Samuel Demarest (3), of Schraalenburgh, married Annatie Van Horn and had issue of the fourth generation Samuel, Jannetie, Cornelius, Samuel, David, Elsie, Daniel, and Maria.

David Demarest (4) removed to Rockland County, N. Y., where, in 1729, he married Catherine Van Houten. He resided near Tappan, N. Y., where they had issue of the fifth generation Annatie, David, Geertie, Peter, William, Elizabeth, Samuel, Geertie, Lydia, Jacobus, and Garret.

Jacobus Demarest (5), born at Tappan, August 20, 1748, married, in 1781, Rachel, daughter of Cornelius C. Smith, who was born at Tappan, May 14, 1756. She died April 28, 1825, and he died October 9, 1844. They had issue of the sixth generation Cornelius J.; Jacobus, 1789; Sarah, 1792; Elizabeth, 1795; and Joost, 1797.

Cornelius J. (6) was born at Orangetown, N. Y.. May 24, 1785, and died September 27, 1863. His wife, Catherine Holdrum, was born June 30, 1787, and died August 31, 1852. Both are buried at the cemetery at Tappan.

Among the children of Cornelius J. (6) and Catherine (Holdrum) Demarest was John C. Demarest (7), who married Isabella, daughter of Daniel D. Tallman, and had issue, among others, of the eight generation, Milton Demarest, the subject of this sketch.

Milton Demarest (8) was born in Rockland County, N. Y., June 8, 1855. He spent his boyhood days in attendance upon the public schools at Nyack, N. Y., and finished his education in The private school of Professor William Williams and at Hackensack Academy, his parents having removed to Hackensack when he was quite young. After completing a thorough academic course he entered as a student the law office of M. C. Gillham, at Hackensack, where lie completed a full course of study. In June, 1877, he was admitted to the New Jersey bar as an attorney, and three years later as a counselor. He practiced his profession until the summer of 1879, when he formed a law partnership with Walter Christie, of Hackensack, which lasted for one year. From that time until 1894 lie practiced alone, and then associated himself with Abram de Baun, with whom he has since carried on an extensive and lucrative practice.

From 1872 to 1877 Mr. Demarest served as a member of Company C, Second Battalion, N. G. N. J. He has served seven years as counsel and clerk of the Hackensack Improvement Commission, and is a member of the New Barbadoes Board of Education, of which body he was elected President in March, 1900. He is a member of Pioneer Lodge, F. and A. M., of Bergen County Lodge, I. O. O. F., and of the Oritani Field Club, and has served as a Deacon and Elder in the First Reformed Church at Hackensack. In politics he is a Republican. He ranks high in his profession, and is popular socially.