Elizabeth (Cutter) Skinner (abt. 1711 - bef. 1787)

Born about 1711 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, Colony of New Jersey

Ancestors

Wife of John Skinner Jr. — married 26 Mar 1736 in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex, New Jersey

Descendants

Died before 1787 before about age 76 in England

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Biography

Elizabeth was born in 1740.

Elizabeth Cutter, daughter of Richard and Mary (Pike) Cutter, married John Skinner on 26 March 1736 in Woodbridge, New Jersey.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Children of John and Elizabeth (Cutter) Skinner:^[1]

• Ann Skinner, b. 26 December 1736 ^[4]
• Hannah Skinner, b. 2 February 1742/43 ^[5]
• Esther Skinner, 1 April 1744 ^[6]
• Elizabeth Skinner, b. 29 April 1746 ^[7]
• a daughter, b. aft. 14 February 1748/9

John Skinner died in February or March 1749.^[8]

Elizabeth Skinner, widow of John Skinner, executed her last will on 5 April 1750, witnessed by Sarah Jacquess, Andrew Gray and David Donham, Jun'r, nominating her brother-in-law Charles Marsh as executor. She mentioned five daughters, but no their names, and directed that her sister Sarah Jaquesh and Esther Marsh should price her household goods.^[8]

Her will was proved on 13 April 1750.^[8]

She was born on 11 Sep 1740 in New Jersey and her parents were Mary (Pike) and Richard Cutter.

Elizabeth "Eliza" Cutter married John Owen Skinner.

She passed away about 1787 in Estill County, Kentucky, USA.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Skiner" family vitals from Woodbridge Liber B. Dally, Joseph W. Woodbridge and Vicinity: The Story of a New Jersey Township... New Brunswick, N.J: A.E. Gordon, 1873, p. 356.
2. ↑ "New Jersey, Church Records, 1675-1970," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGW-98L5 : 3 October 2019), John Skinner and Elizabeth Cutter, 26 Mar 1736; citing Marriage, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey.
3. ↑ "New Jersey, Church Records, 1675-1970," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGRC-BF2J : 3 October 2019), John Skinner and Elizabeth Cutter, ; citing Marriage, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey.
4. ↑ "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5F2-YRQ : 18 January 2020), Elizabeth in entry for Ann Skinner, 1736.
5. ↑ "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5FL-HFH : 18 January 2020), Elizabeth in entry for Hannah Skinner, 1742.
6. ↑ "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5FL-9MB : 18 January 2020), Elizabeth in entry for Esther Skinner, 1744.
7. ↑ "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5F2-VGC : 18 January 2020), Elizabeth in entry for Elizabeth Skinner, 1746.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Estates of John and Elizabeth and Skinner, abstract of probates. Honeyman, A. Van Doren. Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, First Series, Vol. XXX. Calendar of new Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc. Vol. II – 1730-1750. Unionist-Gazette Association, 1918, p. 435, citing New Jersey Wills, E:264 and E:382.

• Skinner, John Lloyd Owen. The Skinner Family History. by Ira James Skinner, Jr Second Edition 2020, pg 158-159

• Gerald Elton Dilley, Ruth Hanson Dilley, and Janet Dilley Phalen, comp. I Come from a Long Line of Dilleys: The History and Genealogy of the Branch of the Dilley Family who Migrated from New Jersey to Trumbull County, Ohio, with Later Generations in Northeastern Illinois and Wisconsin. A Revision of Earlier Works by Gerald Dilley, Revised and Edited by Ruth Hanson Dilley, 1997.
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