Skillmans of America Chap. 6

Chapter 6: The Record, Vol. XXXVIII, Apr., 1907, pp 103-112

(Continued from Vol. XXXVIII, p. 34, of THE RECORD.)

43. CORNELIUS⁵	51. ROBERT⁵	59. THOMAS ⁵	67. JOHN⁵
44. MARY⁵	52. GEORGE⁵	60. ISAAC⁵
45. JOHN⁵	53. JACOB⁵	61. JOSEPH⁵
46. THOMAS⁵	54. WILLIAM HENRY⁵	62. FRANCIS⁵
47. JACOB⁵	55. ABRAHAM⁵	63. SARAH⁵
48. ABRAHAM⁵	56. SAMUEL⁵	64. THOMAS⁵
49. ISAAC⁵	57. BENJAMIN⁵	65. JOSEPH⁵
50. SAMUEL⁵	58. SAMUEL⁵	66. THOMAS⁵

43. CORNELIUS⁵ SKILLMAN

(Thomas,⁴Isaac,³ Thomas², Thomas¹), b. Jan. 1, 1771; d. Jan. 12, 1853; m. Jan. 12, 1800, Ida, dau. of Abraham Stryker, and wife Cornelia Beekman. She was a sister of Mary Stryker, who m. Thomas Skillman, son of Thomas, elder brother of Cornelius. Lived at Hopewell, N. J. Ida d. Jan., 1831, and both are buried in the Beekman burying ground at Griggstown. Children:

122	i.	Abraham,⁶ b. 1802.
	ii.	John, b Aug. 1, 1805; removed to Basil, Fairfield Co, O.; m. Elizabeth --. Had: Charles, d. young, and Mary, unm. John d. at ripe old age.
123	iii.	Peter, b. 1808.
	iv.	Mary, d. inf.

44. MARY⁵ SKILLMAN

(Thomas,⁴ Isaac,³Thomas,² Thomas¹), b. Oct. 10, 1772; m. July 23, 1797, Jacob Stryker, b. June 27, 1768, whose First wife (m. Dec. 1, 1791) was Baleche Montfort. Jacob was a younger brother of Abraham Stryker, who m. Dec. 9, 1775, Cornelia, dau. of Gerardus Beckman and Catharine Van Dyke, Mary's maternal aunt. Had three sons:

	i.	Abraham⁶Stryker, b. Jan. 16, 1800; life spent in the service of the Princeton Bank; m. Jan. 2, 1823, Harriet Stockton Skillman, dau. of Benj. Skillman and wife Rachel Stockton. Had four children: graves of Sarah B., d. Dec. 31, 1866, ae. 41, and William, d. inf., are in Princeton Cemetery.
	ii.	Peter Stryker, b. Oct. 4, 1802; a farmer, J. P. and man of affairs at Blawenburg.
	iii.	Cornelius Stryker.

45. JOHN⁵ SKILLMAN

(Benjamin,⁴Isaac,³ Thomas,²Thomas¹), b. 1752; m. Madalena Veghte (see No. 36, ante); known as John "B" to distinguish him from his cousin John "T," son of Thomas; farmer; long lived on Crow Hill (now Cottage Hill), Lambertville (anciently Coryells Ferry), N. J., removing there from Kingston, his father Benjamin's first home among his wife's people. A notable character. Drowned in the Delaware River 1812. Had nine children:

	i.	Nancy,⁶ b. 1785; m. (1) - Crowthers; one son, John. m. (2) - Reeves, and had: 1. Lena, m. Randolph Wetter. 2. Betsey, m. Joseph Hoff. 3. Joseph. 3. Margaret, m. Henry Skinner. 4. Cornelia, m. John Henry.
	ii.	Jane. b. 1788; m. -- Stout; removed to N. Y. State.
124	iii.	Betsey, b. 1790.
	iv.	Abraham, b. 1792; m. Betsey Irwin. Had: 1. John. 2. Jane. 3. Abraham.
	v.	John, b. 1794; no record.
	vi.	Benjamin, b. 1796; m. and had two daus.: 1. Eliza, m. Jacob Suydam. 2. Rachel, m. George Sabine.
	vii.	Garret, b. 1798.
125	viii.	Nicholas Veghte, b. 1800.
	ix.	Henry, b. 1802; removed to Ky., and m. there. Had one daughter who became Mrs. Sheplar. "On a visit to Lambertville some years ago, her sister with her, they were found to be charming people," reports Mrs. Kate A. Crook of Lambertville.

46. THOMAS⁵ SKILLMAN

(Benjamin,⁴Isaac,³ Thomas,²Thomas¹), b. Aug. 17, 1756; d. Aug. 17, 1823; m. Ursula Hunt, b. March 20, 1763; d. Sept. 30, 1832 [moved from No. 128: Ursula Hunt…was dau. of Edward⁴ Hunt (Jonathan,³ Edward,² Ralph¹), forebears in Hopewell of this extensive New Jersey (and American) family.]; their well-marked graves are at the rear of the old Baptist Meeting House at Hopewell, N. J., near where their lives were lived. Children:

126	i.	Benjamin,⁶ b. 1780.
	ii.	John, b. 1783. In Philadelphia, 1807, harness-maker, 310 N. Front St.; soldier in War of 1812; last in City Directory, 79 Green St., 1822. Children: 1. Charles, name twice in Directory; widow Catharine, Front St., 1860; their son Charles E. (d. 1906), Oysters, Front St., with sons and daus. 2. Eliza, m. - Wilcox. 3. Jacob, shoemaker. 4. Samuel, do. 5. Cordelia: Other Phila. names belong here.
	iii.	Elizabeth, b. 1785. No record.
127	iv.	Andrew, b. 1787.
	v.	Edward, b. 1789; m. and had a family in Mississippi.
	vi.	Abigail, b. 1791.
128	vii.	Walter, b. 1793.
	viii.	Jane, b. 1795.
	ix.	Louisa, b. 1797; became Mrs. Arnold of St. Louis, Mo.; d. at Mobile leaving four children, one of them, Mrs. Whedon, St. Louis. These birth dates are estimates mainly.

47. JACOB⁵ SKILLMAN

(John,⁴ Jacob,³ Thomas,² Thomas¹), b. Aug. 25, 1755; bap. Feb. 8, 1756, at Low Dutch Church (Ref.) of Six Mile Run; m. Betsey Van Duyn, 1790; wagonmaster in Capt. Wm. Davison's Company in Team Brigade in Rev. War.; Peter Stultz, Jacob Skillman and Isaac Snediker, privates in Middlesex Militia (from Kingston, N. J.), and all, with John Storey, were pillaged of small amounts by British and Hessian soldiers. In 1805 Jacob with family removed to Union (Susquehanna Valley), near Binghamton, N. Y. Had six children:

129	i.	Sally,⁶b. 1791.
130	ii.	Elias Scudder, b. 1793.
131	iii.	John, b. 1795.
	iv.	Ann, b. 1797; m. - Ainsworth. Had three daus. and one son.
132	v.	Abigail, b. 1799.
	vi.	Eliza, b. 1801; m. David Harvey, brother of James, who m. her sister Abby. Had one dau. and two sons.

48. ABRAHAM⁵ SKILLMAN

(John,⁴ Jacob,³ Thomas,² Thomas¹), b. Sept. 13, 1760; bap. Aug. 15, 1762, at Six Mile Run; soldier in Rev. War; m. 1781, Mary Sunderland; lived in Kingston Village, and known familiarly as "uncle Brom and aunt Polly Skillman." Had eight children:

	i.	Abraham⁶ b. 1782; foolish; never m.
	ii.	William, b. 1784; soldier in War of 1812, d. 1847 in Ohio.
	iii.	Ann, b. Jan 18, 1786; d. Jan. 16, 1834; was 2d wife of Agur F. Thonn, innkeeper at Queenstown (Princeton); had Susan, b. Jan. 23, 1827; d. Aug. 26. 1832; graves of mother and dau. are in Kingston churchyard. Family removed to Pennsylvania; son there a member of State Legislature.
	iv.	Peter, b. Oct. 20, 1793; bap. in Kingston Church (Presby.), Sept. 11, 1802 (his mother a member there by confession of faith, April 27, 1793); removed "to the Lakes," N. Y.
133	v.	David Comfort, b. 1796.
	vi.	Mary, b. Feb. 5, 1799; bap. Sept. 11, 1802; m. John Sutton, and removed to St. Louis, Mo.
	vii.	Samuel, b. Sept. 20, 1801; bap. Sept. 11, 1802; m. Betsey Applegate; killed by accident in the woods; left children.
	viii.	Susanna, b. Jan. 15, 1804; m. (1) - Hynicka; m. (2)- Hubbard.

49. ISAAC⁵ SKILLMAN

(John,⁴ Jacob,³ Thomas,² Thomas¹), b. Aug. 27, 1770; m. (1) Nov. 16, 1795, Susanna Sansbury. Bought a small property in Kingston, April 26, 1802; deed witnessed by John Berrien and Francis Graham; m. (2) Oct. 15, 1807, Catharine Clendenning. Eight children, four by each wife:

	i.	Richard,⁶ b. Aug. 22, 1796; d. unm.; inherited from his uncle John the old home farm (Storey or Rutherford Place), which after him went to his sister Eleanor.
	ii.	John, b. Aug. 18, 1798; went, a boy of 16, to Pennsylvania; no further record.
	iii.	Eleanor, b. Sept. 2, 1800; m. James Powell, tailor of Princeton, b. Sept. 11, 1802; d. March 31, 1871 (graves in Princeton Cemetery). Had four sons and two daus. One son, Rush Powell, in business in N.Y. City; of the daus. the elder m. Thomas Brown, shoemaker, Princeton, the younger, Robert Voorhees, the famous "Rocky Hill Orator."
	iv.	Ann, b. Nov. 14, 1802; home in N. Y. City; d. unm.
134	v.	James Reed, b. 1808.
	vi.	Isaac, b. Jan. 12, 1811; m. and had one son and three daus.
	vii.	Hannah, b. Feb. 22, 1814; d. May 29, 1884; m. Dec. 29, 1836, James Conover, shoemaker; one son.
	viii.	Asaph Clayton, b. Aug. 11, 1816; drowned, a lad of 18, in the Millstone River at Kingston.

50. SAMUEL⁵ SKILLMAN

(John,⁴ Jacob,³ Thomas,² Thomas¹), b. April 6, 1773; m. 1800, Rebecca -; a tailor, first at Griggstown, but most of life at Princeton. He d. March 12, 1851; she d. March 6, 1854, ae. 74. Graves of both, and their children and grandchild are in Princeton Cemetery. Children:

	i.	Mary Brown,⁶ b. Feb. 12, 1803; d. unm. Jan. 13, 1862.
	ii.	Catharine, b. 1805; d. unm. March 4, 1839.
	iii.	Ellen, m. Howard Hulfish, son of David, Marshall of Princeton; a printer; founder of "The Mercer Co. Mirror" in 1855; at his death in 1856, the paper was discontinued.
	iv.	William R., b. 1811; d. March 21, 1842; m. Hetty Hollingshead, younger sister of Susan, who m. John Skillman, son of Benj. and Rachel (Stockton) Skillman. Had: Caroline, d. inf.
	v.	Lydia, b. 1814; m. Nath'l Denton; d. Dec. 17, 1841.
	vi.	Julia, b. 1819; d. May 22, 1853.

51. ROBERT⁵ SKILLMAN

(Jacob,⁴ Jacob,³ Thomas,² Thomas¹), b. July 24, 1769 early went to Philadelphia; there (1797) m. Hannah Janney, b. May 19, 1771. Made their life-home in Baltimore. Children:

	i.	Ann,⁶ b. July 7, 1798; m. John Hodgkinson, Baltimore. Had six children, but family now extinct.
	ii.	Jacob, b. Dec. 4, 1799; twice m. but no sons survived. Lived in Vicksburg, Miss.; d. 1878; a granddaughter, Sallie F. Powell then living there.
	iii.	Charles, b. Nov. 18, 1801; d. at Brighton, Macoupin Co., Ill.; widow Susanna lived at St. Louis, with dau. Hannah J. Skillman, a teacher.
135	iv.	George, b. 1803.
136	v.	Robert, b. 1813.

52. GEORGE⁵ SKILLMAN

(Jacob,⁴ Jacob,³ Thomas,² Thomas¹), b. 1780 [Probably 1773, see No.137]; his father's early death forced him to make his own way in the world; left Kingston or Princeton circa 1800 as a harnessmaker and settled in Richmondville, Schoharie Co., N.Y.; there m. and reared a family; in 1836 his home was in N.Y. City, Great Kiln Road. Children:

137	i.	John,⁶ b. 1803.
138	ii.	Jacob C., b. 1805.
	iii.	Ann, to her and her cousin, Mary Ann Merril, her Princeton aunts "Mary and Tammy" Skillman left their property at death; m. (2d wife) Henry Warner, of Warnersville, N.Y. No children. Her father's last days were spent with her.
	iv.	Peter P., a hardware merchant at 155 Pearl St., N.Y.; name dropped from City Directory after 1826.
	v.	Stephen T., known in the family as "Titus;" an importer at 56 Pine St., N.Y. in 1841.
	vi.	Mary, b. 1812; m. Seth Crowell; home at Coventry, N. Y.; had two sons and other children.

53. JACOB⁵ SKILLMAN

(Abraham,⁴ Jacob,³ Thomas,² Thomas¹), b. circa 1770; m. 1792, Sarah Conover of Ten Mile Run; home in Kingston village between forks of the road coming from Rocky Hill. A transfer is on record at N. Brunswick (Middlesex Co.), by Jacob and Sarah to Abm. and Wm. Johnson (his half brothers). Francis Graham and Rynear Quick, wits., dated 1802. Children:

	i.	Ann,⁶ b. 1793 m. Esekiel Dillon of "The Plains," near Princeton. Had three children: 1. William. 2. Alice. 3. Catharine. Mother Sarah lived with Ann until she d. of old age.
139	ii.	Abraham, b. 1795.
140	iii.	William Johnson, b. 1802.
	iv.	Benjamin, b. 1805; m. Hannah -. Had: 1. Ralph, blacksmith, Rocky Hill. 2. William. 3. Mary. 4. Hannah, m. Samuel Dickenson, druggist, Trenton, N.J,
	v.	Harriet, b. 1807 went with brother Abraham and family to Ohio (Miami Valley) in 1836 returned to N. J.; m. (1) - Wright and had two children; m. (2) John Bradshaw, an Englishman and carpenter, Kingston, N. J.
	vi.	Daniel, b. 1809; m, and lived in N. Brunswick. Had one daughter, Emma, who d. unm.
141	vii.	George, b. 1811.
	viii	John Gulick, b. Jan. 1, 1815; d. April 22, 1862; m. Louisa H. Smith. Had: 1. Kate, m. David B. Sharp, Philadelphia. 2. Frank; was long proprietor of Skillman's Hotel, Princeton Basin. Grave in Princeton Cemetery; wife d. 1899.
	ix.	Andrew, d. young.
	x.	Robert, m. and had: 1. Simeon. 2. Hannah; lived at Jacksonville (Cheesequakes), N. J.

54. WILLIAM HENRY⁵ SKILLMAN

(George,⁴ Jacob,³ Thomas,² Thomas¹), b. May 10, 1783, in Virginia; brought up a motherless babe at Kingston; a grown lad learned the blacksmith's trade with Jacob Deats (afterward his brother-in-law) at Clover Hill, N. J.; m. 1804, Catharine, dau. of Peter Runyon and wife Catharine Quick, of near Reaville, N. J. Peter Runyon (b. Nov. 5, 1740 was son of Joseph (b. April 1, 1710) and wife Rachel; grandson of Peter (b. July 1, 1680) and wife Providence Blackford of Piscataway, and great-grandson of "Vincent Rongnion, mariner of Poitou," France, and Anne Boucher of Hertford, Eng., Huguenots or religious refugees; first of the Runyon name in America. Their children:

	i.	Peter,⁶ b. Feb. 1, 1805, at White House, N. J.; d. 1809.
142	ii.	Mary Ann, b. 1806.
143	iii.	Jacob Runyon, b. 1808,
	iv.	Eliza, b. Jan. 19, 1810; m. James Hartwick, Rocky Hill, and removed, 1832, to Jerseyville, Ill. Had many children.
	v.	Catharine, b. Dec. 17, 1812; m. (2d wife) Sam'l Randolph Marsh, N. Brunswich, N.J. Had: 1. Edward, d. a young man, unm. 2. Susie, m. James Sullivan. 3. Sam'l Randolph. The Marshs probably descend from Samuel Marsh, Sen., one of the "Associates" in the settlement of Elizabeth Town, N. J., who came there from New Haven, Conn.
	vi.	William R., b. 1814.
145	vii.	Rebecca, b. 1816.
	viii.	Hannah Clark, b. Jan. 9, 1819; d. 1905; m. James Fitz Gerald (d. Feb. 5, 1860, ae. 57); home in Newark, N. J. Had one son, Charles R., unm., of Buffalo and Toronto, Can.
146	ix.	John R., b. 1821.
147	x.	Hiram, b. 1823.
	xi.	Sarah Amanda, b. Aug. 29, 1827; d. unm. March 7, 1841, buried in N. Brunswick. The mother d. Jan. 23, 1835, buried at Kingston; the father, Oct. 26, 1862, and buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Newark.

55. ABRAHAM⁵ SK1LLMAN

(George,⁴ Jacob,³ Thomas,² Thomas¹), b. 1790; m. Madalina, dau. of John W. Post and wife Catharine Stevens (b. 1791, bap. Nov. 27 of that year in Neshanic Ref. D. Church, as "Leentje "). They lived at Post Town, now Plainville, on S. slope of Sourland Mountain. Children:

	i.	George,⁶, b. 1816; m. Anna B. La Tourette; home at White House, N. J. Had five daus., Mrs. John Schenck, Somerville, the eldest.
	ii.	John Post, b. March 18,1818; d. unm. Sept. 9, 1839.
	iii.	Mary Tamsen, b. 1820; m. Gilbert Hankins. Had four sons and three daughters.
	iv.	Ritie Ann, b. 1822; m. by the Rev. Dr. Gabriel Ludlow at Neshanic, Jan. 16, 1840, to Charles Read, and removed to Illinois.
	v.	Gilbert van Middlesworth, b. 1824; m. Eliza Williams. Had thirteen children; home in Monmouth Co., N.J.
	vi.	Elias Conover, b. Dec. 22, 1826; d. unm. 1848.
	vii.	Abraham A., b. 1828; m. Matilda Harvey of Western New York.

56. SAMUEL⁵ SKILLMAN

(Samuel,⁴ Benjamin,³ Thomas,² Thomas¹), b. 1753, in the ancestral home at Dutch Kills, L.I.; with families of father and grandfather removed to Kingston, N.J., in 1764; m. his 2d cousin, Margaret, eldest dau. of John, eldest son of Jacob; removed to Pennsylvania, and eventually to Lockland, Hamilton Co., O. Only one son known; by a second mother? Record not clear.

148

Theodore,⁶ b. 1800.

57. BENJAMIN⁵ SKILLMAN

(Thomas,⁴ Benjamin,³ Thomas,² Thomas¹), b. Jan. 16, 1763; d. Feb. 7, 1807; m. Rachel Stockton (b. Dec. 31, 1764), of a well known family, the head of which came to America previous to 1660, from England to Flushing, L. I.; d. Dec. 2, 1843, and is buried on the hill at Kingston. Children:

	i.	Thomas,⁶b. Nov. 25, 1786.
	ii.	Sarah, b. Aug. 25, 1788; d. July 2, 1822; unm.
149	iii.	John, b. 1790.
	iv.	Helen, b. Nov. 21, 1792; d. July 30, 1795.
	v.	Joseph, b. Jan. 18, 1795; d. inf.
	vi.	Nancy, b. Feb. 10, 1796; m. Stacy Morford, carriage-trimmer; removed to Philadelphia.
	vii.	Harriet Stockton, b. May 5, 1798; m. Abraham, son of Jacob and Mary (Skillman) Stryker of Blawenburg, 1823. Had four children.
	viii.	Adams, b. June 10, 1803; d. July 19, 1803.

58. SAMUEL⁵ SKILLMAN

(Thomas,⁴ Benjamin,³ Thomas,² Thomas¹), b. 1764; m. (1) early, now unknown, mother of his children; m. (2) at Harlingen, Jan. 21, 1801, Anna Voorhees. County Records (Somerville) shows a transfer by Samuel Skillman and Ann, his wife, May 28, 1803, to William Jones (writer's great-grandfather), of "lots, etc., parts of legacies left by the late Thomas Skillman. Witnesses; Samuel Skillman (the son) and John Joline." Children:

150	i.	Samuel,⁶ b. 1783.
	ii.	Elizabeth, b. 1785 m. Abraham Johnson, son of Tom Johnson and wife Ann, widow of Abraham Skillman.
	iii.	Isaac, b. 1787; d. unm.
	iv.	Margaret, b. 1789; m. James Robinson and went to Kentucky.
	v.	Nancy, b, 1790; m. Charles Bird of Ten Mile Run. Had daus., one m. Jacob Wolfe, shoemaker at Kingston, but no sons.
	vi.	Phoebe, m, Peter Johnson, a lame farmer at Ten Mile Run. She had a sister who m. Tom Yates of Little Rocky Hill. These probably belong here.

59. THOMAS⁵ SKILLMAN

(Thomas,⁴ Benjamin,³ Thomas,² Thomas¹), b. 1768; m. 1790, Eleanor Blue of descent, probably from Hendrich Bleauw who m. (on L. I.) Aeltje Staats in 1719, and "came to the Raritans" in 1728. In 1812, Thomas with wife, two sons and three daus., removed from near Princeton, N. J. to New Burlington, Clinton Co., O. His farm in N. J. he sold for $1,154.80 to Jacob Scudder (Dr.) of Princeton (uncle to writer's mother); date of deed Sept. 12, 1811. Thomas d. suddenly before entering upon his new home in Ohio. The children, all b. in N. J. were:

	i.	Sarah,⁶ m. Dodd Lindly; lived at Bevis, Hamilton Co., O. Had: 1. William. 2. Nellie. 3. Jane, who m. Platt Turner, lived in Cincinnati, and had: 1. James. 2. Josephine.
	ii.	Margaret, m. Daniel Jones and had several children; both now d. One son, D. H. Jones, at Crawfordsville, Ind.
	iii.	Mary Ann, m. Richard Bundy.
	iv.	Samuel m. Ann Fromm (Vroom?); had one dau. He d. at Carthage, Hamilton Co., O., 1886.
151	v.	Thomas B., b. 1800.

60. ISAAC⁵ SKILLMAN

(Thomas,⁴ Benjamin,³ Thomas,² Thomas¹), b. 1778; m. 1800, Annie Johnson (b. 1782); in 1803 disposed of "3 lots of land," 53 acres, 13 in Middlesex Co., "joining upon Lemuel Scudder's Mill property" (Kingston Mill), transferred to Capt. William Jones, for $1,600. Witnesses to deed Joseph Leigh and Samuel Skillman. (L. S. and W. J. both great-grandfathers of the writer.) Isaac Skillman d. on "Castle Howard" farm, Princeton, Aug. 16, 1813; his wife, Annie, d. Oct. 10, 1827. Children:

	i.	Mahala,⁶ b. Aug. 8, 1801; m. James Voorhees of Mt. Lucas. Had: 1. Abraham. 2. Deborah. 3. William. 4. Matilda.
152	ii.	Alfred, b. 1803.
	iii.	Joachim, b. 1804; d. of a fever Aug. 28, 1821; m. Lettie -- , a widow; had one child, d. inf.
	iv.	Elizabeth, b. 1808; m. Israel Reed, Griggstown. Had: 1. Isaac. 2. Mary. 3. William. 4. Sarah. 5. Francis. 6. Anice.
	v.	Margaret, b. May 11, 1811; m. Aug. 12, 1829, Edward Sweeny, Princeton. Had: 1. Andrew (d. March 14, 1902). 2. Alfred. 3. Edward. 4. John (d. inf.). 5. Miles. 6. James. 7. Ann (d. inf.). 8. Harriet. 9. Margaret. 10. Josephine of Trenton.
	vi.	Sarah Ann, b. Oct. 1, 1812; d. unm., Feb. 8, 1858. The graves of this family are all on the hill at Kingston in the old Presbyterian graveyard.

61. JOSEPH⁵ SKILLMAN

(Thomas,⁴ Joseph,³ Thomas,² Thomas¹), b. Jan. 7, 1765; m. Jan. 28, 1790, Mary Scudder, dau. of John⁵ Scudder (Timothy,⁴ Timothy,³ Thomas,² Thomas¹) and wife Mary Budd, of Red Hook, near Northport, L. I. The Scudders in America descend from Thomas and his wife Elizabeth Lowers, who came from London, circa 1630, to Plymouth, and are found at Salem, 1635, the family removing later to Southold, L. I., and then to Huntington, to Newtown, and to points in New Jersey. Joseph d. at Aquebogue, Oct. 26, 1809. Had two sons:

153	i.	John Scudder,⁶ b. 1791.
	ii.	Thomas, b. May 28, 1793; d. Sept. 13, same year.

62. FRANCIS⁵ SKILLMAN

(Thomas,⁴ Joseph,³ Thomas,² Thomas¹), b. Dec. 13, 1764; m. May 7, 1785, Anne (b. May 7, 1768), dau. of Martin Schenck of Wallabout and wife Ida Suydam, and of the fifth generation from Joris Jansen de Rapalje; she d. Oct. 28, 1828. Graves in Greenwood. Children:

154	i.	Jane,⁶ b. 1786.
	ii.	Martin, b. March 10, 1789; d. of yellow fever, Aug. 6, 1800.
155	iii.	Thomas, b. 1791.
	iv.	Abigail, b. May 29, 1794; d. unm., Aug. 16, 1861.
156	v.	John, b. 1797.

63. SARAH⁵ SKILLMAN

(Thomas,⁴ Joseph,³ Thomas,² Thomas¹), b. Aug. 21, 1766. The Journal of John Charles Phillip von Kraft reveals how "smitten" he was with "sweet Sally Skillmaenn." A volunteer officer in Col. Donop's (Hessian) regiment in the British occupancy of Long Island in the Rev. War, he was quartered at the house of "Thomas Killmann, a Hollander," he calls him, from Oct. 26, 1779, onward. (See N.Y. Historical collections.) Von Kraft in this Journal makes a comic show of himself. No doubt he was very much in love, though "Sally" was then only a little girl of less than 14. But in due time she got a much better husband than this sentimental Hessian. She m. the brother of Anne (No. 62 above), Martin Schenck, who d. Dec. 9, 1823; she d. May 14, 1829. Both are buried at Bedford.

64. THOMAS⁵ SKILLMAN

(Thomas,⁴ Joseph,³ Thomas,² Thomas¹), b. July 17, 1770; m. (1788) Jerusha Rogers; 1824 sold his farm at Aquebogue and removed to McDonough, N. Y.; d. Nov. 4, 1833, and is buried in Smithville, Chenango Co.; wife d. Feb. 21, 1850.

Children:

157	i.	Thomas,⁶ b. 1789.
	ii.	Rachel, b. Jan. 3, 1792; d. May 21, 1876; m. Daniel Hudson (d. Aug. 12, 1875, ae. 96); their life-home at Aquebougue or Northport, L. I.
158	iii.	Josiah, b. 1794.
	iv.	Sarah, b. March 25, 1797; a prosperous business woman (tailoress) in N. Y. City. In Directory (1824) is at 48 Augustus St. Late in life m. Isaac Sweezy; d. at Riverhead, L. I., Aug. 26, 1847.
159	v.	Joseph, b. 1802.
	vi.	Maria, (twins) b. Sept 24, 1804; m. Elisha Green.
	vii.	Jane, (twins) b. Sept. 24, 1804; m. 1827, F. T. Spees.
	viii.	Elsey, b. Feb. 12, 1808; d. unm., Feb. 25, 1837.
160	ix.	Francis Martin, b. 1812.

65. JOSEPH⁵ SKILLMAN

(Joseph,⁴ Joseph,³ Thomas,² Thomas¹), b. 1772, in New York City; carpenter and builder, 94 Chambers St., from 1802; d. Aug. 28, 1852; will then proved; m. 1796, Catharine Brown who d. Sept. 2, 1849. Children:

	i.	Thomas,⁶ b. July 25, 1797 never m.; in hardware business from 1825 with brothers at 271 Greenwich St.; home with his father, 312 Washington St., from 1845; d. Dec. 24, 1852.
	ii.	Jacob, b. June 13, 1799; d. a child.
	iii.	Mary Elizabeth, b. March, 1801; m. Samuel J. Raymond. Had one dau. who m. Robert J. Brown. d. April, 1827.
	iv.	Catharine, b. 1803; d. Jan. 25, 1839.
161	v.	Joseph, b. 1804.
162	vi.	Abraham, b. 1806.
	vii.	Ann, b. June 18, 1807; d. June 25, 1809.
	viii.	Isaac, b. July 31, 1809; kept a hollow-ware store on Greenwich St.; d. unm., June 25, 1830.
	ix.	Margaret, b. 1811; d. inf.

66. THOMAS⁵ SKILLMAN

(Joseph,⁴ Joseph,³ Thomas,² Thomas¹), b. 1777; d. 1811; m. (1) Mary Delaney, mother of his children: "held a small city office;" is "shoemaker" in Directory, 1807, at 36 Third (Eldridge) St.; 1809, is at Pump (Walker St.; 1810, at 25 Roosevelt St. He m. (2) Ursula -; she at 8 Crosby St., 1818; "seamstress," 1819; is "widow Skillman," 1821, and "Ursula Skillman," at 12 Doyer St. later. Children of Thomas and Mary:

	i.	Isaac,⁶ b. 1799; d., lost at sea.
	ii.	Ann, b. 1801; admitted as pupil of Collegiate Church School, Sept. 20, 1811, ae. 10 years, No. 602; withdrawn from school, June 28, 1813; her "parent" (guardian) Ch. Stegle, residence Third St. (Eldridge).
	iii.	Margaret. No record.

67. JOHN⁵ SKILLMAN

(John,⁴ Joseph,³ Thomas,² Thomas¹), b. Aug. 30, 1787; d. Dec. 1, 1849; mother, Hannah Van Cott, father's 2d wife; name in N. Y. Directory, 1802, at Third St. (Eldridge); is "grocer," Lewis and Grand Sts., 1814. Later is a J. P. at Bushwick, and Judge, as his father had been. Loved music, and was chorister in Old Bushwick (Ref. D.) Church. Owned many houses at one period, about Third and Fourth Sts. (E1dridge and Allen), N. Y. He m. (1) Jane Messerole (d. Oct. 1, 1810), by her had three children; m. (2) Aug. 10, 1813, Susanna Gardner (b. in N. Y. City, Aug. 13, 1795; d. Dec. 31, 1822); by her had three children more; m. (3) Sarah Ann Minuse (d. Aug. 17, 1742), and she had two children. Eight in all:

	i.	Hannah,⁶ b. April 25, 1807; m. George Young; d. 1848.
	ii.	Abraham b. Feb. 6, 1809; d. inf.
	iii.	John, b. Oct. 12, 1810; d. inf.
	iv.	Susanna, b. Dec. 25, 1814; d. May 25, 1871; m. Charles M. Church, March 14, 1837; he d. 1889.
163	v.	John, b. 1819.
	vi.	Mary Ann, b. Oct. 29, 1821; d. July 28, 1843.
	vii.	Joseph, b. June 10, 1834; d. Aug. 29, 1834.
164	viii.	Joseph Henry, b. 1837.

This closes the muster roll of the fifth generation of the family in this country, and its connections, and now we enter upon the sixth.

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