Seventh Generation

1885. William Bennett Skillman was born in May 1846. He was living in 1907. He died in 1921 at the age of 75 in New Jersey. William was buried at Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, Mercer, NJ. Source: Find-a-Grave, No. 60230340.

William Bennett Skillman and Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" Ayres were married in 1873. Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" Ayres, daughter of Samuel Stout Ayres and Hannah McChesney, was born on 27 February 1852 in Hightstown, Mercer, NJ. She died on 28 March 1936 at the age of 84 at Dr. E.C. Hazard Hospital in Long Branch, Monmouth, NJ. Margaret Ayres Skillman, died 28 March 1936; place of death, Dr. E.C. Harzard Hospital, Long Branch, Ocean township, Monmouth; residence, 682 Broadway, Long Branch, widow; born 27 February 1852; age 84 years; 1 month and 7 days; occupation Retired Housewife; birthplace, Hightstown, New Jersey; father, Samuel Stout Ayres, born Hightstown; mother, Hannah McChesney, born Hightstown, New Jersey; cause of death [illegible]' burial, Fairmount Cemetery, informant, Mr. Milton Skillman (Son); Morris Avenue, Long Branch, New Jersey. She was buried on 1 April 1936 at Fairmont Cemetery in Newark, Essex, NJ.

William Bennett Skillman-2844 and Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" Ayres-6413 had the following children:

+4147	i.	Raymond Leroy Skillman-6414.
4148	ii.	Ernest L. Skillman was born in March 1878 in New Jersey. He died before 1978 at the age of 100.
+4149	iii.	Milton Price Skillman-9281.
4150	iv.	Edith Skillman was born in October 1882 in New Jersey. She lived 13 Mercer in Princeton, Mercer, NJ in 1900. Living with Aunt Josephine Kinsey.