Table of Contents

List of Maps and Illustrations     9
Acknowledgments     13
A Note on Names     15
Introduction: A New Biography of David Demarest     17
David Demarest in Europe     23
David Demarest in New Netherland     51
David Demarest on the Hackensack     77
The Demarest Family Through the Revolution and the Early Nineteenth Century     104
The Descendants of David Demarest to Modern Times     136
The Demarest Legacy     159
Appendices
The Demarest Name     179
David Demarest's Father     182
The Birthplace of David Demarest     186
The Marriage of David Demarest and Marie Sohier, and their Children     189
Demarests and Sohiers in Mannheim from the Records of the French Congregation     191
The Demarest House     201
Glossary     204
Notes     206
Bibliography     240
Index     251