| Name |
John Skene [1] |
| Birth |
Abt 1649 |
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
18 Nov 1659 |
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Burgess of Aberdeen - date admitted |
| Education |
1662 |
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Marischal College |
| Religion |
6 May 1673 |
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Quaker. Attended a conventicle on the north side of Upper Kirk Gate. He preached at meetings in the houses of fellow members of the Society of Friends |
| Imprisonment |
12 Mar 1675/76 |
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Held in Aberdeen Tolbooth, accused of attending Quaker meetings at the houses of Alexander Harper, Alexander Skein, George Keith and Robert Bruce, and of failing to attend Kirk services |
| Legal |
Abt Oct 1676 |
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Militia under Captain George Melville were ordered to lift the property of Quakers including those of John Skene and took goods to the value of £130 3s 4d then £100. |
| Imprisonment |
2 May 1677 |
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Escaped from Aberdeen Tolbooth; captured and sent to Edinburgh Tolbooth |
| Imprisonment |
13 Jun 1677 |
Banff, Banffshire, Scotland |
| Five Quakers (Patrick Livingstone, George Keith, Robert Barclay, John Skene and Alexander Jaffray) were removed from Aberdeen to prison in Banff, where they could not preach out the tolbooth windows! |
- On their release he accompanied Robert Barclay to London where he met William Penn
|
| Legal |
17 Jul 1678 |
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
| With other Quakers, fined by the Privy Council for keeping conventicles at a house on the north side of Kirkgate, Aberdeen |
| Occupation |
Abt 1681 |
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [2] |
| Merchant. His business failed around this time and he took to practising 'physic' to support his family |
| Residence |
1681 |
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Freemason, member of Old Aberdeen Lodge No.1 ter |
| Role |
1682 |
West Jersey, New Jersey, USA |
| Proprietor (West Jersey) |
| Property |
14 Jun 1682 |
Burlington, New Jersey, USA [3] |
| Memorandum of Deed by Edward Byllinge to John Skene for 250 acres to be surveyed. |
| Departure |
Abt Jul 1682 |
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [4] |
| Aboard the Golden Hind of London |
| Arrival |
Oct 1682 |
Delaware River, USA |
| Title Suffix |
later of Peachfield |
| Residence |
Abt 1683 |
Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, USA |
| Freemason - widely regarded as the first in Colonial America |
| Occupation |
Oct 1684 |
West Jersey, New Jersey, USA |
| Deputy Governor of West Jersey, to 1688 |
| Will |
19 Aug 1690 |
Westampton, Burlington, New Jersey, USA [5] |
| Wife Helena sole heiress and executrix. |
| Death |
Aft 19 Aug 1690 |
Westampton, Burlington, New Jersey, USA [5] |
|
| Probate |
10 Apr 1695 |
Westampton, Burlington, New Jersey, USA |
| Origin |
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [6] |
| Person ID |
I44861 |
East Jersey Genealogies |
| Last Modified |
7 Dec 2025 |
| Family |
Helen Fullarton, b. Abt 1652, Montrose, Angus, Scotland d. 1698, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage |
23 Oct 1669 |
Montrose, Angus, Scotland [8] |
- At Kinnaber, reported to the Aberdeen Quaker Monthly Meeting
|
| Children |
| | 1. Lillias Skene, b. 28 Feb 1672/73 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. Katharine Skene, b. 1671 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 3. Christian Skene, b. 5 Mar 1674/75, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 4. Marie Skene, b. 3 Dec 1674, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 1720, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (Age 45 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 5. Alexander Skene, b. Mentioned in his father's will as the eldest son [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F31227 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
7 Dec 2025 |