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Jean Melchior Deforest III 1511–1571 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1511

Birth Location: Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France

Death Date: 1571

Death Location: Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

Father: Melchior II

Mother: Jacqueline DEFOREST

Spouse(s): Agnes Walcot, Catherine DuFosset

Children(s): Jean DeForest, Melchior IV, Sir Forrest, Melchior IV, Jacques DeForest, Jacqueline DeForest, Antoine Forest, Jacqueline Forest, Gilles DeForest, Baltazar DeForest, Franchoise DeForest, Jaspard DeForest, George Forest

The story of Jean Melchior Deforest III began in 1511 in Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France. Jean Melchior Deforest III married Agnes Walcot, Catherine Dufosset, and had children including Alexia Furcy Forest, Antoine Deforest Forest, Baltazar Deforest, Franchoise Deforest, George Forest, Gilles Deforest, Jacqueline De Forest, Jacqueline Deforest, Jacques Deforest, Jaspard Deforest, Jean Melchior Deforest, Melchior Deforest Iv, Sir Miles Forrest. Jean Melchior Deforest III passed away in 1571 in Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

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Biography

  • The story of Jean Melchior Deforest III began in 1511 in Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France.
  • Jean Melchior Deforest III married Agnes Walcot, Catherine Dufosset, and had children including Alexia Furcy Forest, Antoine Deforest Forest, Baltazar Deforest, Franchoise Deforest, George Forest, Gilles Deforest, Jacqueline De Forest, Jacqueline Deforest, Jacques Deforest, Jaspard Deforest, Jean Melchior Deforest, Melchior Deforest Iv, Sir Miles Forrest.
  • Jean Melchior Deforest III passed away in 1571 in Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

Melchior II
1497–1549
Birth Location: Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France,
MI
Jacqueline DEFOREST
1500–1557
Birth Location: Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
JD

Spouses(s)

Agnes Walcot
1530–1628
Birth Location: Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England
AW
Catherine DuFosset
1510–1579
Birth Location: Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
CD

Children(s)

Jean DeForest
1543–1606
Birth Location: Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
JD
Melchior IV
1543–1606
Birth Location: Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
MI
Sir Forrest
1547–1636
Birth Location: Morborne Morebourne, Huntingdonshire, England
SF
Melchior IV
1541–1610
Birth Location: Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
MI
Jacques DeForest
1547–1610
Birth Location: Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
JD
Jacqueline DeForest
1542–1610
Birth Location: Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
JD
Antoine Forest
1550–1610
Birth Location: Avesnes, Flanders, Belgium
AF
Jacqueline Forest
1547–1610
Birth Location: Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
JF
Gilles DeForest
1537–1582
Birth Location: Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
GD
Baltazar DeForest
1534–1597
Birth Location: Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
BD
Franchoise DeForest
1544–1570
Birth Location: Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
FD
Jaspard DeForest
1545–1579
Birth Location: Pas, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
JD
George Forest
1535–1605
Birth Location: Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
GF

Jean III's Ancestors

Self
Jean III
1511–1571
Birth Place: Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France
Parents
Melchior Deforest II
1497–1549
Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France,
Jacqueline (BRONCHIN) DEFOREST
1500–1557
Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jean III's Descendants

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Jean (Melchior Deforest) III (1511–1571) m. Agnes Walcot (1530–1628) m. Catherine DuFosset (28 Jun 1510–28 Jun 1579)
  1. 1. Jean (Melchior) DeForest 1543–1606 m. Anne (Ameriat de Maillard\ Maillart \) DeForest 1544–1640
    1. 1. JESSE (a French\Belgian HUGUENOT WALLOON DeFOREST de Forest Forrest Foreest Vreest) Vrees 1576–1624 m. Marie (duCloux de) Forest 1576–1624
      1. 1. Rachel (De) Forest 1609–1643 m. Johannes (Mousnier de la Montagne Sr) M.D. 1595–1670
        1. 1. Jean (Mousnier de La) Montagne 1632–1672 m. Maria (Vermilye De La) montagne 1629–1689 m. Marya Vermilye 1634–1689
        2. 2. Jean (Mousnier de La) Montagne 1632–1672 m. Agnietje Jilles 1611– m. Marie (Isaac) Vermilye 1629–1689 m. Peternella Pikes 1632–1662
        3. 3. Yolanta (Montagne) (Kortreght) 1627–1677
        4. 4. Jolant (De La) Montagne 1627–1635
        5. 5. Maria DeLaMontagne 1637–1711
        6. 6. Jan Mongagne 1641–1688
        7. 7. William (De La) Montagne 1641–1690
        8. 8. Rachel (De La Montagne Van) Imbroch 1634–1664
        9. 9. Jesse (De La) Montagne 1629–1647
        10. 10. Yolanta (De La) Montagne 1618–1677
        11. 11. Gillis DeLaMontagne 1650–1650
  2. 2. Melchior (DeForest) IV 1543–1606
  3. 3. Sir (Miles) Forrest 1547–1636
  4. 4. Melchior (deForest) IV 1541–1610
  5. 5. Jacques DeForest 1547–1610
  6. 6. Jacqueline DeForest 1542–1610
  7. 7. Antoine (deForest) Forest 1550–1610
  8. 8. Jacqueline (de) Forest 1547–1610
  9. 9. Gilles DeForest 1537–1582
  10. 10. Baltazar DeForest 1534–1597
  11. 11. Franchoise DeForest 1544–1570
  12. 12. Jaspard DeForest 1545–1579
  13. 13. George Forest 1535–1605

Jean III's Timeline

13 Records

1510
1510
Birth of Jean Melchior Deforest III in Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
1510
abt 1510
Birth of Jean Melchior Deforest III in Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
1511
1511
Birth of Jean Melchior Deforest III in Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
1511
1511
Birth of Jean Melchior Deforest III in Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France
Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France
1521
1521
Age 10
Birth of Jean Melchior Deforest III in Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
1533
4 Apr 1533
Age 22
Jean Melchior Deforest III was married in Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
1533
4 Apr 1533
Age 22
Jean Melchior Deforest III was married
None
1543
4 Apr 1543
Age 32
Jean Melchior Deforest III was married in Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
1543
4 April 1543
Age 32
Jean Melchior Deforest III was married
None
1546
1546
Age 35
Jean Melchior Deforest III was married in England
England
1547
4 Apr 1547
Age 36
Jean Melchior Deforest III was married in Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
1571
1571
Age 60
Death of Jean Melchior Deforest III in Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
1572
28 Jan 1572
Age 61
Death of Jean Melchior Deforest III in Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1521
    Event Place: Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1510
    Event Place: Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1511
    Event Place: Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1510
    Event Place: Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1511
    Event Place: Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 4 Apr 1533
    Event Place: Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 4 Apr 1533

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 4 Apr 1543
    Event Place: Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 4 April 1543

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1546
    Event Place: England

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 4 Apr 1547
    Event Place: Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source:
    [1] A Walloon family in America
    [2] The De Forests of Avesnes and of New Netherland : a Huguenot thread in American colonial history, 1494 to the present time

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Jan 1572
    Event Place: Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1571
    Event Place: Avesnes, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
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