I am trying to untangle a DuBOIS mystery. Matthias DuBOIS and his wife, Catherine CARSHON/CORRISHON/CROCHERON/CORSSEN (among the many possibilities!) lived on State Island. The DuBOIS genealogy does not say where on the island, just that they lived on Staten Island! They had several children while living there:
Margaret b/bp 11 Oct 1770
Louis/Lewis b/bp 2 Jan 1772
Daniel b/bp 28 Feb 1776
Matthias Jr. b@1776
John b/bp 26 Jan 1777
Mary b/bp 26 May 1779
Again, neither the DAR record for Matthias nor the DuBOIS genealogy shed any light on the sources of these dates.

Wife Catherine died 18 Jul 1780, presumably on Staten Island, though the proof is not given. Matthias married 2nd Margaret MARSHALL in 1781 and had another 6 children. About 1792, the family moved to Broome County, NY.

I would like to find the baptismal records for Matthias' first 6 children, complete (hopefully!) with the names of their baptismal sponsors in hopes of learning a bit more about who Catherine actually might be. Does anyone have access to the church records to look up those baptisms? And/or the death record for wife Catherine? Any suggestion as to where I might find this information? These folks have been a puzzle for far too long!

Many thanks!
Liz DuBOIS