History of New Paltz, New York, and its old families (from 1678 to 1820) including the Huguenot pioneers and others who settled in New Paltz previous to the revolution; with an appendix bringing down the history of certain families and some other matter to 1850 . uis Bevier and Jean Hasbrouck arefound almost altogether within the bounds of Ulster countyas it then was, while the grandchildren of Abraham Has-brouck, Hugo Freer and especially of Louis DuBois hadscattered widely, the latter being found in various portionsof the province of New York outside of Ulster county andlikewise in New Jerse
History of New Paltz, New York, and its old families (from 1678 to 1820) including the Huguenot pioneers and others who settled in New Paltz previous to the revolution; with an appendix bringing down the history of certain families and some other matter to 1850 . uis Bevier and Jean Hasbrouck arefound almost altogether within the bounds of Ulster countyas it then was, while the grandchildren of Abraham Has-brouck, Hugo Freer and especially of Louis DuBois hadscattered widely, the latter being found in various portionsof the province of New York outside of Ulster county andlikewise in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Of the descendants of the Patentees who made their homein New Paltz and vicinity we have given an account in the APP EN D IX 121 History of New Paltz and its Old Families. Of those in moredistant parts of the county and in Dutchess, Orange andAlbany counties and on Staten Island some information hasbeen given; of the grandchildren of Louis DuBois who set-tled in Xew Jersey and in Pennsylvania and of some of thenumber who located in nearer places much remains to be taking up the sons of the Patentees who remainedin the county, whose history we have not before related,we begin with the youngest son of Louis DuBois GUN OF LOUIS DUBOIS THE P.\TENTEEStUl In possession of tlje Matthew DuBois. Matthew, youngest son of Louis DuBois, was born at NewPaltz in 1679. His brothers and sister were all born beforetheir parents came here. Matthews descendants have there-fore a special right to be reckoned among the Old Familiesof New Paltz. Matthew returned to Kingston with his father and motherwhen he was a lad seven years old and he lived there everafterwards. His father died in 1696 when Matthew was sev-enteen years of age. In 1695 shortly before his death his 122 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ father sold to Matthew a house and lot at Kingston andone-half of a certain tract in Hurley then in possession ofMatthews brother Jacob. By the provisions o
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