Philip Kearny SKINNER

Father: Cortlandt SKINNER
Mother: Elizabeth KEARNY 

                      _William SKINNER _________
 _Cortlandt SKINNER _|
|                    |_Elizabeth VAN_CORTLANDT _
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|--Philip Kearny SKINNER 
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|                     __________________________
|_Elizabeth KEARNY __|
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! E91.0527.03 SKU 8(2):25 Encylcopedia of the American Revolution. p 1012. Skinner, Cortlandt. 1728-1799. His son, Philip Kearny Skinner, was a British Lt. Gen. in 1825, the year before his death. E95.0417.05 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 Brigadier-General Cortlandt Skinner (q.v.). On December 21, 1782, he received a commission as Ensign in the 23rd Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers), and was promoted Lieutenant in the same Regiment on November 23, 1785. The young American remained in this Regiment as Captain (October 22, 1793) and Captain-Lieutenant (September 1, 1795), until his promotion as Lieutenant-Colonel in the 56th (or the West Essex) Regiment of Foot on December 11, 1799. He served in Ireland, 1800-1805. On October 25, 1809, he became Colonel, having served since June 20, previous, as Assistant Adjutant-General. His next promotion dates from August 1, 1811, when he was appointed Quartermaster-General in the East Indies. He was granted the rank of Major-General on January 1, 1812, and Lieutenant-General in 1825. He became a member of the Consolidated Board of General Officers. General SkinnerŐs active service includes the expedition to Ostend (where he was taken prisoner), and in the East and West Indies and Spain. Before his death in Regent street, London, on April 7 (or 9), 1826, he had withdrawn his claim for property at Perth Amboy and elsewhere in America. (A.O. 13:83)). In his will, dated April 3, 1826, he bequeathed all his property in trust for his sister, Gertrude (wife of Captain Meredith, of the 70th Regiment), for his nephews, Philip Kearny Skinner and Arthur Skinner (sons of his brother, Cortlandt). Other beneficiaries were his sister, Euphemia, wife of Oliver Barbarie, and her two sons, John and Cortlandt; his sister, Catherine, wife of Sir William Henry Robinson; his sister, Susan, wife of Major Jasper Farmer; his brothers, Cortlandt (q.v.) and Major John Skinner (q.v.); his nieces, daughters of his brother-in-law, William Tyrrell (Terrill) Esq., (q.v.), of New York, and his wife, formerly Isabella Macartney. To his nephew, William Henry Robinson, Ensign in the 72nd Regiment, he left his freehold property at Aylesbury in the county of Bucks, England. (Swabey 237).

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