Moses was born at sea and became a captain of a merchant ship. He happened to visit Kingston, met Maria Wynkoop, and "the ship not going, came again and married." They settled on her family land in Rochester and survived a huge flood in 1689 by spending 3 days and nights in the barn on high ground. Moses was a Justice of the Peace, and with Jochem Schoonmaker, "held the patent of the town of Rochester, given 1703 by Queen Anne." There were four intermarriages among the Moses DePuy and Jochem Schoonmaker families.188, "The Schoonmaker Family of Ulster Co., N.Y." by Thomas G. Evans, pp 22-26, Jan. 1888

Served in Captain William Hide’s Company, Albany, NY (1697-98).

“Moses, born about 1657, married about 1680, Maria Wyncoop, born in Albany in 1660, daughter of Cornelis Wyncoop, who later settled at Kingston, where Moses Du Puy established his home for a time. Later we find him farther to the south and west, in the County of Ulster, where, in the towns of Marbletown and Rochester, he and his sons were substantial farmers, and among the foremost in upholding good government. In his old age Moses married again. The record, 16th October, 1724, credits him as the widower of Maria Wyncoop. His bride was Peterneltje De Pree, widow of Marinous VanAken, “both living at Rochester.” The Kingston Dutch Church Records (published) gives Moses eleven children, all by his first wife as follows: Mareitje, baptised April 24, 1681, Nicholas, December 3, 1682, Catharina, April 6, 1684, Magdalena, March 14, 1686, Cornelis, January 8, 1688, Catrina, May 25, 1690, Moses, September 27, 1691, Benjamin, October 13, 1695, Susanna, January 9, 1698, Catharina, November 30, 1701, Jacobus, September 19, 1703. He probably also had a son Johannes, who married December 26, 1725, Sara Van Steenberg. Marriage records of the other sons of Moses are as follows: Nicholas De Puy and Weyntjen Roosa, March 22, 1707, Cornelis De Puy and Catrina Van Aken, May 6, 1713, Moses De Puy and Margrietje Schoonmaker, February 14, 1716, Benjamin De Puy and Elisabeth Schoonmaker, September 3, 1719, Benjamin married 2d, December 13, 1735, Eicke Dewitt, Jacobus De Puy and Sara Schoonmaker, August 26, 1725. These five, and probably six sons of Moses, each head a separate lineage that may not be difficult to trace. This branch is represented among the early settlers of the Minisink Country, and along the Delaware in Pennsylvania.”189, April