Fifth Generation


215. Samuel Skillman was born in 1753 at ancestral home in Long Island, NY. He lived in Kingston, Somerset, NJ after 1764. He died before 1853 at the age of 100. His SOA Number is 56. Removed to Kingston, NJ in 1764, then to Pennsylvania, and eventually to Lockland, Hamilton Co., Ohio.

Samuel Skillman and Margaret "Margrita" Skillman were married about 1780. Margaret "Margrita" Skillman, daughter of John Skillman and Ann Skillman, was born on 10 December 1753 in Brooklyn, Kings, NY. She was baptized on 27 January 1754 in New Utrecht, L. I., NY. She died before 1853 at the age of 100. Her SOA Number is 17 i. From SOA:
...bap. at New Utrecht, L. I. (parents credited to Bushwick), Jan. 27, 1754, name recorded as Magritta; m. Sam'l (second cousin), son of Sam'l, eldest son of Benjamin, then of Kingston.

Samuel Skillman-1074 and Margaret "Margrita" Skillman-1030 had the following children:

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Unknown Skillman-117042.

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Samuel Skillman-1278.

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Elizabeth Skillman-1279.

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Isaac Skillman-1280.

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Anna "Nancy" Skillman-1282.

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Phoebe Skillman-1283.

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Margaret Skillman-1281.

Samuel Skillman and Gertrude Ann "Gitty Ann" Voorhees were married in 1798. Gertrude Ann "Gitty Ann" Voorhees, daughter of Coert Voorhees and Ida Williamson, was born in April 1780 in Somerset Co., NJ. She was born in April 1782 in Somerset Co., NJ.

Samuel Skillman-1074 and Gertrude Ann "Gitty Ann" Voorhees-27500 had the following children:

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Catharine Skillman-113684.