Benjamin Demarest was also known as Benjamyn Demarest. Benjamin Demarest was born on 25 November 1718 at Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey. He was the son of
Jacobus Demarest and
Lea Pieterse De Groot. Benjamin Demarest was baptized on 4 December 1718 at Dutch Reformed Church, Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey. He married
Jannetje Demarest, daughter of
Samuel Demarest and
Annatie Van Horen, on 28 October 1736 at Schraalenburgh, Bergen County, New Jersey. Benjamin Demarest married
Jannetje Demarest, daughter of
Samuel Demarest and
Annatie Van Horen, on 25 September 1741 at Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey. Benjamin Demarest married
Wybrugh Van Deusen on 2 July 1755 at New York City, New York County, New York. Benjamin Demarest married
Mrs. Susannah Ryer after 19 July 1767. Benjamin Demarest married
Elizabeth Wynkoop on 26 January 1772 at New York City, New York County, New York. Benjamin Demarest died in February 1790 at North Schraalenburgh, Dumont, Bergen County, New Jersey, at age 71. BS: NJ State Library - Books - Records of the Reformed Dutch Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, NJ, Part I (A974.921 R332a pt. 1 ), Hackensack, Pg. 119.