The Ancestors and Relatives of William Addams Reitwiesner
Part MCMLXI
The Descendants of Christopher Billopp



Descendants of Christopher Billopp
                   
1. CHRISTOPHER BILLOPP, b. Beverly, Yorkshire, ... [ca. 1636], d. ... [will dated Fleet Prison, St. Brides, London, 25 Apr. 1724, proved 24 Apr. 1725], son of Christopher Billopp and of ... ,
m. (1) ...
ANN ... , b. ... d. ... , dau. of ... and of ... ,
m. (2) ... , as her second husband,
Katherine Batsford, b. ... , d. ... [by 1700] [she had m. (1) ... 6 July 1674, Jasper Farmar, b. ... , d. at sea aboard the Bristol Merchant between 25 Sept. 1685 and 10 Nov. 1685 (admin. Philadelphia 19 Jan. 1685/6)], dau. of ... Batsford and of Mary ... .
Issue by first wife (surname Billopp):
2 a. Mary, b. ... , d. ... [ca. 1725].
3 b. Ann, b. ... [bapt. Saint Nicholas, Cole Abbey, London, 12 March 1673], d. ... .
Issue by second wife: none.



Generation II


2. Mary Billopp, b. ... , d. ... [ca. 1725], dau. of Christopher Billopp [number 1] and of Ann ... ,
m. (1) ... , Rev. ... Brooke, b. ... , d. at sea ... 1707, son of ... Brooke and of ... ,
m. (2) ... 1709, as his first wife, Rev. William Skinner, b. ... 1688, d. Perth Amboy, N. J., 21 Aug. 1758 [he later m. ... 1727, Elizabeth Van Cortlandt, b. ... 24 May 1694, d. ... 1766], son of Richard Skinner and of Susanna Poulain.
No issue.


3. Ann Billopp, b. ... [bapt. Saint Nicholas, Cole Abbey, London, 12 March 1673], d. ... , dau. of Christopher Billopp [number 1] and of Ann ... ,
m. London ... [ca. 1705], Thomas Farmar, b. Garranekinnefeake, co. Cork [now Garrán an Chiniféicigh, Contai Chorcai, Éire], ... 1674, d. ... [intestate, administrator appointed New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., N. J., 10 June 1752], son of Jasper Farmar and of Katherine Batsford.
For issue, see Part CMLXXX.









NOTES






1 -- Christopher Billopp, an officer in the Royal Navy, was granted about 1000 acres at the southernmost point of Staten Island by James Duke of York. On this land Billopp erected a stone manor house he named "Bentley Manor", now known as "The Conference House". See William T. Davis, The Conference or Billopp House [Staten Island Historical Society, 1926]. See also John Henry Livingston of Clermont, The minor manors of New York [Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America, 1923], pp. 16-31.


















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