Seventh Generation


1508. Thomas Julien Skillman was born on 15 April 1810. From 1850 to 1860 he was a merchant in Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ. In 1880 he was a farmer in Rocky Hill, Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ. Thomas died on 11 April 1881 at the age of 70. From Hunterdon web site:
Thomas J. Skillman, a well to do farmer of Rocky Hill, died suddenly on Tuesday afternoon, of heart disease, at the age of 71 years. For many years Mr. Skillman kept a country store, and was the leading merchant of the village. He leaves a widow, one son and a daughter. He was highly respected and had been a lifetime resident of Somerset County. He was buried in Rocky Hill, Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ.

Thomas Julien Skillman and Sarah Ann Stout were married on 8 September 1835 in Kingston, Somerset, NJ. They appeared in the census in 1850 in Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ. They appeared in the census in 1860 in Rocky Hill, Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ. In the 1860 Census his brother, James, and John Stout, 19, and Sarah Stout, 85 were living with them. Thomas and Sarah appeared in the census in 1880 in Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ. Sarah Ann Stout, daughter of John Stout and Sarah Hart, was born about 1815. She died on 1 September 1895 at the age of 80. She was buried in Rocky Hill, Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ.

Thomas Julien Skillman-984 and Sarah Ann Stout-1529 had the following children:

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Mary Ann Skillman was born on 7 July 1836 in Rocky Hill, Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ. She died on 14 August 1837 at the age of 1. She was buried in Rocky Hill, Montgomery Twp., Somerset, NJ.

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Luther Stephens Skillman-1531.

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Mary Frances Skillman-1532.