Individual Details
John DEPUY
(1 Dec 1798 - )
John was born of Benjamin Depuy Jr. and Arena VanAuken. He was very possibly the third child to this union. Benjamin and Arena seemed to be pretty well off as they bought and sold a great deal of property in Cayuga and Onondaga Counties.
Benjamin and Arena (married as Arriaatje VanAuken) were both from the Deerpark, Orange County New York area and moved to Cayuga County, New York where they blessed their son John in the Owasco Dutch Reformed Church. However, the records from this little church were burned and very few recoreds remain. In all of my research John never attaches "Horace" with his name.
The Depuy family was a religious family and very faithful in the Dutch Reformed Church. The first of the Depuys to come to America were Nicholas and Francyos Dupois. They fled from France by way of Holland and from there moved to New Amsterdam. They have a great posterity in that area and around.
John later moves to Lysander, Onondaga, New York. Here he purchases land and makes his mark in life. He marries a young lady, Lucy Lonsberre and together they rear a nice-sized family. They, most certainly, remained faithful to their families religion but because the records in Owasco have been destroyed it is impossible to prove.
From family records and the LDS temple index bureau we find the following children born to John and Lucy. Elizabeth Story Depuy was born 10 Jul 1824 in Lysander, Onondaga, New York. Philena Arena Depuy born 2 Oct 1828. Their first son was born 10 Nov 1830 and named after a brother of John's. Lanerett or Leverett John Depuy born 18 Jan 1833. All four of these children being born in their hometown of Lysander.
Shortly after the birth of Lanerett John the Depuy family moved a short way away to the town of Baldwinsville, Onondaga, New York. Here their youngest son Lyman Moses Benjamin Depuy was born. Lyman was named after his two grandfathers. Lyman was born 9 May 1836.
After the birth of Lyman, the family moved to Williams County Ohio. John and Lucy moved their family with John's older brother Elias and his wife Judith to West Buffalo, Ohio. The two families pooled their resources and purchased pieces of land together.
Within five years, John and Lucy's oldest daughter Elizabeth met and married David Canfield, a mormon. Although Elizabeth did not join the LDS Church before they were married, David's religion must have made John and Lucy very nervous. As long as their families had been in America, they belonged to the Dutch Reformed Church. Here was their daughter, marrying a Mormon. They were not happy, and the way they treated her showed their disapproval.
From 1838 until his death, according to his daughter Elizabeth, in 1849, we know nothing of John Horace. Rumor has it that he worked on the Railroad, and was pretty well to do. Also, it is believed that he spent some time in Chicago but that is pretty hard to prove since the Chicago fire burned the records of that area.
Whenever John purchased property, he included his wifes name on the deed. That was not always the practice and it appears he took great pains to include Lucy in these transactions.
Lucy was said to have remarried, possibly a fellow by the name of Roberts and had a couple more children with him. John and Lucy's children have also left a pretty hard trail to follow.
In the LDS SGEOR Temple TIB file it shows that John Horace died in New York. I question this, as he was probably living in Ohio or Illinois. No proof has been found to support any of the theories.
John is in NY 1830 Census I think is this John. He lived in Lysander at this time. He is listed "De Pew"
(Research):The LDS FHL has something similiar to the Census search but this includes all the states in one group. I found a John living in Erie Twp, Ottawa, Ohio in 1940. He died before the next census in 1950 and he is not listed in 1950. I didnot, however, find Lucy listed by herself on this "Search #4, 5 or 6". I now (4-30-95) think that this is not John Horace as I have found him still around in 1850. New York Census 1830: (which is where John Horace was at that time). He IS 40-50, wife IS 40-50, children okay with the exceptions:
one female 60-70 (mother or mother in law)
one female 10-15 and one boy 10-15 (brother's or brother's in law? The mother living with them would have been at least 50!?) His children would have just been Elizabeth Story and Philena Irene at the time of this census.
12/24/94 - After a trip to SLC on thursday I discovered that he is from the Jacobus Dupuy family. I don't have a clue where Depew comes from. I haven't found any link there. I am getting closer. I can feel it.
1/27/95 - Looked in TIB records at the LDS FHL in SLC, UT. It is a goldmine. In the records we find: Catherine Depuy (Elizabeth is her Neice), Deborah (?whom ever, Elizabeth is her neice), Mrs. Melivin Depuy (Neice in law), Minerva J. Depuy (Neice), Mrs. Rutzen (2 cousin), Sally (Neice)
10/30/95 - Found John Horace Depuy in the IGI. Submitted file to the AF. (Marsha Lockerby P. called and said she found her Abraham, the same day as I found John Horace.)
!I think this is probably my grandfather (greats). New York Census 1830: (which is where grandfather was at that time). He IS 40-50, wife IS 40-50, children okay with the exceptions:
one female 60-70 (mother or mother in law)
one female 10-15 and one boy 10-15 (brother's or brother's in law? The mother
living with them would have been at least 50!?) His children would have just been Elizabeth Story and Philena Arene at the time of this census. Apr 7, 1995: I am starting to doubt that this is grandfather.
Rumor has him being born in Northfield. There are three Norhtfields in NY. Penfield was once called Northfield. It is by Rochester City. There is a Northfield in ?Monroe and also on Staten Island. (10/30/95) Need to research Owasco
1/27/95 - Looked in TIB records at the LDS FHL in SLC, UT. It is a goldmine. In the records we find: Catherine Depuy (Elizabeth is her Neice), Deborah (?whom ever, Elizabeth is her neice), Mrs. Melivin Depuy (Neice in law), Minerva J. Depuy (Neice), Mrs. Rutzen (2 cousin), Sally (Neice) FIELD NAME Page VALUE 1798-1799 Photocopy of Original Church Page; Chrstening of John Depuy, son of Benjamin Jr and Arrietta V. Auken Depuy; 1799-1801 Surviving Baptismal fragment from the Old Log Meeting House near Brinkerhoff Point (now Burtis Point) _INFO P FIELD NAME Page VALUE 1798-1799 Photocopy of Original Church Page; Chrstening of John Depuy, son of Benjamin Jr and Arrietta V. Auken Depuy; Surviving Baptismal fragment from the Old Log Meeting House near Brinkerhoff Point (now Burtis Point). _INFO P FIELD NAME Page VALUE Onondaga Standard 9-23-35, Onondaga, New York; filed in Miscellaneous Depuy File in the Historians Office in Onondaga Historical Society. _INFO P FIELD NAME Page FIELD NAME Page VALUE accessed 23 Aug 2011), entry for John Depuy, person ID L418-DFK. _INFO P FIELD NAME Page FIELD NAME Page
Events
Families
| Spouse | Lucy Lonsberre ROBERTS (1797 - 1874) |
| Child | Elizabeth Story DEPUY (1824 - 1908) |
| Child | Philena Arena DEPUY (1828 - 1896) |
| Child | James Harrison DEPEW (1830 - 1900) |
| Child | Leverett John DEPUY (1833 - 1901) |
| Child | Lyman Moses Benjamin DEPUY (1836 - 1899) |
| Father | Benjamin DEPUY Jr. (1764 - 1845) |
| Mother | Arriaantia Or Arena VAN AUKEN (1769 - 1829) |
| Sibling | Moses DEPUY (1787 - 1849) |
| Sibling | Elias DEPUY (1789 - ) |
| Sibling | Samuel DEPUY (1790 - ) |
| Sibling | James Benjamin DEPUY (1798 - 1863) |
| Sibling | Catherine DEPUY (1801 - 1878) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth S. DEPUY (1802 - 1862) |
| Sibling | Ann DEPUY (1804 - 1887) |
| Sibling | Sarah DEPUY (1806 - 1883) |
| Sibling | Cornelius DEPUY (1810 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Horace DEPUY (1817 - 1860) |
Notes
Alt. Birth
LDS TIB FileCensus
1830 Census for John Duprey in Ancestor.com: John: 30-40 Lucy: 30-40 Elizabeth: 5-10 Philena: 0-5? boy: 10-15 ? girl: 10-15 Lady: 60-70
Census
John is in NY 1830 Census. He lived in Lysander at this time. He is listed "De Pew". He is listed as age 30-40, as is Lucy. They have Elizabeth and Philena but they also have a 60-70 year old woman and a 10-15 girl, as well as a 10-15 boy. Is this him? Who are the extra 3?Land
#872512 Book 52 page 293: This Indenture. made the eighteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty (18 Sep 1833) between John De Puy and Lucy L. De Puy his wife of the town of Lysander county of Onondaga and State of New York of the first partand?. Job Green of the town of Marcellus county & State a foresaid of the second part Witnessette That the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of Two thousand dollars ($2000) do grant bargain and sell remise release alien and confirm unto the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns forever all those certain pices or parcels of land being part of sub divisions No. 102 in Lot Ninety Four in the township of Lysander and is bounded as follows. Beginning at the south east corner of the survey fifty acres thence south along the line of said lot thirty six chains and ninety four links to a slake thence west forty two chains and ten links thence north eleven chains and eighty eight links till it strikes the highway leading to Hoodgson? landing on the ...thence along said highway northerly to the line of the survey fifty acres to the place of beginning containing one bundrd and twenty four acres and one half of an acre of land. Excepting and reserving from and out of the said pice orparcel of land the following described parcel of land beginning at the south west corner of division No. two on said lot: thence beginning south one degree ?east eleven chains and eighty three links to a stake on the west line of said lot ?.... thence south eighty eight degrees and forty minutes east fifteen chains to a stake on the south line of the lot herein deeeded thence one degree west seventy three chains and eighty five links to the centre of the highway in subdivision No. one thence to the place of beginning nineteen chaind and twenty nine links to the place of beginning contuining twenty .. acres and fifty four.. hundreths of an acre which said reserved land was cenveyed by deed to James C. Seward by the said parties of the first part on the sixth day of March 1833. Together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances there with belonging or in any wise appertaining To have and to hold the said premises above described to the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns to the sole and only proper use benefit and beh...etc In witness whereof the said parties of the first part have herwith set their hands and seats the day and year first above written John De Puy (SS) Lucy L. De Puy (SS)Land
LDS #909,433: Williams Co. Ohio Deeds: Elias Depuy and John Depuy Mar 13, 1838 also: Elias Depuy, Judith Depuy his wife and John Depuy and Lucy L. Depuy wife of John Depuy, County of Williams and State of Ohio, Lots No 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 in the town of West Buffalo, April 3, 1838.Will County is located in northeastern Illinois, south of Cook County. The county seat is in Joliet, Illinois which is located approximately 40 miles southwest of Chicago on the Des Plaines River.
From the 1854 US Gazetteer WILL, a county in the E. N. E. part of Illinois, bordering on Indiana, has an area of 1236 square miles. It is intersected by the Kankakee and Des Plaines rivers, branches of the Illinois. The surface is generally level, and destitute of timber, excepting small groves. The soil is very fertile, and much of it is under cultivation. The soil of the prairies is a deep, sandy loam, adapted to Indian corn and grass. In 1850 the county produced 527,903 bushels of Indian corn; 230,885 of wheat; 334,360 of oats; 32,043 tons of hay, and 319,054 pounds of butter. It contained 14 churches, 3 newspaper offices; 3472 pupils attending public schools, and 200 attending other schools. Quarries of building stone are worked near the county seat. The Des Plaines river furnishes water-power. The county is intersected by the Illinois and Michigan canal, by the Chicago branch of the Central railroad, the Chicago and Mississippi, and by the Chicago and Rock Island railroad. Named in honor of Conrad Will, for many years a member of the Illinois legislature. Capital, Joliet. Population, 16,703.
Census
1850 US Census, Ancestry.com: accessed 3/10/2010) Homer, Will County, Illinois enumerated on 6 Dec 1850: Dwelling: 108, Household: 109,John De Puy, age 50, male, Farmer, Valued of real estate - $2,000, born in New York.
Lucy " [De Puy], age 52, Female, born in Connecticut.
James " [De Puy], age 20, Male, farmer, born in New York.
Leverett " [De Puy], age 17, Male, farmer, born in " [New York].
Lyman " [De Puy], age 14, Male, born in " [New York].
Carolina Gregory, age 11, female, born in England.
John W. Kirkland, age 36, male, laborer, born in New York.
[Other Children: Elizabeth Story Depuy had moved to Provo, Utah with her husband James Canfield and little family. Lucy Phiena Depuy - location unknown at this time]
Death
Assigned to: Army of Mississippi: March 1862 - November 1862 Company "F" 64th Illinois Infantry (64th Illinois Infantry Regiment (1st Battalion of Yates' Sharpshooters) Three Year Service December 16 - 31, 1861 - July 11, 1865) PEPUY, JohnRecruit---[residence]---[date of muster]Died, Cincinnati, Apr 2, 1862Illinois Regiments in the Campaign against New Madrid and Island No. 10 (Mississippi River near the Kentucky-Tennessee Border) (February 28 - April 8, 1862)
At the start of the war, the Confederates blocked movement on the Mississippi through a series of strong points on the river. One of these strong points was the fortified Island No. 10. It was so named as it was the tenth island downstream from the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. The island was located at the southern end of a bend in the river where the river turned back north. Island No. 10 was garrisoned with 4000 troops and had over 100 cannons that commanded the northern approach to the island. Twelve miles downstream from Island No. 10 (approximately northwest) was the town of New Madrid. It was also fortified and surrounded by swampy land. At New Madrid, the river again made a sharp bend and turned back south. These two strongpoints on the Mississippi River were the targets of Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of the Mississippi. Accompanying Pope's army was also a flotilla of river gunboats and transport ships. The fortifications at Island No. 10 were formidable, but was vulnerable to capture if a sufficient number of troops could be landed downstream from the island. Supplies to Island No. 10 came either up the river or from the south in a path along the river. Pope knew if he could capture New Madrid, he could cut off the bulk of supplies to the island and it would only be a matter of time until they would be forced to surrender. On March 14, 1862, his troops captured New Madrid. This cut off river supplies to the island and gave him control of the west bank of the river. Next, his troops cut a canal through the swamps across the bend in the river to New Madrid. The canal was 12 miles long and 50 feet wide, 6 miles of it through heavy timber. The trees were cut off 4 feet below the water level. The canal allowed his transports to bypass the guns on the island. This gave Pope the means to get his forces from the west bank to the east bank of the river. However, the Confederates had fortified the east bank, so that gunboats would be necessary to allow the troops to cross the river. On the evening of April 4, 1862, the gunboat Cardonolet successfully drifted past the guns of Island No. 10 without being hit. The operation was risky as the engines of the gunboats were only powerful enough to allow them to move slowly against the current making them extremely vulnerable to fire from the islands guns. So once they got past the island, they could not get back to their base until after the island's defenses had been destroyed. Two nights later, the gunboat Pittsburgh also ran the gauntlet without being hit. The two gunboats then silenced Confederate cannons opposite the landing sites, and Pope moved his troops over to the eastern shore of the Mississippi. As the area around Island No. 10 contained very little dry land, the garrison was completely cut off and surrendered on April 8. Pope's army captured over 7000 men, 123 heavy pieces of artillery, and vast quantities of ammunition and supplies. The capture and reduction of Island No. 10 opened the Mississippi River south all the way to the last Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Illinois regiments which took part in the campaign against New Madrid and Island No. 10 are listed below. The links will take you to the regimental pages. (http://civilwar.ilgenweb.net/battles/madrid.html)
Alternate name
For years in the mid-1990's, John was known by this name by our line of his descendants. I have never found where his daughter Elizabeth referred to him as this, nor have I found any original records where he used that name.Land
872512 page 39 and 40: John De Puy is the second part #872511 page 274 and 275: John De Puy and Lucy L. his wife Lysander, Onondaga, NY subdivision No. 2 on Lot No. 94. on 7 Mar 1833. #872512 page 298 and 299: John De Puy and Lucy L. his wife Lysander, Onondaga, NY lot No. 94 on 5 Jul 1833. #0872506 page 266 and 267: John Depuy of Lysander of the second part. Lot 94. Selling Subdivision 2 Lot 94. #0872505 page 488: John Depuy and Lucy L. his wife of Lysander, Lot 94 record May 20 1829. #0869672 page 429: Recorded March 1, 1827, John Depuy of the town of Lysander lot 89 in the Military Tract #? page 699? Recorded Nov 24, 1828 John Depuy of the second part. First part is Fisher Curtis and Susan Curtis. #0873059 page 379: John De Puy and Lucy L his wife lot #80 Lysander 8 Dec 1835 #0873059 page 193: John Depuy of second part. Lot #80 Lysander 8 Dec 1835.Endnotes
1. , Owasco, Cayuga, New York Dutch Reformed Church; Cayuga Historians Office Church - Records file, Cayuga County Historian's Office, Historic PO Bldg., 3rd Floor, 157 Genesee St., Auburn, New York 13021., 1798-1799 Photocopy of Original Church Page; Chrstening of John Depuy, son of Benjamin Jr and Arrietta V. Auken Depuy; 1799-1801 Surviving Baptismal fragment from the Old Log Meeting House near Brinkerhoff Point (now Burtis Point).
2. , Owasco, Cayuga, New York Dutch Reformed Church; Cayuga Historians Office Church - Records file, Cayuga County Historian's Office, Historic PO Bldg., 3rd Floor, 157 Genesee St., Auburn, New York 13021., 1798-1799 Photocopy of Original Church Page; Chrstening of John Depuy, son of Benjamin Jr and Arrietta V. Auken Depuy; Surviving Baptismal fragment from the Old Log Meeting House near Brinkerhoff Point (now Burtis Point)..
3. Newspaper Clippings, Onondaga Standard 9-23-35, Onondaga, New York; filed in Miscellaneous Depuy File in the Historians Office in Onondaga Historical Society..

