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Rachel Monjour de Forest 1609–1643 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 Jul 1609

Birth Location: Montcornet, Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France

Death Date: 12 December 1643

Death Location: Harlem, New York County, British Colonial America, New York, USA

Father: Jessé For

Mother: Marie DeForest

Spouse(s): Johannes Montaigne

Children(s): Yolanda Montage

Rachel Monjour de Forest was born in 1609 in Montcornet, Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France, the child of Jesse De Forest Desforetz Des Foretz Des For And Marie Mary Ducloux Deforest. Rachel Monjour de Forest married Johannes De La Montaigne, and had children including Yolanda De La Montage. Rachel Monjour de Forest passed away in 1643 in Harlem, New York County, British Colonial America, New York, USA.

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Biography

  • Rachel Monjour de Forest was born in 1609 in Montcornet, Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France, the child of Jesse De Forest Desforetz Des Foretz Des For And Marie Mary Ducloux Deforest.
  • Rachel Monjour de Forest married Johannes De La Montaigne, and had children including Yolanda De La Montage.
  • Rachel Monjour de Forest passed away in 1643 in Harlem, New York County, British Colonial America, New York, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jessé For
1576–1624
Birth Location: Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
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Marie DeForest
1576–1642
Birth Location: Sedan, Meuse, Lorraine, France
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Spouses(s)

Johannes Montaigne
1595–1670
Birth Location: Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
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Children(s)

Yolanda Montage
1622–1677
Birth Location: Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
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Rachel Forest's Ancestors

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Rachel Forest
1609–1643
Birth Place: Montcornet, Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Parents
Jessé DE Forest (Desforetz Des Foretz, Des For
1576–1624
Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Marie ("Mary" DuCloux \) DeForest
1576–1642
Sedan, Meuse, Lorraine, France
Grandparents
Jean (Melchior) DeForest
1543–1606
Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Anne (Ameriat de Maillard\ Maillart \) DeForest
1544–1640
Felleries, Hainaut, France
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Rachel Forest's Descendants

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Rachel (Monjour de) Forest (7 Jul 1609–12 December 1643) m. Johannes (De la) Montaigne (1595–10 May 1670)
  1. 1. Yolanda (De La) Montage 1622–1677 m. Jan (Sebastiansen "Bastiensen") "Bastiaensen" 1618–1677
    1. 1. Belitie (Jans Van) Kortryk 1659–1702 m. Gerret (Jansen Dekker) DECKER 1665–1740
      1. 1. Sgt (Jan Jacobsen) Decker 1679–1749
        1. 1. Jan (B) Decker 1725–1800 m. Annatje\Anna Schuts\Shoets\Schils 1726–1800

Rachel Forest's Timeline

2 Records

1609
7 Jul 1609
Birth of Rachel Monjour de Forest in Montcornet, Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Montcornet, Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France
1643
12 December 1643
Age 34
Death of Rachel Monjour de Forest in Harlem, New York County, British Colonial America, New York, USA
Harlem, New York County, British Colonial America, New York, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Jul 1609
    Event Place: Montcornet, Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 December 1643
    Event Place: Harlem, New York County, British Colonial America, New York, USA
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