Born 1595 in
Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France Husband of
Rachel De Forest
— married
December 12, 1626 in Leyden, Zuid, Nether, Holland
Died 1670 in
Cleverack, Albany, New York, USA This page has been accessed 267 times.
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Name
Name: Jean Mousnier /De La Montagne/
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Text: Name: Jean Mous De La Montagne Birth Date: 1593 Birth Place: Fr
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Name: Johannes /De La Montagne/
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Name: Jean Mous /De La Montagne/
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Birth
Birth:
Date: 1595
Place: Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
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Text: Name: Jean Mous De La Montagne Birth Date: 1593 Birth Place: Fr
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Text: Record for Rachel De Forest
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Text: Record for Jean Mous De La Montagne
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Birth:
Date: 1595
Place: Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
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Birth:
Date: 1593
Place: France
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Text: Record for Agnietje Ten Waert
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Death
Death:
Date: 1670
Place: Cleverack, Albany, New York, USA
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Text: Record for Rachel De Forest
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Death:
Date: MAY 1670
Place: Albany, Albany, New York, USA
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Death:
Date: 13 MAY 1672
Place: Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
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Event
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Type: Arrival
Date: 1623
Place: New Netherland
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Type: Arrival
Date: 1621
Place: Virginia, USA
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@N2752@ NOTEGiven Name: Jean"Johannes" Mousnier de
Surname: la Montagne
Sex: M
Birth: 1595 in Saintes, Saintogne, France
Death: 1670 in Claverack, New York
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Custom Field:<_FA#> he was a Physician
He was a Native of Saintonge,on the west coast of France.Heaccompanied
Jesse De Forest,the leader of the Huguenot community in Leyden,to the
Amazon River and the coast of Guiana in 1623,one of a party of eleven
Huguenot men looking for a site to establish a Huguenot colony.
He returned to Leyden on the he "BLACK EAGLE" late in 1625,bringingwith
him the journal and maps of the exploration party with the sad newsthat
Jesse De Forest had died on October 22,1624 in Guiana.
In 1628,Jean De La Montagne left with is young bride on the "FORTUYN"for
the island of Tobago,a Dutch possession in the WindwardIslands,northwest
of Guiana.His wife returned to Leyden in 1631,supposedly enfeebled bythe
climate of the Caribbean Isle.Her husband probably returned to Leydenin
1633 and appears on the register of the University of Leyden for the
third time in 1636.
On September 25,1636,he sailed for America for the third time,thistime
with his wife and three children,on the ship"RENSSELAERWYCK",owned bythe
patroon Kiliaen Van Resselaer and by the De Forest family,whose leader
was now Rachel's uncle Gerard De Forest.The De Forest group on theship
consisted of Rachel's brothers Henry and Isaac,as well as the De La
Montagne family.Another child Maria,was born to Rachel at sea,beforethe
ship reached New Amsterdom on March 5,1637.
In the New Netherlands,Jean De La Montagne was generally referred toas
Doctor Johannes De La Montagne.His excellent education and highnatural
abilities enabled him to take and important place in the community.On
Manhattan,he set up business as a physician and as a chandler.Henry De
Forest died soon after arrival,and Dr. Montagne was forced to takecharge
of the De Forest tobacco plantation in mid-
Manhattan.Eventually,Dr.Montagne assumed the proprietorship of the
property,living on it with his family and producing a profitable cropof
tobacco.The farm,called "Vrendendahl",included much of the upper halfof
what is now Central Park in New York City.He was driver off the landby
Indians and lived thereafter near the fort at New Amsterdam.He was the
offical surgeon of New Amsterdam,Frist Councillor(continuously from
1638-1656)for both Director Kieft and Director Stuyvesant,military
commander of the troops on Manhattan Island 1640-1656,and a member of
several peace commissions with the Indians.
Dr.Montagne was appointed Vice-Director of the colony from1656-1664,with
special responsibility for Fort Orange (Albany) and the Dutchsettlement
at Beverwyck.This made Dr. Montagne the chief administrator for alarge
area,including all the Dutch and Huguenot settements in the Hudsonvalley.
With the English take-over of the colony in 1664,Dr.Montagne droppedout
of offical records,as an official of the Dutch West Indies Company,hehad
to resige as Vice-Director.He did sign a loyalty oath to the newBritish
goverment and it is believed that he accompanied Peter Stuyvesant backto
Holland in 1665 to defend the surrender of the colony.It is assumedthat
he returned to New York in 1668 like Peter Stuyesant.It also assumedthat
he died in Claverack, New York in 1670 because his son,Jean droppedthe
use of Junior that year.
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