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Letters From The Time Traveler: This Story Does Have a Happy Ending
Dearest,
I have lived in many places and many times. I have met many people. I have seen love and tragedy, hope and despair. And now I finally have a happy letter to share with you today.
I had been visiting Willard and his family in upstate NY. His daughter Mary was only 16 years old and had just met Charles (Chas). He seemed like an upstanding chap. He came from a line of hard-working farmers.
However, Mary’s father Willard was not impressed. Their well-off family came from a long line of prestigious American settlers.
Willard’s ancestor, Jesse de Freest, his 5th great grandfather, was one of the founders of New York City.
It was de Forest’s desire to establish a Colony in the New World, so that the Walloons could practice their Reformed Protestant Christianity without persecution. He then sought permission from the Dutch to establish a colony in what is now New York City. He was granted permission. He assembled approximately 60 families of Walloons and Dutch…
