Nickolas (de Vaux) de Voe (abt. 1642 - 1711)

Born about 1642 in Festubert, Artois, France

Husband of Marie (Sy) De Vouw — married 10 Jul 1667 in Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany

Husband of Margrietje Sans — married 20 Apr 1706 in Hackensack New Jersey

Descendants

Died 1711 at about age 69 in Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey

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Biography

Nicholas de Vaux ^[1] (also spelled de Veaux) was born about 1645 (based on his marriage date) in Festubert, Artois, France (as documented in his family's church records in Mannheim).

With his family he fled France probably in the 1650s; their exact emigration route is not yet known, but the family was in Mannheim by 1667.

Nicolas married Marie Sy in Mannheim on on 10 July 1667. They baptized one child, Abraham, there on 11 Jun 1668.

TF DeVoe and Mackenzie list additional children for whom there are no baptismal records at Mannheim or NY

They are last mentioned in Mannheim records in 1673.

"In 1675, Nicholas was found in the 'Night Watch', in Ha(a)rlem, having been called upon by the governor to assist in protecting the inhabitants against the attack from Indians. Two years after, he was again enrolled by the Governor to assist in cutting 5,000 trees to erect a 'Palisade Wall' on the line of the present 'Wall Street' (New York), to guard against an expected attack of the Indians. This fact gave this prominent business street its name.

"Nicholas had previously obtained some land at Ha(a)rlem, as he was taxed for property therein 1677. He remained here but for a few years. “ Then they moved to New Jersey, where he and his wife joined the church at Bergen in 1679. Several of his wife's relatives had moved to New Barbadoes Neck (Hackensack), which induced him to change his residence to that place.

On 7 April 1679, about five years after their arrival, the fifteen year old Marie Petilion married Abraham Rutemps in the Walloon Protestant Church in New Paltz. In 1689, Abraham bought land in the New Barbadoes Neck (now Hackensack, Bergen Co., NJ.)

Marie (Sy) DeVeaux died sometime before 1706. That was the year her husband remarried to Margaret Jans/Sans. They had a daughter.

Both Marie and Nicholas are buried in the 'The Old French Burying-ground', by 'The French Church' at New Barbadoes Neck (Hackensack), New Jersey.^[2]

Devoe (1885, p 33-34) claims that Nicholas married second Margaret Jans when he was about 64 years old.

Hackensack marriage record Apr. 20 1706 for Nicolaes DeVouw widower of Mary Sÿ and Margarita Sanse widow of Jaeck Batton both resident in Hackensack (V 1 pt. 1, p. 30).

Children

All by first wife:^[3]

1. Abraham, b 1667; m 1688 Mynno (Menno or Minnie) de Maree; joined Dutch reformed church in Hackensack, NJ where his surname is spelled De Vouw, a spelling that seems to have stuck for subsequent generations. Six children, born Hackensack. Removed to Tarrytown NY in 1705.
2. John, b 1669
3. Hester, b 1671
4. Suzanne, b 1673
5. Marytie, b 1675

Church records

• 1706 Apr 20 DeVouw, Nicolaes, wid'r of Mary Sy, and Margrita Sanse, wid. of Jaeck Batton, both living here. ^[4]

1. 1711 Jul 29 Ester, Nicolaes DeVouw, Margrit Stanse. Wit.: Johannes Dijkman, Magdalena, wife of Jan DeMaree. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Huguenot Society of America, "Ancestors"
2. ↑ Thomas Farrington De Voe, Genealogy of the De Veaux family : introducing the numerous forms of spelling the name by various branches and generations in the past eleven hundred years, New York: unknown, 1885; pp 33-34.
3. ↑ Devoe (1885), p 34
4. ↑ William Nelson. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey; Marriage Records, 1665-1800. Vol. XXII. Paterson, New Jersey: Press Print. and Pub., 1900.
5. ↑ Dutch Reformed Church (Hackensack, New Jersey), Dutch Reformed Church (Dumont, New Jersey), Dutch Reformed Church (Bergenfield, New Jersey). "Records of the Reformed Dutch Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, New Jersey, 1686-1802." In Collections of the Holland Society of New York. Vol. I. New York: Printed for the Society, 1891.

• "Ancestors." HuguenotSocietyofAmerica.org. Accessed 18 Jul 2017. http://huguenotsocietyofamerica.org/?page=Ancestors

See also:

• Glenna See Hill, "New Information on the See and De Vaux Families," in New York Genealogical & Biographical Society Record, vol. 110, p. 101 (1979)
• Glenna See Hill, "The See Family of Calais, France and the Manor of Philipsburgh," in NYGBR vol. 114 (1983) (in three parts, pp. 92-98, 156-163, 202-212), followed up by a few minor additions and corrections in vol. 126, p. 244 (1995).
• NJGS. "DeVoe: DeVoe, Nicholas (DeVouw, Deveaux)" njgsbc.org. Accessed 14 Jan 2017. http://njgsbc.org/indexes/bergen-county-families/
• Thomas F. Devoe, Genealogy of the Deveaux Family, New York (1885)
• Cort R. DeVoe, "Additional Information on the Origins of the Devoe/De Vaux Family of New York," in NYBGR, 128:49-: Sources cited include:
• Registry of the Fathers of the Families composing the French Church of Mannheim, after... the Plague... which was halted in 1667"
• Mannheim French Congregation, Marriages, pp 35, 38, 61, 65
• Mannheim French Congregation, Baptisms, nos. 1055, 1311, 1634, 1961
• FamilySearch.Org Pedigree

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