Sarah Du Bois

1662 - 1726  (63 years)

• Name	Sarah Du Bois
  Birth	14 Sep 1662	Of Somerset County, NJ
  Christening	14 Sep 1664	Kingston, Ulster County, NY
  Gender	Female
  Death	1726	Salem, Salem County, NJ
  Person ID	I3016	Rhodes Family Tree
  Last Modified	20 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Louis (Lowys) Du Bois (Dubois),   b. 27 Oct 1627, Pasora DE Calais, Artois, Wicres, France d. 23 Jun 1696, Esopus, (Kingston), Ulster, New York (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Cathrine (Catherine) Blanchan (Blansh,   b. 17 Oct 1627, Mannheim, Palatinate, Baden, Germany d. Jun 1705, Esopus, (Kingston), Ulster, New York (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	10 Oct 1655	Church Of, Mannheim, Palatinate, Baden
  Family ID	F716	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joost Jan(Sen) Van Metern,   b. 1652, Gelderland, Holland d. 13 Jan 1706, N.Y. (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	12 Dec 1682	Kingston, Ulster County, NY
  Children	1. John Van Metre,   b. 14 Oct 1683, Marbletown, Ulster County, NY d. 13 Aug 1745, Winchester, VA (Age 61 years)   2. Rebekka Van Meter,   b. 26 Apr 1686   d. 1755 (Age 68 years)   3. Lysbeth Van Meter,   b. 3 Mar 1689   4. Isaac Van Metre,   c. 1692, Kingston, Ulster County, NY d. 1757, Pleasant, PA (Age ~ 65 years)   5. Rachel Van Meter,   b. 1692, Somerset County, NJ   6. Hendrix Van Meter,   b. 1 Sep 1695   d. Dec 1759, Salem, Salem County, NJ (Age 64 years)   7. Abraham Van Meter,   b. 1700, Somerset County, NJ   8. Jacob Van Meter,   b. 1705, Somerset County, NJ   9. Malinda Van Meter,   b. 1710, Somerset County, NJ
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2014
  Family ID	F739	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  About ten weeks after the capture, the Indians decided to celebrate their escape from pursuit by burning one of their captives For their victim they selected Catharine du Bois and her baby Sara, who afterward married Joost Janse Van Veteren. A c ubical pile of logs was arranged and the mother and child were placed upon it. When the Indians were about to apply the torch Catharine began to sing a Huguenot hymn she had learned in earlier days in France. The Indians withheld the fire and li stened When she finished they demanded another song and then another Before the last hymn was finished Dutch Soldiers arrived the captives were all rescued and the Indians terribly punished.