The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and his descendants

BARTHOLOMEW DUPUY'S ANCESTRY. 177
Chap. II I. niignciiot Refugee, to Virginia, from Raj)hael Do-
I*iiy of Frauce, A. D., 1030, is the result of weveral
years foreign and domestic research, and tliat I believe
the same to be historically correct.
Henry Dudley Teetor.
New York, Jan. 20th, 1906.
The Importance of Family Records.
Many do not jealously guard family
Family TGcords. All ouglit to do it, foi" tlicy are
Registers jjj-^pQp^a.nt uot Only in determining blood-
Kept, ^relationship, family property, class privileges
and national history, but also the origin of
one who may become famous. We at once
want to know who such an one is; what are
his belongings; who are his ancestors.
Wliile compiling this genealogy, the author
was applied to for the pedigree of a 3^oung
descendant, who had been elected to a professorship
in a State University, and it was
furnished. The idea is true, no man is a distinct
and separate individual. We are all
products. We all belong to the past. Those
who have been live over again in their
children. Hence, in a man's biography, his
ancestors are alwaj^s recorded. The author
also received letters from some families, who
are probably lineal descendants of Bartholomew
Dupuy, but, having lost their pedigree,
they could not be connected with him. So
every one should endeavor to preserve a complete
and accurate pedigree, which will be useful,
and some day may become eloquent in
lessons to his posterity.
The author has strenuously aimed at accuracy
and completeness in compiling the
genealogy, but has been too dependent on