Sarah Dubois

1664 -

• Name	Sarah Dubois
  Birth	Kingston, Ulster County, NY
  Christening	14 Sep 1664	Kingston, Ulster County, NY
  Gender	Female
  Death	Salem County?, NJ
  Person ID	I300	Carl
  Last Modified	20 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Louis Dubois,   b. 27 Oct 1627, Lille, Labarree, Flanders, France d. 1695-1696 (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Catherine Blanchin
  Marriage	10 Oct 1655
  Family ID	F188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John (Joost Jan) Van Meter, II,   b. 1652, Gelderland, Holland d. 13 Jan 1706, NY (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	12 Dec 1682	New Paltz, Ulster County, NY
  Children	+ 1. John (Jan) Van Meter, III,   b. 14 Oct 1684   d. 1745, Winchester (Age 60 years)   2. Rebekka Van Meter,   b. 26 Apr 1686   d. 1755 (Age 68 years)   3. Lysbeth Van Meter,   b. 3 Mar 1689   4. Isaac Van Meter,   b. Abt 1692   5. Hendrix Van Meter,   b. 1 Sep 1695   d. Dec 1759, Salem, Salem County, NJ (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2014

  
  

• Notes

  "AMERICAN VAN METRE FAMILY" Smyth (Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN) "Sarah du Bois, Jan's wife, who still retained her maiden family patronymic, established a home in Salem prior to 1709..." (Ear Mark Book, Salem County N.J.) "HISTORY OF SHEPHERD AND RELATED FAMILIES", by Frank Shepherd (1858-?) Pub. 1943 (Indiana State Library) p. 4,5,6. "On June 7 1663 the Indians raided the village of Hurley and carried away captive the wives and children of the settlers into the fastnesses of Catskil Mountains where they were held for three months. Owing to the rugged character of these strongholds covered with dense forest the capture of these savages and rescue of the women and children was a difficult matter. The wife of Louis du Bois and his three children with the family fo Jan Joosten Van Meter ...were among the captives. Capt. Martin Kreiger, and old Dutch soldier and familiar figure in the Dutch settlements along the Delaware River in the early days organized a rescue expedition with the help of Louis du Bois and punish the Indians. After three months of ineffectual hunting they finally rounded up the savages and returned the women and children to their homes. Prof. Obenchain of Ogden College, Bowling Green KY sponsers a thrilling story in this connection: 'About ten weeks after the raid the Indians decide to celebrate their skill in eluding capture by burning one of the captives alive. For their victim they selected Catherine du Bois. A large pile of logs was gathered and binding Catherine placed her on the pile with her little daughter, Sara, on her lap were about to apply the torch when she realized that death was just at hand, began to sing an old Huguenot hymn she had learned in childhood in Flanders. The Indians withheld the torch to listen. When she finished they demanded another, and so she sang on. Her voice carrying down thru the forest gorges reached the ears of Krieger's soldiers who rescued the captive women and children and gave the Indians a terrible beating. Seven years later the Indians again went on the warpath and Louis du Bois served in th Colonial force against them.'"