Individual Details

Benjamin and Bathsheba (Dunlap) Van Meter lived in his ancestral estate in what is now Upper Pittsgrove Township, Salem County, N. J. Benjamin was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church. He liberated all his slaves before his death, but some of them refused to leave him.

Their children were: James, Mary, Ann, Sarah, and Fetters [died in infancy]. James married Ruth Jones; Mary [married] Mathew Newkirk; Erasmus [another child? married] Mary Burroughs. Robert Hunter was twice married, first to Rachel Burroughs, second to Sarah Leak Whitaker. Bathsheba [Dunlap Van Meter] married William Mayhew.
James and Robert Hunter Van Meter were physicians. They settled in Salem, N. J. and were identified with the First Presbyterian Church as founders and elders. The line of Dr. James Van Meter is extinct on earth yet the bequests of that family to the Presbyterian Church of Salem, N. J. will keep their memory green while time endures. Dr. Robert H. and Sarah L. W. Van Meter were the parents of eight children: Emma, Mary, Robert, James, Edward, Mason, Josiah, and Harriet. James and Josiah died in their infancy. Mary married Enos R. Pease of Connecticut; Harriet [married] Rev. R. J. Cone of New York; Edward [married] Caroline Whitaker of Deerfield, N. J.; Mason (unmarried) is president of the Fenwick Club. Edward died 14 January 1875. His wife and daughters: Mary Caroline, Harriet F., and Anna Hunter [author of this source, 1902], are all living.

Birth	1 Oct 1744	New Jersey Colony, Salem Co., Pittsgrove
Marriage	1 Apr 1766	Bathsheba Dunlap
Death	15 Oct 1826	Daretown, Salem, New Jersey, United States
Burial		Old Prebyterian Cemetery, Daretown, Salem, New Jersey, United States

Spouse

Bathsheba Dunlap (1747 - 1831)

Father	Hendrix "Henry" Van Meteren (1695 - 1752)
Mother	Mary Le Fevre / Le Fettre (1700 - )
Sibling	Fetters Van Meter (1741 - )
Sibling	Ephraim Van Meter (1742 - 1790)
Sibling	Elizabeth Van Meter (1748 - )