DANIEL & ABRAHAM SKINNER
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KDS COMMENTARY:

There is a Daniel Skinner in three successive generations of Skinners, the third having Abraham as a probable brother.

Daniel Skinner #1 (Daniel 1.2.3) -
Son of John Skinner, Senior, (of Woodbridge, NJ) according to John's 1725 Will (will-1). Nothing more is known of this Daniel.

Daniel Skinner #2 (Daniel 1.2.4.6) -
One generation later than Daniel #1. A son of Richard Skinner, according to Richard's 1770 Will (will-2). Richard is a brother of Daniel #1. According to Richard's Will, Daniel #2 was a landowner, although he never appears in any tax or reconstructed census lists.
 
Daniel #2 appears in four New Jersey records in the 1770's (will-2a). The Will of Moses Bishop (will-2a) indicates Daniel was a resident of the Borough of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co.
 
Theoretically, these four records could apply to Daniel #1 instead of Daniel #2. However, Daniel is named in the first of the four records with a Henry Marsh. This would be the same Daniel Skinner and Henry Marsh who were later named as Executors in the Will of Richard Skinner (will-2). The Will identifies Daniel as being Richard's son - thus, he is Daniel #2.

Daniel Skinner #3 and brother Abraham Skinner -
One generation later than Daniel #2. Daniel and Abraham are Skinners of unknown ancestry, though likely descendents of first-generation Richard Skinner and Susannah Poulain.

DANIEL SKINNER
b. Jun 27, 1766 New Jersey (unsourced VEM-10b)
d. Nov 17, 1839 Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio (unsourced VEM-10b)
m. Jun 27, 1789 (Fernald-a) [KDS note - 6/27/1787 per LDS Library (www.familysearch.org)]
w. Isabel Todd (Fernald-a, who mistakenly calls her 'Elizabeth'); also (will-10) & (Chambers-10a)
b. NJ (will-10) [KDS note - born Apr 14, 1769 per www.familysearch.org]
children - Sarah, Richard (exhibit-10h)
 
ABRAHAM SKINNER
brother to above Daniel Skinner (Whitaker-10h)
b. perhaps Morris Co., NJ (unsourced DSW/VEM-10b)
d. Aug 10, 1834 Warren, Butler Co., Ohio (unsourced DSW/VEM-10b)
w. Sarah D'Camp (unsourced DSW/VEM-10b)
children - Daniel, Abraham, Thomas, Hulde, Sarah, Elizabeth (exhibit 10e, 10g, 10h)

Abraham is shown as having died at Warren, Butler Co. I am not aware of any town named Warren in Butler Co. This is probably a typo that was meant to be a Warren Co. locale.

The above information shown as having come from the files of VEM probably originated with the work of the early twentieth-century genealogist Natalie Fernald. Her work may be at the Glou. Co. Historical Society, NJ. In any case, this information likely exists in published Ohio records.

It is not surprising that the Skinners relocated to Ohio. Numerous New Jersey families relocated to New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio in the late 1700's, beginning the westward migration of the population across America. Numerous Skinner branches, all descendents of first-generation Richard Skinner and Susannah Poulain, became a part of this migration pattern.

Daniel and Abraham appear to have been brothers, though there is no proof of such. They both were of the same generation and both had children who intermarried with the Whitaker family of Somerset Co., NJ. And both Daniel and Abraham relocated to Ohio with family members.

Daniel and Abraham appear to have originated in the central Jersey area that includes Somerset and Hunterdon counties. This links Daniel and Abraham to Richard Skinner and Susannah Poulain - the first generation Skinners whose descendants had branched out into Somerset and Hunterdon counties by the early 1700's.

It is likely this Daniel who married Isabel Todd, the daughter of David Todd. David/s Will indicates that the Todds lived at Tewksbury, Hunterdon Co. Children of both Daniel and Abraham married into the Whitaker family. The Whitaker family lived at Mill Brook (just southwest of the town of Bernardsville), Bernardsville Twp., Somerset Co., NJ. The Whitaker family relocated to Lebanon, Warren Co, OH by 1800. Daniel and Abraham Skinner apparently relocated and died there as well.

Daniel and Abraham likely descend from Richard Skinner and Sussanah Poulain. Exactly what branch of the family they were a part of is not known. Daniel and Abraham could be grandsons of Rev. Nathaniel Skinner (born 1705 or 1706) or his brother Cornelius Skinner who resided in Somerset and Hunterdon Co., NJ in the early to mid-1700's:

1) Rev. Nathaniel Skinner (b. 1705 or 1706 Woodbridge, NJ), a third- or fourth-generation descendant of Richard Skinner and Susannah Poulain, was born in Woodbridge, relocated to Somerset Co, NJ, and migrated to Somerset Co., PA about 1773. Some of Nathaniel's children then moved on to Perry Co, OH about 1800.
Nathaniel had a son John Skinner (born circa 1740) who married a Rebecca Todd. Daniel Skinner #3 would have been one generation later and married Isabel Todd. Any relationship between the Todds is unknown.
Note also that David Todd, father of Isabel Todd, married into the King family of central Jersey. Nathaniel Skinner is also connected to the King family. He had one or more children who married into the King family. And many unsourced internet sites indicate Nathaniel himself married into the King family.

2) Cornelius Skinner, brother to Rev. Nathaniel, lived in Somerset Co, NJ in the early 1700's, and became one of the earliest settlers of Tewksbury, Hunterdon Co. (home of the Todd family) in the 1760's. Cornelius and family then relocated to Loudoun County, West Virginia in the 1770's. It is unlikely Daniel would be directly connected to Cornelius, as it does not appear any of the offspring of Cornelius stayed behind in NJ (Daniel married Isabel Todd in NJ in 1789).

3) Note that Rev. Nathaniel Skinner and brother Cornelius likely had numerous siblings that have been lost to history. This issue is fully addressed in other pages of this web site. Daniel and Abraham could descend from Nathaniel, Cornelius or any of these other unknown siblings. They could also descend from many other persons in the line of Richard and Susannah Skinner, such as Daniel #1, whose offspring are unknown.

Abraham Skinner married Sarah DeCamp (D'Camp). The D'Camp family was spread out across central NJ. There are many links between the D'Camp family and descendants of the first-generation Skinners, Richard and Susannah Skinner. These links may not assist in proving that Abraham Skinner was a descendant of Richard and Susannah:

1) Moses DeCamp of Westfield, NJ (located at the western edge of Essex Co., now Union Co.), relocated with two of his sons to Millville, Reilly Twp, Butler Co, OH in 1812 (www.gamber.net/gamber/, 2003). Moses DeCamp had brothers Henry, Lambert and Joseph DeCamp (www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/3129?query001.htm, 2003). This DeCamp family had many relationships with the descendents of Richard Skinner and Susannah Poulain. Henry DeCamp was a resident of Woodbridge and inventoried the estate of Richard Skinner, father of Daniel #2 (will-2). Lambert DeCamp was of Woodbridge and purchased Essex Co. land from Amos Skinner, brother to Daniel #2. And Joseph DeCamp also appears in a record with Amos Skinner.

2) Richard Skinner, son of Captain Richard Skinner of the Essex/Middlesex Co. Skinner branch, was the same generation as Daniel and Abraham. Richard was married at Westfield, NJ - same town as the home of Moses DeCamp, and died at Oxford, Butler Co., OH.

3) There are also links between the D'Camp family and the Perth Amboy Skinner family, unrelated to the line of Richard and Susannah Skinner. Jonathan Skinner, probably of this unrelated Perth Amboy Skinner line, lived close to Westfield, NJ at the town of Springfield (reference Family Record of Jonathan Skinner). Jonathan was likely related to numerous other Skinners who were recorded at Springfield, including an Abraham Skinner (on the tax rolls of Springfield in the 1770's.)

It is unlikely that Daniel and Abraham Skinner have anything to do with Daniel #4 and #5 covered below.

 


 
EXHIBITS/REFERENCES:
 
Exhibit a - Copy of Un-dated Letter [KDS note - circa 1920's] From Mrs. Natalie R. Fernald, Genealogist, To John R. Downer, per files of DSW/VEM:
"From: Mrs. Natalie R. Fernald, Genealogist
To: Mr. John R. Downer
John Skinner (1) of Woodbridge, N. J. Joined Presbyterian Church August 20, 1708, married Anna, died 1749. His will was probated August 19, 1749.
[KDS note - wife's name should be Ann, not Anna]
Children:
Reference: Early Germans in N. J.
Data was sent me by Miss Henton, c/o Peru Republican, Peru, Ind., who is a descendant of Richard.
 
Deacon Richard (2), John (1), born 1707, died Elizabethtown, N.J., Dec. 7, 1771. Will probated Dec. 31, 1771-72.
[KDS note - should not say Deacon; The Deacon was brother of John (1) and uncle to Richard (2).]
Children:
1. John (3)
2. Capt. Richard (3) ...
3. Mary (3) probably married Samuel Kempton
4. Katherine (3)
5. Daniel (3) probably married Elizabeth Todd, June 27, 1789. [KDS note - this is Daniel #2.]
6. Amos (3) probably of Essex Co.
7. Rebecca (3)
Mr. Charles S. Myers, 704 Wells Fargo Bldg., Portland, Oregon, sent me some of this data.
....."

[KDS note - This exhibit provides a marriage date for Daniel, but has several errors. I believe Fernald meant to say Isabel Todd, not Elizabeth Todd. In addition, note the marriage date - the Todd girl would have married Daniel #3 of the next generation, not the son of Richard Skinner shown above. The marriage date of 1789 is consistent with Daniel #3's birth date of 1766 (exhibit10b) and the birth date of Isabel's father of 1731 (exhibit-10a).]
 
 

DANIEL SKINNER #1
 
Exhibit 1 - Will Abstracts
"1725, July 12. Skinner, John, Sen'r, of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., yeoman; will of. Children - Catte (sic), John, Daniel, Richard, Benjamin, Ann, and Mary, last five under age. Land at Woodbridge. Executors - wife, Ann, and son John Skinner. Witnesses - Ezekiel Bloomfield, Esther Bloomfield, William Hidor. Proved Aug 19, 1749. (Affidavit by William Hidor, only surviving witness to above will). Lib. E, p. 320."
"Abstracts of Wills, 1730-1750," Vol. XXX, NJ Archives, First Series, 1918, p435, 9/14/1995/KDS.

DANIEL SKINNER #2 (OF WOODBRIDGE)

 Exhibit 2 - Will Abstracts

    "1770, April 16. Skinner, Richard, of Borough of Elizabeth, Essex Co.; will of. Son, John, land I lately bought of Thomas Scudder, of 14 1/2 acres; also 7 1/2 acres to be laid off from the northwest end of my old plantation, with the house he lives in. Rest of my lands to be sold. My wife, L70. Son, Richard, L70. Daughter, Katherine, all the goods she has had of me, and L5 in money. Daughters, Rebecca and Mary, L40 each. Son, Daniel, 1/2 of the rest of my estate, except L50, which I have paid for him towards his lands. Son, Amos, the other 1/2. Executors - friend, Henry Marsh, and my son Daniel. Witnesses - David Inslee, Henry Frazee, John Moores. Proved Dec 31, 1771.
    1772, Jan. Inventory, L143.0.11, made by Andrew Bloomfield and Henry DeCamp; both of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co.
    1774, Sept. 6. Account by both Executors. Land was sold for L428.2.6. Lib. K, p384"
    per "Calendar of Wills", NJ Archives, First Series, Vol. XXXIV, 1918, p469, 9/24/1995/KDS
     
    "Land was sold for 428 pounds, 2 shillings, 6 pence.
    Index of Wills, Essex Co., NJ - 4317-4321 G, Book K, p384; Will 1771, Inv. 1774, Acct. (2) 1774.
    also listed in Index of Wills, Middlesex Co., NJ - 4853-4854 L, Book K, p384; Will 1771."
    per notes of DSW/VEM.

Exhibit 2a - Will Abstracts

     "1775, March 8. Marsh, John, of Borough of Elizabeth Town, Essex Co., yeoman; will of. Wife, Elizabeth, my wench, Phebe, and use of my lands. ..... Executors - Henry Marsh and Elisha Dunham. Witnesses - Mephibosheth Marsh, Moses Marsh, William Jones. Proved March 13, 1775.
    1775, March 14. Inventory, L273.1.0, made by William Jones and Daniel Skinner. Lib. L, p341."
    per "Abstracts of Wills", NJ Archives, First Series, Vol. XXXIV, 1931, p334 - 9/24/1995/KDS
     
    "1773, Aug. 18. Frazee, Edward, of Borough of Elizabeth, Essex Co.; will of. ..... Executors - my brother, George Frazee and James Frazee. Witnesses - Foster Williams, Daniel Skinner, Samuel Luke. Proved Oct. 25, 1773. ....."
    per "Abstracts of Wills", NJ Archives, First Series, Vol. XXXIV, 1931, p189 - 9/24/1995/KDS
     
    "1773, Oct. 28. Elston, Peter, of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co.; will of. Wife, Susannah, all my estate. Executrix - wife Susannah, and my friends, Daniel Skinner and David Edgar. Witnesses - Carlile Brown, Thomas Palmer Force. Proved June 10, 1774. Lib. L, p153."
    per "Abstracts of Wills", NJ Archives, First Series, Vol. XXXIV, 1931, p162 - 9/24/1995/KDS
    [KDS note - this may refer to Peter the Third as neither Peter Sr. or Jr. appear to have had a wife, Susannah. Peter Elstone, Sr. was friends and of roughly the same generation as John Skinner, Sr. Daniel #2 would be grandson to John Skinner and of the right generation to be friends with Peter the Third.]
     
    The following included only for the purpose of linking names familiar to the Skinner family:
    "1746, May 12. Elstone, Peter, [KDS note - Senior] of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., yeoman; will of. Wife, Ruth. Five daughters, no names given. Son, Peter, his wife Elizabeth and their children, viz., Peter, James, Benjamin and Daniel; lands in Woodbridge and Rahway. Grandson, Samuel, son of John. Son, Benjamin, and his five sons, meadow on west side of William Spencer's meadow that was formerly Jonathan Dillies; salt marsh bought of John Jaques (sic). Executors - son Benjamin, and friends, John Skinner and William Britten. Witnesses - Richard Walker, John Jaquess, David Donham, Jun'r. Proved June 6, 1746. Lib. E, p394.
    1746, June 6. Benjamin Elstone qualified as executor, the others having refused to act."
    per "Abstracts of Wills, 1730-1750", NJ Archives, Vol. XXX, First Series, 1918, p165, 9/14/1995/KDS.
    [KDS note - likely John Skinner, Sr., whose lands adjoined, or were close, to Peter Elstone's Woodbridge farm. John, Sr. and Peter, Sr. would have been of roughly the same generation. However, William Britten - if he is the one whose daughter married Captain Richard Skinner, would have been of the next generation, the same as John Skinner, Jr. and David Donham, Jr.]

     "1775, Sept. 12. Bishop, Moses, of Borough of Elizabeth, Essex Co.; will of. Son, James, 20 shillings. Wife, Catharine, all my estate, and she is to bring up my children. Executrix - wife, Catherine. Witnesses - Samuel Meeker, John Meeker, Ann Meeker. Proved Feb 10, 1776.
    1775, Nov. 6. Inventory, L124.18.4, made by Henry Marsh, of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., and Daniel Skinner, of said Borough. Lib. M, p4."
    per "Abstracts of Wills", NJ Archives, Vol. XXXIV, First Series, 1931, p46 - 9/24/1995/KDS

    The following included only for the purpose of linking names familiar to the Skinner family:
    "1760, Dec. 29. Scudder, Thomas, of Borough of Elizabeth, Essex Co.; will of. Son, David, land on Robinson's branch, and along land which I bought of Richard Skinner, together with the grist mill, pond, dam and stream. ..... Executors - my friends, David Edgar and Abraham Clark, Jr. Witnesses - David Miller, John Lee, Benjamin Skinner, John Debourepose. Proved Jan. 15, 1761. ..... Lib. G, p347."
    per "Calendar of Wills", NJ Archives, First Series, Vol. XXXIII, 1918, p377 - 9/24/1995/KDS

Exhibits 3-9 - removed.

DANIEL SKINNER #3 and probable brother ABRAHAM SKINNER:

 Exhibit 10 - Will Abstracts

    "1809, June 5. Todd, David, of Tewksbury Twsp., Hunterdon Co.; will of. Wife, Margaret, bed, bedding and curtains, her choice of rooms and household furniture, a cow, firewood, grains, and meat. After wife's death, my son. Robert, to have out of estate $94. Grandson, David Todd, son of Robert, $67. Daughter, Jane (wife of John Todd), $67, and her son, David, to have $67. Daughter, Mary (wife of John McCord), $67 and said son-in-law, John McCord, exonerated from payment of a note. Daughter, Isabel (wife of Daniel Skinner), $67, and her son, David, $67. Daughter, Martha (wife of John Betrom, $67 and her daughter, Margaret King, $67. Son, James, the house where he now lives, and all my land on north side of Great Road leading from Germantown to Potterstown, and the woodland on hill mountain, he to pay $100. All residue, after wife's decease, to son, David, he to pay legacies. Executors - Son, David, and John Haas. Witnesses - Tunis Dilley, Elizabeth Melick and John Haas Jr. Proved Sept. 2, 1809. File 2385 J."
    per "Abstracts of Wills", NJ Archives, Vol. XXXIV, First Series, 1931, p46 - 9/24/1995/KDS
    [The names King and Mellick are typical of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties.]

 Exhibit-10aaa - Per www.coalhole.com/gedcom/notes/not0000.html, 2003:

    "[NI176] 24. IV. JOHN Melick, son of Phillip, grandson of Johannes Mellick m. 16 Dec., 1781, Mary Todd, of Hunterdon Co., N. J.; in 1785 he was living near Pluckamin in Somerset as in that year he served as an administrator of the estate of Matthias Appleman deceased; later he removed to Ohio and d. near Somerset, Perry Co.;[pikl2.FTW]"

Exhibit 10aa - Will Abstracts

    "1810, Apr. 4. Foster, Jacob, of Elizabeth, Essex Co.; will of. Wife, Joanna, $750; use and profits of residue of estate, real and personal after debts and lagacies are paid, during her life. Brother, James Foster, $125. To Joanna Foster Richey, $125. Residue of estate to be divided between children of all my brothers and sisters, i.e., the children of my brothers, James, John, Thomas, Henry and Cornelius, and my sisters, Elizabeth Todd, Catherine Skinner, Jane Hendrickson. Executors - wife, Joanna, brother, James Foster. Witnesses - Smith Scudder, Peggy Scudder, John Scudder. Proved Mar. 30, 1814. ___. ___. ___. Inventory [not totaled]; made by Elias Haines, Aaron Lyon. Jurat signed Mar.. 30, 1814. File 10834 G."
    per "Abstracts of Wills", 1814-1817, Vol XLII, p162, NJ Archives, First Series, 1931, 8/1/1999/KDS

    [KDS note - Catherine Skinner was the wife of the Loyalist Abraham Skinner of Long Island - see file on "Other Northeastern Families - Unrelated to Richard and Susannah".]

Exhibit 10a - "The Early Germans of New Jersey", Theodore F. Chambers, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969, 4/2/1996/KDS

    [KDS note - pertains to early settlers of NJ, principally old Roxbury Township, Morris Co. as well as Somerset and Hunterdon Co.]:

    p537 - "David Todd, b. 1731, d. 1809, June 29, m. Margaret (dau. of John King (?); had ch. (order uncertain):
    I. Robert ..(1756-1829).
    II. Mary ..m. John McCord
    III. John ..(1763-1786)
    IV. Isabel m. Daniel Skinner
    V. Martha ..m. John Betson
    VI. James.
    VII. Samuel ..."

Exhibit 10b - unsourced notes of DSW/VEM:

    "Daniel Skinner - b. New Jersey, June 27, 1766 - m. Isabell Todd. He d. Lebanon, Warrren Co., Ohio, Nov. 17, 1839."

Exhibit 10c- unsourced notes of DSW/VEM:

    "Abraham Skinner - b. perhaps in Morris Co., N.J. - m. Sarah deCamp. He d. Warren of Butler Co., Ohio, Aug. 10, 1834. He is a brother of Daniel Skinner, below."
    [KDS note - refers to the Daniel mentioned in the previous exhibit, who also died in Ohio.]
    [Note also the name DeCamp, which appears throughout the Will abstracts associated with Amos Skinner, discussed in other files.]

       

Exhibit 10d - Rush & Skinner Families of Lower Turkeyfoot Township, PA, Harry S. Rush, 1943, LDS library system microfilm # 1035781 item 5, 3/19/1996/KDS:

    [KDS note - this refers to a John Skinner who was son of Nathaniel Skinner, Sr. (born 1705 or 1706) of Somerset Co., NJ.]

    "JOHN SKINNER - b. about 1740 NJ; d. 11/4/1832 Both buried Hopewell Baptist Churchyard, Perry Co., OH
    married REBECCA (probably TODD) - b. __; d. 5/10/1824

    [KDS note - could be related to Isabel Todd who was the wife of a Daniel Skinner.]

    He moved from New Jersey to Somerset County, Pennsylvania, thence to Perry County, Ohio, and lived near Hopewell Baptist Church northeast of the town of Somerset. They are both buried in the Hopewell Churchyard. Either John Skinner or his son, John, voted in Perry County in 1817, did road work in 1820 and was a blacksmith at Somerset 1820-25. Jersey Church Record Nov. 2, 1816, John Skinner was granted "Letter of Dismisson to State of Ohio". "

Exhibit 10e - per genforum.genealogy.com/skinner/messages/2339.html

    "Abraham Skinner, 1834, Warren Co, OH

    Posted by: Jordan Miner Date: March 19, 2001 at 14:59:32
    #2339 of 3474

    I am looking for any information on Abraham and Sarah (DeCamp) Skinner. Their children were Daniel, Abraham DeCamp, Thomas Manton, Huldah, Sarah and Elizabeth. Daniel married Abigail Whitaker. Abraham was born 1796. Thomas was born 1798. Huldah was born Sept 1800 and married Stephen Whitaker on 22 March 1816. Sarah married William Erwin. Elizabeth was born 29 March 1805 and married John Manning on 30 March 1825. Any info would be greatly appreciated."

Exhbit 10f - "Notices from New Jersey Newspapers, 1781-1790", Thomas B. Wilson, 1988, p172, Trenton State Library Archives, 1/5/1996/KDS:

    13 August 1783 - "Abraham Skinner, near Elizabeth Town, adv. for a stray cow."

Exhibit 10g - Harris Family Genealogy per http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~confido/chap2.htm, 2003:

    MARY MITCHELL, daughter of Nathaniel MITCHELL and Abigail HARRIS was born 11 Dec 1760 in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey. She married Jonathan WHITAKER III who was born in Sept, 1758 in Somerset County, New Jersey and died 13 July 1840 in Butler County, Ohio. They were married 16 Sept 1779 in Morristown, New Jersey. They removed to Hamilton County, Ohio in 1800 and settled at or near Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio. He was a justice of the Peace in Warren County for 25 years according to his Revolutionary War Pension papers. They had ten children all born in New Jersey except Polly H. Whitaker who was born in Hamilton County, Ohio. Mary died in November 1850 in Ohio.

    1. From the research of Viola I. Dyer, 175 Smokey Valley
      Road, Toledo, WA. 98591-9416

       THE HARRIS FAMILY

    1. Nathaniel Whitaker b. 24 Sep 1780
    m. Nancy HAYDER

    2. Abigail Whitaker b. 30 Dec 1782 d. 22 Oct 1784

    3. William Whitaker b. 10 Mar 1785
    m. Sarah SKINNER

    4. Jonathan Whitaker IV b. 10 Mar 1785 d.
    m. Jane IRVIN 23 Aug 1803 Butler Co., Oh

    5. Sarah (Sally) Whitaker b. 4 Mar 1787 d. 5 Mar 1861
    m. David REEDER 10 Aug 1803 b. 18 Jly 1782 d. 13 Apr 1853

    6. Abigail Whitaker b. 25 Feb 1789
    m. Daniel SKINNER

    7. Benjamin Whitaker b. 11 Feb 1791
    m. Catherine FELTER

    8. Stephan Whitaker b. 28 Jan 1793
    m. Huldah SKINNER 22 Mar 1816 Warren

    9. James Whitaker b. 26 Oct 1795
    m. Mary (Polly) ABBOT 22 Oct 1818 Warren

    10. Polly Holsted Whitaker b. 10 Apr 1801
    m. Joseph M. RUNYON 4 Apr 1824

     JACOB MITCHELL, son of Nathaniel MITCHELL and Abigail HARRIS
    was born 8 June 1763 in Morristown, Morris County, New
    Jersey. He married two sisters by the name of COBBE, and a
    woman by the name of COON. He went to Ohio when a young man.
    He was a very eccentric man. He said he had drawn two prizes
    and one blank, as he said the Coon had eaten up all the corn
    that grew on both of the Cobbes. He, it is said, left two
    sons. He died at or near Charleston, South Carolina.

    Sources:
    Family Records of Genealogies of the First Settlers of
    Passaic Valley (and vicinity) above Chatham, John Littel,
    1852.
    Revolutionary War Pension Records.
    Somerset County Historical Quarterly, Vol. 2-1913, Somerville
    New Jersey, Somerset County Historical Society Pub.
    Myrtle Van Dyke, 6126 Terrace Drive, Johnston, Iowa, 1987.

 Exhibit 10h - Whitaker Family History per www.rootsweb.com,~njmorris,passaicvalley,whitaker.htm, 2003:

    Jonathan Whitaker, Sen. removed with his family, (except Nathaniel,) from New England to New Jersey, and purchased of Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, proprietors of the Province of Pennsylvania, (by Richard Peters and Lynford Lardner, their attornies and agents,) for the sum of £225, lawful money of the State of New Jersey, a tract of land, lying on both sides of Mine Brook, in Somerset county, 407 1/2 acres, by deed bearing date 19th December, 1752; and by writing of transfer on the back of said deed, bearing date 7th day of July, 1763, for the sum of £625, current money, of East New Jersey, at eight shillings per ounce, he conveyed to Jonathan Whitaker, Jun his eldest son, the whole of the aforesaid tract of 407 1/2 acres, excepting about 163 acres previously sold and conveyed to his son Eliphalet.

    JONATHAN WHITAKER, Jun. (son of Jonathan,) and Mary Miller lived on part of the 407 acres of land purchased of his father, on Mine Brook, and had children: (3d Gen.)
    1. Stephen, who married, 1st, his cousin, Susan White, daughter of Ebenezer White; she died 1st September, 1773; 2d, Ruth Conklin, daughter of Stephen Conklin, who was born in Suffolk county, Long Island, 22d December, 1753, and died in Somerset county, N. J, 21st October, 1797.
    2. Phebe married Rev. Francis Peppard, and lived in Sussex. [See Peppard. (a separate section on Peppard was not included in the original book ~ BKB)]
    3. Polly, who died 19th February, 1822, aged 68 years, unmarried.
    4. Sally married Moses Allen, removed to Crawford county, Pennsylvania, 18 miles west of Meadville, and had children:
    1. Stephen Whitaker Allen; 2. Jeremy Allen.
    5. Rebecca, born 10th May, 1754, married William Conklin, Esq. son of Stephen. Mr. Conklin was an elder in the Presbyterian church at Basking Ridge. [See Conklin.]
    6. Jonathan 3d married Mary Mitchel, had 13 children, and removed to Warren county, Ohio, about 1800.
    7. Nathaniel, born June, 1758, and married, June, 1787, Hannah Drake, daughter of John Drake, of Mendham, and had a daughter, Sally, who married Garret Voorhies, Esq. His wife Hannah died December, 1794, and he married, 2d, Ruth Haines, daughter of Samuel Haines, near Vealtown, and had a daughter, Hannah, who married Nicholas Arrowsmith, Jun. Esq.
    Nathaniel Whitaker died 27th October, 1841, and his widow Ruth died 10th November, 1844.
    Jonathan Whitaker, Jun. died 1785, aged 73 years.

    JONATHAN WHITAKER 3d, (6th child of Jonathan, Jun.) and Mary Mitchel lived in Warren county, Ohio. He died July, 1840, aged 79 years; his widow died November, 1850, aged 87 years; they had children:
    1. Nathaniel, who married Nancy Hayden.
    2. Abigail, who died young.
    3. Jonathan M., who married, 1st, Jane Irvin; 2d, Anne McIntire; 3d, Polly Miller, daughter of John Miller, of Springdale; he removed to Centreville, Indiana.
    4. William, twin to Jonathan M. married Sarah Skinner, sister of Richard Skinner, who married Catherine Hurin, [see Hurin,] and daughter of Daniel Skinner.
    5. Sarah married David Reeder, son of Daniel, of Pleasant Ridge, and removed to Illinois,
    6. Abigail married Daniel Skinner, son of Abraham, brother of Daniel.
    7. Benjamin married, 1st, Catherine Felter; 2d, Hannah Miller, sister of Jonathan's 3d wife, and has living children:
    1. Jonathan, who married Nancy Cox.
    2. Mary.
    8. Stephen married Huldah Skinner, sister of Daniel, Abigail's husband; lives near Mason, Hamilton county, Ohio.
    9. James, born 22d October, 1798, married Mary Abbot, daughter of John; he is a mason, lives in Huntsville, Ohio.
    10. Polly Halsted married Joseph Runyon, of Lebanon, and had children, Courtland Runyon and Mary Runyon. [KDS note - Runyon is a NJ name.]

Exhibit 10i - per http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/cyc/400.htm, 2003:

    John C. SKINNER, paper manufacturer, was born November 9, 1816, near Lebanon, Warren County. His father, Daniel SKINNER, was a native of Pennsylvania, afterwards coming to Ohio, and settling on Mill Creek about 1815. He soon after removed to Warren County, where he carried on the weaving business. The boy assisted in winding the bobbins, and otherwise helping the father. His mother¹s maiden name was Abigail WHITTAKER. She was a native of New Jersey, and her father was a sergeant in the war of 1812. John C. SKINNER was the oldest child in a family of five, and was brought up to steady and persistent labor. He paid his way through school by sweeping the school-house, and afterwards earned sufficient money to take him to Hanover College, where he remained three years. On holidays and after recitation hours, he worked in the printing-office, setting type on a newspaper known as the Presbyterian Standard, of which Joseph G. MONFORT, now the Rev. Joseph G. MONFORT, of Cincinnati, was the foreman. He also was employed at book binding.

    While at school he made a specialty of mathematics and engineering, and on leaving he became an assistant engineer on the Whitewater Canal, where he was employed about two years. Then he laid out several turnpikes and helped in locating the Cincinnati and Eaton Railroad, which engaged his attention for three years. During this time he was also the city engineer of Hamilton. In the year 1842 he was the engineer of the Hamilton and Rossville Hydraulic Works, which were completed the following year.

    In 1848 he engaged in the grocery and hardware business, and the year following, was appointed deputy sheriff. He held this position two years, and during this time was also a member of the city council. He continued in the mercantile business until 1858, when he sold out. In 1861 he purchased the Hamilton paper mills, and has since been engaged in that business. He manufactures all grades of wrapping papers, and has earned a high reputation for the excellence of his products. When he began manufacturing, the paper business in the West was in its infancy; now there is only one part of the United States that produces more paper than the Miami region of Ohio. During the war he was strenuous in upholding the honor of our flag.

    He was married on the 3d of May, 1842, to Miss Jane H. GREGG, daughter of Captain Israel GREGG. Mr. SKINNER has had ten children, five of whom survive: Alfred N.; George C., a practicing physician of Hamilton; Frank E., who is in business with his father; Walter M., who is attending school; and Sarah M. now the wife of Daniel KENNEDY, commission merchant, and also running a line of canal boats to Cincinnati. In 1855 he became a member of the Presbyterian Church of Hamilton, where he has been an elder for about ten years. He has held all the degrees in the order of Odd Fellows, and has been a delegate to the Grand Lodge.

Exhibit 10j - per http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/3129/query001.htm, 2003:

    DECAMP posted by Wilson DeCamp on Saturday, September 14, 1996

    I am seeking to make contact with any researchers on the descendants of Laurent DECAMP (ca. 1645-?), a Huguenot immigrant to America in ca. 1664. He lived in Staten Island, NY, and most of his descendants through the Revolution apparently remained in New York and New Jersey. Most of his known descendants apparently were through his son, Hendrik (ca. 1682-1771) and grandson Lammert (1709-ca. 1790). Lammert had six sons (Henry, Lambert, James Eliphalet, David, Joseph, and Moses), and two daughters (Elizabeth and Leah). The descendants of Moses are well-documented, but less appears to be known about any of the other lines. Most apparently remained in the east, but Moses and two of his children moved to Butler Co., OH, in 1812. Other lines are also known to have migrated to Washington Co., PA, other counties in OH, as well as MI, IN, IL, WI and IA, possibly about the same time. Please respond by e-mail to WilsonD212. Wilson DeCamp

Exhibit 10k - per http://genforum.genealogy.com/todd/messages/1103.html, 2003:

    TODD-MELICK, Hunterdon NJ, 1750-1800
    Posted by: Cheryl Berthelsen Date: June 26, 1999 at 19:30:50
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    Looking for information on Eleanor TODD. She married John MELICK who was born 1753 in Hunterdon or Somerset, NJ. They married about 1783, were living in Bedford Co, PA in 1790 Census and Somerset Co, PA in 1800 and 1810. The family moved to Knox/Morrow/Perry county region in late 1810.

    NOTE: This is NOT Mary TODD that married John MALICK, son of Phillip in 1781!!