. A Walloon family in America; Lockwood de Forest and his forbears 1500-1848. tion for David, as he alreadyowned land there. Martha, as has been told, ownedan acre of orchard on that hill before her marriage,and shortly afterward David bought from his father-in-law for a valuable sum of money another acrewhich had come into the latters possession in someway. David was still hungry for land. He boughtseveral tracts adjoining his own home, also part of asalt meadow, and several acres at Old Squaws inthe direction of Fairfield, so that he became a con-siderable landholder. As for the house, that
. A Walloon family in America; Lockwood de Forest and his forbears 1500-1848. tion for David, as he alreadyowned land there. Martha, as has been told, ownedan acre of orchard on that hill before her marriage,and shortly afterward David bought from his father-in-law for a valuable sum of money another acrewhich had come into the latters possession in someway. David was still hungry for land. He boughtseveral tracts adjoining his own home, also part of asalt meadow, and several acres at Old Squaws inthe direction of Fairfield, so that he became a con-siderable landholder. As for the house, that was apparently a magni-ficent mansion for those times. A graphic descrip-tion of it has been handed down to us in Major DeForests book. It was a roomy wooden dwellingwith two huge stone chimneys, a short entrance-hallin the centre abutting upon a cross stairway, andapartments of good size below and above, while twowings in the rear furnished space for cooking, wash-ing, kindling-wood and other household stores. Thewindows were large and sheltered by inner shutters, [ «64]. DOORWAY OF THE WOOSTER HOUSE
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