Fifth Generation


220. Francis Skillman was born on 13 December 1764 in Flatbush, Kings, NY. He died on 3 October 1826 at the age of 61 in McDonough, Chenango, NY. His SOA Number is 62. He was buried at Skillman burying ground in Smithville, Chenango, NY. SOA says "Graves in Greenwood." Is this the Skillman burying ground in Smithville, N.Y.? Find-a-Grave puts him in Green-Wood Cem., Brooklyn. He was a deacon of the Joralemon St. Dutch Church.

Francis Skillman and Anne Schenck were married on 7 May 1785. Anne Schenck, daughter of Martin Schenck and Ida Lambert Suydam, was born on 7 May 1768 in Brooklyn, Kings, NY. She died on 28 August 1828 at the age of 60 in New York. She was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, Kings, NY. Section 109, Plot 2038. She was reinterred from a Long Island Cemetery on June 17, 1852 along with a number of this family. (Find-a-Grave) From SOA:
...m. May 7, 1785, Anne (b. May 7, 1768), dau. of Martin Schenck of Wallabout and wife Ida Suydam, and of the fifth generation from Joris Jansen de Rapalje

Francis Skillman-82 and Anne Schenck-83 had the following children:

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Jane Skillman-919.

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Martin Skillman was born on 10 March 1789. He died on 6 August 1800 at the age of 11. Cause of death: yellow fever. His SOA Number is 62 ii.

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Thomas Skillman-921.

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Abigail Skillman was born on 29 May 1794. She died on 16 August 1861 at the age of 67. She was buried on 18 August 1861 at Lot 2038; Section 109, Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, Kings, NY. Her SOA Number is 62 iv.

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John Moon Skillman-923.