When Albert Demarest was born on 5 September 1766, in Bergenfield, Bergen, New Jersey, United States, his father, David Demarest, was 34 and his mother, Helena Magdalena Van Voorhees, was 34. He married Mary Vantine on 22 February 1789, in Conewago Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in York, Pennsylvania, United States in 1790 and Sempronius, Cayuga, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died in September 1843, at the age of 77, and was buried in Horton Cemetery, Cottage Grove, Dane, Wisconsin, United States.
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French: regional variant of Demarais , a cognate of 2 below.
Altered form of French Desmarets: habitational name, with fused preposition and definite article des ‘from the’, for someone from any of various places called Les Marets (from a regional derivative of Old French mareis ‘marsh’). Alternatively, the name may simply have been topographic. Compare Demaray , Demaree , and Demorest .
History: The progenitor of many of the American Demarests was David Demarest from France, who settled in NY (and later in NJ) in the second half of the 17th century. His father's surname was DesMarets. David Demarest is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors (as David Demarêts or Demarest or des Marêts or des Marest) and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of America (as David des Marest).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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