Genealogical Gems

Huguenot Street is historic and, for three upcoming weekends, haunted! The Haunted Huguenot Street program runs the 16 th and 17 th , the 23 rd and 24 th , as well as Halloween weekend itself, 30 th and 31 st October. A guilt boy reveals his nightmares at the Jean Hasbrouck House. This session is based on events that Abraham Hasbrouck himself recorded in his 18th century diary. At the historic burial ground guests will be treated to an interpretation adapted from Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology during which the dead will speak for themselves.    Inspired by, according to the HHS, decades of reported paranormal experiences, a house maid is haunted by the ghost of the tragically demised Gertrude Deyo at the Deyo House mansion.    These are the three highlights of the weekends. However, the entire street will be decorated in Halloween and fall decorum.   The tours sell out quickly. They will leave the DuBois Fort Visitor Center ...

New Paltz was founded in 1678 by the French Huguenots. The name of the town is said to have been suggested by Christian DEYO  in 1675. The name he gave was probably that found in the record of the first meeting of the New Paltz Reformed Church in 1683.  Deyo - and his son Pierre - were among the "Twelve Men of the Duzine "  acquired the royal patent of over 33,000 acres, which stretched all the way from the Shawangunk Mountains to the Hudson River. The other patentees were Louis DuBois and his sons Abraham and Isaac, Simon and Andries LeFevre (brothers), Jean and Abraham Hasbrouck (brothers), Antoine Crispell, Louis Bevier, and Hugo Frere The early settlers built their homes along the area now known as Huguenot Street. That area today is home to seven museums, an old cemetery, library, archives and more. The area is home to several historic houses of those "Twelve Men of the Duzine." They include: The LeFevre House, The Jean Hasbrouck House, The Deyo...