First Generation

1. Christian Deyo, b ca 1610 in the province of province of Artois, France. He married Jeanne Wibau, b ca 1610 at St. Pol-sur-Ternoise, France[1] d ca 1686 at New Paltz, by whom he had five children. Christian and his family relocated to Mannheim, Germany in 1660, probably to avoid religious persecution. The family then traveled to America on the same ship as Abraham Hasbrouck in 1675. After spending a year at Kingston (then called Wiltwyck), the Deyo family settled at New Paltz in 1677, where Christian Deyo and his son Pierre both signed the patent and became two of the twelve original trustees of New Paltz. Other than Christian's mark on the New Paltz Patent, the only records referring to him during his lifetime consist of testamentary disposition dated Aug. 10, 1676 and a fair copy of a slave purchase in 1680. Christian's son, Pierre, purchased a slave in 1694.[2]

+2.i.Pierre Deyo, b ca 1648 in France; d ca 1705. m Agatha Nicken in Mutterstadt, Curr Pfalz, Germany just prior to their emigration to America in 1675. Pierre and Agatha had eight children, all of whom, it is believed, were born in New Paltz and baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church at Kingston, New York. In 1692, Pierre built the Deyo House, which still stands and is now owned and operated by the Huguenot Historical Society.
—ii.Maria Deyo. m Abraham Hasbrouck.
—iii.Anna Deyo. m Jean Hasbrouck.
—iv.Elizabeth Deyo. m Simon LeFevre.
—v.Margaret Deyo. m Abraham DuBois on Mar 6, 1681 at Kingston, NY.