It is said that Louis came to America around the age of twelve with his brother Charles as stowaways in a ship; this may only be a family story passed down through the generations or there may be some truth to the event, it has yet to be proven.
Around 1717 Louis bought 100 acres of land from John Clark in Harford Co., Maryland and called it "Frenchman's Repose". Around 1735 he sold the land for 4600 lbs. of tobacco to William Grafton and moved with his family to Berkeley Co., WV, which at that time was Orange County, Virginia.
Louis married Catherine Callett abt. 1712 in St. John's Parish, Baltimore County, Maryland.
Father of the following known children;
1) Catherine (married James Crabtree)
2) Louis II
3) William
4) John
5) Peter
6) Jane
7) Thomas
8) James
9) Charles
(The Demoss/Dumas surname was spelled several ways; and Louis' Will reflects it as Dumas, but he also used the spelling of Demoss. "Demoss" became the most commonly used spelling of the Dumas surname)
Louis' Will was proven in open court on March 9, 1744. His wife Catherine and son John were executors of said Will. Inventory of his estate was done on April 16, 1744.
∼(1) The name of Damascus has experienced many spelling variations in French titles. We find it written first Dalmas, then Dalmais, Dalmaiz, Dalmax, Dalmaes, Dalmaye * Dalmaix, Domaye, Daulmas, Daumaïs, Daumaiz, Damaye, Daumaye * Daulmays, Damaitz, Damés, Dammas, Damax, etc., etc. This difference in spelling is often noticed in the same acts between the text and the signatures or the legend of the seals affixed to them.
(2) Father Anselme adds to the children of Renaud I: 1 ° A Robert Dalmas who belongs to the Coulanges branch; 2 ° A Henri, bailiff of Mâcon in 1255, who is never named in the acts of the time as Henri de Cousances (de Cosanciis). He does not seem different from Henri de Cousances, seneschal of the king in Limosin, Périgord and Quercy in 1265, wearing a shield with 5 bands, probably son of Henri, lord of Cousances, marshal of France in 1255. (Histoire des Grands Officiers de the Crown, t. VI, p. 622.)It was an opinion received among the old chroniclers that this family descended from the conquerors of the province of Amasia at the time of the first crusade: "The lords of Damascus, of the nickname of Chastillon (1), says Father Anselme, in the Palace of Glory (1664, p. 393), having made the journey to the Holy Land with Godefroi de Bouillon, on their return to France, changed their name and arms, and took that of Damascus, of the province of Amasia they had conquered. " This tradition, which several more recent writers have reproduced, although erroneous as to the origin attributed to the house of Damascus, was nevertheless based on several facts of indisputable notoriety, such as the presence of the authors of this house at the first crusades, attested by the cartularies of Cluny, the change of its primitive coat of arms, and the spelling of the name of Damascus, written not of Amaye, but Damaye and Damaïs in many titles.
(1) Favyn expressly says that the house of Damascus originally bore the name of Chastillon. This error comes from the fact that the children born to Dauphine de Lavieu and to Gui Dalmas and Jean, lords of Chastillon-en-Bazois, called themselves brothers. The old family of Chastillon-en-Bazois, long extinct, wore a diamond shield of gold and azure. (See Palliot, True and Perfect Science of Arms, in-fol., Paris, 1664, p. 662.) In more than 800 original titles in Latin, from the eleventh century to the reign of Charles VII, titles produced or analyzed in the cabinet of the Holy Spirit, the name is constantly written with the letter l, Dalmatius, Dalmacius, and more commonly Dalmacii. The literal translation should have been Dalmas or Dalmas, which appears to have removed the letter l, it is a fairly old tradition which stated that a Sudan from Damascus having been taken prisoner, by the crusaders, and brought to France by Hugues III, Duke of Burgundy, had been the stock of the house of Damascus. This tradition is recorded in a handwritten work on this house, of about two centuries, kept at the Royal Library, among the extracts of titles from Burgundy and Nivernais. Thus, in the absence of proof,an attempt was made to explain the original greatness of this family in an old genealogy of the house of Damascus, forming part of the manuscripts of the old collection of the Holy Spirit. We will observe that Thaumassière and Moréri have better respected the etymology of the name by writing it Dalmas until around 1400, in accordance with the titles. We can only follow their example. However, in order not to go back to a use consecrated by a long prescription, we will write the name Damascus from the time when this spelling prevailed. This remark is applicable to all branches.etymology of the name by writing Dalmas until around 1400, in accordance with the titles. We can only follow their example. However, in order not to go back to a use consecrated by a long prescription, we will write the name Damascus from the time when this spelling prevailed. This remark is applicable to all branches.etymology of the name by writing Dalmas until around 1400, in accordance with the titles. We can only follow their example. However, in order not to go back to a use consecrated by a long prescription, we will write the name Damascus from the time when this spelling prevailed. This remark is applicable to all branches.
*When Louis Demoss Dumas II was born on 9 March 1681, in Holland, North Brabant, Netherlands, his father, Count Louis DeMoss, was 21 and his mother, Cathrine Perni, was 9. He married Catherine Callet in 1714, in Saint Johns Parish, Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Maryland, British Colonial America in 1718. He died on 19 March 1743, in Opequon Magisterial District, Berkeley, Virginia, British Colonial America, at the age of 62, and was buried in Morgan Chapel Graveyard, Bunker Hill, Berkeley, Virginia, United States.
*Louis and Catherine DeMoss owned a large plantation, "Frenchman's Repose", near the Crabtrees, Throckmortons, Pykes and Poteets (various spellings) families.
*From "DeMoss family history: following the line of Louis Dumas and Catherine..." by Hornby, Jo Ann Robertson
*World Events; 1689; Age 8
*France fought with the Netherlands.
*1692; Age 11
8An English and Dutch fleet beat France in the Battle at La Hogue.
Around 1717 Louis bought 100 acres of land from John Clark in Harford Co., Maryland and called it "Frenchman's Repose". Around 1735 he sold the land for 4600 lbs. of tobacco to William Grafton and moved with his family to Berkeley Co., WV, which at that time was Orange County, Virginia.
Louis married Catherine Callett abt. 1712 in St. John's Parish, Baltimore County, Maryland.
Father of the following known children;
1) Catherine (married James Crabtree)
2) Louis II
3) William
4) John
5) Peter
6) Jane
7) Thomas
8) James
9) Charles
(The Demoss/Dumas surname was spelled several ways; and Louis' Will reflects it as Dumas, but he also used the spelling of Demoss. "Demoss" became the most commonly used spelling of the Dumas surname)
Louis' Will was proven in open court on March 9, 1744. His wife Catherine and son John were executors of said Will. Inventory of his estate was done on April 16, 1744.
∼(1) The name of Damascus has experienced many spelling variations in French titles. We find it written first Dalmas, then Dalmais, Dalmaiz, Dalmax, Dalmaes, Dalmaye * Dalmaix, Domaye, Daulmas, Daumaïs, Daumaiz, Damaye, Daumaye * Daulmays, Damaitz, Damés, Dammas, Damax, etc., etc. This difference in spelling is often noticed in the same acts between the text and the signatures or the legend of the seals affixed to them.
(2) Father Anselme adds to the children of Renaud I: 1 ° A Robert Dalmas who belongs to the Coulanges branch; 2 ° A Henri, bailiff of Mâcon in 1255, who is never named in the acts of the time as Henri de Cousances (de Cosanciis). He does not seem different from Henri de Cousances, seneschal of the king in Limosin, Périgord and Quercy in 1265, wearing a shield with 5 bands, probably son of Henri, lord of Cousances, marshal of France in 1255. (Histoire des Grands Officiers de the Crown, t. VI, p. 622.)It was an opinion received among the old chroniclers that this family descended from the conquerors of the province of Amasia at the time of the first crusade: "The lords of Damascus, of the nickname of Chastillon (1), says Father Anselme, in the Palace of Glory (1664, p. 393), having made the journey to the Holy Land with Godefroi de Bouillon, on their return to France, changed their name and arms, and took that of Damascus, of the province of Amasia they had conquered. " This tradition, which several more recent writers have reproduced, although erroneous as to the origin attributed to the house of Damascus, was nevertheless based on several facts of indisputable notoriety, such as the presence of the authors of this house at the first crusades, attested by the cartularies of Cluny, the change of its primitive coat of arms, and the spelling of the name of Damascus, written not of Amaye, but Damaye and Damaïs in many titles.
(1) Favyn expressly says that the house of Damascus originally bore the name of Chastillon. This error comes from the fact that the children born to Dauphine de Lavieu and to Gui Dalmas and Jean, lords of Chastillon-en-Bazois, called themselves brothers. The old family of Chastillon-en-Bazois, long extinct, wore a diamond shield of gold and azure. (See Palliot, True and Perfect Science of Arms, in-fol., Paris, 1664, p. 662.) In more than 800 original titles in Latin, from the eleventh century to the reign of Charles VII, titles produced or analyzed in the cabinet of the Holy Spirit, the name is constantly written with the letter l, Dalmatius, Dalmacius, and more commonly Dalmacii. The literal translation should have been Dalmas or Dalmas, which appears to have removed the letter l, it is a fairly old tradition which stated that a Sudan from Damascus having been taken prisoner, by the crusaders, and brought to France by Hugues III, Duke of Burgundy, had been the stock of the house of Damascus. This tradition is recorded in a handwritten work on this house, of about two centuries, kept at the Royal Library, among the extracts of titles from Burgundy and Nivernais. Thus, in the absence of proof,an attempt was made to explain the original greatness of this family in an old genealogy of the house of Damascus, forming part of the manuscripts of the old collection of the Holy Spirit. We will observe that Thaumassière and Moréri have better respected the etymology of the name by writing it Dalmas until around 1400, in accordance with the titles. We can only follow their example. However, in order not to go back to a use consecrated by a long prescription, we will write the name Damascus from the time when this spelling prevailed. This remark is applicable to all branches.etymology of the name by writing Dalmas until around 1400, in accordance with the titles. We can only follow their example. However, in order not to go back to a use consecrated by a long prescription, we will write the name Damascus from the time when this spelling prevailed. This remark is applicable to all branches.etymology of the name by writing Dalmas until around 1400, in accordance with the titles. We can only follow their example. However, in order not to go back to a use consecrated by a long prescription, we will write the name Damascus from the time when this spelling prevailed. This remark is applicable to all branches.
*When Louis Demoss Dumas II was born on 9 March 1681, in Holland, North Brabant, Netherlands, his father, Count Louis DeMoss, was 21 and his mother, Cathrine Perni, was 9. He married Catherine Callet in 1714, in Saint Johns Parish, Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Maryland, British Colonial America in 1718. He died on 19 March 1743, in Opequon Magisterial District, Berkeley, Virginia, British Colonial America, at the age of 62, and was buried in Morgan Chapel Graveyard, Bunker Hill, Berkeley, Virginia, United States.
*Louis and Catherine DeMoss owned a large plantation, "Frenchman's Repose", near the Crabtrees, Throckmortons, Pykes and Poteets (various spellings) families.
*From "DeMoss family history: following the line of Louis Dumas and Catherine..." by Hornby, Jo Ann Robertson
*World Events; 1689; Age 8
*France fought with the Netherlands.
*1692; Age 11
8An English and Dutch fleet beat France in the Battle at La Hogue.
It is said that Louis came to America around the age of twelve with his brother Charles as stowaways in a ship; this may only be a family story passed down through the generations or there may be some truth to the event, it has yet to be proven.
Around 1717 Louis bought 100 acres of land from John Clark in Harford Co., Maryland and called it "Frenchman's Repose". Around 1735 he sold the land for 4600 lbs. of tobacco to William Grafton and moved with his family to Berkeley Co., WV, which at that time was Orange County, Virginia.
Louis married Catherine Callett abt. 1712 in St. John's Parish, Baltimore County, Maryland.
Father of the following known children;
1) Catherine (married James Crabtree)
2) Louis II
3) William
4) John
5) Peter
6) Jane
7) Thomas
8) James
9) Charles
(The Demoss/Dumas surname was spelled several ways; and Louis' Will reflects it as Dumas, but he also used the spelling of Demoss. "Demoss" became the most commonly used spelling of the Dumas surname)
Louis' Will was proven in open court on March 9, 1744. His wife Catherine and son John were executors of said Will. Inventory of his estate was done on April 16, 1744.
∼(1) The name of Damascus has experienced many spelling variations in French titles. We find it written first Dalmas, then Dalmais, Dalmaiz, Dalmax, Dalmaes, Dalmaye * Dalmaix, Domaye, Daulmas, Daumaïs, Daumaiz, Damaye, Daumaye * Daulmays, Damaitz, Damés, Dammas, Damax, etc., etc. This difference in spelling is often noticed in the same acts between the text and the signatures or the legend of the seals affixed to them.
(2) Father Anselme adds to the children of Renaud I: 1 ° A Robert Dalmas who belongs to the Coulanges branch; 2 ° A Henri, bailiff of Mâcon in 1255, who is never named in the acts of the time as Henri de Cousances (de Cosanciis). He does not seem different from Henri de Cousances, seneschal of the king in Limosin, Périgord and Quercy in 1265, wearing a shield with 5 bands, probably son of Henri, lord of Cousances, marshal of France in 1255. (Histoire des Grands Officiers de the Crown, t. VI, p. 622.)It was an opinion received among the old chroniclers that this family descended from the conquerors of the province of Amasia at the time of the first crusade: "The lords of Damascus, of the nickname of Chastillon (1), says Father Anselme, in the Palace of Glory (1664, p. 393), having made the journey to the Holy Land with Godefroi de Bouillon, on their return to France, changed their name and arms, and took that of Damascus, of the province of Amasia they had conquered. " This tradition, which several more recent writers have reproduced, although erroneous as to the origin attributed to the house of Damascus, was nevertheless based on several facts of indisputable notoriety, such as the presence of the authors of this house at the first crusades, attested by the cartularies of Cluny, the change of its primitive coat of arms, and the spelling of the name of Damascus, written not of Amaye, but Damaye and Damaïs in many titles.
(1) Favyn expressly says that the house of Damascus originally bore the name of Chastillon. This error comes from the fact that the children born to Dauphine de Lavieu and to Gui Dalmas and Jean, lords of Chastillon-en-Bazois, called themselves brothers. The old family of Chastillon-en-Bazois, long extinct, wore a diamond shield of gold and azure. (See Palliot, True and Perfect Science of Arms, in-fol., Paris, 1664, p. 662.) In more than 800 original titles in Latin, from the eleventh century to the reign of Charles VII, titles produced or analyzed in the cabinet of the Holy Spirit, the name is constantly written with the letter l, Dalmatius, Dalmacius, and more commonly Dalmacii. The literal translation should have been Dalmas or Dalmas, which appears to have removed the letter l, it is a fairly old tradition which stated that a Sudan from Damascus having been taken prisoner, by the crusaders, and brought to France by Hugues III, Duke of Burgundy, had been the stock of the house of Damascus. This tradition is recorded in a handwritten work on this house, of about two centuries, kept at the Royal Library, among the extracts of titles from Burgundy and Nivernais. Thus, in the absence of proof,an attempt was made to explain the original greatness of this family in an old genealogy of the house of Damascus, forming part of the manuscripts of the old collection of the Holy Spirit. We will observe that Thaumassière and Moréri have better respected the etymology of the name by writing it Dalmas until around 1400, in accordance with the titles. We can only follow their example. However, in order not to go back to a use consecrated by a long prescription, we will write the name Damascus from the time when this spelling prevailed. This remark is applicable to all branches.etymology of the name by writing Dalmas until around 1400, in accordance with the titles. We can only follow their example. However, in order not to go back to a use consecrated by a long prescription, we will write the name Damascus from the time when this spelling prevailed. This remark is applicable to all branches.etymology of the name by writing Dalmas until around 1400, in accordance with the titles. We can only follow their example. However, in order not to go back to a use consecrated by a long prescription, we will write the name Damascus from the time when this spelling prevailed. This remark is applicable to all branches.
*When Louis Demoss Dumas II was born on 9 March 1681, in Holland, North Brabant, Netherlands, his father, Count Louis DeMoss, was 21 and his mother, Cathrine Perni, was 9. He married Catherine Callet in 1714, in Saint Johns Parish, Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Maryland, British Colonial America in 1718. He died on 19 March 1743, in Opequon Magisterial District, Berkeley, Virginia, British Colonial America, at the age of 62, and was buried in Morgan Chapel Graveyard, Bunker Hill, Berkeley, Virginia, United States.
*Louis and Catherine DeMoss owned a large plantation, "Frenchman's Repose", near the Crabtrees, Throckmortons, Pykes and Poteets (various spellings) families.
*From "DeMoss family history: following the line of Louis Dumas and Catherine..." by Hornby, Jo Ann Robertson
*World Events; 1689; Age 8
*France fought with the Netherlands.
*1692; Age 11
8An English and Dutch fleet beat France in the Battle at La Hogue.
Around 1717 Louis bought 100 acres of land from John Clark in Harford Co., Maryland and called it "Frenchman's Repose". Around 1735 he sold the land for 4600 lbs. of tobacco to William Grafton and moved with his family to Berkeley Co., WV, which at that time was Orange County, Virginia.
Louis married Catherine Callett abt. 1712 in St. John's Parish, Baltimore County, Maryland.
Father of the following known children;
1) Catherine (married James Crabtree)
2) Louis II
3) William
4) John
5) Peter
6) Jane
7) Thomas
8) James
9) Charles
(The Demoss/Dumas surname was spelled several ways; and Louis' Will reflects it as Dumas, but he also used the spelling of Demoss. "Demoss" became the most commonly used spelling of the Dumas surname)
Louis' Will was proven in open court on March 9, 1744. His wife Catherine and son John were executors of said Will. Inventory of his estate was done on April 16, 1744.
∼(1) The name of Damascus has experienced many spelling variations in French titles. We find it written first Dalmas, then Dalmais, Dalmaiz, Dalmax, Dalmaes, Dalmaye * Dalmaix, Domaye, Daulmas, Daumaïs, Daumaiz, Damaye, Daumaye * Daulmays, Damaitz, Damés, Dammas, Damax, etc., etc. This difference in spelling is often noticed in the same acts between the text and the signatures or the legend of the seals affixed to them.
(2) Father Anselme adds to the children of Renaud I: 1 ° A Robert Dalmas who belongs to the Coulanges branch; 2 ° A Henri, bailiff of Mâcon in 1255, who is never named in the acts of the time as Henri de Cousances (de Cosanciis). He does not seem different from Henri de Cousances, seneschal of the king in Limosin, Périgord and Quercy in 1265, wearing a shield with 5 bands, probably son of Henri, lord of Cousances, marshal of France in 1255. (Histoire des Grands Officiers de the Crown, t. VI, p. 622.)It was an opinion received among the old chroniclers that this family descended from the conquerors of the province of Amasia at the time of the first crusade: "The lords of Damascus, of the nickname of Chastillon (1), says Father Anselme, in the Palace of Glory (1664, p. 393), having made the journey to the Holy Land with Godefroi de Bouillon, on their return to France, changed their name and arms, and took that of Damascus, of the province of Amasia they had conquered. " This tradition, which several more recent writers have reproduced, although erroneous as to the origin attributed to the house of Damascus, was nevertheless based on several facts of indisputable notoriety, such as the presence of the authors of this house at the first crusades, attested by the cartularies of Cluny, the change of its primitive coat of arms, and the spelling of the name of Damascus, written not of Amaye, but Damaye and Damaïs in many titles.
(1) Favyn expressly says that the house of Damascus originally bore the name of Chastillon. This error comes from the fact that the children born to Dauphine de Lavieu and to Gui Dalmas and Jean, lords of Chastillon-en-Bazois, called themselves brothers. The old family of Chastillon-en-Bazois, long extinct, wore a diamond shield of gold and azure. (See Palliot, True and Perfect Science of Arms, in-fol., Paris, 1664, p. 662.) In more than 800 original titles in Latin, from the eleventh century to the reign of Charles VII, titles produced or analyzed in the cabinet of the Holy Spirit, the name is constantly written with the letter l, Dalmatius, Dalmacius, and more commonly Dalmacii. The literal translation should have been Dalmas or Dalmas, which appears to have removed the letter l, it is a fairly old tradition which stated that a Sudan from Damascus having been taken prisoner, by the crusaders, and brought to France by Hugues III, Duke of Burgundy, had been the stock of the house of Damascus. This tradition is recorded in a handwritten work on this house, of about two centuries, kept at the Royal Library, among the extracts of titles from Burgundy and Nivernais. Thus, in the absence of proof,an attempt was made to explain the original greatness of this family in an old genealogy of the house of Damascus, forming part of the manuscripts of the old collection of the Holy Spirit. We will observe that Thaumassière and Moréri have better respected the etymology of the name by writing it Dalmas until around 1400, in accordance with the titles. We can only follow their example. However, in order not to go back to a use consecrated by a long prescription, we will write the name Damascus from the time when this spelling prevailed. This remark is applicable to all branches.etymology of the name by writing Dalmas until around 1400, in accordance with the titles. We can only follow their example. However, in order not to go back to a use consecrated by a long prescription, we will write the name Damascus from the time when this spelling prevailed. This remark is applicable to all branches.etymology of the name by writing Dalmas until around 1400, in accordance with the titles. We can only follow their example. However, in order not to go back to a use consecrated by a long prescription, we will write the name Damascus from the time when this spelling prevailed. This remark is applicable to all branches.
*When Louis Demoss Dumas II was born on 9 March 1681, in Holland, North Brabant, Netherlands, his father, Count Louis DeMoss, was 21 and his mother, Cathrine Perni, was 9. He married Catherine Callet in 1714, in Saint Johns Parish, Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Maryland, British Colonial America in 1718. He died on 19 March 1743, in Opequon Magisterial District, Berkeley, Virginia, British Colonial America, at the age of 62, and was buried in Morgan Chapel Graveyard, Bunker Hill, Berkeley, Virginia, United States.
*Louis and Catherine DeMoss owned a large plantation, "Frenchman's Repose", near the Crabtrees, Throckmortons, Pykes and Poteets (various spellings) families.
*From "DeMoss family history: following the line of Louis Dumas and Catherine..." by Hornby, Jo Ann Robertson
*World Events; 1689; Age 8
*France fought with the Netherlands.
*1692; Age 11
8An English and Dutch fleet beat France in the Battle at La Hogue.
