Sixth Generation

480. Gerardus Skillman was born in 1788 in Amwell, Hunterdon, NJ. He died on 28 December 1864 at the age of 76. He was buried in Princeton, Mercer, NJ. His SOA Number is 100. Gerardus was a baker and confectioner in Princeton, Mercer, NJ. From SOA:
One of the best known citizens of Princeton, leading baker and confectioner there all his life; name Gerardus from Beekman ancestor, nearly always badly pronounced.

Gerardus Skillman and Mary Christie were married about 1813. Mary Christie was born about 1791. She died on 19 December 1830 at the age of 39. She was buried in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.

Gerardus Skillman-962 and Mary Christie-1437 had the following children:

1481	i.	Henry A. Skillman was born in 1815. He died on 11 December 1831 at the age of 16. He was buried at Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.
1482	ii.	Edwin Skillman was born in 1818. He died on 7 January 1825 at the age of 7. He was buried at Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.
+1483	iii.	Theodore Skillman-1516.
1484	iv.	Margaret Skillman was born about 1825. She died on 13 June 1881 at the age of 56. She was buried at Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.
1485	v.	Amanda Skillman was born about 1828. She died on 7 April 1886 at the age of 58.

Gerardus Skillman and Lydia Jane Applegate were married about 1831. Lydia Jane Applegate, daughter of Zebulon Applegate and Barbara Unknown, was born in 1813 in Plainsboro, NJ. She died on 18 November 1877 at the age of 64 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ. Died of cancer. She was buried at Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.

Gerardus Skillman-962 and Lydia Jane Applegate-1519 had the following children:

+1486	i.	Catherine "Kate" Skillman-1520.
+1487	ii.	Elizabeth Skillman-1521.
1488	iii.	Garreta Skillman was born about 1840. She died before 1940 at the age of 100.
1489	iv.	Jane Skillman was born about 1842. She died before 1942 at the age of 100.
+1490	v.	Nettie Skillman-1524.
+1491	vi.	Gerardus Skillman-1525.
1492	vii.	Mary Virginia Skillman was born about 1854. She died on 15 May 1856 at the age of 2. She was buried at Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.