Catherine <I>Blanshan</I> DuBois

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Catherine Blanshan DuBois

Birth
Wicres, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Death
18 Oct 1713 (aged 84)
Kingston, Ulster County, New York, USA
Burial
Daretown, Salem County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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New information given me by descendent of Louis and Catherine DuBois. Catherine born 1629, married Louis 1655 and died in 1713 in Kingston, Ulster, New York.
Created 2005 by previous creator... Photo shown may be a cenotaph in Old Pittsgrove Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Daretown, Salem County, New Jersey.

Cenotaph here

Actual burial here

The actual burial place may be in Old Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, Ulster County, New York.
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Catherine Blanchan was baptized:
November 13, 1626 in the Parish Church at Wicres in Lille, France.

Louis and Catherine were married:
October 10, 1655 in the French Protestant Church at Mannheim, in the Pfalz, German Palatinate.

On 10th June 1663, Hurley and part of Kingston were burned by the Native Americans. The wife of Louis DuBois and three of their children were among those who were captured. Three months after the capture, an expedition under Captain Krieger was sent from New York to recover the captives from the Indian village near the Hogabergh in Shawangunk.

"The Story", of the rescue of the Indian captives, which is dear to the Huguenot heart of New Paltz says; when Captain Krieger and his company attacked the savages at their place of refuge near the Shawangunk Kill, the Indians were about to burn one or more captives at the stake, the women began singing the 137th Psalm, which so pleased the Native American that they deferred the proposed death by torture.

Captain Krieger's band, with Louis DuBois and others, arrived and rescued the captives from a horrible death.

Louis DuBois is reported to have killed with his sword an Indian, who was in advance of the rest, before the alarm could be raised. Captain Krieger's report says nothing of this. However, as the tradition contains nothing irreconcilable with the Captain's report which deals mainly with the fighting done by his soldiers, it is interesting to keep the tradition alive as it deals more upon the condition of the captives.

The papers relating to the Paltz Patent are among the most cherished possessions of the Huguenot Historical Society of New Paltz, Ulster County, New York. They are written in Dutch and present a unique example of fair dealing between Native American and white men.
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New information given me by descendent of Louis and Catherine DuBois. Catherine born 1629, married Louis 1655 and died in 1713 in Kingston, Ulster, New York.
Created 2005 by previous creator... Photo shown may be a cenotaph in Old Pittsgrove Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Daretown, Salem County, New Jersey.

Cenotaph here

Actual burial here

The actual burial place may be in Old Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, Ulster County, New York.
.......
Catherine Blanchan was baptized:
November 13, 1626 in the Parish Church at Wicres in Lille, France.

Louis and Catherine were married:
October 10, 1655 in the French Protestant Church at Mannheim, in the Pfalz, German Palatinate.

On 10th June 1663, Hurley and part of Kingston were burned by the Native Americans. The wife of Louis DuBois and three of their children were among those who were captured. Three months after the capture, an expedition under Captain Krieger was sent from New York to recover the captives from the Indian village near the Hogabergh in Shawangunk.

"The Story", of the rescue of the Indian captives, which is dear to the Huguenot heart of New Paltz says; when Captain Krieger and his company attacked the savages at their place of refuge near the Shawangunk Kill, the Indians were about to burn one or more captives at the stake, the women began singing the 137th Psalm, which so pleased the Native American that they deferred the proposed death by torture.

Captain Krieger's band, with Louis DuBois and others, arrived and rescued the captives from a horrible death.

Louis DuBois is reported to have killed with his sword an Indian, who was in advance of the rest, before the alarm could be raised. Captain Krieger's report says nothing of this. However, as the tradition contains nothing irreconcilable with the Captain's report which deals mainly with the fighting done by his soldiers, it is interesting to keep the tradition alive as it deals more upon the condition of the captives.

The papers relating to the Paltz Patent are among the most cherished possessions of the Huguenot Historical Society of New Paltz, Ulster County, New York. They are written in Dutch and present a unique example of fair dealing between Native American and white men.
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In memory of Louis Dubois 1626 and his wife Catherine Blanshan 1629-1713 of Wicres, Artois, France and Esopus, Ulster County, New York. They married in 1655. Founders of the family in America 1660 - 1963



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