Born about in Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Daughter of Abraham Van Meter Sr.
and Martha (Roberts) Van Meter
Sister of
Joseph VanMeter [half], Jacob Van Meter [half], Mary Ann (Van Meter) Gorrell [half], Abraham Van Meter [half] and Hannah (Van Meter) Mounts
Wife of
Benjamin Hammett
— married
about 1778 in Ohio County, Virginia, USA
Wife of
John Matthew (Nicholas) Nichols
— married
19 Jul 1791 in Ohio Co., WV
Descendants 
Mother of
James Hammitt, Joseph Hammitt, Rhoda Hammitt, George Hammitt, Samuel M. Hammitt, Nancy Nicholas, Margaret Nicholas, John Nicholas, Eliza Nicholas, Amos Nicholas, Rebecca Nicholas, Thomas Jefferson Nicholas and Mounts Nicholas
Died
at about age 64
in Fultonham, Muskingum County, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Jul 2013
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Contents |
Biography
Birth
- Birth:
- Date: 1760
- SDATE 1 JUL 1760
- Place: Pennsylvania
- Note: NEED TO VERIFY 1755?
- Being that we now have a son being born in 1806, have to look at strong possibility that Ruth was born about 1760.
Death
- Death:
- Date: 1824
- SDATE 1 JUL 1824
- Place: Fultonham, Muskingum Co., OH
- Note: JOHN NICHOLAS WILL WAS PROBATED 1831?
Marriage
- Husband: John Matt Nicholas
- Wife: Ruth Van Meter
- Child: Nancy Nicholas
- Child: Margaret Nicholas
- Child: John Nicholas
- Child: Eliza (Elsey) Nicholas
- Child: Amos Nicholas
- Child: Rebecca Nicholas
- Child: Thomas Jefferson Nicholas
- Child: Mounts Nicholas
- Marriage:
- Date: 19 JUL 1791
- Place: Ohio Co., WV[1]
Sources
- Source: S38 Abbreviation: OHIO CO., WEST VIRGINIA Title: OHIO CO., WEST VIRGINIA COURTHOUSE
Acknowledgments
- WikiTree profile Van Meter-243 was started by Penny Simms through the import of Simms-Nichols-2.ged on Jul 7, 2013.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth:
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~1.56%
Penny Sue (Nichols) Simms
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member pssimms
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~1.56%
Cynthia (Hammitt) Wainwright :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A368657 [compare], Ancestry member CindyWain
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~1.56%
Roger Giger :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Brian Barr :
23andMe, GEDmatch JY7051453 [compare]
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~0.78%
Benjamin Simms :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
April (Harkless) Martin :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Andrea (Barr) Drake :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UM3645461 [compare], Ancestry member adrake1310
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~0.78%
Bobby Day :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A097278 [compare], Ancestry member BobbyDay63
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~0.39%
Linda (Noland) Layman :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Brendon Barr :
23andMe, GEDmatch BS3582629 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JP1855835 [compare], yourDNAportal BREb0fff3e1, Ancestry member brendon129555
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~0.39%
Phyllis (Merryman) Cloyd :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T182272 [compare], FTDNA kit #539789
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Penny Sue (Nichols) Simms
Penny Sue (Nichols) Simms
Van Meter-260 and Van Meter-243 appear to represent the same person because: Ruth Van Meter is my 4g grandmother. We need to do this because they are the same person.
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by Penny Sue (Nichols) Simms
Ruth is 18 degrees from Emeril Lagasse, 22 degrees from Nigella Lawson, 20 degrees from Maggie Beer, 41 degrees from Mary Hunnings, 26 degrees from Joop Braakhekke, 19 degrees from Michael Chow, 19 degrees from Ree Drummond, 22 degrees from Paul Hollywood, 18 degrees from Matty Matheson, 17 degrees from Martha Stewart, 28 degrees from Danny Trejo and 26 degrees from Molly Yeh on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.