Blandina DuBois (abt. 1732 - abt. 1765)

Ancestors

Wife of Charles DeWitt — married 20 Dec 1754 in Kingston, Ulster Co. New York

Descendants

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Biography

Blandina DuBois is the descendant of a Huguenot emigrant.

Blandina was born about 1732. She is the daughter of Gerrit DuBois and Margrietje Elmendorp. ^[1]

Birth date repeated but unsourced (see Elmendorf genealogy, NYGBR 20(1889) p. 104).

Kingston marriage notice Dec. 20 1754, #1260 in Hoes, says both resident in Marbletown.

She was buried in the Old Hurley Burial Ground in Hurley, New York. Her stone reads, "Here lyes the Body of Blandina D'Witt, the Wife of Charles D'Witt Who Died Nov 4, 1765 Being Near 34 Years of Age."^[2]

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Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by John Balow, Thursday, January 1, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.
2. ↑ Personal experience of Tatianna Wiegand-Stuart. I visited the Old Hurley Burial Ground on 19 May 2017 to see her husband's stone (the most prominent one in the cemetery) and what other DeWitt ancestors I could find based on information from Find-A-Grave.

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