Abraham de Vaux 
Abraham was born on June 11th, 1668 in Mannheim, Germany. Abraham's father was Nicholas II de Vaux and his mother was Marie Sie. His paternal grandparents were Nicholas de Vaux and Susanne Francois; his maternal grandparents were Jean Sie and Marie Des Pre. He had a brother and three sisters, named John, Marie, Hester and Susanna. He was the oldest of the five children. He died in Phillipsburgh, Tarrytown, New York.General Notes
Families of the Colonial Town of Philipsburg, by Grenville Mackenzie
Westport, Connecticut, 1966, bound by Sleepy Hollow Restorations
Tarrytown, New York, 1976
THE SETTLEMENT OF PHILIPSBURGH
By MacKenzie, entered by Lisa Shea
To the north of Gerret Van Wert, just about Sheldon Brook, Abraham Devoe settled about 1703. He was born in Europe 1667, a son of the Huguenot refugee Nicholas Devoe who came from England with the Sies in 1674. Abraham married Mynno daughter of Paulus Jurckse and widow of Paulus Hoppe. They lived in Hackensack until about 1700 when they moved to Staten Island where they stayed about three years. In later years his leasehold was occupied by William Hunt. Abraham's godparents were Philippe Mane, young man, and Marie Petillon,young lady.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1620 in Festubert/Artois, dep.Pas-de-Calais, France
- b.~ 1630 in Festhubert, Artois, now Pas de Calai, France
- b. in of Festubert/Artois, dep.Pas-de-Calais, France
- b.11 Jun 1668 in Mannheim, Germany d. in Phillipsburgh, Tarrytown, New York
- b.< 1600 in Nielles les Calais, France d.< 1657 in Mannheim, Baden, Germany
- b.~ 1640 in Mannheim, Baden, Germany
- b.< 1600
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Abraham and Mynno were married in a religious ceremony in 1688 in First Reformed Dutch Church, Hackensack, n.J.. They had a daughter named Crestena.
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