John Skinner Jr. (abt. 1705 - 1749)

Born about 1705 in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Cutter) Skinner — married 26 Mar 1736 in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 14 Feb 1749 at about age 44 in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex, New Jersey

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Biography

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

• Ann Skinner, b. 26 December 1736
• Hannah Skinner, b. 2 February 1742/43
• Esther Skinner, 1 April 1744
• Elizabeth Skinner, b. 29 April 1746
• Sarah Skinner, b. aft. 14 February 1748/9

John Skinner of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., yeoman, executed his last will on 14 February 1748/9, witnessed by William Brown, Ebenezer Gray and Andrew Gray, nominating his friend David Donham, Jr., brother Richard Skinner and wife's brother William Cutter as executors, and making bequests:^[2]

• to four daughters now living, all under age
• youngest child Elizabeth, at 15 years, "that will be the space of 12 years and 3 months,"
• to expected child

John Skinner died on 14 February 1748/9.^[3] His will was proved on 9 March 1748/9, and inventory, after £100 legacy to the widow, was taken on 10 March 1748/9. Accounting of 29 July 1751, sworn by the three executors, showed additional cash £7.19.6 (£4 being in the hands of Wright Skinner).^[2] Elizabeth's last will, executed 5 April 1750, mentioned five daughters.^[2]

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. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} 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.
3. ↑ Inscriptions – Cemetery of the First Presbyterian Church of Woodbridge, New Jersey – Page 2 (archived). Gathered by Freeman Worth Gardner, transcribed by Jane Devlin, dunhamwilcox.net.

• 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.