University Press Copublishing Division / Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Pages: 262
Trim: 6¾ x 9¾
978-1-61147-368-1 • Hardback • September 2007 • $91.00 • (£70.00)
David C. Major, PhD, and John S. Major, PhD, are brothers. They are descended from David Demarest, the early French Huguenot settler in the middle Hackensack Valley who is the subject of this book. The Majors are authors and editors of many books in their professional fields: natural resources and the environment for David, and East Asian history for John.
List of Maps and Illustrations
Acknowledgments
A Note on Names
Introduction: A New Biography of David Demarest
1: David Demarest in Europe
2: David Demarest in New Netherland
3: David Demarest on the Hackensack
4: The Demarest Family Through the Revolution and the Early Nineteenth Century
5: The Descendants of David Demarest to Modern Times
6: The Demarest Legacy
Appendices
A: The Demarest Name
B: David Demarest's Father
C: The Birthplace of David Demarest
D: The Marriage of David Demarest and Marie Sohier, and their Children
E: Demarests and Sohiers in Mannheim from the Records of the French Congregation
F: The Demarest House
G: Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
• Winner, Winner of the 2008 National Huguenot Society Book Award