SKINNERS of SUSSEX
CO., NJ (Descendants of Thomas Skinner of Malden, MA)
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A family of Skinners appeared at Newtown (today, Newton), Sussex Co., NJ in the mid-1700's. These Skinners descend from Thomas Skinner of Malden, MA. They are not related to the family of Richard Skinner and Susannah Poulain.
Daniel Skinner, referred to here as Daniel #1, lived at Newtown, Sussex Co., NJ from about 1760 to 1763. His brother, Benjamin had settled there by that time as well.
Daniel did not stay long. He relocated further upstream on the Delaware River to an area called Cochecton. Cochecton straddles the Delaware River at Sullivan Co., NY and Northampton Co., PA. This land was first purchased by his father, Joseph Skinner, from the Indians. Daniel and another brother, Hagaii, were well-known in the timber business, transporting timber down the Delaware River.
Daniel's brother, Benjamin Skinner, stayed on in Sussex County, NJ until the Revolutionary War. Records (tax list-11b) show that Benjamin Skinner was recorded at Newtown, Sussex Co., during the census of 1773/4. Ultimately, he had lands confiscated at Hardiston in 1784 because he was a British sympathizer. Hardiston is about 8 miles northeast of the town of Newton. The British government compensated him for the loss with land in Ontario, where he relocated. There is much information relating to raids against British sympathizers in Sussex Co, and other eastern Jersey counties, going back to the earliest days of the Rev.War. (www.njstataelib.org)
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Exhibit 1 - Descendents of Thomas Skinner of Malden, MA:
Taken From -
"The Legend of
Cushetunk: The Nathan Skinner Manuscript and the Early History of
Cocheton, by Barbara J. Sivertsen and Barbara L. Covey, LDS Library
System 974.35/Cl H2s.
"The Skinner
Kinsmen: The Descendants of Joseph and Martha (Kinne) Skinner of
Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania", Volume One, LDS Library
System film #1321300.
1. Sergeant THOMAS
SKINNER (circa 1617 Essex Co., England - 3/2/1703-4 Malden, MA)
came to America from
Chichester County, Sussex, England about 1649-1651 with his wife MARY
and two sons.
w1. MARY ___ (d. 4/9/1671
Malden, MA)
w2. LYDIA SHEPERDON CALL
(7/24/1637 - )
1. Deacon THOMAS SKINNER (7/25/1645 Subdeaney Parish, Chichester, England - D. 1722 to 1732, probably at Colchester, Connecticut) married, Colchester, CT, MARY PRATT (b. Sep 9 or 30, 1643).
[KDS note - per
"Historical and Biographical Sketch of the Skinner Family",
author unknown, from the files of VEM:
Deacon Thomas married
secondly Dec. 22, 1669, Mary Gould, their issue: (1) John, born April
1673 (2) Richard, born Jan. 3, 1676 (3) Nathaniel, born March 27,
1686 and (4) Abigail, born Feb. 17, 1691. Thomas Skinner was made
freeman of the township of Malden, Mass. in 1690. He died March 2,
1704. Note that these children by his second wife all appear among
the eleven children listed below.]
1. MARY SKINNER
(11/3/1666 - )
2. THOMAS SKINNER
(11/3/1668 - )
3. ABRAHAM SKINNER
(6/16/1671 - ) married ABIGAIL CHAMBERLAIN
4. JOHN SKINNER (4/5/1673
- ) married SARAH ___
5. RICHARD SKINNER
(1/3/1675 - ) married HANNAH PRATT
6. HANNAH SKINNER
(1/8/1677 - 1/18/1725)
7. JOSEPH SKINNER (twin
to Hannah - d. 10/1/1728)
8. BENJAMIN SKINNER (b.
Jan or Nov 30, 1681 - ) married ELIZABETH DIXON
9. Sergeant EBENEZER
SKINNER (b. Feb or Apr 23, 1684 Malden, MA - d. May, 1755 Bolton, CT)
married ca 1702 SARAH LORD (ca1683 - )
accompanied his father
from Malden, MA to Colchester, CT; 1729, was of Preston, CT; 1736,
was of Hebron, CT
[KDS note - per
"Historical and Biographical Sketch of the Skinner Family",
author unknown, in files of VEM;
and copied in
"Descendants of Richard Alexander Skinner of Loudoun County,
VA", by Lester Granville Holcombe, 1972:
Abraham married HANNAH
___ and lived at Malden, MA with following children:
Above Thomas Skinner
history taken from:
"The Legend of
Cushetunk: The Nathan Skinner Manuscript and the Early History of
Cocheton, by Barbara J. Sivertsen and Barbara L. Covey, LDS Library
System 974.35/Cl H2s.
"The Skinner
Kinsmen: The Descendants of Joseph and Martha (Kinne) Skinner of
Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania", Volume One, LDS Library
System film #1321300
Except as otherwise noted
with other source references.
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DANIEL SKINNER #1 (OF SUSSEX CO.) Exhibit 11 - "The Skinner Family of Cocheton, N.Y., by Nathan Skinner, available LDS library system, 3/14/98/KDS:
p48 - "DANIEL
SKINNER (5) Joseph (4) Ebenezer (3) Thomas (2) (1) - b. Preston,
Windham County, Colony of Connecticut, March 22, 1733; baptized
there, May 13, 1733. Daniel Skiner then moved to a place called Manbroken. He stayed there about 8 months and then moved to New Windsor. Early in the spring of 1763 we find him again at Cocheston, at the same Ackhake Place where his father first settled. .... [KDS note - describes his occupation as moving timber down the Delaware River to Philadelphia in the form of rafts for ship masts and spars.] Daniel Skinner, having navigated the first raft, was constituted Lord High Admiral of all the raftsmen on the Delaware, and Josiah Parks, was called boatswain. These titles they retained during their lives. Exhibit 11a - "Notices from New Jersey Newspapers, 1781-1790", Thomas B. Wilson, 1988, pp64-66, NJ State Library Archives, 1/5/1996/KDS:
"19 July 1784 -
Edward Dunlop, Agent for Confiscated Estates in Sussex Co., adv. for
sale numerous tracts and parcels of land. ... Also, the half part of
several lots and tracts having been taken up in partnership by the
said Col. Oliver Delancy with Henry Cuyler Esq., deceased: [KDS note - Hardiston is about 8 miles northeast of Newton.] Exhibit 11b - Exhibit 41 - 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 Skiner, Benjamin [KDS note - sic] / Sussex / 005 / Newton / Sep, 1774 Exhibit 11c - Daniel Skinner Geneology per http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/, 2003:
Re: DANIEL SKINNER born 1746/48 I have this on Daniel: Daniel was a merchant sailor and logger. His son, Nathan, wrote the Nathan Skinner manuscript about the early history of Cochecton. On 4 Sept 1755 Daniel purchased 25 acres from his father near Cochecton, part of Joseph's 100 acre share of the Susquehanna purchase. He left about 1759 and took up residence in Newtown, Sussex Co, NJ. In 1763 he returned to Cochecton, and began a career rafting timber down the Delaware river to Philadelphia. Unable to get clear title to his property, and harassed by neighbours anxious to take over the timber business, Daniel moved to Shawngunk Kill in Nov 1772 where his brothers Timothy and Abner had property. He returned to Cochecton in 1777 just in time to run into a 'Committee of Safety'. His new house was plundered and burned. After the War, Daniel settled again in Cochecton and named his farm St. Tammany Flats. Mrs. George A. Wahl, The Skinner Kinsmen: The Descendants of Joseph and Martha (Kinne) Skinner of Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania, Vol 1 (Niagara Falls, NY: 1959). [KDS note - The above Daniel is Daniel #1; apparently by mistake, the topic switches to Daniel #2, who had daughter Keturah.] Daniels son in law, Drayton Holcombe, h/o Keturah had a minor role in the Insurrection of 1838 in "Lower Canada"; after the "Battle of Short Hills" many Canadians and Americans were condemned and transported to Tasmania. You might check on that insurrection for names in your family tree. I'm trying to chase down Samuel Chandler. "With his wife, one child and only one horse he moved in March 1819 from Connecticut to Cook's Mill, Crowland Twp., Welland Co., Ontario, Canada, where his wife's brother, Stephen Skinner, and their married sister lived. there he prospered and within a few years owned Cook's Mill and later had some of the best farms in Welland and adjoining counties. He gave to each of his large family of children a substantial property start in life. A rebellion broke out north of Toronto, Canada, in 1839, in which William Lyon MacKenzie was a leader. Samuel Chandler of Pelham was also a leading insurrectionist. One wet, cold midnight in December, Chandler guiding MacKenzie to the Niagara frontier arrived at Drayton Holdombe's home at Cook's Mill in Welland Co., Ontario for food, warmth and a short sleep. These being hospitably provided, these fugitives resumed their flight before day-break through by-roads and forest paths to McAfee's farm on the Niagara River where MacKenzie crossed to safety in Buffalo, NY. This Chandler was friend of the Holcombe family and their son, Norman Chandler Holcombe had his second Christian name from him. Drayton's kindness to MacKenzie and Chandler became a rumor in the Welland area whereupon Drayton considered it prudent to live in Buffalo until the feeling incident to the rebellion subsided. His son, Norman Chandler, made frequent visits to him in Buffalo from his family remaining on his Crowland farm. William Lyon MacKenzie became the first mayor of Toronto, Canada. Canada's premier during the 2nd World War, W.L. MacKenzie, is a descendant of the insurrectionist MacKenzie above.
SOURCES: FROM A MEMORIAL:
The battle of the Short Hills, Failing to seize power by force in Toronto on December 5, 1837, William Lyon Mckenzie was led to the United States by Samuel Chandler, a wagon maker from St. John's. On June 12, 1838, a "patriot army" of some 29 armed Americans and Upper Canadians, including Samuel Chandler, left Grand Island In the United States to invade Canada. Early on June 21, 1838, the "patriot Army", now about 50 men, rushed Osterhout's Inn on this site where ten Queen's Lancers were posted to keep the peace in St. John's and the Short Hills. The lancers were captured, but later released unharmed. Chandler and other ring leaders were hunted down and tried for treason in Niagara (Niagara-On-The-Lake). James Moreau was hanged; the others were sentenced to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), the British Empire's penal colony then. This incident was one amongst many that would ultimately lead towards the peaceful establishment of responsible government in the late 1840's."
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DANIEL SKINNER #2 (OF SUSSEX CO.) Exhibit 9 - "Genealogical Dictionary of New Jersey", by Charles Carroll Gardner, 10/25/1995/KDS: "Under date of April 24, 1955, Mrs. Gordon A. Wahl, 2475 Linwood Ave., Niagara Falls, N.Y., wrote asking for proof of a statement on a card in my file at the NJHS, stating that one Daniel Skinner was son of Richard (3), of John (2), of Richard (1), quoting or referring to Ruttenberg's Hist. of Orange Co., N.Y. She has a record of his family, showing that one Daniel Skinner, possibly the same, who was born Sept. 22, 1746 in Sussex Co., N.J., lived at Otisville, Orange Co., N.Y., and d. Nov. 3, 1846 in Sullivan Co., N.Y.; md. April 6, 1780 at Pres. Chh., Goshen, N.Y. to Mary Smith, b. March 6, 1755; d. July 6, 1846." Exhibit 9a - "Revolutionary War Index", microfilm #568724/1592/roll 27, Trenton State library, 12/7/1995/KDS:
"Skinner, Daniel Exhibit 9b - unsourced 1963 notes in files of VEM specifically concerning the Daniel Skinner who appears in the Stryker Revolutionary War lists:
Daniel Skinner - Could be
the Daniel who was b. Sussex Co., NJ, in 1746 and d. in 1846 in
Sullivan Co., NJ, ancestor of compiler - lack of details prevents
positive identification. Exhibit 9c - "Official Register of the Officers & Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War", William S. Stryker, 1872, 9/24/1995/KDS:
p755, Privates, State
Troops and Militia: Exhibit 9e - Daniel Skinner Family per Skinner forum at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/, 2003:
DANIEL SKINNER born 1746/48 I am looking for information concerning Daniel SKINNER born in Sussex Co., NJ, Sept. 22 1746 or 1748. He married Mary Smith on April 6, 1780 in Goshen, NY. He fathered 10 children, Jeptha, Huldah, Stephen, Moses, Amelia, Mary(Polly), Elizabeth, Eunice, Deturah [KDS note - Keturah], and Isabella. This Skinner line. At some time this Skinner line migrated to Welland, Ontario. Can any one help me? Exhibit 9f - Daniel Skinner Family per Skinner forum at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/, 2003:
Re: DANIEL SKINNER born 1746/48 I am interested in any information you have on Hulda Skinner born 1805 Orange, NY married to John Dean. They both died in Welland, Ontario. I believe her parents are Stephen Dean 1783 and Clarissa Smith. Stephen parents may be Daniel Dean and Mary Smith. I am a descendant of John and Hulda's daughter Clarissa Dean who married Martin Hicks. Exhibit 9g - Daniel Skinner Family per Skinner forum at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/, 2003:
Re: DANIEL SKINNER born 1746/48 Connie, I have Hulda Skinner, daughter of Stephen Smith [KDS note - Stephen Skinner] and Clarissa Smith. She was born May 30, 1805 in NY, died in Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada. I have no date of death or date of marriage. Children of Hulda and John Dean are Rebecca, James, Hiram, Mary Jane, Eliza, Clarissa, Stephen and George. Clarissa married Martin Hicks. Their children were Loranza, Almira, George, Nettie, Nancy and Aldophus. Please email me and tell me what else you need. I have the Sinner line back to the immigration to the USA. This information was sent to me by another researcher so I can not personally verify it. Sue Exhibit 9h - Daniel Skinner Geneology per http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/, 2003:
Re: DANIEL SKINNER born 1746/48 Daniel is my 4th GGfather; the son of Benjamin Skinner 7 Mar 1730/31-1801) who chose to support the British during the Revolutionary War. Altho Benjamin removed to Canada and was granted land there by the crown Daniel remained in Eldred, Sullivan Co, New York until his death. KETURAH, his daughter, married into the Holcombe family of Hartford CT and they removed to Cook's Mill, Welland Ontario to be near Keturah's brother Stephen and her married sister (which one I don't know) Keturah's husband Drayton was a veteran of the war of 1812 which may have created some tension with the Skinners. Keturah and her youngest children removed to Vernon, Trumball County OH without her husband who followed later. Keturah died in 1847 in Ohio; Drayton died in 1887 in Cook's Mill and is buried in Doane's Ridge Cemetary. The line is Thomas Skinner (the immigrant, born 1617) >Thomas > Ebenezer > Joseph > Benjamin > Daniel" Exhibit 9i - Daniel Skinner Geneology per http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/, 2003:
Re: DANIEL SKINNER born 1746/48 I have this on Daniel: Daniel was a merchant sailor and logger. His son, Nathan, wrote the Nathan Skinner manuscript about the early history of Cochecton. On 4 Sept 1755 Daniel purchased 25 acres from his father near Cochecton, part of Joseph's 100 acre share of the Susquehanna purchase. He left about 1759 and took up residence in Newtown, Sussex Co, NJ. In 1763 he returned to Cochecton, and began a career rafting timber down the Delaware river to Philadelphia. Unable to get clear title to his property, and harassed by neighbours anxious to take over the timber business, Daniel moved to Shawngunk Kill in Nov 1772 where his brothers Timothy and Abner had property. He returned to Cochecton in 1777 just in time to run into a 'Committee of Safety'. His new house was plundered and burned. After the War, Daniel settled again in Cochecton and named his farm St. Tammany Flats. Mrs. George A. Wahl, The Skinner Kinsmen: The Descendants of Joseph and Martha (Kinne) Skinner of Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania, Vol 1 (Niagara Falls, NY: 1959). [KDS note - The above Daniel is Daniel #1; apparently by mistake, the topic switches to Daniel #2, who had daughter Keturah.] Daniels son in law, Drayton Holcombe, h/o Keturah had a minor role in the Insurrection of 1838 in "Lower Canada"; after the "Battle of Short Hills" many Canadians and Americans were condemned and transported to Tasmania. You might check on that insurrection for names in your family tree. I'm trying to chase down Samuel Chandler. "With his wife, one child and only one horse he moved in March 1819 from Connecticut to Cook's Mill, Crowland Twp., Welland Co., Ontario, Canada, where his wife's brother, Stephen Skinner, and their married sister lived. there he prospered and within a few years owned Cook's Mill and later had some of the best farms in Welland and adjoining counties. He gave to each of his large family of children a substantial property start in life. A rebellion broke out north of Toronto, Canada, in 1839, in which William Lyon MacKenzie was a leader. Samuel Chandler of Pelham was also a leading insurrectionist. One wet, cold midnight in December, Chandler guiding MacKenzie to the Niagara frontier arrived at Drayton Holdombe's home at Cook's Mill in Welland Co., Ontario for food, warmth and a short sleep. These being hospitably provided, these fugitives resumed their flight before day-break through by-roads and forest paths to McAfee's farm on the Niagara River where MacKenzie crossed to safety in Buffalo, NY. This Chandler was friend of the Holcombe family and their son, Norman Chandler Holcombe had his second Christian name from him. Drayton's kindness to MacKenzie and Chandler became a rumor in the Welland area whereupon Drayton considered it prudent to live in Buffalo until the feeling incident to the rebellion subsided. His son, Norman Chandler, made frequent visits to him in Buffalo from his family remaining on his Crowland farm. William Lyon MacKenzie became the first mayor of Toronto, Canada. Canada's premier during the 2nd World War, W.L. MacKenzie, is a descendant of the insurrectionist MacKenzie above.
SOURCES: FROM A MEMORIAL:
The battle of the Short Hills, Failing to seize power by force in Toronto on December 5, 1837, William Lyon Mckenzie was led to the United States by Samuel Chandler, a wagon maker from St. John's. On June 12, 1838, a "patriot army" of some 29 armed Americans and Upper Canadians, including Samuel Chandler, left Grand Island In the United States to invade Canada. Early on June 21, 1838, the "patriot Army", now about 50 men, rushed Osterhout's Inn on this site where ten Queen's Lancers were posted to keep the peace in St. John's and the Short Hills. The lancers were captured, but later released unharmed. Chandler and other ring leaders were hunted down and tried for treason in Niagara (Niagara-On-The-Lake). James Moreau was hanged; the others were sentenced to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), the British Empire's penal colony then. This incident was one amongst many that would ultimately lead towards the peaceful establishment of responsible government in the late 1840's."
Exhibit 9j - Daniel Skinner Family per Skinner forum at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/, 2003:
Re: Robert Skinner/Mary
Willets NJ/PA Do either of you know if James King, Jr., who married Sarah Current in Sussex Co., NJ on June 24, 1798 was related to your Skinners and Kings? Sarah's younger brother, John Current, married Huldah Skinner, the daughter of Daniel Skinner, (who was in turn the son of either Joseph or Benjamen Skinner, depending on which theory you subscribe to.) I have for some time been trying to find out what became of Sarah and James, and thought you may have some information that might lead to their discovery, since you also have information about Skinners and Kings from NJ. Would appreciate any help you might give. Marilyn Current of Michigan Exhibit 9k - Daniel Skinner Family per Skinner forum at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/, 2003:
Re: Robert Skinner/Mary
Willets NJ/PA I know little of the King family. I would think that all of the Kings of central Jersey likely descend from the same family, originally of Morris Co. By the 1790's, all of the Jersey families had grown and branched out to the point where many interactions take place. Some info you probably already have that I dreached up from my site - Joseph Skinner and sons Daniel and Benjamin apppeared in Sussex Co., NJ in the mid-1700's. Benjamin stayed on until the War. Both Daniel and Benjamin had sons named Daniel. Benjamin's son Daniel was the father of Huldah. Not sure of any alternative theories as you suggested, though I wonder how Huldah could still have been in Sussex Co in the late 1790's to have married John Current. Huldah's father moved to NY where he married there in 1780. Benjamin's life parallels that of William Current Sr. Both were of the same generation and both had NJ lands confiscated, with replacement land provided by the British government at Welland, Ontario. Both had children who did not follow them to Cananda. Benjamin's family ended up in Sullivan and Orange Co, NY, just north of NJ. Wonder if any of the Currents ended up there as well. Exhibit 9l - Daniel Skinner Family per Skinner forum at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/, 2003:
Re: Robert Skinner/Mary
Willets NJ/PA Hello Kevin, Thank you for the interesting parallels between William Current and Benjamin Skinner. That is good information to have. What I was referring to is the disagreement between the common theory that Daniel Skinner, of Orange Co., NY and m. to Mary Smith, was the son of Benjamin (and Millicent) Skinner, who in turn was the son of Joseph Skinner and Martha Kinney, as opposed to the theory held out by some of Daniel's descendants, that he was the direct son of Joseph and Martha. (I realize this last theory has problems, in that there is another Daniel Skinner, m. to Lille Healy, who is attributed to being Joseph and Martha's son.) But, at least, Joseph and Mary have a "hole" in their roster of children at the true date of Daniel's birth, whereas Benjamin was not yet of marrying age when Daniel was TRULY born. In order to make Daniel, h/o Mary, to fit into the family of Benjamin and Millicent, an incorrect birth date has been attributed to him. My connection with the family is through Daniel and Mary's daughter, Huldah, who was married to John Current. Huldah's obituary spent nearly as much time on her father's story, as to her own, so is very insightful. From this obituary we find that Daniel's correct birth and death years were 1746-1846, for he lived to be a hundred years old. (His daughter, Huldah, lived to be 101.) It is commonly known reported that Benjamin was b. in 1730, which would make him only 16 at the time of this Daniel's birth--highly unlikely. Benjamin's next son, (if, indeed, this Daniel was his son), was Jeptha, who was born 11 years after our Daniel-- hardly logical! [KDS note - Benjamin's children are unknown and do not include JEPTHA.] This obituary also explains how John Current and Huldah Skinner had the opportunity to meet and marry, while living in different countries (he was in Canada by the time of their marriage.)
Here is Huldah (Skinner)
Current's obituary, (which should be more widely distributed among
Skinner family historians): The Welland Tribune: Friday, April 27, 1883, p.7 OBITUARY. DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN. MRS. HULDAH CURRENT. A lifetime of a hundred years! How few among us live it in this fast, busy age. And yet there are a few exceptions, and among them we note Mrs. Huldah Current, relict of the late John Current, of Crowland, who died at the residence of her son, W.N. Current, Esq., at Welland, on Friday last, April 20th, as [.......2 lines unreadable.....] daughter of Daniel Skinner, who, prior to the revolutionary war, lived in Stamford Township, this country. Taking strong sides with the colonists, Mr. Skinner threw in his lot with them and bore arms under Washington at the close of the war settled in Orange county, N.Y., naturally preferring to remain under the flag he had conscientiously and bravely striven to maintain. It was there that his daughter, Huldah, the subject of this sketch, was born. Whilst still Miss Skinner she came to Stamford, early in the present century, and stopped with a relative, a Mr. Biggar, and was in Stamford during the battle of Lundy's Lane. She was possessed of many remininscences of the war which she could detail readily, her intellect being, up to her death, unusually bright and keen. She married the late John Current, of Crowland Township, and lived on the old homestead until the death of her husband, and afterwards with her son, W.N. Current, Esq., who owned a part of the property, living with the latter until her death. Mrs. Current came of a long-lived family. Her mother died in July, 1846, aged 90 years, and her father a few months later, aged 100 years, retaining his mental and physical energies in a remarkable degree. As the chronicler of that time records it: "Together they lived for almost 70 years, and almost together they ceased to live: and their bodies repose side by side in the silent grave." The deceased had suffered from rheumatism for the past five years, the last two years being wholly unable to use her lower limbs. She bore her severe affliction with true christian patience and resignation, finding earthly comfort n the solicitude with which her son, W.N. Current, and his family ever cared for her, and, most important of all human concerns, hope and consolation in a clear conception and assurance of the promises of Him whose promises never fail. The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon, the services being conducted by Rev. Mr. Forman, who impressively testified that the deceased had no doubts or misgivings as to the greeting that would welcome her to her heavenly Father's mansions, but calmly awaited the fateful stroke, in her case so long delayed. Mr. John B. Doan acted as funeral director, and Messrs. H. Buchner, Jacob Griffith, David McEwing, T. Blanchard, T. Teakey and Alexander Asher as pallsmen. the casket containing the body was richly lined and trimmed with black cloth, the silver plate attached bearing the inscription: MOTHER HULDAH CURRENT aged 101 years. Interment took place at Doan's Ridge cemetery, a very large attendance of friends testifying their respect for the deceased, and her century of usefulness thus peacefully terminated. In her demise the county loses probably its oldest and certainly one of its most respected citizens. ---------- Known dates and places for Daniel and Mary: Daniel b. Sept. 22, 1746, Sussex Co., NJ, d. Eldred, Sullivan Co., NY, bur. Eldred Cem., m. Mary Smith, d/o David Smith, Sr. Apr. 6, 1780, Presb. Church, Goshen, NY; b. Mar. 6, 1755, NY, d. July 6, 1846, Lumberland, Sullivan Co., NY, b. Eldred Cem.; 10 known children, all of those with known birthplaces were b. Orange Co., NY. Orange Co. and Sullivan Co. are both along the Delaware River which runs between NY, NJ, and PA. If you can shed any more light that will help clear up this puzzle, I would greatly appreciate it. I also have information about Daniel and his brother Haggai rafting logs down the Delaware River:
Subj: [NJSUSSEX-L] River
rafts were once timber, SKINNER, SMITH, BARNES Editor's Note: In honor of the 250th anniversary of Sussex County, which was established in 1753, The New Jersey Herald will be printing a historic detail each day through the end of the year. "Cruising down the Delaware on a rubber raft is a popular way to spend a summer afternoon, but it is by no means a modern invention. In former days, however, those who braved the river did so on rafts made of timbers. Tradition has it that DANIEL SKINNER of Callicoon (NY) was the first to attempt this feat in 1764. The timbers came from trees that were chopped down in late fall or winter, when the river was too low for rafting. But when the river rose, rafting commenced in earnest on the Upper Delaware, with either Trenton (NJ) or Philadelphia (PA) as the destination. These trips took about three days. The rafters would return home on foot, carrying their equipment on a journey that could take four days. The raftsmen were known to stop at any of the numerous taverns in Sussex County for either food or lodging. A May 5, 1855 news article reported that "Rafts to the amount of at least 80,000 were tied up at the eddy a mile above Easton, and it was estimated that the value of the lumber floated down the Delaware during the spring exceeded $1 million. It wasn't all smooth sailing, however. A May 3, 1857 article reported "destructive freshets in the Delaware at Easton when the Delaware rose 23 1/2 feet and the current was so strong as to cause six heavy rafts to break loose. A son of Jacob SMITH of Belvidere and a raftsman named MOSER lost their lives in the flood." Source: Jennie Sweetman for The New Jersey Herald. (Russ McGillivray; russmcgillivray@hotmail.com; http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=russmcgillivray&id=I3342): "About 1767, Haggai was living with his brother Daniel in Cochecton, NY and shared with him a business of rafting timber down the Delaware river to Philadelphia (PA). He and Daniel were accused of having wounded several Indian chiefs at a party on Christmas Day, 1771 and potentially provoking a war, but were exonerated. Among those who testified to his and Daniel's good character were several named Westbrook." The Daniel Skinner who was married to Lille Healy was living in Wayne Co., PA in the years mentioned here. This is on the lower,rather than the upper, Delaware. Also, he was an admiral, seeming to identify him with the open seas, rather than with river rafting. Haggai Skinner, the one who did the river rafting, was living in Stamford, Welland Co., Ont., Can. at the time of his death, in 1823. This, too, seems to tie Daniel and Mary, parents of Huldah Skinner Current, to this Haggai, as brothers, sons of Joseph and Martha. If you have any other thoughts, or can shed more light onto the question, I would greatly appreciate it. Would also like to know who the other Daniel, married to Lille Healy, belongs to, if not to Joseph and Martha.
thanks again Exhibit 9m - Family of William Current Sr. per http://www.familysearch.org/, 2003:
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