Individual Details
Henry Van Meter
(Abt 1717 - 1793)
Heidgerd, William. American Descendants of Chretien du Bois of Wicres, France.
Du Bois Family Association, Huguenot Historical Society, New Paltz, New York, 1968 (Re-edited by the Du Bois Family Association, 1998.)
He was sheriff of Frederick County. Planned road from Conrad Weiser'sto mouth of Wheeling.
Carnegie Museum Annals, v. 1, pp. 533, 564, 565: Received Warrant oflands for military service, 400 acres in Washingtron Co. Pa. 5-25-1785and 250 additional acres in 1786.
Henry Van Meter's homestead was just north of the road that ran fromMartinsburg to Shepherdstown on the west bank to the Opequon Rivernear the "Old Flagg" house. Many of his descendants still llive inthis area. It was not this Henry who was a member of the PeaceCommission of West Augusta.
The Henry who was a brother of Jacob Vanmeter, s/o John Van Meter/Margaret Mollenauer, m1. Eva Pyle, m2. Hannah Pyle, m3. Mrs. Elizabeth Pyle, and d. 1793, Berkeley Co., VA, according to "The American Descendants of
Chutien Du Bois.")
Events
| Birth | Abt 1717 | Salem, New Jersey, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 1736 | Eva Pyle | | ||
| Marriage | Bef 1753 | Hannah Pyle |  | | |
| Will | 3 Mar 1790 | | |||
| Death | 1793 | Berkeley, Virginia, United States | | ||
| Probate | 17 Dec 1793 | ||||
| Marriage | Elizabeth | | |
Families
| Spouse | Eva Pyle ( - 1753) |
| Child | John Van Meter (1735 - ) |
| Child | Joseph Van Meter (1740 - 1790) |
| Child | Henry Van Meter (1743 - ) |
| Child | Isaac Van Meter (1750 - 1798) |
| Child | Jacob "Miller Jake" Van Meter (1752 - 1838) |
| Spouse | Hannah Pyle ( - ) |
| Child | Ruth Van Meter (1753 - ) |
| Child | Hannah Van Meter (1755 - ) |
| Child | Nathaniel "Nathan" Van Meter (1760 - ) |
| Child | Joshua Van Meter (1762 - ) |
| Child | Hester Van Meter (1765 - ) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth ( - 1790) |
| Father | Jan "John" Van Meter Jr. (1683 - 1745) |
| Mother | Margaret Molenaur (Miller) (1683 - 1745) |
| Sibling | Rebecca Van Meter (1711 - 1770) |
| Sibling | Isaac Van Meter (1713 - 1748) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Van Meter (1715 - 1792) |
| Sibling | Rachel Van Meter (1719 - 1744) |
| Sibling | Abraham Van Meter (1721 - 1783) |
| Sibling | Jacob Jansen "Valley Creek Jake" Van Meter Sr. (1723 - 1798) |
| Sibling | Maudlena (Magdalene) Van Meter (1725 - ) |
Notes
Marriage
2nd wife, Eva's sisterWill
Will dated 3 March 1790, proved on 17 Dec 1793. Left land to son Nathaniel. Left other to son Joshua. Mentions death of son Joseph. Left land to grandson Joseph, son of son Nathaniel. Wife Elizabeth, daughter Alice, and son Henry were mentioned. He has also been described as being the father of Joh, Joseph, Henry Jr, Isaac, Jacob, Hannah, Ruth, Nathan, Joshua, and Hester.Book 2, Page 214 – Henry Vanmeter, dated 3 March 1790, probated 17 December 1793. Wife; Elizabeth Vanmeter. Sons; Nathan Vanmeter, Henry Vanmeter, Joshua Vanmeter, Joseph Vanmeter deceased. Daughter; Hester Vanmeter, Aled? Vanmeter. Grandson; Joseph Vanmeter son of Nathan.
Book 2, Page 234 – Henry Vanmeter; appraisal dated 2 January 1794 by William Bush, James Mosley, Joseph McMurren.
Marriage
3rd wife, sister-in-law Mrs. Elizabeth PyleEndnotes
1. Smyth, Samuel Gordon, A genealogy of the Duke-Shepherd-Van Metre family : from civil, military, church, and family records and documents (Lancaster, Pa.: New Era Print Co., 1909, 480 pgs.), p. 16.
2. Unknown. A Story of a Van Matre Family. (Eleven pages copied by Shirley Lillie,
3. Unknown. A Story of a Van Matre Family. (Eleven pages copied by Shirley Lillie,
4. Unknown. A Story of a Van Matre Family. (Eleven pages copied by Shirley Lillie,
5. Unknown. A Story of a Van Matre Family. (Eleven pages copied by Shirley Lillie,
6. Unknown. A Story of a Van Matre Family. (Eleven pages copied by Shirley Lillie,