David D. Demarest (July 30, 1819 – June 21, 1898) was an American author and theologian from New Brunswick, New Jersey. He was the first professor of pastoral theology and sacred rhetoric at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, starting in 1865.[1][2][3]

Education and early life

Demarest was born in Oradell, New Jersey on July 30, 1819, of Dutch and Huguenot background.[2][4] His father, Daniel P. Demarest, died in 1822, when David was only three. He was then raised by his mother, Leah Bogert Demarest, and grandfather, Peter P. Demarest. He is a descendant of David des Marest, an early French settler in Bergen County.[5] He was graduated from Rutgers College (now Rutgers University) in 1837, received a Master's degree (A.M.) from the New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1840, and a Doctor of Divinity degree (D.D.) from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1857.[1] He was awarded a honorary degree (LL.D.) from Rutgers in 1892.[6]

Ministry

After graduation from the seminary, Demarest served at several Reformed Church of America congregations: Catskill, New York; Flatbush, Ulster County, New York; New Brunswick, New Jersey; and Hudson, New York.[1][7] He started at the Reformed Church of Catskill, filling in for the Rev. James Romeyn for six months.[8] Next, he was pastor of the Flatbush Reformed Church of Saugerties, serving from 1841 to 1843.[9] He was the first pastor of the Second Reformed Church of New Brunswick starting in 1843 and serving until 1852.[10]

He was president of the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America for the 1858–1859 term.[11] In 1865, a fourth professor position, the Professorship of Pastoral Theology and Sacred Rhetoric, was established at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary. Demarest was the first elected to that professorship and was inaugurated on September 19, 1865 at the First Reformed Church of New Brunswick.[12] He served for thirty-three years.[3]

Works

Personal life

Demarest married Catharine Louisa Nevius on August 19, 1846. They had seven children. Among their children, James S. N. Demarest would become pastor of the Reformed Church of Catskill,[13] and later pastor of the Flatbush Reformed Church from 1876 to 1881.[14] Another son, William Henry Steele Demarest, would become pastor of the Catskill church from 1897 to 1901 and president of Rutgers College from 1906 to 1924.[7][15] David D. Demarest died on June 21, 1898, at his home in New Brunswick and is buried at the Elmwood Cemetery.[2] On November 17, 1898, a memorial was held at the New Brunswick Historical Club, where he had been president from 1870 until his death.[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Demarest, David D." . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.
  2. ^ a b c "The Rev. Dr. David D. Demarest". The New York Times. June 23, 1898 – via Newspapers.com. Obituary: He was Professor of Homiletics in the Theological Seminary at New Brunswick
  3. ^ a b Raven, John Howard (1912). "David D. Demarest". Biographical Record: Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, 1784–1911. New Brunswick, New Jersey: New Brunswick Theological Seminary. pp. 40–41. In 1865 the General Synod elected Dr. Demarest the first occupant of the professorship of Pastoral Theology and Sacred Rhetoric in the New Brunswick Seminary.
  4. ^ Wikisource "Demarest, David D.". The Biographical Dictionary of America. 1906.
  5. ^ Demarest, Mary Arthur; Demarest, William H. S. (1938). "1367 Daniel P.". The Demarest Family: David des Marest of the French patent on the Hackensack and his descendants. pp. 237–238.
  6. ^ Rutgers College (1916). Catalogue of the Officers and Alumni of Rutgers College (originally Queen's College) in New Brunswick, N.J., 1766–1916. Trenton, New Jersey: State Gazette Publishing Co. pp. 366–367.
  7. ^ a b Demarest, Mary Arthur; Demarest, William H. S. (1938). "2187 David D.". The Demarest Family: David des Marest of the French patent on the Hackensack and his descendants. pp. 316–317.
  8. ^ Demarest, James S. N. (1899). "Biographical Memoir". In Memory of Rev. David D. Demarest. pp. 5–13.
  9. ^ Beekman, Peter Stryker (1907). "Rev. David D. Demarest, D.D., LL.D.". History of the Reformed Church of Flatbush, N.Y., 1807–1907. Kingston, New York: R. W. Anderson & Son. pp. 51–53. in Ulster County, New York
  10. ^ Raven, John H. (1943). "Rev. David D. Demarest, D.D., LL.D., 1843–52". The One Hundredth Anniversary of the Second Reformed Church, New Brunswick, N.J., 1843–1943. Second Reformed Church of New Brunswick, New Jersey. pp. 49–51.
  11. ^ Reformed Church in America (1901). "Presidents of the General Synod". The Acts and Proceedings of the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America. p. 263.
  12. ^ Demarest, David D.; Van Cleef, Paul D.; Corwin, Edward T. (1886). "From the Establishment of the Fourth Professorship to the Present Time. 1865–1884.". Centennial of the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America. 1784–1884. New York, New York: Reformed Church in America. pp. 130–132.
  13. ^ "Memorial Service – In Honor of the Late Dr. David D. Demarest". The Daily Times. November 18, 1898. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Beekman, Peter Stryker (1907). "Rev. James S. N. Demarest". History of the Reformed Church of Flatbush, N.Y., 1807–1907. Kingston, New York: R. W. Anderson & Son. pp. 98–104.
  15. ^ Frusciano, Thomas J. "William Henry Steele Demarest". Rutgers University.
  16. ^ In Memory of Rev. David D. Demarest, D.D., LL.D., president of the New Brunswick Historical Club, from 1870 to 1898. New Brunswick Historical Club. 1899. Memorial meeting held November 17, 1898
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