Abraham
Van Metre
Born in Berkeley, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Jacob Van Meter
and Isabella (Evans) Van Metre
Brother of
Magdalena (Van Meter) Burns, Isaac Taylor Van Metre, Isabella Elizabeth (Van Metre) Gorrell and Mary Polly (VanMetre) Evans
Husband of
Hannah (Burns) Van Metre
— married
24 Nov 1791 in Martinsburg, Berkeley, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Daniel Van Meter, Isabel (Van Meter) China, Jonathen Van Meter, William M. Van Meter, Jacob Van Meter, Abner Van Metre and Elizabeth (Van Metre) Deck
Died
at age 64
in Martinsburg, Berkeley, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Mar 2016
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Biography
Abraham was born in 1769.
It is said he was killed by Indians, about sixty miles from his father's home, and to have left surviving, four sons and four daughters.[1]
He passed away in 1833.
Sources
- ↑ Smyth, Samuel Gordon, A Genealogy of the Duke-Shepherd-Van Metre Family (The New Era Printing Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1909, p. 125, from Van Metre letters.
- "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FBBJ-Q3V : 16 March 2020), Abraham Van Metre and Priscilla Van Metre, 21 Mar 1789; citing Berkeley Co., Virginia, P 385, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 831,960.
- "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FBBJ-3X2 : 16 March 2020), Abrah. Van Metre and Hanna Burns, 24 Nov 1791; citing Berkeley Co., Virginia, P 381, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 831,960.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abraham by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abraham:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abraham by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abraham:
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~3.12%
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
~6.25%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
Glen Evans :
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Cecil Stuerke
Van Metre-82 and Van Meter-530 appear to represent the same person because: The Smythe source of Van Metre-82 is a recognized great reference. But, I prefer the spelling Van Meter. Burns as the wife shows these two profiles to be for the same person.
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