Hendrick Jansen Van Meter lived part of his life near his brother Isaac at Old Fields (The Trough) Hardy Co. Va. - "The American Descendants of Chrétien DuBois of Wicres, France, Part 4", P. VM ii. 1751-1760, (Somerville, NJ, 1924; Electronic Edition ©1999 by Heritage Books, Inc.), P. 336-337:avid, John, Ephraim, Fetters, Benjamin, Jacob, Elesabeth, and Rebecca. Homefarm of 350 acres; farm of 300 ac., now occupied by Phillipp Sutter; farm of 350 ac., now occupied by Joshua Garrison; farm of 350 ac. adjoining the homefarm; 900 ac., bought of Langhorn Biles and Jeremiah Bates. Personal preperty, incl. a negro girl. Executors--sons Joseph and David. Witnesses-Joshua Garrison, Benjamin Worton and Onesimus Seagrave. Proved Dec. 8, 1759. Lib. 10, p. 507.beth Rebecca Jacob and Benjamin VanMeter. The two last were children of his last wife Fetters of Salem. About the year 1685 Erasmus La Fettre and wife emigrated from England to West Jersey and settled in the town of Salem. They lived on Yorke street near Elsinborough line it being so near it was sometimes called Amblebury. Van%20Meter%20Salem%2C%20New%20Jersey&pg=PA303#v=onepage&q=Van%20Meter%20Salem,%20New%20Jersey&f=false History and Genealogy of Fenwick's Colony, New Jersey by Thomas Shourds]s, Jan Hamel-------------min, Jacob, Elesabeth, and Rebecca.0 ac., bought of Langhorn B iles and Jeremiah Bates. Dec. 8, 1759.Samuel Go rdon Smyth": Hendrix Van Meteren was baptised at Kingston 1 Sept 1695, sponsored by Abraham du Boys and Jan Humel.n, NY: #863, child--Hendrick, Bapt: 1 Sep 1695.teren, first bought 3000 acres of land, which subseq uently grew into 6000 acres, so that the Van Meterens were early among the largest property owners and most prominent r esidents of southern New Jersey." 1695 in USA, New York, Ulster Co., Marbletown.766 He was baptized on 1 Se p 1695 in USA, New York, Ulster Co.. Sponsers: Abram du Boys and Jan Hamel He signed a will on 2 May 1752 in USA, New J ersey, Trenton.881 Henry's will, recorded May 2, 1752, was proved Dec 8, 1759. It names the following childen: Joseph , David, John, Ephraim, Fetters. Benjamin, Jacob. Elizabeth, and Rebecca. All the land, 2,400 acres, was left to the so ns. He died between May 1752 and Dec 1759 in USA, New Jersey, Salem Co., Pittsgrove Tsp.. Henry Van Metere also migrate d to New Jersey and lived in Salem Co. He is said to have married four times. He was a fellow bondsman with his brothe r John as securities of the second brother Isaac for his administration of the estate of Hendrix Mullinaer of Somerse t Co.. A genealogy of the Duke-Shepherd-Van Metre family : from civil, military, church, and family records and documents , p. 16.First Congressional District of New Jersey (N ew York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1900, 1368 pgs. ), p. 36.es. His will, recorded at Trenton, New Je rsey, is dated May 2, 1752; proved December 8, 1759.?nce: [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=elsien57&id=I724 RootsWeb's WorldConnect] - [http://www.geni.com/projects/SmartCopy/18783 SmartCopy]: ''Jan 19 2017, 1:09:46 UTC''
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