Perhaps baptized at the Walloon church, Mannheim, Germany; Betrothed 9 April 1649 at the Kerklijk Oundertrouw at Leyden, Holland; she was from Reims before residing on Haarlem Street, Leyden Holland prior to her marriage.
She and her husband were originally buried in the Dutch Reformed Churchyard on Ststen Island, which was subsequently moved to the Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Staten Island.∼Francoise Du Bois was born Jun 17, 1622 in Lille, France or Labasse or Wicres, French Flanders, and baptized Jun 18, 1622 in the Walloon Church (Gregure), Manheim, present-day Germany. She died before Jan 17, 1695 on Staten Island, New Amsterdam, New York around the age of 72.
She (from Reims) was betrothed to Pierre Billiou on Apr 9, 1649 and married to him on May 2, 1649 at the Walloon Church at Leiden, Netherlands. Pierre Billiou was also from Labasse or Wicres in French Flanders. He died between the time his will was written on Sep 11, 1699 and when it was probated on Jan 6, 1702.
According to Elmer G. VanName in Pierre Billiou, the Walloon, Staten Island Pioneer in 1958, "Pierre Billiou and his wife Francoise DuBois were born at LaBasse or Wicres in French Flanders, which was then a possession of the King of Spain, afterwards a part of Artois, France. Pierre and his wife were therefore Walloons. . ."
According to the archives of Leiden, Holland (Record Books of Kerklijk Oundertrouwregister): date Apr 9, 1649, betrothal - Pieter Biljouw, Walloon Church, born near Lille, young man, occupation, grograin worker, dwelling place, Cattle Market; sponsored by Jeacq Biljou, his father of School Lane, to Francoise duBoys, born near Lille, spinster, living Haarlem Street, sponsored by Lysbeth Floris, her acquaintance. Marriage date May 2, 1649.
Van Name continues: "They were married in the Walloon Church at Leyden [Holland] Apr 6, 1649, he from Lille and she from Reims and they had four daughters born to them at Leyden, the eldest Marie, being baptized in the Walloon Church March 6, 1650.
"They embarked at Amsterdam in the ship St. Jan Baptiste May 9, 1661, accompanied by four children aged 9, 7, 6, and 2 ½ years, and arriving here Aug 6, 1661."
There is an account at the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society giving a report of the Billious reading their Bible during the voyage. Isaac was baptized four days after they landed at New Amsterdam. And when Isaac married in November 1684, it was stated that he was born at sea. This record was made while his father was living and his mother could have been also.
She and her husband were originally buried in the Dutch Reformed Churchyard on Ststen Island, which was subsequently moved to the Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Staten Island.∼Francoise Du Bois was born Jun 17, 1622 in Lille, France or Labasse or Wicres, French Flanders, and baptized Jun 18, 1622 in the Walloon Church (Gregure), Manheim, present-day Germany. She died before Jan 17, 1695 on Staten Island, New Amsterdam, New York around the age of 72.
She (from Reims) was betrothed to Pierre Billiou on Apr 9, 1649 and married to him on May 2, 1649 at the Walloon Church at Leiden, Netherlands. Pierre Billiou was also from Labasse or Wicres in French Flanders. He died between the time his will was written on Sep 11, 1699 and when it was probated on Jan 6, 1702.
According to Elmer G. VanName in Pierre Billiou, the Walloon, Staten Island Pioneer in 1958, "Pierre Billiou and his wife Francoise DuBois were born at LaBasse or Wicres in French Flanders, which was then a possession of the King of Spain, afterwards a part of Artois, France. Pierre and his wife were therefore Walloons. . ."
According to the archives of Leiden, Holland (Record Books of Kerklijk Oundertrouwregister): date Apr 9, 1649, betrothal - Pieter Biljouw, Walloon Church, born near Lille, young man, occupation, grograin worker, dwelling place, Cattle Market; sponsored by Jeacq Biljou, his father of School Lane, to Francoise duBoys, born near Lille, spinster, living Haarlem Street, sponsored by Lysbeth Floris, her acquaintance. Marriage date May 2, 1649.
Van Name continues: "They were married in the Walloon Church at Leyden [Holland] Apr 6, 1649, he from Lille and she from Reims and they had four daughters born to them at Leyden, the eldest Marie, being baptized in the Walloon Church March 6, 1650.
"They embarked at Amsterdam in the ship St. Jan Baptiste May 9, 1661, accompanied by four children aged 9, 7, 6, and 2 ½ years, and arriving here Aug 6, 1661."
There is an account at the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society giving a report of the Billious reading their Bible during the voyage. Isaac was baptized four days after they landed at New Amsterdam. And when Isaac married in November 1684, it was stated that he was born at sea. This record was made while his father was living and his mother could have been also.
Perhaps baptized at the Walloon church, Mannheim, Germany; Betrothed 9 April 1649 at the Kerklijk Oundertrouw at Leyden, Holland; she was from Reims before residing on Haarlem Street, Leyden Holland prior to her marriage.
She and her husband were originally buried in the Dutch Reformed Churchyard on Ststen Island, which was subsequently moved to the Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Staten Island.∼Francoise Du Bois was born Jun 17, 1622 in Lille, France or Labasse or Wicres, French Flanders, and baptized Jun 18, 1622 in the Walloon Church (Gregure), Manheim, present-day Germany. She died before Jan 17, 1695 on Staten Island, New Amsterdam, New York around the age of 72.
She (from Reims) was betrothed to Pierre Billiou on Apr 9, 1649 and married to him on May 2, 1649 at the Walloon Church at Leiden, Netherlands. Pierre Billiou was also from Labasse or Wicres in French Flanders. He died between the time his will was written on Sep 11, 1699 and when it was probated on Jan 6, 1702.
According to Elmer G. VanName in Pierre Billiou, the Walloon, Staten Island Pioneer in 1958, "Pierre Billiou and his wife Francoise DuBois were born at LaBasse or Wicres in French Flanders, which was then a possession of the King of Spain, afterwards a part of Artois, France. Pierre and his wife were therefore Walloons. . ."
According to the archives of Leiden, Holland (Record Books of Kerklijk Oundertrouwregister): date Apr 9, 1649, betrothal - Pieter Biljouw, Walloon Church, born near Lille, young man, occupation, grograin worker, dwelling place, Cattle Market; sponsored by Jeacq Biljou, his father of School Lane, to Francoise duBoys, born near Lille, spinster, living Haarlem Street, sponsored by Lysbeth Floris, her acquaintance. Marriage date May 2, 1649.
Van Name continues: "They were married in the Walloon Church at Leyden [Holland] Apr 6, 1649, he from Lille and she from Reims and they had four daughters born to them at Leyden, the eldest Marie, being baptized in the Walloon Church March 6, 1650.
"They embarked at Amsterdam in the ship St. Jan Baptiste May 9, 1661, accompanied by four children aged 9, 7, 6, and 2 ½ years, and arriving here Aug 6, 1661."
There is an account at the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society giving a report of the Billious reading their Bible during the voyage. Isaac was baptized four days after they landed at New Amsterdam. And when Isaac married in November 1684, it was stated that he was born at sea. This record was made while his father was living and his mother could have been also.
She and her husband were originally buried in the Dutch Reformed Churchyard on Ststen Island, which was subsequently moved to the Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Staten Island.∼Francoise Du Bois was born Jun 17, 1622 in Lille, France or Labasse or Wicres, French Flanders, and baptized Jun 18, 1622 in the Walloon Church (Gregure), Manheim, present-day Germany. She died before Jan 17, 1695 on Staten Island, New Amsterdam, New York around the age of 72.
She (from Reims) was betrothed to Pierre Billiou on Apr 9, 1649 and married to him on May 2, 1649 at the Walloon Church at Leiden, Netherlands. Pierre Billiou was also from Labasse or Wicres in French Flanders. He died between the time his will was written on Sep 11, 1699 and when it was probated on Jan 6, 1702.
According to Elmer G. VanName in Pierre Billiou, the Walloon, Staten Island Pioneer in 1958, "Pierre Billiou and his wife Francoise DuBois were born at LaBasse or Wicres in French Flanders, which was then a possession of the King of Spain, afterwards a part of Artois, France. Pierre and his wife were therefore Walloons. . ."
According to the archives of Leiden, Holland (Record Books of Kerklijk Oundertrouwregister): date Apr 9, 1649, betrothal - Pieter Biljouw, Walloon Church, born near Lille, young man, occupation, grograin worker, dwelling place, Cattle Market; sponsored by Jeacq Biljou, his father of School Lane, to Francoise duBoys, born near Lille, spinster, living Haarlem Street, sponsored by Lysbeth Floris, her acquaintance. Marriage date May 2, 1649.
Van Name continues: "They were married in the Walloon Church at Leyden [Holland] Apr 6, 1649, he from Lille and she from Reims and they had four daughters born to them at Leyden, the eldest Marie, being baptized in the Walloon Church March 6, 1650.
"They embarked at Amsterdam in the ship St. Jan Baptiste May 9, 1661, accompanied by four children aged 9, 7, 6, and 2 ½ years, and arriving here Aug 6, 1661."
There is an account at the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society giving a report of the Billious reading their Bible during the voyage. Isaac was baptized four days after they landed at New Amsterdam. And when Isaac married in November 1684, it was stated that he was born at sea. This record was made while his father was living and his mother could have been also.
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