The following queries and answers were posted at www.genforum.com/vanmeteren/.
Posted by Pat Heitmann on May 25, 1998 at 09:07:10
Searching for information on my direct VAN METER line:
REBECCA VAN METER
b abt 1752 in VA
m 1770 in KY or VA (10 or 11 children?) to DANIEL LINDER
d abt 1830 in Elizabethtown, Hardin Co., KY
dau of:
JOSEPH VAN METER, Pvt, Rev War
b abt 1728 NJ
m 28 Apr 1745 (1) HANNAH (VAIL) VIAL
d aft 12 Nov 1790 in NJ
son of:
HENRY VAN METER
b 1720
m unk 1) SARAH ELWELL
d 1759
son of:
ISAAC (VAN METERE/METRE) VAN METER
b bef 1702 in Marbletown, Ulster Co, NY
m ANNATJE 'ANNAH' (HANNAH) WYNCOOP (1st wife)
d 1757 in Pleasant, PA
son of:
JOOST/E JANS/E/EN VAN (METERN) METEREN
b 1656 in Guelderland/Gelderland, Holland/Netherlands
m 12 Dec 1682 in Kingston, Ulster Co, NY to
SARA (SARAH) DU BOIS
b 14 Sep 1662 in Somerset Co, NJ
d 1726 in Salen Co., NJ
son of:
JAN J. VAN METEREN, ar "Fox" 4/12/1662
b. 1630 in Thielerwardt, Guelderland, Holland
m. MACYKE (MACYKEN/MAEYKEN) HENDRICKSEN
b. 1624 in Meppelen, Province of Drenth, Holland, d aft 1705
d 1706 -- also lived in Wiltwyck & Kingston, Ulster Co, NY
son of:
MELCHIOR VAN METEREN
Posted by Sheila McFadden on September 15, 1998 at 16:20:39
In Reply to: VAN METER FAMILY in VA, KY, NJ, NY, PA posted by Pat Heitmann on May 25, 1998:
I am a direct descendant of the following Van Meter(en)s:
Melchior VAN METEREN/Arience ANNEKEN
Jan Joosten VAN METEREN/Maeijken Macyken Crom HENDRECKSON
Joost Jansen VAN METEREN/Sarah DUBOIS
910 Jan Jansen (Joosten?) John VAN METEREN/Margaret Miller MULINAAR (MOLENAAR)
Elizabeth VAN METER/Thomas SHEPHERD
Thomas Shepherd was the founder of Shepherdstown, VA (now WV). I lose the Van Meter line at this point and continue following the Shepherds. Have a lot of information on older ancestors (beyond Melchior) and am more than happy to share information. Please visit my genealogy website at www.geocities.com/rainforest/vines/7149 for more information.
Posted by Catherine Cornie on May 27, 1998 at 10:42:41
In Reply to: VAN METER FAMILY in VA, KY, NJ, NY, PA posted by Pat Heitmann on May 25, 1998:
I have been given information regarding Jooste Jansen Van Meteren b 1659 d 1695 m Sarah DuBois 1692 d 1726 NJ. Son John (Jan) Van Meter b1683 m Margaret Miller 1710 in Somerset Co NJ. Their son Henry b1720 m Martha Moore1743 either VA or MD. Their daughter Sarah b1758 m Charles Swan (Col) 1773 in Greene Co PA. Their d Martha n1778 in Greene Co PA m Thomas Higgins Lucas in MD 1795. Their d Cassandra Lucas b1796 Greene Co PA m James Barclay Hufty in Greene Co. I am investigating the Hufty clan (IN,PA,WVA,IRL,OH0.
Posted by Etta Hughes Shepherd on May 26, 1998 at 17:15:24
In Reply to: VAN METER FAMILY in VA, KY, NJ, NY, PA posted by Pat Heitmann on May 25, 1998:
I descend from this early Vanmetre Line 4 times. through Jooste Jan/DuBois and JansJoost/Henricksen. My grandmother, Ada Ann Vanmetre, was born in Hardin Co in 1860.
I don't have much on the Linder Line, but if you need something from the older lines, let me know and if I don't have it, I can put you in touch with someone who may. Etta Hughes Shepherd - Azle, TX
Another message about Jooste was posted by Dolly L. VanMeter Rardain on September 12, 1998 at www.genforum.com/vanmeter.
In Reply to: VANMETER, RAWLINGS, HART, NJ, VA, PA, KY posted by Beverly Hart on September 10, 1998:
I too am a desendant of Joost VanMeter and Sarah DuBois. Joost Jansen VanMeteren was born in 1656 in Holland. He changed his name by dropping the -en on the last name. He also went by John VanMeter. Please contact me. I do have a little more informatiom and some leads. I am also seeking information.
Dolly VanMeter
9/12/98
Here is a message I got from Roberta Stockton:
From: BOBANBOBBI@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002
Subject: Re: Van Meteren
Hello,
This is what I have on Jan Jootsen Van Meteren, Notes; Reference: WHO IS WHO IN HARDIN COUNTY, compiled and prepared by Hardin County Historical Society.
Jan and Macyken's name are contained in the list of passengers arriving in the "fix" (sic - should be "Fox") at New Amsterdam, 12th September, 1662. (Passenger lists 1657-1664, Doc History, New York, Vol. III pp. 52-63, Year Book Hist., Coc. N.Y., 1896.) He removed to Kingston, Ulster county, N.Y. in 1769.
His son..... Joosten Jan Van Meteren, m. Sara Du Bois along with a list of their children. Notes: Reference: WHO IS WHO IN HARDIN COUNTY, compiled and perpared by Hardin County Historical Society.
GENEALOGIES OF KENTUCKY FAMILIES from the register of the Kentucky Historical Society. O-Y (Owens- Young), page 554:
In the fall of 1662 Jan Joosten Van Meteren settled in Wildwych (now Kingston, Ulster County, New Jersey) and dwelt many years in that vicinity, which included the towns of Hurley, Middletown, and Esoppus. He is not noted in the activities of that community until the seventh of June, 1663, the date when the Minnisink Indians made an attack on the village and its vicinity raiding and burning the settlement of Hurley and Kingston and carrying away women and children in captivity. Among the latter were Jan's wife and children, Jooste Jans being one of them as well as Catherine DuBois, the wife of Louis DuBois, and their daughter Sarah. whom Jooste Jans Van Metern later married. These were taken to the fastness of Catskill Mountains and remained in captivity for months, but were rescued on the eve of torture by DuBois, and Captain Martin Kreiger's company of Manhattan soldiers; the trainband finally rounded up the Indians and defeated them on September 3, 1663. In connection with this tragic experience the following statements is quoted:" About ten weeks after the captive of the women and children, the Indians decided to celebrate their own escape from pursuit by burning some of their victims and the ones selected were Catherine DuBois, and her baby Sara. A cubical pile of logs was arranged and the mother and child placed thereon: when the Indians were about to apply the torch, Catherine began to sing the 137th Psalm as a death chant. The Indians withheld the fire and gave her respite while they listened; when she had finished they demanded more, and before she finished the last one her husband and the Dutch soldier's from Amsterdam arrivesd and surrounded the savages, killed and captured some, and otherwise inflicted terrible punishment upon them, and released the prisoners.
Captain Kreiger's Journal which gives a general account of the expeition of rescue, unfortunately does not mane him, but it is elsewhere stated that it was due to Jooste Jan's three months' association with the Indians, during his captivity, that gave him the knowledge of their habits, trails, plans and war feuds with other tribes, and so impressed him with a desire for their adventurous life.
I've heard that this line has entered the Royal line. Have you heard of this? Just interested. Do you have any history on these Van Meteren's?
Roberta Stockton
BobanBobbi@aol.com