. A Walloon family in America; Lockwood de Forest and his forbears 1500-1848. een appointedone of the two overseers and administrators ofthe street, appeared in court complaining, Theinhabitants of the Brewers Street who imposed onthemselves the tax for the benefit of the street inorder to its being paved, are unwilling to pay, re-questing that the magistrates may be pleased toorder payment. ^ Possibly he did not even then getthe redress asked for, as he was in court again sixweeks afterward praying to be discharged from thesuperintendence of Brouwer Straet. It is said thatits subsequent name.
. A Walloon family in America; Lockwood de Forest and his forbears 1500-1848. een appointedone of the two overseers and administrators ofthe street, appeared in court complaining, Theinhabitants of the Brewers Street who imposed onthemselves the tax for the benefit of the street inorder to its being paved, are unwilling to pay, re-questing that the magistrates may be pleased toorder payment. ^ Possibly he did not even then getthe redress asked for, as he was in court again sixweeks afterward praying to be discharged from thesuperintendence of Brouwer Straet. It is said thatits subsequent name. Stone Street (used after theEnglish occupation), was given because it was thefirst city street to be paved with stones. It is not surprising that Isaack, having performedall these dignified and useful public services, shouldhave longed for the honorable title of Great Bur-gher. Only great burghers could fill certain publicoffices. They were also free from arrest for pettymisdemeanors and enjoyed various other privileges. ^ Records of New Amsterdam, vol. 11, p. 367.[ 132 ]. DUTCH COTTAGE IN BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK, 1679From Valentines Manual, 1853 Founder of the Family in America For instance, a great burghers property was exempt New Amsterdamfrom confiscation if he were convicted of a capitaloffense,^ which was an important exemption at atime when the punishment for so many misdeedswas a sentence of death. We therefore find under date of April 26, 1657,this record: Isaac de Foreest requests by petitionthe privilege of the Great Burgher Right, as he hasbeen in the country for over 20 years, has built con-siderably in this city and performed many services/The decree of the burgomasters says that the Peti-tioners request cannot be granted, according to theorder of the Director-General and Council and theexplanation of the Great and Small Burgher Right, ^though we are given no clue as to what this explana-tion really was. Four days after this decree, possibly to consolehim for his
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