This Site is Dedicated to Our Forebears, and their Descendants
1. | Sarah Du Bois was born on 14 Sep 1662 in Of Somerset County, NJ; was christened on 14 Sep 1664 in Kingston, Ulster County, NY; died in 1726 in Salem, Salem County, NJ. Notes: About ten weeks after the capture, the Indians decided to celebrate their escape from pursuit by burning one of their captives For their victim they selected Catharine du Bois and her baby Sara, who afterward married Joost Janse Van Veteren. A c ubical pile of logs was arranged and the mother and child were placed upon it. When the Indians were about to apply the torch Catharine began to sing a Huguenot hymn she had learned in earlier days in France. The Indians withheld the fire and li stened When she finished they demanded another song and then another Before the last hymn was finished Dutch Soldiers arrived the captives were all rescued and the Indians terribly punished. Sarah married Joost Jan(Sen) Van Metern on 12 Dec 1682 in Kingston, Ulster County, NY. Joost (son of Jan Joosten Van Meteren and Macyke Hendricksen) was born in 1652 in Gelderland, Holland; died on 13 Jan 1706 in N.Y.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | John Van Metre (1.Sarah1) was born on 14 Oct 1683 in Marbletown, Ulster County, NY; was christened on 14 Oct 1683 in Kingston, Ulster County, NY; died on 13 Aug 1745 in Winchester, VA. John married Sarah Bodine in 1705 in Somerset County, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] John married Margaret Mollenauer in 1710 in Somerville, Somerset County, NJ. Margaret (daughter of Art Mollenbaur) was born about 1687 in Somerset County, NJ; died in 1745 in Frederick, County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Rebekka Van Meter (1.Sarah1) was born on 26 Apr 1686; was christened on 26 Apr 1686 in Kingston, Ulster County, NY; died in 1755. Rebekka married Cornelius Elting on 3 Sep 1704 in Kingston, Ulster County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
4. | Lysbeth Van Meter (1.Sarah1) was born on 3 Mar 1689; was christened on 3 Mar 1689 in Kingston, Ulster County, NY. Notes: Died: |
5. | Isaac Van Metre (1.Sarah1) was born in Marbletown, Ulster County, NY; was christened in 1692 in Kingston, Ulster County, NY; died in 1757 in Pleasant, PA; was buried in Buried By Indian. Isaac married Annetji Wyncoop in 1693 in Ulster County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Family/Spouse: Kathlene Hendrickse. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Family/Spouse: Annetjie Wyncoop. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
6. | Rachel Van Meter (1.Sarah1) was born in 1692 in Somerset County, NJ. Notes: Died: |
7. | Hendrix Van Meter (1.Sarah1) was born on 1 Sep 1695; was christened on 1 Sep 1695 in New York; died in Dec 1759 in Salem, Salem County, NJ. Hendrix married Rebecca Dubois on 7 Mar 1741 in Ulster County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Family/Spouse: Mary La Fettre. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
8. | Abraham Van Meter (1.Sarah1) was born in 1700 in Somerset County, NJ. Notes: Died: |
9. | Jacob Van Meter (1.Sarah1) was born in 1705 in Somerset County, NJ. Notes: Died: |
10. | Malinda Van Meter (1.Sarah1) was born in 1710 in Somerset County, NJ. Notes: Died: |
11. | Rebecca Van Meter (2.John2, 1.Sarah1) was born in 1711 in Somerset County, NJ; died in 1770 in VA. Rebecca married Solomon Hedges in 1735 in Frederick, MD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
12. | Isaac Van Meter (2.John2, 1.Sarah1) was born in 1713; died on 3 Sep 1745 in Frederick, County, VA. Family/Spouse: Alice Scholl. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Isaac married Elsje Scholl in 1736 in Raritan Church, , Somerville, Somerset County, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Isaac married Alice School in 1739 in Somerset County, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Elizabeth Van Meter (2.John2, 1.Sarah1) was born in 1715 in Somerset County, NJ; died in 1792 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV. Notes: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Elizabeth married Thomas Shepherd about 1733 in Monacacy, Frederick, Virginia. Thomas (son of William Shepherd and Sarah, son of William Shepherd and Sarah) was born in 1705; died in 1776 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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14. | Henry Van Meter (2.John2, 1.Sarah1) was born in 1717; died in 1793 in Berkeley County, WV. Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Henry married Eva Pyle in 1736 in Somerset County, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Family/Spouse: Eve. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Family/Spouse: Eve Pyle. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Family/Spouse: Hannah Pyle. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
15. | Rachael Van Meter (2.John2, 1.Sarah1) was born in 1719; died in 1744. Rachael married John Lessige in 1736 in Somerset County, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Family/Spouse: John Leforge. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
16. | Abraham Van Meter (2.John2, 1.Sarah1) was born in 1721; died in 1783 in Martinsburg, Berkeley, WV. Abraham married Ruth Hedges in 1742 in VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Abraham married (2) Martha Roberts in 1762 in Nr. Martinsburg, Berkeley, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Family/Spouse: Martha Roberts Wheeler. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
17. | Jacob Van Meter (2.John2, 1.Sarah1) was born in 1723; died on 16 Nov 1798 in Hardin County, KY; was buried in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, KY. Jacob married Letitia Stroude (Strode) on 30 Aug 1741 in Frederick, County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
18. | Rebecca Van Metre (2.John2, 1.Sarah1) was born about 1723 in Martinsburg, Berkeley, WV. Notes: Died: |
19. | Maudlina Van Meteren (2.John2, 1.Sarah1) was born in 1725. Notes: Died: |
20. | Mandlina Van Meter (2.John2, 1.Sarah1) was born about 1725. Notes: Died: |
21. | Magdalena Van Metre (2.John2, 1.Sarah1) was born in 1725 in Somerset County, NJ. Notes: Died: Family/Spouse: Robert Pewesey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Family/Spouse: Robert Pusey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
22. | David Shepherd (13.Elizabeth3, 2.John2, 1.Sarah1) was born in 1734; died on 2 Feb 1795 in Ohio, VA; was buried in Wheeling, Ohio, W.VA, Stone Church Cem. David married Rachel Teaque about 1752 in Frederick, County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Family/Spouse: Rachel Teague. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
23. | Sarah Shepherd (13.Elizabeth3, 2.John2, 1.Sarah1) was born about 1736; died on 18 Oct 1780 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV. Sarah married Thomas Thornburg in 1751-1752. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
24. | Elizabeth Shepherd (13.Elizabeth3, 2.John2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 3 Oct 1738 in Mecklenburg, Frederick County, VA; died in 1788 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV. Notes: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Elizabeth married William Brown on 3 May 1762 in Mecklenburg, Frederick County, VA. William (son of Thomas Brown) was born on 13 Sep 1724 in Of Mechlenburg, VA; died on 24 Jul 1801. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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25. | William Shepherd (13.Elizabeth3, 2.John2, 1.Sarah1) was born about 1741; died in 1824 in Wheeling, VA. Family/Spouse: Mary Clark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
26. | Thomas Shepherd (13.Elizabeth3, 2.John2, 1.Sarah1) was born about 1745; died in 1792 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV. Thomas married Susannah Hulse in 1773. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
27. | John Shepherd (13.Elizabeth3, 2.John2, 1.Sarah1) was born about 1750. Notes: Died: |
28. | Mary Shepherd (13.Elizabeth3, 2.John2, 1.Sarah1) was born in 1752; died on 31 Jul 1812 in Brooke, VA. Family/Spouse: John Feay. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Family/Spouse: Samuel Buchanan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
29. | Martha Shepherd (13.Elizabeth3, 2.John2, 1.Sarah1) was born in 1752; died about 1825 in Brooke, VA. Martha married George Mc Nabb in Oct 1771 in Mecklenburg, Frederick County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
30. | Abraham Shepherd (13.Elizabeth3, 2.John2, 1.Sarah1) was born in 1754; died on 7 Sep 1822 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV. Abraham married Eleanor Strode on 27 Dec 1780 in Berkeley County, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Abraham married Mary Peppers about 18 Aug 1780. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
31. | Susanna Shepherd (13.Elizabeth3, 2.John2, 1.Sarah1) was born in 1758; died on 13 Apr 1835 in Wheeling, VA. Susanna married John Eoff on 15 Apr 1777 in Frederick, County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
If we know where we came from; we way better know where to go. If we know who we came from; we may better understand who we are