Individual Details

In 1663 Kreijn came with his widowed father to New Amsterdam. He took the oath of allegiance to the English government in 1687. Kreijn resided in New Utrecht between 1675 and 1709, as his name appears on assessment rolls. In 1709 he moved his family to Middletown in Monmouth Co., New Jersey. He and his wife are among the first members of the church records there. Kreijn died in 1720, but his will was not proved until 21 March 1729. Kreijn gave real estate to his other sons; to John he gave money.

A number of deacons and elders will be found among the different generations of this branch of the family. Joseph lived on the old homestead where Kreijn Janse first settled. The family graveyard is reserved forever for that purpose by the will of Joseph Van Mater. To this branch of the Van Maters, Monmouth County is largely indebted for the blooded stock of horses for which the county became celebrated during the first half of the nineteenth century

Birth	10 Mar 1650	Holland, Gelderland Province, Brommel
Marriage	9 Sep 1683	Utrecht, Long Island, New York Colony - Neeltje "Eleanor" Van Cleef
Death	10 Mar 1720	New Jersey Colony, Monmouth Co., Middletown Township

Spouse	Neeltje "Eleanor" Van Cleef ( - 1747)
Child	Jan Van Meteren (1686 - )
Child	Jan "John" Van Meteren (1688 - )
Child	Ydtje "Ida" Van Meteren (1691 - 1774)
Child	Gysbert "Gilbert" Van Meteren (1694 - )
Child	Engeltje "Angeline" Van Meteren (1696 - )
Child	Benjamin Van Meteren (1702 - 1775)
Child	Cornelia Van Meteren (1704 - )
Child	Syrenius / Cyrenius Van Meteren (1706 - )
Child	Joseph Van Meteren (1710 - )

Father

Jans Gysbertsen Van Meteren ( - )