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- "Daniel, the only child born to this family in this country, wasbaptized at "New Harlem" July 7, 1666. The baptism is recorded in theDutch Reformed Church at New York. The witness was Walraven Lutten,who had served as one of the commissaries with David on StatenIsland."
pg. xxiii, Narrative, para. 4.
"A real tragedy befell the family in January 1672. Their youngestson, Daniel, was killed accidentally when five years of age thru thecarelessness of a child of Joost Oblinus. The nine or ten year oldboy was riding a horse, drawing a sleigh, and rode over Daniel andkilled him." pg. xxiii, Narrative, para. 7.
Source:
EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK BY: Demarest, Voorhis David,
The Demarest family : a record of the desMarets family in France, theHoly Land in the Crusades, again in France, Holland, the Palatinate(Germany), again in Holland, and the migration to America, 1663 ...
Hackensack, N.J.?: unknown, 1964, 1322 pgs.
http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/
[Obtained & Transcribed 10 October 2006, SLJuhl, familygenealogist-compiler]
NOTE: The date of the baptism was used for the birthdate, knowingfull well that the date of the birth may be different, until furtherinformation is forth coming.
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