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Members of the family a part of whose genealogy is given
!.....? m. Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ
!.....Holcombe, LG. Descendants of Richard Alexander Skinner of Loudoun County, Virginia.
p 2: When Charles I lost the English throne, and his head as well, only Jersey and Virginia of all Stuart dominions remained loyal to the Crown. During Oliver Cromwell's rule, Isle of Jersey bailiff Sir George Cartaret twice gave refuge to exiled Charles II. These kindnesses were remembered gratefully after the Restoration. Sir George and another favorite, Lord Berkeley, were granted all lands between the Hudson and Delaware rivers in America, a domain that became New Jersey.
Governor Cartaret brought with him eighteen young men as indentured servants, bonded under contract for from three to five years servitude for their passage to America. These servants were usually adult white persons who were bound to labor for a period of years. There were three main classes of these laborers: "free-willers;" those who were kidnapped or forced to leave their homeland because of poverty, religious, or political reason; and those former inmates of prison. The scarcity of laborers to work in the colonies led to kidnapping or various other methods of enticing persons to agree to be bound. Their contracts were often sold to plantation owners or farmers for a fixed number of years. The importation of these indentured servants became quite a lucrative business to those with the necessary capital to own or charter a ship. The prisoners were sentenced by the courts to deportation and on their arrival in America were indentured, usually for seven years. After a few years, deportation of convicts was discontinued to the American colonies and changed to the Barbados and Australia because of complaints from the colonists. No stigma was attached to this condition of servitude. The families of such persons were accepted in the community and their children were free.
Among the eighteen indentured servants of Gov. Philip Cartaret was a young man from the Isle of Jersey, a Richard Skinner. Among a group of French girls who came as indentured servants to Lady Elizabeth Cartaret was a Susanna Poulaine. They arrived in the new colony in August of 1665.
Richard Skinner and Susanna Poulaine were married May 1, 1666 at Elizabethtown by T. Ballen, Secy. of the Province of East Jersey (Vol. I, 3rd series, NJ Historical Society, p. 110). Richard Skinner was a joiner (carpenter) and built the first houses in Woodbridge. According to Rev. Dally, the town was named in honor of Rev. John Woodbridge of Newberry, MA.
To Richard and Susanna was born first John Skinner (Sr.) born circa 1667-8; died circa 1725. He left a will dated 12 Jul 1725, proved 19 Aug 1749; executors were his wife Ann and son John (NJ Archives, Series 7, Vol. 20, wills 1730-1750). From Monette [who has been proven terribly wrong in some areas of Skinner material]: "John Skinner, First of Woodbridge. He was called Senior, hence two of the same name were contemporaneous. He was the son of the first Richard Skinner, probably b. 1667-8 and died 1725. Their 2nd son was Richard Skinner, known as "Deacon" who married Sarah Moore, daughter of Mathew Moore and to them were born at least two children, Mathew and Sarah. In 1712, he had land near that accepted for a schoolhouse at Rohway (Dally p. 155). He was in Woodbridge Church in 1707-8 with Frances, John and Ann Skinner (NJ Archives, Vol. XXX, p. 343). Monnette records that he probabloy had two sons, Jonathan and Nathaniel, appearing later at Woodbridge.
!.....Jennings, Marian (9/90) fgs
!.....E86.0405.01 Thacker, Marilyn fgs : indicates son William who m Mary B Brooks; Note: Richard came to the Americas from England with several others in 1665.
!.....E89.0304.32a Martin, Anna L (7/85)
!.....E94.0711.09 Hillman, Norma (12/92)
!.....Spencer, Barbara (9/94) MPSK42A@@prodigy.com
!.....E95.0801.13 Patrick, Ervin fgs 76360.345@@CompuServe.com : death date & place
!.....E95.0808.87-88 SKU 12(4)96 HobbiesÐThe Magazine for Collectors. September, 1958. Richard Skinner was a joiner who came with Governor Carteret as one of his servants. He married May 1, 1666 Susannah Poulain, one of the French girls that came at the same time from the Isle of Jersey. Later he was a servant of Balthazar De Hart of New York. He apparently did very well i his new country for after the death of De Hart in 1672 he purchased the De Hart property from the executors. Unfortunately he failed to comply with the terms of the purchase, and he later relinquished his possession. He took the oath of allegiance at Elizabethtown, N.J., September 11, 1673.
!.....E95.0814.02 SKU 14(1)2 Walker, Wilma Jean fgs
!.....E96.0731.23 Murray, Shirley lineage