Thomas Aten (abt. 1667 - 1757)

Born about 1667 in Breukelen now Brooklyn, Kings County, Long Island, New York colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elsje (Skillman) Aten — married 1694 in Reformed Dutch Church of New York, Brooklyn, Kings, New York

Descendants

Died 10 Dec 1757 at about age 90 in New Brunswick, New Jersey [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1670

Place: Flatbush, Kings, NY^[1]

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]

Death

Death:

Date: 10 Dec 1757^[2][3]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S2
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Alan J. Lamb, An Aten Genealogy, (Santa Fe. Published by Alan J. Lamb Publications 1997), P. 6.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Mamie McKinney, Descendants of Adriaen Hendrickse Aten, p. 1.
4. ↑ New York Genealogical and Biographical Record: Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York, Volume: 13 Publication: October 1882 Page: p. 170

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  • 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 Adriansen Aten.” Family Search. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Accessed March 24, 2023. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LTGV-SLC/thomas-adriansen-aten-1670-1757.
• 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

• Thank you to Cheryl Rothwell for creating WikiTree profile Aten-30 through the import of Ancestors of Ethel Ryan.ged on Jan 20, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Cheryl and others.
• Unsourced family tree handed down to Crystal (Sharp) Crosby.