Pioneer history of Ingham County, compiled and arranged by Mrs. Franc L. Adams, secretary of the Ingham County pioneer and historical society.

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PIONEER HISTORY OF IN(IIAM COUNTY

and always referred to as "Louis the Walloon." The Walloon's
were from the province of Wallachie and of Celtic origin, though
they spoke the French of the 13th century. As Louis du Bois
came to America from Germany, settled among the Dutch and
spoke French it is easy to see why he was given the title " Walloon."
Louis was a patentee and some of his receipts are still in existence. In 1683 he was made an elder in the Reformed Church at
New Paltz, a strictly Huguenot church, and here again he is mentioned as the "Walloon." For the first fifty years that this church
existed the records were kept in French in Louis du Bois' handwriting, then for seventy years they were kept in Dutch, and since
then they have been kept entirely in English.
Copies of many Dubois wills have been found, some written in
French and some in Dutch.
To Louis and Catherine duBois were born ten children:
Abraham, 1657. Married, 1st, Maria Hasbrook; 2nd, Margaret
Deyo.
Isaac, 1659.
Jacob, 1661; married Lysbeth Varmoye.
Sarah, 1664; married Joost Janz.
David, 1667; married Cornelia Vermoye.
Solomon, 1670; married Tryntje Gernston Slaght.
Rebecca, 1671.
Ragal, 1675.
Louis, Jr., 1677; married Racjel Hasbrouck.
Martin, 1697; married Sara Matthysen.
Jacob, born 1661, died 1745, son of Louis, son of Chretian
(Christian), was known as "Jacob of Hurley," though he also
lived at New Paltz and Kingston; all of the baptisms in the Dubois
family were at that time administered in the Reformed Church
at the latter place. Jacob was a Continental colonial soldier in
1717. The children of Jacob and Lysbeth Vermoye Dubois:
Magdalena, 1691; married Gerritt Rosa.
Barent, 1693; married Jacomnetje Dubois, daughter of Solomon
Dubois.
Louis 3rd, 1695; married, 1st, Jane Van Vliet; 2nd, Margaret
Jansen.
Grietja, 1700; married Cornelius Newkirk.
Isaac, 1702; married, 1st, Nealtja Rosa; 2nd, Janetja Rosa.