Individual Details
Letitia "Letty" Strode
(19 Aug 1725 - 25 Dec 1799)
The parentage of Letitia Strode is not fully confirmed. It has variously been given as Edward II and Eleanor or James (1700-1789) a son of William.
From the Book In Search of the Strode Orphans. The Ancestry of Edward Strode, Jeremiah Strode Samuel Strode and Martha (Strode) Bryan, page 115 "children of Edward and Eleanor: Susannah, Edward and Letitia b. 19 Aug 1725 d 25 Dec 1799 Hardin Co KY m. 30 Aug 1741 Frederick Co VA Jacob Van Meter. Letitia Strode has incorrectly been assigned at various times as a child of her brother James or her other brother John apparently for the purposes of membership in various patriotic organizations. This same error regarding her parentage was carried over from the Genealogy of the Duke-Shepherd-Van Meter family published 1908 by Samuel Gordon Smith pg 116 gives the family of the Van Meter Elanor Abraham Rebecca Susannah Elizabeth Rachel Mary Isaac Margaret Jacob John and Alcinda more information on these familes.
or born Sept. 30, 1725. Leckey in "Tenmile County" says her birth was August 3, 1725, the daughter of James Strode of Frederick County, Virginia.
Taken from Strode Family by Vic Ledger:
Letitia (or Letia) STRODE was born on 19 August 1725 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Edward Strode and Eleanor Shepard.
"Letia (Letitia) Strode's ancestry has created lively arguments. The issue: who was her father? Some descendants have insisted Letia was the daughter of James Strode, perhaps with the aim of being eligible for membership in the D.A.R. The preponderance of evidence is that her parents were Edward and Elinor. If so, Letia was Capt. James Strode's sister. Elston has persuasive arguments that this is the case. In addition, photocopies of loose papers found inside the 'Arnold Bible' lists Letia as Edward and Elinor Strode's child born 19 August 1725. Records collected by Viola Barr Hughes shows Letia (Letitia) born 30 August 1725. The difference in dates is 'old' style and 'new' style.
"There is agreement that Letia (Letitia) married Jacob Van Meter on 30 August 1741 (in Fredericks County, Virginia) at a young 16 years of age.
The Van Meters, a leading Virginia family, opposed the marriage because of Letia's Baptist religious beliefs and on moral grounds. The Van Meters felt the first born child did not belong to their son, Jacob.
"Jacob and Letia lived in Berkeley County, Virginia until about 1769, then until about 1779-80 near Carmichael, Pennsylvania. They then moved to Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky. The family, except the oldest daughter, Eleanor, had certificates from the Baptist Church 18 September 1779 to leave for Kentucky."
She died on 25 December 1799 in Hardin County, Kentucky.
From the Book In Search of the Strode Orphans. The Ancestry of Edward Strode, Jeremiah Strode Samuel Strode and Martha (Strode) Bryan, page 115 "children of Edward and Eleanor: Susannah, Edward and Letitia b. 19 Aug 1725 d 25 Dec 1799 Hardin Co KY m. 30 Aug 1741 Frederick Co VA Jacob Van Meter. Letitia Strode has incorrectly been assigned at various times as a child of her brother James or her other brother John apparently for the purposes of membership in various patriotic organizations. This same error regarding her parentage was carried over from the Genealogy of the Duke-Shepherd-Van Meter family published 1908 by Samuel Gordon Smith pg 116 gives the family of the Van Meter Elanor Abraham Rebecca Susannah Elizabeth Rachel Mary Isaac Margaret Jacob John and Alcinda more information on these familes.
or born Sept. 30, 1725. Leckey in "Tenmile County" says her birth was August 3, 1725, the daughter of James Strode of Frederick County, Virginia.
Taken from Strode Family by Vic Ledger:
Letitia (or Letia) STRODE was born on 19 August 1725 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Edward Strode and Eleanor Shepard.
"Letia (Letitia) Strode's ancestry has created lively arguments. The issue: who was her father? Some descendants have insisted Letia was the daughter of James Strode, perhaps with the aim of being eligible for membership in the D.A.R. The preponderance of evidence is that her parents were Edward and Elinor. If so, Letia was Capt. James Strode's sister. Elston has persuasive arguments that this is the case. In addition, photocopies of loose papers found inside the 'Arnold Bible' lists Letia as Edward and Elinor Strode's child born 19 August 1725. Records collected by Viola Barr Hughes shows Letia (Letitia) born 30 August 1725. The difference in dates is 'old' style and 'new' style.
"There is agreement that Letia (Letitia) married Jacob Van Meter on 30 August 1741 (in Fredericks County, Virginia) at a young 16 years of age.
The Van Meters, a leading Virginia family, opposed the marriage because of Letia's Baptist religious beliefs and on moral grounds. The Van Meters felt the first born child did not belong to their son, Jacob.
"Jacob and Letia lived in Berkeley County, Virginia until about 1769, then until about 1779-80 near Carmichael, Pennsylvania. They then moved to Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky. The family, except the oldest daughter, Eleanor, had certificates from the Baptist Church 18 September 1779 to leave for Kentucky."
She died on 25 December 1799 in Hardin County, Kentucky.
Events
| Birth | 19 Aug 1725 | Frederick, Virginia, British America |  |  | |
| Marriage | 30 Aug 1741/42 | Frederick, Virginia, British America - Jacob Jansen "Valley Creek Jake" Van Meter Sr. | | ||
| Death | 25 Dec 1799 | Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Jacob Jansen "Valley Creek Jake" Van Meter Sr. (1723 - 1798) |
| Child | Eleanor Van Meter (1742 - 1811) |
| Child | Abraham Van Meter (1744 - 1781) |
| Child | Rebecca Van Meter (1746 - 1821) |
| Child | Elizabeth Van Meter (1752 - 1848) |
| Child | Susanna "Susan" Van Meter (1750 - 1798) |
| Child | Rachel Van Meter (1754 - 1841) |
| Child | Mary M. "Polly" Van Meter (1757 - 1832) |
| Child | Isaac Van Meter (1759 - 1840) |
| Child | Margaret Van Meter (1759 - 1843) |
| Child | Jacob "of Otter Creek" Van Meter Jr. (1762 - 1850) |
| Child | John Van Meter (1764 - 1806) |
| Child | Alcinda "Alsey, Aisley" Van Meter (1766 - 1828) |
| Child | William Van Meter (1766 - 1808) |
| Father | Edward Strode (Stroud) II (1697 - 1790) |
| Mother | Eleanor Shepard (1699 - 1777) |
| Sibling | Susannah Strode (1721 - ) |
| Sibling | Edward Strode Jr. III (1723 - 1747) |
| Sibling | James Strode (1727 - 1795) |
| Sibling | John Strode (1729 - ) |
| Sibling | Jeremiah Strode (1732 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Endnotes
1. Lainson, Dorothy Alice Sherman, "Strode-Stroud" supplement to "Sherman-Charles, Gass-Phipps and allied families, including Lainson" (unknown: unknown, 1968, 90 pgs. ), p. 16.
2. Vanmeter Bible Records, Scott Van Metre online http://www.vanmetre.com/Bible%20Records/Bibles%20records.htm], accessed Oct 2007.
3. Howard L. Leckey, The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families: A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley (1977; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Com, 2009), 198, born March 17, 1723; digital images, Google, Google Books ( : accessed 6 April 2015.
4. Unknown. A Story of a Van Matre Family. (Eleven pages copied by Shirley Lillie,