The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and his descendants

LINE OF JOHN JAMES^DUPUY. 259
Descendants of John James^Dupuy.
John Jatnes^Dupiiy, m. Susanna Levilain (p. 179).
Issue :
Chap. III. I. Olympia^Dupuy, b., King William Parish,
D^y. Va., Nov. 12, 1729 (B. R. No. 9) ; d., aged 93 yrs.,
at the home of her son, Edward Trabue, Woodford
Co., Ky. ; m., 1744-45, John James Trabue, b.,
1722; d. Dec. 23, 1803; [Ensign in the Revolution,
and acquired the right of half pay, commutation
and bounty lands under the act of Congress; Son
of Anthony and Magdalene (Flournoy, died, Henrico
Co., Va., Nov., 1731, daughter of Jacob Flournoy)
Trabue, born, about 1667, near Montauban,
France, escaped to Holland, 1087, and emigrated
to England, thence to America, and settled in
King William Parish, Va., in 1701, where he died,
Jan., 1724, aged about fifty-six or seven years, leaving
five children—
Anthony, Jacob, John James,
Judith and Magdalene. "Antoine (Anthony) Tra-
bue, a native of Montauban, aged about 19, of good
size, fine carriage, dark complexion — having a scar
under his left eye, has always professed the Reformed
Religion, in which his parents raised him,
and has never committed any offense that has come
to our knowledge, other than what the violence of
the late horrible persecutions justified, which persecutions
God has had the kindness to stop, and
for which he has given us reparation. We com-
* mend him to the care of Divine Providence, and to
a cordial reception from our Brethren. Done at
Lausanne this 15th of September, A. D., 1687."
(Signed by the church pastors of Montauban, Lausignarque,
Dauphiny, Lausanne, and Beam, and
original sheepskin parchment forwarded to Mr. A.
E. D. Trabue of Hannibal, Mo., by Mr. Macon Trabue
of Virginia, many years ago.) The manner of
his escape from France is given in a "Memorandum"
of his family history, left by his grandson,
Daniel Trabue: "I understand that my grand-