des Marets in America
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des Marets in America
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Posted: 6 Jul 2007 6:50PM GMT |
Classification: Query
My 12th Great Grandfather was David des Marets. There is not much in the way of hard facts about him or the family prior to July 1643 when he married Marie Sohier. The marriage record of David and Marie asserts David's birthplace as Beaucamps-le-Vieux and his birthdate as 1620.
Historically it is known that David is the founder of the French Huguenot colony (c. 1678), in what is now the New York City, Northern New Jersey area, specifically Old Bridge and Hackensack. David tried to keep the French language, religious and home values intact and not totally loose themselves in the new world, but eventually, Huguenot settlers melded with the Dutch and others in New Amsterdam. Common variations of the des Marets name in America are Demarest, Demerest, Demorest, Demeree, Demaree, Demaray, Demeray, Demerey, Demoray, Demorier, De Mara, and De Mary. Including these, others such as de Mares, de Marez and more may be related.
In 1938, Mary and William Demarest published "The Demarest Family" in a privately-printed edition. In 1964, Voorhis D. Demarest, then director of the Demarest Family Association, published "The Demarest Family set". These works were mainly based on Louis de Boer's 1928 report to William HS Demarest and has been seriously called into question. Discussion on this can be found at www.demarests.com. I, like many other Demarests still believe in our link to the Crusader "Baldwin" line of the des Marets family. It would be a shame to find out otherwise, but many of us are still looking for facts one way or the other.
I am interested to find out if anyone has any hard, historical research that shows the des Marets line from David and before. He married Marie Sohier in the French Church at Middleburg, Zeeland, in the presence of: (1) David's father, Jean (2) Marie's father, Francois (3) a Marguerite or Margrieta Serville, deHerville, or d'Herville who may or may not have been Davids Mother and (4) Marguerite or Margrieta Sohier, who is assumed to be Marie Sohier's sister. There may be other branches of the family that still have records in France, England, Africa, and Holland. Any information would help, thank you.
Historically it is known that David is the founder of the French Huguenot colony (c. 1678), in what is now the New York City, Northern New Jersey area, specifically Old Bridge and Hackensack. David tried to keep the French language, religious and home values intact and not totally loose themselves in the new world, but eventually, Huguenot settlers melded with the Dutch and others in New Amsterdam. Common variations of the des Marets name in America are Demarest, Demerest, Demorest, Demeree, Demaree, Demaray, Demeray, Demerey, Demoray, Demorier, De Mara, and De Mary. Including these, others such as de Mares, de Marez and more may be related.
In 1938, Mary and William Demarest published "The Demarest Family" in a privately-printed edition. In 1964, Voorhis D. Demarest, then director of the Demarest Family Association, published "The Demarest Family set". These works were mainly based on Louis de Boer's 1928 report to William HS Demarest and has been seriously called into question. Discussion on this can be found at www.demarests.com. I, like many other Demarests still believe in our link to the Crusader "Baldwin" line of the des Marets family. It would be a shame to find out otherwise, but many of us are still looking for facts one way or the other.
I am interested to find out if anyone has any hard, historical research that shows the des Marets line from David and before. He married Marie Sohier in the French Church at Middleburg, Zeeland, in the presence of: (1) David's father, Jean (2) Marie's father, Francois (3) a Marguerite or Margrieta Serville, deHerville, or d'Herville who may or may not have been Davids Mother and (4) Marguerite or Margrieta Sohier, who is assumed to be Marie Sohier's sister. There may be other branches of the family that still have records in France, England, Africa, and Holland. Any information would help, thank you.