Jessé FOREST, DE FOREST

- 1624

• Name	Jessé FOREST, DE FOREST
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Oct 1624	Guinée Française   [1]
  Person ID	I27929	Boutin
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Jean FOREST, DE FOREST,   b. Abt 1548, Amsterdam, Hollande
  Mother	Anne MAILLARD,   b. Abt 1550, Amsterdam, Hollande d. 21 Apr 1640, Amsterdam, Hollande (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1570	Hollande   [2]
  Family ID	F1648	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marie DU CLOUX   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1601	Sedan, France   [1]
  Children	1. Rachel FOREST, DE FOREST   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Henri FOREST, DE FOREST,   b. 07 Mar 1606, Sedan, France d. 26 Jul 1637, Virginie, USA (Age 31 years)
  Family ID	F1650	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2023

  
  

• Notes

  They had three children including Rachelle, Henri, and Isaac. Jessé was involved in an aborted attempt to found a colony in Brazil, actually French Guiana. He died on 24 October 1624 in French Guiana. His children did not follow him to South America, but instead settled at New Amsterdam (New York city) several years later. Some have mistakenly credited Jessé with being a founder of New York (for example, J. W. De Forest 1900), but he never even visited the city. http://www.habitant.org/forest/index.htm

  
  

• Sources

  http://www.habitant.org/forest/index.htm. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/o/r/Jerry-m-Bordelon-Wa/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0420.html.