Joost Demarest (1710 - 1750)

Born 9 Nov 1710 in Hackensack, Bergen County, Province of New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Meyer — married about 1732 in Hackensack, NJ

Descendants

Died 14 Sep 1750 at age 39 in New York, Province of New York

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Biography

Joost DeMaree, (as transcribed), was baptized in the Hackensack Dutch Reformed Church, Bergen Township, New Jersey, on 9 Nov. 1710. In the record transcription, his parents are listed as David Sam. DeMaree and Matie DeBane. Further, the witnesses were Joost DeBane and Elisabeth Drabbe. ^[1]

Son of David Samuels des Marets and Matie des Marets (de Baun)

Joost married Maria Meyer. He inherited from his father a farm near Hackensack. He was a member of the Schraalenburgh church in 1733. He was given the freedom of the City of New York November 21, 1749; he had probably gone there to live. His death followed the next year. He was buried at New York September 14, 1750. His widow probably returned to live in the Schraalenburgh neighborhood as she joined the church there on confession 1751.

Children:

David: b. 1733, bap. 4 Aug 1734, Schraalenburgh, New Jersey. ^[2]

Jacob: b. 12 Dec 1736, bap. 2 Jan 1737, Tappan, New Jersey.

Annatie: bap. 22 June 1740, Hackensack, New Jersey. ^[3]

Rachel: bap. 9 Jan 1743, Schraalenburgh, New Jersey ^{[4] [5]}

Maria (Marijtjin): b. 18 Jul 1745, bap. 22 Aug 1745, Schraalenburg, New Jersey. ^[6]

Samuel: b. 3 Sep 1748, bap. 16 Oct 1748, Schraalenburg, New Jersey. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZZD-43P : 14 February 2020), Joost De Maree, 1710.
2. ↑ "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ67-GX7 : 18 January 2020), Joost Demarest in entry for David Demarest, 1734.
3. ↑ "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZZ8-Z5W : 14 February 2020), Joost De Marest in entry for Annaetje De Marest, 1740.
4. ↑ "The Demarest family : David des Marest of the French patent on the Hackensack and his descendants," Mary A. Demarest and William H. S. Demarest (1938)
5. ↑ "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ67-Q3D : 18 January 2020), Joost Demarest in entry for Rachel Demarest, 1743.
6. ↑ "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ6Q-GJ2 : 18 January 2020), Joost Demaree in entry for Marijtjin Demaree, 1745.
7. ↑ "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ67-TNR : 18 January 2020), Joost Demorest in entry for Samuel Demorest, 1748.

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