Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,
Shelby Co.

GEORGE W. DEMAREE.  The first of Mr. Demaree's ancestors to come to America
was David Demaree (who spelled his name De Marest).  He married Mary
Sohier, of Middleburg, Zeeland, and three sons were born to their union:
Jean (John), born in Middleburg, Zeeland, in 1645; David, born in Mannheim,
in 1652, and Samuel, born in Mannheim in 1656.  David, with his wife and
three sons, arrived at New Amsterdam (New York) in 1663.  He was one of the
twelve counselors of Gov. Stuyvesant at the surrender of New Amsterdam.
Later, in 1665, they moved to New Harlem, N. Y., and in 1677 purchased
2,010 acres of land on the Hackensack River, N. J., and moved hither in
1678.  In 1682 they helped organize a Huguenot (French) Church on the
Hackensack River.  David died in 1693.  David, Jr., a descendant of the
progenitor, emigrated from New Jersey to Adams County, Penn., and located
on what is now the site of Gettysburg, where he resided during the
Revolution and died there.  Just after that struggle his son Samuel moved
to Harrodsburg, Mercer Co., Ky.  He married Susan Brunner, daughter of
Pete Brunner, one of the framers of the old constitution of Kentucky (1799)
and they became the parents three sons and four daughters.  The sons were
David, Samuel and Daniel.  Samuel was quite a noted physician in Shelby
County, Ky.; Daniel died when young; David became the grandfather of our
subject, was one of the first magistrates in Shelby County, this State,
and was also county judge for a number of years.  His son, Samuel, father
of George W. Demaree, married Rachel Vorhies, of Shelby County, daughter of
Albert and Ann (Banta) Vorheis.  Samuel Demaree was a magistrate in Henry
County for a number of years, was a very successful farmer and was well
informed on almost any subject.  He and his wife, Rachel, were the parents
of the following named children nine sons and four daughters: David V.,
Henry, Peter, Albert, Samuel, John M., George W., Joseph S., Cornelius V.,
Elizabeth, Mary, Ann and Susan.  Of these, George W. is the seventh son,
and was born in Henry County, Ky., January 27, 1832.  He was educated at
the best common schools of the day; later read law and was admitted to
the bar.  He has been magistrate of Shelby County for twenty years and is
elected for another term.  As a magistrate he is popular, always
endeavoring to cultivate a spirit of friendship and compromise between
litigants.  He is comfortably situated on his farm near Christiansburg,
where he makes a specialty of raising apiaries in Kentucky.  He is well
known as an apicultural writer, among bee men throughout the United States
and Canada.  November 17, 1857, Mr. Demaree married Eliza E. Demaree, of
Shelby County, daughter of John and Sarah (Hastings) Demaree.  One child,
Clarisa, was born to this union, but is now deceased.  Mr. Demaree is a
member and an elder of the Presbyterian Church, and his wife is a member
of the Methodist Church.

Demaree De_Marest Sohier Vorhies Banta Brunner Hastings
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Harrodsburg-Mercer-KY Henry-KY Adams-PA NY NJ Zeeland Germany

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