Henrietta (Payne) Skillman (1771 - 1848)

Born 30 Dec 1771 in Loudoun County, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Christopher Skillman — married 9 Mar 1793 in Loudoun, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Feb 1848 at age 76 in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Henrietta Payne was born in Virginia on 10 December 1771.^[1][2] Her father was Josias (or Josiah) Payne, evidenced by a 1796 petition by her and her siblings Keziah and John to the Virginia House of Delegates for approval of the nuncupative will of prominent Alexandria, Virginia, tavern-keeper John Lomax, which gave a residual bequest to the children of Josiah Payne after the death or remarriage of Lomax's widow.^[3] The Petition stated that the conditions of this conditional bequest had been triggered.^[4]

Henrietta had married Christopher Skillman on 9 March 1793 in Loudoun County, Virginia, and he was involved in this claim to the Lomax estate. He and Henrietta joined with her sister Keziah (Payne) Beveridge and her husband, John Beveridge, in settling the claim for 90 pounds in an Indenture filed in the Hustings Court for Alexandria on 5 March 1800.^[5] The Indenture was signed on 13 November 1799 and recites that Josiah Payne had been "a brother of the half-blood by the Mother's side" with Lomax and was also dead at that time. ^[5]

Henrietta and Christopher Skillman had the following children–first in Virginia; then in Bourbon County, Kentucky, where they moved about 1806:^[2]

• Violinda (Skillman) Fleming, 9 January 1794–17 December 1868^[6]
• John Skillman, born 30 January 1796
• William Skillman, born 1797
• Katherine (Skillman) Rogers (1798-1852)^[7]
• Nancy (Skillman) Lander (abt.1800-abt.1867)^[8]
• Keziah (Skillman) Torian, born 31 January 1805^[9]
• Josiah Payne Skillman, born 23 September 1807
• Elizabeth (Skillman) Branham, born 1809^[10]
• Isaac Harrison Skillman, born 1811
• James Beverage Skillman, born 1813
• Christopher C. Skillman, born 1815

Henrietta passed away on 15 February 1848.^[1].

Research Notes

Henrietta Payne has at times been identified as the daughter of Josias Payne Jr. (1735-1804) and Elizabeth (Fleming) Payne (1735-1789). ^[11]. This is impossible since, as Josiah Payne, Jr.'s, profile shows, he was alive at the time Henrietta said her father was dead.

The names of Henrietta and Christopher's children reflect the family relationships shown here. They named a daughter "Violinda" for her mother and a son "Josiah Payne" for her father. They named a daughter "Keziah" and a son "James Beverage" (or Beveridge, both are used in the attached Indenture) for her sister and brother-in-law.

The connections beween John Lomax, Josias Payne and Violinda (Payne) Skinner had been well-documented years before any claim was made to the Lomax estate. When her mother obtained a bond to administer the estate of her father when he died in 1782, John Lomax joined in the bond.^[12]. Some of the property identified in the inventory of the estate of Josias Payne, specifically two slaves named Sarah and Newman,^[13], were specified in 1790 as a part of the dower received by the remarried Virlinda Skinner, as the widow of Josias Payne.^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 15 February 2021), memorial page for Henretta Payne Skillman (10 Dec 1771–15 Feb 1848), Find A Grave: Memorial #115837179, citing Rogers-Skillman Cemetery, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Kate Orr Messer (contributor 47451562) .
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "The Family of John and Catherine Skillman", Bourbon County, KY Genealogical Society, http://sites.rootsweb.com/~kybcgs/family/ff-jskillman.htm , accessed 19 Apr 2021
3. ↑ Deposition of William Hunter, Jr., Sarah Edwards & Joseph Veroni, taken 20 Jan 1787; Fairfax Will Book E, 191; "Fairfax, Virginia, United States Records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89PC-2G9S : June 8, 2021), image 409 of 708; Virginia. County Court (Fairfax County).
4. ↑ "Historical and Genealogical Notes: Lomax," The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. IX, no.2 (Oct 1900) 136. Image copy Family Search http://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/381230 (Image 279 of 612), accessed 21 Apr 2021. Image appended.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Alexandria, Virginia, Hustings Court at 408-12; deed executed 13 Nov 1799 and filed 5 Mar 1800; transcription appended
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 April 2021), memorial page for Violinda Skillman Fleming (9 Jan 1794–16 Dec 1868), Find A Grave: Memorial #68181110, citing Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Cass County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by SPhelps (contributor 46977405) .
7. ↑ "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWYJ-X8M : 23 February 2021), Kitty Skillman in entry for William Rogers, 1817.
8. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5Z4-8K1 : 9 March 2021), John Lander and Nancy Shellman, 11 Jan 1823; citing Marriage, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 183,084.
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 April 2021), memorial page for Keziah Skillman Torian (31 Jan 1805–10 Jan 1878), Find A Grave: Memorial #28782773, citing New Bethlehem Church Cemetery, Horn Lake, DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Marian Brune McCreary (contributor 47262751) .
10. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5Z4-P2T : 9 March 2021), Augustine W Branham and Eliza Skileman, 5 Sep 1829; citing Marriage, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 183,145.
11. ↑ Source: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; Volume: 312 Record for Elizabeth Fleming Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2204&h=598392&indiv=try
12. ↑ "Fairfax, Virginia, United States Records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99P6-9K52 : April 21, 2021), image 191 of 510; Fairfax County (Virginia). County Clerk, Virginia. County Court (Fairfax County).
13. ↑ "Fairfax, Virginia, United States Records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89PC-2GZZ : April 21, 2021), image 205 of 708; Virginia. County Court (Fairfax County).
14. ↑ "Loudoun, Virginia, United States Records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9P6-MRP : April 21, 2021), image 372 of 586; Virginia. County Court (Loudoun County).

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Wendy Lewis for creating WikiTree profile Payne-3478 through the import of Lewis Family Tree.ged on Aug 17, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Wendy and others.