This genealogy picks up with from the book "The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and his Descendants" published by the Rev. B. H. Dupuy in 1908. Pierre "Peter" Dupuy was the son of Bartholomew Dupuy and Marie Gardier, Huguenot immigrants from France via Germany and England, who arrived in Manakin, Virginia just after 1700.

I am indebted to Dr. Edgar L. Frazell, M. D., who gave me his research notes, which form much of section on James Dupuy in this report, before he died in 1990.


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COUNT BARTHOLEMEW DUPUY b. about 1652 in France. The province in which he
was born, Languedoc, was a stronghold of Protestantism. He enlisted in the
French Army as a common soldier when only eighteen and served for fourteen
years, during which time he was in fourteen pitched battles besides skir-
mishes and duels. He became a lieutenant in the King's Household Guards.
Dupuy received a written pass, bearing the King's signature and seal, as he
often had to go through the country on recruiting services. He bought a
fine old chateau at Velours. In 1685 he married Susannah Lavillon, a young
countess of the Huguenot faith. Although Dupuy was a priest and of the King.
He was urged to give up his faith by the King before the Edict of Nantes, but
refused. After this edict, when the Huguenots were fleeing from their homes
and were fighting for their lives, he used the King's pass to protect himself
and his wife while helping others to escape. The pass was due to expire
Dec. 1, 1685. He ordered a village tailor to make the clothing of a gentle-
man's page. His wife wore this costume as a disguise, while he wore his
uniorm and carried his famous sword and several pistols. They began their
escape on the night of Nov. 30. Suzanne had her jewels, her Bible and Psalm
book, and some bread and wine. They fled on horseback but were soon over-
taken by dragoons. Suzanne was shot full in the chest and Dupuy saw her fall
forward on the horse's mane. Enraged, he shot the leaders of the dragoons,
and, drawing his sword, lashed about him until the soldiers fled or were
killed. As he seized the bridle of his wife's horse, Suzanne rose erect.
The ball had struck the Psalm book which she carried in her bosom and she was
unhurt. They continued their flight for eighteen days and finally reached
German soil. The couple fell to their knees and quoted the fortieth Psalm
together. They remained in Germany for fourteen years and we know nothing
about their stay there. In 1700 they came to America with one of the fleets
of Huguenots, landed first at Jamestown, and proceeded to Manakintown. We
know that Bartholemew had 133 acres on the south side of the James River in
1717 and 208 acres in 1722. He was elected a Vestryman of the Church at
Manakintown in 1718 and a church warden in 1725. His name, and the names of
his children and grandchildren, appear many times in the Vestrybook. The
will of Bartholemew is in Rev. Dupuy's book. He left five pounds to his
oldest son, Peter, ten pounds to John James, and two to his grandson, John
Bartholemew. The will was made Mar. 1742 and proved May 17, 1742