Christopher Skillman: Robin's Roots

1767 - 1835 (68 years)

TNG Ancestor Charts

Graphical formats

"Standard" charts have a lovely graphical format that shows the name and birth/death years in a box for each person's box. Additional data for each person can be pulled down from that box. They are in the shape of a standard pedigree chart, with empty boxes for ancestors that are not present in the tree.. Unfortunately, they generate so much whitespace that they require a lot of scrolling to read, and are virtually impossible to print. (But see the "PDF" chart below.)
"Vertical" charts are also lovely graphical charts. These flow down up instead of across the page. Since vertical charts do not use blank boxes for ancestors who are missing from the database, they are more compact than the "Standard" charts. But you cannot pull down additional data from each box. And depending on the number of ancestors in the tree, they can be too wide to print.
"Compact" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are much smaller because they contain only names.
"Box" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are bigger because they contain some of the data that is pulled-down from the "Standard" chart boxes. As a result, they are even more unweildy than the "Standard" charts.
"Fan" charts are remarkable. All I can say is "try one".
"PDF" chart are variants of "Standard" chart. They create a one-page PDF file that can hold up to six generations of data.
Most PC's these days can generate PDF printouts of any web page, but PDFs are distinctive because they control the page margins and page breaks,
The "Map" is not a chart. Rather, it is, well, a map. The places of ancestors' birth, marriage, and death are shown as pins on the map. It's pretty remarkable - you should give it a try, though the map would be easier to interpret if the pins were colored or numbered to represent generations.

(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level. When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll wheel or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)

Text formats

"Text" charts are shaped just like the "Standard" charts, with lines drawn from person-to-person. They just don't put each person's data into graphical boxes.
"Text+" charts are quite distinctive, and unique to TNG. They are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats. They are much more compact than the text charts, partly because they do not leave blank space where ancestors are missing. The ancestor tree extends to the right like typical charts, stretch vertically rather than horizontally, and can includes upwards of 15 generations in the width of one printed page (albeit sometimes with legal-length paper in landscape mode). They are also much more flexible than the other formats, with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
"Ahnetafel" charts follow a standard genealogical text format that is descriptive - more like prose than a 'chart'. They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes. But they don't give the kind of visual overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Media" charts are not focused on media, and they don't actually show pictures; they just indicate whether each ancestor's record has media item attached to it. (They don't distinguish between photos, scans of documents, and other types of media.) Their presentation of ancestors is very simple, and easy to read and print.

Less detail

Generation: 1

Christopher Skillman was born on 9 Feb 1767 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA (son of John Skillman and Catharine Beekman); died in Mar 1835; was buried in Rogers-Skillman Cemetery, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1810, Stoner, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA
Residence: 1820, Stoner, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA
Residence: 1830, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA

Generation: 2

John Skillman was born in 1742 in New Jersey, USA (son of Jan (John) Skillman and Anna Hull); died before 1777 in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA.

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 County, New Jersey, USA; died in 1840 in Adams County, Ohio, USA; was buried in Caraway Cemetery, Adams County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Catharine Beekman was born in 1744 in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA; died in 1840 in Adams County, Ohio, USA; was buried in Caraway Cemetery, Adams County, Ohio, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: Betw 1775 and 1783, Ohio, USA

Notes:

She married to John Skillman in 1763, when she was about 19. They evidently moved to Loudon Co, VA, where he died before 1777. She married Jesse Edwards 1777. They migrated to Hampshire Co VA (on what is now the VW, WV, MD border) and Mason Co, KY (on the Ohio River near Cincinnati), and then just across the river to Adams Co, OH. She lived to age 96; he died 16 years later at age 101.

Birth:
Parents: Christopher Beekman Jr & Sarah Cox

Died:
There are secondary records that say 1791 a FindAGrave record without a gravestone photo that says 1840.

Children:

1. Christopher Skillman was born on 9 Feb 1767 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; died in Mar 1835; was buried in Rogers-Skillman Cemetery, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA.
Abraham Skillman was born in 1768 in Somerset County, New Jersey, USA; died on 11 Dec 1862 in Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA.
John Skillman was born in 1770 in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA; died in 1858 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, USA; was buried in Mount Zion UMC Cemetery, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, USA.
Isaac Skillman was born in 1772 in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA.
William Skillman was born on 30 Mar 1777 in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA; died on 18 Sep 1862 in Hendricks County, Indiana, USA; was buried in Danville South Cemetery, Danville, Hendricks County, Indiana, USA.

Generation: 3

Jan (John) Skillman was born in 1696 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA (son of Thomas Skillman, Jr and Annetje Aten); died in 1765 in Rocky Hill, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA.

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, USA. Anna (daughter of Benjamin Hull, Jr and Sarah Drake) was born in 1711; died in 1775 in Somerset County, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna Hull was born in 1711 (daughter of Benjamin Hull, Jr and Sarah Drake); died in 1775 in Somerset County, New Jersey, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 25 Dec 1772, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA

Notes:

Married:
His brother Issac married her sister Magdalena

Children:

Ocie or Agatha Skillman was born in 1730 in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA; died in 1757 in Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA.
Christopher Skillman was born in 1732 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; died in 1782 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.
Isaac Skillman was born about 1734 in New Jersey, USA.
Sarah Skillman was born in 1738 in New Jersey, USA.
Benjamin Skillman was born about 1740 in New Jersey, USA.
2. John Skillman was born in 1742 in New Jersey, USA; died before 1777 in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA.
Jacob Skillman was born in 1743 in Somerset County, New Jersey, USA; died on 16 Nov 1821 in Hamilton County, Ohio, USA; was buried in Skillman Family Cemetery, Woodlawn, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA.
Abraham Skillman was born in 1759 in Somerset County, New Jersey, USA.

Generation: 4

Thomas Skillman, Jr was born in 1671 in Newtown, Queens County, New York, USA (son of Thomas Skillman and Sarah Petit); died in 1740 in Hellsgate Neck, Newtown, Queens County, New York, USA; was buried in Flatbush, Kings County, New York, USA.

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

Annetje Aten was born about 1667 in Flatbush, Kings County, New York, USA (daughter of Adrian Aten and Elizabeth (Lysbet) Thomas); died after 1741 in Long Island, New York, USA; was buried in Flatbush, Kings County, New York, USA.

Children:

Peter Skillman was born in 1694 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; died about 1694 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA.
Elizabeth Skillman was born in 1694 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; died in 1718 in New York, New York County, New York, USA.
4. Jan (John) Skillman was born in 1696 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; died in 1765 in Rocky Hill, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA.
Mary Skillman was born in 1698.
Mercy Skillman was born in 1701 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA.
Annetje Skillman was born in 1703 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA.
Abraham Skillman was born in 1704 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA.
Isaac Skillman was born in 1706 in Newtown, Queens County, New York, USA; died in 1799 in Montgomery Twp, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA.
Jacob Skillman was born in 1708 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; died on 8 Feb 1790 in Kingston, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; was buried in Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Kingston, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA.
Benjamin Skillman was born in 1710 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; died in 1783 in Kingston, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.
Joseph (Joost) Skillman was born in 1712 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; died on 18 Apr 1772 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; was buried in Bushwick Dutch Reformed Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA.

10.

Benjamin Hull, Jr was born on 14 Apr 1680 in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA (son of Benjamin Hull, Sr and Rachel York); died in 1732 in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Will: 7 Jun 1731, Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
Probate: 4 Jan 1733, Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA

Benjamin married Sarah Drake in 1704 in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. Sarah (daughter of Rev John Drake and Rebecca Trotter) was born in 1686 in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA; died on 22 May 1749 in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Sarah Drake was born in 1686 in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA (daughter of Rev John Drake and Rebecca Trotter); died on 22 May 1749 in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA.

Children:

Benjamin Hull, III was born in 1708; died in 1747 in Peapack, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA.
5. Anna Hull was born in 1711; died in 1775 in Somerset County, New Jersey, USA.


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