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ABRAHAM DEMAREST
Originally published in 1900 |
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ABRAHAM DEMAREST, of Closter, is descended in the seventh genera-
tion from David des Marest, the first American emigrant and progenitor
of the family (see sketch on page 64). The line of descent is as follows:
David des Marest (1), of Beauchamp, in Picardv, France, and his wife Maria
Sohier, of Nieppe, in Hainault. had four children of the second generation:
David, Samuel, John, and Daniel.
David Davids Demarest (2) married Sara Bertholf, daughter of Rev. Gilliam Bertholf, and had eleven children of the third generation, one of whom was Jacobus Davids Demarest. Jacobus Davids Denmrest (3), baptized May 30, 1705, married (1) Lea de Groot and (2) Margaretta Cozine Haring. He lived at Schraalenburgh and had issue fifteen children of the fourth generation. John Jacobus Demarest (4), born August 20, 1720, died February 1, 1783, married, March 7, 1744, Rachel Zabriskie, daughter of Joost Zabriskie, who was born March 19, 1725, and died April 16, 1813. They resided at Schraalenburgh and had thirteen children of the fifth generation. Jacobus Johns Demarest (5), born August 20, 1748, died October 9, 1844, married 11) Rachel Smith, who died April 28, 1825. He married (2), in 1825, Rachel Voorhis, who survived her husband and died in 1835. Jacobus was a surveyor by occupation and lived at Middletown in Bergen County. he had issue ten children of the sixth generation. Joost Demarest (6) was born December 4, 1797, and died at Closter, N. J., November 1, 1878. He married, in February, 1823, Margaret, daughter of Frederick Haring, born October 2. 1802. Joust was a cabinetmaker and lived at Piermont, N. Y., until 1825, when he removed to what is now Harrington Park, on the farm now occupied by ex-Sheriff William C. Herring. His children of the seventh generation were James, Frederick J., John B., Isaac H., Abraham, Vreeland B., Mary M., and Ann Eliza, of whom Abraham (7) is the subject of this sketch. Abraham Demarest (7) was born in Harrington Township, N. J., December 14, 1839, and obtained his education in the schools of Bergen County. At the age of sixteen he engaged in the trade of tinsmith, and has ever since continued in that business. He is now at the head of the firm of A. Qemarest & Brother, hardware dealers, of Closter. He is a public spirited, progressive citizen, active in local affairs, and highly respected by all who know him. He served nine months in the Civil War as a private in the Twenty-second New Jersey Volunteers, and is a member of the Dutch Reformed Church of Closter. He married Catherine D. Westervelt, a member of an old and respected New Jersey family.
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