Melchort De Forest

1521 - 1572  (51 years)

• Name	Melchort De Forest
  Born	1521	Avesnes, Hainaut, France
  Gender	Male
  _FSFTID	L8YQ-5FD
  _UID	A91389A7FF094BC6B0BC0D5A016AA5270F48
  Died	1572	Avesnes, Hainaut, France
  Person ID	I1510	Strong History
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Melchort De Forest,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Jacqueline Bronchin,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F374	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine de Fosset,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	4 Apr 1533	Avesnes, Hainaut, France
  Children	1. Jean De Forest,   b. 1543, Avesnes, Hainaut, France ,   d. 22 Oct 1624  (Age 81 years)
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2020
  Family ID	F373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Melchort De Forest, of Asvesnes, France, was the father of Jean De Forest, the first Protestant of the De Forest family, and was the grandfather of the first De Forest emigrant to America. He married Catherine de Fosset, of Mons. Jean, their youngest son, married Anne Maillard, and settled in Holland along with thousands of his countrymen, Walloons and Huguenots. - Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Vol. I, p. 447