Third Generation

8. John/Jan Skillman Sr. was born on 24 June 1696 in Newtown (Maspeth Kills), Queens, NY. He was christened on 24 June 1696 in Brooklyn, Kings, NY. He died in 1765 at the age of 69 at Millstone River in Kingston, Somerset, NJ. His SOA Number is 4. From SOA:
... bap. June 24, 1696, in the Collegiate Church, N. Y.; Johannes Borgers and Francina Stulmeer(sp?), widow of Jan Wesselszen, sponsors, and next heard of not until a full generation later. A tract of land on the Millstone river, below Rocky Hill, Somerset Co., N.J., was then conveyed from John Van Horne and Catharine, his wife (deed dated Dec. 14, 1729), to Thomas, the father, who purchased the same, 500 acres and more, jointly for Jan and his brother Isaac. There in that wilderness Jan Skillman built his house, near where Beden's brook (of today) joins the river. Peter Vanderveer lived there (and Lawrence Vanderveer across the road) over a century later, and there Jan d. about 1765 "of a lingering, painful disease," probably cancer. Jan Skillman may have married and had children long before on Long Island, but there is no record of it. Coming to New Jersey, he m. Anna Hull (b. 1710-12), dau. of Benj. (b. 1680) and his wife Sarah, who was a dau. of Rev. John Drake, first pastor of the Piscataway Baptist Church (Middlesex Co.), N.J. The father of this Benj., also Benj. Hull, and the latter's brother, Hopewell Hull, were pioneer settlers of that region, coming there from Piscataqua, Me. The Hulls were closely interrelated with the Dunns, Doteys (Doughtys), Fitz Randolphs, Folsoms, Runyons, and others. Sarah, becoming a widow, m. Israel Folsom (they lived near the "Landing," just above New Brunswick), and her will as Sarah Folsom, dated May 2 and proved May 22, 1749, names "my beloved dau. Anne, wife of John Skillman;" and the will of this "Anne, widow of John Skillman, Somerset Co.," dated Dec. 25, 1772, and proved before Gov. William Franklyn, Jan. 9, 1776, names 3 sons and 1 daughter.

Catherine Paynter (private).

John/Jan Skillman Sr.-59 and Catherine Paynter-28728 had the following children:

34	i.	Abraham Skillman (private).
35	ii.	Isaac Skillman (private).
36	iii.	Jacob Skillman (private).
37	iv.	Thomas Skillman (private).
38	v.	John Skillman (private).
39	vi.	Margaret Skillman (private).

John/Jan Skillman Sr. and Anna Hull were married in 1730 in Somerset Co., NJ. Anna Hull, daughter of Benjamin Hull and Sarah Drake, was born about 1711 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ. She died in 1772 at the age of 61. She signed a will on 25 December 1772.

John/Jan Skillman Sr.-59 and Anna Hull-73 had the following children:

+40	i.	Osie/Ocie Agatha Skillman-910.
41	ii.	Isaac Skillman was born on 17 November 1731 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ. Mormon Archive Record has b. abt 1735. He died in 1808 at the age of 77 in Sussex. His SOA Number is 4 iii.
+42	iii.	Christopher Skillman-911.
+43	iv.	Jacob Skillman-913.
+44	v.	Sarah "Sally, Sallie" Skillman-914.
+45	vi.	Benjamin Skillman-915.
+46	vii.	John Skillman-916.