Individual Details
Syrenius / Cyrenius Van Meteren
(28 Aug 1706 - )
Both Syrenius and Abigail are buried in the Van Mater cemetery. His grandson, Joseph C. Van Mater, called “Big Joe Van Mater,” is distinguished for freeing 100 Negro slaves.
Events
| Birth | 28 Aug 1706 |  | |||
| Marriage | Abigail Lefferts | |
Families
| Spouse | Abigail Lefferts ( - ) |
| Father | Kryn/Kreijn Jansen Van Meteren (1650 - 1720) |
| Mother | Neeltje "Eleanor" Van Cleef ( - 1747) |
| Sibling | Jan Van Meteren (1686 - ) |
| Sibling | Jan "John" Van Meteren (1688 - ) |
| Sibling | Ydtje "Ida" Van Meteren (1691 - 1774) |
| Sibling | Gysbert "Gilbert" Van Meteren (1694 - ) |
| Sibling | Engeltje "Angeline" Van Meteren (1696 - ) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Van Meteren (1702 - 1775) |
| Sibling | Cornelia Van Meteren (1704 - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph Van Meteren (1710 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Anna Hunter Van Meter, "A Glance at the Van Meter Family in the United States of America." Salem, New Jersey, March 1902. (Papers held by the Western Kentucky University Library in Bowling Green, transcribed by John H. Ross).
2. Anna Hunter Van Meter, "A Glance at the Van Meter Family in the United States of America." Salem, New Jersey, March 1902. (Papers held by the Western Kentucky University Library in Bowling Green, transcribed by John H. Ross).