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Chapter 10: The Record, Vol. XXXIX, April, 1908, pp 84-91
(Continued from Vol. XXXIX, p. 57, of THE RECORD.)
113. ISAAC N.6 SKILLMAN
(Isaac,5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Nov 24, 1803; d. Sept., 1840; m. Jan. 15, 1825, Pamela, dau. of John Stryker and wife Elizabeth Hageman, he being one of the four children of John Stryker, killed at the Battle of Germantown (Rev. War), whose widow afterward m. John Skillman (see No. 36). The names and dates of bap. in Harlingen Church (Dutch Ref.) of these four are: 1. Garret, bap.1769; 2. Ida, Feb. 28, 1771; 3. Abraham, Feb. 21, 1773, and John (above), Nov. 7, 1774. With two little girls Isaac and wife removed, 1829, from Neshanic, N.J. to Hamilton Co., O. (near Cincinnati). They had six children as follows:
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Elizabeth,7 b. Dec. 1, 1825; d. Aug., 1894; m. May, 1845, Elon Strong. Had: 1. Freeman, b. 1846; d. 1855. 2. Hannah, b. 1848; m. 1870, Jonathan Skillman (see No. 70). 3. Emily, b. 1852; m. 1875, Benjamin Hill. 4. Albert, b. 1853; m. (1) Nancy Pentacost; m. (2) Mary Welch. 5. Lillie, b. 1855; m. 1874, Andrew Norris. 6. Freeland Rodman, b. 1857; m. (1) Anna Siebohm; m. (2) Amanda Welch. 7. Percy, b. 1860; d. 1881. 8. Anna, b. 1863; d. 1885. 9. Sherman, b. 1865; d. 1906. 10. Zebulon, b. 1867. |
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Sarah, b. July. 1827; d. May, 1903; m. (1) John Knox; m. (2) Daniel Chidester. Had: 1. Janet, b. 1849. 2. Katharine, b. 1851; m. John Calanan. 3. John, b. 1853. 4. Anna, b. 1855; d. 1875. |
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Edwin, b. Aug., 1832; d. 1870; m. 1859, Mary Wisbey. No issue. |
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Josiah, b. Dec., 1836; m. 1870, Lucy Calhoun. Had: 1. Nelson (now in Kansas). 2. Edwin. 3. Josiah. 4. Anna. 5. Mary. 6. Ben. 7. Lucy. 8. Lillie. Served in the war from April, 1861 to Sept., 1865, as a member of "Merrill's Horse," four years of the time in scout duty. Has lived in Illinois since 1867. |
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Anna, b. Nov., 1838; m. 1865, Theodore Burns. Had: 1. Aletta, b. 1868; m. - Knight. 2. Mary, b. 1873. 3. Theodore, b. 1882. |
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Mary, b. Jan. 26, 1841; m. March 12, 1861, Leonard B. Harris. Had: 1. Julia, b. 1863; m. 1905, R. S. Beavens. 2. Minerva, b. 1865. 3. Elsie, b. 1867; m. 1891, Barton S. Hill. 4. Clinton, b. 1869; m. 1903, Lillian Hedges. 5. Henry, b. 1871; d. 1899. 6. Twins: Freeman, unm.; 7. Amy, b. 1873; m. 1895, W. C. Perrine. 8. Clyde, b. 1876; d. 1900. 9. Edith, b. 1879. 10. Bernice, b. 1881; m. (1) 1902, Edward Ballard (d. 1904); m. (2) Harvey W. Dutcher, 1906. |
114. JOHN N. 6 SKILLMAN
(Isaac, 5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Sept. 25, 1809; d. June 23, 1894, and with son Thomas lies buried in Harlingen Churchyard at Belle Mead. A large farmer at Post Town, now Plainville, N. J.; m. (1) Jan. 17, 1833, Sarah Moore (b. Dec. 10, 1814; d. May 13, 1853); m. (2) Oct. 4, 1854, Hannah Van Middlesworth (b. April 7, 1824 and now 1907 living). Children: by first wife, seven; by second three:
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Isaac, 7 b. Oct. 30, 1833; live at Canton, Fulton Co., Ill. |
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Abraham, b. July 24, 1835. |
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Joanna, b. March 11, 1837; d. Dec. 28, 1904; m. Peter Sutphen, Neshanic, N. J. Had one dau., Mrs. William H. Huff of Belle Mead. |
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John, b. Dec. 13, 1839; lives near Canton, Ill. |
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Thomas, b. May 18, 1842; d. March 28, 1888. |
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Emily, b. Nov. 23, 1845; d. April 26, 1846. |
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Theodore, b. Feb. 28, 1852; lives at or near Canton, Fulton Co., Ill. |
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George Martin, b. May 22, 1857; d. Feb. 4, 1886; m. Anne Van Derveer. |
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Charles V. M., b. May 20, 1859; m. Jan. 18, 1889, Sarah J. Burniston (b. Dec. 26, 1862). Had: 1. George C., b. July 22, 1889. |
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Jessie Augusta, b. June 25, 1863; m. Dec., 1887, Jacob K. Schwenger. Had: 1. George N., b. 1888. 2. Frank C., b. 1890. 3. Ray D., b. 1893. |
115. ISAAC6 SKILLMAN
(Jacob, 5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. March 3, 1792, at Three Mile Run, near New Brunswick, N. J.; d. at Litchfield, Ill. 1855; a wanderer, and had lived in at least six States of the Union, New Jersey, New York, Michigan, Missouri, Texas and Illinois; m. Dec. 27, 1816, Betsey Powell, and circa 1818 removed to near Brockport, N. Y. Both wife and he are buried at Litchfield. Children:
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Peter Voorhees, b. at Three Mile Run, Oct. 17, 1817; d. in San Francisco, 1892; m. but no children. |
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Jacob T. B., b. Oct. 17, 1819, at Brockport, N. Y.; d. at Romeo, Mich., 1895; m. 1853, Louisa Edgett; served 2 1/2 years in 5th Mich. Cav., Army of Potomac. Children: 1. William J., b. 1855; m. at Oakwood, Mich., two children. 2. Cassius Clayton, b. 1857; d. 1859. 3. Costella, b. 1860; m. - Sutherland, three children. |
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Eleanor M., b. Oct. 19, 1821; d. at Irvington, Ill., 1897; m. (1) - Bryan; m. (2) - Griffiths. |
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Sarah Ann, b. Sept. 22, 1823; m. - Short. Had: 1. James. 2. William. Home in Hillsborough, Ill. |
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Abraham D., b. Jan. 20, 1826; d. Chicago, 1899; commission merchant; m. a cousin, Hannah Powell, Romeo, Mich. Had: 1. Alice, m. and lived in Boston, Mass. 2. Fred'k B., a dentist, Chicago. |
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Isaac, b. July 8, 1828; Union soldier in Civil War; never m.; drowned in Bear River, Utah, in going to California, 1866. |
116. JACOB TEN BROECK6 SKILLMAN
(Jacob, 5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. March 10, 1794; d. June 26, 1864; m. Nov. 14, 1822, Rachel Corey Ayres (b. April 2, 1798; d. May 17, 1883); grad. at Union College, Schenectady, 1816, same class with William H. Seward; licensed M.D., 1825; practiced in New Brunswick thirty years. Children:
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Sarah Amelia, 7 b. Sept. 2, 1823; d. Jan. 6, 1852; m. Aug. 5, 1846, Charles Rudolph von Romondt, Prof. in Rutgers College; later home in Washington, D.C. Had: 1. Charles Diedrick, b. 1847. 2. Henry T. B., b. 1849; d. 1877. |
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Anna Maria, b. Jan. 23, 1825; d. Feb. 3, 1895; m. Rev. Charles Rudolph von Romondt, May 18, 1863; home in Washington, D. C. Had: 1. Enos A., b. 1865; d. 1866. 2. Walter Middleton, b. 1867; d. 1868. |
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Ellen Henrietta, b. April 5. 1827; d. 1835. |
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Alanson Freeman, b. March 8, 1829; d. 1832. |
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Louisa Adeline, b. Feb. 27, 1831; d. 1832. |
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Enos Ayres, b. Nov. 16, 1833; a grad, of Rutgers College, 1851; m. Oct. 9, 1867, Alice Middleton; live in Washington, D. C. Had: 1. Nettie Ayres, b. 1868; d. 1870. 2. Nannie Van Dyke, b. 1870. 3. Julia M., b. 1874. 4. Alice M., b. 1875. 5. Eva Garnett, b. 1877; m. George Thorne. 6. Wesley Middleton, b. 1878; m. 1903, Fannie Hull Burnett, Washington. |
117. ABRAHAM6 SKILLMAN
(Jacob, 5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. March 11, 1796; d. Dec. 2, 1862; grad. at Princeton, 1819; took his M. D. 1823, and settled for life at Bound Brook; m. at Trenton, N. J., March 7, 1827, Susan Emma Palmer (b. at Yardleyville, Pa., 1803; d. March 31, 1870). Their children:
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Joseph P.,7 b. May 19, 1832; in N. Y. City from 1852 to date; merchant; appraiser in Custom House; m. May 14, 1856, Elizabeth, dau. of Henry V. Shaddle, N. Y. City; d. March 13, 1902. Had: 1. Julia, d. inf. 2. Harry S. 3. Susan Emma, m. George Clark, two children. 4. Lizzie S., m. (1) W. W. Brook, one dau.; m. (2) Fred'k L. Colwell of Stamford, Conn.; d. Feb.19, 1904. |
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Charles Hamilton, b. Nov. 30, 1833; grad. of Rutgers College, 1851; of Princeton Theol. Sem. 1854; his one pastorate was of Presby. Church at Luzerne, N. Y.; d. April 19, 1862; never m. |
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Ellen Palmer, m. Lewis D. Cook, Bound Brook. |
118. JOHN6 SKILLMAN
(Jacob, 5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. June 27, 1800, eldest child of 2nd wife, Mary Hageman; d. 1865; m. Martha, dau. of Christoffel C. Beekman and wife Mary Van Dyke of Six Mile Run, now Franklin Park, N. J.; d. 1887; farmer and occupied the homestead or old-time Frelinghuysen parsonage farm at Three Mile Run. Had:
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Theodore,7 b. 1834; m. 1859, Agnes, dau. of Abraham J. Suydam. One dau., Jane S. Farmer, now living in New Brunswick. |
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John, b. 1836; d. unm., 1865; buried at Three Mile Run. |
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Mary, b. 1838; m. 1858, Augustus Van Zandt of Blawenburg (d. 1884); her home now at Lawrenceville, N. J., with her four living children: 1. Irene. 2. Russell. 3. Eugenia. 4. Hubert. |
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Henry, b. 1845; m. Mary, dau. of Isaac W. Pumyea of Three Mile Run. One dau., Cassie. |
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William, b. 1847; m. twice. Three children: 1. Leroy. 2. Laura. 3. Marion. Farmer at Blawenburg. |
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Jacob, b. 1850; removed to Kansas and m. there. Three children: 1. Martha B. 2. Edward. 3. John. |
119. WILLIAM6 SKILLMAN
(Jacob, 5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Jan. 11, 1803; d. Aug. 23, 1872; m. April 28, 1829, Maria, dau. of Frederick Davis and wife Margaret Hoagland of Six Mile Run (b. March 8, 1812; d. Oct. 29, 1874); removed, 1839, from Three Mile Run to Blackwell's Mills, near Millstone, N. J. Children:
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Margaret, 7 b. April 13, 1832; m. Dec. 15, 1852, Bernard S. Voorhees (d. Dec. 17, 1896). Had: 1. William S., b. 1853. 2. Margaret Anna, b. 1855; d. 1861. 3. Ferdinand Schureman Schenck, b. 1857. 4. Eugene, b. 1859; d. 1861. 5. Alice, b. 1867; m. 1896, Jacob Brogley. All but 1st live in New Brunswick; he in Brooklyn, N. Y. |
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Mary, b. June 6, 1834; m. June 11, 1854, Isaac B. Allen; d. May 19, 1884. |
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Frederick, b. Jan. 4, 1837; carpenter and builder; d. unm. at home in Jersey City, Nov. 11, 1897. |
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Jacob, b. Feb. 22, 1839; hardware dealer, Jersey City; m. in Neshanic, April 18, 1861, Jane Davis, dau. of Peter V. Davis, Town and County Clerk. Had: 1. William Edgar, 2. Peter Davis, twins, b. Sept. 1, 1862; bap. in Neshanic Ref. Dutch Church, Aug. 29, 1863. |
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William, b. Jan. 31, 1841; m. Mary Lodge; removed (1872) to Pocahontas, Bond Co., Ill. |
120. MARY BEEKMAN6 SKILLMAN
(Jacob, 5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Aug. 26, 1804; m. 1829, Christopher B. Voorhees; both joined by Confession Harlingen (Ref. Dutch) Church, Nov. 6, 1834, and the following children are there on record as bap. in infancy:
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Jacob Skillman7 Voorhees, b. Sept. 20, 1830; went to Streator, La Salle Co., Ill., whither the family eventually removed. |
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Martha Beekman Voorhees, b. Sept. 20, 1833. |
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Isaac Voorhees, b. May 3, 1836; d. y. |
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Isaac Voorhees, b. Dec. 26, 1846. |
Ellen in No. 41, ante, is Eleanor T. B. (Ten Broeck), m. Peter Van Tine, and her sister Jane and husband lived and d. near Millstone, and there two of their children lived. For record of Aaron L. (Longstreet?), see No. 121. [No. 41 has been updated per this note.]
121. THOMAS6 SKILLMAN
(Jacob, 5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. May 27, 1808; d. Sept. 10, 1853; m. (1) Oct. 8, 1837, Caroline Stringham, dau. of George Burret Raymond (N. Y. City) and wife Susan Parker, Virginia, niece of Robert Fulton (b. June 29, 1807; d. March 19, 1845); m. (2) Ellen, dau. of Daniel Polhemus, Middlebush, descendent from the first of the name in America, Domine Johannes Theodorus Polhemus, who in 1654 became first pastor of the Collegiate (Ref. Dutch) Churches on L. I.; educated at Rutgers and took his M. D. at Col. Phys. and Surg's, N. Y., 1830, and settled in practice at his birth-home, near New Brunswick, N. J. Six children were by the first wife and four by the second:
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Thomas Henry, 7 d. inf. |
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Lucy, d. inf. |
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George R., b. 1836(?); m. Dec. 1858, Mary Lockwood; lives at Chester Pa.; eight children. |
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Sidney, b. March 19, 1839; d. April 25, 1876; m. July 3, 1861, Susanna C. Watson. Had: 1. Olive Clifton, b. 1867. 2. Sidney, b. 1869. |
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Julia, b. at. Three Mile Run, Nov. 8, 1840; m. May 16, 1860, Oliver Clifton Wilson, ship chandler 23 years, West St., New York City; d. April 10, 1896. Had: 1. Irene Clifton, b. 1861; d. inf. 2. Percey R., b. 1863; m. 1891, Louise Suydam, Baldwinsville, N. Y.; two children, Percey and Anna. 3. Ella Hall, b. 1865; m. 1898, William Burnside Peck, Boston. 4. Charles Sanford, b. 1866, m. 1900, Clara Anthony. 5. Olive Clifton (as preceeding at New Brunswick), b. 1867; d. inf. 6. Harriet, b. 1873; m. 1897, Henry Judson Chapin, N. Y. City. 7. Louise, b. 1878. |
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Frank, b. April, 1842; d. Sept., 1886; m. Sarah Voorhees, Jersey City. Had: 1. George. 2. Ella. 3. Louise. |
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William, b. Jan. 16, 1849; d. inf. |
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Lydia, b. July 29, 1850; d. Sept. 3, 1851. |
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Thomas Henry, b. Feb. 29, 1852; m. April 27, 1876, Annetta Vreeland; druggist, New Brunswick; no children. |
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Emma, b. March 29, 1853; d. inf. |
(Jacob, 5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. June 23, 1810 (possibly the "L" in his name was for Aaron Longstreet); d. Aug. 21, 1869; m. 1831, Eliza Ann Van Nostrand, Six Mile Run (b. April 6, 1812; d. Dec. 1. 1895). The family in 1854, removed to Mt. Clemens, Macomb Co., Mich., where certain Beekmans, Skillmans and other N. J. families had early settled. The children were all b. at Three Mile Run:
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Catharine, 7 b. Nov. 3, 1832. |
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Abraham, b. Sept. 9, 1833; d. Feb. 17, 1885; two sons, both d. |
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Mary Adaline, b. Feb. 25, 1835. |
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Martin Luther, b. Aug. 21, 1838; two sons; live at Mt. Clemens. |
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Georgiana, b. April 26, 1840; d. Aug. 21, 1865. |
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Isaac, b. June 19, 1842. |
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Ann Eliza, b. April 15, 1844; d. July 3, 1876. |
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George Washington b. April 8, 1846; m. and lives near Sandusky, O.; one son living. |
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Delphi, b. June 7, 1848. . : |
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Peter Van Doren, b. Dec. 15, 1851. |
* Some one (now unknown) kindly sent the author this family record (see No. 41).
122. ABRAHAM6 SKILLMAN
(Cornelius, 5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Nov. 27, 1802, at Hopewell, N. J.; d. July 1, 1881, at) Lambertville; m. March 1, 1827, Henrietta, dau. of David Stout, Assoc.-Justice Hunterdon Co., and after it was formed, 1838, of Mercer Co., N. J., b. May 31, 1804; d. Nov. 22, 1889; a farmer. Children:
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Charles Augustus,7 b. Dec. 16, 1827; m. March 2, 1854, Sarah A., dau. of Abraham Stryker Skillman and wife Sarah Williamson (see No. 93); grad. of Princeton, 1848; admitted to bar, 1851. Had: 1. Charles H., lawyer. 2. Mary, m. James S. Studdiford, Lambertville. 3. Carrie Disbrough, m. Samuel W. Cochran, druggist. |
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Caroline, b. May 2, 1830; m. Feb. 7, 1856, William M. Jewell, merchant; d. Aug. 24, 1870. Had: 1. Charles A., b. 1857; M. D., Penn. Univ.; d. 1900. 2. Mary E., b. 1864; m. Joseph E. Baldwin, Florida, Judge. |
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Ida Stryker, b. Feb. 12, 1832; m. Jan. 22, 1862, Dr. Edward P. Hawke, practiced at Blawenburg, then at Hopewell, and d. Dec. 12, 1898. Had: 1. Carrie. 2. William W., dentist, Flemington. 3. Edward S., physician, Trenton. 4. Henrietta, teacher, Fort Lee, N. J. 5. Mary Emma. |
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Mary Emma, b. May 20, 1844; m. Oct. 18, 1864, Ralph Ege, b. Nov. 22, 1837, business man, Hopewell. Had: 1.Albert A. 2. Sarah. 3. Andrew Howard, d. 1891. 4. Ida Skillman. 5. Mary. The Ege's descend from Adam, migrant from Germany, circa 1748, who m. Margaret, dau. of Thomas Hunt. See Chambers' Early German Settlers of N.J. [Ralph Ege was the author of "Pioneers of Old Hopewell," 1908. Numerous Skillmans mentioned. Editor's father was born in Hopewell, N. J.] |
123. PETER6 SKILLMAN
(Cornelius, 5 Thomas,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Sept. 15, 1808; in Med. pract. at Harlingen over 40 years; d. April 1, 1888; m. Nov. 28, 1833, Louisa, dau. of Abraham C. Beekman of Griggstown, and wife Rachel Cruser, dau. of Major Cornelius Cruser of Harlingen; b. 1816; d. March 11, 1887; both buried at Belle Mead. Her father's second wife was Elizabeth Houghton, and his father was Christopher Beekman, and mother Martha Veghte; Gerardus, 1707, and Catharine Van Dyke were next before, preceded by Christopher, 1681 (or Christoffel, Dutch), and Mary De La Noy; then came, 1653, the famous Gerardus of Flatbush, and Magdalen Abeel, and we reach the top of this line in America in Willem, 1623, and Catrina De Boogh (De Bow). Children of Dr. Peter and Louisa Beekman:
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James Alfred,7 b. Sept. 17, 1834; d. in N. Y. City, Sept. 12, 1874; U. S. Marine on board of man-of-war, New Orleans; buried at Belle Mead. |
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Cornelius P., b. May 16, 1837; farmer at Harlingen; never m. |
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Abraham B., b. June 28, 1839; m. Anna Moor, now deceased; a practicing physician at Bertram, Linn Co., Ia.; two children, Anna Louisa and Frances Rachel. |
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John Calhoun, b. July 25, 1842; m. Mary, dau. of Jacob Van Derveer and wife Jane Stryker of Harlingen; a grocer in New Brunswick, N. J. |
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Rachel Adah, b. March 23, 1848; at home with her brother Cornelius in the homestead at Harlingen. |
124. BETSEY6 SKILLMAN
(John, 5 Benjamin,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. 1790(?); m. (1) Jacob Erwin, drowned in Delaware River, 1831; m. (2) John Beaumont (2nd wife) of New Hope, Pa. Children as follows:
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Elizabeth7 Erwin. No record. |
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Margaret Erwin, m. - Snook: No other Record. |
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Nelson Beaumont, New Hope, Pa., d. unm. |
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Jackson Beaumont, m. Miss Stuckert. |
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Sarah Ann Beaumont, m. (1) an actor from whom she secured a divorce; m. (2) John Schenck, Pennington, N, J., a brother of the Rev. Noah Hunt Schenck of St. Anne's Church (Prot. Episc.), Brooklyn, N. Y. |
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Louisa Beaumont, m. Dr. Saba Pearson; one son George. |
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Harrison Beaumont, a physician, d. unm. circa 1898 in Philadelphia. |
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John Beaumont, m. Kate Bassoe. |
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William Beaumont, d. y. |