Biographical Information
The original settlement of Louis Du Bois and his fellow patentees survives today as Historic Huguenot Street, a National Historic Landmark District. The site includes the DuBois Fort, a colonial stone house built by one of Louis' sons.
W. E. B. Du Bois is said to be grandson of a loyalist descendant of Louis Du Bois' brother who left for the West Indies. Most of his descendants supported the revolution, though, and now, descendants of the family's "French father" can be found in every state of the union and in Canada.
Some of the notable descendants of Louis Du Bois include:[9]
- George S. Patton, United States Army general
- Mary Cassatt, American painter and printmaker
- Marlon Brando, American screen and stage actor
- Joan Crawford, American actress
- Sam Walton, founder of Walmart and Sam's Club
- Morton Deyo, United States Naval officer
- George H. Sharpe, United States Army general and New York State Assemblyman and Speaker
- Henry Granville Sharpe, United States Army general
- Abraham J. Hasbrouck, United States Congressman from New York
- Louis Hasbrouck, New York state assemblyman and senator
- Josiah Hasbrouck, United States Congressman from New York
- Sol Hasbrouck, Mayor of Boise, Idaho
- John Needham, former VP, Canon Canada
- Jon Huntsman Jr., Governor of Utah, United States diplomat and businessman
- Horton D. Haight, Mormon pioneer
- David B. Haight, LDS Church Apostle and Mayor of Palo Alto, California
- Jacob LeFever, United States Congressman from New York
- Frank J. LeFevre, United States Congressman from New York
- Jay Le Fevre, United States Congressman from New York
- Abraham A. Deyo, New York state senator
- Vernon Dubois Penner Jr., United States diplomat
- Brodie Van Wagenen, current sports agent and former New York Mets general manager
- Jeff Van Wagenen, pro golfer and businessman
- Gertrude Van Wagenen, biologist
- William Gilmer, United States Navy captain and naval governor of Guam
- Winfield Scott Schley, United States Navy admiral
- John Monroe Van Vleck, American mathematician and astronomer
- Edward Burr Van Vleck, American mathematician
- John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, American physicist, mathematician and 1977 Nobel Prize in Physics winner
- Theodoric R. Westbrook, United States Congressman from New York
- Roeliff Brinkerhoff, American lawyer and editor
- William Lounsbery, United States Congressman from New York and second mayor of Kingston, New York
- Walter F. Frear, Hawaii Supreme Court justice (1893–1907) and 3rd territorial governor of Hawaii (1907–1913)
- Trudy Stevenson, Zimbabwean politician and ambassador
- Charles G. DeWitt, United States Congressman from New York and chargé d'affaires in Guatemala
- Henry Richard DeWitt, New York state representative and clerk of Ulster County Board of Supervisors
- Lucas Elmendorf, New York state representative and United States Congressman from New York
- Washington Irving Chambers, United States Naval Officer
- Cornelius A.J. Hardenbergh, New York state representative and Shawangunk, New York supervisor
- Billy Bush, radio and television host, as well as nephew of President George H.W. Bush and first cousin of President George W. Bush
- Jonathan S. Bush, technology entrepreneur and brother of Billy (above)
- Darren O'Day, Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees
- Van Vechten Veeder, New York State District Judge appointed by President William H. Taft
- Katherine Lawrence Sharpe, wife of Ira Davenport, United States Congressman from New York
- Elizabeth Van Wyck Westbrook, wife of Marius Schoonmaker, United States Congressman from New York
- Mary Louise Schoonmaker, wife of Alton B. Parker, American judge and Democratic candidate for United States President in 1904
- Mary Elizabeth Hasbrouck, wife of Harcourt J. Pratt, United States Congressman from New York
- Shirley Deyo, wife of Douglas Dayton, businessperson with the Target Corporation
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Date of Birth
1626-10-21
Place of Birth
Wicres, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Date of Death
1696-06-23
Place of Death
Kingston, Ulster County, New York, USA