Peter DU BOIS
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DAR Patriot Index, Washington, D.C. 1966, p. 204
The American Descendants of Chretien DuBois of Wicres, France, by William Heidgerd
Of Amey, Robert Patterson Dubois wrote (c 1860): Our grandmother Amey (Dubois) was, in her old age, very large and fleshy, and had a blemish in one eye. She and her husband were both active members of the church of which he was for some time the treasurer. They were strict with their children. During the Revolutionary War, when a fast was proclaimed, they never suffered the children to take a mouthful of food, but kept them in the house reading and praying so that the children were glad to steal out and eat the sorrel (sour evergreen leaves) that grew along the fence. If a thunderstorm came up at night, grandmother would rouse them all from their beds and make them sit around a table while she read to them from the Bible."
He married Amey Greenman . Amey Greenman was born at Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut 24 Oct 1727 daughter of Jeremiah Greenman and Sarah Blakeman .
They were the parents of 7
children:
Joel Du Bois
born 22 Oct 1759.
Jeremiah Du Bois
born 22 Nov 1760.
Sarah Du Bois
born 18 Apr 1762.
Thomas Du Bois
born 16 Sep 1764.
Samuel Du Bois
born 9 Oct 1766.
Uriah Dubois
born 25 Feb 1768.
Amey Du Bois
born 25 Mar 1772.
Peter Du Bois died 21 Aug 1795 at Pittsgrove, Salem, New Jersey .
Amey Greenman died 2 Jun 1807 at Pittsgrove, Salem, New Jersey .