Individual Details

Ruth Hedges

(Abt 1722 - 1761)

Ruth, daughter of Joseph Hedges, of Annapolis, MD., granddaughter of Sir Charles Hedges of Oxford, England

Events

BirthAbt 1722
MarriageAbt 1742Prince George's, Maryland, United States - Abraham Van Meter
Death1761

Families

SpouseAbraham Van Meter (1721 - 1783)
ChildJoseph Van Meter (1743 - 1778)
ChildJacob Van Meter Sr. (1745 - 1838)
ChildRebecca Van Meter (1746 - 1804)
ChildMary Van Meter (1745 - 1802)
ChildIsaac Van Meter (1747 - )
ChildAbraham Van Meter Jr. (1751 - 1834)
FatherJoseph Hedges (1675 - 1732)
MotherCatherine Stalcop ( - 1749)
SiblingJoshua Hedges ( - )
SiblingJonas Hedges (1716 - )
SiblingJoseph Hedges Jr. (1718 - )
SiblingCatherine Hedges (1724 - )
SiblingDorcas Hedges (1726 - )

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. Unknown. A Story of a Van Matre Family. (Eleven pages copied by Shirley Lillie, found at the Genealogical Dept., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.).

3. Miller, Franklin Jr., Van Meter Family Origins. (Gambir, Ohio 43022: August, 1970. Three pages copied by Shirley Lillie, ).

4. A. H. VanMeter, "A glance at the Van Meter family in the United States of America," West Virginia historical magazine quarterly, Volume 2 (April 1902) (http://books.google.com : accessed 7 December 2009).