Variations on the name BALLEW

Billiou
Bilyeu
Blue
Ballew
Balou
Bileu
Bilyew

Generation 1 in America begins with the immigrant Pierre Billiou.
He is the son of Jean who is the son of Thomas.
Pierre was born in Lille, Labasse, France, in 1625 and died before the 6th of January 1701/2.
Pierre married Francoise Du Bois on 2 May 1649 in Leydon, S. Holland, Netherlands. She was born 17 June 1622 to Chretien DuBois and wife Cornelia in Wicres, France. We know she died before 17 January 1694/95 in Staten Island because her widowed Pierre married Gerrtje Lamberts/Perriye Gerriage on that day.

"Thomas Billiou (Bilyeu) in late 16OOs had moved from Artois in France to Holland because of religious persecution of the Huguenots. His son [sic]Pierre with his wife Francoise DuBois and children, together with other Walloons left Holland in 1661 for New Amsterdam where they arrived in August. "
--White River Valley Historical Quarterly, Vol 9, No 3, Spring 1986

In September 1973, the documents found in Holland clearly showed that Thomas was NOT the father of Pierre.

Pierre Billiou, His Marriage Date and His Father, by Almerican R. Boileau, San Diego, CA., (November 1973) is a four page research paper on file at the DAR Library in Washington, D.C.; filed with 5 or so volumes of material published by the DuBois Family Association under the heading Chretein Du Bois Family.
Mr. Boileau visited the Archives of Leiden, Holland in September 1973, and examined the marriage records of Pierre Billiou and Francoise DuBoys. The records he saw there were the church records of the publication of the banns and the records of marriages. Mr. Boileau's words: "At the publication of the banns on 9 April 1649, Pierre was sponsored by his father, 'Jeacq Biljouw.'"

links

• https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~qvarizona/family/bilyeu.html
• http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~qvarizona/bilyeu.html
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KVPN-6CY
• http://www.millercountymuseum.org/bios/bio_b.html
• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/l/e/i/Vera-M-Leisure/GENE3-0008.html
• http://www.workmanfamily.org/histories/AndersonBook/TheBilyeus.html
• http://marsharising.com/Ozarks%20Families/bilyeu_family.htm
• https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~qvarizona/family/bilyeu.html
• https://www.familysearch.org/en/surname?surname=BILYEU
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Billiou
• https://gw.geneanet.org/monartque?lang=en&n=billiou+dit+bilyeu&oc=0...
• https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=billiou
• http://www.sheltons.net/genes/22.html
• https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/tolleson-family/I8507.php
• https://archive.org/stream/moreaboutpierreb00luca/moreaboutpierreb0...
• https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~qvarizona/family/bilyeu.html
• https://secure.sos.state.or.us/prs/personprofile.do?recordNumber=11...
• https://gw.geneanet.org/monartque?lang=en&n=billiou+dit+bilyeu&oc=5...
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bilyeu-216