Henry Van Meter
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Henry Van Meter (abt. 1718 - abt. 1778)

Henry Van Meter aka Van Metre
Born about in Somerset, New Jerseymap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of [half], [half], [half], [half], , [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married 7 May 1741 in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvaniamap
Descendants descendants
Father of and
Died about at about age 60 in Hampshire (prob. now Hardy) County, Virginia (now West Virginia)map [uncertain]
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Biography

Name: Henry Van Meter. Proper name: Hendrick Janssen VanMeteren.

Born

04 SEP 1717.
Somerset, New Jersey, USA.[1]

Death: 1759 or 1793.

George Washington Slept Here

George Washington stayed overnight at the Henry Van Meter place (he spelled it Vanmetriss) during his surveying trip to the Old Fields area in 1748. George was only 16 years old at the time.[citation needed]

Residence and Migrations

Place: South Branch Potomac Valley, Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia)
Note: from New Jersey

Marriage

Henry VanMeter and Rebecca DuBoyes were recorded as marrying on 7 May 1741[2] in the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania [3] [4]

Church Records

30 April 1741: Henry Van Meter was the third signer to the covenant of the Pilesgrove Presbyterian Church in Salem County, New Jersey, the first two signers being his parents Isaac and Hannah Van Meter.[5]
4 February 1741/2: Rebekah, wife of Henry V. Meter Jur., was admitted to communion.[6]
26 September 1742: baptism of Isaac, son of Henry V. Meter, Jur, & Rebekah his wife.[7]

Will

The will of Henry Van Meter is dated 16 February 1778 and was proved at Hampshire County, Virginia (now in West Virginia) on 12 May 1778.[8] It names

wife Rebecca, children Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Abraham, and Solomon

Sons Jacob, Joseph, and Abraham were executors.

Parents' Marriage

Husband: Isaac VanMeter
Wife: Catherine Bodine
Child: Henry VanMeter
Marriage:
Date: ABT 1719[9]

Research Notes

Possible Mistaken Identity

Many have confused this Henry Van Meter with his uncle Hendrick Jansen Van Meteren who remained in New Jersey (notably Van Meter, Gens. and Sketches of Some Old Fams.). This Henry married Rebecca duBois and probably no one else.

Sources

  1. ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-binigm.cgi?op=GET&db=writerlady&id=I2323.
  2. ↑ The Old Style date in the record, in month, day, year format, is 3, 7, 1741. This corresponds to 7 May 1741.
  3. ↑ Record of Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810, page 21
  4. ↑ Source: #S3836
  5. ↑ Turner, page 68
  6. ↑ Turner, page 72
  7. ↑ Turner, page 77
  8. ↑ Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, vol. 5 page 251
  9. ↑ Source: #S11721 Page: V-4, Their Children
  • Joseph Brown Turner, "Vital Records of the Pittsgrove, N.J., Presbyterian Church, 1740-1768," Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society (1901-1930) 9 no. 2 (June 1917), pages 65-94.
  • Source: S11520 Benjamin Franklin Van Meter, Genealogies and Sketches of Some Old Families Who Have Taken Prominent Part in the Development of Virginia and Kentucky Especially, and Later of Many Other States of this Union, (Louisville, Ky.: J. P. Morton, 1901).
  • Source: S11721 P. S. Ehrlich, comp. and ed., Fine Lineage, (world wide web: the compiler and editor, 2003): http://www.skeeterkitefly.com/finelineage_00.htm.
  • Source: S3836 Wallace, H. E. "The Inskeeps." Moorefield Examiner, Moorefield, W.V. Originally published in 1906. Available online on Burlington County, New Jersey, GenWeb at http://sites.rootsweb.com/~njburlin/inskeepbio.html.

Acknowledgements

  • This person was created through the import of LaBach Family TreeApril28_2011.ged on 05 May 2011.
  • WikiTree profile VanMeter-52 created through the import of wikitree1.ged on Oct 17, 2012 by Kimball G. Everingham.




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Fort Van Meter, near Romney, West Virginia
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Linda Lewis
The documentation for the visit of George Washington is his diary, available online at the National Archives. https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-01-02-0001-0002-0017
posted by Linda Lewis
Schumacher-2990 Jessie Schumacher
I have a source that states Henry is the son of Annetje, but not Catherine. Along with confirmation through records found on Ancestry.com that Henry and Rebecca DuBois were together. Married 7 Mar 1741 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

"U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970" Name Colonel Henry Van Meter Birth Date 1718 Birth Place Salem, N Jersey Death Date 12 May 1778 Death Place Hardy, West Virginia SAR Membership 91619 Role Ancestor Application Date 13 Apr 1965 Father Isaac Van Meter Mother Hannah Wynkoop Spouse Rebecca DuBois Children Jacob Van Meter

posted by Jessie Schumacher
edited by Jessie Schumacher
Smith-116348 Barry Smith
The statement that Isaac married just once, to Hannah or Annah Wyncoop in 1717, is made many places — for instance in the influential work by Smyth, at the very bottom of the page linked here:

https://archive.org/details/westvirginiahist03west/page/n97/mode/2up

But Smyth wrote a book seven years later where he changed this opinion, although the earlier claim had continued to be propagated, as seen in several places including that SAR application.

The evidence for Isaac's wives was scattered on their profiles, and importantly not on his profile, so I have now added sourcing and analysis to Isaac's profile. There is no doubt that he had a wife named Cateline/Catherine until 1725 and married Annah Wyncoop only later. There is no direct evidence to show which woman was the mother of his various children, excepting Sarah and Abraham, who had baptism records. But since Henry married in 1741, it is clear he was born earlier than 1725, when Isaac was still married to Cateline. So Henry's mother could not have been the later wife Annah Wyncoop.

posted by Barry Smith
Smith-116348 Barry Smith
Hello Jessie, I see also that you edited the date of marriage from March to May 1741. However, footnote 2 in the bio states that the linked source for the marriage record lists all dates in old style giving first month, then day, then year (the beginning of that book states that this is the format). So 3, 7, 1741 means the marriage was in the third month. And in the old calendar, the first month of the year was March, the second was April, and the third was May. So the marriage actually did happen in the month of May, not March, and the marriage date on the profile should be reverted to May.
posted by Barry Smith
Mulligan-668 Morgan Mulligan
I would like to add Henry and Rebecca's son Abraham as child to their profiles. Here's Abraham's profile... https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Vanmeter-71 We arre working on the Weekly challenge for Henry Louis Gates, and Abraham was the slave master for one of the branches of Gates' ancestors. Hoping this can be completed by end of day Wed Feb 9. Thanks.
posted by Morgan Mulligan
Mulligan-668 Morgan Mulligan
Please disregard for now. The evidence to support Abraham as a son of Henry and Rebecca is not strong enough.
posted by Morgan Mulligan
Downey-1809 Teresa Downey
Hello, can you determine if those two wives should be merged? or if one should be disconnected from him? Thank you, Teresa (WikiTree Arborist)
posted by Teresa Downey
Stewart-213 Saundra Stewart (1960-2020)
I have Henry, retained lands in New Jersey, entertained George Washington while he was surveying in 1748 (South Branch of the Potomac and the "Trough" is how Washington described Henry's place). It's believed he died soon after his father, Isaac. His will was written 2 May 1752, proved 8 Dec 1759. Children in his will: 1) Joseph, 2) David, 3) John, 4) Ephraim, 5) Fetters, 6) Benjamin, married Bathseba Dunlap , 7) Jacob, 8) Elizabeth, 9) Rebecca.

From "Genealogies of West Virginia Families", West Virginia Historical Magazine Quarterly, 1901-1905.

posted by Saundra Stewart (1960-2020)
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
a cemetery listing has a son of Henry & Rebecca - see http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/warren/cemeteries/millar01.txt
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
VanMeter-52 and Van Meter-84 appear to represent the same person because: as far as I can tell, Van Meter-84 is the lowest profile number for this Henry with the Van Meter spelling and styling. (Please note - it's this Henry who married Rebecca, not Van Meter-6). Thanks, Liz
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett

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