The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . were alreadybeing threatened by theCatholic princes, andDavid des Marest, withothers of a like religiousfaith, determined to goto America for safety. Accordingly, early in the spring of 1063, they journeyeddown the llhiue to Amsterdam, where they embarked forNew Amsterdam on the ship Spotted Cow, reaching thelatter port on April 16, 1003. Ues Marest first went with hiswife and three sons to Staten Island, where they joined theHuguenot settlement, recently started. The following yearhe was elected to represent the settlement in the Provinci
The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . were alreadybeing threatened by theCatholic princes, andDavid des Marest, withothers of a like religiousfaith, determined to goto America for safety. Accordingly, early in the spring of 1063, they journeyeddown the llhiue to Amsterdam, where they embarked forNew Amsterdam on the ship Spotted Cow, reaching thelatter port on April 16, 1003. Ues Marest first went with hiswife and three sons to Staten Island, where they joined theHuguenot settlement, recently started. The following yearhe was elected to represent the settlement in the ProvincialAssembly. The Indians i)roviug troublesome, Des Marestbought and located on lands at Xew Harlem, then a nameapplied to the upper end of Manhattan Island. Here heprospered, acquired several town lots, and became promi-nent in town affairs. In 1077, a tax having been levied onliim for till support of the Dutch Church at Harlem, he re-fused to pay it, clniuiiiig iiiiiiiuuity therefrom l)ecause hewas neither an attendant nor a communicant of the Dutch. BENJAMIN a. 376 THE PASSAIC VALLEY Church. The poAvers that be sued him for the tax, pro-cured judgment, and proceeded by execution and levy to col-lect it. This angered Des Marest and he determined toleave Harlem. On the Sth of June, 1G77, he purchased fromthe Hackeusack and Tappan Indians a large tract (esti-mated at about 6,000 acres) of land on the east bank of theHackeusack Kiver, extending northward from New subsequent purchase he added an extensive tract westof the Hackeusack, on which he built two mills. He builthis family residence at what is now Old Bridge and erecteda French Church on the east side of the river, a little westof the Schraalenburgh road. The lands he purchased wereclaimed by several white persons and by the Indians. Someof these claims were not extinguished until after his died in New York City in 1693, leaving a will by whichhe devised all his lands to his two surviving sons,
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