Individual Details

Louis DuBois de Fiennes evidently took refuge in Mannheim, Germany to avoid religious persecution in his native France. There, he married and had his first two children.
Louis and Catherine left Mannheim for America in 1660 with her father and sister who was married to Antoine Crespel. They were among other French Huguenots who came to the Dutch settlements in New York. They helped found the town of Hurley near Kingston up the Hudson River. In 1663 when the town of Hurley was raided and burned by the Indians, Catherine and three of her children were taken captive. (The legend of Catherine's rescue is retold under her name.)
Louis was a member of the first court of Sessions at Kingston. He lost his commission for leading a demand to the English Governor and assembly that there should be no taxation without the consent of the people.
Louis, two of his sons, and nine other French Huguenots obtained a land grant for 40,000 acres south of Hurley. They village of New Paltz was settled there in 1675. He was one of the patentees of the town. Louis was the first elder of the church and the first entry into the church registry was written in his handwriting in 1683. He continued to keep the registry for several years. Today, a large bronze marker bears his name. Many of this family still live in the vicinity of New Paltz, New York, where they have restored a number of the original homes on Huguenot Street, among them an old fort built in 1705.
Louis moved to Kingston in 1686 and bought a house on the NW corner of John and Clinton streets. He lived there for the next ten years until his death in 1696.

Birth	28 Oct 1626	Wicres, Artois (Nord-Pas-de-Calais), France
Marriage	10 Oct 1655	Germany, Lower Palatinate, Mannheim - Catherine Blanjean / Blanshan
Immigration	1660	Ulster, New York
Will	31 Mar 1686	Ulster, New York, British America
Death	Bef 23 Jun 1696	Ulster, New York, British America
Probate	23 Jun 1696

Spouse	Catherine Blanjean / Blanshan (1634 - 1705)
Child	Abraham Du Bois (1657 - 1731)
Child	Isaac Du Bois (1659 - 1690)
Child	Jacob Du Bois (1661 - )
Child	Sara Du Bois (1664 - 1716)

Father	Chretien Du Bois (1597 - 1628)
Mother	Cornelia (1600 - )

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