| Home Surname List Name Index Sources GEDCOM File Email Us | Sixth Generation470. Thomas J. Skillman was born on 17 September 1781 in Ringoes, Hunterdon, NJ. Heritage Quest online: "Born in Greenwich Township, Sussex County on Monday Morning the 17th day of September Anno Domini 1781." He died on 26 December 1858 at the age of 77. He was buried at Mt. Airy Cemetery in Mt. Airy, Hunterdon, NJ. Find-a-Grave has bur. Second English Presbyterian Church Cem., Amwell, Hunterdon, NJ. This is at the intersection of SR 179 and the Mt. Airy Harbourton Rd. Thomas was a farmer. His SOA Number is 93. Built "The Queen of the Valley" "One-half mile south, where the Trenton road branches off from the York Road in Ringoes, stands what is known as the Skillman homestead" (Bellis) Thomas J. Skillman and Mary Stryker were married on 25 April 1804. Genealogical Record of the Strycker Family has m. Feb. 3, 1804. Mary Stryker, daughter of Abraham Stryker and Cornelia Beekman, was born on 13 May 1786 in Somerset Co., NJ. She died on 4 June 1812 at the age of 26. She was buried at Mt. Airy Cemetery in Mt. Airy, Hunterdon, NJ. Find-a-Grave has cemetery "Second English Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Amwell, Hunterdon, NJ. Thomas J. Skillman-744 and Mary Stryker-745 had the following children:
Thomas J. Skillman and Esther "Hetty" Bishop were married on 27 February 1814 in Hunterdon, NJ. Esther "Hetty" Bishop, daughter of David Bishop and Ann Schenck, was born on 27 September 1776. She died on 8 May 1849 at the age of 72. Find-a-Grave has April instead of May for her death. She was buried at Mount Airy Cemetery in East Amwell Twp., NJ. Find-a-Grave calls the cemetery "Second English Presbyterian..." Thomas J. Skillman-744 and Esther "Hetty" Bishop-746 had the following children:
Thomas J. Skillman and Rebecca Cook were married. Rebecca Cook was born about 1804. |