Laurent du Bois

Laurent du Bois was the first pastor of the first French Church in Boston, organizing a congregation in 1685.[1] He served until the following year when he was succeeded by David de Bonrepos, a refugee from the Antilles.[1] The congregation members were Huguenots, a term for French Protestants. Du Bois changed his name to Laurentius Van den Bosch after living in Holland.[2]

This article is about the 17th-century minister. For 21st-century scholar, see Laurent Dubois.

References
  1. Stapleton, Ammon (2011). Memorials of Huguenots in America: With Special Reference to Their Emigration to Pennsylvania. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 9780806303222. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  2. Charles Washington Baird (1885). History of the Huguenot emigration to America. Dodd, Mead & Company.
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