References:
(1) Ancestors of the American Presidents, Gary Roberts.
(2) The Magna Charta Sureties.
(3) Royal Ancestors of Some American Families, Michel L. Call.
(4) The Lineages of Members, The National Society of the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims.
(5) Americans of Royal Descent, Browning.
(6) Pedigrees of the Descendants of Charlemagne.
(7) Information received from Barbara Thomas, Prodigy Number PBSJ03B.
References:
(1) Ancestors of the American Presidents, Gary Roberts.
(2) The Magna Charta Sureties.
(3) Royal Ancestors of Some American Families, Michel L. Call.
(4) The Lineages of Members, The National Society of the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims.
(5) Americans of Royal Descent, Browning.
(6) Pedigrees of the Descendants of Charlemagne.
(7) Information received from Barbara Thomas, Prodigy Number PBSJ03B.
H-Page 52 of book says married in 1815; obviously wrong, Died aged 72y 8m 20d
S-Info from Susan Bice.
References:
(1) Colonial Families of the United States; page 474.
Historical Notes:
(1) Joost Jansen Van Meteren a "Dutchman from the Hudson," was an Indian
trader and pioneer explorer of the Shenandoah Valley who "spied out the land," about the time of Governor Spotswood's expedition in 1716. He equipped a band of Delaware Indians at his own expense and traveled far southward over unknown lands; on his return he advised his sons to take up lands in "The Wappatomica Valley in the South Branch bottom, above the Trough," as it was the finest land he had discovered; John and Isaac took his advice and petitioned Governor Gooch in 1731 for 40,000 acres which was granted. In 1731 they transferred their grant to Jost Hite, whose wife, Anne Marie Du Bois was a near relative of their grandfather, Louis Du Bois.
References:
(1) The Phipps Family, by John R. Phipps, page 39.
(2) Record supplied by Elizabeth Prunty Leavitt, 11833 Northill Terrace,
Lakeside California.(3) Information supplied by Ellen Mecham, 285 Lincoln Drive, Idaho Falls,
Idaho.(4) Duke Shepherd Van Metre Family, page 149.
(5) Information supplied by Martha Anna McMillian Stewart, 8671 San Miguel
Avenue, Southgate, California.
Name also given as surname of Margaret Bodine, Larry Anderson