Clymer Weir Cox Genealogy » John (Jan Jansen) Dubois (VA) van Meter THE INDIAN TRADER (1683-1745)

Personal data John (Jan Jansen) Dubois (VA) van Meter THE INDIAN TRADER 

  • He was born on October 14, 1683 in Marbletown, Ulster County, NY.
  • Profession: in Indian trader and explorer in Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and elsewhere.
  • (Noted for) in First white man to explore the Northern Neck of VA.
  • (Noted for) in Granted extensive tracts of land from Gov. Gooch.
  • He died on August 13, 1745 in Winchester, Frederick County, VA, he was 61 years old.
  • A child of JOOST HENDRICKSON (NY 1662) van METER and Sarah Blanshan DuBois
  • This information was last updated on July 12, 2023.

Household of John (Jan Jansen) Dubois (VA) van Meter THE INDIAN TRADER

Waarschuwing Attention: Wife (Margaret Van Meter Mollenauer) is also his cousin.

(1) He is married to Sarah Crocheron (NJ) Bodine.

They got married about 1705.


Child(ren):

  3. Maria Bodine van Meter  1709-???? 


(2) He is married to Margaret Van Meter Mollenauer.

They got married in the year 1710 at Somerset County, NJ, he was 26 years old.


Child(ren):



Notes about John (Jan Jansen) Dubois (VA) van Meter THE INDIAN TRADER


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Historical events

Birthday October 14, 1683

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1683: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 23 » William Penn signs a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.
    • September 12 » Austro-Ottoman War: Battle of Vienna: Several European armies join forces to defeat the Ottoman Empire.
    • September 17 » Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules".
    • October 3 » Qing dynasty naval commander Shi Lang receives the surrender of the Tungning kingdom on Taiwan after the Battle of Penghu.
    • October 6 » Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America.
    • November 1 » The British Crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.

Day of death August 13, 1745

  • The temperature on August 13, 1745 was about 21.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1745: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 4 » Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.
    • July 9 » French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.
    • July 26 » The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.
    • August 19 » Ottoman–Persian War: In the Battle of Kars, the Ottoman army is routed by Persian forces led by Nader Shah.
    • August 19 » Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45".
    • September 21 » A Hanoverian army is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart


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