This Richard (the Third) is a known son of Captain Richard Skinner and wife Sarah Britton Skinner. His mother later remarried to Cornelius Baker. Richard was given land (in return for 50 cents) in 1808 by his mother and step-father.
I can only assume that Ohio tombstone records clarify that Richard and his wife did, in fact, originate in New Jersey. NJ tax records (exhibit-3) indicate that Richard was still in NJ in 1819, but that was still long before his death in 1850.
Richard was married at Westfield, Essex Co. which later became Union Co. An unknown Hulde Skinner (exhibit-4) also married at Westfield (Presbyterian Church). Richard also lived in close proximity to an unknown Jonathan Skinner (reference Jonathan's Family Record), who lived at Springfield. Jonathan and Hulde were both Presbyterians, as was the known Skinner family of Woodbridge/Rahway throughout the 1700's.
Richard's wife, Jane Clark, was a part of the large Presbyterian Clark family that emigrated from Long Island to become some of the earliest settlers of Elizabethtown. A distant cousin to Jane - Abraham Clark, Jr., served as legal guardian to Richard Skinner's Mother and Father when they were underaged newlyweds. Abraham would later be a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit 1 - Calendar of Wills, 1806-1809, Vol XL, p65, NJ Archives, 1947, 4/18/98/KDS:
1806, July 22. Clark, John M., of Rahway, Essex Co.; will of. Wife (unnamed), riding chair, 3 cows and use of residue of real and personal estate, during her life, for maintaining and educating my 2 sons, Abraham and Benjamin and my daughter, Rachel. March and meadow in Bergen Co. to be sold to pay debts. Son, Cornelius, use and benefit of such part of my real estate he now occupies, during the life of my widow. Son, Andrew, colt, oxen and farming utensils. Son, Jacob, black mare; also should he marry during the life of my widow, the use of the same quantity of land now occupied by my son, Cornelius or any part of my place called the Winans place. After the decease of my wife; eldest daughter, Jane Skinner (wife of Richard Skinner) L150: remainder of estate to be divided between daughter, Rachel and sons, John, Joseph, Cornelius, Jacob, Andrew, Abraham and Benjamin in equal shares; sons, John and Joseph, each to pay L100 for which is to be divided between my other sons. Executor - John Marsh Clark (son of Robert Clark). Witnesses - William Chetwood, Ephraim Clark, Isaac Ross.
1806, July 24. Codicil. Wife, winter grain, corn and potatoes of the year's growth; also hay for the horse and cows. Son, Andrew, the oats he raised on shares. Witness - John Terrill. Proved Aug. 2, 1806.
1806, Aug. 11. Inventory, $1,593.62; made by Robert Clark and John Mann. File 10396.
Exhibit 2 - "The New Jersey Browns", by Charlotte (Cowdrey) Brown and Margaret Julia (Brown) Linday, 1931, 3/16/1996/KDS:
pp68-69 - "... a copy of a deed from "Cornelius Baker and wife to Richard Skinner." This "wife" was Sarah Skinner, as the following states:
"Cornelius Baker of the township of Woodbridge * * * and Sarah, his wife, late Sarah Skinner, widow and relict of Richard Skinner of the township of Woodbridge * * * and Richard Skinner, of the township of Woodbridge, son of the above named Sarah Baker, wife of the said Cornelius Baker * * * Witnesseth that the said Cornelius Baker and Sarah, his wife, for divers good causes and considerations, then thereunto moving, and of the sum of fifty cents, to them in hand well and truly paid, * * * have given, granted, remised, released and forever quitclaimed and by these presents. for themselves and for their heirs do free, fully and absolutely give, grant, remise, release and forever quitclaim unto Richard Skinner, son of the above Sarah Baker, lands lying in the township of Woodbridge.
Butted and bounded as follows; viz. * * * * * * * "
Sealed and delivered in the presence of
Thomas L. Brown
Lewis Martin
This indenture made the tenth day of the eleventh month called November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight." [KDS note - 1808]
p69 - "From the New Jersey Historical Society in Newark, New Jersey, we find the children of Captain Richard Skinner and Sarah Brittain. listed as follows:
1. Anna, born 9-19-1761; died 5-4-1821; married Isaac Payne
2. W. Britton, born 1762; died 1-16-1787
3. Richard, born 10-18-1769; died 4-10-1850; married Jane Clark"
Exhibit 3 - New Jersey Tax Lists, 1772 - 1822, Vol. 5, edited by Ronald Vern Jackson, computer print-out, Trenton State Library, 10/27/1995/KDS:
Name / County / Division / City or Twp / Date
[KDS note - some of these may apply to Captain Richard or his son Richard III.]:
Exhibit 4 - LDS library system, per notes of VEM:
Exhibit 5 - Jane Clark Geneology per Members.AOL.Com/Clarkweb, 2002:
Jane Clark
Birth 3/26/1774 Rahway, Essex County, NJ
Death 1843 Ohio
father: John Mercereau Clark 5, Joseph Jr. 4, Joseph 3, Joshua 2, Richard & Elizabeth Clarke 1
mother: Rachel Corsen
m. Richard Skinner 2/24/1796 Westfield, NJ
1. Philip Skinner b. 1797
2. Joseph Skinner b. 1799
3. Corson Clark Skinner b. 7/25/1801, d. 1854 Cincinnati, OH
4. Rachel Skinner b. 1803
Notes:
Richard Skinner b. 10/18/1769 (son of Capt. Richard Skinner & Sarah Britton/Brittain), d. 1850.
[Ref: Pedigree chart 5/30/1997 submitted by Violet N. Tilson to the Genealogical Society of the West Fields; information provided by Ref# 41]
Capt. Skinner, of troop of American Light Horse - killed June 26 in a tavern at Woodbridge, NJ, by soldiers of H.M.'s 37th Regt. [Ref: New York Gazette-Mercury July 5, 1779]
8/25/1779 Richard Skinner of Middlesex Co. Int. Adm'x - Sarah Skinner. Fellowbondsman - Henry Marsh, both of said Co. 8/10/1779 - Inventory £824.5.0, made by William Moore and Cornelius Baker. Lib. 22, p. 20