Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley, Virginia
Daughter of John Evans Sr.
and Margaret (Van Metre) Evans
Sister of
Thomas Evans, Joseph Evans, Isaac Evans, Richard Evans, John Evans, Rachel Evans, Martha Evans, Joseph Evans and Squire Evans
Wife of
Jacob Van Meter
— married
1773 in Berkeley County (Berkeley), West Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
Magdalena (Van Meter) Burns, Isaac Taylor Van Metre, Abraham Van Metre, Isabella Elizabeth (Van Metre) Gorrell and Mary Polly (VanMetre) Evans
Died
at about age 71
in Martinsburg, Berkeley, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Apr 2014
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Biography
Isabella Evans was born in 1746 in Berkeley, West Virginia, the daughter of John Evans and Margaret Van Metre.
She married John Hedges Van Metre, they had twelve known children: Nancy, Prisilla, Abraham, Magdalena, Joseph, Isabella, Isaac, Jacob, Mary, Nancy, Ruth & Elizabeth. Isabella is second cousins with her husband John, their common ancestors are Joost Jansen Van Meteren and Sarah Du Bois.
She died 28 June 1817 and is buried at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Berkeley County, West Virginia next to her husband.
Estate Information
Isabella Vanmetre
- Berkeley County Court, held 9th March, 1818
- Inventory Ordered Nov 11, 1817
- Inventory appraised by John Burns, Abraham Vanmetre, Sr, and Samuel Roberts
- Administrator: Jacob Vanmetre
- Sale of Estate[1]
Sources
- ↑ Berkeley, West Virginia Wills, Book 7, page 90, 92, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-H192-H?i=51&wc=Q8BW-MFK%3A179688601%2C179820501&cc=1909099
- Find A Grave: Memorial #21398896
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Isabella 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 Isabella:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Isabella 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 Isabella:
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~3.12%
Clara (Evans) Compton
:
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch T926102 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Brenda (Evans) Perry :
23andMe, GEDmatch M402810 [compare]
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~1.56%
Sharon (Bruno) Plagens :
23andMe, GEDmatch KZ5489313 [compare], yourDNAportal SHA6e10fdd7
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KZ5489313 [compare], yourDNAportal SHA6e10fdd7, Ancestry member sharonplagens
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Glen Evans :
AncestryDNA
-
~1.56%
Phyllis (Merryman) Cloyd :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T182272 [compare], FTDNA kit #539789
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~0.78%
Charles Evans :
23andMe, GEDmatch M746816 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Wendy (Darnold) Gunderson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A212294 [compare], Ancestry member WendyGunderson35
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A212294 [compare], FTDNA kit #623259
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~0.78%
Cynthia Cloyd :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RU6021870 [compare], Ancestry member ccloyd11
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T695503 [compare], FTDNA kit #489430
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch ML9694229 [compare]
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Stephanie (Hooper) Barney :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member catnblue2
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~0.78%
Shelley Cloyd :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #689153
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