New Paltz, New York History The following is just a short history of New Paltz, New York, the village our DuBois ancestors, along with other French Huegonot refugees,

Louis DuBois Louis DuBois, (sometimes called Louis deWall, or the Walloon) was born at Wicres, near Lille, Artois, France [Walloon Flanders, Spanish Netherlands] on October 27, 1626. I’ve

Mattheus Blanchan Family Mattheus Blanchan and Madelaine Brissen Joire are the oldest immigrant ancestors in the van Matre line I am following. They are the great grandparents of Joost

The Esopus Wars There were two “Esopus Wars” between the Lenape Indians also called the Esopus Tribe and the New Netherland colonists between 1659 and 1663.  The first

Esopus / Wiltwyck / Kingston, New York This post covers a bit of Kingston, New York early history. Esopus, New Netherlands settlement was the third established by Dutch

Jan Gijsbertse van Meteren Family Jan Gijsbertse van Meteren was Jan Joosten van Meterens cousin. Jan Gijsbertse van Meteren, with a variety of spellings, came to America as

New Netherlands Colony Jan Joost Van Meteren and his family arrived in the “New Amsterdam, New Netherlands” in 1662. They traveled up the Hudson River to Wiltwick (now

The Crom Children Jan Joosten and wife, Macyke Hendricks immigrated to America on the ship “de Vos”. leaving Amsterdam, Netherlands. “D’Vos sailed on 31 August 1662 and arrived

The Netherlands This post is about The Netherlands and includes a map to give you a visual look at where our Van Meteren ancestors are from.  I’ve edited

Jacobus van Meteren Family Another van Meteren line is through Sir Jacobus van Meteren of Breda, Netherlands, son of Cornelius.  Jacob financed and assisted in the early bible