Third Generation

11. Annetje Skillman was born on 13 January 1703. She was christened on 13 January 1703 in Brooklyn, Kings, NY. From SOA:
bap. Ref. Dutch Ch. of NY (Colleg.), Jan 13, 1703; Pieter Bant (Bond) and Catharine Davids, sponsors. By a blunder, the babe's mother at the bap. had been recorded as Annetje Wijt, instead of Aten. The wife of Pieter Bant was Martha Wijt, and it seems to have been assumed that she and the mother were sisters; hence the confusion. She died after March 1746 at the age of 43. Her SOA Number is 5. From SOA:
Annetje became the second wife of the widowed husband of her elder sister, Elizabeth Skillman, Hendrick, eldest son of Johannes Van de Water and his wife, Baafje Jans, bap. Nov. 23, 1692; Jan Siphens and Grietje V. de Water, sponsors. In the Collegiate Church Register are these two entries, marriages: (1) Johannes V. de Water, j. m., van N. Yorck, en Baafje J ans, j. d., als boven heijde wonende alhier, Aug. 5, 1692; (2) Hendrick V. de Water, j. m., van Amsterdam, en Margaret Van der Meulen, j. d., van Rotterdam, April 21, 1662. These were parents and grandparents of Hendrick, and grandma Grietje was sponsor at his baptism.

Annetje Skillman and Hendrick Van De Water were married on 5 June 1719 at Presby. Church in Newtown, Queens, NY. Hendrick Van De Water, son of Johannes Van De Water and Baafje Jans, was born in November 1692. He was baptized on 23 November 1692.

Annetje Skillman-66 and Hendrick Van De Water-797 had the following children: