Abraham Skipper

Abraham Skipper is not listed in the will of Moses Skipper. Only wife Kezzia and daughter Sophy Jane are noted. More research is needed to connect Moses Skipper and Kezzia to Abraham. We do not know that Abraham was born in Brunswick County. I can find no source for that. He may have been born in Cheroenhaka/Nottaway lands. I got someone to read the will with better eyes and it notes that if Sothy Jane and wife die, the property goes to "my two sons." Then it may be Barnabas and Abraham or is it? SFG

"United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK1-XZH : accessed 24 March 2021), Abraham Skipper, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 23, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 568,147.

"United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-PNL : accessed 24 March 2021), Abram Scipper, Wilmington, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 14B, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 29; FHL microfilm 337,905.

"United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLM-NGM : accessed 22 June 2020), A Shipper, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 42, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 38; FHL microfilm 337,911.

Court Records from 1819:

"North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH6F-JTJ : 12 March 2018), Abram Skipper, 1819; citing Brunswick, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,673,317.

Petition of the Court by son John W. Skipper for his siblings Nathan. Skipper, Rebecca Skipper, Silas Skipper, David Skipper, Jacob Skipper for the estate to be settled.

"North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH6F-JTN : 12 March 2018), Abraham Skipper, 1829; citing Brunswick, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,673,317.

Lists 8 children, Nathan Skipper, Rebecca Skipper, Silas Skipper, Sophie Skipper, David Skipper, Jacob Skipper, Drucilla Skipper, and John W. Skipper, who was the petitioner for the estate.

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Census: 1790 North Carolina, BRUNSWICK, Roll 7 Book 2, Page 23, WILMINGTON DISTRICT, 1m>16, 2m<16; 3f, next to Moses and John Skipper Census: 1784 Brunswick County Tax List

Census: 10 OCT 1798 Named as son-in-law (meaning step son) in will of Miles Potter

Census: 1800 North Carolina, BRUNSWICK, Roll 29 Book 1, Page 38b, WILMINGTON DIST, listed as Scipper, 6 all other free persons, next to John Scipper

Census: 1810 North Carolina, BRUNSWICK COUNTY, Roll 38 , Book 1, Page 51, 1m<10, 1m 10-16, 1m>45; 2f<10, 2f 10-16, 1f>45

On January 26, 1819 the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions--hereafter "the court"--ordered that Letters of Administration for the estate of Abraham Skipper be issued to Jacob W. Leonard.

The letters are actually issued on January 27, 1819. The bondsmen are Uriah Sullivan and Henry Willets.

Also on January 27, 1819, the court ordered that Jacob W. Leonard be authorized to sell all the goods and chattels of Abraham Skipper.

On April 26, 1819, Jacob W. Leonard returned the inventory of the Abraham Skipper estate to the court.

On February 2, 1820, the court appointed Silas Skipper to be the guardian of David Alfred Skipper and Jacob Skipper, and that he enter into a bond of three hundred dollars with J W Leonard and Jno T Sullivan.

On February 2, 1820, the court appointed J W Leonard to be the guardian of Drucilla Skipper and John Wiley Skipper, and that he enter into a bond of two hundred dollars with Joseph Russ and Pitt W Robeson.

The Skipper name is documented as descending from the Nottoway Indians, based on Bertie county colonial records. 1759 Brunswick County deed records a Jacob Webb, 100 acres “Adjoining lands of Benjamin Smith and ISAAC SKIPPER. This area is also located in the vicinity of Green Swamp. Isaac Skipper appears as a “black” taxable and Mulatto on later tax and censes records, living as neighbors to Skippers labeled as “white” The Skipper name itself is documented as descending from the Nottoway Indians, based on Bertie county colonial records. Benjamin Smith, however, can be presumed to be labeled as white as there is nothing in his land deeds that mentions his ethnicity. No “race” is mention for Isaac Skipper is his land deeds also. Jacob Webb is never listed on the censes, suggesting he may have died before the first censes. Colonial records of Brunswick Co tells us that Benjamin received a land grant of 100,000 acres, covering a vast range of Green swamp (much of Brunswick co at that time). Assuming that Benjamin is of white ancestry and an early settler of Brunswick, it does present an interesting observation that he received a grant in Green Swamp, which at that time was inhabited with indians. Colonial records do not tell us much of settlers acquiring land in Green swamp in early to mid 1700’s, an area that the white man apparently would not touch. Also, a 1755 state document circulated by the Arthur Dobbs, the Governor of North Carolina at that time, who was living in “province” of what would later become Brunswick Co, makes mention of a number of “indians, mixbloods and runaway slaves living in the Swamps of Robeson Co and surrounding areas, and not paying taxes on their lands”. At that time Green Swamp covered several counties and was called the “Great Marsh”, according to colonial records. This information may suggest and supports the fact that Green swamp was inhabited by indians and persons of color. Court min at that time do not show or simply “exclude” settlers who took up residence in this area, as not much is recorded in terms of who settled in the “Great Marsh” area. Colonial records at that time certainly say nothing about indians inhabiting this area. It can be assumed that indians were residence in that swamp and no white man dare to venture there. Only through a censes taken around 1715 tells us of Waccamaw natives inhabiting this area. The censes interesting gives a count of number of indians present in the swamp at that time, but no names. Colonial records don’t reflect this. As with most native American settlements before the colonial times, Indians living on their lands are not mentioned in colonial records, unless they are living like their European counterpart (no more living like indians). Only then do you begin to see them in records, but not labeled as “indian”. At this time Green Swamp was inhabited by indians hidden deep in the swamp as is evidence by that early censes record.

Spouse and Children

H. Abraham Skipper 1760 - Abt 1818

W. Mary Potter 1763 -

Nathaniel Skipper 1792 - 1878

Silas S. Skipper 1796 - 1849

Rebecca Skipper 1798 -

David Alfred Skipper Abt 1800 - Aft 1856

Sophia Skipper 1801 -

Jacob Skipper Abt 1805 - 1858

Drucilla Skipper 1806 -

John Wiley Skipper 1810 - 1885

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