John SKINNER

Father: William SKINNER
Mother: Elizabeth VAN_CORTLANDT

Family 1:
  1. James SKINNER 
                            _Richard SKINNER _
 _William SKINNER _________|
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|--John SKINNER 
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|_Elizabeth VAN_CORTLANDT _|
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! E 95.0417.05,07 SKU 12(2):32 Jones, E Alfred, M.A., F.R. Hist. Soc. The Loyalists of New Jersey / Their Memorials, Petitions, Claims, Etc. From English Records Newark, NJ New Jersey Historical Society 1927. He was the son of the Rev. William Skinner, of Perth Amboy, and brother of Brigadier-General Cortlandt Skinner. He entered the Provincial service, (circa 1755) at the same time as his brother, William (q.v.), and was Lieutenant in the same Company. Both were taken prisoners at Oswego in 1756, and were taken to France and then transferred to England. While waiting in England for a commission in the regular army he volunteered his services in a secret cruising expedition in the Mediterranean, returning in October, 1757. His commissions in the regular British army are as follows: Ensign in the 3rd Foot (Colonel HowardÕs), on September 27, 1757; Lieutenant in the 61st (Colonel GreyÕs) Foot, from December 1, 1758, to 1762, serving therein as stated in the War with the French in North America. On June 25, 1762, he was promoted Captain-Lieutenant in the 119th Foot (Captain Charles FitzroyÕs). Promotion as Captain came to him in the 70th Foot on June 10, 1768, and he returned with it to England in 1770. He was made Major in that Regiment on November 17, 1780. In 1784, he retired from the army and settled as a merchant in his native place of Perth Amboy. Here he died in December, 1797, leaving one son, James, by his marriage on February 16, 1774, to Sarah Kearny, daughter of Philip Kearny, the prominent Lawyer of Perth Amboy and his second wife, Isabella, daughter of Chief Justice Robert Lettice Hooper. (Army Lists; A.O. 13:83; WhiteheadÕs ÒPerth Amboy,Ó p. 119). E95.0808.87-88 SKU 12(4)96 HobbiesÐThe Magazine for Collectors. September, 1958. John, the fourth and youngest son of Rev. William Skinner, entered military service with his brother William and served i the British army between 1755 and 1784. He served in England during the time of the Revolution. Subsequently he sold his commission, returned to America and took up residence in Perth Amboy, N.J., where he entered into the mercantile business. On February 16, 1774, he married Sarah, daughter of Philip Kearney and his second wife, Isabella, daughter of Robert Lettice Hooper of Trenton, N.J., Chief Justice of the Province, John died in December of 1797. He left on son James who died at Amboy in 1827, leaving a wife and daughter. The daughter, previous to her marriage, was the last of the descendants of Rev. William Skinner in this country bearing his name.

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