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to establish a plantation for himself ; and he procured a 

 grant of one hundred acres which extended in a narrow 

 strip from "about the present Fifth Avenue and One 

 Hundred and Twelfth Street to the river shore in the 

 neighbourhood of First Avenue and One Hundred and 

 Twenty -sixth Street," including not a little of what is at 

 present Mt. Morris Park, 



The loneliness of bachelor life must have weighed 

 heavily on Isaac, and in the records of the Dutch Re- 

 formed Church for June 9, 1641, appears the following 

 note : ' ' Isaac de Forest of Leyden, bachelor, was mar- 

 ried to Sarah du Trieux of New Amsterdam, spinster." 

 At the time of his marriage he already had a dwelling 

 and a tobacco house on his plantation. Two years later 

 he leased the farm on shares and moved into the village of 

 New Amsterdam, where he opened a tobacco warehouse 

 in the Old Church, a deserted building which stood on 

 the Strand, now Pearl Street. From dealing in tobacco 

 Isaac branched out into the brewing line, and by 1653 he 



Of the Nine -vyas rcckoucd as a thoroughly successful brewer. In many 

 ways did he identify himself with the life of the grow- 

 ing town : in 1652 he was one of the Nine Men (the advis- 

 ory committee of the town) ; during the following year 

 he was inspector of tobacco ; in 1656 he was appointed 

 "Master of the Weight House" ; was made a great 

 burgher two years later ; and served in the common 

 council for several years. 



The When Isaac de Forest died in 1674 he was survived by 



a widow and seven children ; Susannah, Johannes, Philip, 

 Isaac, Hendricus, Maria, and David. Susannah married 

 Peter de Riemer ; Maria married Alderman Isaac de 

 Riemer ; Johannes died without issue. Of 'the remaining 

 children, Philip, husband of Tryntie Kip, founded the 

 Albany branch of the family ; Isaac remained in New 

 York, where many of his descendants are living to-day ; 

 Hendrick settled on Long Island, and left a goodly prog- 

 eny ; while David removed to Stratford, Conn., where he 



