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Demarest family of New York

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Gerrit Smith Gerrit Smith (1797-1874) — of Peterboro, Madison County, N.Y. Born in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., March 6, 1797. Lawyer; hotelier; abolitionist; candidate for Governor of New York, 1840 (Liberty), 1858; candidate for President of the United States, 1848 (Liberty), 1852, 1856; U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1853-54; resigned 1854; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1872. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 28, 1874 (age 77 years, 297 days). Interment at Peterboro Cemetery, Peterboro, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Peter Gerrit Smith (1768-1837) and Elizabeth (Livingston) Smith (1773-1818); married 1822 to Ann Carroll Fitzhugh (1805-1879; sister of Henry Fitzhugh); grandson of James Livingston; second great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Younger and Dirck Ten Broeck; third great-grandson of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724); third great-grandnephew of Robert Livingston the Elder and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandson of Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin of Elizabeth Cady Stanton; first cousin twice removed of Jeremiah Van Rensselaer and Robert Van Rensselaer; first cousin thrice removed of Philip P. Schuyler; first cousin four times removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston, Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746) and Cornelis Cuyler; first cousin five times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Stephen Van Rensselaer, Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler, Maturin Livingston, Rensselaer Westerlo and Edward Philip Livingston; second cousin twice removed of Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792) and Peter Samuel Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed of Stephanus Bayard, Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721-1814), William Livingston, Philip John Schuyler, Matthew Clarkson (1733-1800) and Stephen John Schuyler; third cousin of Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward Livingston (1796-1840), Henry Bell Van Rensselaer and Nicholas Cornelius Blauvelt; third cousin once removed of Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Gansevoort, John Jacob Astor III, John Dewitt Blauvelt, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer; third cousin twice removed of Nicholas Bayard, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Matthew Clarkson (1758-1825), Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., James Parker, William Waldorf Astor, Robert Ray Hamilton, Peter Goelet Gerry, Ogden Livingston Mills and Robert Reginald Livingston; third cousin thrice removed of William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler and John Eliot Thayer Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Peter Augustus Jay, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, William Jay, Charles Ludlow Livingston, Hamilton Fish, George Washington Schuyler, John Cortlandt Parker and Philip N. Schuyler.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Public Library
  Abraham J. Demarest (1799-1863) — also known as Abram J. Demarest — of Clarkstown, Rockland County, N.Y. Born in Clarkstown, Rockland County, N.Y., August 10, 1799. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Rockland County, 1837. Died in Rockland County, N.Y., September 18, 1863 (age 64 years, 39 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Annetje (Blauvelt) Demarest and Jacob Petrus Demarest (1779-1850); married, January 24, 1818, to Jannitje 'Jane' Ackerman (1798-1882); grandfather of John Dewitt Blauvelt; first cousin of Cornelius M. Demarest (1803-1899); third cousin thrice removed of Edna B. Conklin; fourth cousin once removed of Andrew H. Demarest.
  Political family: Demarest family of New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Cornelius M. Demarest (1803-1899) — of Nanuet, Rockland County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Nanuet, Rockland County, N.Y., August 28, 1803. Democrat. Tanner; currier; member of New York state assembly from Rockland County, 1843. French Huguenot ancestry. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 18, 1899 (age 95 years, 174 days). Interment at Nanuet True Reformed Church Cemetery, Nanuet, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Matthew Demarest (1765-1855) and Hannah (Bogert) Demarest (1765-1848); married to Bridget Blauvelt (1808-1850); first cousin of Abraham J. Demarest; first cousin twice removed of John Dewitt Blauvelt; third cousin thrice removed of Edna B. Conklin; fourth cousin once removed of Andrew H. Demarest (1844-1896).
  Political family: Demarest family of New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Nicholas Cornelius Blauvelt (1814-1899) — also known as Nicholas C. Blauvelt — of Spring Valley, Rockland County, N.Y. Born in Clarkstown, Rockland County, N.Y., July 22, 1814. Democrat. School teacher; merchant; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1846; member of New York state assembly from Rockland County, 1853. Died, from heart failure, in Spring Valley, Rockland County, N.Y., October 30, 1899 (age 85 years, 100 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Cornelius Joseph Blauvelt (1775-1858) and Brechje (Tallman) Blauvelt (1778-1849); married 1835 to Mary Ann Demarest (1818-1845); married 1846 to Maria Demarest (1822-1864); married 1869 to Lavinia (Mackie) Conklin (1822-1909); father of John Dewitt Blauvelt; third cousin of Gerrit Smith (1797-1874).
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Demarest family of New York; Birney family of Danville, Kentucky (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Dewitt Blauvelt (1840-1917) — also known as John D. Blauvelt — of Spring Valley, Rockland County, N.Y. Born in Spring Valley, Rockland County, N.Y., September 27, 1840. Democrat. Postmaster at Spring Valley, N.Y., 1885-89; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1900. Died October 1, 1917 (age 77 years, 4 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Nicholas Cornelius Blauvelt and Mary Ann (Demarest) Blauvelt (1818-1845); married 1866 to Caroline Ackerman (1841-1902); grandson of Abraham J. Demarest; first cousin twice removed of Cornelius M. Demarest; third cousin once removed of Gerrit Smith (1797-1874).
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Demarest family of New York; Birney family of Danville, Kentucky (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Andrew H. Demarest (1844-1896) — of Paterson, Passaic County, N.J. Born in Small Lots (now part of Fair Lawn), Bergen County, N.J., November 6, 1844. Democrat. Grocer; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1894; postmaster at Paterson, N.J., 1895-96. Member, Knights of Pythias. Died in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., November 4, 1896 (age 51 years, 364 days). Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Demarest (1814-1908) and Anna (Hogencamp) Demarest (1819-1895); married 1865 to Maria C. Oldis (1845-1934); third cousin once removed of William Nelson Demarest (1849-1937); third cousin thrice removed of Eugene Ezra Demarest; fourth cousin once removed of Abraham J. Demarest and Cornelius M. Demarest.
  Political family: Demarest family of New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Nelson Demarest (1849-1937) — also known as William N. Demarest — of Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Middletown, Orange County, N.Y., October 24, 1849. Painter and paperhanger; Prohibition candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Stamford, 1908, 1910. Died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., July 10, 1937 (age 87 years, 259 days). Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Darien, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Gilbert Demarest (1808-1894) and Matilda (Nelson) Demarest (1827-1895); married, November 14, 1875, to Eunice Evangeline Toms (1853-1927); married 1929 to Florance A. Nearing (1886-1931); third cousin once removed of Andrew H. Demarest (1844-1896).
  Political family: Demarest family of New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edna B. Conklin (1875-1951) — of Hackensack, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Cresskill, Bergen County, N.J., July 7, 1875. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1924 (alternate), 1928, 1936, 1940 (Honorary Vice-President), 1944, 1948; member of New Jersey Republican State Committee, 1928-50; member of Republican National Committee from New Jersey, 1932-40. Female. Christian Reformed. Died in Hackensack, Bergen County, N.J., January 9, 1951 (age 75 years, 186 days). Interment at Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J.
  Relatives: Daughter of Sarah (Demarest) Cole (1832-1932) and John Demarest Cole (1849-1920); married to Charles Smith Conklin (1874-1951); third cousin thrice removed of Abraham J. Demarest and Cornelius M. Demarest (1803-1899).
  Political family: Demarest family of New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Eugene Ezra Demarest (1907-1986) — also known as Eugene E. Demarest — of Hackensack, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Hackensack, Bergen County, N.J., April 20, 1907. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1954; mayor of Hackensack, N.J., 1960-61; candidate in primary for Governor of New Jersey, 1961. Swedish, Dutch, and French Huguenot ancestry. Died August 7, 1986 (age 79 years, 109 days). Interment at Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of John Ezra Demarest (1865-1917) and Kirsten Marie (Swensen) Demarest (1877-1947); married, May 3, 1929, to Matilda Raemer; married, April 14, 1967, to Irene T. Oshinski; third cousin thrice removed of Andrew H. Demarest (1844-1896).
  Political family: Demarest family of New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
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