Rachel de Forest

New Amsterdam - Immigrants

Source 1:Rachel de Forest

• Descendants of Jean Mousnier de la MONTAGNE (1595-1670)
• Contact: Lois Stewart loissdjm2@aol.com
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From "The Northup/Banta Family Tree"

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Record of Marriage and other data:

Sources:

Title: Book of Marriages of the Pieterskerk, Leiden, Holland

Publication: Original record books in the Leiden Archives

Repository:

Media: Book

Page: 27 November 1626

Text: Jean Moenijer jongman student inde medicinae, wonend opde Voldersgraft vergeselt met Geraerd de Foree zijn bekende op Mare met Ragel de Foree jonge dochter wonende aldaer vergeselt met Heste de la Grange haer moeije mede aldaer

Title: Records of the Walloon Church, Leiden, Holland

Publication: Original record books in the Leiden Archives

Repository:

Media: Book

Page: Marriage Book for 28 November 1626

Text: Jean Monnier estudiant en medicine demeurant sur l;e Voldersgracht, et Rachel des Forests demeurant au mesme endroit.

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Daughter of Jesse and Marie duCloux deForest

At her death she left her husband and five children, including three daughters who "became the most attractive young women of their day in the province." (quote from "The History of the Kip Family in America" by Frederic Ellsworth Kip, 1928"

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https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40000-46516261/rachel-de... 4 Rachel de ForestGender: FemaleBirth: Circa 1609 - Sedan, FranceMarriage: Spouse: Jean Mousnier de la Montagne - Nov 28 1626 - in Walloon Church in Leyden, Holland , Zuid, Holland, NetherlandsDeath: 1643 - New Amsterdam, New YorkFather: <a>Jessé de Forest</a>Mother: <a>Marie du Cloux</a>Husband: <a>Jean Mousnier de la Montagne</a>Children: <a>Jolant de la Montagne</a>, <a>Jesse de la Montagne</a>, <a>Jan Monier de la Montagne, Jr.</a>, <a>Maria de la Montagne</a>, <a>Rachel Mousnier de la Montagne</a>, <a>Willem Monjeur de la Montagne</a>, <a>Yolanta de la Montagne</a>, <a>Unknown Unknown</a>Siblings: <a>Marie de Forest, died young</a>, <a>Hendrick de Forest (born DeForest)</a>, <a>Jean de Forest</a>, <a>Elizabeth de Forest</a>, <a>David de Forest</a>, <a>Anne de Forest</a>, <a>Isaac Forest</a>, <a>Nicaise de Forest</a>, <a>Jesse de Forest</a>, <a>Isaac Hendrick de Forest</a>, <a>Israel DeForeest</a>, <a>Phillippe DeForeest</a> Record 40000:46516261:

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Correct surname spelling

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!ORDINANCES: br in Leyden, Zuid Holland, ===
!ORDINANCES: br in Leyden, Zuid Holland, Netherlands, B 14 Aug 1992, E 11 Dec 1992, SP 26 Jan 1993, LA; br abt 1604, France, B 2 Feb 1994, E 19 mar 1994, SP 25 Mar 1994 OG; !MAR: Register of Persons Married Here or Outside the City of New York (Johannes de La montagne, Widower Van Rachel Defour, en Agnietie Jilles, Widow Van Arendt Corszens Stam.);

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Life Sketch

Gerard DeForest was joint owner of the ship Rensselaerwyck along with Killian Van Renssaelaer.His nephew Issac DeForest along with Isaac's brother Hendrick and sister Rachael sailed from Leyden, Holland to New Amsterdam, New York arriving in America 5 March 1637.

The DeFreest Family website-see sources
~~~~~ Upon the death of Jesse De FOREST at Brazil, Jan de la MONTAGNE returned to Leyden, Holland, and enrolled anew at the University there as a "student of medicine, " 7 July 1626. He had taken convenient lodgings on the Voldersgraft with the widow, Marie (Du CLOUX) deFOREST, whose only daughter, Rachel deFOREST, he married as his first wife, 12 December 1626, at the Walloon Church in Leyden. Jan and Rachel (deFOREST) MONTAGNE had children: Jolent, Jan, Rachel, Maria, Jesse, and William. Johannes de la MONTAGNE married secondly, 18 Aug 1647, to Agritta GILLIS, the widow of Elias PROVOOST and Arent CORSSE STAM. See O'Callaghan HISTORY OF NEW NETHERLAND, v.II, p.21n; Theo. L. Van Norden, THE VAN NORDEN FAMILY (1923), pp.65-67. The third child of Jean or Johannes de la MONTAGNE by his first wife was Jean MONTAGNE, born, 1632, in Leyden, who married first to Petronella PICKOLL, and then married as his second wife, 10 June 1663, Maria VERMILYE, born 1629, dau. of Isaac VERMIELLE, and was thus an uncle by marriage of Isaac VERMILYE who married, 16 Jan 1707, to Josyntje OBLINIS, widow of Teunis CORSSE. After the death of Jan MONTAGNE, his widow, Marie VERMILYEA married, 26 Sept. 1675, Isaac KIP. Mrs. Robert DeForest, A WALLOON FAMILY IN AMERICA, v.i,p.105-106, v.ii,p.285. James Riker, HISTORY OF HARLEM (1881), p.166,574; James Riker, REVISED HISTORY OF HARLEM (1904), pp.784-791

Rensselaerswyck

1636-1637 Voyage

Thanks goes to Ruth Piwonka for transcribing this list for the Olive Tree Genealogy

Source Notes: A J F Van Laer compiled a list of Settlers of Rensselaerswyck 1630-1658 as an appendix to his translation of The Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts (published Albany: State University of New York, 1908). This appendix has been reprinted by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1965 under the title Settlers of Rensslaerwyck.

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BIRTH: Date: Abt. 1609 - Doc. HIS000019 ===
BIRTH: Date: Abt. 1609 - Doc. HIS000019 Place: Leyden,,,Holland - Doc. HIS000019 DEATH: Date: 1647 - Doc. HIS000019 Place: New Harlem,,,New Netherlands now New York City - Doc. HIS000019 MARRIAGE: (1) Rachel DeForest and Johannes De La Montagne - Doc. HIS000019 Date: December 12, 1626 - Doc. HIS000019 Place: Walloon Church at Leyden,,,Holland - Doc. HIS000019

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1 SLGS 2 DATE 5 MAR 1958 2 PLAC IF 1. ===
1 SLGS 2 DATE 5 MAR 1958 2 PLAC IF 1. B: INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL INDEX (IGI) 1988 EDITION BATCH #8308831, SERIAL SHEET: 15. 2. M: INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL INDEX (IGI) 1988 EDITION BATCH #A459007, SERIAL SHEET: 2378.

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!Source of info Family Records & Walloon ===
!Source of info Family Records & Walloon Family in America Vol#1 Pg.13-56 and the DeForests of Avesnes.

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Individual Record FamilySearch™ Pedigre ===
Individual Record FamilySearch™ Pedigree Resource File

Rachel Monjour De Forest Compact Disc #21 Pin #151298 Sex: F

Event(s): Birth: bef 1609 Place: Leyden, Holland, Netherlands Death: 12 Dec 1643 Place: Verndal, New York

Parents: Father: Jessie De Forest <individual_record.asp?recid=210151299> Disc #21 Pin #151299 Mother: Marie Du Cloux <individual_record.asp?recid=210151300> Disc #21 Pin #151300

Marriage(s): Spouse: Jean Mousier De la Montagne <individual_record.asp?recid=210151297> Disc #21 Pin #151297 Marriage: Place:

Notes and Sources: Notes: None Sources: None

Submitter: Brad CORNELISON 1701 Valmora Dr. Stockton, California 95210

Submission Search: 1054596-1015100010335 <search_prf.asp?submission_number=1054596%2D1015100010335&regionfriendly=&region=%2D1&juris1=&juris2=&juris3=&juris4=&juris1friendly=&juris2friendly=&juris3friendly=&juris4friendly=> URL: <> CD-ROM: Pedigree Resource File - Compact Disc #21

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Category:New Netherland Huguenots ===
Category:New Netherland Huguenots

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Biography

Birth

: Born about 1609 in Montcornet, Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France

: 1609 Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Christening

: 1609 Montcornet, Picardy, France

Marriage

: Wife of Jean M. (Montagne) de la Montagne — married December 12, 1626 in Walloon Church, Leyden, Netherlands, Holland
:Ragel de Foree Leiden: 27-11-1626 bride/bruid Place/ Plaats: Leiden Date int marr/ Datum ondertrouw: 27-11-1626:Groom/ Bruidegom: Jean Moenyer Residence groom/ Woonplaats bruidegom: Voldersgraft occupation/Beroep: medical student/ student medicijnen:Bride/ Bruid : Ragel de Foree Residence bride/ Woonplaats bruid: Voldersgraft :Comments/ Opmerkingen: Getuigen bruidegom: Gerard de Foree bekende Maren - Getuigen bruid: Hester de la Grange moeie Voldersgraft <ref> Bron: Archiefnr: 1004 Archiefnaam Nederlands Hervormd Ondertrouw (1575-1795) Inventarisnummer: 10 Folio K - 016 Bron: Dutch Reformed int marr/Nederlands Hervormd Ondertrouw (1575-1795) Scan int Marriage November 11, 1626 Leiden</ref>

Children

:Known children of Johannes de La montagne and Rachel de Forest (de four) were<ref> Excerpts from: DE LA MONTAGNE & DE HOOGES LINES</ref>:

• Jolant de La Montagne was bp. on Feb 24, 1627 at PetersKerk, Leiden,Zuid Holland.<ref>Peterskerk Bapt. Record: 1627, Feb 24;Johannes Montaigne,;Jolant Montaigne; Marij du Cleu, Jan de Toore. Archiefnr:1004,Archiefnaam: Dopen NH Pieterskerk, Inventarisnummer: 221 </ref><ref>SDJM Newsletter - 18:2. 2121.</ref>; Father Johannes Montaigne, Mothernot named, Sponsors/Witnesses were: Marij du Cleu, Jan de Toore. Jolant d. 7 November 1635, Leyden, Netherlands<ref>SDJM Newsletter, 18:2. 2125</ref>. ::◦d. 1627 Leyden, Zuid Holland (/Tobago, West Indies)
• Josse Mousnier was bp. on May 6, 1629 at the Walloon Church of Leiden, Zuid Holland, Netherlands. <ref> 1629 May 06; Jean Mousnier, Racheldes Forest; Josse Mousnier; Esther de la Grange, Gerar des Forest. Archiefnr: 1004, Archiefnaam: Dopen Waalse Kerk, Inventarisnummer: 271</ref>. Parents were: Jean Mousnier, Rachel des Forest. Sponsors were:Esther de la Grange, Gerar des Forest. <ref>SDJM Newsletter, 18:2. 2122.</ref>; Josse d. after 1647, New Amsterdam, New Netherlands. ::◦b. 1629 Leyden, Zuid Holland, Netherlands/ Tobago, West Indies ::◦d. 1647 Ft. Amsterdam/ New Harlem, New York, NY
• Jean Mousnier Jr. was bp. on April 24, 1633 at the Walloon Church, Leiden, Zuid Holland, Netherlands.<ref>WalseKerk Bapt. Record: 1633 Apr24; Jean Mousnier, Rachel Des Forest; Jean Mousnier; no sponsors. Archiefnr:1004, Archiefnaam: Dopen Waalse Kerk; Inventarisnummer: 271 </ref>. Parents were: Jean Mousnier, Rachel Des Forest. There were no recorded sponsors.
  Jan Mousnier de La Montagne, JR., b. 1632, Leyden, Netherlands; was bp. 24 April 1633 at the Walloon Church of Leyden, Netherlands<ref>SDJM Newsletter, 18:2. 2122.</ref>. Jan died ca. 1672, at New Harlem, New York.::◦c. 21 Oct. 1630 Leyden, Zuid Holland, Neth. (not supported by bp.Record) ::◦d. AFT 13 May, 1672 Brooklyn, NY ::m.(1): Peternella Pikes 14 Mar. 1654/55 Slooterdyk/ Noord, Zuid Holland, Netherlands :::◾b. 1634 Leiden, Zuid Holland, Netherlands :::◾d. 1662 Harlem, New York, NY :::◾Father: Jan Pike::◦m.(2): Maria Vermilye 15 May/ 10 June 1663 Brooklyn, Kings, NY �2 CONC ¾b. 1629 Leyden, Zuid Holland, Netherlands :::◾d. 1689 New Harlem, NY :::◾Father: Isaac Vermilye :::◾Mother: Jacomina Jacobs
• Rachel de La Montagne, b. 1634, Leyden, Netherlands (No Baptizm record found); d. 4 October 1664, Wiltwyck, Ulster County, New York; m. GYSBERT VAN IMBROCH, 1657, probably at Fort Orange. ::◦b. 1634 Leyden, Zuid Holland, Netherlands ::◦d. 4 Oct. 1664 Wiltwyck/ Kingston, Ulster, NY ::◦Family: Dr. Gysbert von Imbroch (ABT 1632/34-1665) 8 Mar. 1654 New Harlem, New Amsterdam, New Netherlands
• Marie de La Montagne, b. 26 January 1637, aboard the ship Rensselaerswyck off the island of Madeira; m. JACOB HENDRICKSZEN KIP, 8 March 1654, New York Reformed Dutch Church. ::◦c. 25 Jan. 1637 at sea, near Madeira ::◦d. 25 Aug. 1711 New Amsterdam, New York, NY ::◦Family: Jacob Hendricksen Kip (1631-1690) 8 Mar. 1653/54 New Amsterdam, New York, NY
• Willem de La Montagne, b. ca. 1641 was baptised on Apr 22, 1641, at New Amsterdam, NN. Baptism was recorded at the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam, NN<ref>NARDC Bapt. Record: 1641 Apr 22; Jan de la Montagne; Willem; Willem Kieft, Everadus Bogardus, Marritje Thymes, Cataline Strafele </ref><ref>Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in NewAmsterdam and New York; Baptisms From 25 December, 1639, to 27 December 1730. Ed. Thomas Grier Evans. New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1901. Facsimile reprint Englewood, NJ: Bergen Historic Books, 1998. 1: 12. Baptismal sponsors were the Director of the Colony, Willem Kief; Domine Everardus Bogardus; Marritje Thymes; and Cataline Strafele. Willem's father's name was given as Jan de la Montagne and his mother was not named, showing that she might have been too ill to get to the church for the baptismal ceremony.</ref> <ref>Society of the Descendants of Johannes de la Montagne</ref>:: Date: 1641, at New Harlem, NY. He m. Eleanora de Hooges, May 1673, at Ulster County, New York.

Other Church Events

• Rachel Lucas was baptized on Aug 17, 1628 at the Walloon Church of Leiden, Zuid Holland,<ref>Walloon Bapt Record: 1628 Aug 17; Bauduin Lucas;;Rachel;Lucien Lucas; Jean de Moignier and his wife, Rachel du Forest. Archiefnr: 1004, Archiefnaam: Dopen Waalse Kerk, Inventarisnummer: 271</ref>. to Bauduin Lucas, Witnesses were Jean de Moignierand his wife, Rachel du Forest. Erfgoed Leiden en omstreken Walse Kerk dopen record comment: get. Lucien en zijn vrouw, get. Jean genaamd La Montaigne en zijn vrouw Rachel; in English, get. (Sponsor orWitness) Lucien and his wife get. Jean called La Montaigne and hiswife Rachel.

Residence

: Following is a timeline for Jan and his wife Rachel:

• 1609 (ca.): Rachel du Forest was born, possibly in France.* 1623-1625: Johannes Mousnier de La Montagne accompanied Jesse de Forest to the Amazon River and the coast of Guiana in 1623, one of a party of eleven Huguenot men looking for a site to establish a Huguenot colony. De la Montagne returned to Leyden on the "Black Eagle" late in 1625, bringing with him the journal and maps of the exploration party with the sad news that Jesse de Forest had died in Guiana. * 1626, Nov 11: Jean Moenyer and Ragel de Foree were married at Leiden, Zuid Holland. * 1628, Aug 17: Jean de Moignier (called de La Montagne) and Rachel du Forest witnessed a baptism in Leiden, Zuid Holland. * 1628 -1631: In 1628, Jean de la Montagne left with is young bride, de Forest's daughter Rachel, on the "Fortuyn" for the island of Tobago, a Dutch possession in the Windward Islands, northwest of Guiana. * 1629, May 06: Son Josse Mousnier was bp. on May 6, 1629 at the Walloon Church of Leiden, Zuid Holland, Netherlands. (Possibly born in Tobago.) Husband Jean was recorded on the baptism register.* 1631, Rachel de Forest, Jean's wife, returned to Leyden in 1631, supposedly enfeebled by the climate of this Caribbean Isle.
• 1633: Her husband Jean probably returned in 1633. * 1633, Apr 24: Jean Mousnier Jr. was bp. on April 24, 1633 at the Walloon Church, Leiden, Zuid Holland, Netherlands. Husband Jean was recorded on the baptism register.* 1634: Dau. Rachel de La Montagne, said to have been born ca. 1634, Leyden, Netherlands (No Baptizm record found);* 1636: Jean appears on the register of the University of Leyden for the third time in 1636. * 1636, Sep 25: On Sep 25, 1636: De la Montagne sailed for America for the third time, this time with his wife and three children, on the ship "Rensselaerswyck", owned by the patroon Kiliaen Van Resselaer and by the de Forest family, whose leader was now Rachel's uncle Gerard deForest. The de Forest group on the ship consisted of Rachel's brothers Henry and Isaac, as well as the de la Montagne family. * 1637, Mar 5: Maria de La Montagne, was born at sea, before the ship reached New Amsterdam on March 5, 1637. * 1637-1643: In the New Netherlands, Dr. de la Montagne set up business as a physician and as a chandler. Henry de Forest died soon after arrival, and Dr. Montagne was forced to take charge of the de Forest tobacco plantation in mid-Manhattan. The farm, called "Vrendendahl", included much of the upper half of what is now Central Park. * 1643, De 12: Rachel du Forest died December 12, 1643 at Vrendendahl,Manhattan, New York, New York.* 1643-1656: He was driven off the land by Indians (Director-General William Kieft's Indian war) and lived thereafter near the fort at NewAmsterdam. He was the official surgeon of New Amsterdam, and First Councillor (1638-1656). * 1647, Aug 18: Agnietie Jilles|Agneta ten Waert and Johannes de La Montagne, wid Rachel de Forest (Defour), posted marriage banns on August18, 1647. * 1656-1664: Montagne was appointed Vice-Director of the colony from 1656-1664, with special responsibility for Fort Orange (Albany) and the Dutch settlement at Beverwyck. * 1670, May 10: Jean Mousnier De La Montagne died on May 10, 1670 at Cleverack, Columbia County

Death

:Rachel du Forest died December 12, 1643 in Verndal (Vrendendahl, Manhattan)), New York, New York, USA. Age: 33-34.

Sources

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• DE LA MONTAGNE & DE HOOGES LINES http://pcez.com/~bigshoe/dt/Hove/montagne.html
• Church Records: [http://www.ancestralcurios.com/vital_statistics.htmSamuel S. Purple's 'Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Am

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No record of Rachel's birth has been found. She was probably born in Sedan, where her older brothers and sisters were christened but the baptismal records between 1609 and 1630 were destroyed by fire in World War II. We know that her parents moved to Leyden when she was about six years old. Her father left the family when she was about thirteen to explore South America and died there in 1624. Two years later, in Leyden's Walloon Church, Rachel married the man who had accompanied her father on the expedition. It was in Leyden that Rachel gave birth to her oldest son who did not long survive. In 1628 she and her husband booked passage on "The Fortuyn" bound for the Caribbean Islands. The following year their son Jesse was born on the Island of Tobago, at that time a Dutch possession. Rachel returned to Leyden in 1630 "enfeabled by the heat of the tropics" and in October gave birth to their third son. Her husband at some point also returned to Leyden for their daughter was born there in 1634. She would be the last of their children born in Leyden for in the fall of 1636, they, along with Rachel's two brothers, Hendrik and Isaac, booked passage on "The Rensselaerswyck" bound for New Netherland -- see The Ancestors and Descendants of James Montaney by Lois Stewart. The ship set sail on 25 Sept 1636. Rachel was five months pregnant at the time and their hope was that the passage would be a short one. However, they ran into rough weather and by 6 November, the captain decided to head for port. His log reads "seeing little hope of getting better wind and weather soon -- though God knows -- having lain to already 17 days because of severe gales and having few provisions for 52 or 53 souls, the number on board to keep dry, we could oppose it no longer, in the first place, on account of the sick people whose number increased daily because of their hardships and, in the second place, because we feared that it might last a long time yet. As we had already passed C ape Finisterre, Spain, to wit, to the north of it, in great peril and were drifting into the bay, I knew nothing better to do than to hold a council with the supercargo, the mate (Hendrik de Forest) and other advisers, to decide what had best be done in the matter. We concluded in the said council to put the helm hard up and to steer in God's name toward the Channel and try to get into Falmouth, England and Plymouth, which was done and at noon we found the latitude to be 43 degrees 9 minutes; the wind and weather as above". By 13 November they were south of the Scilly Islands but "it was very bad weather, we could not see for the rain, thunder and lightning. Toward daybreak the weather became a little better and in the day watch we turned towarrd the land to reconnoiter". Rachel's baby was born in January, about six weeks before their arrival in New Netherland. The family disembarked at Manhattan Island and started work on a farmhouse. Before it could be completed Hendrik de Forest contracted a fever (while in Virginia) and died soon after his return. War broke out with the Indians and although the de la Montagne farm escaped intact, the family was always on guard. Rachel's last son was born in 1641 and two years later (about the beginning of the Indian wars) she died, leaving her five young children motherless.

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