Persons of Note on the DeVoe side of the family
- Nicholas de Vaux (born about 1642) and Frederick de Vaux (born about 1645): brothers and Huguenot ancestors who fled with their parents from religious persecution in France and reached New York City in the 1670's
- Abraham De Voe (1725 - 1805): he was a Revolutionary War "minute man" and an acquaintance of General George Washington
- Frederick Deveau (1726 - 1808): at his home the Methodist denomination was introduced into Westchester County, New York; after the Revolution the state confiscated his farm and presented it to the author Thomas Paine
- Thomas Farrington De Voe (1811 - 1892): author of Genealogy of the de Veaux Family: introducing the numerous forms of spelling the name by various branches and generations in the past eleven hundred years, published in 1885
- Frederick William Devoe (1828 - 1913): president of the Devoe and Raynolds paint company, died a millionaire
- James C. Mayne (1843 - 1917): fought in a Connecticut regiment at the battle of Gettysburg, where he was credited with rescuing the Connecticut state flag after the color bearer was killed
- Rachel Amelia Troup (1884 - 1986): she outlived two husbands and died at age 101
Persons of Note on the Josselyn side of the family
- Ralph Jocelyn (about 1160 - 1212): earliest ancestor known with any certainty; had estates in several English counties
- Sir Ralph Jocelyn (died 1478): a Knight of the Bath, twice elected Lord Mayor of London, and brother of a Josselyn ancestor
- George Soule (about 1597 - 1680): English ancestor and Pilgrim who came to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620
- Thomas Josselyn (1591 - 1661): English ancestor who immigrated with his family to New England in 1635
- John Stockbridge (born about 1608): English ancestor who immigrated in 1635 and built a grist mill in Scituate, Massachusetts that is still in existence
- Abraham Josselyn (1649 - 1676): an attack by Indians on Lancaster, Massachusetts resulted in the cruel deaths of this brother of an ancestor and his family
- Edgar Alonzo Josselyn (1861 - 1943): he won a prestigious scholarship for study and travel in Europe, and designed impressive buildings in his architectural practice in New York City
