Ruth (Van Meter) Gill (abt. 1758 - abt. 1845)

Born about 1758 in Virginia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Gill — married after 15 Jun 1779 in Berkeley County, Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1845 at about age 87 in Kentucky [uncertain]

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Biography

Ruth Van Meter (also Van Metre and sometimes one word/either spelling) was born in 1758.^[1]

Samuel Gill and Isaac Vanmetre^[2] obtained a marriage bond in Berkeley County, Virginia, June 15, 1779, for Samuel Gill and Ruth Vanmetre.

DAR records show that Ruth's father was Henry Van Meter, although he didn't sign the marriage bond or mention her in his will. One source provided the following explanation:^[3]

The marriage bond was signed by her brother, Isaac Van Metre, and Samuel Gill. Her father, Henry, was the proper person to have signed the bond, but Ruth, it is believed, took offense at her father's third marriage and had gone to live in Isaac's family. After their marriage Capt. Gill and his wife removed to Botetourt Co., Va., where Isaac's family lived. The Gills afterward removed to Garrard Co., Ky., some time prior to 1790, where they were visited by Jacob, her brother, in 1833, while the latter was a member of the Kentucky Legislature (Obenchain Letters).

That source also showed the following information for Samuel and Ruth (Van Metre) Gill's children:^[4]

• Cassandra Aldrich^[5]
• Mary Aldrich^[6]
• Samuel
• Elizabeth Owsley^[7]
• William
• Erasmus (m Nancy Smith)^[8]
• Joseph (m Theresa Boyle)^[9]
• Patsey (m John Gill)^[10]
• Emily (m George)^[11]

Burial information for Ruth Gill is from an online source about "Samuel Gill Cemetery":

SAMUEL GILL CEMETERY Buckeye Quadrangle, Lancaster on the West side near the Teater Addition under a large blackberry tree, Teater Bros. Farm Garrard Co. KY

GILL, Samuel b. Aug. 20, 1752 d. Nov. 6, 1822

GILL, William Y. d. 1833

ALDRIDGE, John (son-in-law of Samuel Gill) no dates available

GILL, Ruth Van Meter b.1758 d. 1845 (w. of Samuel Gill)

PAULDING, ? (bro. of William Paulding) no dates available

PAULDING, ? (Henry's wife) no dates available

NOTE: The Tombstones have been moved to the regular Lancaster Cemetery.

1. ↑ Samuel Gordon Smyth, comp. and ed., A Genealogy of the Duke-Shepherd-Van Metre Family, from Civil, Military, Church and Family Records and Documents, (Lancaster, Pa.: New Era Printing, 1909), 64, Descendants of Henry Van Metre, http://archive.org/details/genealogyofdukes02smyt. Hereinafter cited as Gen. of the Duke-Shepherd-VanMetre Fam.
2. ↑ Vanmetre as rendered in copy made by clerk of court in 1844; image included in profile
3. ↑ Descendants of Henry Van Metre, pages 64-5, Gen. of the Duke-Shepherd-VanMetre Fam. (citation provided by Kimball G. Everingham, May 2013)
4. ↑ "Descendants of Henry Van Metre," children, p 65; children's "issue," pp 70-71
5. ↑ children of Cassandra Aldrich: Joshua; John; Emily, m. Andrews; Eliza, m. Dunn; Marie; Rainey; Patsey, m. Tillot
6. ↑ children of Mary Aldrich: Emily, m. Pettus; Marie, m. Tillot; Almira, m. Warren; William; [John] Alexander; Robert)
7. ↑ children of Elizabeth Owsley: Amanda (m Clifton Rodes, son Robert born circa 1824 [p 79]); Amelia, m. Anderson; Almira, m. Goodloe; Elizabeth, m. Albert G. Talbot; E. Boyle (who was living in Louisville, KY [publication date of reference: 1909])
8. ↑ children of Erasmus Gill: Theresa, m. Worthington; Martha, m. Drane; Mildred, m. Sneed
9. ↑ children of Joseph Gill: Boyle; Samuel; Joseph W., living Danville, Ky., 1890
10. ↑ children of Patsey Gill: Ruth; John; Malcolm
11. ↑ children of Emily George: William; Theresa; James [I assumed that source meant George as a last name]

Sources

• Bible record. Old Southern Bible Records: Transcriptions of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, compiled by Memory Lee Alldredge Lester (Samuel Gill bible, "owned by Miss Katie Frank Gilchrist, Courtland, Ala. Copied by the compiler in May 1958.")
• DAR records (shows death of Ruth Van Meter Gill as 1840)
• online source for Samuel Gill Cemetery
• marriage bond (issued June 15, 1779, in Berkeley County, Virginia; attached image was copy made by clerk of court in 1844)
• pension request and related documentation
• The Aldridge Family: England to America, by Robert Newton Aldridge Jr., an appendix to Alldredge-Aldridge-Bracen-Nesmith Families, by Memory Aldridge Lester. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1957 (privately printed).
• Samuel Gordon Smyth, comp. and ed., A Genealogy of the Duke-Shepherd-Van Metre Family, from Civil, Military, Church and Family Records and Documents, (Lancaster, Pa.: New Era Printing, 1909).
• Liz Shifflett created profile and biography on June 9, 2012; updated June 24, 2012; January 16, 2013; and April 30, 2013. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Liz and others. (I changed Cassandra's birth year to match pension request/related documents, which show Cassandra as born December 24, 1780; Old Southern Bible Records, shows Cassandra's birth as December 1779).
• More information about Samuel and Ruth (Van Meter) Gill's children, from an online discussion, is included in their son Samuel's profile.