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Chapter 5: The Record, Vol. XXXVIII, Jan., 1907, pp 29-34

(Continued from Vol. XXXVII, p. 282, of THE RECORD.)

30. BENJAMIN5

33. JOHN5

36. JOHN5

39. ABRAHAM5

42. JOSEPH5

31. CHRISTOPHER5

34. ISAAC5

37. GERARDUS5

40. ISAAC5

 

32. ABRAHAM5

35. WILLIAM5

38. THOMAS5

41. JACOB5

 

30. BENJAMIN5 SKILLMAN

(Benjamin,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. 1764 (?) ; lived at or near Mt. Airy, Hunterdon Co., N. J. A farmer: m. Ann --. House and lot of widow and heirs (children) in Mt. Airy village, sold to Solomon Holcomb, Oct. 2, 1822. Children named:

 

i.

Thomas,6 b. 1789(?)

 

ii.

Benjamin, b. 1791; removed to Michigan, m. and d. there. No children.

 

iii.

Ann, b. 1793; d. unm.

72

iv.

Isaac, b. July 30, 1795.

 

v.

Samuel, b. 1797 (?); m. and went to Michigan. Had two sons and two daughters. He d. and widow returned to New Jersey in 1850. All now dead.

73

vi.

Washington, b. Oct. 3, 1803.

 

vii.

Clarissa, b. 1805; d. unm.

31. CHRISTOPHER5 SKILLMAN

(John,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. near Rocky Hill, N. J, Feb. 9, 1767; d. March 7, 1835; removed as a babe with parents to Loudoun Co., Va.; m. March 9, 1793, Henrietta Payne, dau. of Josiah Payne, soldier of the Revolution; ensign; captured at Battle of Germantown, Oct.4, 1777; released from Jersey Prison Ship, Dec. 3, 1780; d. Feb. 15, 1848. With wife and brothers removed, circa 1806, to Bourbon Co., Ky. Children:

74

i.

Violinda,6 b. 1794.

75

ii.

John, b. 1796.

 

iii.

William, b. 1797; d. old and unm. in Bourbon Co., Ky.

76

iv.

Katharine, b. 1798.

77

v.

Nancy, b. 1800.

78

vi.

Keziah, b. 1805.

79

vii.

Josiah Payne, b. 1807.

 

viii.

Elizabeth, b. 1809; m. Sept. 20, 1829, Maj. Aug. W. Branham. Their son, Horace, last of the line, a Confederate soldier, captured 1862, and cruelly shot as a guerilla.

 

ix.

Isaac Harrison, b. 1811; Captain in Mexican War; m. (1) Permelia Robbins; had one son, Wm. Harrison (Will Hack), Confederate soldier, Tennessee; m. (2) Widow McRae, sister of first wife; dau. Annie, m., lives in Springfield, Ill.

 

x.

James Beverage, b. 1813; m. 1835, Amelia Jane Hammel; one dau. Jimmie, m., Bloomington, Ill.

 

xi.

Christopher C., b. 1815(?); m. April 27, 1856, Mollie, dau. of Joseph Wilson, Bourbon Co.

32. ABRAHAM5 SKILLMAN

(John,4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. near Rocky Hill, Somerset Co., N. J., 1768, and after father's death and mother's remarriage, was put to learn the trade of blacksmith. He became a farmer and m. (1) Violinda Simpson; had ten children. In 1826, m. (2) Delia Alexander; no issue. He d. 1862, ae. 94. Estate near Leesburg, Va., suffered great loss in Civil War. Children:

 

i.

John,6 b. near Mt. Gilead, Loudoun Co., 1800.

 

ii.

Mary, b. 1802; no record.

 

iii.

Abraham, b. 1804; no record.

 

iv.

James L., b. 1806; removed to Indiana; m. and had two sons: 1. Bushrod, Delaware Co., Ind. 2. John H., Spokane, Wash.

 

v.

Elizabeth, b. 1808.

 

vi.

Catharine, b. 1812.

80

vii.

Violinda, b. 1814.

 

viii.

Alcinda, b. 1816.

 

ix.

William, b. 1818.

 

x.

Bushrod, b. 1820. A Confederate soldier, killed in the seven days fight before Richmond. "I helped bury him," writes his nephew, Bushrod W. Lynn, of Richmond, Va.

33. JOHN5 SKILLMAN

(John, 4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. in Loudoun Co., Va., 1770; m. Catharine Skinner(1792), and settled in Clarke Co., Va.; then circa 1806 removed with his brother Christopher to Bourbon Co., Ky.; in 1815 to Breckenridge Co.; d. there in 1858; his wife d. in 1855. Children, all b. in Virginia:

81

i.

Richard,6 b. 1793.

 

ii.

Abraham, b. 1795.

 

iii.

William, b. 1797.

 

iv.

Peter, b. 1799.

34. ISAAC5 SKILLMAN

(John, 4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. in Virginia, Oct. 14, 1772; d. March 18, 1856; m. 1797, Nancy Whitely (d. Feb., 1831, ae. 55), and in 1816 joined his brother in Bourbon Co., Ky. In 1825, removed to Scott Co., Ky. Children, all b. in Virginia:

82

i.

William G.,6 b. 1798.

83

ii.

Catharine, b. 1800.

84

iii.

Susan, b. 1804.

85

iv.

Juliette, b. 1807.

86

v.

Harriet, b. 1808.

87

vi.

John Whitely, b. 1811.

88

vii.

Christopher, b. 1813.

35. WILLIAM5 SKILLMAN

(John, 4 Jan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. in Virginia, March 30, 1777, (four months after his father's death; went, when a lad, to Highland Co., O., and there March 19, 1806, m. Nancy Henton (b. Sept. 5, 1789; d. July 21, 1843). William d. in Hendricks Co., Ind., Sept., 1862. Children:

 

i.

Sarah,6 b. Jan. 7, 1809; m. Basil Lucas, 1830. One dau., Mrs. Sarah Jenkins, Upland, Ind.

89

ii.

John W., b. 1811.

90

iii.

Evan Henton, b. 1812.

 

iv.

Allen, b. in Highland Co., O., Feb. 1, 1814; went to Miami Co., Ind., 1840; Methodist Episcopal Minister. Had one dau., Mrs. Louisa Grimne, Peru, Ind.

91

v.

William, b. 1816.

 

vi.

Thomas, b. 1818. One dau., Mrs. J. W. Fisher, Chili, Ind.

 

vii.

Isaac Simpson, b. 1820; d. 1827.

 

viii.

Samuel, b. Dec. 18, 1822; d. young.

92

ix.

Cynthia Ann, b. 1825.

 

x.

Nancy Jane, b. May 3, 1831; m. Benj. F. Lee. One son, live at Ritzville, Adams Co., Wash.

36. JOHN5 SKILLMAN

(Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. at Harlingen, N. J., Jan. 10, 1753; d. Dec. 2, 1835; m. Mary, widow of John Stryker, killed at the Battle of Germantown; dau. of Gerrit Veghte (wife Elizabeth) of Six Mile Run (b. 1751). She an elder sister of Magdalena (b. 1758) who m. John, a cousin of John (son of Benj. Skillman). The grandfather of these sisters was Jan Veghte (wife, Cornelia Staats), son (probably) of Claes Arent (Van Vechten) who came from Drenthe, Holland, 1654, with wife Lammetje and three children, and settled at Gowanus. L. I. This Jan Veghte and wife Cornelia lived later on Staten Island and had children bap. in Ref. Dutch Church there. (See Vol. XXXVII, p. 32 of the RECORD.) John Skillman was a Revolutionary soldier, a farmer, fond of music and choir leader in Country Church (Presby.) for years, but blind at last. Home at Ringoes, N. J. The wife d. 1846, ae. 96. The two are buried at Larisons (once Pleasant Corners) across the road from the little church they loved. Children:

 

i.

Mary,6 b. Dec. 2, 1779; m. Major Emley Holcomb, of Pennington, N. J. Had: 1. William. 2. John E. 3. Mary, m. L. J. Titus (parents of Katharine A., Mrs. Crook). 4. Eleanor Ann. 5. Isaac S. 6. Alexander H. 7. Theodore. 8. Charles O.

93

ii.

Thomas, b. 1781.

94

iii.

Elizabeth, b. 1784.

95

iv.

Isaac, b. 1786.

96

v.

Anna, b. 1790.

97

vi.

William L., b. 1795.

37. GERARDUS5 SKILLMAN

(Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. at Harlingen, Sept. 20, 1754; named for his grandfather Gerardus Beekman, a grandson of the famous Gerardus of Flatbush, of Colonial days; a light-horse trooper in the Revolutionary War; farmer; he m. 1780, Jane, dau. of John Van Dyke of Rocky Hill, N. J., sister of John, Jacob and Frederick Van Dyke. The head of this extended family, immigrant from Amsterdam, Holland, settled at New Utrecht, L. I., in 1652. Children:

98

i.

Mary,6 b. 1782.

 

ii.

John VanDyke, b. 1783; m. Rachel Hollingshead; removed with family of daus. to Illinois; d. 1873.

 

iii.

Joseph, b. 1785; went to "Stamping Ground," Ky.; d. unm.

99

iv.

Peter, b. 1787.

100

v.

Gerardus, b. 1788.

 

vi.

Charity, b. 1789; m. Jonathan Everett; had large family of daus.; removed to Philadelphia.

 

vii.

Catharine, b. 1791; d. unm. June 1, 1842; grave in Princeton Cemetery, near chief gate on Witherspoon Street corner.

38. THOMAS5 SKILLMAN

(Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas2, Thomas1), a Revolutionary soldier, farmer, and man of affairs, b. Feb. 10, 1756; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Hendrick Strÿcker and wife Catharine (b. 1759). Jan (ancestor of Strÿckers in America), grandfather of Hendrick, with wife Lambertje Suebering, two sons and four daus., came in 1652 from Ruinen, Drenthe, Holland, to New Amsterdam, and settled at Flatbush, L. I., in 1654. The home of Thomas and family was near Rocky Hill and remains in the household today. Children:

101

i.

Mary,6 b. 1779.

102

ii.

Hendrick, b. 1780.

103

iii.

John, b. 1782.

 

iv.

Catharine, b. 1784; m. Cornelius C. Whitenack, Blawenburg; had one son, John, b. Aug. 24, 1813. The grandfather also was Cornelius. She d. 1842.

104

v.

Thomas, b. 1786.

105

vi.

Abraham, b. 1788.

106

vii.

Elizabeth, b. 1790.

 

viii.

Anna, b. Feb. 27, 1797; removed to Kentucky, 1818; m. (2d wife) Jan. 11, 1826, Luther Stephens, merchant, Lexington, Ky.; d. at Washington, D. C., 1876. No children.

39. ABRAHAM5 SKILLMAN

(Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas2, Thomas1), b. July 20, 1759; Revolutionary soldier; d. Nov. 10, 1838; m. Lucretia, dau. of Nicholas Van Zandt, Blawenburg, N. J.; family originally from the Province of Mannheim, Nederland, coming to New Amsterdam in 1660. Lucretia d. Dec. 31, 1851, ae. 88. Children:

107

i.

Mary,6 b. 1788.

108

ii.

Lucretia, b. 1790.

109

iii.

Joseph, b. 1793.

 

iv.

Thomas b. 1800; non compos mentis; d. Jan. 1, 1876.

110

v.

Catharine, b. 1804.

40. ISAAC5 SKILLMAN

(Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas2, Thomas1), b. April 21, 1761; m. (1) Cornelia, dau. of Petrus Quick of Harlingen, and granddau. of Teunis who lived at Three Mile Run and subscribed for building the "Dutch Church (Ref.) on the River" (N. Brunswick) in 1703. The Quick name is found in New Amsterdam as early as 1641. Isaac m. (2) Joanna, dau. of Martinus Nevius of Harlingen, descendent of Johannes Nevius, a Schepin, of New Amsterdam in 1658 and his wife, Sarah Stoothoff. The children were two by Cornelia and three by Joanna:

111

i.

Thomas Q., b. 1796.

112

ii.

James Q., b. 1800.

 

iii.

Martin N., b. July 21, 1801; d. May 12, 1836; m. Matilda Kershaw (descendent of a prominent early citizen of New Amsterdam, Jacques Cousseau, Huguenot), April 26, 1827. Dau. Alice, b. June 1, 1830; d. May 3, 1851. The mother d. Nov. 1, 1858. All lived at Harlingen and their remains lie in the old cemetery at Belle Mead.

113

iv.

Isaac N., b. 1803.

114

v.

John N., b. 1809.

41. JACOB5 SKILLMAN

(Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Aug. 28, 1764; d. April 13, 1854; m. (1) Eleanor Ten Broeck, descendent (through Hendrick, 3d son) of Wessel Ten Broeck who came to New Amsterdam with Peter Minuet in 1626; m. (2) Mary Hageman (b. 1767; d. 1840), descendent of Adriaen Hageman who settled in Flatbush, L. I., in 1650. The home of Jacob and family at Three Mile Run was originally the parsonage of Domine Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen, 1st Christian minister of the region whose parish, covering a large part of two counties, included the Dutch (Ref.) Churches of Raritan or Somerville, New Brunswick, Three Mile Run, Six Mile Run, and Sourland (Harlingen). Of the children that follow three are Eleanor's, the remainder Mary's, all bap. in the church of Six Mile Run.

115

i.

Isaac,6 b. 1792.

116

ii.

Jacob, b. 1794.

117

iii.

Abraham, b. 1796.

118

iv.

John, b. 1800.

 

v.

Ellen, bap. at Six Mile Run, Sept. 27, 1801; m. -Vantine.

[Ellen Ten Broeck, bap. at Six Mile Run, Sept. 27, 1801; m. Peter Van Tine]

119

vi.

William, b. 1803.

120

vii.

Mary Beekman, b. 1804.

 

viii.

Jane, b. March 4, 1806; m. Sept. 3, 1834, James G. Voorhees. [Lived and d. near Millstone and two of their children]

121

ix.

Thomas, b. 1808.

 121

x.

Aaron, b. 1810(?). No record. [Record supplied later in No. 121 ]

Corrections to above record, see No. 121.

42. JOSEPH5 SKILLMAN

(Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. at Harlingen, in the ancestral home, March 12, 1768; d. Aug. 7, 1852; m. Elsey Van Arsdalen, descendent of Symen Jansen Van Arsdalen, who settled at Flatlands, L. I., in 1653, whose wife was Pieterje Claesen, dau. of Pieter Claesen, head of the Wyckoff family in America. Eventually to Joseph and wife fell the original Skillman Homestead at Harlingen. Elsey d. Nov. 12, 1857. All the graves of the household are in the old Harlingen Churchyard at Belle Mead. Children:

 

i.

Mary,6 never m. No record.

 

ii.

Alice, bap. Aug. 3, 1800, Six Mile Run; never m.

 

iii.

Margaret, m. Rev. Joshua Clayton, long a pastor (Presby.) at Plymouth, Wayne Co., Mich.; one dau., Mrs. Lee Bingham, Detroit.

 

iv.

Catharine, b. Aug. 1805; d. 1900; m. May 4, 1830. Rev, Horace Doolittle, long pastor of the Ref. Dutch Church of Stanton, N. J. The Rev. Philip Malancthon Doolittle, a son, graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., 1852, and from the New Brunswick (N.J.) Theol. Sem., 1856; m. a dau. of the Rev. Dr. Gabriel Ludlow of Neshanic, N.J., and closing a pastorate of 50 years in July, 1906, at North Branch, N.J. (Ref. Dutch Church); d. suddenly the following October, ae. 75.

 

v.

Eliza Ann, bap. at Six Mile Run, Jan. 17, 1808.

 

vi.

Abraham V. A., b. Feb. 5, 1812; d. may 3, 1872; m. (1) Dorothy, dau. of Peter C. Schenk of Clover Hill, N.J. (b. 1814; d. Aug. 18, 1852); had two children; m. (2) Anna C., dau. of William VanDyke; had one child. The family occupied the Harlingen Homestead. Abraham's grave and Dorothy's are at Belle Mead.

 

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