Bartholemew Dupuy

Male 1653 -


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  • Name Bartholemew Dupuy 
    Born 1650 or 1653  France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military 1668 or 1671  [1
    Officer in the Household Guards, French Army.
    Upon entering the French army, "his intelligence and fidelity soon won him the confidence of the King, Louis XIV, who promoted him at an early age to be an officer in the Household Guards." See "Bartholomew Dupey and Susanne LeVillain" history below for more details about his military service.  
    Immigrated 1685  Holland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    He and his wife Susanne fled to Holland to escape religious persecution and almost certain death after King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes in October 1685.  
    Immigrated 1699  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Bartholomew and his wife, Susanne, upon the invitation of William of Orange to all French refugees in Holland immigrated to England. 
    Immigrated 1700  Manakin Town, Powhatan, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    They remained only temporarily in England before immigrating to Manikin Town, King William Parish (as it was known then) in the colony of Virginia where they could freely practice their faith. 
    Religious denomination Huguenot  [1
    Person ID I667  Allison | Allison
    Last Modified 11 Apr 2019 

    Family Susanne LeVillain 
    Children 
     1. Peter Dupuy
     2. John James Dupuy
     3. Martha Dupuy
    +4. Phillipa Dupuy,   b. 1707,   d. 1768, Goochland, Henrico, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2019 
    Family ID F175  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Histories
    Bartholomew Dupey and Susanne LeVillain
    Bartholomew Dupey and Susanne LeVillain
    Verbatim text of Bartholomew Dupuy's and Susanne LeVillain's escape from certain death in France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, Oct 1685, and their subsequent immigration to England before immigrating to the colonies. (Paragraphs added by Lisa Allison Albert.)

  • Sources 
    1. [S18] Hist. Genea. of Woodsons & connections, Compiled by Henry Morton Woodson, (H.M. Woodson, Tennessee, c1915), 929.273 W868.