Fifth Generation

192. Abraham Skillman was born on 20 July 1759 in Harlingen, Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ. He served in the military in 1776 in Revolutionary War. From SOA: "Revolutionary soldier" He died on 10 November 1838 at the age of 79 in Harlingen, Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ. Abraham was buried at Harlingen Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery in Belle Mead, Somerset, NJ. FTM has burial in Blawenburg Cem. His SOA Number is 39.

Abraham Skillman and Lucretia Van Zandt were married about 1787 in Blawenburg, Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ. Lucretia Van Zandt, daughter of Nicholas Van Zant and Lucretia Van Brunt, was born in November 1764 in Blawenburg, Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ. Hoagland Family website gives 1763 in Hempstead, Nassau, NY.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hoagland/hageman.html She was christened on 18 November 1764 at Dutch Reformed Church in Harlingen, Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ. She died on 31 December 1851 at the age of 87 in Harlingen, Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ. Lucretia was buried at Harlingen Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery in Belle Mead, Somerset, NJ. FamilyTreeMaker.com says buried in Blawenburg Cem. From SOA:
...family originally from the Province of Mannheim, Nederland, coming to New Amsterdam in 1660.

Abraham Skillman-10 and Lucretia Van Zandt-11 had the following children:

+492	i.	Mary Skillman-889.
+493	ii.	Lucretia Skillman-890.
+494	iii.	Joseph Abraham Skillman Sr.-8.
495	iv.	Thomas "Simple Tommy" Skillman was born in 1800 in Belle Mead, Somerset, NJ. He died on 1 January 1876 at the age of 76. His SOA Number is 39 iv. He was buried at Harlingen Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery in Belle Mead, Somerset, NJ. From SOA: non compos mentis
+496	v.	Catharine Skillman-892.