Sarah Petit

Sarah married Thomas Skillman in 1669 in New York. Thomas was born in 1637 in Suffolk, England; died about 1698 in Newtown, Queens, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 29 Feb 1739-40, Newtown, Queens County, New York, USA
• Probate: 4 Jul 1740, Queens County, New York, USA

Thomas married Annetje Aten in 1693 in Flatbush, Kings, NY. Annetje (daughter of Adrian Aten and Elizabeth (Lysbet) Thomas) was born about 1667 in Flatbush, Kings, NY; died after 1741 in Long Island, NY; was buried in Flatbush, Kings, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elsje married Thomas Aten in 1694. Thomas (son of Adrian Aten and Elizabeth (Lysbet) Thomas) was born in 1670 in New York; died in 1757. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1722, Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York, USA

Sara married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jan Aten. Jan (son of Adrian Aten and Elizabeth (Lysbet) Thomas) was born in 1672 in Flatbush, Kings, NY; died in 1743 in New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lijsbet married in 1693 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Mar 1694, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Notes:

Died:
in infancy

Notes:

Died:
in childbirth

Elizabeth married Hendrick Van de Water in 1717. Hendrick died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Jun 1696, Newtown, Queens County, New York, USA; Collegiate Church
• Residence: 1753, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA; As a freeholder

Jan married Anna HullNew Jersey. Anna (daughter of Benjamin Hull, Jr and Sarah Drake) was born in 1711; died in 1775 in Somerset Co, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Johannes Bant. Johannes died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Mearcy Schilman
• Baptism: 2 Feb 1701, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
• Baptism: 2 Feb 1701, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Ref. Dutch Church

Mercy married John Fijn in 1722 in Newtown, Queens, NY. John was born in 1698 in New York, New York, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Annetje married Johannes Bant about 1722. Johannes died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abraham married Margaret Fine in 1733 in Newtown, Queens, NY. Margaret died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Magdelena Beekman. Magdelena was born on 14 Nov 1711 in Albany, Albany, NY; died after 1742. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=43299718; Oval rectangular gravestone with rough surface with readable inscription. Aged 55 years inscribed on gravestone. No further obit.

Jacob married Jannetje Van Alst in 1727 in Newtown, Queens, NY. Jannetje died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret Coe. Margaret was born est 1710; died before 1783. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Sara Messerole in 1735. Sara died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1695, New York, New York County, New York, USA

Jan married Elizabeth Sutphen in 1727. Elizabeth was born in 1702. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Frantz Jacob Lucas. Frantz was born on 8 Dec 1697 in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ocie married John L Doty in 1752 in Basking Ridge, Somerset, NJ. John was born on 4 Jun 1709 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ; died on 9 Nov 1757 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Aft 1766, Alexandria, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA; In a list of early settlers in the township

Christopher married Ruth Fitzrandolph on 4 Feb 1761 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ. Ruth (daughter of Nathaniel Fitzrandolph and Rebekah Mershon) was born on 4 Jan 1735 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; died in 1781 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: ?? (w of Benjamin Skillman Snr). ?? died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1767, Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA

Notes:

Died:
Before wife Catharine Beekman's marriage to Jesse Edwards

John married Catharine Beekman in 1763. Catharine was born in 1744 in Middlesex Co, NJ; died in 1840 in Adams Co, OH; was buried in Caraway Cemetery, Adams Co, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1806, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1810, Springfield, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1820, Springfield, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
• Probate: 26 Dec 1821, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1830, Colerain, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=16643844; old gravestone on the ground broken in three pieces

Family/Spouse: Mercy ?? (w of Jacob Skillman). Mercy died on 11 May 1839; was buried in Skillman Family Cemetery, Woodlawn, Hamilton, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1759, Franklin Park, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 4 Mar 1831, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA

Hester married William Paynter in 1764 in Newtown, Queens, NY. William died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Morrell. John was born in 1733 in Connecticut; died in 1816 in Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married in 1756 in Newtown, Queens, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Isaac Messerole. Isaac died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1784, W Precinct, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
• Probate: 28 Jul 1809, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA

Notes:

As a young man, Thomas moved from his family home in Queens (where his great-grandfather Thomas Skillman established a farm in about 1665) to Somerset Co NJ, where he purchased 500 acres of farmland on the Millstone River, in what is now the community of Harlingen, within Montgomery Twp. His name lives on in the community of Skillman, NJ, which is still indentified on maps, and is just west of Harlingen (andl in Montgomery Twp). The community of Skillman was named for Thomas' great-grandson Joseph, who assisted in the construction of a railroad in the 1870', where where he lived is still identified on maps as Skillman, New Jersey. (It's officially an unicorporated Census Designated Place in Montgomery Twp, and is about 30 miles from Staten Island, and 7 miles from Princeton. (See its Wikipedia page☍). Thomas married Mary Beekman in Montgomery Twp in 1751. Mary's family had moved to Somerset Co from Brooklyn

Buried:
GRid=12625708

Thomas married Mary Beekman on 2 Oct 1751 in Griggstown, Somerset, NJ. Mary was born in 1733 in Kings Co, NY; died in Jun 1819 in Harlingen, Somerset, NJ; was buried in Beekman Cemetery, Montgomery Twp, Somerset, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
marker not found, 2010; GRid=52955724

Benjamin married Nancy Ann Skillman in 1751 in Dutch Kills, Queens, NY. Nancy (daughter of Benjamin Skillman and Margaret Coe) was born in 1735 in Brooklyn, Kings, NY; died on 3 Mar 1795 in Somerset Co, NJ; was buried in Beekman Cemetery, Montgomery Twp, Somerset, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
probably near Cincinnatti, according to SOA

John married Nancy Paynter on 15 Jun 1753. Nancy died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
marker not found, 2010; GRid=52955669

Nancy married Benjamin Skillman in 1751 in Dutch Kills, Queens, NY. Benjamin (son of Isaac Skillman and Magdelena Beekman) was born in 1729 in Newtown, Queens, NY; died in 1807 in Somerset Co, NJ; was buried in Beekman Cemetery, Montgomery Twp, Somerset, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Albertus Van de Water on 28 May 1762. Albertus died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married John Hubbard on 13 Oct 1762. John died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Richard Smith on 26 Mar 1773. Richard died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married James Brush on 23 Mar 1776. James was born est 1743. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mercy married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Antje married Benjamin Brush on 1 Sep 1773. Benjamin was born est 1752. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]