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Chapter 9: The Record, Vol. XXXIX, Jan., 1908, pp 51-57

(Continued from Vol. XXXVIII, p. 302, of THE RECORD.)

99. PETER6

103. JOHN6

107. MARY6

111. THOMAS Q. 6

100. GERARDUS6

104. THOMAS6

108. LUCRETIA6

112. JAMES Q. 6

101. MARY6

105. ABRAHAM6

109. JOSEPH6

 

102. HENDRICK6

106. ELIZABETH6

110. CATHARINE6

 

 

99. PETER6 SKILLMAN

(Gerardus,5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. March 5. 1787; d. April 29, 1831; m. Rebecca, dau. of Simeon Smith of near Mt. Airy, Hunterdon Co., N. J., (b. Oct. 13, 1783; d. Jan. 7, 1866); lived in Princeton. Children there born and reared, and the graves of nearly all are in the cemetery of that old college town.

 

i.

Ira,7 b. 1807; d. May 1, 1835; m. Abigail -- . Had one dau., Irena Rebecca, d. Dec. 8, 1835, ae. 3 mos. and 8 ds.

 

ii.

Jared, b. 1810; d. Oct. 30, 1845; m. Eleanor, dau. of Thomas Benham, blacksmith, Princeton. Had: Rebecca, b. Nov. 10, 1844; d. Jan. 27, 1857. Widowed mother m. (2) Abraham Skillman (see No. 139), just returned from Ohio, where his first wife, Harriet Wainwright had d. in 1841, leaving six children; three more, Sarah, Daniel and Alice A. (now widow of George B. Carson, Somerville, N. J.) were added.

 

iii.

Charles, b. Jan. 23, 1812; d. May 7, 1855; m. Catharine, dau. of Thomas C. Thompson, of the old Mill at Kingston (see No. 8), then of Scudder's Mills, Mapleton (Aqueduct Mills). Had: 1. Fred'k V. D., b. July 13, 1844; enlisted Oct. 16, 1861, Comp. B, 1st N. J. V. I.; discharged for disability from wounds March 20, 1863; m. April 25, 1878, Sarah F. Renwick; Real Estate and Insurance, Jersey City. 2. Emma, b. June 7, 1866; m. Benjamin Spicer.

 

iv.

Peter, b. 1814; d. Oct. 3, 1847; m. Jane -. Had: 1. Howard, b. Jan. 30, 1842; d. inf. 2. Ira, b. Sept. 19, 1844; d. young. Graves by their father's in Princeton cemetery.

 

v.

Maranda, b. May 2, 1817; d. 1839.

 

vi.

Eliza H., b. 1819; d. Dec. 17, 1890; m. James C. Burke; d. Dec. 1, 1884. Had: 1. William E., b. Oct. 2, 1850; druggist, Princeton; m. Kate W. Early, b. March 25, 1854; one son, Charles Lozier, b. Sept. 2, 1877; wife, Marian L. Turner, Brooklyn, N. Y., and their son, William L., b. Nov. 26, 1906. 2. James E., b. Aug. 9, 1854; d. Feb. 23, 1904; Savings Bank, Princeton; m. Annie Potts, Baltimore, b. Dec. 29, 1863 two children, Edmund P., b. Aug. 8, 1887, and Mary Early, b. May 9, 1890.

 

vii.

Rebecca, b. 1823-4; d. April 16, 1835.

 

viii.

Jacob Van Dyke, b. 1825; named for a maternal uncle; d. 1873, a farmer at Carlyle, Clinton Co., Ill. During the Civil War he and wife (no children) lived in St. Louis; she from Baltimore originally. Widow re turned to St. Louis.

100. GERARDUS6 SKILLMAN

(Gerardus,5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. 1791; d. Dec. 28, 1864; m. (1) Mary Christie; d. Dec.19, 1830; m. (2) Lydia Applegate (b. 1813; d. May 18, 1877). One of the best known citizens of Princeton, leading baker and confectioner there all his life; name Gerardus from Beekman ancestor, nearly always badly pronounced. Had twelve children, five by first wife, seven by second.

 

i.

Henry,7 b. 1815; d. Dec. 11, 1831, ae. 16.

 

ii.

Edwin, b. 1818; d. Jan. 7, 1825; ae. 6 yrs., 11 mos.

 

iii.

Theodore, d. in young manhood; widow removed to Buffalo, N. Y.

 

iv.

Margaret, b. 1825(?); d. June 13, 1881.

 

v.

Amanda, b. 1828(?); d. April 7, 1886. These two sisters made their life home in Princeton, and their names are both on a single stone in the cemetery.

 

vi.

Kate, b. 1836(?); m. Rev. Gershom H. Nimmo, minister (Presby.) at Hartsville, Bucks Co., Pa., where he d. March, 1898.

 

vii.

Elizabeth, m. John Barclay, New York.

 

viii.

Garreta, unm.; no record.

 

ix.

Jane, num.; no record.

 

x.

Nettie, b. Aug. 27, 1846; m. T. C. Jones; d. at Chanute, Neosha Co., Kansas, Sept. 15, 1879.

 

xi.

Gerardus, salesman in Maginnis' Bookstore, Princeton, 1876; no further record.

 

xii.

Mary Virginia, d. inf., May 15, 1856; buried in Princeton Cemetery.

101. MARY6 SKILLMAN

(Thomas, 5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Feb. 22, and bap. April 11, 1779, in Harlingen Ref. Dutch Church; m. John M. Nevius, probably of the seventh generation from Johannes Nevius, a schepin of New Amsterdam. Petrus, a grandson of the latter, a farmer, removed from Flatbush, L. I., to New Jersey, circa 1740, with four children, Peter P., Martin, David (see 95) and Wilhelmina. John M. was son of Martin Nevius and wife Sarah Stothoff. Family home was at Blawenburg. There were six children, all bap. at Harlingen.

 

i.

Sarah7 Nevius, b. March 11, 1802; d. unm.

 

ii.

Eliza Ann Nevius, b. May 25, 1805; m. 1823, John Hartough; d. at home of son-in-law George Kershaw, at Harlingen.

 

iii.

Martin Nevius, b. Jan., 1809; lived at Ringoes, N. J.; m. (1) Ann Andrews; no issue; m. (2) Lizzie Kirkpatrick, dau. of Rev. Jacob Kirkpatrick, pastor (Presby.) from 1810 till his death in 1866 of the Ringoes Church at Pleasant Corners (now Larisons). Had one son.

 

iv.

Mary Nevius, b. Nov. 15, 1810; m. Peter Stryker of Blawenburg (see 44).

 

v.

Joanna Nevius, b. Sept. 15, 1815; never m.

 

vi.

Catharine Nevius, b. May 8, 1821; m. James Van Zandt, one of the substantial farmers of Blawenburg.

102. HENDRICK6 SKILLMAN

(Thomas, 5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. May 12, bap. May 28, 1780; d. 1849; m. Dec. 21, 1803, Heyltje Williamson; lived in the old homestead at Rocky Hill. Had:

 

i.

Elizabeth,7 b. Oct. 13, 1804; m. March 31, 1821, John A. Voorhees. Children: 1. Abraham, b. Sept. 27, 1822. 2. Henry, b. Oct. 8, 1823. 3. Sarah, b. March 21, 1828. 4. John, b. May 15, 1830. 5. Martin, b. Oct. 24, 1834. 6. William, b. April 24, 1838. 7. David C., b. Oct. 10, 1839. Joined by Conf. of Faith Harlingen Ref. Dutch Church, May 28, 1831. Lived at Blawenburg.

 

ii.

Lucretia, b. Oct. 9, 1807; m. Van Doren Wyckoff; no issue.

 

iii.

Ann, b. Aug. 26, 1817; m. John A. Staats; one child, d. inf.

 

iv.

Jeremiah Williamson, b. Jan. 25, 1821; m. Mary Andrews. Had: 1. Catharine S., b. 1840. 2. William H., b. Feb. 14, 1846; m. Ann Elizabeth Stryker; five children; live on the Homestead at Rocky Hill.

 

v.

Catharine Hageman, b. Sept. 29, 1823; no record.

103. JOHN6 SKILLMAN

(Thomas, 5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. June 2, 1782; m. (1) Mary Ann, dau. of Alexander McCaraher (b. Aug. 9, 1787; d. April 26, 1834) and mother of his children; m. (2) 1836, Margaret Blackwell, widow of Dr. Reeves; she d. June 16, 1863, and is buried at Kingston on the hill.

 

i.

Thomas,7 b. Aug. 30, 1808; d. March 25, 1810.

 

ii.

Thomas J., b. April 15, 1810; d. April 11, 1881; m. Sept. 8, 1835, Sarah Ann, dau. of John Stout and wife Sarah Hart, related to John Hart of Hopewell, Signer of the Declaration of Independence; general merchant of highest standing all his life at Rocky Hill, N. J. Had: 1. Mary Ann, b. 1836; d. inf. 2. Luther Stephens, b. Oct. 29, 1837; joined Comp. F, 30th Regt., N. J. V. I., Sept. 3, 1862, in Civil War; m. Mary E. Backus; two children, Thomas J., and Julia A.; Insurance Broker, Trenton, N. J. 3. Mary Frances, b. Aug. 8, 1850; m. Charles H. Voorhees; two children; live in Brooklyn, N. Y.

 

iii.

James McC., b. May 28, 1812; d. April 9, 1814.

 

iv.

Elizabeth A., b. June 12, 1813; d. July 25, 1880; m. May 7, 1834. Peleg H. Barker; general merchant at Kingston, N. J.; d. 1869.

 

v.

Mary, b. Dec. 8, 1816; m. June 12, 1840, Isaac Vanderveer, Rocky Hill. Had: 1. Emma, d. inf. 2. Margaret, m. Judge John D. Bartine, Somerville, N. J. 3. Augustus, m. Evelyn M. Gaston. 4. George Van Dyke, m. Adelle Peters; four children.

 

vi.

Henry J., b. Feb. 16, 1819; m. (1) Dec. 9, 1841, Anna Van Pelt; had Caroline, m. Amos Sutphen, Lower Cross Roads, N. J.; m. (2) Feb. 11, 1846, Martha Van Dyke; four children.

 

vii.

James, b. Sept. 1, 1821; d. March 21, 1887; unm.

 

viii.

Margaretta, b. March 26, 1824; m. Feb. 7, 1844, Henry H. Van Dyke; d. June 20, 1897, leaving six children.

 

ix.

Sarah, b. Feb. 9, 1826; m. William H. Cox. Had: 1. James H. 2. Ella, m. Wallace Lanning. 3. Mary, m. -- McCoy. 4. Luther.

104. THOMAS6 SKILLMAN

(Thomas, 5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. July 3, 1786; d. of Asiatic Cholera, June 9, 1833; learned the printer's trade in Philadelphia and, 1803, went to Lexington, Ky., established, 1824, the Western Luminary and largest publishing house west of the Alleghanies; Elder in the Presbyterian Church, and often delegate at the General Assembly; printer and circulator of religious books; m. 1813, Elizabeth, dau. of Ebenezer Farrar of New Hampshire and wife Martha, dau. of Gen'l Hugh Mercer, killed at the Battle of Princeton. Her father and family had settled at Lexington in 1789. Surviving her husband nearly 40 years, she d. Feb., 1872, ae. 86. Children:

 

i.

Claudius Buchanan,7 d. inf.

 

ii.

Elizabeth, m. James Howard of Kentucky, who d. early. Had one son, Thomas Skillman Howard; d. unm.

 

iii.

Thomas, b. circa 1820; druggist in Lexington and d. unm. about 1867.

 

iv.

Henry Martyn, b. Sept. 4, 1823; d. March, 1902; m. Oct. 30, 1851, Margaret, dau. of Matthew T. Scott; graduate of Transylvania University (Med. Dept.), Lexington, 1847; Prof. of Physiology, etc., therein; also practitioner; Gov't Surgeon in Civil War; 1868, Pres. State Med. Association. Had: 1. Matthew Scott, and 2. Ethelbert Dudley; both d. in infancy. 3. Thomas T., b. 1860; d. 1896, unm. 4. Henry M., b. 1865; m. 1890, Laura, dau. of Avery and Amanda (Frazier) Winston; two sons: 1. Henry Martyn, b. 1891. 2. Avery Winston, b. 1894.

105. ABRAHAM6 SK1LLMAN

(Thomas, 5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Oct. 27, 1788; d. Oct. 3, 1858; m. (1) Magdalen Davis, Sept. 23, 1809. With her and their six children, all bap. in the Harlingen Ref. Dutch Church, they removed, 1822, (she dying the same year), to Lexington, Ky.; m. (2) Aug. 11, 1828, Betsey Robb (b. 1800; d. 1873). Children:

 

i.

Thomas,7 b. Nov. 2, 1811; d. unm.

 

ii.

William Davis, b. April 19, 1813; m. April 9, 1835, Elvira Taylor, Frankfort, Ky. Had: 1. Joseph, b. in Monmouth Co., N. J., 1836 (see No. 51). 2. Magdalen D., b. 1838; m. E. A. Palpey, New Orleans. 3. William D., b. 1840, Quincey, Ill. 4. Elizabeth R., b. 1843, Quincey: m. Charles Palpey, New Orleans. 5. Ann McQuiddy, b. 1845, St. Louis, Mo.; family home in the years following and where the remaining children were born. 6. John T., b. 1847. 7. Abraham H., b. 1849. 8. Richard D., b. 1851; m. Amanda Orr; three children living. 9. Robert, b. 1853; d. 1891; m. 1880, Lizzie Herr; had Lucy, William R. and Neil. 10. Henrietta, b. 1847; m. Neil McKinnon; seven children; home in Toledo, O.

 

iii.

Henry, b. Feb. 9, 1815; d. unm.

 

iv.

Mary, b. Oct. 17, 1816; m. April 9, 1835, Dr. Charles H. Spillman, Lexington; settled at Harrodsbury, Ky.

 

v.

John, b. Nov. 29, 1818; d. young.

 

vi.

Ann, b. Sept. 8, 1820; m. Oct. 22, 1840, Merritt P. Lancaster (d. 1895); merchant of Lexington; d. Feb. 24, 1891. Had: 1. Abraham B., b. 1841; m. (1) 1876, Susan A. Harris; three children; m. (2) 1897, Naomi Hill; three children. 2. Magdalen D., b. 1857; m. 1876, John Hull Davidson; two children.

 

vii.

Elizabeth, b. May 24, 1844 (alone to survive of mother's four children); m. April 21, 1874, Dr. John W. Scott, son of Matthew T. (see No. 104) and brother of Margaret. Had: 1. John Skillman Scott, M. D. 2. Margaret Scott.

106. ELIZABETH6 SKILLMAN

(Thomas, 5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. March 9, 1790; m. Samuel Terhune, descendant of Jan Terhune who was at New Brunswick as early as 1717, coming from Flatlands, L. I.; originally from Nederland prior to 1657; ancestor Albert Albertse Terhunen. Their family home was at Blawenburg, the children being bap. at Harlingen, the old church.

 

i.

Thomas Skillman7 Terhune, b. 1818(?); m. Mary Bogart, dau. of Joseph Skillman and wife, Maria Stryker (2nd cousins). Had: 1. John Newton, b. Jan. 16, 1843. 2. Emmeline, b. Aug. 16, 1845.

 

ii.

William Terhune, b. May 21, 1820.

 

iii.

Elizabeth Terhune, b. Jan. 20, 1822.

 

iv.

Catharine Aurelia Terhune, bap. March 18, 1823.

 

v.

Henry Terhune, b. Jan. 21, 1826.

 

vi.

John Terhune, d. a babe.

107. MARY6 SKILLMAN

(Abraham, 5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Dec. 17, 1788; m. at Harlingen, Oct. 8, 1806, Leffert Totten. Their ten children were all bap. at Harlingen, the family home:

 

i.

Abraham Skillman7 Totten, b. May 12, 1808.

 

ii.

Maria Totten, b. Sept. 7, 1810.

 

iii.

Lucretia Totten, b. Nov. 8, 1812.

 

iv.

Levi Totten, b. Sept. 13, 1813.

 

v.

John Simpson Totten, b. May 7, 1817; m. at Neshanic, N. J., Sept. 20, 1840, Cornelia B. Packer; wagonmaker at Griggstown.

 

vi.

Joseph Totten, b. Oct. 30, 1818; m. - Ganz.

 

vii.

Rachel Totten, b. June. 25, 1821.

 

viii.

Sarah Joanna Totten, b. March 28, 1823.

 

ix.

Cornelius Waldron Totten, b. March 21, 1825.

 

x.

Catharine Elizabeth Totten, b. Dec. 17, 1827.

108. LUCRETIA6 SKILLMAN

(Abraham, 5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Oct. 3, 1790; m. Nov. 25, 1813, John R. Stryker; joined by Confession of Faith Harlingen (Ref. Dutch) Church, Aug. 4, 1831. Children bap. in Harlingen:

 

i.

Judith Ann7 Stryker, b. July 28, 1816.

 

ii.

Ida Stryker, b. Nov. 18, 1818.

 

iii.

Abraham Skillman Stryker, b. Nov. 23, 1824.

 

iv.

Garret Stryker. b. April 25, 1833.

109. JOSEPH6 SKILLMAN

(Abraham,5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1 ), b. Nov. 17, 1793; m. Nov. 30, 1816, Maria, dau. of Stephen Stryker (b. Oct. 22, 1797; d. Sept. 30, 1874); a farmer, being a ruling elder in the Blawenburg (Ref. Dutch) Church of which he was a charter member, having joined at Harlingen, Nov. 14, 1822. Children:

 

i.

Lucretia,7 b. Oct.11, 1817, d. Oct. 5, 1871, buried at Belle Mead; m. Kourt V. Sutphen. Had: 1. John, b. 1838. 2. Abraham S., b. 1839. 3. Anna M., b. 1841. 4. Ida V., b. 1843. 5. Rachel, b. 1847. 6. Joseph, b. 1849. 7. Sarah, b. 1851.

 

ii.

Mary Bogart, b. July 26, 1819. (See No. 106.)

 

iii.

Jecoliah, b. July 28, 1821; m. Jacob Pettenger. Three children: 1. Abraham. 2. Alfred. 3. A daughter.

 

iv.

Sarah, b. 1822; m. Lewis Chamberlain, Reaville, N. J.

 

v.

Rachel, b. May 10, 1824; m. Levi Apgar, Trenton, N. J. Had: 1. John Gardner Apgar, b. Nov. 23, 1851.

 

vi.

Abraham J., b. March 26, 1825; d. 1907; m. Mary Van Dyke. Had: 1. Ezekiel Voorhees, Trenton, d. 1904. 2. Edward Van Dyke, manufacturer, Trenton. 3. Rachel. 4. Mary Ella. The father a civil engineer and contractor, Trenton. From him Skillman station on the Bound Brook line of the Reading R. R. in N. J. got its name.

 

vii.

Catharine, m. Robert I., son of Dr. Cicero Hunt, Ringoes, N. J., and Annie Iredell, his wife, Hatboro, Pa., b. 1831; d. July 23, 1903. Their home in Philadelphia. Had: 1. Wesley, bap. in Blawenburg (Ref. Dutch) Church, June 1859; d. inf. 2. Maria Louise. 3. Annie Iredell.

 

viii.

Ann Cooper, m. Disbrough Bergen Voorhees, circa 1836. Four children bap. in Harlingen.

 

ix.

Stephen Stryker, m. in Harlingen, Dec. 24, 1858, Harriet, dau. of Jacob Whitlock.

 165

x.

Thomas, m. Dec. 19, 1866, Emily Schomp. Had: 1. Joseph A., b. 1868, and other children. Live at Skillman (Blawenburg), N. J.

110. CATHARINE6 SKILLMAN

(Abraham,5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1 ), b. Dec. 2, 1804; m. Dec. 11, 1823, William Van Dyke. Their children were bap., three in Harlingen and three in Blawenburg, where the family home was.

 

i.

Abraham7 Skillman Van Dyke, b. July 25, 1824.

 

ii.

Ralph (Roelif) Van Dyke, b. Dec. 5, 1825.

 

iii.

Anne Cornelia Van Dyke, b. Aug. 14, 1829.

 

iv.

Lucretia Van Dyke, b. Aug. 17, 1837.

 

v.

Peter Van Dyke, b. June 17, 1840.

 

vi.

John Berrian Van Dyke, b. Nov. 24, 1841.

111. THOMAS Q.6 SKILLMAN

(Isaac, 5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Sept. 22, 1796; m. Dec. 8, 1816, Ann (2d cousin), dau. of Abraham Beekman Skillman and wife, Catharine Voorhees. With her, her mother and sisters (see No. 16) he came from Harlingen N. J., circa 1820, to the Miami Valley, near Cincinnati, and there made their future home. Children:

 

i.

Abraham Nelson,7 b. 1817 in N. J.; m. - Hardenbrook. Reared a family.

 

ii.

Mary, b. in N. J., 1819; m. (1) Thomas Smiley; m. (2) Thomas Kirk, both of Ohio. No children.

 

iii.

Gitty Ann, b. 1821; mother's full name; d. unm.

 

iv.

Catharine b. 1823; m. William Watson; removed to Northern Illinois. One son.

 

v.

Isaac, b. 1825; m. - Winedge. Had large family, Logansport, Ind.

 

vi.

Lavinia, b. 1827; m. Dominicus Van Dyke Skillman (b. Oct. 8, 1824), son of Thomas B. Skillman (see No. 151).

 

vii.

Jacob, b. 1829; d. young.

 

viii.

Emory, b. 1831; m. - Cameron. Note: John N. Skillman d. at Cripple Creek, Col., 1902. Had a son there named Emory, and Emory Skillman was an actor in N. Y. City in 1903. Were these the same?

 

ix.

Martin, b. 1833; m. and had a large family in Logan Co., O.

 

x.

Alva, b. 1835; d. unm.

 

xi.

Joanna, b. 1837; m. - Combes; lives in Kansas.

 

xii.

Albert Firman, b. 1839; twice m., but no children; lives in Cincinnati, O.

 

xiii.

William Henry, b. 1841; d. inf.

112. JAMES Q.6 SKILLMAN

(Isaac, 5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Dec. 22, 1800; d. Oct. 13, 1851; m. Nov. 26, 1823. Ann Stryker (b. Sept. 20, 1805; d. May 18, 1856); graves at Clover Hill; blacksmith at Bridge Point (Harlingen); Also farmer at Neshanic; nephew of Gertrude Quick of Roycefield, who m. Peter Nevius of Quick's Mills, and at her death left property to his four children all bap. at Neshanic Church (Ref. Dutch). These children were:

 

i.

Cornelia,7 b. May 26, 1826; m. Jan. 6, 1852, Stephen R., son of Thomas Hope, farmer of Hillsboro (Millstone), N. J.

 

ii.

Peter Stryker, b. Oct. 21, 1827; d. May 1, 1900; m. at Neshanic, Nov. 25, 1854, Sarah Gano (b. 1834), dau. of Stephen Gano, farmer. Had: 1. John Van Zandt, 2. Retta Van Zandt, twins, b. Feb. 35, 1863. 3. Lewis B., b. Sept. 2, 1866.

 

iii.

Margaretta, b. Dec. 23, 1833.

 

iv.

Isaac Nevius, b. Dec. 22, 1839; d. Sept. 10, 1851.

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