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Chapter 11: The Record, Vol. XXXIX, July, 1908, pp 158-166
(Continued from Vol. XXXIX, p. 91, of THE RECORD.)
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125. NICHOLAS VEGHTE6 SKILLMAN
(John,5 Benjamin,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. March 1, 1800; m. (1) Susan Howell; m. (2) May 30, 1830, Eliza Naylor (b. April 10, 1810). Had one child by first wife, seven by the second, all b. at Lambertville. N. J.:
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Lavinia, 7 b. 1825; m. John Scarborough and with him removed to Ohio. |
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Caroline, b. 1831; m. William Williamson. Had: 1. George, m. Margaret Martin. 2. Eliza, m. Horace Dean. 3. Harriet, m. William Hart. |
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Henry, b. 1832. |
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Mary Eliza, b. 1834; lives unm. at Lambertville, N. J. |
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George, b. 1838; enlisted April 27, 1861, in Comp. 1, 3d N. J. V. I. (3 months); m. Mary A. Wharton. Had: 1. Ellen. 2. Gaddis. 3. Milner. 4. Ada. 5. Harriet. 6. James. 7. Theodore. |
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Harriet, b. 1839; m. James Tomson. Had: 1. Caroline. 2. Florence. 3. William. 4. Lillian. |
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Nicholas Veghte, b. 1840; m. Annie Folie. Had: 1. Grantley. 2. Stella. 3. Eliza. 4. Nicholas. 5. Caroline, and 6. Florence, twins. 7. Percy. 8. William. 9. Maud. 10. Margaret. |
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Theodore, b. 1842 (most of these birth dates are estimates); m. Adelaide Holcombe. Had one dau., and then removed to Kentucky. |
126. BENJAMIN6 SKILLMAN
(Thomas, 5 Benjamin,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. 1780, at Hopewell, N. J.; m. 1808, Catharine Green; 1st home in Philadelphia (1809), at 43 Vine St.; in 1818 at Ann St.: "Catharine, wid. of Benjamin" in Directory down to 1869. Children:
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Thomas Andrew, 7 b. Nov. 2, 1809; d. 1886; m. Catharine Kline. Had: 1. Anna E., b. 1836; m. Joseph Cowperthwait, one son, Dr. Edwin G., Philadelphia. 2. Thomas B., b. 1839; d. 1893; m. Kate J. Lomax, two sons. 3. John G., b. 1842; m. Sophia Hitchcock, four sons. 4.Theodore K., b. 1845. 5. William B., b. 1847; m. Louisa Foulke. 6. Joseph K., b. 1850; m. Lottie Sterrett. |
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Rebecca, b. Sept. 23, 1811. |
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John Green, b. Oct. 3, 1813. |
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Elizabeth, b. June 7, 1815; joined on confession First Church (Ref. Dutch), Philadelphia, 1831; m. J. Warren Coulston, Phila. bar (d. 1907); son of same name and profession. |
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Anna, b. Dec. 2, 1817. |
127. ANDREW6 SKILLMAN
(Thomas, 5 Benjamin,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. at Hopewell, 1787; d. at Baton Rogue, La., 1849; educated at Princeton (not a graduate), and early went South; m. Anne Sterling. Children:
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Annie, 7 m. Calvin Routh, Natchez, Miss.; d. 1852. Left: 1. Andrew Routh, Lake St. Joseph, La. 2. Annie Routh, m. Allen Borrie, druggist, Natchez. (See Dr. Stiles' Hist. Ancient Wethersfield, Conn.) |
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Edward, physician, d. 1848; left two daus. living on the Red River, La. |
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Louisa, m. - Lea, a widower, in New Orleans. Had: 1. Ann, m. Henry Salisbury. 2. Fannie, m. Henry Hester, Supt. (1876) Cotton Exchange; and two sons and two daus. besides. |
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Fannie, m. Dr. W. P. Walker; d. circa 1860. Large family scattered over the South; a dau. and her family at Port Hudson, La. |
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Kate, m. (1) William Palmer, one son; m. (2) - Fuller; again a widow, and (1876) lived with son in Washington, D. C. |
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Mary, m. 1849, John J. Ellet. Had: 1. Henry E. 2. Thomas J. 3. Winthrop G. 4. Arthur. 5. Benjamin. 6. Alfred. 7. Annie. Home at Yazoo City, Miss. |
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Sarah, m. Dr. David C. Price, St. Paul, Minn. Had two daus. and one son. |
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Eliza B., m. Maj. J. J. Noah, Washington, D. C. Three sons and one dau. |
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Ursula Hunt, m. Augustine Lincoln (Baltimore). One son and two daus. in Washington. There the mother of this large family (long a widow) lived (1876). No later date here than that. |
128. WALTER6 SKILLMAN
(Thomas, 5 Benjamin,4 Isaac,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. July 12, 1793, at Stoutsburg (Blawenburg), N. J.; m. 1819, Ura (Wilah, Ursula, Osseltje, Osie) Garrison (See No. 4), dau. of Maj. William Garrison of Stoutsburg (Algernon, father of Alfred Weart, Blawenburg, m. her sister); was a school teacher and kept a general store at Stoutsburg, once a village. Children:
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William Garrison, 7 b. 1820; d. 1880; m Sept. 14, 1847, Margaret West (d. 1896); came to Philadelphia 1844; merchant 1853. Had: 1. Anna, b. 1848; m. Robert H. Long. 2. Mary G., b. 1851; m. -- Taylor. 3. Evaline, b. 1857; m. -- Hollis. All widows later. |
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Elizabeth Ann, b. 1822; m. Samuel A. French. They had one son, Garrison, Chicago, Ill., with whom the mother, a widow, lived. |
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Andrew, b. 1824; never m. |
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Ursula, b. Dec. 6, 1838; d. March 21, 1839. |
[A paragraph about Ursula Hunt, Walter's mother, was moved to No. 46]
129. SALLY6 SKILLMAN
(see No. 47),dau. of Jacob, b. 1791, at Kingston, N. J.; m. in Union, Broome Co., N. Y., 1817, John Drake Mersereau (b. June 25, 1789; d. Aug. 2, 1866), eldest son of Joshua Mersereau and wife, Barbara Van Pelt, and grandson of John, a soldier with Washington at Trenton; of a pioneer Huguenot family. (See Baptisms of Ref. Dutch Church of Port Richmond, S. I., Vol. XXXVII of THE RECORD.) Had eleven children, the eldest, Aletta, b. April 26, 1818; the youngest, Hannah, b. Feb. 2, 1836, and nearly all m. in the region.
130. ELIAS SCUDDER6 SKILLMAN
(Jacob,5 John,4 Jacob,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. 1798; at Kingston, N. J.; with the family removed, 1805, to Union, N. Y. (Susquehanna Valley). Next year returned to Kingston relatives and went to school four years, returning at 17. Was named for Elias (second son of Lemuel Scudder and wife, Margaret Longstreet of Princeton brother of writer's maternal grandfather). In 1817 m. Barbara, dau. of Joshua Mersereau (sister of John), and wife Keziah Drake (b. Aug. 29, 1795; d. March 7, 1857). He d. 1879. Children:
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Gitty7 (Margaret), b. Aug. 19, 1818; m. Abraham Day. |
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Frederick, b. Nov. 20, 1819; m. Amanda Councilman. |
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Caroline E., b. March 4, 1821; m. Peter Thom. |
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David R., b. March 21, 1823; m. Mary Rounds; lived in Owego, N. Y. Had there (1893), the old family Bible with records in possession. |
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Elias S., b. Aug. 25, 1825; m. Mary Quin. |
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John M., b. Jan. 17, 1827; m. Angeline Randal. |
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Phoebe A., b. Dec. 8, 1829; m. Christopher R. Mersereau, who d. 1902. |
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Joshua M., b. Oct. 20, 1833; m. Letta Barney. |
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Jane, b. May 10, 1836; m. Uri Harper. |
131. JOHN6 SKILLMAN
(Jacob, 5 John,4 Jacob,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), bap. in Kingston (N. J.) Church (Presby.), Nov. 22, 1795; d. 1856, in early home at Dryden, Tompkins Co., N. Y., whither he had removed from Union; m. circa 1817, Margaret Sharp ("Aunt Peggy"). Children:
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Betsey, 7 b. May, 1818; d. 1894; m. - Cole; a widow living with daus. in Syracuse, N. Y. Eldest dau. ten years a missionary (1893) in Turkey (Macedonia); youngest son, Prof. Cole, Norwich University, Vt., then a student at Bonn (Germany). |
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William F., b. 1820; home at Dryden. |
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James, d. inf. |
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John, home in Canada. |
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George, grocer, Camden, N. J.; d. 1900, widow surviving. |
132. ABIGAIL6 SKILLMAN
(sister of above), b. Dec. 19, 1799; bap. at Kingston Church (Presby.), as Abby Van Dine; d. July 27, 1872; m. James Harvey, Binghamton (d. 1872). Had six sons and four daus., all but three to grow up and marry, from Jacob, the eldest, b. May 15, 1821, to John M., the youngest, b. Dec. 3, 1841.
133. DAVID COMFORT6 SKILLMAN
(Abraham, 5 John,4 Jacob,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. at Kingston, N. J., Aug. 12, 1796; d. Oct. 33, 1875; came to Springfield, O. (journeyman tailor), and there m. 1818, Sarah, dau. of Sam. Carey. Miss Jane Comfort, dau. of the Kingston Minister (Presby.) for whom he was named, was a schoolmate of David and his sister Mary. Record here given by James R. in 1876, he and younger brother then living in Sparta, Wisc. Family dates estimated. Children:
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America Minerva, 7 b. 1819. |
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Mary, b. 1821. |
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John Quincey, b. 1823. |
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David Francis, b. 1826. |
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Sarah, b. 1828. |
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James Reed, b. 1830; home in Wisconsin. |
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Philander, b. 1832. |
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Eliza Martha, b. 1835. |
134. JAMES REED6 SKILLMAN
(Isaac, 5 John,4 Jacob,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. at Kingston, Oct. 6, 1808; d. 1864; m. June 15, 1840, Rosetta Anderson (b. June 6, 1817; d. April 18, 1847; buried in Princeton Cemetery). Children:
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Harrison Anderson, 7 b. May 9, 1841; d. Nov. 8, 1895, in Kingston (N. Y.) City Hospital; a printer at Havre-de-Grace, Md.; enlisted Aug. 13, 1861, at Trenton in 4th N. J. V. I., and served through the war; discharged as captain, July 25, 1865. A printer then at Vineland, N. J.; then Gov't. proof reader at Washington, D. C.; later editor of Daily True American, Trenton; finally of Kingston (N. Y.) Freeman; m. 1864, Carolyn Ellis, Trenton, N. J. Had: 1. Bertha. 2. Rosetta, Vineland, N. J. |
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Mary, b. 1844; m. Samuel Dean, Trenton. Had: Laura, m. G. B. Woolston, Trenton. |
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Elizabeth Berrien, b. April 27, 1846; d. Dec. 24; buried at Princeton. |
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Charles Worrel, b. 1847; d. inf. |
135. GEORGE6 SKILLMAN
(Robert,5 Jacob, 4 Jacob,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. in Baltimore, Nov. 13, 1803; d. 1863; m. Sept. 1, 1841, Eliza Jane McLean, long d. Children:
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Charles,7 b. June 29, 1842; m. Oct. 13, 1865, Laura V., dau. of his uncle Robert. Had: 1. Charles. 2. Robert. 3. Naomi. 4. Rose. 5. George. A Baltimore family. |
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Robert, b. Feb. 11, 1849; lived in Canada. |
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John R. H., b. March, 1852; home at Norfolk, Va. |
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Hannah A., b. April 8, 1854. |
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Ellis, b. May 20, 1856; lives in Canada. |
136. ROBERT6 SKILLMAN
(Robert,5 Jacob, 4 Jacob,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. May 18, 1813, in Baltimore; m. Dec. 25, 1835, Naomi S. Miller. Children:
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George R.,7 b. Jan. 1, 1837; manufacturer; m. April 22, 1858, Mary E. Pierce (d. Feb., 1904). Had: 1. Geo. R., Jr., b. 1860. 2. Virginia, b. 1861. 3. Wm. P., b. 1863; d. 1864. 4. Robt., b. 1865. 5. Mary E., b. 1866. 6. Sarah A., b. 1869. 7. Wilbur F., b. 1872. Physician, Baltimore. Many grandchildren. |
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Ann H., b. Aug. 25, 1838; m. Sept. 9, 1856, Isaac H. Bozman. Four sons. Lives at Norfolk, Va. |
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Melissa N., b. April 1840; m. (1) 1860, Joseph Franklin, d. 1868; m. (2) 1870, William L. Bryant. Five children. |
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Laura V., b. Aug. 5, 1847; m. 1865, Charles Skillman (cousin). |
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Robertina, b. June 20, 1850; m. 1873, Ezekiel Jones. |
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Emma, b. March 23, 1854; m. 1872, James W. Keys. |
137. JOHN6 SKILLMAN
(George,5 Jacob, 4 Jacob,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. circa 1796 (father b. probably 1773; see and correct Nos. 18 and 52); m. Jan. 17, 1825, at Cooperstown, N. Y., Sarah Ann, dau. of Alexander L. Stewart and wife, Sarah Lispenard, dau. of Anthony Lispenard, who m. Sarah Barclay, Jan. 27, 1803. Name as "John B. Skillman, merchant," is in the Directory (N.Y.) from 1820; at his death (1827) as "editor and proprietor of the Courier and Enquirer," which then passed into charge of Gen. James Watson Webb, his brother-in-law. Children:
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Lispenard Stewart,7 b. Nov. 20, 1825. His father's name from both self and sister was legally dropped when the mother, a widow, m. Sept. 24, 1835, the Rev. Charles S. Stewart (second cousin), a missionary (1823-25) to the Sandwich Islands, and later, Chaplain U. S. N. This arrangement was for oneness of name in two sets of children in the home of the grandfather and of the parents. The second marriage had no issue. Lispenard S. (above) m. Nov. 16, 1859, Mary Horton, and had: 1. Sarah Amelia, b. 1862. 2. Robert Lispenard, b. 1866. |
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Sarah Lispenard, b. 1827, a babe in arms at her father's death; m. June 15, 1851, Elihu Phinney of Cooperstown, long a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church (d. Sept. 20, 1892, ae. 70), the widow surviving. Had one son, Alexander Stewart Phinney. This widow of John Skillman and mother of his two children is of the fifth generation in descent of Antoine L'Espinard (Anthony,4 Leonard,3 Anthony,2 Antoine1), a religious refugee (1669) from Rochelle, France, making his home finally at New Rochelle, America, and giving rise to one of the largest Huguenot families in this country, and specially identified with the early life and interest of N. Y. City. |
138. JACOB C.6 SKILLMAN
(George,5 Jacob, 4 Jacob,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. at Richmondville, N. Y., 1805; began business (hardware) at 155 Pearl St., N. Y., in 1826; later a merchant at Fort Plain, N. Y.; for a time member of the State Legis. for Schoharie. Long in dry goods trade, N. Y. City; m. Helen Bond. Children:
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John Edward, 7 b. 1837; fancy goods, N. Y., 1865; moved to South Bend, Ind., 1870; d. there 1905; m. Sarah V. --, N. Y. City, 1861. Had: 1. Emma, d. 1900. 2. George W. b. 1863; bookkeeper, Collegiate Church (Ref. Dutch); m. Emma Spencer. Four children: 3. Robert. Two sons: 1. Robert. 2. Arthur. |
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George W., no record. |
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Robert E., fancy goods (1855), 7th Ave., N. Y. City. |
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Harriet. |
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Isabelle, fancy goods, 745 6th Ave., N. Y., 1866; m. Enoch P. Breen. |
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Albert, in upholstery, N. Y., 1876. |
139. ABRAHAM6 SKILLMAN
(Jacob,5 Abraham, 4 Jacob,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. June 15, 1795, at Kingston, N.J.; m. (1) 1824 in Clinton Co., O., Harriet Wainwright, also from N.J.; d. 1841; m. (2) Eleanor Benham (see No. 99); stage line proprietor. Had nine children, six by first wife, three by second:
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Jacob7 b. 1825; blacksmith, Loveland, O.; never m. |
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Peter, b. 1827 d. 1897; m. Ruth Roundabush. Had: 1. Flora, m. Chas. Andrews. 2. Anna, m. Theodore Reeves, St. Louis, two children. 3. Kate, unm. 4. Beulah, d. unm. 5. Frank, d. inf. 6. Ruthella, unm. 7. Abraham, b. 1877; a dentist; d. ae. 24. |
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James, lives at Blanchester, O.; m. Ellen Arnold. Had: 1. Edward A. 2. Ethel. |
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Andrew, went 1849 to California; m. and had: 1. James. 2. Perry. 3. Eva. |
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Peregrine, home at Blanchester; m. Nancy Butz. Had: 1. Leonia, m. Adolph Gramlich. Shawneyville, O. 2. William V., druggist, Spokane, Wash. 3. Rose, unm., Gano, O. 4. Laura, m. Charles Lupton. 5. Grace, m. John Hines. 6. Bessie, unm. |
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Hannah, m. David Comfort Bastido, Princeton. Early Huguenot name on Staten Island and in N. J. |
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Elizabeth, m. Alfred Benham, Princeton. Had: 1. Edgar. 2. Alice. 3. Blanche. |
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Daniel, lives in Alabama; no further record. |
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Alice, m. George Corson; lives a widow with five grown-up children in Somerville, N. J. |
140. WILLIAM J.6 SKILLMAN
(Jacob, 5 Abraham, 4 Jacob,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Feb. 9, 1802; moved from Kingston, N. J., to Lansingburg, N. Y., 1825; brush manufacturer; m. 1826, Catharine Wickmire, b. Sept. 15, 1801. Both long dead. Children:
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Sarah B., 7 b. Nov. 16, 1827; d. unm. |
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William H., b. Oct. 22, 1829; d. March, 1902. |
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Ellen, b. Dec. 19, 1831. |
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Francis A., b. June 20, 1833. |
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Edward A., b. May 18, 1836. |
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John J., b. Aug. 13, 1838; d. young. |
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Charles E., b. Jan. 25, 1842. |
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Albert W., b. Oct. 24, 1843; d. inf. |
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George E., b. April 18, 1846; recently mayor of Troy, N.Y. |
141. GEORGE6 SKILLMAN
(Jacob, 5 Abraham, 4 Jacob,3 Thomas,2Thomas1), b. at Kingston, N. J., Nov. 14, 1811; d. Dec. 13, 1895, Princeton; m. 1836, Susan Bennett of Bennett's Hill, New Brunswick, N. J. (b. Oct. 2, 1812; d. Dec. 26, 1884). Children:
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George,7 b. 1837; d. inf. |
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Conover, b. 1841; d. inf.; both buried at Kingston. |
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Amelia, b. 1843; m. 1866, Thomas E. Benham (d. 1898, ae. 60). One son, William Leroy, d. 1891. Mrs. B. d. April 29, 1905, leaving a precious memory as foster mother (at Benham Hall) of hundreds of students of theology in Princeton who now as ministers and missionaries are scattered over the world. |
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John G., b. 1845; enlisted Oct. 15, 1861, in Comp. K, 9th N. J. V. I., and Jan. 18. 1864, reenlisted for the war; m. 1868, Kate Baker. Five children, Princeton. |
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William B., b. 1847; m. 1873, Mrs. Maggie Ayers of Hightstown, N. J. Three children. |
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Josephine, b. 1849; m. 1882, Henry Kinsey, Princeton (d. 1897). No children. |
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Theodore, b. 1852; m. 1873, Mary Hawk, Cranbury, N. J.; home in Princeton. Six children. |
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Augustus Tracy, b. 1856; hardware dealer, Hightstown; m. Caroline Thom Embly of Philadelphia (d. 1900). One dau., Annie, b. Sept. 24, 1888. |
142. MARY ANN6 SKILLMAN
(see No. 54), dau. of William H., b. Sept. 9, 1806; d. Feb. 10, 1884; m. Neshanic, N. J. (life home), 1824, Nathaniel Foster (d. 1883). Had: 1. William, b. 1826; removed to Ohio, later to Kansas. 2. Jacob, b. 1827; after three years in the Civil War, from Ohio, settled at Lacon, Ill.; d. 1903. 3. Catharine, b. 1829; d. widow of Henry R. Wyckoff, Neshanic. 4. Sarah, b. 1831; m. 1851, Isaac Reed. Four children. 5. Ann Rebecca, b. 1834; m. 1854, Andrew J. Cahill; lived at Dayton, O. Two children. 6. Andrew J., b. 1836; d. 1842. 7. Mary Scudder, b. 1838; m. Wm. Wolverton. One son, Nathaniel. 8. Matilda, b. 1840; m. George Conger, N. Brunswick, N. J. 9. John R., Three Bridges, N. J., State Senator for Hunterdon, b. 1844; m. 1871, Amanda Cole. One son, Wm. Winfield. 10. Josephine, b. 1846; d. 1849.
143. JACOB RUNYON6 SKILLMAN
(William H., 5 George, 4 Jacob,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. June 22, 1808; d. May 20, 1883; m. Dec. 14, 1831, Mary Scudder, dau. of Richard and wife, Jane, dau. of Capt. William Jones and Mary Pinkerton, Princeton (b. July 9, 1813; d. June 20, 1888). Graves of both are near their home, in churchyard at Pennington, N. J. (Presby.). Children:
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Catharine Jane,7 b. Sept. 18, 1832; d. inf. |
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Henry, b. Sept. 28, 1833; d. Dec. 4, 1835. |
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William Jones, b. April 19, 1835; grad. of Rutgers College, 1860, and of N. B. Theo. Sem., 1863; for ministry, see Church Records (Ref. Dutch). Editor Journal, Sioux Falls, S. D., and City and State, Philadelphia; m. June 4, 1863, Susie Eleanor, dau. of Hartshorne Willett Gilliland (son of David Gilliland and wife, Eleanor Perine Willett, of South River region, N. J.) and Ann, dau. of Manuel Brown and wife, Susan Early; home at 44 Bowery in 1st N. Y. Directory, 1811. Children: 1. Mary, b. 1864; m. 1884, Frank M. Hatch, South Bend, Ind. 2. Willet Runyon, b. 1866; m. 1895, Ada Harrison, Orange, N. J.; home, Bedford Park, Bronx. Two boys. 3. Ernest Dumont, b. 1867; m. 1892, Marie Schaetzel, Sioux Falls, S. D. Two children. 4. Herbert, b. 1869; d. inf. 5. Regner, b. 1871 6. Anna Francesca, b. 1873; d. April 27, 1895. 7. Arthur D., b. 1875; m. 1906, Julia Early; home, Los Angeles, Cal. One child. 8. Lionel Gilliland, b. 1877; m. 1902, Anna Watson Stone, Philadelphia (Wissahickon); home, East Elmhurst, N. Y. City (Queens). 9. Edith, b 1879; d. inf. |
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Amanda, b. Jan. 11, 1837; d. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1899; m. Sept. 5, 1855, B. F. Murphy, Island of Cuba, who d. at Lima, S. A., Feb. 6, 1870. Had one dau., Frank, m. Will Hickman, N. Brunswick, N. J. |
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Richard Scudder, b. Oct. 14, 1838; d. April 12, 1842. |
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Elias H., b. May 29, 1852; m. Ida Search, Dec. 15, 1875. One dau., Anna Blackwell, m. 1906, Wilson Hunt; live at Pemberton, N. J. |
The father and mother in this home for most of their lives belonged to the old church (Ref. Dutch) of Six Mile Run (now Franklin Park) and the children, there baptized, were all b. at Ten Mile Run, Somerset Co., N. J.
144. WILLIAM R.6 SKILLMAN
(William H. 5 George, 4 Jacob,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1) b. May 3, 1814; d. 1888; m. Nov. 11, 1835 at Kingston, N. J., Eliza Robison (b. 1814; d. 1892); wagonmaker; removed to Sangamon Co., Ill., 1838, to Chicago, and to Fairview, Fulton Co., 1862. Children:
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Joseph,7 b. Jan. 15, 1842; joined Comp. H, 14th Ill. V. C, at Peoria, 1863; d. in a Maryland hospital, 1863; never m. |
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Elizabeth b. Aug 18, 1845; m. Louis Rabenau. Eight children living, Galesburg, Ill. |
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Kate, b. Sept. 8, 1848; d. June 5, 1903; m. Feb. 17, 1870. Henry M. B. Wilson, son of the Rev. A. D. Wilson, pioneer minister at Fairview, Ill., of the R. C. A., organizing and serving there (1838-1856) the first church (Ref. Dutch) west of the Allegheny Mountains. Had eight children, six living. |
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Charles C., b. in Chicago, Sept. 11, 1851; d. 1880; m., 1877, Nancy Abbot. Two children and widow surviving. |
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William R., b. May 16, 1857; lives in Fairview, unm. |
145. REBECCA6 SKILLMAN
(dau. in the family, No. 54), b. Aug. 25, 1816, named for grandmother, Rebecca Gracie; d. April 23, 1897; m. April 3, 1835, Charles Tindell (b. 1815, in Trenton; d. in California, 1858); home, N. Brunswick, N. J. Had: 1. Caroline Low, b. 1836; d. 1894; m. Aug. 22, 1860, Henry J. McDonald, major in Civil War in 11th Conn. V. I.; prisoner, 1864, at Salisbury, N. C.; home in Des Moines, Ia. 2. Abigail, b. 1837; d. 1841. 3. Samuel, b. 1839; d. 1841. 4. Charles H., b. 1841; m. 1872, Martha W., dau. of Rev. Dr. George R. Noyes, Prof. Heb. and Orient. Langs., Harvard Div. School, Cambridge, Mass. First in Unitarian and later in Prot. Epis. ministry; home in Boston, Mass. 5. Edward. b. 1843; m. 1869, Anna A. Dunn; coal dealer, N. Brunswick, N.J. 6. Harriet, b. 1845; m. 1878, Clarence S. Smith. 7. Anna A., b. 1847; m. 1866, Isaac Halstead. 8. Mary S. W., b. 1849; m. 1882. James P. Smith. 9. George W., b. 1852; d. 1854. 10. Howard Bishop, b. 1855; m. 1877, Martha Timmons.
146. JOHN R. 6 SKILLMAN
(William H., 5 George, 4 Jacob,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Feb. 18, 1821; m. April 16, 1842, Lucretia Huff (b. 1825; d. 1899); long a carriagemaker at Flemington; home now at Elizabeth, N. J. Of eight children only two surviving infancy:
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Peter H.,7 b. Oct. 26, 1851; m. Nov. 20, 1872, Anna F. McCann. One child. Home in Elizabeth, N.J. |
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Sarah, b. Oct. 30, 1853; m. at Flemington, N.J., Nov. 23, 1871, Farley S. Taylor. Two children. |