He was born about 1648 in Lille, Flandres francaises, France-Nord.
After a sojourn of 10 years in the Palatinate, he emigrated from France to America about 1675.
In 1678 he settled in New Paltz, New York, where he was one of twelve patentees. His home was built in 1698 and is still standing on Huguenot Street in New Paltz, New York and has not been modernized.
Louis Bevier married on 24 Sep 1682 at Andries to Marie Leblanc. [1]
He died about 1720 in New Paltz, Ulster County, New York.
↑Indexed New York Church Records, m: 1682/Sep/24 for Louis Beviere & Maria LaBlan with witnesses, Andries LaFubure &Jeanne Wybouw
Bevier Family: The Descendants of Louis Bevier, Patentee of New Paltz by Kenneth Hasbrouck & Katherine Bevier in 1916; reprinted in 1970 by Huguenot Historical Society; with search feature
Bevier Family: A History of the Descendants of Louis Bevier who came from France to America in 1675 after a sojourn of ten years in the Palatinate and settled in New Paltz, New York by Katherine Bevier, b: 1857; originally published in 1916 by T. A. Wright of New York; collection: allen_county; americana; reprinted in 2000 by Higginson Book Company; topics: Bevier family (Louis Bevier, b. 1646?-1720), genealogy; p19
History of New Paltz, New York and the old families (from 1678 to 1820) including the Hugenot pioneers and others who settled in New Paltz previous to the revolution by Ralph Lefevre & Fort Orange Press of Albany, NY in 1903; collection: allen_county; americana; topics: Huguenots
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