Rachel (Demarest) Peek (bef. 1701 - 1799)

Born before 12 Jan 1701 in Hackensack, Province of New Jersey

Ancestors

Wife of Jacobes Peek — married 17 Sep 1726 in Hackensack, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 15 Apr 1799 after age 98 in Appoquinimink, Hundred, Delaware,

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Biography

Rachel Demarest was born before January 12, 1701 (baptism date), in Hackensack, New Jersey to Samuel Desmarets and Marie De Ruine. She married Jacobus (Johannes) Peek on October 14, 1726, in her hometown. She died on April 15, 1799, in New Jersey at the impressive age of 98, and was buried in New Milford, New Jersey.

Birth

• Rachel Demarest was born before January 12, 1701, in Hackensack, New Jersey, to Marie De Ruine, age 39, and Samuel Desmarets, age 44.^[1]

Baptism

• Rachel was baptized 12 January 1701 in the Dutch Reformed Church in Hackensack,New Jersey.^{[2][3][1][4][5]}

Marriage Banns

• Marriage Banns were announced 17 September 1726 in the Hackensack Church.^[6]

Marriage

• Rachel married Jacobus Peeke, October 14, 1726, at Hackensack,New Jersey.^{[2][7][6][4][5]}

Death

• Rachel Demarest died on April 15, 1799, at Appoquinimink, Hundred, Delaware, when she was 98 years old.^[1][8]

Burial

Rachel is buried in the French Burying Ground in New Milford, Bergen County, New Jersey.^[8]

Children

• Rachel and Jacobus had the following children: ^[2][1][4]

1. Sara bap. Sep. 3, 1730, Schraalenburgh; m. Samuel P. Demarest
2. Judith, bap. May 28, 1732, Schraalenburgh
3. Rachel, bap. Apr. 28, 1734, Schraalenburgh
4. Samuel, bap. July 15, 1736, Schraalenburgh; m. Margrietje Anderson
5. Jacobus bap. May 21, 1738, Schraalenburgh, m. Wilemptie Bogert
6. Guysbert, bap. June 15, 1740, Schraalenburgh
7. Rachel, bap. July 11, 1742, Schraalenburgh; m. Cornelis Bogert
8. David, bap. Oct. 14, 1744, Schraalenburgh; m. Sarah Anderson
9. Annatie, bap. Oct. 14, 1744, Schraalenburgh; m. Laurens Ackerman, Jr. May 28, 1763

Church Records

Marriage

• 1726 Sep 17 Peek, Jacobus, wid'r of Sara Banta, both l. Schralenburg, and Rachel Sa___ DeMarest, y.d., married Oct. 14. ^[9]

Children's baptisms

1. 1738. May 21. Jacobes - Jacobes Peek, Rachel Demarest. Wit.: Jan Bogert, Antje Peek, his wife. ^[10]
2. 1742. July 11. Rachel - Jacobus Peek, Rachel Demarest. Witnesses: Joannes Peek; Susanna, his wife.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Gert-Jan Peek, "Stamboom Peek", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-peek/I1072140379.php : accessed January 15, 2020), "Rachel Demarest (1701-1799)".
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Demarest, Voorhis David, The Demarest Family: A record of the desMarets family in France, the Holy Land in the Crusades, again in France, Holland, the Palatinate (Germany) again in Holland and the migration to America, 1663 (Hackensack, NJ: n.pub., 1964), page III-6.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Jersey, Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1931." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} “Family Files.” The Genealogical Society of Bergen County, NJ, Bergen County Genealogical Society, March 2020, Page 234 dutchgenie.net/GSBC-familyfiles/familyfiles/g0/p234.htm#i26453
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Lee, Francis Bazley. Genealogical and Memorial History of the State Of New Jersey - A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of the Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Volume I, Lewis Historical Publishing Company; New York; 1910, Page 150. https://archive.org/details/genealogicalmemo07leef/page/n10/mode/2up
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Dutch Reformed Church Records from New York and New Jersey. Holland Society of New York, New York, Hackensack NJ, Book 62,page 104.
7. ↑ "New Jersey, Church Records, 1675-1970," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGVS-677W : 3 October 2019), Jacobus Peek and Rachel De Marest, 17 Sep 1726; citing Marriage, New Jersey, British Colonial America, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100488601/rachel-samuels-peek : accessed 28 June 2022), memorial page for Rachel Samuels DeMarest Peek (12 Jan 1701–15 Apr 1799), Find a Grave Memorial ID 100488601, citing French Burying Ground, New Milford, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA ; Maintained by Julie {Palmer} Clark (contributor 46976053).
9. ↑ Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey: Vol. 22, Marriage Records: 1665-1800; William Nelson; The Press Printers and Publishers; Paterson, N.J.; 1900, Pages 483 and 496
10. ↑ "Records of the Reformed Dutch Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, New Jersey, 1686-1802." Vol. 1, Part 2 (Schraalenburgh), page 83
11. ↑ "Records of the Reformed Dutch Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, New Jersey, 1686-1802." Vol. 1, Part 2 (Schraalenburgh), page 91.

• "Records of the Reformed Dutch Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, New Jersey, 1686-1802." In Collections of the Holland Society of New York. Vol. 1, Part 2 (Schraalenburgh). New York: Printed for the Society, 1891.
• Wardell, Patricia A. "Peek: Rachel S. Demarest" njgsbc.org. Accessed 12 Feb 2017. http://njgsbc.org/indexes/bergen-county-families/

See also:

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3LYZ-YYF : accessed 15 January 2020), entry for Rachel Demarest, cites sources; "Littlewolf Family Tree" file (2:2:2:MM6R-8ZK), submitted 25 March 2019 by lucianalittlewolf1 [identity withheld for privacy].
• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3HXL-BSV : accessed 15 January 2020), entry for Rachel /Demarest/, cites sources; "MGB Tree" file (2:2:2:MMDK-F4C), submitted 14 December 2015 by MG Bissell [identity withheld for privacy].
• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3P1V-LBD : accessed 15 January 2020), entry for Rachael Demarest, cites sources; file (2:2:2:MM61-BJY), submitted 7 September 2019 by ShawnVentura [identity withheld for privacy].

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Demarest-152 created through the import of export.ged on Jul 19, 2011 by Chérie Woodlief.
• This person was created through the import of LaBach Family TreeApril28_2011.ged on 05 May 2011.