The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and his descendants

CHAPTER III.
GENEALOGY WITH BRIEF SKETCHES.
Ancestry of Bartholomew Dupuy.
Chap. III. The Pedigree of Bartholomew Dupuy which
Ancestry follows is claimed by its author to have been
culled from French authorities. It was com-
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omew" piled specially for this work, by Mr. Henry
Dupuy. Dudley Teetor, M. A., genealogist, of New
York.
I. In 1033, the Emperor Conrad conquered, at
the head of his army, the baronies of Aries and
Bourgogne in Prance.
Raphael DuPuy, in Latin, Podio, "grand Chambellan
de Pempire," followed him. He was one of
the Governors which that Emperor appointed over
his new possessions. After which, the descendants
of Raphael Dupuy became possessed of many
estates in Languedoc and Dauphine.
The Tomb of Raphael DuPuy was opened in
1610 by order of M. Le Comte de la Roche, "Gouveneur
de Romans en Dauphine." The corpse was
found extended upon a marble table; his spurs
upon one side, his sword upon the other, and upon
his head a helmet of lead containing the following
inscription upon a copper plate:—
"Raphael de
Podio, General de la Cavalerie Romaine, et Grand
Chambellan de I'Empire Romaine."
It is said that the "House of Du Puy en Dauphine"
possesses a gold medal granted to this Raphael
Du Puy, upon one side of which is written :—
"Raphael de Podio, grand chambellan de I'Empire
Romaine Sons PEmpereur, Auguste, Christ regnant
en chair." Raphael was succeeded by his son :
II. Hugues DuPuy 1st., Seigneur de Pereins,
d'Apifer & de Rocheport. He went to the Crusades,
with three of his children, and his wife Deurard de
Poisseu, in 1096. He founded the Abbey d'Aiguebelle.
Order of Saint Bernard, was one of the Generals
of "Godefroi de Bouillon," and for his bravery