Deyo Family History
From "The Deyo Family in America" by (the late)
Kenneth Hasbrouck (1958), typed by Esther Deyo Aldridge, President of the Deyo
Family Association.
FOREWORD
The history of the Deyo Family in America begins, fittingly
enough, with a grandpere named Christian, an apt title, because the impetus
for reaching these shores was religious persecution in Europe. It is a
Christian account which begins in the New World with a man named Christian.
The story of this remarkable and durable clan goes back to
the tenth century when a chieftain held a fortress in the Jura Mountains, and
continues to the 1600's when descendants were forced to flee across Europe to
avoid martyrdom for Calvinist beliefs. The succeeding flight to America
brought new adventures, a unique form of government, treaties with the
Indians, and at last refuge in a tiny settlement on the banks of the Wallkill
River in the shadow of the Shawangunks.
The history of the family in America is like a 10,000 piece
jigsaw puzzle. Their history in Europe is just as intricate, but one is
permitted to draw out only a few random pieces a year.
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