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Demorest Family Crest
Demorest Family Crest
Demorest

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Where did the French Demorest family come from? What is the French Demorest family crest and coat of arms? When did the Demorest family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Demorest family history?

The Demorest surname is a habitational name derived from any of several places named with the Old French words "mareis," or "maresc," meaning "marsh."

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Desmarais, Demarais, Des Marais, Desmarets, Desmarés, Desmareys, Desmaray, Desmaraie, Desmarest, Desmaret, Desmarets, Démarais, Démarets, Démarey, Démareys, Démarés, Démarey, Démaré, Démarés, Démarée, Démarées, Démaraie, Démaray, Maret, Marest, Marais, Mareys, Marets, Marest, Mares, Marays, Marrey, Mareys, Marées, Des Marest, Des Maret, Des Marets, Des Marez, De Marest, Du Marest, Du Marais, Du Marrey, Du Mareys, Du Mares, Du Marays, Du Mareys, Du Marées and many more.

First found in Cambray, Normandy where ancestors of the family belonged to the house of Bousis.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Demorest research. Another 342 words(24 lines of text) covering the years 1096, 1108, 1113, 1360, 1429, 1500, 1518, 1519, 1567, 1595, 1604, 1648, 1676, 1682, 1696, and 1721 are included under the topic Early Demorest History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 91 words(6 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Demorest Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Charles Desmarais, 38; who arrived in Canada in 1643; Pierre Desmarais, who was on record in Montreal in 1660; David DesMarest, who settled in New York in 1663 with his wife, Marie Sohier and four children, Madame DesMarest, who arrived in New York in 1700.

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The Demorest Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Demorest Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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