Reuben's stone is broken and partially buried. According to a letter to me from a Mr. Hancock in the 1980's, after I had written to him asking him about Reuben, Reuben's son John De Forest had arranged for the burial. But, Mr. Hancock couldn't find anything on how the graves were to be maintained, which was unusual. Mr. Hancock was wanting to know if I knew how to contact a descendant of the son John De Forest to see if any information had been passed down on the matter of grave maintenance.
Reuben married Charlotte Goldberg on 5 January 1833 in Morris Co., NJ.
Reuben had been a broommaker, who lived across the street from the cemetery. As was the custom in those days, they may have lived above Reuben's shop. Reuben's father-in-law John C. Goldberg, who was a music and foreign language teacher in Morris Co., was growing, among other things, broom straw on his Morris Co. land. That may be where the broom straw came from for Reuben's broommaking trade.
John W. Hancock & his son Roswell M. Hancock witnessed Reuben's 28 Dec. 1872 will, so I learned of one relationship between the De Forest and Hancock families. John W. Hancock's aunt Nancy (Burroughs) Griswold was a sister of Charlotte (Goldberg) De Forest's mother Mary "Polly" (Burroughs) Goldberg.
After Charlotte died of TB, Reuben was living with a woman named "Julia De Forest" in the 1860 and 1870 census records. We thought for years that she was a second wife, but additional research shows that she was the widow of Daniel De Forest, who I suspect was a brother of Reuben. She moved to New York City after Reuben passed away in 1873, according to her Presbyterian church transfer record in Madison. A number of years back I checked with the New York Public Library about that church, hoping to learn more about Reuben's widow Julia De Forest. They told me that the church in Brooklyn no longer existed and they didn't know what had happened to the church records. This Julia De Forest later ended up in Lake Co., OH where she passed away 16 March 1902 at age 93.
Julia De Forest was the wife of Daniel De Forest in the 1830 Chatham, Morris Co., NJ census. Was Daniel De Forest a brother of Reuben De Forest?
Reuben married Charlotte Goldberg on 5 January 1833 in Morris Co., NJ.
Reuben had been a broommaker, who lived across the street from the cemetery. As was the custom in those days, they may have lived above Reuben's shop. Reuben's father-in-law John C. Goldberg, who was a music and foreign language teacher in Morris Co., was growing, among other things, broom straw on his Morris Co. land. That may be where the broom straw came from for Reuben's broommaking trade.
John W. Hancock & his son Roswell M. Hancock witnessed Reuben's 28 Dec. 1872 will, so I learned of one relationship between the De Forest and Hancock families. John W. Hancock's aunt Nancy (Burroughs) Griswold was a sister of Charlotte (Goldberg) De Forest's mother Mary "Polly" (Burroughs) Goldberg.
After Charlotte died of TB, Reuben was living with a woman named "Julia De Forest" in the 1860 and 1870 census records. We thought for years that she was a second wife, but additional research shows that she was the widow of Daniel De Forest, who I suspect was a brother of Reuben. She moved to New York City after Reuben passed away in 1873, according to her Presbyterian church transfer record in Madison. A number of years back I checked with the New York Public Library about that church, hoping to learn more about Reuben's widow Julia De Forest. They told me that the church in Brooklyn no longer existed and they didn't know what had happened to the church records. This Julia De Forest later ended up in Lake Co., OH where she passed away 16 March 1902 at age 93.
Julia De Forest was the wife of Daniel De Forest in the 1830 Chatham, Morris Co., NJ census. Was Daniel De Forest a brother of Reuben De Forest?
Reuben's stone is broken and partially buried. According to a letter to me from a Mr. Hancock in the 1980's, after I had written to him asking him about Reuben, Reuben's son John De Forest had arranged for the burial. But, Mr. Hancock couldn't find anything on how the graves were to be maintained, which was unusual. Mr. Hancock was wanting to know if I knew how to contact a descendant of the son John De Forest to see if any information had been passed down on the matter of grave maintenance.
Reuben married Charlotte Goldberg on 5 January 1833 in Morris Co., NJ.
Reuben had been a broommaker, who lived across the street from the cemetery. As was the custom in those days, they may have lived above Reuben's shop. Reuben's father-in-law John C. Goldberg, who was a music and foreign language teacher in Morris Co., was growing, among other things, broom straw on his Morris Co. land. That may be where the broom straw came from for Reuben's broommaking trade.
John W. Hancock & his son Roswell M. Hancock witnessed Reuben's 28 Dec. 1872 will, so I learned of one relationship between the De Forest and Hancock families. John W. Hancock's aunt Nancy (Burroughs) Griswold was a sister of Charlotte (Goldberg) De Forest's mother Mary "Polly" (Burroughs) Goldberg.
After Charlotte died of TB, Reuben was living with a woman named "Julia De Forest" in the 1860 and 1870 census records. We thought for years that she was a second wife, but additional research shows that she was the widow of Daniel De Forest, who I suspect was a brother of Reuben. She moved to New York City after Reuben passed away in 1873, according to her Presbyterian church transfer record in Madison. A number of years back I checked with the New York Public Library about that church, hoping to learn more about Reuben's widow Julia De Forest. They told me that the church in Brooklyn no longer existed and they didn't know what had happened to the church records. This Julia De Forest later ended up in Lake Co., OH where she passed away 16 March 1902 at age 93.
Julia De Forest was the wife of Daniel De Forest in the 1830 Chatham, Morris Co., NJ census. Was Daniel De Forest a brother of Reuben De Forest?
Reuben married Charlotte Goldberg on 5 January 1833 in Morris Co., NJ.
Reuben had been a broommaker, who lived across the street from the cemetery. As was the custom in those days, they may have lived above Reuben's shop. Reuben's father-in-law John C. Goldberg, who was a music and foreign language teacher in Morris Co., was growing, among other things, broom straw on his Morris Co. land. That may be where the broom straw came from for Reuben's broommaking trade.
John W. Hancock & his son Roswell M. Hancock witnessed Reuben's 28 Dec. 1872 will, so I learned of one relationship between the De Forest and Hancock families. John W. Hancock's aunt Nancy (Burroughs) Griswold was a sister of Charlotte (Goldberg) De Forest's mother Mary "Polly" (Burroughs) Goldberg.
After Charlotte died of TB, Reuben was living with a woman named "Julia De Forest" in the 1860 and 1870 census records. We thought for years that she was a second wife, but additional research shows that she was the widow of Daniel De Forest, who I suspect was a brother of Reuben. She moved to New York City after Reuben passed away in 1873, according to her Presbyterian church transfer record in Madison. A number of years back I checked with the New York Public Library about that church, hoping to learn more about Reuben's widow Julia De Forest. They told me that the church in Brooklyn no longer existed and they didn't know what had happened to the church records. This Julia De Forest later ended up in Lake Co., OH where she passed away 16 March 1902 at age 93.
Julia De Forest was the wife of Daniel De Forest in the 1830 Chatham, Morris Co., NJ census. Was Daniel De Forest a brother of Reuben De Forest?
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