Louis Dubois
Louis Dubois was a Huguenot colonist to New Netherland, who founded, with his son and 10 other refugees known as the duzine, the village of New Paltz. These Protestant refugees fled Catholic persecution in France and Belgium, emigrating to the Palatinate in Germany before going to New Amsterdam and later up the Hudson River, ultimately to New Paltz.
Dubois and the others bought a large tract of land from the Native Americans, from the river to the mountains, and formed an early self governing council called the duzine, under nominal Dutch rule. Later, under the English, their land grants were confirmed. Huguenot Street, a National Historic District, has stone houses built by these refugees, including the Dubois Fort. This street is known as the oldest street in America with its original houses.
[W.E.B. Dubois]] is said to be grandson of a loyalist descendant of Louis Dubois who left for the West Indies. Most Dubois descendants supported the revolution, though, and now, descendants of the this family's "french father" can be found in every state of the union.