Thomas Doremus

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Doremus was born on 11 April 1687, in Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, Cornelis Hendrickse Doremus, was 32 and his mother, Jannetje Joris Van Elsland, was 35. He married Anneke Abramse Ackerman on 4 October 1712, in New Jersey, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died in April 1748, in Passaic, Passaic, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Canfield Cemetery, Cedar Grove, Cedar Grove Township, Essex, New Jersey, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Doremus
1687–1748
Anneke Abramse Ackerman
1691–1750
Marriage: 4 October 1712
Cornelius Doremus
1714–1803
Abraham Thomas Doremus
1716–1802
Johannes Doremus
1719–
Golijn Thomase Doremus
1722–1792
Sarah Doremus
1723–1799
Aeltje "Alida" Doremus
1726–1771
Thomas Doremus
1730–1801

Sources (10)

  • Thomas Doremus, "New Jersey, Births, 1670-1980"
  • Tomas Dorremus, "New Jersey, Church Records, 1675-1970"
  • Tomas Doremus, "New Jersey, Births and Christenings, 1660-1980"

World Events (1)

1733

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Name Meaning

French (northern France; also Dorémus) and Dutch (of French Huguenot origin): probably from d'Oresmieux or d'Oresmaux, habitational names denoting someone from Oresmieux in Pas-de-Calais or Oresmaux in Somme, respectively, apparently reinterpreted as Doremus, Dorémus under the influence of the Christian liturgic Latin phrase oremus ‘let us pray’ or its French derivative orémus ‘prayer’. Alternatively, at least in Nord, a patronymic, with fused French preposition d(e) ‘of’, from the originally Flemish or Dutch nickname Oremus 1. The surname Doremus is not found in the Netherlands anymore. Compare Doramus .

History: Cornelis Doremus from Middleburg in the Netherlands settled, together with his family, in NJ a few years before 1690. His ancestors were French Huguenots who settled in the Netherlands fleeing the religious persecution in France. This surname is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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