18th-Century Homes at Historic Huguenot Street | Experiencing History? | Episode 5

In this episode, Erin visits Historic Huguenot Street in New Paltz, New York, and explores the built heritage on site. What can these 18th-c. buildings teach visitors about Huguenot history in New Paltz and why has so much effort gone into preserving these structures? We take up these questions and more as we wander down Huguenot Street.
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Historic Huguenot Street Website:
www.huguenotst...
Carol A. Johnson, New Paltz Revisited (Arcadia Publishing, 2017), books.google.c....
Ralph Le Fevre, History of New Paltz, New York and Its Old Families (Genealogical Publishing Com, 1973), books.google.c....
🔪 Maria Deyo Murder:
I’ve identified two primary sources mentioning this event but this is by no means conclusive evidence that it happened. The first is a source for which Samuel S. Freer filed a copyright for in November of 1801 called “An elegy on the death of Maria Deyo who put an end to the existence of herself, and three infant children on Sunday morning the 13th of September 1801 with remarks in prose on the horrid crime of suicide.” So far as I can tell, the actual text is lost. The second is the broadside shown in the video, located in the Library of Congress digital collections: www.loc.gov/it....
There appears to be some speculation about whether Maria Deyo actually lived in the house in 1801. Additionally, I was not able to identify any other mentions of this murder in archival records, though my search was by no means extensive. There are a few places interested parties could start--Heritage New York, for instance, has an extensive newspaper collection parts of which are available online.

[@donnaleeflournoy-mancuso5675]

Descendant of Hugo Freer... I remember hearing about the Dutch reformed church from childhood... Fascinating history...❤️🐻☘️🇺🇲🎶

[@generaluse-rk1xf]

My grandmother on my father's side was a Du Bois. Her line goes all the way back to Louis Du Bois. My father had retinitus pigmentosa it appears to have come from that line of the family.

[@leeanngarrett34]

Louis Du Bois is my 9th great grandfather. This is really interesting as I am researching the DuBois family in my tree. W.E.B. DuBois is my 6 th cousin 4 times removed. I will have to see this in person.😊

[@krazyjnva2up2down55]

I have Dubois on my family tree. My lineage is the Dupree and Gaillard from French Santee, South Carolina. My 2nd great grand mother.

[@RenegadeScouter]

I appreciate your interest in my family's legacy in New Paltz. I wish you were not so (ignorantly) judgmental as to take the side of the communist propaganda, assuming the Huguenots were somehow "evil" or gasp! "racist." Having studied the Huguenots in France and in particular New Paltz for many years, the truth is in fact admirable and few living today are capable of living to their example. I understand your generation has never known pride in your own legacy but rather has been taught nothing but self-loathing and self-contempt. I hope you transcend such programming and embrace your heritage for our accomplishment rather than anachronistic political "failures" imposed by people not of our kin and certainly who never themselves faced situations at all comparable to our own ancestors. Adieu.

[@robertbielawski5299]

My wife is a Duboise descendant. I was adopted and as it turns out my biological father is a Bevier descendant. We visited a few years back total "small world" experience!

[@patricklynch4143]

Thanks for sharing. Louise Duboise was part of my Great GrandMothers pedigree.

[@FallonBurner]

Hey, I've been there too - i love that place!

[@HistoriaNostratube]

One of these days I’ll manage to hit a museum you haven’t been to!

[@FallonBurner]

Haha!

[@ChristianResearchDesk]

Any books on Huguenot settlers, influence, legacy, you'd recommend?

[@beachmom2001]

I am a descendent of the Freer family

[@zachfryar1820]

me too!

[@beachmom2001]

@@zachfryar1820 hello cousin!

[@zachfryar1820]

@@beachmom2001 hello! How is your last name spelled? Mine is spelled “Fryar” but I am a direct descendant of Hugo Freer

[@beachmom2001]

@@zachfryar1820 my last name isn't Freer but I am a direct descendant as he is my 9th great-grandfather

[@zachfryar1820]

@@beachmom2001 oh cool! He’s my 10th great

[@luanne4579]

I am a decendant of deyo family from there

[@tigertone1]

Oh by the way many of those enslaved people were not africans , they were Aborigine Black Indians ...thank you very much

[@WesleyFortney-bq4qt]

Refugees do not settle new territory. Do not be so bold to assume desperation of your countries founding bloodline.

[@outdoorswithjake2174]

The covid didn’t hit till 2020

[@andriylehki947]

Sorry but the French name Dubois pronounced as du-bu-a

[@SandfordSmythe]

How was it pronounced in the old times? Maybe the old French dub oiu. There was a shift

[@andriylehki947]

@@SandfordSmythe no , never :))))

[@SandfordSmythe]

@andriylehki947 The old French names for towns and geographical areas in Mississippi Valley reflect that sound as in Illinois. According to a local French professor, these are the original correct pronunciations from the French settlers of the 1700's. French has changed since then to the bu-a sound. I don't mean to complicate the controversy around this name.