Jacob Skillman

14. Jacob Skillman was born in 1708 in Marysville, Onondaga, New York. He immigrated in 1755 to Kingston, Somerset, NJ. He served in the military in 1776 in Revolutionary War.1,2 PS, N.J. He died in 1783 in Kingston, Somerset, NJ. He was christened in Dutch Ref. Ch., Brooklyn, Kings, NY. His SOA Number is 8. From SOA:

When 18 he was one of the sponsors (Aug. 4, 1726) at the bap. in Ref. Dutch Church of New York of Maria Van de Water, his sister Ann's third child. In 1731 he subscribed £2 15s. for building the first Ref. Dutch Church at Newtown. Had children afterward bap. there, and also at Flatlands. His pew (No. 10, N.W. side, middle aisle, in Newtown Church) was transferred, Jan. 8, 1757, to William Van Duÿn, and some time before that he removed with his family to Kingston, N.J. There he bought land (6oo acres says tradition), and built the first mill at that point, just where the Great Road to and from New York and Philadelphia (half-way between the cities) crosses the Millstone. There also he opened a store, and besides kept a tavern. Jacob Skillman's home on Long Island, previous to his removal, was a farmstead purchased by his father, near Hempstead Swamp, about 2 1/2 miles south of Newtown Village, whereon he built him a house. About 1729 he m. Jannetje, dau. of Johannes Van Alst and Aeltje his wife. Of Netje's sisters, Leah m. John Parcell, and Geesje m. Abraham Rÿcker (see Ryker's Newtown). The father of these three, Johannes (b. Aug. 5, 1667; d. 1749), was the only son (having issue) of Joris Stevenson Van Aalst de Caper, who came to New Amsterdam from Bruges, 1652, and settled at Maspeth, where he m. Geesje, dau. of Harman Hendricksen. He was originally from the Aalst or Alost district of West Flanders, the name "de Caper," doubtless because of sinister or ambiguous import, being soon dropped.

Jacob Skillman and Jannetje Van Alst had the following children:

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i.

Jane Skillman was born about 28 May 1731. She was baptized on 31 May 1731 in Flatlands Ref. Dutch Ch., Newtown, NY. She died before 1831. Her SOA Number is 8 i. From SOA:
Jane, bap. at Amersfort (Flatlands) Ref. Dutch Church (Vincentius Antonides, pastor), May 31, 1731. No further record.

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ii.

John Skillman.
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iii.

Jacob Skillman.
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iv.

Sara Skillman was born in 1738 in Newtown(Maspeth Kills), Queens, NY. She died before 1838. Her SOA Number is 8 iv. From SOA:
Sara, b. 1738. Vague tradition; the name a mere shadow of a shade; scarcely that.

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v.

Abraham Skillman.
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vi.

Leah Skillman was born in 1742 in Newtown, Queens, NY. She was baptized in 1742. She died before 1832. Her SOA Number is 8 vi. From SOA:
Leah, bap. in Ref. Dutch Church of Newtown, 1742, and named for her mother's sister, Leÿa Van Alst, wife of John Parcell; father and mother witnesses.

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vii.

Thomas Skillman.
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viii.

Mary Skillman.
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ix.

George Skillman.