Daniel
Demaree
Born in Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Demaree Jr.
and Marya (Brouwer) Demaree
Brother of
Antie (Cozine) DeMotte [half], Daniel Cozine [half], Sara (Cozine) Blanton [half] and Cornelius Cozine [half]
Husband of
Mary (Underwood) Demaree
— married
31 Oct 1811 (to 13 Nov 1816) in Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky, United States
Husband of
Sarah (Lee) Demaree
— married
5 Jun 1817 in Jefferson County, Indiana
Descendants 
Father of
William Underwood Demaree, Samuel B. Demaree, Nancy Ann Demaree, Mary Demaree, William Ralston Demaree, Daniel Lee Demaree, James H Demaree, Nathaniel Demaree, John Demaree, Sarah Frances (Demaree) Barnes and Harriet (Demaree) Steele
Died
at age 52
in Jefferson, Indiana, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Apr 2020
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Biography
Daniel Demaree was an early pioneer in the Indiana Territory.
Daniel Demaree is the descendant of a Huguenot emigrant.
Daniel was born about 1789 or 1792 (see Research Notes below). He is the son of Samuel Demaree and Mary Brouwer.
There were three generations of the family who settled, at early dates in this century, in Jefferson County, vis: Samuel the father, who came in 1812, and entered a large tract of land, Daniel, his son, and William U., a grandson. Daniel came from Shelby County, Ky., bringing his son William U., with him, who was but a boy at the time.[1]
Samuel’s son, Daniel, was born Nov. 19, 1792; married Polly Underwood at Shelbyville, Ky., Oct. 31, 1811. Daniel died March. 26, 1845. Samuel’s daughters were married at Shelbyville; also Sarah Cozine to Jesse Blanton, Oct. 28, 1800. In 1812, Samuel, Mary, Daniel and Polly (probably the married daughters of Samuel and Mary and Sarah Cozine Blanton) migrated to Jefferson County, Ind., and settled on Indian Kentuck Creek about six miles northeast of Madison. Learning of Pigeon Roost Massacre by the Indians near Henryville, Ind., Sep. 3, 1812, the families hastened back to Kentucky. There Daniel’s son, William Underwood, was born on Dec. 30, 1812. After the Indian troubles subsided, they returned to the Indiana settlement and remained there. Daniel’s second son, Samuel Brewer, was born in Indiana Nov. 14, 1814; a daughter Nancy Ann on Nov. 1, 1816. Polly died two weeks later—Nov. 13, 1816. Wm. U. died Nov. 9, 1880; Sam’l B., May 27, 1891. [2]
In the summer of 1821, in Jefferson County, he posted an estray bay mare before M. Hyatt, J.P.[3]
Military: MAY 1812. Jefferson, Indiana Territory, United States.
Property: Obtained Land Patent to 160 acres. 30 MAR 1825. Switzerland, Indiana, United States. Assigned his Land Patent to 160 acres to Henry Banta and John Christie. 23 MAY 1831. Switzerland, Indiana, United States.
In the 1840 census Danl was in Milton Township, Jefferson, Indiana, United States.[3]
Buried: China, Jefferson, Indiana, United States.
Research Notes
The date of birth on Find A Grave shows 19 Nov 1792.[4] This date was most likely taken from the book The Demarest Family.[5] This is in conflict with the inscription on the grave marker which states: "Died in the 56th year of his age." Accordingly, the grave marker is believed to be incorrect. See Comments below.
Sources
- ↑ John M. Gresham Company. (1889). Biographical and historical souvenir for the counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington, Indiana ... Chicago: Chicago printing company
- ↑ The Demarest Family, Vol. 1. Hackensack, NJ: Demarest Family Association.[1]
- ↑
1840 Census:
"United States Census, 1840"
citing Page: 167; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M704; Digital film/folder number: 005154524; FHL microfilm: 0007726; Image number: 347
FamilySearch Record: XHBV-G8S (accessed 29 August 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YBS-SZWK
Danl Demarce in Milton Township, Jefferson, Indiana, United States. - ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 September 2020), memorial page for Daniel Demaree (19 Nov 1792–24 Mar 1845), Find a Grave Memorial no. 73295871, citing Demaree Cemetery, China, Jefferson County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Allison (contributor 47469679).
- ↑ The Demarest Family, Vol. 1. Hackensack, NJ: Demarest Family Association.[2]
- Year: 1830; Census Place: Jefferson, Indiana; Series: M19; Roll: 28; Page: 123; Family History Library Film: 0007717
- Ancestry.com. The Demarest family [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: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, N.J.?: unknown, 1985.
- Marriage Records
- "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-CMSX-WN?cc=1410397&wc=Q8SH-5XR%3A962977001%2C963011401 : 21 January 2016), Jefferson > 1811-1832 Volume A > image 39 of 113; Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis.
- Marriage: Ancestry.com. Indiana, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1892 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 September 2020), memorial page for Daniel Demaree (19 Nov 1792–24 Mar 1845), Find a Grave Memorial no. 73295871, citing Demaree Cemetery, China, Jefferson County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Allison (contributor 47469679) .
- Name of Wife and Military Service: Ancestry.com. War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Daniel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Daniel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Daniel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Daniel:
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I descend from Daniel's half sister Anna Cozine and her first husband John DeMotte, through their son Daniel DeMotte. I have been associated with the Dutch Cousins Group for about a dozen years, and when I joined, Carolyn Leonard, a founder and still central figure of the group, told me that Daniel Demaree had been named after Marya Brouwer and Cornelius Cozine's son Daniel who had been killed by Pottawattomie natives 9 Aug 1790. His sister Sarah was taken captive the same day and lived with them until after the Battle of Falling Timbers and Grenville Treaty that followed in 1795, and her subsequent release.
It seems likely to me that since Marya had a living son Daniel, stepson to her now husband Samuel Demaree Jr, until Aug 1790, that another son would not have been given the same first name even though he had a different surname. That a son born after Aug 1790 might have been named after a boy killed tragically at only 11 seems very reasonable.
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