac, b. Dec. 13, 1780, d. Aug. 23, 1850, at Marshall,
Mich. Merchant at Catskill and Farmer in the "Genesee
Countiy," and the west. Noticed '" Reunion." p. 114; m.
(1st) Catharine V^an Yooihees, m. (2d) Jane AVoolsev. Mr.
Pinckney speaks of him as '" of a stirring disposition, and was
at different times a farmer, a merchant, a skipper, and a mili-
tary Colonel. lie served in the war of 1812, and was esteemed
a brave and efficient officer."' (See notice "Du Bois Reunion,"
p. 114.)
64. John D., b. Mar. 20, .1784, d. June 3, 1845. Farmer,
Catskill, N. Y., m. by Rev. Peter Labaugh, Feb. 15, 1807,
Rebecca Overbaugh, b. Oct. 178i3, d. MarclilSG9.
Gr\ James, b. Mar. 17, 1788, d. Insane.
78 DESCEXDAXTS OF I3EXJAMIX DU BOIS.
" Early in life he went to Xew York as clerk or accountant
in a well established mercantile house, and there was, per-
haps, no young- man who ever left our town with more flatter-
ing- prospects than James Da Bois. Xo tidings of him ever
reached home which were not satisfactory to his parents and
friends, and honorable to himself ; and a bright future was
anticipated for him, when the news arrived that he had be-
come suddenly deranged. I never knew the cause— it was said
by some that intense application to business had affected his
brain — by others that an unmerited reproof from one of his
employers had so rudely shaken his extremely sensitive
temperament as to unsettle his mind. lie was brought back
to the old homestead, and it is said that for many years he
never spoke a word ! Yet. day after day at a certain hour he
would make a circuit of his fathers farm. In the pleasant
Spring time, in the burning Summer, in the mellow Autumn,
and in the bitter cold and snows of \Vinter, he would traverse
that same route, making a round of miles, and return to his
chamber, Avhere he would remain in moody silence for the next
twenty-four hours, then to resume his solitary walk over the
well-beaten track, which came to be known as "crazy Jinfs
path." Many years subsequently, (at the death of his father),
he suddenly resumed the exercise of speech, and, as though
to compensate for his long silence, he became really garrulous.
He abandoned his daily walk, and frequented the Village, but
his reason neverreturned."'-- -/«.?. D. Piafltney i^ " SkeicJies,"'
18G8.
60. Jexxette, b. June 17, 170J, d. June 2, 1863, m. Nov.
22, 1812, Corneliui Du Bois.
Children of John Du Bois (30) and Gitty Du Bois.
07. Catiiaiuxe, b. Oct. 10, 1797, d. m. first, Sept. 9.
1819, Oliver Ashley, and had issue, I. Gertrude Ashley, m.
Crane, California. II. Marcia. Ashley, m. David Becker,
Middleburgli, N. Y. Issue, Lil)bie Becker, d. at 17; m. sec-
ond, Jonathen Palen. Issue, a son, Theodore Palen, and a
daughter.
68. IiiA, b. June 21, 1800, d. Xov. 1."). 187.'>. Merchant.
DESCEXDAXTS OF EEXJAMIX DU BOIS. 70
Foimded Catsl'iU Messengtr newspaper, 1830. Many years
Clerk of Board of Police Commissioners, Xew York : ni. Feb.
9, 18:23, Mary Rogers, b. Aug. 21, 18U4, d. -Tan. 12, 18G0.
69. Joel, b. Xov. 0. 1803. Farmer, Catskill, X. Y., m. Sally
Jane Hunter, dan. Nathaniel Ilnnter, and niece of Mrs. Isaac
J. Dn Bois, b. Crawford, Orange Co., N. Y., Jan. 12, 1810, d.
Apr. 17, 1858. A woman of unusual excellence.
Children of Joel Du Bois (31) and ^^ancy Du Bois.
70. Isaac J., b. Jan. 19, 1789, d. Oct. 3. 1858 at Kingston,
X. Y., m. Jan. 4, 1816, Catharine Hunter, b. Crawford, Orange
Co., N. Y., Apr. 7, 1789, d. Kingston, X. Y^, Apr. 4, 1858.
Farmer, town of Catskill (Kiskatom) N. Y. Justice of the
Peace about 25 years. See Family of Benjamin ''Du Bois
Reunion."
71. Catiiakiis'E, b. Aug. 6, 1791, d. unmarried. May 28,1856.
72. Laxah, b. Sept. 12, 1794, d. Feb. 2:\ 1867, in Kiskatom,
m. by Rev. I. X. Wyckoff, Jan. 21, 1819, Archibald Hunter,
brother of Catharine, wife of Isaac J. Du Bois, b. June 7,
1793, d. from contagion received while helping a neighbor ex-
amine for the cause of the death of a cow, Oct. 10, 1822, Craw-
ford, Orange Co., X. Y. Had issue.
I. Joel Du Bois Hunter, b. Oct. 30, 1819, m. by Rev. A. B.
Van Zandt, at Xewburgli, X.Y., Jan. 17, 1844, Frances Henri-
etta Hunter, b. Sept. 3, 1824, d. New Y^ork June 20, 1874.
Issue. (1.) Charles Du Bois Hunter, b. Apr. 19, 1846. (2.)
William Hunter, b. Oct. 28, 1847. (3.) Agnes Conover Hunter,
b. Dec. 1, 1849, m. by Rev. H. D. Ganse, Oct. 29, 1873, John
J. Walton. Issue. [1.] [2.] (4.) George
Conover Hunter, b. Feb. 4, 8152. (5.) Mary Frances Hunter,
b. Dec. 18, 1853. (6.) David Moore Hunter, b. July 11, \>'m.
(7.) AYalter Livingston Hunter, b. Oct. 2, 1858. (8.) Frances
Henrietta Hunter, b. July 18, 1861. (9.) Robert Joseph
Hunter, b. Feb. 9, 1866.
Lanah Hunter became a widow when her oldest child, Joel
Du Bois, was three years of -age, and her youngest, Jennette.
an infant of one 3-ear. Henceforth she lived solely for her
children. With very little means she managed by industry
80
descp:xdaxt.s of bexjamix du bois.
and prudence to keep them by her and give them a good
common school education, and a thorough training in piety
and riglit living. She had her reward in the respectability of
their positions, the excellence of their characters, and the deep
veneration with which they cherished her in age. Joel D.
was at first a clerk in a country store at Pine Bush, X. Y.
He found employment a year or two in Greene County, N. Y.
He then entered the employ of Carpenter, Mailar & Co.,
Merchants and Freighters, ii'ewburgh, X. Y. He was em-
ployed by this iirni as clerk in the store, and as clerk, and as
captain of a freiglit barge, and was for awhile in charge of a
Passenger steamer between Albany and New York. He en-
gaged in the wholesale Butter and Cheese business in New
York, in 1844, with Jay, Adams & Co., and then Hunter,
Adams & Co. In 1875 he assumed the entire business in his
own family under the firm of Hunter, ^Valton t\: Co., 164 &
IGG Chambers St., X. Y. Their sales during the last ten years
have averaged about 81,000,000 annually.
II. Jeiyiette Hunter, b. Nov. 4, 1821, m. Nov. 7, 1844, Cor-
nelius M. xibeel, Kiskatom, Greene County, N. Y., b. Apr. 5,
1817. Issue. (1.) Emily Du Bois Abeel, b. Nov. 6, 1845. d.
Mar. 23, 1856. (2.) Frances Hunter Abeel, b. Jan. 23, 1847,
m. William Linzey. Issue. [1.] Howard Linzey, b. 1870. (3.)
Anthony Abeel, b. Sept. 2, 1850, d. Jan. 10, 1871. (4.) Archi-
bald Hunter Abeel, b. Oct. 14, 1858. d. Jan. 19, 1871.
73. Eleaxok, b. Sept. 11, 1798, d. Apr. 12, 1877, ni. Nov. 29,
1823, Thomas Fay, a School Teacher from Brimlield, Mass., b.
Sept. 1, 1795, d, Apr. 28, 1863. Issue.
I. Nancy Ann Fay, b. Dec. 23, 1821, d. Feb. 9, 1855, m.
June 17, 1843, John R Hunt, and left four cliildren.
II. Warren Fay, b. Mar. 30, 1824, d. Sept. 2, 1849, m. July
0, 1848, Ann C. Brandow, and left one son.
III. Serepta Catharine Fav. b. Oct. 1, 1826, d. sin^-le, Nov
16, 1858.
IV. Joel Du Bois Fay, b. May 8, 1830, d. Jan. 15, 1859.
V. Austin W. Fay, b. Sept. 5, 1832, m.Sept. 5, 1857, Debbie
C. Hommell. Issue. (1.) Cora. (2.) Philip Xier. (3.) George.
VI. David Hunter Fay, b. Nov. 21, 1836, d. Aug. 27, 1864,
DESCENDANTS OF BENJAMIN DU BOIS. 81
m. Aug. 4, 1S60, Hattie M. Brown. Entered tlie Federal
Army early in the Rebellion, was sick at tlie South, and came
home to die.
VII. Thomas Addison Fay, b. Sept. 23, 1840, d. Dec. 17,
18C1. The whole family were consumptive, though the father
died of acute disease at 6S, and the mother of old age at 79.
The Severdh Generation in America and Fiftli in CatsTciU.
Children of Peter Du Bois (39) and Catharine Van Orden.
74. Benjamin P., b. living (Jan. 1878,) at the old
Homestead of Benjamin (3) in West Catskill, m. (1st) JaneC.
Goelet, b. Feb. 11, 1802, d. Nov. 12, 1832, m. (2d) Catharine
Abeel, b. d.
75. John P., bap. O. C, Mar. 5, 1805. Wits. Huybartus
Du Bois and Catharine Du Bois, d.
76. Robert McKerty, bap. O. C, Apr. 12, 1807.
77. Eliza Jane, b. m. Bennet.
Children of Peter L. Du Bois (42) and Clarissa Goodwin.
78: James, b. Apr. 15, 1820, m. Anna Sanford. Living in
California, to which state he went in 1849. Xo issue.
79. Mary C, b. Mar. 24, 1828, m. Martin Shuster. lias
several children, boys and girls.
80. Edwin, b. Mar. 14, 1830, m. 1852, Nancy Woodworth of
Shandaken, Ulster Co., N. Y. No issue. Edwin received a
fair education in the common school, and afterward taught a
District School in Olive. lie worked about his father's Tan-
nery from boyhood. Was employed seven years to keep
books and measure bark at Shokan. He then entered the
tanning business with Mr. Watson, near the Delaware
Water (xap, and at Watson Hollow, Ulster Co., N. Y., for
some four or five years. He was employed some eight years
at Brocketts Bridge, Herkimer Co., N. Y., and is now in the
employ of Tliomas E. Proctor of Boston, Mass., to take charge
of all his Tanneries, eight in number, and located in Maine,
Massachusetts, New York,' and Pennsylvania. They manu-
facture 600 to 1000 sides of upper leather daily, and from 1000
to 1200 sides of sole leather daily.
82 DESCENDANTS OF BENJAMIN DU EOIS.
81. Eliza, b. May 1, 1832, d. Aug. 8, 1847.
82. RnoDA, b. Dec. 19, 1834, m. Isaac C. Dart, M. D., of
Highland, Ulster Co., N. Y. Has several children.
83. Cornelius, b. Feb. 18, 1837 ; m. Adelaide J. Goodwin.
No issue.
Capt. Cornelius Du Bois enlisted in the 33d 111. Volunteers,
(Normal Regiment) Aug. 15, 1861. Served in that Regt. as
private, corporal, and sergeant, till Nov. 4, 1863, when he re-
ceived a commission as 2d Lieut, in the o3rd U. S. Colored
Infantry. From 2d Lieut, was promoted to Cai)tain in same
Regt., May 24, 1864, and served in that capacity until
mustered out March 8. 18G6, at Vicksburg, Miss. Commanded
the Post at Goodman, Miss., from Oct. :23, 1865, to the time
the forces were withdrawn. The circumstances attending his
appointment or detail to this Post, were of a very Hattering
nature to him as a reliable and faithful officer of the U. S.
Army. The campaigning of Capt. Cornelius was X)i'incipally
in the states of Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississii)pi.
He took part in the battles of Fredericktown, Mo., Coche
River, xVrk., the battles about Vicksburg, viz: Grand Bluff,
Magnolia Hill, Jackson, Champion Hill, Black River Bridge,
the charges on Vicksburg, and quite a number of other smaller
engagements. He had the honor of carrying the Regimental
Flag in the charge on Vicksburg Mav 22, 1863, after all the
color guards were killed or wounded. He took it from the
extended arm of the last one of them who fell, and wiio cried
" Take the Flag.'' His captain and himself both sprang for-
ward to take it, the Capt. being a little in advance, when a
grape-shot grazing his knee caused him to falter and almost
fall, and Cornelius seized the flag and proudly bore it aloft all
the day. It was a thrilling occurrence, and one long to be re-
membered.
After Vicksburg surrendered and he was commissioned in a
Colored Regt., he was placed on garrison duty at Vicksburg,
Jackson, and adjacent towns. For a length of time he was
chief jjicket officer at Vicksburg." While in command of the
Post at Goodman, Miss., his fellow officers of the Regiment
descenda:s^ts of benjamin du eois. 88
were in the liabit of saluting him jocosely as " Capt. Du Bois,
Shtriff of seven counties.''^
At the close of the war Capt. Du Bois built and opened a
spacious Summer Boarding House, called '' The Pine Grove
House,'- in Palensville, at the entrance of Katerskill Glove,
one of the most romantic of locations at tlie foot of the Cats-
kills, some twelve miles from Catskill village.
84. Ellen, b. Jan. IS, 1840, m. Isaac AV. North. Several
children.
85. Emma, b. Aug. 28, 1840, d. 1875, m. Rev. 0. Van
Keuren. Xo Issue.
Children of Cornelius Du Bois (16) and Jennette Du Bois (,00).
80. Jennp:tte, b. m. a gentlemen in Alabama.
87. Maria, | of unsound mind. Living (1878; with John
88. Cornelia, j Manning in Kansas.
Children of Samuel Du Bois (52) and Sarah Allen Allen.
89. Joseph Allen, d. 1863, m. Julia Tieter. Had
issue.-
90. Mary Allen, m. B. B. G. Stone, the artist.
91. B A RENT, d. yonng.
92. Samuel Barent, Catskill, N. Y.
Children of Grant Du Bois (57) and Catharine Larremore.
93. William Larremore, b. 1838, in New York City. At-
tended the School of the Collegiate Reformed Church, founded
in 1033. Learned the business of a druggist with Messrs.
Schieffelin Bros. & Co., to whom his teacher, Mr. Dunshee,
pointed out young Du Bois, when they asked him for a worthy
lad for this purpose. Remained with them from 1851 to 1803.
Became associated with Mr. Benjamin AVey, a successor in the
old established Drug Store of Croswell A: Brace, Catskill, X.
Y., and after a pleasant business life of over thirteen years,
on the retirement of his partner, June, 1870, Mr. Du Bois as-
sumed the entire business, ^n which he is now engaged ; m.
Aug. 5, 1802, Maria Jane Illiard Dodge.
84 DESCENDANTS OF 15EXJAMIN DU BOIS.
94. James Oscak, b. Sep. 14, 1840, d. Aug. 1,18(34. Macliinist.
Died from the effects of overheat, doing some repairs in the
engine of an ocean steamer.
95. Gertrude Mary, b. Sept. 28, 1842, m. May 18, 18G8,
Franklin Salisbury, Catskill. Issue. Edward Larremore
Salisbury, b. May 20, 1870.
96. Catharine Elizbaetii, b. Jan. IG, 1845, m. Oct. 1, 1872,
John E. Mills, Xew York, who d. Dec. G, 1872. No issue.
97. Julius Anson, b. Apr. G, 1847, d. Aug. 27, 1851.
98. Anna Jennette, b. Nov. 13, 1848, d. June 28, 1840.
99. Peter Grant, b. Apr. 3, 1850. Merchant's Clerk, m.
June 8, 1870 Mrs. Emma A. Lewis, Brooklyn, X. Y.
Children of Isaac Du Bois (G3) and Catharine Van Yoorhees.
100. John, b. m. 1830, a Lady in South America, and
d, there.
. 101. Martha Jane, b. m. Samuel Bogardus, Chicago.
Had the Dutch Family Bibles formerly at John Du Bois' at
the "Point,'' and these books (two) were lost in the great lire
in Chicago in 1872.
102. James B., b. m. Agnes Kelley.
103. Samuel, b. d. Mar. 17, 187G, m. Rebecca Riley.
No issue.
104. Alfred, A Merchant Tailor, New York Citv.
105. Sarah, m. Philo Du Bois (109).
lOG. Isaac, b. Apr. 14, 1818, m. Eliza Brower.
107. Catharine, b. d. m. John Putnum. No issue.
Children of John D. Du Bois (G4) and Rebecca Overbaugh.
108. Lewis, (the name was given him by his grandfather,
doubtless for our venerable ancestor, Louis, but it has, in this
case, always taken the English spelling,) b. 1809, d. ]May 23,
187G, m. (1st) Elizabeth B. Ilartman. b. Jan. 15, 1809, d. May
5, 1864, m. (2dj Ranhamy Wagener.
109. Philo, b. :\rar. 31, 1812, 'm. Sarah Du Bois (105).
DESCEXDAXTS OF BENJAMIN DU BOIS. Sf)
110. Ann Jennette, b. Jane 29, 1814, d. ni. Peter
Wliittaker, and lived upon the homestead of the family.
Issue.
I. Mary Whittaker, b. July 19, 1841, m. Xov. 14, ISGQ,
Henry Van Uorden, b. Oct., 1840. Issue. (1.) Aggie Annett
Gorden, b. Aug. H, 1807.
II. William Whittaker, b. Jan. V2, 1845, m. Fel). 20, 1873,
Eldecia Wintield, widow of Col. and Prof. Florence of Georgia,
having one son. Issue. (1.) James Wintield Du Bois Whit-
taker, b. Mar, 29, 1870.
111. Harriet Rosalia AVhittakei-, b. Apr. 18, 1848, ni. 1870.
Robert R. Hetford. Issue. (1.) Clara Louisa Helford, b.
Jan. 4, 187J.
IV. Howard Whittaker, b. May 30, 1852, m. Amelia Eliza-
beth Mitchell.
V. Jennie Whittaker, b. Oct. 9, 1854.
III. William, b. June 0, 1810, d. Oct. 2, 1834.
112. James Goelet, b. July 2, 1SJ8, m. (ist) Oct. 1840, Jane
Schut, b. 1821, d. Dec. 12, 1S48 ; m. (2d) June 17, 1858, Jane
Clark' of New York, b. 1832, d. July 5, 1859.
113. Addisox, b. Jan. 24, 1821, m. Margaret E. Du Bois, a
descendant of the Jacques Du Bois line, b. Sept. 8, 1820.
114. FiiEDEiiiCK Nelson, b. 1829, m. Helen A. Reiley, b.
Aug. 15, 1827.
SKETCH OF FAMILY OF JOHN D. DU BOIS.
John Dies Du Bois, son of John Da BoisanclJennette Dies,
was named for his maternal great uncle John Dies, an officer
in the British Army, His grand mother, Jane Dies, commonly
called Madam Dies, was a daughter of James Goelet, a French-
man, an East India Merchant Trader of the earlv days of New
York. One of the sons, James G., was named for him. John
D. received the common school education of those times, and
lived on his father's farm until his 23d year, when on the l.jth
Feb'y, 1807, he married Rebecca, daughter of John Overbaugh
a farme;r, whose lands joined those of his father.
His father, a few years after his marriage, set off from his
ample domain about 100 acres, and built him a house. The
ambition of John D. was quite satislied in successfully tilling
and cultivating his land. Though he x^ossessed a large share
of mecl^anical genius, as v»'as shcnvn by the erection, on his
farm, of a work shop, which he supplied with an ample stock
of tools, even to a Turning Lithe, quite rare in those days.
These enabled him with the aid of his six boys, as they grew
up, to provide, from his own designs, all the implements
needed on the farm, even to the Spinning Wheel, and Loom
used in the manufacture of his wool and tlax into fabrics for
the clothing of the family.
The children of John D. were Lswis, Philo, Ann Jennett,
William, James Goelet, Addison, and Frederick X. The boys
all inherited largely of the genius of their father, and took
strongly to mechanical pursuits.
Lewis, after learning the trade of a carpenter, became a
master builder, and erected many buildinirs and dwellings now
standing in his native village. Xot hnding ample scope for
his ambition in his native town, in 183G he removed to the city
of New York, and there pursiied the business of a builder.
Philo after acquiring the same trade, under the instruction
of his brother while in Catskill. in 1835 removed to Buffalo,
])ESCEXDAXTS OF BEXJAMIX DU liOlS. 87
N. Y., where, fur a time, he worked at liis trade. But short-
ly, as opportunity ottered, he embarked in tlie mercantile
business, and opened a iTrocery Store, with his cousin, Sam'l
II. l)u I3ois, as partner.
Not meeting with success, the partnership was dissolved.
Another cousin, Alfred Du Bois, engaged in the manufacture
of Silver Ware in Bulfalo, at this time died. The settlement
of his business was placed in the hands of Philo Du Bois. By
the time the settlement was completed, he acquired sufficient
knowledge of the business to carry it on himself, which he did
quite successfully for about 37 years to the present time.
AVilliam, while learning the trade of a Tailor with ^Mr. Decker
of Catskill, Avas taken sick, and died of Typhus fever in his
18 th year.
James G., after spending part of a year at the carpenter
trade with Peter Shaurman, Master Builder of Catskill, was
led by circumstances to abandon it, and accept a clerkship in
1837 in the store of Garret N. Abeel, AVest Catskill. Over a
year later, on receiving a more favorable offer from Wm. AY.
Yan Loan, a grocer in the village, he changed his situation to
a store offering better oppoi'tunities to acquire mercantile
knowledge, where he occujued the position of salesman and
book-keeper till the fall of 1810. At this time heaccejjted an
offer and engaged for two years with Messrs. F. C. & A. Hall
of Portland, Alabania, as Salesman and Book-keei)er in their
country store. Left New York in Oct., in company with Mr.
F. C. Hall, proceeded by ship t(^ ^lobile. and steamer over 200
miles up the Alabama river to Portland.
At the end of this engagement in the fall of 1842, he made
a visit to his cousin, Barent Du Bois, long a resident of Talla-
poosa Co., on the Tallapoosa Eiver, Ala., where the winter
was spent very agreeably in witnessing the running of Saw
iind Grist ]Mills managed by his cousin s slaves, and taking
part in catching Cat Fish, weighing 5 to 30 lbs., Indian style,
in Box Traps and in a grated sluice way on the great rapids
of the Tallax:»oosa. Some tinvi was also spent in hunting and
shooting deer and wild Turkeys, which were found quite
plenty in the ''Piney AYoods.''
88 DESCEXDAXTS OF BEXJAMIX DU BOIS.
In the sprinu: of 1843, he returned to Portland, remaining a
few weeks. Owini^ to impaired healtli from the effect of
niahiria, liaving suffered severely from Fever and Ague, he
conchided to return to the north, which he did via. New
Orleans, the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, Lake Erie, and
Buffalo, arriving home in June.
In the fall of 1848, Lewis and James G. commenced in the city
of Xew York, the construction of machinery for the manufac-
ture of Doors, Sashes, and Blinds. In the Spring following,
they hired suitable room with Steam Power, set up their
machinery, and made the first Doors, Sashes, and Blinds ever
made by machinery in the city of New York. The success of
their first year s experience, warranted the purchase of lots
22 and 24 Bethune St., and the erection of a factorv suited for
a growing business, which was confidently anticipated.
The success of the second vear f uUv sustained their most
sanguine expectations, and dissipated all doubts of the feasi-
bility of producing the very best work in this line by ma-
chinerv^ though few of the first class builders were willing to
venture' using the work at the start, thinking nothing but
hand made work was safe to use, such was the prejudice
against the introduction of machinery in this, as also in othei-
lines of business.
On the 25th of July, 1843, in the middle of the day, while
the building was filled with material, and men at work, it took
fire, and was entirely destroyed, scarcely giving time for the
workmen to escape. Having but partial insurance, and with
a large amount of contracts unfinished, the material for which
was now entirely destroyed, they were left largely in debt,
and practically insolvent. No way for the future seemed
practicable, but the humiliating one of a compromise. The
plan of compromise, after being well digested, was proi)osed
at a meeting of creditors, offering to pay fifty cents on the
dollar, retain the small amount of insurance to be used in re-
building, and reasonable time after a renewal of the business
to make the promised payments. All of which was finally
granted.
DESCENDANTS OF I3EXJAMIX DU BOIS. 89
The copartnership was now increased by the addition of a
younger brother, Addison, who was also a practical mechanic,
liaving acquired the trade of carriage making under the in-
struction of Wm. Cater, at Catskill, he having removed to
the City in 1844.
The business, hencefortli, was carried on by the three
brothej's, under the iirm name of J. G. Du Bois & Co., and
proved even more prosj)erous than before the fire, so that they
were able to meet, not only the compromised claims of fifty
cents on the dollar, at maturity, but in less than five years after
the fire, they called the old creditors together and paid the re-
maining fifty cents, making 100 cents to every dollar contracted.
In 1852 they contracted for the sale of the Factory and lots
in Bethune St., and purchased 8 lots on 30tli St., where they
built a much larger factory than the one just sold. In the
Spring of 1853, they took possession of the new factory, with
improyed machinery, where the business was continued by
the three brothers uninterrupted and successful, till the death
of Lewis, May 24, 187G.
Frederick Xelson, the youngest son, having also a genius
for mechanics, engaged with his brother Philo at Buffalo, and
learned the trade of a Silver Smith. After thoroughly ac-
quiring a knowledge of the business, in 1855 he went to
Chicago, with the necessary tools and machinery, and started
the manufacture of silver Avare, the first in that city. lie
pursued it with moderate success tilll8Gl, on the breaking out
of the rebellion, which so damaged the business as to cause
him to abandon it.
Having previously invented machinery for crushing Gold
ores, he decided to try the chances of gold mining. In 1SG2,
he proceeded with his wife and two children to the Gold nunes
of Colorado, settling at Black Hawk, in the Rocky Mountains.
Here he successfully filled, 1st. The position of foreman in a
machine shop, 2d. Foreman in an Ore Crushing & Refining
Works, 3d. Superintendent of the Boroughs Gold Mining Co.,
and 4th. Builder, Conductor", and part owner of the Colorado
Ore Reducing Works. The Company having been organized
by his three brothers in the city of Xew York, with a capital
90 DESCENDANTS OF BEXJAMIX DU BOIS.
of 850,000. These works lie operated for nearly two years,
producing over 850,000 in gold from the native ores. Unfortu-
nately the works took lire and were entirely destroyed, without
any insurance. The parties in interest decided not to rebuild
the works. Thus ended his live years struggle after fortune
in the Gold mines of Colorado. At the end of another year
he returned with his wife and daughter, their onlv remaininij
child, to the city of New York, having lost their only boy while
in the mountains. Here he took a position in the factory of
his brothers.
In 1871 J. G. Du Bois & Co.. extended their business by en-
gaging in the manufacture of Lead Pipe on their premises in 30th
St., the brother, Frederick X., taking charge and superintend-
ing the manufacture of the Lead Pipe. His experience in that
position, after four years observation and practice, enal^led
him to produce, with the aid of the Hydraulic Press, the valu-
able invention of the Plumbers Seamless Wrought Lead Trap,
for which Letters Patent wers granted, fully securing to him
the exclusive right of the invention, although for over a year
his right Avas contested by another party claiming the same.
In Angust, 1877, Frederick X. Du Bois engaged on his own
account in the manufacture and sale of his Patent Plumber's
Trap, hiring room and steam power of his brothers in 80th
St., Xew York. His improvement of the Plumber's Trap, is of
such generally acknowledged superiority over all others, that
the sale of the article, at equal prices, has superseded every
other kind.
Ann Jennett, the only daughter, married in 1837 Peter
Whit taker, who purchased the interest of the brothers in the
homestead, and afterwards purchased other land adjoining,
making a farm of about 150 acres. This land they cultivated
and managed very successfully with their tw(j boys and three
girls till 18G0, when Ann Jennett died.
DESCENDANTS OF liEXJAMIX DU BOIS. 91
Children of Ira J)ii Bois (08) and. Mary Rodgers.
llo. CiiAKLES RoDciKi'.s, b. Dec. 10, 18t>3."ni. May 14, 1842,
Phebe Canniff, b. 1&22, d. Mar. 1S61.
IK). Mauy Gertrude, b. Oct. 1, lS2o, d. Oct. :?, 182.").
117. Lymax, b. .Ian. '2d, 1827. d. Aug. (>, 1827.
118. Ira, b. .lune 27, 1828. d. Mar. 1, 1829.
119. Cai^olixe. b. Mar. 17. 1880, d. Jan. 20, IS'M).
120. Edward Lyc».\, h. Mar. 10, 1832,' m. Oct. 4, 1802,
Annie Burke. xsO issue.
121. Mary Rod(JKRs, b. Dec. 22, 188;i ni. May :>, 18:)9.
William Scudder Strykei-, b. Dec. 18, 1888. Issue. I.
Harriet Du Bois Stryker. b. Apr. 0, 1800. d. Aug. 28, 1800.
11. William Du Bois Strvkei-. 1). Julv 8, 1801. III. Edward
Du Bois Stryker, b. 8ept. 18. 1800. lA'. Mary Rodgers
Stryker. b. Jan. 20. 1808. \'. Harriet Finch Stryker, b. Aug.
20, 'l8G9.
122. Caroline (tERTruj)e. b. Sept, 15, 1889, m. June 15.
1804, Henry W. Hatch, b. 1844. Issue. I. Gertrude Walters
Hatch, b. Jan. 18. 180(5. II. Cliarlotte Russel Hatch, b. Nov.
12, 1807. III. Harvey Du Bois Ilatcli, b. Apr. 10. 1874. IV.
Stella Tracy Hatch, b. June 28. 1875.
128. Henry Clay, b. Mar. lo, 1842, m. Aug. 0, 1804. Sarah
Elizabeth Washbuin. b. ]\Iar. 19. 1845.
124. P:lizaketii Hunt. 1). Oct. 28. 1844.
Children of Joel Du Bois (09) and Sally Jane Hunter.
125. Xatiiaxiel Hunter. 1). Engineer on steamer ply-
ing between Xew York and l^ed Bank, X. J., ni.
Elizabeth Abeel of Catskill, 1).
120. Lanah, b. m. John Manning, Sloop Ma.^ter and
Farmei-, Catskill, X. Y., and Kan.sas. Xoted for liis great
strength. Issue. I. Mary JoseiDliine Manning, b. m.
John II. Ranny. Kansas. Has two daughters, 1875. II.
James Da Bois Manning, b. Mar. 28, 1850. III. Mellville
Manning, b. Feb. 22. 185ir. ly. Kate Stanton Manning, 1).
1863. Y. Jndson Waterburv Maniunu:. 1). 1805. YJ. John
d'2 DESCENDANTS OF BENJAMIN Dl,' HOIS.
Aii.<2:iistiis Manning, b. 18()8 A^ll. Fannie Esther Manning,
b. 1870.
127. Esther, b. Aug. :>S, 188:^ m. Xov. 26, 18o7. Kobert F.
Story, Catskill. b. June 80, 188."). Issue. 1. Jane Story, b.
Oct. 18, 18.-)8. XL Francis J. Story, b. Oct. 81, 18<;1, d. Dec.
22, 1801. III. Sarah Story, b. Dec' 7. 1802. IV. Mary Story
b. Xov. 22, 186,"). V. Jolin H. Story, b. Oct. 2, 1807. VI.
Martha T. Story, b. Feb. 18, 1870. ' VII. Estlier Story, h.
Aug. 14, 1874, d. Dec. 1877.
128. Sauaii J., b. Sept. 80. 1887. d. May (5, J 872. ni. .liidson
A. "Waterbury, 1). Aug. 22. 1827. Chikli'en. I. Adaline
Stanton Waterbury, ).). May 29, 18(54. II. Marvin Waterlniry,
b. Feb. 8, 1800, d. Sept. 80, 1800. III. Wesley AVaterburv,
b. July lo, 1807. TV. Cora Alice Waterbury, 1). A])r. 9, 1870.
V. Sarali Jane AVateibury. b. Apr. 10. 1872.
129. CatiiakineU., b. 1840, ni. 18r)9, Albert G. Stanton. Mar-
ble Monuments, Saugerties, X. Y. Issue. I. Carrie Du Bois
Stanton, b. 180O. II. Elean<n- S. Stanton, b. 1801. HI. Sarali
B. Stanton, b. 1808. IV. Lemuel B. Stanton, b. 1804. V.
William F. Stanton, b. 1870. VI. Kate G. Stanton, b. 1872.
VII. John Frank Stanton, b. 1874. A'lIL Eva A. Stanton
b. 1870.
Children of Isaac J. Du Bois (70) and Catharine Hunter.
180. Emily Ann, b. Jan. 10, 1817. d. single at Kiskatom.
X. Y., April 2, 1841. A sweet talented and pious young
woman.
131. Wauken, b. June '2'S, 1819. d. Baltimore. Md.. Feb. 18.
1864. m. Marv Evan. Issue. Auausta. The widow married
William Chapel, and was living in Philadelphia. Penn.
Warren began learning the printer's trade, but his health
failed, and he taught school several winters. He emraged in
business in Xew York, but was unable to continue it. and
went to Richmond. Va., for his health. Wlien the Kebellion
broke out he desired to return Xorth. and being in wretched
health was permitted to leave Richmond. He crossed the
countrv bv wav of Gordonsville'to Baltimore, where he died.
HESCENUANTS OF BENJAMIX DU BOIS. 98
His brotlier, Aiisoii, wlio liad ooiie to his sick bed, brouirht
his body to Kingston. A'. Y., for burial. Warren was an
active christian, and died i)eacefully.
VS'2. Ansox. b. Aug. 21). 1821. Entered tiie ministry June,
ISoO, m. (1st) May 1, ]851, Mary Ann Tuthill, Blooming
Grove, X. Y., b. Oct. 21, 1822. d. Kingston, X. Y., July 22,
1854, m. (2d) July 7. 18:i8. Margaret W. ^Yynkool), daug-hter.
Rev. Peter S. Wynkooi), 1). Ghent, :N\ Y., May 0. 1827, d,
Brooklyn, Feb. 2. 18(51. m. (Hd) June 11, 18G2, AnnaGosman
AYynkoop. 1). Feb. 4, 18:-I8.
188. AuiU-sTL's Edwix, b. June 21, 1827, d. single, Kingston,
N. Y., May 10, bS.w.
■ SKETCH OF KEY. ANSON DUBOIS.
The subject of this notice remained on his father's farm
until his twentieth year. During the last four of these years,
his father was often absent on ofricial business, and his elder
brother, AYarren, out of health, so that upon Anson devolved
most of the labor and management of the place. All of his
winters, however, were si)ent in school. During the winter
of 1888-9, he attended Ross Academy in Catskill, enioyino-
the noble hospitality of his great uncle, John Du Bois. The
next winter he tauglit the Bethel District School in Kiskatom,
and the following winter, the Common School near his father's.
He experienced reliaion in his nineteentli year, and united
with the Reformed Dutch (.'hurcli of Leeds, under the 2)astor-
ate of Rev. Brogan Hofr. His sister, Einilv Ann, was in a
decline, and the brothers, AYarren and Anson, agreed that one
of them should study for. the ministry, leaving it unsettled
which one should do so until after the sisters death. This
occurred in April, 1841, and \Yarren's health continuing deli-
cate, lie suggested that Anson should undertake the work.
The consent and blessing of the parents were obtained, though
the father protested that He did not see how it was possible to
secure an education without funds, and tliese he could not
furnish.
94 DKSCKXDANT.S OF 15KX.TAMIX I>U BOIS. .
Anson left lioiue on May 1:2, 1841, accompanying some friends
to Austinbiirg, Ashtabula Co.. O., where he at once entered
the "Grand River Manual Labor Institute." lie had then
about fifty dollars and a few clothes and books in a small
wooden chest, Avhicli he had made to contain them. lie re-
uKiined two years at Anstinburg, supporting himself entirely
by his own daily labor for the Institute, and by chopping
cord wood durina: one winter vacation, and teaching a.
District School the next. He came East at the end of the tirst
year, and by the efforts of his father, was recommended by the
Classis of Greene to aid from the A'an Benschoten Fund for
tiie education of voung men for the ministrv. But as there
were no moneys in hand, he returned again to Ohio for
another year. The disci])line at Anstinburg and the effort to
change the habits of a hearty farmer's lad of twenty to those
of a student, proved too severe for his health, and Anson re-
turned from the west in 1843, ready, apparently, to fill a con-
sumptive's grave. Home and rest, and old pursuits, however,
with heaven's blessing, did wonders, and in the fall of 1848,
he entered the Freshman Class of Rutgers College, New
Brunswick, N. J. He now received one hundred and twenty
dollars yearly from the Van Benschoten Fund, and this, with
steady work during vacations as a farm hand, or for the
Carters, or Amer. Tract Society, or Amer. S. S. Union, in their
special lines, and with one term of teaching a select School at
Sangerties, N. Y., was sufficient to carry him free from debt
entirely through the course of both College and Theological
Seminary.
He left the Seminary in June 18r)U, was licensed and ordained
as a Home Missionary by the Classis of Greene, and by the
middle of July was at work anions; the Thousand Islands of
the St. Lawrence. During his four year's labor there, the
church building was completed, lands were secured, and a
parsonage built, entirely by his efforts; and a church of
twenty-one members organized in connection with the Classis
of Cayuga.
Refusing solicitations to more comfortable settlements, Mr.
Du Bois in 1854, accepted the call of the Second Reformed
DESCEXDANTS OF BEX.IAMIX UU BOIS. 95
Church of Kiiig.ston, N. Y., which liad been kitely distracted
bv internal dissensions and had now remaining an actual
membership of sixty j^ersons, and a debt of thirty-four thou-
sand dollars. This work, on a salary of eiiiht liundred
dollars and no parsonage, with wife, infant son, and aged
parents to care for, was not over much attractive in a worldly
view. But the Lord blessed it. The menibership rose to one
hundred and eight during a Hve year's pastorate, with a de-
duction of nearly fifty by dismissals and deaths : the debt was
in part i)aid, and the balance so disposed of as to occasion no
burden to the congregation at large; and the Sabbath Scliool
advanced from fifteen or twenty children, all told at the out-
set, to one hundred and twenty-live at the close.
In the Spring of 1859, the Board of Domestic Missions nomi-
nated Kev. Mr. Du Bois as their Corresponding Secretary, in
place of Rev. John Clarretson, 1). D., resigned, and the nomi-
nation was confirmed by General Synod. The duties of tliis
position occasioned the breaking up of very tender ties at
Kingston, and his removal to Xew York. But the work was
not «s congenial as the pastorate, and after a service of three
years he resigned the position, and accepted an urgent call, at
three-fourths of the salary, from the Second Keformed Cliurch
of Schenectady. This church, like that of Kingston, had been
divided and almost broken down by internal dissensions. The
work was entered on with hearty interest, and was crowned
with a good degree of success ; a debt of four thousand dollars
was removed, a very commodious suit of rooms for Sabbath
School and ^Veek evening services were built upon tlie rear
of the church and connecting with it, and ninety-seven
additions made to the membership or about one-third more
than the whole membership at Mr. DuBois" coming. A debt
of 82000 was, however, finally left on the church property.
On resigning the pastorate of Second Schenectady, Aug.,
1869, Mr. Dii Bois removed to Amelia Court House, Virginia,
and opened a Classical and English School. A large Holland-
ish immigration was promi«>ed at this point, but the families
actually arrived becoming reduced to a small number, and no
prospect of increase from the Old Country, the enterprise was
96 HESCEXDAXTS OF I;E^^JA3II^' DU BOIS.
abandoned in the fall of 1870. In December of that vear Mr.
])u Bois accepted a unanimous call from the venerable Re-
formed Dutch Church of Flatlands, Long Island, which ranks
with the ilrst formed of our Dutch churches after New York
and Albany, having been regularl}' organized in 1Gj4, and
erected its first church edifice, on the spot still occupied, in
1608. He still labors in this lield. Mr. I)u Bois buried both
liis parents, liis wife and infant son, and his youngest brother
while pastor at Kingston. He was again bereaved of his wife
in Brooklyn, N. Y.. while Cor. Sec, and of her son, at the age
of four years, in Schenectady. He was married again in
General Synod at Syiacuse, June, 180-i. He was made Presi-
dent of General Synod at Xew Brunswick, X. J., 1805, and
received the Doctorate from Union College the same year.
Elgldli Generation hi America and Sixth in Catsliill.
Children of Benjamin P. Du Bois (74) and Catharine C.
Goelet.
134. Peter Goelet, b. Jan. 10, 1829, d. Nov. 9, 1851.
Children of John P. Du Bois (75) and
135. William, b. m.
Children of Joseph Allen Du Bois (89) and Julia Tieter.
136. Julia All ex, b.
137. Frederick HoPKixs, b.
138. Joseph Allex.
Children of William L. Du Bois (93) and Maria Jane lUiard
Dodge.
139. Mary Catiiarixe, b. Aug. 8, 1804.
140. Charlotte Isabella, b. Dec. 25, 1800.
141. GEXEyiEVE Larremore, b. May 12, 1871, d. Jan. 29,
1873.
142. Bertha Frances, b. :May 10, 1873, d. Jan. 23, 1875.
143. William Larremore, Jr., b. xVi)r. 29, 1874.
144. Louis, b. Feb. 10, 1870.
145. Robert Dodge, b. Aj)r. 24, 1877.
DESCENDANTS OF BENJAMIN DU BOIS. 97
Cliildreii of Peter Grant Du Bois (D9) and Mrs. Emma A.
Lewis.
146. Cakoline Fostek, b. Nov. 28, 1871.
147. Henry Gkant, b. Sept. 7, 1873, d. June 20, 1875.
148. An Infant son, d. Dec. 10, 1875. An Infant son, aged
20 days, d. Feb. 10, 1877.
Children of James B. Du Bois (102) and xVgnes Kelly.
149. Charles. 15o. Alfred. 151. Agnes. 152. Susan.
153. Louis. 154. George.
Children of Isaac Du Bois (U)()) and Eliza Brower.
155. Elizabeth. 156. Catharine.
Children of Lewis Du Bois (108) and Renhamy Wagener.
157. Howard, b. 1868. 158. Louis, b. 1870.
Children of Philo Du Bois (109) and Sarah Du Bois (105).
159. Franklin, b. 1850.
Children of James G. Du Bois (112) and Jane Clark.
160. Annie, b. June. 23, 1859.
Children of Addison Du Bois (113) and Margaret E. Du Bois.
161. Henry, b. 1851, m. Ella Demarest.
162. Franklin, b. 1854.
163. Addie, b. 1861.
Children of F. Nelson Du Bois (114) and Helen A. Reiley.
164. Alice, b. Apr. 11, 1856.
Children of Charles R. Du Bois (115) and Phebe Canniff.
165. Ira, b. Mar. 1, 1844.
166. Julia Canniff, b. Aug., 1845, d.
167. Augustus Rogers, b. Oct., 1847.
168. Mary Gertrude, b. Oct., 1849.
169. Caroline Elizabeth, b. Nov. 1851.
170. CHARLE3, b. Mar. 1859.
171. Frank, b. Oct. 1861, d. Oct., 1862.
98 DESCENDANTS (3F iJENJAMIX DU BQIS.
Children of Ilerirv Clav Du Bois (1-23) and Sarah Elizabeth
Washburn.
17:2. Ika Francis Wasiibukx, b. Oct. 22, 1800.
173. Lillian Florence AVasiihurn, b. Mar. 8, 1800.
174. Percy Maltby Wasiiburx, b. Oct. 0, 1873.
17;"). Edith Gertrude Washburn, b. Jan. 6, 1875.
Children of X. Hnntei' Du Bois (125) and Elizabeth Abeel.
170. Jennie.
177. Esther.
178. IIuNTEi;.
Children of Warren Du Bois (131) and Marv" Rvan.
179. Augusta, b. 1800.
Children of Anson Du Bois (132) and Mary A. Tuthill.
180. Tuthill, b. at Thousand Isles of St. Lawrence, Nov.
15, 1852, m. March 14, 1875, Caroline Taylor.
Children of xVnson Du Bois and Margaret W. Wynkoop.
181. Francis Wynkoop, b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1800,
d. Schenectady, X. Y., Oct. 28, 1804.
Children of Anson Du Bois and Anna G. Wynkoop).
lo2. Louis Anson, b. Schenectady Sept. 27, 1803.
183. Arthur, b. do. Xov. 8, 1804.
184. Henry Reynolds, b. do. Xov. 28, 1808.
Ninth Oeneratlon In America,, Secenth in Cat-skiU.
Children of William Du Bois (135) and
185. Frederick, b.
Children of Henry Du Bois (101) nnd Ella Deniarest.
180. Stella, b.
187. AViLBER, b. Jan. 3(), 1877.
Children of Tuthill Dn ]5ois (180) and Caroline Taylor.
188. An infant son, b. April 8, d. April 9, 1870.
CONTENTS.
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PlJEFACE. - - - iii
Documents.
Indian Dcfil of Lands at Catskill
" to Wni. Ltivfiidge. in Dutch,
dated ICN-J, - - -1
' Tlie same Translated, - -1
-' Tiie Loveridge Patent, ItiMJ, 7
AVill of Louis Du Bois, KJSC). 13
"SVill of Solomon Du Bois, 175(;, 11
Macdowall Deed to Solomon Du
Bois, 17-20, - - - - 21
Lane Deed to Benjamin Du Bois,
1728, 25
Will of Benjamin Du Bois, 17G2, 31
Will of Isaac Du Bois, 17'.t5, - -11)
Inventory "f Personal Property
of Isaac Du Bois, - - " IG
Will of HuvL.artus Du Bois, 18U'J, 48
Will of John Du Bois, 1«37, 51
IliLVSTKATIOXS.
^ Map of Loveridge Patent, 1770,
facing title i>age.
Fac-simile of Indian Signatures, 3, (j
Fac-simile ot Signature of Benja-
min Du Bois, - - . 5<)
Fac-simile of Signature of Huy-
bartus Du Bois, - -61
Fac-simile of Signature of Cor-
nelius Du Bois, - - - G2
Facsimile of Signature of Isaac
Du Bois, - . - . G-4
Genealogical Chakt of D«'sccnd-
ants of Benjamin Du Bois of
Catskill. - - - . 57-98
Abeel, Archibald Hunter, -
-
«()
Anthony,
_
80
Catharine,
_
81
Coi'nelius M.,
_
80
Elizabeth,
.
98
Emily Du Bois,
.
80
Frances Hunter,
.
80
Garret N.,
.
87
Addison, Catharine. -
.
67
Allen, Sarah A.,
.
83
Ashley. G(n'trude,
-
78
Marcia,
-
78
Oliver, -
-
78
Austin, Abner,
.
65
Barker, James,
42,
44
Pecker, David,
78
Libbie. - - -
.
78
Beiinen, Lewis,
.
69
Bennet, ....
.
81
Bergen, Hon. Tennis G.,
.
4
Bogardus, AV.raham. -
•f2,
, 44
Betsey, -
69
Caty,
.
68
Egbert, -
-
68
Bogardus, Hannah,
Jacob,
Jacobus,
James,
Jennette,
John,
Lanah,
Peter,
Sally, - -
Samuel. ...
Brace, Henry, Esq.,
Brandow, Frederick,
Bronk. Catharine,
Brower, Eliza, ...
Burgett, Abraham,
Emaline Demarest,
Jas. Komeyn,
Burke. Aimie, ....
Canlield, Ira, ...
Canniff, Pliebo,
Carle, Arraetta, ...
Jacob, ....
Le Grand,
Marion Helen,
Cater, James,
William,
Chambers, Abraham Gaasbeck,
Chapel, William,
Crane, ....
Chrimffe, Elbert Gerbcrls,
Crispel, Zara,
Crook, John. ....
Croswell i\; Brace,
Cowell, John, ...
Dart, Isaac C, M. D.,
Davis, Jeannette Fairmain, -
Diederick, Freilerick,
De La Mater. Carrie Burgett,
Ella Louisa,
K. G., -
Wm. Dean,
Delavan, Capt.,
Depeyster, John,
Do Ilonde, Kev. Lambertus,
Dewey, Horatio,
Dies, Caty, ....
Jane, ....
Jennette, . . -
John, ...
Dodd, Xancy Gertrude, -
Spencer Carter,
Thomas, ...
Thomas Grant,
Dodge, Maria Jane lUiard,
Doll, Ilev. Geo. J. L.,
Donnelly, John :\I.,
Dongan, Gov. Thomas,
Dorian, Piobert, Esq.,
Du Bois, Abraiiam,
MGE
6U
41
69, 74
69
69
74
69
68
68
84
63, 65
35
70
84
77
77
77
91
66
91
76
76
76
76
74
89
24
92
78
8
59
2f)
83
9
82
73
28
77
77
77
77
(;8
31, 39
67
69
m
86
70, 86
86
76
76
76
76
83, 96
67
69
7
55
76.
53,
69,
c.
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CONTEXTS.
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PAGE
D\i Boh
6, Acliit'.
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09 Du Bois, Eleanor,
80
Addison,
85,
, 80
Eliza,
82
Addio,
-
97
Eliza Jane,
81
A.c^nco,
.
97
Elizabeth.
15
Alfred,
.
81
Elizabeth (155),
97
A 1 Tied,
97
Elizabeth Hunt,
91
Alice,
-
97
Ellen,
83
Andreas,
-
20
Emily Ann,
92
Ann Jcnnotte,
-
SO
Emma,
S3
Anna Jennolte,
-
81
Esther (127),
92
Annaotje (27),
-
09
Esther (177),
98
Annaetje {X'j),
-
73
Frank (1391,
97
Annie,
-
97
Frank (102),
97
Anson,
93,
, 98
Frank (171),
97
Arreyaentje,
-
09
Francis Wynkoop,
98
Arthur,
-
98
Frederick,
98
Augnsta,
-
98
Frederick Hopkins,
90
Augustus 11.,
-
97
Frederick Nelson,
85, 89, 97
Augustus Edwin,
-
93
Geertrey (20),
07
Barent (23), 17,
17,
, (>s,
, 75
Geertrey (21 ),
- 09, 70
Bareut (-17),
-
70,
,87
Genevieve Larremore, 90
Barent (I'J),
-
70
George,
97^
Barent i'Jl),
-
83
Gertrude (59),
77
Benjamin (3), 13,
10
, 23,
, 31
Gertrude (95),
84
Benjamin (Hi,
31,
, i9,
01
Gilbert,
14
Benjamin (l;ii,
-
GO
Grant,
- 77, 83
Benjamin U'Ji,
-
07
Harriet,
77
Benjamin i3^).
-
7-1
Helena,
13, 50, 01
Benjamin I.,
-
14'
Hendricus,
10, 19
Benjamin P.,
00,
, 81,
,90
Henry,
97, 98
Bertiia Frances,
-
90
Henry A.,
09
Caroline,
-
91
Henry Clay,
91
Caroline Elizabelli,
97
Henry Grant,
97
Caroline Foster,
-
97
Henry Eeynolds,
98
Caroline Gertrude,
91
Hunter, . -
98
Caty (13),
-
75
Huybartus(C),31, 48
, OO, 0(), 09
Caty (-14),
-
75
Isaac (8), 13, 17,
31, 40, <;2
Catharine,
-
15
Isaac (03),
77
Catharine (111),
-
04
Tsaac ( 100),
84
Catharine (22i,
-
08
Isaac J., - 52,
55„ 79, 92
Catharine (5:')),
77
Ira (08).
52, 78
Catharine (67),
-
32,
78
Ira (118 1,
91
Catharine (71),
.
79
Ira ( 103),
97
Catharine (107),
-
84
Ira Francis,
98
Catharine (l'->'.\).
97
Jacomeyntje,
17
Catharine Elizabeth
J
84
James, ((',5),
- 52, 77
Catharine G.,
92
James (78),
81
Catelintjc,
.
33,
41
James B.,
97
Charles,
97
James G.,
85, 8(')
Charles Koilgers,
.
91,
97
J. G. Du Bois & Co.,
89, 90
Charlotte Isabella,
90
James Oscar,
84
:"//^^
^Christian,
-
57
Jane,
52
Cornelia,
83
Jennette (01),
77
Cornelius (7), 31,
49,
01,
07
J(mnett«; (00),
78
Cornelius (41),
75
Jennette (80),
83
Cornelius (Hi),
-
7G.
83
Jennie,
98
Cornelius (.34 ).
70
Joel (31), - 42,
04, 73, 79
Cornelius (t!>3).
-
82 •
Joel(O'.j),
51, 79,91
Edith Gertrude,
98
John (14,)
49, 00, 74
Edward Lyon,
_
91
John (30), 41, 51, 58,
00,
Edwin,
81
CO, C9, 77
Eitic,
-
il,
42
John (100),
84
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CONTENTS. 10 i
r.
^GE
PAGK
Dii
Bois, John 1)., 52,
84,
S(>
Du Bois, Sarah a28), -
92
John P., -
81,
yG
Sarah (105),
-
84
Jonathan,
IG
Solomon (2),
- 5, 7, 14
Joseph Allen (tSJ),
-
83,
UG
Solomon (5),
59;
, G4, G5
Joseph Allen, Jr., (138),
•JG
Solomon (32),
73
JulLi Allen,
.
'J(i
Stella,
-
98
Julia Canniff,
'J7
Susie, - - -
97
Julius Anst)n,
_
84
Treintje, 34, 48,
G4,
, GG, 70
Lana,
28,
GU
Tuthill,
-
98
Lanali (72 ),
_
79
Warren,
92, 98
J.anah (120),
'.)1
William |3G),
-
74
Lewis,
-
84,
97
William (48),
7G
Lewis J.,
20
Williara(lll), -
-
85
Lidia,
_
G7
William (135),
9G, 98
Louis (1), l;3. IG,
■■±7,
51,
57
Wm. Florence, -
-
98
Louis (lil),
_
'JG
Wm. Larremore,
83, 9G
Louis (153), -
97
Puk
e of York,
-
8
Louis Anson,
_
98
Dunshce, - - . .
83
Lowj-ens,
G7
Eck!
[er, Carl du Bois,
-
73
Lj-iuan,
-
91
H. S., - - -
74
Ma.i:;(lalena, -
Gl
Loui.sa C, -
-
74
Mar,i,'aret,
-
15
Morris du Bois,
- 73
Margaret E.,
85
Neeltje du Bois,
-
73
Mar^'aret (37), -
_
74
Peter,
G5, 73
Mar^'ery,
77
Peter ]\Iorris,
-
73, 74
Mai-,i,'rett.je,
.
73
Willie Morris,
74
JIaria (-lli).
75
Elmendorf, Abraham,
-
G7
Maria (87),
-
83
Annaetje,
G7
Martha Jane,
84
Huybartus Du B
ois
G7
Mary Allen,
,
^•d
Jacob,
G7
, MaryC.
81
Eltinge, Jan, -
-
28. 30
jMary CathariiH',
_
9G
Josiah, -
15, 19
Mary Geitruilr (IIG
1,
91
Noah,
-
20
Mary Gertrude (^lG8j
1,
97
Ely,
.
74
Nancie,
.
G4
Fay,
, Au.stin W.,
-
80
Naney, -
7G
Joel Du Bois,
80
Xakey Rodgers,
.
91
Nancy Ann,
-
80
Xc(dl.jo,
73
Serepta Catharine,
80
Nathaniel Hunter,
'Jl,
98
Thomas,
-
80
I'eri'V Mallbv,
.
98
Thomas Addison,
81
l'<!ter(3U), " -
40,
74,
. 81
Warren, -
-
80
Peter |5.S|,
77
Felt
on, Margrietjen, -
G4
Peter Goelet,
■
9G
Fiero, Christian,
-
75
Peter Grant,
_
84
Florence, Prof., -" -
85
Philo,
84,
87.
, 97
Fon
da, Abram, - - -
-
43, G9
Pt^ichel (12), -
35.
, G5
Isaac,
43. G9
Rachel (IG),
_
4;j,
, G7
Jacob,
-
43, G9
Raeliel (51), -
7G
Lanah,
43, G9
" — ivL'becca,
_
-15'
Fow
ler, Capt..
-
G8
Rhoda, -
^
82
French, John,
31, 39
Robert Dodge, -
.
9G
Freyenmoct, Rev. Johannes
Robert MeKerty, -
.
81
Caspcrus
, G8, G9
Sally,
_
7G
Gan
se. Rev. H. D., -
79
yatniK.'l (50i,
„
7G
Gansefort, Hcmans,
-
8,24
Samuel (52i,
.
7G
,83
Gerretsen, Hellotje,
58
Samuel (l(i3|,
84
Goo
let, Jane C,
-
81, 9G
Samuel Barent,
_
83
James,
8G
Sara (4),
IG
,35
, 59
Goodwin, Adelade J.,
-
82
*
Sarah (11),
G4
Clari.ssa,
75
10:2
('(JX'J'KX'I'S.
12
7(*,
C.'J
(11
22
S7
Cinilumi. Jiiitios, - - .
fxrant, JcMuiie. - - - i\^
(Ti-etMie. Jiicol) XL, :M. 1)., .
(xroiii. Wm. ;MariuM,
Hall, Hannah, - - . .
F. C. ct A., - - -
Halli'ubL'ck, t'Dinclia, '>'.). r.d, CC, cy tv.)
•laeol) M., -
Hand. (Ion..
Hasbronck, Jo.-iepli,
Hatch, Charlotte Kusst-l,
Gorti-udc Waltcr.s, -
Harvev Dii Bois -
H<Mirv"^W.,
St^'lla Tracy,
irarfnian, Elizabeth B..
Hcffonl, Clara Louisa,
K()l)ort R.. -
Hermann, (laro,
Ilennance, Go-sie.
John,
Lanali,
Polly, -
[Jaehel Jane,
Hodj^'O, Frank,
Frank, Jr.,
Honior,
Hoff, Rev-. BroLcan.
Hoffuiau, Abraham.
Abraham. Jr., -
^f^difion,
Antoni,
Cornelia Catharina,
Hnybarlus.
-Mart hen,
Martiiui^,
Hogedom, Mr.,
Miss, -
HoninioU, Debbie C.. -
Hoojj:telin,ir, Catharine, -
Hopkins, Mrs., ...
Hunt, John R.,
Huntei', Agnes Conover,
Archibald,
Catharine,
Cliarh's Du Bois, -
David iloore,
Fi-ancos He'irietta,
Goorj^o Conover,
Jonnette.
Joel Du Bois,
Lana, - - -
Mary Frances,
Natharu(.'I.
Roberl Jo-,eph, -
Sally Jan«'.
Walter Lis int,'.ston,
William,
Ilurder, Walton A Co.,
Jixcksun, ....
(Wi
/•)
('.8
1(>
'.)!
'M
\n
•M
Hi
«5
85
V.i
(if)
cc.
(]()
66
()(?
7(;
7('.
67
(■i7
(17
(".7
67
67
67
75
75
.so
(;s
60
80
7;)
7;»
I'J, '.i2
7'.)
7!)
7!)
7'.»
so
7'.t
7'.)
7;)
7'J
7!)
!)1
7!»
7'.)
80
75
Jan.sen, Heiu \.
Jay, Atlanis A' Co..
Kellev, Agnes,
Kendall, -
Kirtland. Dorrance.
Labagh, Rev. Peter,
La Fayette, Gen.,
Lane, Gisbert,
Hannah,
Lansing. Abrani G.,
Larremore. Catharine,
Leeg. Jean,
Lewis, Abraham.
Emma A.,
Gertrudi; Du Bois,
Harriet Amanda,
Homer Augustus,
James Grant. -
Jennie
Larremore,
Levy Stevens.
Liiizey, Howard,
"William,
Livingston, Roliert.
Loveridge, Temi>era nee,
Williani.
William, J^r..
I-ow e, Peter. - - -
ILicdowell. .\lexander,
Margaret,
Maekey, Elizabeth,
Mallory, Du JJois,
Gitty,
John,
Nancy, -
ilancius, Rev.^rr'o. Willie
64. (if
40.
•'5, 27,
" 27.
45,
'i'',
84.
PAGE
21)
80
84, !)7
75
5(), 61
74, 77
6S
6:5
(•.:}
48
8:5
24
76
97
76
76
76
76
76
76
76
80
80
• >
10-
5. 58, -63 -
7
16
21
21
77
77
(;!.♦
72
6',)
Imus. 5;»,
()4, (i7. C'J
02
6'.),
7i)
Manning, Fannii- Esther.
Jann^s Du Bois, - 'Jl
John, - - - . Di
-fohn Augustus. - '.)2
Jud.son Waterbury, 91
Kate .Stanton, - - 91
Mary Josephine. - 01
M.'llville. . . <)1
Mills, John E.. - - - S4
Mitchell, Amelia Elizabeth, - sr>
Moori', Sir Henrv, - - . 31
NicoUs, (U)Y. Kicliard, - . s
Nucf'lla, Rev. Johannes Pelrus. .is
Oostrander. Theunis. - - co
Overbagh, Benj.iiuiii, . . 5;)
Catlierini', - - ;];)
Cathroyjitje, - - r>'.)
Christian, - 28, .•J4.5!)
Jerry, ... '5;)
, Johan Jurry, - - 2S
Johannis. - - 28, :!•{
John, - . - ' 86
Jiirion, • - - 3~j
Overbagh, Mar^'iiivt,
Maria,
Peter,
Petrus, -
Eeboeca,
Sarali,
Paleii, Jonathan,
Theodore,
Phillips. Michael,
Pinckiioy, James D.,
Esq.,
Proctor, Thomas E.,
Putnam, John,
Race, Isaac,
Eannv, John H..
Pteed,'EU).-rt, -
Pkciley, Helen A.,
Eiley, Eeliecca,
Rogers, Mary,
Ross, Jolm,
Ryan, IMaiy.
Sanimons, l.aiia,
Margaret, -
Margriel, -
Salisbury, Almihain,
Capt. Baraut St;i
Catharine,
Catilena,
Ebellena.
Edward Larrenn
Franklin,
Helen.
^Iarvi.je.
Rachel,
Salisbury .V: Co.,
Sara,
Staats,
Sylve-;t<>r.
Treintje.
Wiljem
Gen. William,
William B.. -
Samlers, Robert.
Sanford. .\uiia,
SaK, Charles Le Grand, -
(ian-tta.
Geoige. - - -
(ieorge, Jr..
Ira, - - - -
Schie'ITeliu Bros. A: Co.,
Scheuueaian. Rev. Johanne
Schei»nioi'^, Dlrck,
Sehut, Jane,
Scott, John V. D. S.,
Shaurman, Peler,
Shunter. Margin,
Smith, Paulns,
Sole, Huybartus Du Bois,
Jolui,
Rachel Jane,
CONTE
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0:5
I'AGE
rAt.E
-
6U
Sole, Robert. -
-
(;6
.
5U
Stanton, Albert CJ.,
-
92
2«
Carrie l)u Bois,
-
92
.
59
Eleanor S., -
-
92
77,
84
Eva A., -• -
-
02
33
John Prank,
-
92
- 52, 75.
78
Kate G.,
-
92
78
Lemuel B.,
-
92
5U,
66
Sarah B.. -
-
92
11. t>><,
74
William F., -
.
02
77,
78
Stevens, Ann S.,
-
70
81
Arretta.
-
7(i
-
84
Elizabeth,
-
76
.
68
Harriet,
-
76
-
91
Homer Augustus,
-
7r,
_
69
Jennette,
-
76
_
85
Lew,
-
76
84
Stone, B. B. G.,
-
83
- 71),
91
Story, Esther,
-
02
93
Francis J.,
-
02
92.
98
Jane,
-
02
- <'2,
69
John H.,
-
02
50, 61,
69
Martha T.,
-
02
34
Marv, -
-
92
_
38
Robert F.,
-
92
ats.
65
Sai'ah,
-
92
- 'H,
73
Strever, Elizaljetli,
-
77
69
Stryker, Edward Du Bois,
91
_
(i9
Harriet Du Bois,
-
91
>re.
84
Harriet Finch,
-
91
84
Mary Kogt;rs,
.
91
_
(VJ
William Du Bois,
-
91
_
69
William Scudfh-r,
-
01
_
69
Stuyvoant, (iow Petrus, -
-
7
_
35
Sullivan, Gen.,
-
(;8
.
73
Suylant, Cathrynijc
58,
, 59,
64
.
73
Guylben,
-
50
;58,
, 6;»
Margyrjeu, -
-
60
73
Taylor. Caroline,
-
98
-
73
Teiter, Julia.
8.3,
96
_
(;9
Teunisse, Claes,
-
iu)
_
75
Dirck Teunisse,
;
2. 5
30
Tenniss(ni, Arent,
-
14
.
81
Thomas. Ettie. -
-
76
.
76
Joel,
-
70
_
76
John,
-
7(5
.
76
Tuthill, Mary Ann,
-
93,
98
_
76
Van Bergen, Col. Anthony,
-
6S
_
7()
Hen<Uick,
-
73
_
83
Neeltje,
-
73
s, <".7, 7:5,
75
Van Brunswick, Peti-r Thunisoii
I,
7
_
14
Van Dcr Poel, Barant,
-
cs
_
.S5
Catharine
-
61,
, 67
- 11,
45
Annaetje,
67,
69
87
Malgert, -
-
67.
69
_
81
Van Deusen. John,
69
2^i,
33
Van Dyck, Ccnnelis,
- 3,6
«
67
Van Gorden, Aggie Annet,
88
12, 41,
67
H.Miry. -44,
45
.84,
85
66
Van Kenren, Rev. U.,
83
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