• Nicholas Dupuis(DePuy )(DuPuis)

On 16 April 1671, Nicholas DUPUI was given a patent for 480 acres at Averstrow along the Menisakoungue Creek in New Jersey.

CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY RECORDS, EAST JERSEY, Liber No.1, p.17

It is said that Nicholas DePUI and his brother, Francois were probably born in Paris, France, and, in 1651, "left a home of wealth and prominence during the night, upon learning through a friend of the family that they were to be made prisoners."

Nicholas DUPUI (1625-1691) of Artois, France, came to America on the "Purmerland Church", 12 October 1662, with his wife, Catryntje de VOS, and their three children: Nicholas, age 6, John, age 5, and Moses, age 3. Nicholas DUPUY settled first on Staten Island

Nicholas DUPUIS, in 1674, was named in a list of the wealthiest citizens and was taxed 600 Florins. The family lived in DeMarkevelt in the rear of the Produce Exchange, according to Hoff, writing in 1939.

Leroy Beck DePUY, DEPUY/DEPUE FAMILY HISTORY (1984), p.5;

Wannetta Roseberry Hoff, HISTORY OF THE DEPUI FAMILY (1939), pp.1- -------------------- Came from Paris and went to Holland thence to America in the good ship Pemberton Church in 1652 (1662). Settled in New Amsterdam. He was a Huguenot.

Alternative spelling is DePuis.