Jan
van Meteren
formerly Gysbertsen aka Van Mater, Matrn
Born in Meteren, Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nederland
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Dirkje van Bremen
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Kreijn (Jansen) van Meteren
Died
at about age 95
in Middletown, Monmouth County, Province of New Jersey
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Biography
- Jan Gijsbertsen Prior to 1663 lived in the town of Meteren a village near Zaltbommel (Matteren, Bommel) , Gelderland, Holland. He Arrived in New Amsterdam in 1663 with Son Kreijn J Van Mater he was 1673 Magistrate New Utrecht, Long Island and in1683 Deacon of the Dutch Reformed Church, New Utrecht, Long Island
- 1687 Family lore is that Jans did not take the Oath of Allegence to the British Crown but his son did. May have been reason that they came to Middletown NJ. Some records indicate that Jans did move to NJ with his son in 1710.
Sources
- Source:Early Dutch Settlers of Monmouth County, New Jersey, by George C. Beekman. As well has a full chapter on the family and descendants.
- Source: Genealogies of West Virginia Families by West Virginia Historical Society van Meteren
- Source S-2141108661: Repository: #R-2141108662: Title: Ancestry Family Trees: Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members..: Text: Ancestry 1308664554
Acknowledgments
- This person was created through the import of Sheppard_Duncan_Bickham_Stroud.ged on 01 February 2011.
- Thanks to Kari Lemons for starting this profile.
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http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Van_Meteren-40
but there does not appear to be a Gysbert born abt 1600 in the tree who would patronymically be his proper father.