Fourth Generation

42. Christopher Skillman was born in 1732 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ. Mormon Archive Record has b.c. 1731, of Bordentown, Burlington, NJ. He died in 1782 at the age of 50 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ. His SOA Number is 4 ii. From SOA:
Christopher, b. 1732; m. circa 1758, Ruth, 4th dau. (b. 1740) of Nathaniel Fitz Randolph and wife, Rebecca. Mershone, of Princeton. Nath. Fitz Randolph gave the original plat of land for the campus of Nassau Hall, and perhaps did more than any one else to plant the College of New Jersey at that point. He was 7th child (b. Nov. 11, 1703) of Benj. Fitz Randolph and Sarah Dennis, who removed from Piscataway to Princeton, 1696-99. Edw'd, his father, was a native of Nottingham, Eng. The grave of N. F. R. was recently discovered (1902) in a corner of the University grounds. His sister, Ruth, aunt of Ruth Skillman, m. (1) John Harrison, of Griggstown, N. J. (2 child'n), and m. (2), in 1720, John Snowden, of Philadelphia (4 child'n). Christopher Skillman d. probably soon after m., and without issue. His name is not in the mother's will of 1772.

Christopher Skillman and Ruth Fitz Randolph were married on 4 February 1761 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ. Ruth Fitz Randolph, daughter of Nathaniel Fitz Randolph and Rebekah Mershon, was born on 4 January 1736 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ. Possibly born 1734, or 1735 instead of 1736? Ancestry.com has b. Kent, Sassafras, MD, 4 Jan, 1734. LDS has Sassafras, 4 Jan 1735. She died about 1773 at the age of 37 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ. Priscilla Bruce Roberts SOA# she died between May 6 and Oct 13, 1771 in Hunterdon Co., NJ. Therefore the last two children would be his 2nd wife's.

Christopher Skillman-911 and Ruth Fitz Randolph-1392 had the following children: