John SKINNER

Birth: ABT 1750/1775
Death: 31 OCT 1832

Father: Cortlandt SKINNER
Mother: Elizabeth KEARNY

Family 1: Elizabeth FORD

                      _William SKINNER _________
 _Cortlandt SKINNER _|
|                    |_Elizabeth VAN_CORTLANDT _
|
|--John SKINNER 
|
|                     __________________________
|_Elizabeth KEARNY __|
                     |__________________________

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Notes

!.....E05.1126.17 Jones, Rev. W. Northey, M.A., Rector of St. Peter's Church, Perth Amboy. The History of St. Peter's Church in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. The Oldest Congregation of the Church in the state of New Jersey. From its organization in 1698 to the year of our Lord 1923 and the celebration of the 225th anniversary of the parish. Also a genealogy of the families buried in the churchyard. (p. 464) He was a midshipman in the British Navy and lost one of his arms in an action with some Colonial batteries on the Hudson. He was ardently attached to the Loyalist cause in War of 1812, and his wife was as firmly wedded to the American and this difference of sentiment caused an estrangement although it never resulted in a separation, although thirteen years elapsed after the second war with Great Britain before they saw each other. During the latter part of his life he was a retired Lieutenant, but still followed the sea. He was drowned at sea in a storm, Oct. 31, 1832, while in command of a packet ship between Holyhead and Dublin. Whitehead in his history of Perth Amboy states that he was a bachelor, but this is probably a mistake. He is said to have married Elizabeth Ford, born 1785, died August, 1851, who was the daughter of Thomas Ford, who built Manning Lane. (Notes of Mrs. Manning Skinner.)

!.....E 95.0417.07 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

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