Thomas Aten was born in 1670 at Flatbush, Kings County, New York. He was the son of Adriaen Hendrickse Aten and Elizabeth Thomas. Thomas Aten took oath of allegiance in 1687 at Flatbush, New York. He took the Oath of Allegience to the King of England in September 1687 at Kings County, New York. He lived in 1694; "native of Flatbush." He married Elsje Skillman, daughter of Captain Thomas Skillman and Sara Pettit, in 1694 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Thomas Aten was (an unknown value) before 1701 at New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. He and Elsje Skillman removed to the "Valley of the Raritan" between 1710 and 1715 at Somerset County, New York.
Thomas Aten was "In the list of Families of the First Ref. Ch. (N. Brunswick) from 1732 to 1735," says Rev. P. T. Pockman, pastor 1898, between 1732 and 1735.
He died in on 10 December 1757 at age 87 years.[2][3]
Note: Religion: Dutch Reformed.
Marriage
1694
Reformed Dutch Church of New York, Brooklyn, Kings, New York. [4]
Rev. William Jones Skillman, "The Skillmans of America and Their Kin", New York Genealogical & Biographical Record Vol XXXVII Jan 1906 - Vol XXXIX Oct 1908 (1906-1908).
A. Van Doren Honeyman, Somerset County Historical Quarterly.
Theodore Brassard, compiler, Baptisms at the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam (1639-1730) (http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~tbrass/: Theodore Brassard Website, 1997). Entry for 1695, 4 Sept; Thomas Aten, Elsje Schilman; Adriaen; Adriaen Aten and his wife, Elisabeth Thomas.
Thomas Aten in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Volume: 319. Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
[Skillman O'Connor-Caldbeck-Holmes.FTW]: File from Micahael Mahaney: Thomas Skillman: No. 506:2:1888. Possibly died 1757 (Darwina Michael)
Acknowledgments
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
The 1906 article series "The Skillmans of America and Their Kin" shows only 3 children for Thomas Aten and Elsje Skillman: Adriaen, 1695; Jan, 1701; and Jannetje, 1704. This is likely to be incomplete. It stands to reason that there were more children between these dates and that they would have named a son Thomas for Elsje's father.