The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and his descendants

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The following letter was written by Johnchap.n.
Dupuy of Kentucky. He was born in King
William Parish, Va., March 17, 1738, and was
a son of John James Dupuy, and a Baptist
minister. He moved to Kentucky in 1784.
It is probably addressed to Dr. William Jones
Dupuy, born 1792, a descendant of Peter
Dupuy, who lived in Dinwiddle County, Va.,
as it was found among the papers of his
brother, Joseph Dupuy, and a copy forwarded
to the author by Judge James A. Dupuy, son
of Joseph Dupuy.
30th January 1814.
Brother William: I received your friendly let- 1814.
ter and the Minutes of Several Associations and L®"" °*
thank you for them. I have taken notice of your john
request to give you what information I could con- Dupuy.
cerning the Emigration of the French refugees,
which I shall take pleasure in doing and recording
the noble deeds of my Ancestors who left their
country, not fearing the wrath of the King "but
endured as seeing Him who is invisible."
My grandfather's name was Bartholomew Dupuy,
he was born in France about the year 1650
or 1653. At the age of 18 enlisted in the French
army as a Common Soldier, served 14 years and
in that time arose to the command of Lieutenant
and was often sent out on recruiting business and
had Captain's pay. He fought 14 battles in Flanders
besides skirmishes and duels and the Lord
preserved him through all. Their manner of fighting
was as follows:—Once a year they fought a
pitched battle in Flanders with 100,000 men on
each side and fought three days successively. The
first day the armies fired at each other the whole
day and at night slept on the ground. The second
and third days passed the same way until 11 o'clk
a. m. of the third, when they laid down their guns,