Capt. Samuel Demarest

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Samuel Demarest

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Birthplace: Schraalenburg, Bergen County, Province of New Jersey
Death: April 17, 1835 (89)
New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Peter Demarest and Maria Demarest
Husband of Willimena Demarest
Father of John David Demarest and Margaret Demerest
Brother of Margrietje Pieterse Bogert; Elizabeth van Buskirk; Hester Ackerman; Lydia Pieterse Ackerman; John P. Demarest and 5 others
Half brother of Jacquemina Ackerman; Marytie / Maria Demarest; Leah Demaree; Petrus Demarest; Rachel Loots and 2 others

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About Capt. Samuel Demarest

"Capt. Samuel Demarest was also known as Samuel De Maree. Capt. Samuel Demarest was born circa August 1745 at Bergen County, New Jersey. He was baptized on 25 August 1745 at Dutch Reformed Church, Schraalenburgh, Bergen County, New Jersey. He was the son of Peter Demarest and Maria Batton. Capt. Samuel Demarest married Willimena Banta on 28 July 1767 at Dutch Reformed Church, Schraalenburgh, Bergen County, New Jersey. Capt. Samuel Demarest served as a Captian in the Revolutionary War circa 1778 at Bergen County, New Jersey. He died on 17 April 1835 at New York City, New York County, New York, at age 89."

(David Conover genealogy)

• See Adrian C. Leiby's book: THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR IN THE HACKENSACK VALLEY for accounts of Loyalists and Patriots. Demarest was a Patriot (pps.5, 46n, 112, 113, 128, 141, 142n, 239)

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Capt. Samuel Demarest's Timeline

1745
August 25, 1745
Schraalenburg, Bergen County, Province of New Jersey
1762
1762
1835
April 17, 1835
Age 89
New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, United States
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February 11