Generation No. 1

1. CHARLES DU BOIS II DE FIENNES was born Abt. 1536 in Wicres, France,
and died 1607 in France. He married BARBE DE BEAUFERMEZ in Flanders,
daughter of HENRI DE BEAUFREMEZ and ANTOINETTE CHAPELLE. She was born
in Flanders or Herlies, France.

Notes for BARBE DE BEAUFERMEZ:

Before her marriage, she lived at Herlies with her father who was
Seigneur de Beaufremez. Her husband, Charles, lived at Vermelles. After
their marriage they lived at Vermelles which Charles inherited from his
father. Herlies and Vermells are only 8 miles apart. The estates of
Beaufremez were lost to the family Beaufremez as early as 1446 when
Maria du Biez married Antoine de Landas.

Children of CHARLES DE FIENNES and BARBE DE BEAUFERMEZ are:
2.i.JEAN DUBOIS IV DE FIENNES, b. Abt. 1566, Vermielle, Wicres,
France.
3.ii.PIERRE DU BOIS DE FIENNES, b. Abt. 1568, Flanders; d. 1623,
Canterbury, England, Great Britain.


Generation No. 2

2. JEAN DUBOIS IV DE FIENNES was born Abt. 1566 in Vermielle, Wicres,
France.

Notes for JEAN DUBOIS IV DE FIENNES:

He was living in 1633 and listed as from Tournai.

Children of JEAN DUBOIS IV DE FIENNES are:
i. JEAN DUBOIS, b. Abt. 1591, Tournai, Artois area, Flanders; m.
CORNELIA BRUNEL, Abt. 1629, probably a Protestant church Mannheim; b.
Abt. 1599, Tournai, Province of Artois, Flanders; d. Province of
Flanders.

Notes for CORNELIA BRUNEL:

Cornelia joined the Protestant Church at Middleborg on March 2, 1646.
Reference: "The European Ancestry of Chretian DuBois of Wicres, France
1597-1628 with Royal Descents", a treatise on the ancestry of the DuBois
Family by Matthew Hilt Murphy 1987-1990. Cornelia may have become a
Huguenot when she married Jean duBois.

ii. LOUIS DUBOIS, b. Abt. 1592, Wicres, Province of Artois, France.

Notes for LOUIS DUBOIS:

He remained a Catholic as was designated as a Seigneur de Fontaines.
Became a M rquis in 1653.

iii. FRANCOISE DUBOIS, b. 1595, France.
iv.CHRETIAN DU BOIS [DE FIENNES], b. Abt. 1597, Tournai, Wicres,
Flanders; d. Abt. 1628, Province of Flanders; m. CORNELIA BRUNEL, Abt.
1619, Flanders; b. Abt. 1599, Tournai, Province of Artois, Flanders; d.
Province of Flanders.

More About CHRETIAN DU BOIS DE FIENNES:
Burial: Abt. October 1655, Province of Flanders

v. JACQUES DUBOIS, b. 1600, France.
vi. XAVIER DUBOIS, b. 1602, France.
vii. PIERRE DUBOIS, b. 1608, Tournai, Flanders; m. MAGDELENA DU RIEUX,
April 09, 1633, Reformed Church - Leiden, Holland; b. from Liege.


3. PIERRE DU BOIS DE FIENNES was born Abt. 1568 in Flanders, and died
1623 in Canterbury, England, Great Britain. He married JEANNE DESMULLIE
1593 in Flanders.