Jessen de Forest
1642 - 1642 (0 years)-
Name Jessen de Forest Birth Nov 1642 [1, 2] Gender Male Death Nov 1642 [2] Baptism 9 Nov 1642 [1, 2] Person ID I5952 Hedges Last Modified 27 Jun 2025
Father Isaac Hendrick de Forest, b. 9 Jul 1616, Leiden, Leiden Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands 
d. 25 Jul 1674, Harlem, New York County, New York (Age 58 years) Mother Sarah Philippe du Trieux, b. Abt 1625, New Amsterdam, New Netherland d. 9 Nov 1692, Albany, Albany County, New York (Age 67 years) Marriage 9 Jun 1641 New Amsterdam [1, 3] Family ID F2537 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - named for his grandfather Jessen de Forest.
[1] - The year following the marriage there was great rejoicing in the lonely farmhouse, for a son and heir came to bless the young couple* He was baptized by Domine Bogardus in New Amsterdam on November 9, 1642, and was named " Jessen" for his grandfather, even Jesse's name having yielded to Dutch influence. Among the witnesses on this important occasion were Jochem Pietersen Kuyter, Isaack's nearest neighbor and a very eminent man in the colony; Philippe du Trieux, the baby's grandfather; and his aunt, Rachel de Forest, respectfully caUed "Madame dc La Montagne," on account of her husband's prominent position.
The rejoicing, however, was soon tumed to sorrow, for the Uttle boy lived only a short time, and his Aunt Rachel also died soon afterward, though we do not know the exact date.
A Walloon family in America, page 113.
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- named for his grandfather Jessen de Forest.
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Sources - [S151] Allen L. Truax, House of Truax: from the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, page 10, https://archive.org/details/houseoftruaxfrom00trua/page/n51/mode/2up.
- [S156] Emily Johnson De Forest, A Walloon family in America, page 113, https://archive.org/details/awalloonfamilyi04foregoog/page/n174/mode/2up.
- [S147] Association of Descendants of Philippe du Trieux, https://www.philippedutrieux.com/downloads/Descendants-of-Philippe-du-Trieux--5-generations.pdf, https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~truax/dutrieux.html.
- [S151] Allen L. Truax, House of Truax: from the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, page 10, https://archive.org/details/houseoftruaxfrom00trua/page/n51/mode/2up.