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(VI). SUSANNA, b. 1787, Dec. 25, m. Cornelius D. Wyckoff (s. of Dennis, and great-great-grandson of Peter Claes Wyckoff, who came from Hol- land) ; inherits a house and lot of seven acres and $2,500 ; had ch .:
1. ANNA MILLER WYCKOFF, b. 1808, unm.
2. DENNIS VAN DYNE WYCKOFF. b. 1809, m. Emaline Clausen.
3. ELISABETH WYCKOFF, b. 1817, m. John Martin 1838, Feb. 1, and had ch .: (1). DOSIA, m. Harmon White, who had : (a). John ; (b). Ross; (c). Lizzie; (d). Minnie; (e). Edgar; (f). Willie ; (2). CATHERINE, m. H. W. Hunt ; (3). MARY, m first, Her- bert Uhl ; second, Lawrence Hunt, for second, wife ; has one dau., Kittie.
4. MARGARET WYCKOFF, b. 1815, unm.
5. HENRY MILLER WYCKOFF, b. 1821, unm.
6. WILLIAM HANN WYCKOFF, b. 1824, unm.
7. LYDIA ANN WYCKOFF, unm.
8. JOHN SHARP WYCKOFF, b. 1818, d. young.
(VII). ISAAC, b. 1790, Oct. 6, m. Amelia Mackey ; inherits 84 acres, the tan- yard, sawmill and a wood lot ; has ch .: 1. JOSEPH MACKEY ; 2. ANGELINE, m. Oliver Vescelius ; S DENNIS ; 4. EDNA, m. Henry Miller.
(VIII). ABRAHAM, b. 1792, Dec. 25, m. Mary Sharp (dau. of William C., of Hackettstown); inherits the farm on the north side of the Raritan (at Naughright), on which be lived, and $1,500; had ch .: 1. WILLIAM, b. 1817, June 14, d. 1891, Oct. 15, unm. ; 2. CATHERINE, m. Leonard Welsh (s. of John) ; 3. LYDIA , 4. CAROLINE, m. John P. Bartles ; 5. MARY, m. Conrad Neighbor ; 6. ELISABETH, m. first, George Neighbor ; second, Wyckoff Stevens ; 7. FREDERICK, unm. ; 8. JOHN, unm., d. 1892, Jan. 18.
(IX). LYDIA, b. 1796, Jan. 26, m. Nathan Stiger (2d wife); inherits one- half the farm next to Jacob Miller and Jacob Sharp in Sussex Co .; had ch .: 1. JOHN SHARP, M. D., m. a Hilliard ; resides at Mend- ham ; 2. CATHERINE, m. Job Williams, have one child ; 3. SILAS, m. a Walduck, resides at Mendham and has several children ; 4. HENRY, M. D., m. Rettie Hunt ; have no children.
(X). FREDERICK, b. 1797, d. 1877, May 17, at 80, unm .; inherited a farm of 159 acres.
IV. ANNA MARIA, b. 174(6), d. 1827, July 20, m. William Hann (s. of Wm. 1st), b. 1738, d. 1809, Feb. 1.
V. JACOB, b. 1747, d. 1843, Mar. 21, at 96, m. Bathsheba Nunn, b. 1768, d. 1826, Feb. 1, at 58 ; owned the American House at Hackettstown ; had ch .: (I). MARY, b. 1779, Feb. 16, d. 1854, April 8, at 79, m. Lawrence Hager.
(II). MORRIS, b. 1789, May 25, d. 1827, June 21, at 38 ; bap. at Lebanon, witnesses were Morris and Mary Sharp.
(III). ELISABETH H., b. 1793, d. 1871, Jan. 12, at 78.
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(IV). JACOB, b. 180-, d. 185-, Jan. 17, at 50.
(V). SARAH, b. 1804, June 24.
(VI). CLARISSY, b. 1806, April 26, d. 1827, Ang. 7, at 21.
VI. GEORGE, b. 1748, d. 1826, Jan. 4; will prob. 1826, Jan. 25, m. Anna Mary, b. 1753, May 30, d. 1831, Mar. 12 ; had ch .:
(I). MARIA CATHERINE, b. 1774, Dec. 20.
(II). ELISABETH, b. 1780, May 26, m. John F. Smith.
(III). MARIA, b. 1788, Aug. 26.
(IV). SARAH, b. 1792, April 18, unmarried.
(V). JOHN JR., m. Anna ; had ch .: 1. THOMAS, b. 1804, July 18, went away ; 2. GEORGE, h. 1808, Mar. 5, went away ; 3. CORNELIUS, b. 1810, Feb. 8, m. Margaret Schuyler (dau, of Peter) .; 4. ELISABETH, b 1813, Jan. 8, m. Adam S. Weiss (s. of George); 5. ABRAHAM, b. 1815, April 15, went away ; 6. MARY, m. John Peter Cronmiller ; 7. PERMILIA, m. John Peter Cronmiller ; 8. WILLIAM, and 9. SUSAN- NAH.
(VI). LAWRENCE, gets 126 acres in Sussex Co.
(VII). WILLIAM, m. Catherine Emery; inherits homestead, 226 acres.
(VIII). JACOB, inherits 126 acres in Sussex Co.
(IX). GEORGE, confirmed 1806, m. Elisabeth Alpock (dau. of Morris).
VII. ANTONIUS (Anthony) confirmed 1769, m. 1778, Sept. 7, Susannah Sweezey; had ch,: 1. ELISABETH, b. 1780, July 3 ; 2. HETTY, b. 1789, Aug. 25 ; 3. BENJAMIN, b. 1782, Sept. (?) 15.
SHARPS OF GREENWICH.
In Greenwich township, Warren Co., there were probably three brothers, JOHN CHRISTIAN and JACOB, and one sister Christina, who married a Schultz. It is impossible to discover their relationship to the Lebanon family though no doubt they were related to them and to the family of German Valley. It is remarkable to notice that there was a Christina Margaret Sharpenstine, of Rhinebeck, who married Christian Otto Shultz, but the woman died 1779, Oct. 20, at Rhinebeck, she could, therefore, hardly be the Christina Schultz mentioned in the will of Christian Sharpenstine, of Warren Co., of the date of Sept. 27, 1793. However, this confirms the impression produced by other incidents that the Sharpenstines came from the Upper Hudson Valley.
JOHN, of "Greenwich, Sussex Co." (now Warren), whose will was dated 1770, June 1, prob. Aug. 8, names in his will sons, Peter (not yet 24), John, and other children not yet of age ; also executors, Matthias Shipman, "my wife and son Peter :" witnesses were Robert Martin, Alexander White and Christian Sharp. This John bnys land of William Lovett, in 1758 in Warren Co., and probably settles at Marvel Hill.
PETER SHARP, of " Greenwich;" has will of date 1818, Sept. 5, prob. 1827, July 2, in which he names brothers Christopher, John, Jacob and sister Margaret Weller.
CHRISTIAN SHARPENSTONE leaves a will dated at "Greenwich, Sussex Co.," 1793, Sept. 27, prob. 1794, July 31 ; he names wife Helena, my brother Jacob and his eldest son Henry, my sister Christina Shultz, my nephew John and his son Christian Sharpenstone, my nephews John and Peter, my great nephew Christian Shipman, and my neice Elisabeth Woolever. This Christian bought 250 acres from Christopher Falconberg, 1752, Nov. 9, near Bloomsbury,
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N. J. The lower portion of this tract was sold by him to Jonathan Robins. In 1790 Christian Sharpenstone gives a deed for fifty acres of land near Blooms- bury (See Clyde's History of Bloomsbury Pres. Church, p. 9).
JOHN SHARP, "Senior," of Greenwich, leaves a will dated 1829, Dec. 2S, prob. 1831, Oct. 15. In this he names wife Jemima and children Peter, Jacob, Lucinda (not 18), and Philip, Esq.
SHARPENSTINES OF NEW YORK STATE.
MISCELLANEOUS-Governor Hunter gave 6,000 acres of land in the year 1710 to Jacob Sharp and Christopher Hagabour, in trust for the Palatine immigrants. In the year 1724, June 13, Jacob Sharp, Christopher Hagabour aud Jacob Shoemaker petitioned for land to be given to their fellow Palatines. This petition was granted, and a warrant for the survey of 6,000 acres was given Sept. 7, 1724. (See Colonial Documents, vol. IX., pp. 101, 102, 116 and 127. The following record informs us of the part of Germany from which the Sharpenstines, and also the Schultzes, came. It is found in the History of Rhinebeck, by E. M. Smith, 1881 : Married at Rhine- beck, Christian Otto Schultz, b. 1712, Jan. 22, at Bredenfeld, dukedom Mecklen- burg Strelitz [d. at Rhinebeck 1785, Nov. 5], to Christina Margaret Sharpenstine, b. 1713, April, at Sassenburg, county New Witt, Germany, she d. at Rhinebeck 1779, October 20.
SHERWOOD.
EBENEZER E. SHERWOOD, M. D., b. Litchfield, Conn., 16 June, 1782, d. 25 Feb., 1854, near Pottersville ; m. (1) Elisabeth Sloan, b. 18 Dec., 1790, died at Easton, Pa .: (2) Elisabeth Hunnell (dau. of Fred.), b. 18 Nov., 1790 ; lived where Andrew Dufford now lives, and kept at one time a private asylum for insane people ; practiced medicine in German Valley for 45 years ; had ch .: 1. REV. JONATHAN HARVEY, d. at Milford, N. J., 22 Jan., 1854 ; pastor of Marks- boro and Hardwick Presbyterian Church for two or three years and of Milford Church for sixteen years ; m. Elisabeth Hutton, sister to Rev. Dr. Hutton ; 2. WILLIAM HUNNELL, b. 14 Mar., 1817, m. Eliza Banks ; 3. ELISABETH HUNNELL, b. 25 Feb., 1819, m. Joseph Johnson ; 4. LOUISA, b. 26 Aug., 1821, m. Henry J. Young, of Easton ; 5. AUGUSTUS, b. 23 Sept., 1823, m. Jane Wilcox (dau. of Ezra, of Passaic Valley); 6. CAROLINE, b. 23 Sept., 1825, m. (1) Daniel E. Philips ; (2) -; 7. JOHN MARSHALL, b. 29 April, 1829.
SHIPMAN.
MATTHIAS SHIPMAN, of Greenwich twp., Warren Co., b. 1726, d. 1812, at 86 ; said to have come, 1747, from Saybrook, Conn., to German Valley, and from there to Lopatcong twp., Warren Co .; his will, dated 12 Dec., 1807, prob. 3 Feb., 1812, names ch .:
I. JACOB, moved away.
II. MATTHIAS, prob. m. a dau. of John Scharpenstine and had a son Christian.
III. ISAAC, b. 1767, d. 1853, at 86 ; had ch .: (I). MATTHIAS, died young ; (II). ISAAC, d. at Lopatcong, 1879 ; (III). PHILIP ; (IV). JOHN F. [b. 2 Feb., 1809] (?); (V). JESSE, settled in Easton ; (VI). WILLIAM, settled in Green- wich twp.
IV. CATHERINE.
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V. MARY.
VI. PAUL, had son, John B.
VII. ICHANAH.
VIII. SARAH.
IX. MARGARET.
X. ELISABETH.
The first of the name SHIPMAN, is said to have been EDWARD, who came in 1635, a refugee from religious persecution to Saybrook, Conn. The family is of Norman descent, its founder having been knighted by Henry III, of England, A. D., 1258.
JACOB SHUBMAN [Shipman], on Society Lands, 1735, signed with MATTHIAS the subscription for a barn, 1751 ; m. Mareiket [Mary Catherine]; had Mareitje, b. 14 Jan., 1734, and prob. also Harmon; prob. of German descent and no relation to Matthias.
HARMON [prob. s. of Jacob], of Harmony, Warren Co., left will dated Greenwich, 23 Sept., 1794, prob. 25 March, 1805, which names wife Elisabeth [prob. second wife], and ch .:
I. JACOB.
II. ABRAHAM, had ch .: Harmon, Nicholas, William, John, Christian, Catherine (wife of Abraham Dewitt) ; son-in-law Jonathan Randall.
III. HERMANES.
IV. DAVID.
V. LENAH.
VI. BETSEY.
VII. POLLY.
VIII. PEGGY.
JABESH SHIPMAN, of Morris Co., whose will dated 17 June, prob. 9 Dec., 1781. names wife Phebe and ch .: 1. JABESH ; 2. DAVID ; 3. JOHN ; 4. ABIGAIL : 5. JEMIMA ; 6. PRISCILLA ; 7. PHEBE ; 8. SARAH ; 9. ESTHER ; 10. MARY.
SHIRTS.
MICHAEL ACHERTZ and wife Elisabeth are witnesses to a baptism "on the Raritans," 1716 ; his will dated, Readington, 3 Sept., prob. 26 Nov., 1749, names wife Elisabeth, "my wife's son John Felter," and ch .:
I. JOHN, lived on road from Flemington to Clinton ; signed subscription, 1754 ; his will, Readington, 31 Aug., prob. 18 Oct., 1813, names children : John, Robert, Margaret, Sarah, Elisabeth, Andrew, Michael.
II. ABRAHAM, m. Auchy, bought 1751 of Will. Coxe, 204 acres between Flemington and Clinton ; his will, dated, Lebanon, 25 March, 1817, prob. 28 May, 1810, names wife Alche and children :
(I). MICHAEL (dec.), who m. Catherine and had ABRAHAM, inherits homestead farm when he pays $2,500 to his two brothers, PETER, JACOB, CATHERINE (and her two daughters, Catherine and Alche), ALCHE ; children not 21.
(II). PETER, inherits farm in Tewkesbury.
III. GEORGE [Joost], " Joost Schertz, from Rockeway, on the Raritan, m. 27 March, 1749, to Janneke Borgond, of Hackensack" [N. Y. Luth. records]; had ch. named in his father's will : Michael, Elisabeth, Matthew,
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Rachel, John.
IV. ANNA.
V. EVA, b. 30 June, bap. 1 Sept., 1717, at Hackensack.
VI. MARGARET.
SHULTZ.
PETER SHOULTS [Schults, Schultz, &c.], of Greenwich, Warren Co. His will, 15 Dec., 1790, prob. 15 Feb., 1791, names ch .: I. JOHN H., inherits 100 acres ; II. HENRY, inherits 150 acres ; III. PETER, inherits 120 acres ; IV. PHILIP, in- herits 200 acres ; V. JACOB, receives £150 ; VI. ELISABETH Shoults ; VII. SARAH Shoults ; VIII. LENAH Shoults ; IX. MARY Shoults.
MISCELLANEOUS-ANNA ELISABETH SCHULTZ (a widow ?) is among the Palatines of the 2d Emigration in New York in 1710. HANS HENRICH and JOHANNES SCHILTZ are apprenticed by Gov. Hunter in 1710, the first at eight years of age and the second at ten.
SILVERTHORN.
OLIVER SILVERTHORN, settled on Society Lands, 1735 ; his will dated Beth- lehem, 13 Sept., prob. 1 Nov., 1746, [Trenton, Lib. 5, fol. 284], names wife Mary, witnesses, Thomas Silverthorn, Edward and Anne Rockhill, and ch .:
I. JOHN.
II. THOMAS.
III. GEORGE.
There was an Oliver Silverthorn settled near what is now High Bridge in 1802.
SKELLENGER.
JACOBUS SCHELINX [Skellinger or Schellinger] b. 1625, d. June 17, 1695 ; came from Amsterdam to New Amsterdam, 1643, to Amagansett, Suffolk Co., L. I., 1658. Original chest which Jacobus brought from Holland is at Amagansett, m. Cornelia Melyns, dau. of a politician, who owned half Staten Island and sold his share 1645. [Bergen Family, p. 25]. Cornelia Skellinger (dau. of Cornelius Melyns), m. first, Jacob Loper, April 3, 1643 ; second, Jacobus Skel- linger, April 7, 1647 ; had ch .:
I. CORNELIUS, b. about 1658 ; rem. from Staten Island to Cape May as early as 1691 ; descendants found all the way from Cape May to Phila .; mentioned in a bill of Gen. Beekman as going to Elisabethtown ; sells land 1729. He died at Cold Spring, Skellinger's Landing. He m. Lydia ("Abigail"), d. 1748, Jan. 14, at 92 ; had ch .:
(I). CORNELIUS.
(II). ABRAHAM.
(III). WILLIAM.
(IV). DANIEL. (V). JACOB.
II. JACOB, d. 1715, Jan. 28, m. Hannah -; had ch .: (I). HANNAH, b. Aug. 15, 1693.
(II). CATHERINE, b. Aug. 5, 1695, m. Nathaniel Baker.
(III). HESTER, b. Nov. 16, 1697.
(IV). MERCY, b. Nov. 4, 1699.
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(V). JACOB, b. Nov. 22, 1701.
(VI). ABIGAIL, b. Feb. 14, 1705.
(VII). DANIEL, shoemaker, b. Mar. 1, 1710, d. 1786 ; rem. to Morris Co., about 1776 ; settled on farm between Cbester and Mendham ; came to Roxbury when Washington retreated from L. I. His will [Trenton, Lib. 27, 438], June 1, 1782, prob. Nov. 2, 1785 ; mentions children and grandsons Jesse and Luther, sons of Daniel, and grand- daughter Mehetable.
(VIII). JONATHAN, b. 12 Dec., 1712.
III. WILLIAM Schalinks, b. Mar. 8, 1654 ; lived at Cape May; m. Josena ; no children at date of will, 2 March, 1745, prob. Mar. 30, 1748. [Trenton Lib. 6, fol. 445].
IV. CATALYNTIE (Catherine), b. April 9, bap. April 19, 1656.
V. ABRAHAM, b. Feb. 11, 1659, bap. Sept. 20, 1662, d. Jan. 1, 1712. Pur- chased two lots of Rev. Mr. James at Amagansett. L. I., m. Joanna Hedges Nov. 15, 1688 ; had ch .: 1. WILLIAM, b. April 19, 1694, d. Feb. 24, 1719 ; 2. ABRAHAM ; 3. ISAAC ; 4. JOANNA ; 5. RACHEL ; 6. AMEY ; 7. ZERUIAH.
VI. DANIEL, bap. July 19, 1665.
SKELLINGERS OF ROXBURY.
DANIEL, the 7th child of Jacob, brought with him to Roxbury, N. J., three sons DANIEL, STEPHEN and ABRAHAM ; had ch .:
I. DANIEL JR., b. 1734, d. 1816 ; rem. to Canterbury, Conn., where he had children, then joined his father in Morris Co., N. J .; m. Lois Payne, Aug. 19, 1755, dau. of a minister who was ex-communicated on account of heresy ; lived one mile east from the old homestead toward Mendham ; had ch .:
(I). DANIEL, 3D, m. first, Ruth Howell (dau. of "Squire" Howell, of Mendham); second, Phebe Burrows, of Madison ; no children by second wife : 1. HARRIET, m. Ebenezer Corwin ; had two sons and one daughter ; 2. HANNAH, b. Feb. 21, 1791, m. Damel Skellinger (s. of Elisha P.); no ch .; 3. DANIEL P., m. Mercy Hunt ; had ch : (1). Elias M , b. Mar. 3, 1818, m. Jane Carlisle (widow of Joseph Budd); no ch .; (2). Mary Ann, b. Oct. 5, 1819, m. Hull Beavers; (3). William H., b. June 7, 1825, m. Adah (dau of Benj Cozat) ; had six daughters ; (4). Harriet E., b. June 28, 1829, m. James Yauger ; (5). Caroline R., b. Sept. 28, 1834, m. a Drinkwater ; 4. ELIAS J., m. Eliza Read ; 5. RUTH, m. Constant V. King.
(II). ELISHA P., b. April 22, 1761, at Canterbury, Conn., d. Oct. 10, 1836, m. first, Mehetable Hopkins (brought up at Roxiticus) ; second, Mary Crane ; third, Mary Luce (dau. of Benjamin), b. Feb. 13, 1769, m. Jan. 27, 1800, d. Feb. 16, 1841 ; had an uncle Col. Eleazer ; had children by first wife : 1. DANIEL, m. Hannah Skellinger (dau. of Daniel, 3d) : 2. LOIS ; 3. MEHETABLE ; 4. JOHN; children by 3d wife : 5. ELISHA, b. Nov. 24, 1800, m. Mar. 9, 1822, Zillah Guerin (dau. of Uriah) ; had ch .: (1). Eleazer L., b. Mar. 17, 1823 ; had Theodore, b. Nov. 27, 1856, m. Augusta M. Stroud (dau. of Chas.), Frank C., b. July 7, 1860, m. Nellie Stephenson, Elisha and Mary died young ; (2). Mary Ann, b. Mar. 17, 1823 ; (3). Luther, b. Mar.
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20, 1825 ; rem. to California, and had Walter and Fred. K., Vincent T., b. Aug. 6, 1828, d. at 21, Aug. 6, 1849, William V., b. Nov. 19, 1833, Elias B., b. June 15, 1835, Juliette J., b. Aug. 24, 1838, m. Sam. Swackhammer (s. of Isaac) ; 6. ELEAZER, b. Aug. 12, 1803, d. young ; 7. LUTHER, b. July 27, 1805 ; 8. BENJAMIN, b. June 27, 1807 ; 9. PHEBE, b. April 21, 1809 ; 10. NATHAN, b. July 29, 1811.
(III). OLIVE, b. Mar. 4, 1763, m. David Horton ; res. one mile east from Ironia toward Dover.
(IV). PHEBE, b. Mar. 21, 17-, m. a Roberts ; res. in Randolph twp.
(V). NATHAN, b. Oct. 21, 1774 ; res. at Canterbury, Conn.
(VI). WILKES, died young.
II. STEPHEN, bought 300 acres this side (west) old place and sold them a few years afterwards to his nephew, Daniel 3d, 1791, and tradition says he removed to Barnegat.
III. ABRAHAM, b. at Easthampton, L. I., m. Mary Scott, b. June 31, 1753, d. June 25, 1815 ; (she married 2d hus. Ashley Cooper) ; had ch .:
(I). SAMUEL, b. Nov. 12, 1774 ; no descendants.
(II). MARY, b. Aug. 20, 1775.
(III). WILLIAM, b. Nov. 4, 1778, m. Lydia Horton (dau. of "Squire"); had ch .: 1. DANIEL H., b. Mar. 15, 1808, d. 1891, m. Mary Horton ; had ch .: Joseph Lake, b. Feb. 2, 1º30 ; Lydia E., b. Mar. 6, 1832 ; William T., b. Dec. 2, 1833, bas son Wesley T., pastor of Scranton Presbyterian Church ; James S., b. May 7, 1837, died in the army ; Phineas H., b. Oct. 20, 1839, died in the army ; Elias H., b. July 22, 1843, lived on the homestead ; 2. WILLIAM T., b. Feb. 18, 1810, d. Feb. 29, 1882 (no children); 3. MARTHA, b. March 19, 1814, m. June 7, 1831, Wm. C. Lake, b. May 14, 1819 : 4. JAMES S., b. July 8, 1818, d. Aug. 31, 1835, unmarried ; 5. CHARLES J., b. July 15, 1821; inherited the homestead at Comb's Hollow, Randolph twp., and lives there, m. Nancy Ianson ; had ch .: (1). Daniel H., b. Oct. 9, 1840 ; (2). Martha V., b. Sept. 7, 1842 ; (3). Charles R., b. Oct. 19, 1844 ; (4). William H., b. Mar. 7, 1847 ; (5). Josephine B., b. Feb. 16, 1852 ; (6). Martha, b. June 20, 1853 ; (7). Emma, b. Aug. 15, 1855 ; (8). Mary, b. Aug. 7, 1857 ; (9). Hannah E., b. June 29, 1860 ; (10). Laura L., b. Sept. 29, 1864.
(IV). TEMPERANCE, b. Nov. 15, 1780.
IV. SILAS, bought earmark of his father and prob. staid at Amagansett.
V. LUTHER, drowned at L. I. when a child.
VI. HANNAH COOK.
SKINNER.
JOHN SKINNER, of Woodbridge, N, J., probably brother of RICHARD, con- stable, 1696, and of FRANCIS, member Pres. Church 1708, and of ANN, mem- ber of Pres Church 1 08, all of same place. John left will dated 12 July, 1725, prob. 19 Aug., 1749, which names wife Anna and children :
I. JOHN, JR., whose will, dated Woodbridge, 14 Feb., prob. 9 March, 1749, names wife Elisabeth [Cutter] and four daughters. These were : (I). ANN, b. 26 Dec., 1736 ; (II). HANNAH, b. 2 Feb., 1742; (III). EASTER [Esther], b. 1 April, 1744 ; (IV). ELISABETH, b. 29 April, 1746.
II. DANIEL, perhaps rem. to Orange Co., N. Y. (Ruttenber's History of
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Orange Co., N. Y., p. 752).
III. RICHARD (not yet 21 at date of his father's will, 1725), whose will, dated Elisabethtown, 16 April, 1770, prob. 25 July, 1772 (Trenton Lib. K., fol. 222), names ch .: (I) JOHN ; (II). RICHARD ; (III). CATHERINE ; (IV). REBECCA ; (V). MARY ; (VI). DANIEL : (VII). AMOS.
IV. ANN (not of age in 1725).
V. MARY.
WILLIAM SKINNER (REV.) was sent by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel to Woodbridge (having arrived at Perth Amboy 1722), where he preached for thirty-six years ; he was b. 1688, d. 1758, at 70 ; left five children, of whom GERTRUDE, the only daughter, m. James Parker ; and CORTLAND, the eldest son, was attorney-general of the colony at least from 1756 to 1769, and became a British general during the Revolutionary War. The names of the other three sons are unknown.
ROBERT SKINNER, b. 1777, rem. from Hunterdon Co. to Washington, Warren Co .; had brothers, JOHN, NATHANIEL and JACOB ; m. first, Sarah Frees : second, Polly Bryant ; third, Hetty Bartrown ; had six children by first wife and five by second : I. WILLIAM ; II. JACOB ; III. MARY ; IV. JOHN ; V. SAMUEL ; VI. JAMES , VII. JOSEPH ; VIII. DANIEL ; IX. CHARLES ; X. SUSAN ; XI. REBECCA ANN.
MISCELLANEOUS-RICHARD, ROBERT and PHINEAS sign subscription to Bed- minster Luth Ch. in 1756. HENRICK signs the Articles of Faith of New Ger- mantown Luth. Ch. in 1767. In 1763, CORNELIUS is living in Tewkesbury twp., Hunt Co. JACOB, buried at Chester, b. 9 April, 1770, d. 10 April, 1836, had wife Parthenia Leak, b. 12 Aug. 1777, d. 14 Dec., 1843 ABRAHAM, buried at Chester, b. 16 Feb., 1806, d. 8 Feb., 1866, had wife Mary Thomas, b. 16 Oct., 1803, d. 1 Sept., 1-56. Seven brothers are said to have come from England to this country, four of whom went to Canada, two to New York and one to New Jersey.
SLAGHT,
CORNELIS BARRENTSEN SLECHT [Slaght] arrived at New Amsterdam, April, 1662, in ship Hope. He came from Woerden in the province of South Holland on the old Rhine, 18 m. E. S. E. from Leyden. He was at Wiltwyck [Kingston] as early as 31 March, 1664 ; m. first, Tryntje Tysse Bos ; second. 1684, Elsie Janse, of Breestede [a village of Sleswick in Denmark], widow of Hendrick Jochemsen Schoonmaker. He had ch .:
I. BARENT CORNELLISSEN.
II. HENDRICK CORNELISSEN.
III. MATTHYS CORNELISSEN, m. Maria Maddeleena Cruipel [Krispel] and had at least :
(I). PETRUS, bap. Kingston, 21 Sept., 1701 ; found at New Brunswick with w. Elisabeth Meyer, 20 Sept., 1728 ; his will New Brunswick, 20 Sept., 1771, prob. 14 Sept., 1772, mentions land in Ulster Co., N. Y., and names wife Elisabeth and ch .: 1. John ; 2. Matthew.
(II). CORNELIS (perhaps s. of Matthys), whose estate is administered 1742-4 (Trenton wills, Lib. D. fol. 445].
CORNELIS, perhaps s. of Cornelis, receives mortgage on land in Roxbury, 1 Mar., 1783 ; had ch .:
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I. ROBERT, perhaps s. of Cornelis, of Roxbury, m. Mary, b. 20 March, 1775, d. 2 Feb., 1852 ; his will, Roxbury, 6 Aug., prob. 26 Aug., 1828, names ch .: 1. Jeremiah ; 2. Michael ; 3. John ; 4. Elisabeth ; 5. Catherine ; 6. Mary; 7. Ann ; 8. Jesse N .; 9. Robert ("to be brought up").
SMITH.
SMITHS OF AMWELL.
MATHIS (MATTHIAS) SCHMIDT, of Amwell ; naturalized 1730, his will, prob. 26 June, 1755, names wife Christeen and ch .:
I. JOHN, gives mortgage, 2 May, 1768, to Christian Harshall on land at Readington.
II. LODAWICK [Lewis].
III. ABRAHAM.
IV. JACOB, gives mortgage, 17 May, 1768, to Christian Harshall on land in Amwell,
V. CHRISTEEN CUT (?) (or Jun. ? ) ; prob. Christian as in the deed to John given by the rest of the family, 1765 ; naturalized, 1744, as J. Christ. Jr. John Christian Schmidt signs Rev. Weygand's call, 1749 ; letters of adm. of his estate to William and John, 20 March, 1789, Somerset Co.
SMITHS OF ALEXANDRIA.
HERBERT (Hermet) SMITH, prob. grandson of Matthias ; was elder in the old Alexandria German Church in 1771 ; he m. Gertraut, whose will, prob. 2 Sept., 1813, speaks of property devised to her by her deceased husband, and names cb. (order uncertain) :
I. PETER, m. Eva [? Young, dau. of Abraham]; had ch .: 1. ABRAM, b. 8 Feb., 1774 ; 2. GERTRAUD, b. 5 Aug., 1775 ; 3. PETER, b. 24 Oct., 1777 ; 4. WILHELM, b. 7 Oct., 1778 ; 5. MARIA CATHARINE, b. 17 Sept., 1780 ; 6. JOHN HERBERT, b. 29 Aug., 1782; 7. ANNA, b. 20 Aug., 1785 ; 8. JOHANNES, b. 6 Dec., 1787 ; 9. SARAH, b. 4 April, 1794.
II. MATTHIAS, m. Catherine and had HERMET, b. 19 July, 1772.
III. HERBERT, m. Gerdruth (Charity) Richelem ; had ch .: 1. EVA ELISA- BETE, b. 29 Dec., 1763 ; 2. HERBERT, b. 18 Feb., 1766 ; 3. GERTRAUD, b. 28 Sept., 1768 ; 4. ABRAHAM, b. 14 April, 1771 ; 5. PAUL, b. 6 Sept., 1772. IV. WILHELM, m. Regina ; had ch .: 1. HERMET. b. 6. Dec., 1776 : 2. PETER, b. 1 Aug., 1778 ; 3. ABRAHAM, b. 31 Aug., 1780 ; 4. MARIA CATHARINE, b. 1 Oct., 1782 ; 5. JOHANNES, b. 22 Oct., 1784.
V. CATHERINE, m. John Hyner. VI. CHARITY, m. John Allemand.
VII. MARGARET, m. Christopher Hyner and had, HERBERT, WILLIAM and JOHN HYNER ; MARGARET, W. of Jas. Sidders ; CHARITY, w. of Richard Medaugh.
VIII. MARY, m. Nicholas Sene (Sayn).
There were in Alexandria also PHILIP SMITH, who m. Maria and had PAUL, b. 1 April, 1766 ; and CASPAR, who m. Maria Susanna, and bad, 1. GERTRAUD (Cherity), b. 29 June, 1777 ; 2. HANNES (John), b. 25 Aug., 1779 ; 3. SUSANNA, b. 1 Sept., 1781 ; 4. ELISABETH, b. 17 June, 1784.
SMITHS OF HOPEWELL.
JASPER SMITH, one of the first judges in Hunterdon Co., prob. d. 1754, whose
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name is found in a deed of date 18 March, 1699 ; perhaps a brother of BEN- JAMIN and ANDREW, whose names appear about same time, 1739, on the county records. This Jasper was not the one of that name, who lived in Flem- ington. For according to the will of the latter, his father died suddenly in 1754 and he himself died just before 19 Oct., 1813, when his will was prob. at Flemington. The former was prob. the father of the latter, who mentions his brothers in his will. Jasper Ist therefore prob. had children :
I. JASPER, d. 1813 in Lawrence twp .; graduated from Princeton 1758 ; prominent lawyer ; owned a lot in Flemington, 1767 ; member of ( m. of Safety from Amwell twp., 1776 ; m. first, Eleanor (dau. of Col. Ryer- son), b. 1744, d. 22 Nov., 1766, by whom one child who died in infancy; second, -; third, Anne ; no children by either wife.
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