. A Walloon family in America; Lockwood de Forest and his forbears 1500-1848. Fargest within many miles, sothat people came from Norwalk and other placesalong the Sound to trade with him. Squire Mills was influential and respected and was three timessent from Ripton as a representative to the GeneralAssembly, that being the highest honor in the gift ofhis fellow-townsmen. During the prosperous days ofRipton, therefore, Mary de Forest, as Squire Millsswife, was an important lady in the community andheld an enviable position. The couple lived to a ripeold age; when Mary died in 1817 she was near
. A Walloon family in America; Lockwood de Forest and his forbears 1500-1848. Fargest within many miles, sothat people came from Norwalk and other placesalong the Sound to trade with him. Squire Mills was influential and respected and was three timessent from Ripton as a representative to the GeneralAssembly, that being the highest honor in the gift ofhis fellow-townsmen. During the prosperous days ofRipton, therefore, Mary de Forest, as Squire Millsswife, was an important lady in the community andheld an enviable position. The couple lived to a ripeold age; when Mary died in 1817 she was nearlyninety years old. She and Elisha had ten children. Seeing their sister so happily married, it is not sur-prising that the other children should have wished tofollow her example. Joseph married in 1757 andlived for some years in Stratford. Soon afterwardSamuel gave him, as part of his portion, fifteenacres from his own land, and Joseph built a home-stead near his fathers and, like him, became inter-ested in civic afl^airs. Hepzibah, Samuels third daughter, who was [ 204 ]. H CO o uQ
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