Johannes DeForeest
1684-1757
Born: New Amsterdam, New Amsterdam
Died: New Amsterdam, New Amsterdam
<p align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">GENERATION VII -</font><font size="4"> <u><strong>Johannes Deforest</strong></u></font><font size="4">, son of <strong>Isaac DeForest </strong>and <strong>Lysbeth van der Spiegel</strong>, was born 10 March 1683/1684 in New Amsterdam, New York. He died on 30 July 1757. Johannes married <strong>Catherine Van Ravenstein</strong> on 23 June 1705 in New York, New York. She was the daughter of <strong>Nicholas Ravenstein a</strong>nd <strong>Maritje Van Rollegom</strong>.<br>The children of <strong> Isaac DeForest </strong>and<strong> Catherine Van Ravenstein </strong>:<br> 1. <strong>Isaac DeForest</strong> died in 1800. He married <strong>Marie Brokaw</strong> in Adamsville, Somerset, New Jersey.<br> 2. <strong>Marijtie DeForest</strong>.<br> 3. <strong>Nicholas DeForest</strong>. He married <strong>Maria Barker </strong>on 17 October 1736 in New York, New York.<br> 4. <strong>Johannes DeForest</strong>.<br> 5. <strong>Hendrikus DeForest </strong>died 1714 in New York, New York.<br> 6.<strong> Hendrikus DeForest</strong>.<br> 7. <strong>Gerradus DeForest</strong>.<br> 8. <strong>Elizabeth DeForest</strong>.<br> 9. <strong>Laurence DeForest </strong>married <strong>Sarah Tucker </strong>on 27 March 1744 in New York, New York.<br>10.<strong>Gerradus DeForest</strong> married<strong> Sarah Hardenbroek</strong> on 13 May 1744 in New York, New York. <br>11. <strong>Maria DeForest </strong>married <strong>Gerrit Waldron</strong> [on 21 October 1744 in Harlem, New York. <br>12. <strong>Jacobus DeForest.<br></strong>13. <strong>Gerrit DeForest.<br></strong>14.<strong> Elizabeth DeForest Gerrit.</strong><br>15. <strong>Tobias DeForest</strong>.<br>+16.</font><span style="text-decoration: none"><font size="4" color="#000000"> </font></span><strong><span style="text-decoration: none"><font size="4" color="#000000">Joseph DeFrees </font></span></strong><font size="4"> was born 1711 in New York, New York. He married <strong>Mary Catherine Hutton</strong>. ("Ancestors of Asher DeFrees") [Of interest is the fact that this source names Joseph as "DeFrees," rather than "DeForest" as given in "Defries Family - Descendants of Gilles DeForest" . This source gives the children pretty much as the source used above, except that it has two Gerradus DeForests and two Jacobus DeForests.] Anthony Defrees, Their son, Anthony Defrees, said that his mother, Mary Catherine, was the daughter of <strong>John Strangeways Hutton </strong>and the first wife of John, but there is no other evidence to date substantiating this information. (Anthony Defrees, ""The Defrees Family History," 1864.)</font></font></p><p align="justify"><strong><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">The family line of Martha Francis Defries seems to have changed from DeForest (and variations) to DeFrees (and variations). This line generally changed from Defrees and DeFrees to Defriece</font></strong></p>