Leya (du Bois) Ferree (abt. 1687 - 1758)

Born about 10 Oct 1687 in New Paltz, Ulster, New York

Ancestors

Wife of Philip Ferree Sr. — married 2 Jun 1713 in Kingston, Ulster Co., NY

Descendants

Died 12 Sep 1758 at about age 70 in Paradise, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Leah Corlea DuBois Ferree^[1]

Birth

Leya Duboi was baptised on Oct. 16, 1687 at New Paltz, Ulster County, New York. Baptism was recorded at the Reformed Dutch Church of New Paltz, Ulster County, New York (p. 62); godparents were: Salomon Duboi, Mari Leblan ^[2][3].

Birth: 1687 New Palz, Lancaster Co, PA ???????????????

Death: Sep. 12, 1758 aged 71 years. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA

"Young Philip Ferree, brother of Daniel, must have liked what he saw while living in New Paltz, for after the family had moved to Pennsylvania in 1712, he returned to New Paltz where he worked for Abraham DuBois until he had won the hand and heart of their daughter Leah. They were married in Kingston Reformed Church, and then he brought her to Lancaster County for the remainder of their lives. Soon after, in 1717, father Abraham DuBois journeyed to Lancaster County where he purchased 1000 acres of land adjacent to the Ferree-LeFevre tract. After the death of the Dubois parents, the land was divided among their children: Leah, who had married Philip Ferree; Abraham; Joel; Sarah, who married Rolf Elting; Catherine, who married William Donaldson; and Rachel. Philip Ferree and wife Leah produced the following children: Abraham, who married Elizabeth; Isaac; Jacob; Philip, Jr., wheelwright whose marriage to Mary Carpenter was recorded in 1739; Joel, gunsmith, who helped appraise his uncle Philip LeFevre's gunsmith estate after his death in 1766; Rachel who married James Gardner; Magdalena,who married William Buffington; and Elizabeth who married a Zurker."

Parents

• Father: Abraham Duboi|Abraham DuBois (1657 - 1731)
• Mother: Margerite Doyo|Margaret Deyo DuBois (1662 - ____)

Siblings

1. Abraham DuBois (1685 - 1758)
2. Leah DuBois Ferree
3. Catharin DuBois Donaldson (1693 - 1733)

Family

M. 1713 Philip Ferree m. 03 JUN 1713 New Paltz, Ulster, New York, USA

1. Joel Ferree
2. Leah Ferree Baker
3. Elisabeth Ferree *** Add
4. Abraham Ferree
5. Isaac Ferree **** Add
6. Magdalene Ferree
7. Jacob Ferree
8. Philip Ferree
9. Rachel Ferree ****Add

Burial:

Carpenters Graveyard, Paradise, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA; Find A Grave Memorial# 20898451^[4]

Inscription: September The 12, 1758 Leah Ferree Age 71

Sources

1. ↑ http://bakerfamilytree.blogspot.com/2006/12/chapter-8-ferree-family.html
2. ↑ NPRDC Bapt. Record (p. 62): Oct. 16, 1687, Abraham Duboi, Margerite Doyo; Leya; Godparents, Salomon Duboi, Mari Leblan
3. ↑ Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Paltz, N.Y. p. 62
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #20898451

• New Paltz Church Records: Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Paltz, N.Y., containing an account of the organization of the church and the registers of consistories, members, marriages, and baptisms; by Reformed Dutch church (New Paltz, N.Y.); Versteeg, Dingman; Published 1896. This record includes events performed at Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York meeting house, until a local church was built and staffed; and commencing January, 1760, services led by New Paltz Dominies were performed twice on Sunday at Shawangunk church during summer and once during winter months. These records cover the period 1683-1816, but are missing between 1702 and 1730 that may be covered in the Kingston Records. Considering the long distance to Kingston, the New Paltz Church serviced a wide area in southern Ulster County, a marriage or baptism recorded in these churches does not mean the event took place there. Early Records were in French, while later records were in Dutch and English.

• The Descendants of Jan Eltinge: The Genealogy of the Elting/EltingeFamily Abbreviation: Descs. of Jan Eltinge Author: Elting, James W., Author Qualifier: comp. Publication: the compiler, Charlotte, N.C., 2002

• Birth and death - Sons of the American Revolution application for Issaac DuBois, father of husband Phillip Ferree.

• Author: Ferree, Joseph A.; George B. Ferree; and Ivan Ferree Title: Ferree Family History NOTE: Ferree, Joseph A.; George B. Ferree; and Ivan Ferree, Ferree Family History, Source Medium: Book.

• A Ferree Family Tree record, a fairly well detailed family recording, by Major George Bennett Ferree (1963) may be found in the Philip Schaff Library of the Evangelical and Reformed Church Historical Society at 555 West James Street, Lancaster, Pa.

• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol 1, p. 369-372)