Shepherdstown, West Virgina Shepherdstown, West Virginia was originally established as Mecklenburg, Virginia in about 1734. The land was part of the 40,000 acre Virginia Land Grant obtained by

Isaac Van Metre Isaac Van Metre was the son of Joost Jansen Van Meteren and Sara DuBois; and brother of the famous John Van Metre the Indian Trader.

Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia Orange County, Virginia, now Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia, is where John Van Metre (Jan Joosten Van Meteran, grandson of the Jan Joosten

Virginia Land Grants Many of the early settlers of Virginia obtained their land from Virginia Land Grants, Who Controlled the granting of all this land? The answer is

History of Virginia A bit of early History of Virginia, where our early generations of the Van Metre Family acquired Land Grants and settled. Covering the time before

History of Maryland In 1498 the first European explorers sailed along the Eastern Shore, off present-day Worcester County. In 1524 Giovanni da Verrazzano, sailing under the French flag,

John Van Metre aKA Jan Joosten Van Meteren John Van Metre, also spelled Van Meter, was born Jan Joosten Van Meteren, son of Joost Janse Van Meteren.  John

New Jersey History & the Migration of our Van Metre family This post is about the early New Jersey History and the three counties our Van Meter /

Joost Janse Van Meteren Joost Janse, son of Jan Joosten Van Meteren (1) and Macyke Hendricks. Born:             About Feb 1660 in the Tielerwaard,

John Van Metre the Indian Trader In this post we will be discussing who John Van Metre the Indian Trader actually was. There are three theories we’ll discuss