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Jacob du Bois

Jacob du Bois

Male 1661 - 1745  (83 years)    Has 6 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Jacob du Bois  [1, 2
    Birth 9 Oct 1661  Hurley, Ulster Co, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 1745  Pittsgrove, Salem County, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 10 Siblings 
    Person ID I179478  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 11 Jul 2004 

    Father Louis du Bois des Fiennes, "the Walloon",   b. 27 Oct 1626, Wicres, Artois, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1697, Kingston, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Catherine Blanchon,   b. 1634, Artois, Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1713, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 10 Oct 1655  Manheim, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F72249  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lysbeth Vernooy   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 8 Mar 1689 
    Children 
     1. Magdelena du Bois,   b. 25 May 1690   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F72600  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2003 

    Family 2 Gerretje Gerretse van Nieukirk,   b. 12 Mar 1669, Kingston, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 3 Apr 1739, Hurley, Ulster Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 25 Mar 1689 
    Children 
    +1. Barent du Bois,   b. 3 May 1693   d. 22 Jan 1749, Pittsgrove, Salem County, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    +2. Louis du Bois,   b. 6 Jan 1695   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Geiltje du Bois,   b. 13 May 1697   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Gerrit du Bois,   b. 29 Mar 1700   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Isaac du Bois,   b. 1 Feb 1702   d. Bef 21 Sep 1773 (Age 71 years)
    +6. Gerrit du Bois,   b. 13 Feb 1704   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Catrina du Bois,   b. 17 Mar 1706   d. Yes, date unknown
    +8. Rebecca du Bois,   b. 31 Oct 1708   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Johannes du Bois,   b. 10 Nov 1710   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Sarah du Bois,   b. 20 Dec 1713   d. Yes, date unknown
    +11. Neeltje du Bois,   b. 27 May 1716   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F72883  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Jul 2004 

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  • Notes 
    • Jacob inhereted part of his fathers farm in Hurley, New York. In 1714 Jacob alongwith his sister Sarah and the latters two sons, Isaac and John Van Meter, purchased3,000 acres of land in Salem County, New Jersey. Three of Jacob's sons, Barent,Louis, and Gerrit settled there. Gerrit returned to Ulster County, New York. Agrandson of Louis duBois, namely Abraham, son of Abraham the Patentee, settled inSomerset County, New Jersey. Jacob divided the purchase into four lots. Lot # 1 wasconveyed to his son Barent and lot # 2 was conveyed to his son Louis. According tothe DuBois record Louis made this purchase of land in Salem County, New Jersey in1726 a four sided tract of 350 acres, lying on the branch of the Alloway Creek. Thiswith the 300 acres from his father, and a tract of 441 acres called Quehockingpurchased from Achsah Lambert in 1749, brought his land holdings in SalemCounty to 1091 acres.

      Jacob was baptized in the Old Dutch Church in Kingston on October 9, 1661. His baptismal sponsors wereAnton Crepel (Antoine Crispel) and Maddeleen Joorise. His parent's names were written as Lowi Duboiand Cateryn Blanchan. Jacob was baptized by Domine Hermannus Blom of Kingston.

      Jacob was married at age 27 to his first wife, Lysbeth Vernoye, in 1689. They had one daughter.

      Several years later after Lysbeth Vernoye's death, he remarried a second time to Gerritje Van Nieukirk. Hismarriage to Gerritje was in the Old Dutch Church at Kingston (Hoes 98) in 1691.

      Jacob lived most of his life on his farm in Hurley. Hurley was granted a patent on October 19, 1708. Thepatentees of this tract were Cornelius Kool, Adrien Garretsie, Matthew Ten Eyck, Jacobus DuBois,Johannes Schepmoes, Roelof Swartwout, Cornelius Lammerse, Peter Petersies, Lawrence Osterhout andJannetie Newkirk. The successors of the original trustees afterward bought 300 acres for the benefit of thecorporation. Among the early settlers of the area around Hurley were families named Crispell, DuBois,Cole, Newkirk, Schepmoes, Ten Eyck, Wynkoop, Elmendorf, Roosa, Constable, Louw, Delamater, andothers - mostly from Holland and Belgium.

      In 1714, he purchased about 1200 acres of land in southern New Jersey.

      In 1719, the following persons held the office of trustees of the corporation of Hurley: Cornelius Kool, AdrienGarretse, Jacob DuBois, Barnabus Swartwout, Jacob Rutse, Nicholas Roosa and Charles Wyle. (*Thepreceeding paragraph per The Historical and Statistical Gazetteer of New York State, page 663, by J.H.French).

      The following is from the History of Ulster County, New York by N. Sylvester (page 144+): The town ofHurley lies just west of the territory of Kingston, and is one of the interior towns of the county. It is boundednorth by Woodstock, on the east by Kingston, south by Rosedale and Marbletown, west by Marbletownand Olive. A large tract of land, known as the Hurley Commons, originally granted by King George the Firstto Cornelis Cole and others, as trustees for the people of Hurley, was divided among the freeholders of thetown.

      The settlement of Hurley was first known as Niew Dorp. As early as 1662 several patents were grantedupon the territory of Nuew Dorp. The names appearing in the papers are Thomas Hall, Nicholas Varlett,Mattys Blanchan, Anthony Crispell, Lambert Huybertse, Roeloff Swartwout, John Thomassen, PeterSchuyler, Jan Volckert, Lewis Du Bois (Jacob's father), Gosen Gerrets, Albert Hymanse Roosa andLambert Kool.

      A commissioner from the British Government came to Ulster County in 1669 and on September 18threnamed Niew Dorp to Hurley, after the paternal estate of the Governor Sir Francis Lovelace. The namewas given in honor of the Barons Hurley of Ireland.

      The earliest record of the town of Hurley or Niew Dorp was documented in a list of those killed or capturedthere on June 7, 1663 during an Indian attack. Prisoners included - from the family of Louis Dubois, onewoman and three children (Jacob would have been about two years old); family of Matthew Blanshan, twochildren; family of Lambert Huybertson, one woman, two children; family of Albert Heymans, two children.There were other prisoners named. The village of Hurley was entirely burned.

      In 1674 Louis DuBois, the father of Jacob, was a magistrate in the village of Hurley, as appears by acomplaint filed by him before the Governor against Roelof Swartwout because the latter had gone to dwellon the Flat Land, contrary to order.

      Jacob Dubois and Gerritje Van Nieukirk had eleven children, all who married, except the two who diedyoung. Jacob died in June 1745 in Hurley. The DuBois lineage for this branch is continued with his daughter,Zara DuBois.

      Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~luke/Dubois_Part_Ix.html

  • Sources 
    1. [S1134] Descendants of Robert RICHARDSON (c1637 - 1682) Home Page.

    2. [S1472] RALPH LE FEVRE, History of New Paltz, New York and its Old Families, (Originally Published: Albany, 1909 Reprinted: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore,1973 Reprinted for Clearfield C), 509 (Reliability: 3).



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