DeBevoise is a surname, probably related to the French city of Beauvais.David Cole: History of Rockland County, New York, 1986, page 130
People Charles I. DeBevoise, (1872-1958), US General Dickinson R. Debevoise, (1924-2015), United States District Judge Eli Whitney Debevoise, (1899-1990), New York lawyer, founder Debevoise & Plimpton Eli Whitney Debevoise II, (1953), former director of the World Bank Group Thomas M. Debevoise, (1929-1995), Vermont Attorney General William H. DeBevoise, (1826-1886), Union Army officer Sean W. DeBevoise, USMC, author "Headshot: Betrayal of a Nation"
Other Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City law firm
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