. A Walloon family in America; Lockwood de Forest and his forbears 1500-1848. egard to the saiddyeing. There were at that time two classes of dyers:those who were permitted to dye in black only, andothers, a higher and restricted class, who because oftheir proficiency could dye in colors. To the latterclass Jesse was admitted and, having become amember of the Drapers Guild, was allowed to dyewools and camlets in colors. In Leyden Jesse and Marie lived on the Breede-straet, where four more children were born to them : Jesse, baptized March i, 1615 ; Isaac, July 10, 1616;Israel, October 7,1617;
. A Walloon family in America; Lockwood de Forest and his forbears 1500-1848. egard to the saiddyeing. There were at that time two classes of dyers:those who were permitted to dye in black only, andothers, a higher and restricted class, who because oftheir proficiency could dye in colors. To the latterclass Jesse was admitted and, having become amember of the Drapers Guild, was allowed to dyewools and camlets in colors. In Leyden Jesse and Marie lived on the Breede-straet, where four more children were born to them : Jesse, baptized March i, 1615 ; Isaac, July 10, 1616;Israel, October 7,1617; and Philippe, September 13,1620, making ten children in all — a good many forour refugee to care for. Apparently he found diffi-culty in providing for them ; for in 1618 he owed fiftyflorins on the rent of his house, and for this pitifulsum was obliged to pledge his furniture and dyery-cauldron. No wonder that he looked about him todiscover a better opportunity for a man with a largefamily of young children and nothing but a dyersbusiness wherewith to support them. [ 16]. RINSING, DYEING, AND TESTING OF CLOTH In the foreground the rinsers, to the left the dyeing, and to the right the official testing of the cloth. Painted for the Saaihal (Serge Hall), Leyden, in 1574 by Isaac Claesz. In the Lakenhal (Cloth Hall), Leyden, now a municipal museum The Petitioner for Freedom He had already moved twice since his marriage — Leydenperhaps he had better move again. Holland hadbecome very crowded since so many Protestants hadgone thither for safety. Was there, perchance, a placewith wider opportunities and more space in which togrow — a place, of course, where he and his familycould practise their religion ? For the sake of theirfaith they had already given up many things, andthey were prepared to dare and to sacrifice stillfurther. In Leyden at this period there was a companyof English Protestants who with their pastor, JohnRobinson, had taken refuge there from the religiouspersec
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