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Descendants of Eustache de Fiennes

Generation No. 20

25. THE WALLOON LOUIS²⁰ DU BOIS (CHRETIEN¹⁹ DU BOIS DE FIENNES, JEAN¹⁸, CHARLES II¹⁷, ANTOINE¹⁶, CHARLES I¹⁵, JEAN III¹⁴, PHILIPPE¹³, JEAN II¹², JEAN¹¹, SOHIER¹⁰, HENRI II⁹, HENRI I⁸, ROBERT I⁷ DE FIENNES, ENGUERRAND⁶, GUILLAUME I "SHERRIF OF SOMERSET"⁵, ENGUERRAND I (INGELRAM)⁴, EUSTACHE II³, CONON², EUSTACHE¹) was born October 27, 1626 in Wicres, Lille, Artois, France, and died June 23, 1696 in Esopus, Kingston, Hurley, New York. He married CATHERINE BLANCHAN October 10, 1655 in Church of Mannheim, Baden, Germany, daughter of MATTHEUS BLANCHAN and MAGDALENA JORRISSE. She was born October 27, 1627 in Mannheim, Palatine, Baden, Germany, and died October 18, 1713 in Esopus, Hurley, New York.

More About THE WALLOON LOUIS DU BOIS:
Burial: July 13, 1697, Esopus, Hurley, New York
Immigration: August 06, 1661, New Netherlands, ship "St. Jean Baptiste"

Notes for CATHERINE BLANCHAN:
On June 10, 1663 Hurley and part of Kingston were burned by the
Indians and Catherine DuBoi s and three of her children, including
Sarah were among those carried away captive. Mrs. DuB ois was tied to
a stake to be burned alive, at which point she began singing from the
psalms. This somehow impressed her captives who decided not to put
her to death. She and her three children were alive three mon ths
later when an expedition under captain Crieger recovered the captives,
surprizing the Ind ians at their fort, near Hogabergh, in Shawangunk.
ABBR The Van Meterens of Holland and America by Amelia TITL The Van
Meterens of Holland and America by Amelia ABBR The History of New
Paltz TITL The History of New Paltz

On June 10, 1663 Hurley and part of Kingston were burned by the
Indians and Catherine DuBoi s and three of her children, including
Sarah were among those carried away captive. Mrs. DuB ois was tied to
a stake to be burned alive, at which point she began singing from the
psalms. This somehow impressed her captives who decided not to put
her to death. She and her three children were alive three mon ths
later when an expedition under captain Crieger recovered the captives,
surprizing the Ind ians at their fort, near Hogabergh, in Shawangunk.
ABBR The Van Meterens of Holland and America by Amelia TITL The Van
Meterens of Holland and America by Amelia ABBR The History of New
Paltz TITL The History of New Paltz

More About CATHERINE BLANCHAN:
Immigration: August 06, 1661, to the New Netherlands, ship "St. Jean Baptiste"

Children of LOUIS DU BOIS and CATHERINE BLANCHAN are:

26.	i.		JACOB²¹ DUBOIS, b. October 09, 1661, Kingston, Ulster, New York; d. June 1745, Kingston, Ulster, New York.
	ii.		SARAH DUBOIS, b. September 14, 1662, Esopus, Hurley, New Netherlandt; m. JOOST JANZ VANMETER, December 12, 1682, New Paltz, Esopus, New Netherlandt; b. 1660, Gelderland, Netherlands.

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