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ous parts in great numbers invited and en- couraged by the Elector Charles Lewis, who offered great inducements for them to settle in his dominions. In Mannheim at least two and probably three more children were, born to David des Marets. His hopes of a permanent peaceful home here, however, was doomed to disappointment owing to the threatening con- ditions of the religious wars and David des Marest determined to emigrate to America. He was now in the prime of life, about forty years old, and with his family at that time consisting of his wife and four children of eighteen, eleven, six and one years old, he em- barked for New Netherlands on board of the "Bontecou" or "Spotted Cow," which reached New Amsterdam, April 16, 1663. Immediately on his arrival, he joined the Huguenot colony on Staten Island, a little south of the Narrows, and in the following year, 1664, was chosen as one of two delegates from Staten Island to the New Netherlands provincial assembly, which met to consider the state of the province just before its surrender to the British. After
a residence of two years on Staten Island, David Demarest bought property in New Har- lem and removed thither in the autumn of 1665. He afterwards added several lots of land to his original purchase and for the next twelve and a half years made his home there. His life there, however, does not seem to have been a happy one, and finally, after an unsuc- cessful resistance to the tax for the slavery of the Dutch voorleser, he removed to a tract of land which he had bought on the Hackensack river in Bergen county, New Jersey, which was known as the French patent and where he hoped to establish a colony of the French refugees to the new world. This land was purchased from the Indians in 1677, but owing to the fact that it lay partly in the province of New York and partly in the colony of New Jersey, and to other circumstances, Demarest had considerable trouble establishing his claim to the land and procuring a valid title from the provincial government and it is said that before he finally came into peaceable and undisputed possession he had to pay for it four times over. Hither, David Demarest and a number of other Huguenot families removed in 1686, and here he found a final resting place, where . he died in 1693.
July 24, 1643, David Demarest married in Middleburg, Marie, daughter of Francois Sohier, of Nieppe, a town of Hainault, thirteen miles east from Hazebrook. Their children were: I. Jean, baptized April 14, 1645 ; died
in 1719; see sketch. 2. Francois, born in 1647 ; died young. 3. David, baptized June 22, 1649 : died in infancy. 4. David, referred to below. 5. Samuel, born 1656; died 1728; married Maria Dreuns or De Ruine. 6. A child, born 1662, in Mannheim; died in America, in 1664. 7. Daniel, born at Harlem, baptized in New Amsterdam, July 7, 1666, and died in Harlem, January 8, 1672.
(II) David (2), son of David (I) and Marie (Sohier ) Demarest, was born in Mann- heim-on-the-Rhine, in the Lower Palatinate, in 1652, and died on the Hackensack French patent in 1691, about two years before his father. He was a farmer and the location of his land was on the east of the Hackensack, near where Schraalenburgh afterwards grew up. April 4, 1675, David Demarest, Jr., mar- ried Rachel, daughter of Pierre Cresson, an- other French refugee, who after his death married (second) Jean Durie or Du Rij. Their children were: I. David, baptized February 19, 1676; died 1768; married Sara, daughter of the Rev. Guillaume Bertholf, the first Dutch Reformed pastor of the province of New Jer- sey. 2. Peter, baptized April 21, 1677; died probably in infancy. 3. Susanna, baptized April 7, 1679; married (first) Pieter Lub- bertse Westervelt, and (second) William Teller. 4. Rachel, baptized June 4, 1680; died before 1710; married Andries Janse Van Nor- den. 5. Jacobus, baptized October 30, 1681 ; see sketch. 6. Samuel, married Sitsche Sibase Banta. 7. Mary, married Wiert Banta. 8. Daniel, referred to below. 9. Benjamin, mar- ried Elizabeth de Groot. 10. Jacomina, mar- ried Andries Louwrens van Boskirk. II. Lea, married Rynier Van Houten. 12. Lydia, mar- ried Stephen Albertse Terheun.
(III) Daniel, the eighth child and fifth son of David (2) and Rachel (Cresson) Demarest, was born in Bergen county, New Jersey, in 1685, and was living in 1753. In 1731 he was one of the deacons of the newly formed Schrealenburgh church, and signed the call to that congregation's first pastor, the Rev. Georgius Wilhelmus Mancius. The last refer- ence to him found in the records is August 5. 1763, when he witnessed the baptism of his granddaughter Rebecca, daughter of his son Daniel, Jr., referred to below. August 2, 1707, Daniel Demarest married Rebecca, daughter of Pieter DeGroot, and sister to the first wife of his brother Jacobus, and to the wife of his brother Benjamin. Their children were: I. David, baptized July 4, 1708; married Antie Christie. 2. Belitje, baptized November 21,
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1709 ; married Pieter Outwater. 3. Lea, bap- tized September 23, 1711. 4. Rachel, baptized September 23, 1711 ; married Abraham Abra- hamse Blauvelt. 5. Pieter, referred to below. 6. Samuel, baptized February 7, 1719; married Maria Banta. 7. Jacobus, baptized February . 15, 1721 ; died November 21, 1794; married Feytje Vander Linde. 8. Lea, baptized No- vember 3, 1723; married Samuel Samuelse Demarest. 9. Jacob, baptized July 20, 1728. IO. Daniel, Jr. II. Susanna, born 1716; mar- ried Johannes Peek. 12. Martje, born 1718.
(IV) Pieter, fifth child and second son of Daniel and Rebecca (DeGroot) Demarest, was born in Hackensack, September 21, 1714, and was baptized there the following October 2. He died in July, 1770. October 21, 1735, he married (first) Osseltjin Vander Linde, born February, 1719; died September 13, 1748, hav- ing borne her husband six children : I. Daniel, born November 30, 1736; died February 4, 1760. 2. Pieter, referred to below. 3. Re- becca, February 21, 1741 ; married Samuel Benjaminse Demarest. 4. Geesje, September 13, 1744; died March 31, 1824; married Jacubus Durie. 5. David, November 22, 1746; married Joanna Kip, and died March 17, 1809. 6. Benjamin, September 13, 1748; died Febru- ary 22, 1760. January 23, 1760, Pieter Dem- arest married (second) Annatje Van Deuse, who bore him four more children: 7. Daniel, born December 15, 1761 ; married Santje Peek. 8. Lena, November 24, 1763; died 1769. 9. Osseltje, June 17, 1765 ; married Petrus Durie. IO. Jacob, September 4, 1767; married Lea Peek.
(V) Pieter (2), second child and son of Pieter (1) and Osseltjin (Vander Linde) Demarest, was born July 3, 1739 ; died Novem- ber II, 1804. May 27, 1762, he married Lydia, born August 5, 1744; baptized at Hackensack the following September 2; died August 15, 1823, daughter of Garrit Hoppe and Hend- rickje Ter Hune. Their children were: I. Pieter, born November 19, 1764, see forward. 2. Garret, born June 1, 1768; died December 4, 1769. 3. Garret, November 26, 1770; died August 24, 1792, unmarried. 4. Daniel, May 15, 1774; died March 13, 1785. 5. Hendrike, February 15, 1785 ; died February 10, 1792.
(VI) Pieter (3), the eldest child and son of Pieter (2) and Lydia (Hoppe) Demnarest, was born November 19, 1764; baptized at Schraalenburgh, November 25, following, and died January 15, 1847. May 30, 1796, he mar- ried Lea, born January 23, 1771 ; died October 2, 1832, daughter of Gerrit Jacobse and Jaco-
mina (Helms) Demarest, and granddaughter of Jacobus Davidse and Margrietje Cosyns (Herring) Demarest. Her grandmother, the second wife of Jacobus Davidse Demarest, was the daughter of Teunis Helms and Mar- grietje Blauvelt. The only child of Pieter and Lea (Demarest) Demarest was Daniel, re- ferred to below.
(VII) Daniel, the only child of Pieter and Lea (Demarest) Demarest, was born May 16, 1791 ; baptized at Schraalenburgh, June 3, fol- lowing, and died November, 1822. November 29. 1810, he married Lea, born January 6, 1796: baptized at Schraalenburgh, February 13, following ; died May 10, 1872, daughter of Isaac Albertse and Margaret Davidse (Durie) Bogert, and granddaughter of Albert Isaacse and Lea Jacobse (Demarest) Bogert, and of David Janse Durie and Margaret Cornelise Van Hoorn, and great-granddaughter of Isaac and Lea (Demarest) Bogert, of David Davidse Demarest and Margrietje Abramse Heering, of Jan Durie and Angenietje Janse Bogert and of Cornelis Van Hoorn and Maria Demarest. The children of Daniel and Lea ( Bogert ) Dem- arest were: I. Lea, born September 16, 1811; died August II, 1819. 2. Isaac, January 20, 1814; died October 7, 1893 ; married Margaret Van Wagener. 3. Peter, July 14, 1816; died November 14, 1894 ; unmarried. 4. David, re- ferred to below. 5. Garret, August 23, 1821; died April 23, 1877 ; married Maria Demarest.
(VIII) David, fourth child and third son of Daniel and Lea (Bogert) Demarest, was born July 30, 1819; baptized September 5, 1819; died June 21, 1898. He was a clergy- man of the Reformed church, and pastor suc- cessively at Flatbush, Ulster county, New York; New Brunswick, New Jersey, and at Hudson, New York, from 1841 to 1865. From 1865 until the date of his death, 1898, he was the professor of practical theology in the New Brunswick Theological Seminary. He was the author of many articles and pamphlets, and some books, among which should be mentioned, "The History and Characteristics of the Re- formed Church," published in 1856, and reach- ing its fourth edition in 1898; the "Huguenots on the Hackensack," a paper read before the Huguenot Society of America in 1886, and later republished; the "Lectures on Pastoral Theology," published in 1895; and the follow- ing works published between 1890 and 1898: "Notes on the Constitution of the Reformed Church," and "Lectures on Liturgics." Au- gust 19, 1846, David Demarest married Cath- arine Louisa, daughter of James Schureman
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and Catharine ( Polhemus) Nevius, and grand- daughter of the Rev. Henry Polhemus. Her father was a justice of the supreme court of New Jersey. The children of David and Cath- arine Louisa (Nevius) Demarest were : I. Leah, now Mrs. Graham Taylor. 2. James Schureman Nevius. 3. Catharine Louisa, now Mrs. Oliver Davidson. 4. Mary Arthur, nın- married and living with her brother in New Brunswick. 5. Alfred Howard, who died No- vember 3, 1904. 5. William Henry Steele, re- ferred to below. 7. Stephen DuBois, who died December II, 1894.
(IX) William Henry Steele, the sixth child and third son of David and Catharine Louisa (Nevius) Demarest, was born at Hudson, New York, May 12, 1863, and is now living in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He graduated from Rutgers College Preparatory School in 1879; from Rutgers College in 1883, with the degree of A. B., and from the New Brunswick Theo- logical Seminary in 1888. In 1886 he received from Rutgers College the degree of M. A., and in 1901 the degree of D. D. From 1883 to 1886 he was a teacher in the Rutgers College Preparatory School, and since 1888 has been a clergyman of the Dutch Reformed church. From 1888 to 1897 he was pastor at Walden, New York; from 1897 to 1901 pastor at Cats- kill, New York. From 1901 to 1906 he occu- pied the chair of church history and govern- ment at the New Brunswick Theological Semi- nary, from 1905 to 1906 being also the acting president of Rutgers College. In 1906 he was chosen as the president of Rutgers College, and still occupies that position. His clubs are the University Club, of New York City ; the Rut- gers Club, of New Brunswick; the Delta Phi. Greek letter college fraternity; the Phi Beta Kappa Society; the Huguenot Society of America ; the Holland Society, of New York. Dr. Demarest is unmarried.
.For first generation see preceding sketch).
(II) Jean, eldest child of DEMAREST David and Maria (Sohier ) des Marest, was born in Middleburg, Zeeland, Netherlands, and bap- tized there in the Reformed church of that city, April 14, 1645. He immigrated to New Netherlands, North America, with his parents in 1663, and lived with them on Staten Island, Harlem and Hackensack, New Jersey. He married (first) in New Jersey, September 9, 1668, Jacomina Dreuns (de Ruine), and she became the mother of his children: I. David, baptized in New York, August 18, 1669 ; mar-
ried Antje, daughter of Jan Slot, who died before 1706, and his widow married Jonathan Hart, of Southhold, Long Island, September 7, 1706. 2. John, baptized in New York, June 18, 1671; married Deborah -; removed to Apoughquinsing, Chester county, Pennsyl- vania. 3. Mary, married (first) a Mr. Ely ; (second) Jocobus, eldest son of Peter Slot. 4. Sarah, baptized in New York, October 12, 1675 ; married Abram Canon. 5. Simon, bap- tized in New York, November 22, 1677; he probably died in infancy. 6. Rachel, married Thomas Hyer, of Apoughquinsing, Pennsyl- vania, May 9, 1702. 7. Jacomina, baptized in New York, April 21, 1680; married John Stewart, of Sterling, Scotland, March 29, 1700, and lived in Chester county, Pennsylvania. 8. Lea, baptized at Bergen, New Jersey, April 18, 1682; married Abram Brower, March 29, 1700. 9. Magdalina, married James Christie, of Iverdeen, Scotland, September 8, 1703. 10. Samuel, baptized in New York, November 13, 1687 ; probably died in infancy. II. Peter, see forward. He married (second) Marritje (Jacobse) Van Winkle, widow of Peter Slot, March 23, 1692, in New York. He married (third) Magdalen Laurens, widow of Jean Tullier, of Hackensack, December 20, 1702. He had no children by his last two marriages. He died in Bergen, New Jersey, 1719.
(III) Peter, youngest child and fifth son of Jean and Jacomina (Dreuns) Demarest, was born in Harlem, New York, about 1685. He inarried (first ) at Hackensack, Marritje Meet ( Mead), May 14, 1702, and ( second) at Hack- ensack, New Jersey, Maria Batton, October 15, 172I. By these two marriages he became the father of eighteen children, seven by his first wife and eleven by his second wife. His fourteenth child David Peter, see forward.
(IV) David Peter, son of Peter and Maria ( Batton) Demarest, was baptized at Schraalen- burg, New Jersey, May 21, 1738. He married Hester Brower and had ten children baptized in Hackensack : I. Peterus, November 23, 1761 ; died in infancy. 2. Elizabeth, baptized July 3, 1763 ; married Jacobus Westervelt, Sep- tember 4, 1789. 3. Peterus, June 8, baptized June 23, 1765; married Catalina Benson. 4. Maria, baptized August 2, 1767 ; married, No- vember 24, 1786, Matthew Bogart. 5. Abram, baptized October 22, 1769; died in infancy. 6. Margrietje, baptized July 24, 1771 ; married, April 13, 1791, Christain Stuart, and died . April, 1808. 7. Abraham, born December 14, 1773 : baptized January 1, 1774. 8. John, born October 24, baptized December 24, 1775, at
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Schraalenburg, New Jersey ; died young. 9. David D., see forward. 10. James D., born March 9, 1780; was a clergyman of the Dutch, Reformed church; married, May 15, 1803, Elizabeth Harring, of Tappan, New York, and died November 7, 1869.
(V) David D., sixth son and ninth child of David Peter and Hester (Brower) Demarest, was born in Schraalenburg, New Jersey, 1778; died there February 20, 1856. He married, April 16, 1797, Hannah Van Saun, and they had a large family of children, born in Schraalenburg, of whom we have the names of six: I. Leah, July 22, 1800. 2. David, see forward. 3. Hester, September 28, 1804; died in infancy. 4. Hester, January 27, 1808. 5. Maria, August 11, 1811. 6. Samuel, April 26, 1814.
(VI) David, eldest son of David D. and Hannah (Van Saun) Demarest, was born in Schraalenburg, New Jersey, August 7, 1802. He married Maria, daughter of Peter and Jane (Van Houten ) Paulson ; children : I. Jane Maria, married John A. Van Wagoner. 2. Abram, married Maria Courter. 3. Peter, see forward. 4. Sophia Ann, did not marry. 5. Catherine, married Garrabrant. 6. Ella Levina, born December 20, 1852 ; married (first ) John W. Doremus, and had Suda, died aged nine months, and Susan, died aged two months. Ella Levina (Demarest ) Doremus married (second), June 25, 1895, Dr. Louis L. Ruppert, a practicing dental surgeon of Brook- lyn, New York.
(VII) Peter, third child and second son of David and Maria (Paulson) Demarest, was born in Paterson, New Jersey. He was a life- long resident of Paterson, and was an auc- tioneer and also conducted a grocery store. He sold all kinds of saleable merchandise, as well as houses and other real estate, and as he spoke the Dutch language fluently, was very popular among the Hollanders who lived in Pat- erson. He married Charity Elizabeth Yeoman. Children, born in Paterson: I. Catherine, mar- ried Benjamin Smolly ; one child, Clarence. 2. David, born September 6, 1864; married Eva Steele ; children : Elizabeth and David. 3.
Samuel, see forward. 4. Mary Adeline, mar- ried Oscar Sutton ; children : Catherine, Will- iam L. and Edward.
(VIII) Samuel Yeoman, second son and third child of Peter and Charity Elizabeth (Yeoman) Demarest, was born in Paterson, New Jersey, May 25, 1866. He married, May . 24, 1903, Emma, daughter of Jacob and Maria (Fritcher) Harder. He became a dealer in
butter and eggs and country produce, in part- nership with his brother David. At the time of forming the partnership, in 1880, he was only fourteen years of age, and his brother David sixteen years old. The business was established in their native village, on Main street, and continued with marked success up to 1900, when the firm was dissolved, and he, the younger brother, withdrew and started in the same business on his own account, two doors from the old stand. His reputation for fair dealing, strict attention to business, and personal popularity, among his townspeople won him success and a place as a foremost merchant of the city of Paterson. He became a prominent member of the American Me- chanics Association, and was active in the various movements that have been made for the wellbeing of his native city.
(For first generation see David des Marets 1). (II) Samuel, fifth son of
DEMAREST David and Maria (Sohier) des Marest, was born in Mannheim in the Palatinate on the Rhine in 1656, and died in Hackensack, New Jersey, 1728. . He came to America with his parents and was married to Maria de Ruine (Dreuns) and by this marriage he had eleven children born in Bergen county, New Jersey, and in Hackensack, New Jersey: I. Maydalina, bap- tized in New York, April 21, 1680, married Cornelius Epha Banta, November 1, 1799; she died before 1719. 2. David, baptized at Ber- gen, New Jersey, October 3, 1681, married Mattie, daughter of Joost de Baune, November IO, 1705. 3. Samuel, married Annetje Van Hoorn, August 1, 1713. 4. Peter, married Margrietje Cornelse Herring, September 14, 1717. 5. Jocomina, married (first) Samuel Helling (Helm), November 10, 1705; (sec- ond) Cornelius Van Hoorn (2), July 19, 1710. 6. Judith, married (first) Christian de Baume, January 29, 1709; (second) Peter Du .Rej (Durie), July 21, 17II. 7. Sarah, baptized at Hackensack, March 7, 1697; married John Westervelt in 1718. 8. Simon, see forward. 9. Rachel, baptized at Hackensack, January 12, 1701, married Jocobus Peck, October 14, 1726. 10. Susanna, baptized in Hackensack, April 18, 1703, married Benjamin Van Bus- kirk, March 21, 1725. II. Daniel, baptized at Hackensack, March 25, 1706.
(III) Simon, fourth son and eighth child of Samuel and Maria (Dreuns) Demarest, was baptized in Hackensack, New Jersey, May 21, 1699. He married, Vrouwtje Cornelise Her-
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ring, December 1, 1721, and they lived in Rockland county, New York. They had chil- dren : Samuel, Caroline, Cornelius, Daniel, Marta, John, David, see forward; Peter, Jacob, Jacob.
(IV) David, fifth son and seventh child of Simon and Vrouwtje Cornelise (Herring) Demarest, was born March 1, 1736, probably in Schraalenburg, New Jersey. He married Maria Jannetie Davids Campbell, on March 27, 1758, and they had children : William, Simon Davids, see forward; Elizabeth, Fanny and Mary.
(V) Simon Davids, son of David and Maria Jannetie Davids (Campbell) Demarest, was born in Schraalenburg, New Jersey, May 12, 1765, and died there July 17, 1828. He was married December 8, 1787, to Hannah Banta, who was born November 16, 1768, and died September 10, 1826. Children,
born in Schraalenburg : Samuel, Hannah, David S., see forward, Jane.
(VI) David S., second son and third child of Simon Davids and Hannah ( Banta) Dema- rest, was born in Schraalenburg, New Jersey, August 23, 1795, and died there July 4, 1877. He married Margaretta Durie, born January 30, 1802, died January 17, 1867, and they had children, all born in Schraalenburg: I. Simon D., who married Margaret Blauvelt in 1840. 2. Jane, who married John C. Zabriskie in 1857. 3. David Durie, who married Salina Ward, January 10, 1861, in California. 4. Samuel D., married Catherine Van Antwerp in 1852. 5. John D., who did not marry. 6. Hannah, born March, 1831, married, Novem- ber, 1860, Thomas V. B. Zabriskie. 7. Abra-" ham S. D. (died young). 8. Abraham S. D. (2d), see forward. , 9. Cornelius Blauvelt, born May II, 1836; married Annie Young, 1863. TO. Margaretta, married John G. Banta, May, 1856. II. Isaac D., born January 30, 1840, married Lizzie Zabriskie.
(VII) Abraham S. D., eighth child and sixth son of David S. and Margaretta (Durie) Demarest, was born in Schraalenburg, New Jersey, May 18, 1834. He lived on the old homestead up to 1867, except during the period 1856-60, when he was in California with his brother David. He removed to New- burgh, New York, in 1869, where he was en- gaged in the music business up to 1876, when he took up his residence at Hackensack, New Jersey, and there established a stationery busi- ness, subsequently connecting with it the sale of pianos and organs. In 1886 he added to the business that of undertaking. In 1892 he sold
out his stationery business, removed to larger quarters on Main street and devoted himself entirely to the undertaking business and the sale of pianos and organs. He was made treasurer of the Hackensack Mutual Building and Loan Association in 1890 and still held that responsible office (1909). His church affiliation has always been with the Reformed Church, and on removing to Hackensack he became a member and deacon in the First Re- formed Church of that place. He maintained an independent position in the political world, voting for measures rather than party candi- dates. He married, January 17, 1861, Lavina Blauvelt, and they have two children: Mar- garetta, born in Schraalenburg, New Jersey, June, 1863, married Cornelius T. Banta ; Sarah Louisa, born in Newburgh, New York, in July, 1869, married Frank Banta, a nephew of her sister's husband, and has a child, Helen Frances, born August 8, 1894.
(For ancestry see David des Marets 1).
(IV) Jocobus, third son
DEMAREST and fifth child of David (2) and Rachel (Cresson) Demarest, was baptized in Flatlands, Long Island, October 30, 1681. He married (first), March 8, 1707, Lea, daughter of Peter De Groot ; (second) Margritje Cozine Herring, September 26, 1719.
(V) Johannis, son of Jocobus and Mar- greitje Cozine (Herring) Demarest, was born in Rockland county, New York, August 20, 1720, and died on February 1, 1783. He mar- ried Rachel Zabriskie.
(VI) James J., son of Johannis and Rachel (Zabriskie) Demarest, was born in Rockland county, New York, August 20, 1749. He married Rachel Smitt, December 1, 1774. She was born May 19, 1756, and died April 28, 1825. They lived in Middletown, Rockland county, New York.
(VII) Cornelius J., son of James J. and Rachel (Smitt) Demarest, was born in Mid- dletown, New York, May 24, 1785, and died September 27, 1863. He married Catherine Holdrum, born January 30, 1788, died August 31, 1852.
(VII) John C., son of Cornelius J. and Catherine (Holdrum) Demarest, was born in Middletown, Rockland county, New York, De- cember 31, 1811, and died in New York City, September 1, 1880. He married Isabella Taulman. He engaged in railroading, and was the first conductor to run a train on the Erie railway from New York to Suffern, New
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York, when that part of the part of the line was first completed, and later became baggage agent in New York, and still later was em- ployed on the Long Island railroad, where he was employed at the time of his death. John C. and Isabella (Taulman) Demarest had five children, born on the old homestead at Middle- town, New York.
(IX) Milton, son of John C. and Isabella (Taulman) Demarest, was born at the old homestead at Middletown, Rockland county, New York, June 8, 1855. His parents re- moved to New York City in 1856, and removed to Nyack, New York, where he attended the public schools, completing his preparatory stud- ies at the school of Professor William Williams, known as Hackensack Academy, Hackensack, New Jersey. He then learned the upholster- er's trade, and devoted his evenings to the study of law, having determined to make the practice of that profession his life's work. He was admitted to the bar as an attorney in the June term of the state supreme court, 1877, and after the usual three years' practice under the New Jersey law was admitted as a coun- sellor-at-law. He began practice with his brother-in-law, Walter Christie, for one year, and thereafter was alone up to 1894, when he joined a partnership with Abram De Baun, under the firm name of Demarest & De Baun, and that law firm is still doing a large and growing business in 1909. In the spring of 1908 he was appointed judge of the court of common pleas and of quarter sessions, and also of the orphans' court of Bergen county, taking his seat upon the bench April 1, 1908. His political affiliation has always been with the Republican party, and his religious faith that held by the Reformed Church, the church home of his ancestors for ten genera- tions or more. He was a member of the First Reformed Church of Hackensack from early youth. and became superintendent of the Sun- day school as well as an officer of the church organization. His fraternal affiliations include Pioneer Lodge No. 70, Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masons, in which he is a fellow-crafts- man, and he also holds membership in Bergen County Lodge, No. 73, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a member of the Holland Society of New York City by right of descent, and in 1905-06 was one of the vice-presidents of the society for Bergen county. He organ- ized the Bergen county branch of the Holland Society of New York and was its first presi- dent. He served as a member of the Board of Education of Hackensack, 1894-1908, and
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