Lowis Du Bois (bef. 1744 - 1824)

Born before 9 Sep 1744 in Fishkill, Dutchess, New York Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Aaltje (Van Kleek) Dubois — married 6 Jan 1765 in Reyn Beeck, New York

Descendants

Died 4 Mar 1824 after age 79 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, United States

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Biography

Lewis Du Bois is Notable.

Colonel Lewis Du Bois served with 5th New York Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Lowis Du Bois was baptized on 9 September 1744 in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, recorded as the son of Elias Du Bois and Susanna Vandenburgh. The witnesses to his baptism were Lowis Du Bois and Jannetje van Vliet, his paternal grandparents. ^[1]

Lewis Dubois and Allida van Kleek were married in the Reformed Dutch Church of Reyn Beeck (now Red Hook), Dutchess County, New York, on 6 January 1765.^[2] They had children baptized in the 1760s at the Poughkeepsie Reformed Church, Dutchess, New York.

During the Revolution, he was an officer. He commanded the Fifth New York Line Regiment and later, a regiment of New York Levies.^[3] He corresponded with George Washington.^[4] In 1777, he presided over the court martial of the The Marbletown Disaffection of 1777.^[5]

He died on 4 March 1824 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York.^[6]

Church Records

Baptism:

• 1744, Sept 9, Elias Du Bois, Susanna Van den Burgh, Lowis, Wit., Lowis Du Bois, Jannetje Van Vliet, Fishkill RDC, ^[7]

Marriage:

• 1765, Jan 6, Lewis Du bois and Allida Van Kleek, Rhinebeck RDC,^[8]

Children's Baptisms:

1. 1766, 4 May, Louis du Bois, Aaltje Van Kleek, Elias, Wit., Dirk Lewis, Susanna Van der Burg, Poughkeepsie RDC,^[9]
2. 1768, 31 Jan, Louis du Boys, Alida Van Kleek, Catharina, No wit., Poughkeepsie RDC,^[10]
3. 1769, May 16, Louis du Bois, Alida Van Kleek, Johannes, Wit., Meindert Van Kleek, Catharina Van Kleek, Poughkeepsie RDC,^[11]

Baptismal Witness:

• 1781, October 21, Richard Lewis, Gilbert G. Livingston, Susannah Lewis, Wit. Lewis DuBois, Aaltje DuBois, Poughkeepsie RDC,^[12]

Research Notes

There is some confusion regarding Lewis DuBois. See: Col Lewis duBois 5th Reg NY Confusion. ^[13] Also Wikipedia profile.^[14] See also: Poucher, Dutchess County Men of the Revolutionary Period, Colonel Lewis DuBois - Captain Henry DuBois ^[15] He is often confused with Lewis Dubois Sr (1727-1802). Poucher also notes a second marriage to Catharine Van de Bogart.^[16] His probate papers show a widow named Aubry or maybe Ruby. The signature is extremely difficult to read^[17]

He is noted in Henry Livingston's Day Book.^[18]

Sources

1. ↑ "U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989", database with images, Ancestry.com, baptism of Lowis Du Bois, 1744. Ancestry Record NYDutchChurch #30267. Lowis is a variant spelling of Louis, which was anglicized to Lewis.
2. ↑ Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Reyn Beeck Redhook Book 40. Handwritten transcript of the church registered accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6961/images/42037_647350_0301-00248
3. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Lewis DuBois," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lewis_DuBois&oldid=1102211822 (accessed November 30, 2022).
4. ↑ George Washington Papers, Series 3, Varick Transcripts, 1775-1785, Subseries 3B, Continental and State Military Personnel, 1775-1783, Letterbook 2: Aug. 1, 1776 - March 31, 1777, Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/resource/mgw3b.002/?sp=17
5. ↑ New York (State). Department of State. Calendar of Historical Manuscripts, Relating to the War of the Revolution, In the Office of the Secretary of State, Albany, N.Y. Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., Printers, 1868. pg. 120, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t9086vh1v&view=1up&seq=128
6. ↑ "10,000 Vital Records of Eastern New York, 1777-1834", database with images, Ancestry.com, death of Gen Lewis Du Bois, 1824. Ancestry Record 61695 #2705.
7. ↑ Church Records of the Dutch Reformed Church of Fishkill, Transcript, Baptisms beginning 1731, Family Search Film, Image 85 of 365, https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/image-details?page=1&place=4610541&rmsId=TH-909-58558-82744-43&imageIndex=84&singleView=true .
8. ↑ Images of Typescript by Kenneth Hasbrouck, 1965, Records of Reformed Church at Reyn Beeck (now Red Hook), 1730-1803. Family Search Film # 007815158, Image 301 of 692, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSSS-9989-M?i=300&cat=113450 .
9. ↑ Record of Baptisms of the Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie N. York, Family Search Film # 007862549, Image 494 of 1404, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHW-4QZR-1?i=493&cc=2787817 .
10. ↑ Record of Baptisms of the Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie N. York, Family Search Film # 007862549, Image 498 of 1404, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHW-4QZT-B?i=497&cc=2787817 .
11. ↑ Record of Baptisms of the Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie N. York, Family Search Film # 007862549, Image 504 of 1404, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHW-4QXT-X?i=503&cc=2787817 .
12. ↑ Record of Baptisms of the Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie N. York, Family Search Film # 007862549, Image 542 of 1404, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHW-4QXV-V?i=541&cc=2787817 .
13. ↑ By william gemeny March 25, 2001 at 01:26:12, https://www.genealogy.com/forum/general/topics/americanrev/5863/ archive https://web.archive.org/web/20240311171602/https://www.genealogy.com/forum/general/topics/americanrev/5863/
14. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Lewis DuBois," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lewis_DuBois&oldid=1102211822 (accessed November 28, 2022).
15. ↑ Poucher, Dutchess County Men of the Revolutionary Period, Colonel Lewis DuBois - Captain Henry DuBois, Year Book of the Dutchess County Historical Society. United States: The Society, 1935. pg. 71-81. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Year_Book_of_the_Dutchess_County_Histori/E9spAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 .
16. ↑ Op cit. pg. 78. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Year_Book_of_the_Dutchess_County_Histori/E9spAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
17. ↑ "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99H1-G9SW?cc=1920234&wc=Q7TV-SPD%3A213305701%2C223213801 : 28 May 2014), Dutchess > Probates 1793-1868 packets 1080-1165 > image 160 of 275; county courthouses, New York. Packet 1092.
18. ↑ Timeline of Henry Livingston's Life, http://www.henrylivingston.com/theman/lifeevents.htm

• "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CL-DPBK : 22 July 2021), Lewis Duboys, 31 Dec 1764, New York, British Colonial America; citing ref. ID , county clerk offices from various counties, New York; FHL microfilm 930,131.
• "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2CM-F9B : 14 February 2020), Louis Du Boijs in entry for Elias Du Boijs, 1766.
• "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGPR-Y6CJ : 10 October 2019), Louis Du Boys in entry for Catharina Du Boys, ; citing Birth, Dutchess, New York, United States, multiple churches, New York. 1768.
• "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2CM-XKR : 14 February 2020), Louis Du Boijs in entry for Johannes Du Boijs, 1769.

See also:

• Wikipedia: Lewis DuBois
• Colonel Lewis Dubois, 5th New York Regiment, New York State Society of the Cincinnati Biographies of Original Members & Other Continental Officers” written by Francis J, Sypher and has a copyright date of 2004 http://www.nycincinnati.org/Biographies.htm
• WorldCat Identities, Dubois, Lewis 1744-1824, https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2013115570/ . Orderly book, dated February 21-July 11, 1780, most likely kept by Captain Philip Dubois Bevier's Fourth Company of the Fifth New York Regiment.
• Col Lewis duBois 5th Reg NY Confusion, By william gemeny March 25, 2001 at 01:26:12, https://www.genealogy.com/forum/general/topics/americanrev/5863/ archived https://web.archive.org/web/20240311171602/https://www.genealogy.com/forum/general/topics/americanrev/5863/
• New York In The Revolution as Colony and State, by James A. Roberts, Comptroller, Compiled by Frederic G. Mather, Second Edition 1898, THE LINE - FIFTH REGIMENT, http://threerivershms.com/nylinefifth.htm, The Levies--(Dubois), http://threerivershms.com/nyleviesdubois.htm
• American Wars, American Revolution, New York In The Revolution, The New York Levies - Dubois, https://www.americanwars.org/ny-american-revolution/new-york-levies-dubois.htm
• Reenactors, 3rd New York Regiment, Captain Lewis Dubois Company, https://www.facebook.com/3NYDubois/ , http://www.3nydubois.org/ .
• American Archives, Consisting of a Collection of Authentick Records, State Papers, Debates, and Letters and Other Notices of Publick Affairs, the Whole Forming a Documentary History of the Origin and Progress of the North American Colonies; of the Causes and Accomplishment of the American Revolution; and of the Constitution of Government for the United States, to the Final Ratification Thereof. In Six Series ...1840, pg. 23-26. New York Regiments in August 1775. https://www.google.com/books/edition/American_Archives/flsYAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
• Pension Application for Lewis Duboys (DuBois, Duboys), S.45340, BL. Wt.560_500 Col. Issued June 6, 1794, also recorded as above under B.L.Wt.2643. http://www.revwarpensions.com/dubois.pdf
• https://revolutionarywar.us/year-1780/battle-klocks-field/
• Town of Poughkeepsie, Departments, Historian, Historic Landmarks, Lewis DuBois House. https://www.townofpoughkeepsie.com/344/Lewis-DuBois-House .
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