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     Nicholas Depuy 'Nicholas DuPuy of Rochester who married Wyntje Roosa in
Kingston in 1707 was a prosperous farmer of the Ulster
Highlands. Then in 1725 when his eldest son, Moses, was but 12 and the youngest Madelena was yet unborn they began preparation for their great adventure. They removed, in 1727 after all the children had been duly baptized in the Reformed Dutch Church of
Kingston, over the old Mines Road to Swanee, in the Province of Pennsylvania. Their objective was a point on the Delaware River. 'A tract of land containing 'one hundred and fourteene Acors ' and lying on the south side of 'Roundout Creek' within the bounds of Marbletown was conveyed to Nicholaes du puis by 'Stephen gacherie of Kingstowne’for ninety pounds in April of 1709. -23 Nicholas, the first born son of Moses, was twenty six years old at this time. He had married Wyntje Roosa on March 22, 1707. This was probably their first homestead. 'Jan Van
Campeal and 'Moses du puis' are mentioned as neighboring
freeholders in this deed. Eighteen years later Nicholas and
his family journeyed along the Esopus-Minisink Way and settled
upon a tract of land in northeastern Pennsylvania. The patent for this property reads follows, 'Indenture made September 18, 1727 between Nickles Depue of Kizerick, Ulster Co. New York and Indian owners of a tract of land lying in county of Bucks (now Monroe Co.), Pensalvena, joining to Dilaway River beginning by Peter Kettle on the south, by the mouth of a creek and there over and runs up S.W. 80 chains - N.W. so far as the top of the high mountains; all
along said mountains as the Coast runs, so long till we come
over against Peghgoquery (Pahaquarry); thence S.E. line so as the river runs, including all the islands to the said tract of
land belonging to the heirs of Sir William Pen, containing three thousand acres more or less.
'Lake-like with its occasional rifts and long eddies the Minisink lay for 40 miles basking in the sun, a back-bay sort of country, with its low shores and great inundation and consequent fertilization by each spring freshet - a lazy land for these doughty Dutchman. 'The Old Mine Road was but a bit of the story that the old story teller of the Delawares saw fit to release to his white hearers, or no one of the whites of three generations living since the founding of Wiltwyck (Kingston) in 1660 knew of its history. Nicholas DuPuy had come upon it by chance in 1725 'The road remained unknown and unsung for three-quarters of a century, until Nicholas DuPuy made use of it as a means of ingress and egress, a traffic road by which he and his followers at the Minisink and the later Yankee settlers at the Susquehanna made their way. 'The Kittany range (Blue Ridge) is sharply cleft at the point from 1,300 feet to the river's bed a thousand feet below, with the two guardian peaks, Tammany and Minsis, upon either side of
the gap. There Nicholas DuPuy had bought from the Minsees
(Delaware Indians) some 3,000 acres of land lying along the
levels of the Delaware. He was the first settler in all that region, proprietor even before the Penns. 'The old Indian tribes resident there, the Swansea, had been brought from the far South by the Delawares, by whom they were called 'troublesome' and had already left, vagrants, for Shamokin. There for a few years Nicholas DuPuy and his family lived quietly, at peace with their Indian friends and servants.
In 1727 Nicholas Depuy purchased about three thousand acres of Indian land consisting of cleared river flats and islands just north of the Delaware Water Gap in the Minisinks. 'He built a log cabin, soon followed by a grist-mill, and he maintained at Swanee, at the lower end of the long eddy of the Minisink a ferry and at low water in the summer a ford.'
Luzerne Coville Ithaca Journal Aug 1935 'After the original Indian grant to Nicholas DuPuy in 1727, William Allen as surveyor and agent for the Penns from
1730-1733 first leased and later sold to him 426 acres including the great island, Manwallamink (Depue) of 126 acres, and Great Shawane (Shawnee) of 146 acres. 'That the settlement was formed for a long time before it was known to Government in Philadelphia. That when the Government was informed of the Settlement, they passed a law in 1729 that any such purchases of the indians should be void; and that the
purchasers indicted for forceable entry and detained, according
to the law of England. that in 1730, they appointed an agent to go and investigate the facts; that the agent so appointed was
the famous surveyor, Nicholas Scull; that he John Lukens, was
N. Scull's apprentice to carry chain and learn surveying.'
'Also in the same year he bought another tract of 230 acres and subsequently more and more land along the Delaware. The mode of living was feudal. At his death in 1762, he gave the house,
built of stone in 1758 and much enlarged over the original log
cabin of 1727 to Samuel by will....... Nicholas DuPuy had
cheerfully aided many a New Englander coming in over the old
mine road from Kingston on his way to settle at Wyoming an the
Susquehanna, over 50 miles of rough mountain trail. By virtue
of her royal charter, Conn. insisted on her rights there, and
for a quarter of a century she contested those rights.-
'Living at peace with the Minsees (Delawares), Nicholas DuPuy survived until 1762, long enough to see the river flats and
cross valley populated by the families of his friends, VanCampen, Brink, Shoemaker, VanAken, Hydshay, Schoonover,
Prys, and Hanna. And the Indians - Minsee, Delaware and
occasional Mohegan Stockbridge or Schodak drifting by from the
east - had all permanently removed to the Shamokin-
Luzerne Coville Newspaper Clipping Ithaca, N.Y. Journal 1935

'Here my father lived in the immediate vicinity of my mother’s
relations, many of whom are still fresh in my recollection. If
the reader will listen I will relate the story of one whom I
love to remember, ard one to whom my heart returns with a
gratitude that wishes to perpetuate his name. It is of Nicholas Depue, Esq., a cousin to my mother, and who, in his day was extensively known as a man of large estate and of great
capacity for business. I love to remember him for the happy
influence which he threw around my boyish days. I never entered his house without meeting a smile, that seems to meet me yet whenever I think of the man; and the pleasant tones of his voice calling me his 'little Moses' still linger around me like the floating sounds of distant music. So uniform was his
disposition that I never recollect to have seen him otherwise
than in the most pleasant mood. Yet to this he added the higher
graces of a Christian character. He was a man whose piety could
never be questioned. This seems to be the mainspring to all his actions; and whether home or abroad, he was governed by the same pure and heavenly principles. In the management of his farm every thing was reduced to the most perfect system; the hours of labor, of relaxation and religious exercises in his family were all so arranged and so uniformly observed that any one, who knew these might be apprized of what were his engagements at any particular time of the day. The buildings on his farm were mostly of stone, and these were arranged with the same attention to order which characterized every thing that was the product of his mind'
Aaron Depuy operated a frontier store in Lower Smithfield,
Pennsylvania between 1743 and his death in 1785. A ledger from
this store has survived and offers a fascinating glimpse of
eighteenth century pioneer life. 'There is wealth of information to be found in manuscript store records. 'The exact site of the store is unknown It is supposed the Aaron's store stood near the plantation of his younger brother, Samuel (D-39)
As shown by maps and records this was the site of modern
Shawnee on the Delaware.The Delaware River was the main supply route for the store. The closest land passage through the then formidable Blue Mountain was Wind Gap, fifteen miles to the southwest. Although Philadelphia lay roughly one hundred miles
downstream from the area of the store, the Depuy family took to boating as the most practical mode of travel. In October,
1744, Thomas Hissen's store account was credited with two
shillings for 12 days' work in the boat'. In 1746, Moses Depuy
was charged with two pounds for a 'trip down the river.' Samuel Depuy paid three shillings a day for 112 days boating- in 1747..... 'There were several grist mills in the vincinity of the store (Aaron DePuy's). One of these mills was owned and operated by
the Depuy family. In 1744, Moses Depuy, Aaron's eldest brother had his account credited 'by 22 flower casks at 1/6 per cask.' The same year he was charged six shillings for an empty
hogshead. When Moses died in 1748, Aaron probably took over
the operation of the mill.' 'The store became an overland cultural link between the Esopus
(Kingston, N.Y.) region, the original home of the Depuy family, and the Philadelphia area, the store's major source of supply. During the 1740's indigo was purchased at Esopus, a saddle was carried from Germantown, and salt was acquired in Philadelphia.
Occasionally, 'York' money was used. 'As people and goods moved along the Esopus-Minisink passage-so did ideas. According to the ledger , in 1754 'four plowwheels -not good at 5s'. were credited to the account of Yeokam (Joakim) Shoemaker. In 1769, Richard Smith, an astute Quaker land speculator noted in his diary that he had seen a heavy two-wheeled plow in use on a Dutch farm near Kingston, N.Y. Also included in the store's inventory were such varied goods as cloth, leather, shoes and clothing, buttons, papers of pins, thread, scissors, shears, needles, fine and coarse toothed combs, knives, sheets and quires of paper, ink powder, nails, tools, shingles, boards, barrels and kegs, gunpowder, shot and lead, flints, candles, tallow, tar, rope, flax and hemp, rum, whiskey, punch, tobacco, coffee, tea, salt, sugar, vinegar,
flour, middlins, meal and bran, seed, grains, venison, pork,
bacon, beef, veal, mutton, milk, butter, peas, potatoes, turnips, saddles, bridles, horse collars, sleighs and wagons, harrows and plows, horses, oxen, cows, sheep, hogs, ducks, hay and straw. Home grown articles such as vegetables, grain and
livestock were taken in trade. Most of the manufactured goods
are food in the ledger entries of the 1740's and 1750's. No
smoking Pipes are listed. The only firearm mentioned in the
ledger is a gun sold to Joseph Hayce (Haines) early in July,
1755, for five shillings. 'The ledger reveals that wheat and corn were the most popularly
grown grains of the 1740's to 1760's, while buckwheat and rye
were the mainstay of the 1780-s in that region Aaron Depuy, his brothers, Moses, Samuel and Daniel, his father Nicholas and his Uncle Benjamin Schoonmaker all did business with the Indians during the store's early days
'In December of the year the formerly peacful Indians of
Northampton County, in which lower Smithfield Township was
located, went on the warpath killing scores of settlers and
burning over forty houses and mills. Many of the victims were
store customers. This last French and Indian War left the
country north of Blue Mountain almost entirely deserted except
for a handful of sturdy settlers. The families of Aaron and
Samuel Depuy and Benjamin Schoonmaker were among those who remained. Danbury ceased to exist as a settlement and is now Stroudsburg 'The ledger reveals some of the activities of a group of local
craftsmen. Here are several of those who are fairly well
represented by their accounts, Hugh Pugh was a combination
carpenter-cabinet maker-blacksmith-wheelwright-farmer. During the 1750's and 1760-s he made such varied articles as coffins, a bedstead, a door and 'door hooks,' a brake, a 'woodin wagon,' sleds and sleighs, harrows, 'horse yokes' and a grain cradle. He also put iron on the runners of sleighs, shoed a mare, repaired a cradle for a scythe, laid floor and put in seven days of work at the storekeeper's new house. Hugh was charged one pound for the use of a 'crost cut saw- in September 1766. The coffins mentioned aboved cost six shillings a piece and were made for Aaron's son and also his Negro slave.' The Delaware River was the main supply route for the store. The closest land passage through the then formidable Blue Mountain was Wind Gap, fifteen miles to the southwest. Although Philadelphia lay roughly one hundred miles downstream
from the area of the store, the Depuy family took to boating as
the most practical mode of travel. In October, 1744, Thomas Hissen's store account was credited with two shillings for 12 days' work in the boat'. In 1746, Moses Depuy was charged with two pounds for a 'trip down the river.' Samuel Depuy paid three shillings a day for 112 days boating- in 1747.....¹ He was born on 12 March 1681/82 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹ He was baptized on 5 December 1682 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA; Sponsors, Nicholis Depuy and wife (Hoes 294).^2,1 He was the son of Moses De Puy and Maria Wynkoop.¹ Marriage banns for Nicholas Depuy and Wentjen Roosa were published on 22 March 1707 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^3,1 Nicholas Depuy married Wentjen Roosa, daughter of Arien Heymanse Roosa and Maria Pels, after 27 March 1707 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA; Date of marriage not given.^4,1 Nicholas Depuy died in 1762 at Rochester, Ulster, New York, USA.¹

     Susanna Depuy was baptized on 9 January 1698 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1 She was the daughter of Moses De Puy and Maria Wynkoop.¹ Susanna Depuy married Abraham VanCampen circa 1722.³ Susanna Depuy died in 1752.¹

     Wyntje Depuy married an unknown person.¹ She was born circa 1735.¹ She was the daughter of Moses Nicholas DePue and Antje Keel.¹

     Andries de Vos Andries De Vos deputy director of Rensselaerswyck was in Beverwyck as early as 1640, and a magistrate in 1648.¹ He Andries de Vos, his sister Gertruytd (m. Barent Pietersz
Coeymans), his wife and at least 3 children sailed on den
Eyckenboom(Oaktree) on 17 May 1641. They arrived in New
Amsterdam in August 1641. Andries de Vos, was a carpenter and for awhile operated a saw- and grist-mill.^2,1 'Arent [Bradt] and [Andries] De Vos were appointed by the court
to adminsiter the estate of Cornelia de Vos (Cathalyntie's sister) because her husband, Kit Davids, was mishandling the children's inheritance.^3,1' He married Margritje Coeymans.¹

     Catalyntje de Vos was the daughter of Andries de Vos and Margritje Coeymans.¹ Catalyntje de Vos married an unknown person circa 1648 at Rensselaerwyck, Albany, New York, USA; from Dutch-colonies.¹

     Cornelia de Vos was born circa 1627.¹ She was the daughter of Andries de Vos and Margritje Coeymans.¹ Cornelia de Vos immigrated in 1641 to New Netherland, USA; on the ship "Den Eyckenboon." She married Christoffel Davidts circa 1644 at New Amsterdam, New York, USA.^2,1 Cornelia de Vos died circa 1657.¹

     Jochem Diericksz was born circa 1552 at Amsterdam, Holland, Netherlands.¹ He married Margrieta (Griet) Gillesdaughter on 3 September 1577 at Old Church, Amsterdam, Holland.¹ Jochem Diericksz married Niesgen Angnietje Stoffelsdaughter on 30 October 1593 at Amsterdam, Holland.¹

      Orseltie Dyrcks was also known as Jacobs.¹ Orseltie Dyrcks was also known as Hendricksen.¹ She married Antoni Jansen Westbrook at Albany, New York, USA.¹ Orseltie Dyrcks was born in 1620 at Holstein, West Prussia, Prussia.¹ She married an unknown person on 25 October 1653 at Hillegersberg, Zuid Holland, Netherlands.¹ She married an unknown person in September 1655 at Netherlands.¹ She died after 1672 at probably Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹

     Simon Floriszen was born circa 1590 at Netherlands.¹ He married Claertje Arents on 10 December 1616 at Amsterdam, Netherlands.¹

     Margrieta (Griet) Gillesdaughter was born circa 1554 at Amsterdam, Holland, Netherlands.¹ She married Jochem Diericksz on 3 September 1577 at Old Church, Amsterdam, Holland.¹

     Johanna Gonsales was baptized on 13 November 1726 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.² She was the daughter of Manuel Gonsalis-Duk and Rymerig Kwik.¹ Johanna Gonsales married Petrus Quick on 17 November 1748 at Wawarsing, Ulster, New York, USA.^3,1

     Manuel Gonsales served in the Revolutionary War.
Name      Rank      Regiment      Company
Gunsalis, Emanuel      private      Pawling      Pawling.² He was baptized on 25 September 1720 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^3,1 He was the son of Manuel Gonsalis-Duk and Rymerig Kwik.¹ Manuel Gonsales married Rachel Louw in 1746 at Rochester, Ulster, New York, USA.^4,5 Manuel Gonsales married Jennetjen Van Etten, daughter of Jacob Van Etten and Antjen Westbroek, on 23 March 1749/50 at Machackemack (Deer Park) RDC, Orange, New York, USA.^4,6 Manuel Gonsales died in 1787 at Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA.^5,1

      Francisca Gonsales-Duk was also known as Quick.¹ She was baptized on 11 September 1697 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1 She was the daughter of Manuel Gonsalus and Marritje Davitz.¹ Francisca Gonsales-Duk married an unknown person on 2 June 1718 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^3,1 She died before 24 April 1777 at Sussex, New Jersey, USA.^4,1

     Catrina Gonsalis was born in 1727 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹ She was baptized on 9 April 1727 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Manuel Gonsalus and Rebecca Westvaal.¹

     Catrina Gonsalis was born in 1722.¹ She was baptized on 1 July 1722 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1 She was the daughter of Manuel Gonsalus and Rebecca Westvaal.^2,1 Catrina Gonsalis died before 1727.^3,1

     Jacobus Gonsalis was born in 1729 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹ He was baptized on 1 June 1729 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹ He was the son of Manuel Gonsalus and Rebecca Westvaal.¹ Jacobus Gonsalis married an unknown person on 28 January 1753 at Machackemack (Deer Park) RDC, Orange, New York, USA.^2,1

     Maria Gonsalis was born circa 1733 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Manuel Gonsalis-Duk and Rymerig Kwik.¹ Maria Gonsalis married Capt. Johannes Van Etten, son of Jacob Van Etten and Antjen Westbroek, on 18 May 1750 at Napanoch, Ulster, New York, USA.² Maria Gonsalis died after 25 November 1776.¹

      Helena(Lena) Gonsalis-Duk was also known as Kuykendaal.¹ She was baptized on 25 October 1713 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1 She was the daughter of Manuel Gonsalus and Rebecca Westvaal.^2,1 Helena(Lena) Gonsalis-Duk married Luer Kuykyndaal on 27 May 1732 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^3,1

     Johannes Gonsalis-Duk 'He removed to Nishayuna(Schenectady-Albany) after Zara's death
and lived with his son Johannes who was married to Machteldt
Heemstraadt. They lived on farms on what is now called Consaul
Road at the intersection of Lisha Kill. After the old man's
death, Johannes the younger removed to Perth, Fulton Co., and
built a house on Midline Road which is still occupeid today.'
note from Lynn A. Gunsaulus.¹ He was baptized on 7 May 1710 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1 He was the son of Manuel Gonsalus and Rebecca Westvaal.^2,1 Johannes Gonsalis-Duk married an unknown person on 14 April 1728 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^3,1

     Joseph Gonsalis-Duk was born in 1715 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹ He was baptized on 4 December 1715 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹ He was the son of Manuel Gonsalus and Rebecca Westvaal.¹ Joseph Gonsalis-Duk married an unknown person in 1755.^2,1 He died in April 1782 at Saratoga, Saratoga, New York, USA, at age 66.^2,1

     Manuel Gonsalis-Duk was baptized on 16 November 1694 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA; withnesses, Cornelis Cook and Jannetje Lamberts.^2,1 He was the son of Manuel Gonsalus and Marritje Davitz.^3,1 Marriage banns for Manuel Gonsalis-Duk and Rymerig Kwik were published on 6 September 1719 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.⁴ Manuel Gonsalis-Duk married Rymerig Kwik, daughter of Teunis Quick and Claartje De Hooges, on 25 September 1719 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.⁵ Manuel Gonsalis-Duk died between 14 October 1750 and 15 September 1762 at Mamacating, Ulster, New York, USA.¹

      Marretje Gonsalis-Duk was also known as Eduwaartsz.¹ She was born in 1709 at Minisink Valley, Orange, New York, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Manuel Gonsalus and Rebecca Westvaal.¹ Marretje Gonsalis-Duk married an unknown person on 29 May 1728 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1

     Sara Gonsalis-Duk was born in 1711 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹ She was baptized on 8 July 1711 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Manuel Gonsalus and Rebecca Westvaal.¹

     Benjamin Gonsalus was baptized on 25 October 1724 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1 He was the son of Manuel Gonsalis-Duk and Rymerig Kwik.^2,1

     Daniel Gonsalus served in the Revolutionary War.
Name      Rank      Regiment      Company
Gonsalis, Daniel      private      Johnson      Johnson
Gonsalus, Daniel      private      Johnson      Gillispy
Gunsalis, Daniel      private      Johnson      Cross.² He was baptized on 3 February 1722/23 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^3,1 He was the son of Manuel Gonsalis-Duk and Rymerig Kwik.¹ Daniel Gonsalus married Elizabeth Van Vliet on 16 June 1750 at Machackemeck (Deerpark), Ulster, New York, USA.⁴ Daniel Gonsalus died after 1757 at Sullivan, New York, USA; Marshall gives death as 1815 in Owasco, Cayuga Co., NY.¹

     Elisabeth Gonsalus The baptism of Elizabeth is taken from 'The Genealogy of the
Quick Family in America' by Arthur
C. Quick, p39. The story of Elizabeth is graphically told by
James Quinlan in 'History of Sullivan
County' pp 397-398. Quinlans story in brief states 'that
Elizabeth was captured by Indians when she
was a child of seven, while carrying a pail of milk from her
fathers home to a field near it. She was
carried away and remained a prisoner for 20 years. No one knew
for certain what had happened.
Her father Manuel(2) in sore anguish continued year after year
to make enquires of those who had
been in Indian country, in hope that he would find a clue that
would lead to her discovery. At last he
heard of a white woman who was with a tribe near Harrisburgh,
in Penn- sylvania. He went to find
her. She was so changed he didn't know her but she remembered
enough to make him claim her.
When she reached home, she went directly to the bars of the
fence through which she was climbing
when captured. The shock of 20 years before fixed the scene in
her memory. There was no longer a
doubt. She was the lost one. No one thought otherwise and she
was wholly restored to the home
and hearts of her kindred.¹ She was baptized on 13 October 1728 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.² She was the daughter of Manuel Gonsalis-Duk and Rymerig Kwik.¹ Elisabeth Gonsalus married Peter Helm on 11 April 1748 at Wawarsing, Ulster, New York, USA.^3,1

     Johanes Gonsalus served in the Revolutionary War.
Name      Rank      Regiment      Company
Gunsalis, John      private      Schuyler      Lansing
Gunsarel, John      private      Schuyler      Ostrum
Gunsaul, John      private      Schuyler      Ostrum.¹ He was baptized on 10 February 1733/34 at Rochester, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,3 He was the son of Manuel Gonsalis-Duk and Rymerig Kwik.³ Johanes Gonsalus died in March 1787 at Wayne Twp., Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA, at age 53.³

      Lea Gonsalus was also known as DeGraff.^2,1 She was born in 1718 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹ She was baptized on 19 January 1717/18 at Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Manuel Gonsalus and Rebecca Westvaal.¹ Lea Gonsalus married an unknown person on 21 May 1748 at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, USA.^2,1 She died before 1754.¹

     Manuel Gonsalus was born c 1660-1670; place of birth given as Spain or Netherlands ??¹ He was the son of Lourens Gonsalis??¹ Manuel Gonsalus was also known as Consaulus. He immigrated before 11 September 1689 to New York, New York, New York, USA; source unverified, but mentioned as Quinlan's, "History of Sullivan Co., NY." He married Marritje Davitz, daughter of Christoffel Davidts and Cornelia de Vos, before 16 November 1694? At Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA.^2,1 Manuel Gonsalus married Rebecca Westvaal circa 1708.^3,1 Manuel Gonsalus died on 18 April 1752 at Wurtsboro, Sullivan, New York, USA.^4,1