Ancestors of Elizabeth DU BOIS

DU BOIS, Jonathan
(1704-1787)

OOSTERHOUT, Ariaantje
(1712-1776)

GRIFFIN, Richard
(1722-1795)

VAN DER HOEF, Catharine
(Abt 1722-)

DU BOIS, Cornelius
(1750-1834)

GRIFFIN, Charity
(1753-1827)

DU BOIS, Elizabeth
(1784-1862)

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Spouses/Children:
1. HAM, Coenrad C.
2. PETERS, David

DU BOIS, Elizabeth

Born: 23 Oct 1784
Marriage (1): HAM, Coenrad C. on 7 Jan 1835 in Schodack, NY
Marriage (2): PETERS, David on 11 Oct 1836 in Nassau, Rensselear Co., NY (Drc Record) ¹
Died: 1 Mar 1862 at age 77

bullet General Notes:

Records of the DuBois Family Association, p 258 (Vol 3) conflict with the will of Cornelius as provided by the DFA (could have been an error in copying): The Heidgard compilation of the DuBois Family has Elizabeth DuBois marrying Conrad Ham, s/o Frederick Ham and and Christina (this is incorrect, for the entry goes on to quote his will of 1806 - it was Johan Conrad's will of 1806 which named an Elizabeth - Frederick Ham died in 1785). The will of Cornelius DuBois names a deceased daughter, Maria's, children, by George Albertson. It also names his daughter Elizabeth as wife of Geoge Alberston of Saratoga Co., NY. It could be that Elizabeth married her sister's husband when Maria died 5 June, 1822 at the age of 28. (This is doubtful.)

The following is from a biography written evidently by 'Aunt Bessie' as part of a letter to someone who had asked about Elizabeth DuBois:

"ELIZABETH DUBOIS; sixth child and third daughter of Cornelius and Charity Griffen DuBois kept house for her father until she reached middle life; she was forty-three when her mother died in 1827, and her father lived until 1834. His sons had each received a farm, upon their marriage; the daughters had a dowry. Betsy, fearing that she might be left without means, since she no longer hoped for marriage, sent for the muslin on each of the trips to town with produce - or got it herself, since 'butter and egg' money has traditionally belonged to the housekeeper. In this way she acquired the material to make up forty suits of underwear and had such a supply when she finally did marry. ²

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the census in 1850 in Plattsburg, Clinton County, NY. Elizabeth Peters, age 66 with husband David Peters.

Elizabeth married Coenrad C. HAM, son of Johan Coenraet HAM and Christina STREIT, on 7 Jan 1835 in Schodack, NY. (Coenrad C. HAM was born in 1766, christened on 25 Dec 1766 in Livingston, Columbia Co., NY ³ and died on 24 Mar 1835 in Schodack, Rensselaer Co., NY ⁴.)

Elizabeth next married David PETERS on 11 Oct 1836 in Nassau, Rensselear Co., NY (Drc Record).¹ (David PETERS was born in 1771 ⁵.)

bullet Marriage Notes:

David Peters of Plattsburg m. Mrs. Conrad Ham, formerly Elizabeth DuBois

1 Martin, David Kendall, Unpublished Research notes on the Palatine Ham family.

2 Heidgerd, William, comp., The American Descendants of Chretien DuBois of Wicres France (DuBois Family Assoc., New Paltz, NY, 1969).

3 Linlithgo Reformed Church, Records, Livingston Linlithgo Reformed Church, 1722-1889 (Ancestry.com database: New York Birth and Baptisms, Eastern Region, 1683-1923.)

4 Ham, Conrad C. & Peter A. Ham, his nephew, Will of Conrad C. Hamm and Depositions by Peter A. Hamm (1835-7 File of Surrogate Court of Rensselaer County, NY), Deposition of Peter A. Ham on 2 February 1837. "..And this deponent further says that the above named persons + Polly Smith wife of Michael T. Smith + Catherine Best sisters of the deceased. Elizabeth Dubois wife of Jonathan Dubois + a sister of the deceased. Frederick Smith , Chistina Salisbury wife of John Salisbury + children of Rachel Smith deceased, Anna Snyder wife of Peter Snyder + sisters of Conrad C Ham deceased + Conrad Ham Christina Ham children of Magdalena Ham deceased together with this deponent and the only next of kin of the deceased among whom the personal property of the deceased (?) by law if distrubuted if the said Conrad C Ham had died intestate + further did not."(File incudes the will and several depositions by Peter A. Ham that he has given copies of the will to legal heirs. The will names as co-executor, Issac Ham, but does not give his relationship.)

5 U.S. Government (1790-1930 Censuses), 1850: Plattsburg, Clinton County, NY. Page 116.

DU BOIS, Elizabeth

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