Facts and Stories
Isaac Weldon
From another family tree history
“Isaac was born about 1745 and died in Jasper Co., GA about 1839. He married Tabitha about 1760. The DAR index (page 3143) lists him as Isaac Sr. Born 1745 in NC, died 21Nov1831 in GA and served as a Pvt in GA during the Revolutionary War.”
Jan Joosten Van Meteren
The following is from the Van Meter family web site.
Jan Joosten VAN METEREN was born in 1630 in Thielerwaardt, Gelderland, Holland. (1489)
He died in 1706. The following was copied from the Van Meter family book (through
D.A.R., Elizabethtown, KY).
"Jan Joosten came to America in 1662 as revealed in
the papers of the ship "Vox" (Fox). They arrived in New Amsterdam on the 12th of
September 1662, with his wife and five children, ranging in age from 2-
Jan Joosten with his family settled in Wyltwick,
now Kingston in the summer of 1662. On June 7, 1663 the minnisink Indians made an
attack on the village, raiding and burning the settlement and carrying away women
and children in captivity. Among them were Jan's wife and two of his children, Jooste
Jans being one of them. Capt. Kreiger's Journal which gives a general account of
the expedition of rescue unfortunately does not name him, but it is stated elsewhere
that it was due to Jooste Jan's three months association with the Indians during
his captivity, that gave him the knowledge of their habits, trails, plans, and war
feuds with other tribes and impressed him with a desire to their adventurous life."
Parents: Melchior VAN METEREN and Arience ANNEKEN.
He was married to Maeyke HENDRICKSEN in 1646 in Meppelen, Province of Dreuth, Holland.
Children were: Lysbeth VAN METEREN, Cathrine VAN METEREN, Jooste Jan VAN METEREN, Geertje VAN METEREN , Gysbert VAN METEREN.
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