The DeForests Of Avesnes, And Of New Netherland: A Huguenot Thread In American Colonial History, 1494 To The Present Times is a historical book written by John William De Forest in 1900. The book tells the story of the De Forest family, a Huguenot family from Avesnes, France, who migrated to the New World in the 17th century and played a significant role in the history of New Netherland, a Dutch colony in North America.The book covers the family's...