Davis Uriah I | Born 1707

VAN METEREN, Jan Jansen

Male 1683 - 1745  (61 years)


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  • Name VAN METEREN, Jan Jansen 
    Born 14 Oct 1683  Kingston, Ulster County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Aug 1745  Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5807  Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2018 

    Father VAN METEREN, Jooste Jansen,   b. 1656, Guelderland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jun 1706, Salem, Burlington County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Mother DU BOIS, Sarah,   b. 14 Dec 1662, Hurley, Ulster County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1726, Salem, Burlington County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 12 Dec 1682  Kingston, Ulster County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2251  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 BODINE, Jean 
    Married 1705  Somerset County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. VAN METEREN, Sarah,   b. Abt 1706,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. VAN METEREN, John,   b. Abt 1708,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. VAN METEREN, Mary,   b. Abt 1709,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 24 Jun 2018 
    Family ID F2250  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 MOLLENAUER, Margaret,   b. Abt 1687, Somerset County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1745, Frederick County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Married 1710  Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. VANMETER, Rebecca,   b. Abt 1711, Somerset County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. VANMETER, Isaac,   b. Abt 1713, Somerset County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. VANMETER, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1715, Somerset County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. VANMETER, Henry,   b. 1717, Somerset County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. VANMETER, Rachel,   b. Abt 1719, Somerset County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. VANMETER, Abraham,   b. Abt 1721, Somerset County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. VANMETER, Jacob,   b. 17/17 Mar 1722/1723, Somerset County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1798, Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     8. VANMETER, Maudlina,   b. 1725, Somerset County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 24 Jun 2018 
    Family ID F2247  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 


    • The family settled in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia where Jan became a wealthy land owner and horse breeder. "Kegley's Virginia Frontier in describing the earliest history of Virginia, says: 'The Van Meters cross the Powtomack (Potomac River). John and Isaac Van Meter were traders who knew the country about the Potomac and the Shenandoah as early as 1728. After 1721 Isaac lived in New Jersey, but John had moved westward toward the southwest part of Maryland. In 1730 their petitions for 10,000 acres each in the forks of the Shenando River and 20,000 more for other families were granted. This was not to interfere with the surveys of Carter and Page.' ...Jost Hite with Robert McKay began acquiring land in the Shenandoah Valley in 1731. They with one hundred families were desirous of seating (settling) themselves on the back of the Great Mountains on land lying between the land of John Van Meter, Jacob Stover, John Fishback and others. ... Hite acquired the Van Meter grants in 1734 and patents began to issue to his settlers, one thousand acres to each family ... joining the land of 'Jost Heyd' and others . "Mrs. Sims' article (material provided by Mrs. Ruth Bruner Sims of Frankfort, Kentucky) says John Van Meter and his brother Isaac, were granted 110,000 acres of land in the Shenandoah Valley by the Royal Governor, William Gooch, which they later sold to their cousin, Jost Hite, after selecting choice sites for themselves, while it was still a wilderness." He died on 13 August 1745 at Apequon, Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia and his will was probated there on 3 September 1745. "He drew up a lengthy will in which Jacob Van Meter was called 'my fourth and youngest son,' by which he inherited an equal share of 'all Staylen (stallions), geldings, mares, colts.' He inherited land, but not the estate 'Opequen,' on which his father lived, since he was the youngest."