Fifth Generation

189. Gerardus Beekman Skillman was born on 20 September 1754 in Harlingen, Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ. He served in the military in 1776 in Revolutionary War. Private PS, N.J. Light horse trooper. He died on 2 January 1810 at the age of 55 in New Jersey. Gerardus was a farmer. His SOA Number is 37. From SOA:
...named for his grandfather Gerardus Beekman, a grandson of the famous Gerardus of Flatbush, of Colonial days;...

Gerardus Beekman Skillman and Jane Van Dyke were married in 1780 in Somerset Co., NJ. Jane Van Dyke, daughter of John Van Dyke and Gerritie/Gertrude Bergen, was born about November 1757. She was baptized on 20 November 1757. She died in Ringoes, Hunterdon, NJ. Jane was buried at Mt. Airy Cemetery in Mt. Airy, Hunterdon, NJ.

Gerardus Beekman Skillman-45 and Jane Van Dyke-780 had the following children:

+476	i.	John Van Dyke Skillman-959.
+477	ii.	Mary Skillman-958.
+478	iii.	Joseph Skillman-960.
+479	iv.	Peter Skillman-961.
+480	v.	Gerardus Skillman-962.
+481	vi.	Charity Skillman-963.
482	vii.	Catharine Skillman was born in 1791. She died on 1 June 1842 at the age of 51 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ. From SOA: ...near chief gate on Witherspoon Street corner. Her SOA Number is 37 vii. She was buried at Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.