Rachel de Forest (1609 - 1643)

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

Ancestors

Wife of Jean (Mousnier) de la Montagne Sr — married 12 Dec 1626 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

Descendants

Died 12 Dec 1643 at about age 34 in Vrendendahl, Manhattan, New Netherland

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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 ^[1]

Children

Known children of Johannes de La montagne and Rachel de Forest (de four) were^[2]:

• Jolant de La Montagne was bp. on Feb 24, 1627 at PetersKerk, Leiden, Zuid Holland.^[3][4] Father Johannes Montaigne, Mother not named, Sponsors/Witnesses were: Marij du Cleu, Jan de Toore. Jolant d. 7 November 1635, Leyden, Netherlands^[5]
  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. ^[6] Parents were: Jean Mousnier, Rachel des Forest. Sponsors were: Esther de la Grange, Gerar des Forest. ^[7]; 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.^[8]. 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^[9]. 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 b. 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 Hendrickazen 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^{[10][11] [12]}

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,^[13]. to Bauduin Lucas, Witnesses were Jean de Moignier and 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 or Witness) Lucien and his wife get. Jean called La Montaigne and his wife 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 de Forest. 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 New Amsterdam. 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 August 18, 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 Claverack, New York.

Death

Rachel du Forest died December 12, 1643 in Verndal (Vrendendahl, Manhattan)), New York, New York, USA. Age: 33-34.^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ 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
2. ↑ Excerpts from: DE LA MONTAGNE & DE HOOGES LINES
3. ↑ Peterskerk Bapt. Record: 1627, Feb 24;Johannes Montaigne,;Jolant Montaigne; Marij du Cleu, Jan de Toore. Archiefnr:1004, Archiefnaam: Dopen NH Pieterskerk, Inventarisnummer: 221
4. ↑ SDJM (Society of the Descendants of Johannes de la Montagne) Newsletter - 18:2. 2121.
5. ↑ SDJM (Society of the Descendants of Johannes de la Montagne) Newsletter, 18:2. 2125
6. ↑ 1629 May 06; Jean Mousnier, Rachel des Forest; Josse Mousnier; Esther de la Grange, Gerar des Forest. Archiefnr: 1004, Archiefnaam: Dopen Waalse Kerk, Inventarisnummer: 271
7. ↑ SDJM (Society of the Descendants of Johannes de la Montagne) Newsletter, 18:2. 2122.
8. ↑ WalseKerk Bapt. Record: 1633 Apr 24; Jean Mousnier, Rachel Des Forest; Jean Mousnier; no sponsors. Archiefnr:1004, Archiefnaam: Dopen Waalse Kerk; Inventarisnummer: 271
9. ↑ SDJM (Society of the Descendants of Johannes de la Montagne) Newsletter, 18:2. 2122.
10. ↑ NARDC Bapt. Record: 1641 Apr 22; Jan de la Montagne; Willem; Willem Kieft, Everadus Bogardus, Marritje Thymes, Cataline Strafele
11. ↑ Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam 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.
12. ↑ Society of the Descendants of Johannes de la Montagne
13. ↑ 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
14. ↑ A source is needed for this information.

• DE LA MONTAGNE & DE HOOGES LINES http://pcez.com/~bigshoe/dt/Hove/montagne.html

• Church Records: Samuel S. Purple's 'Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York, Marriages from 11 December 1639 to 26 August 1801.'; The beginning records show the date the Banns were registered, NOT the date of marriage. Starting on 9/20/1673 marriage dates are given.

• Source Book: Revised History of Harlem (City of New York): Its Origin and Early Annals: Prefaced by Home Scenes in the Fatherlands; Or Notices of Its Founders Before Emigration. Also, Sketches of Numerous Families, and the Recovered History of the Land-titles ...James Riker, New Harlem Pub., 1904/

• The Society of the Descendants of Johannes de la Montagne http://delamontagne.org/history.htm See also: SDJM Newsletter

• Church Records: Erfgoed Leiden en omstreken; Heritage Leiden and surroundings.

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Ancestral File. Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998. Ancestral File Number: G2FD-34

• Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/1545140/family

• [3241761.ged]: Marriage: My Family Tree; Ancestry.com.

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