Joseph Skinner (1707 - 1755)

Born 17 Jan 1707 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Kinne) Skinner — married 30 Apr 1729 in Preston, Connecticut

Descendants

Died Dec 1755 at age 48 in Northampton County, Province of Pennsylvania

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Biography

This profile is part of the Skinner Name Study.

Joseph Skinner was born in Jan 7 1707 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut Colony to Ebenezer Skinner and Sarah (Lord) Skinner ^[1]. Alt DOB 1708, Connecticut.^[2] Alt 17 Jan 7/08, Colchester, father Ebenezer.^[3]

He married Martha Kinne recently of Salem, on 30 April 1729, at Preston-Griswold, New London, Connecticut.^[4][5][6][7]Prescot and Griswold are essentially the same places this time in history. See History of Griswold, Connecticut,

He was a pioneer in the Delaware Valley of Pennsylvania, arriving there in 1754 and later bringing his family there. Within a year of settling along the Delaware River near Callicoon Creek he left on a trip regarding his land title and never returned. Two years later his remains were found near his home in Taylor's Eddy, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He had been shot; the death was blamed on "unknown Indians."^[8]

As noted his date of death was unknown, although Dec 1755 is suggested. Burial location unknown other than "an island in the Delaware River" not far from Cashetunk.^[9]

His wife survived him. They produced thirteen children.^{[citation needed]}

Research Notes

Disputed Relationship

It is possible that Joseph didn't marry Martha Kinne, and instead married Abigail West.

To Do

• There is quite a bit of information still to be referenced and summarized in this skinnerkinsmen.org profile. Maddox-1056 04:36, 22 February 2015 (EST)

External Files

• File O173 File: Format: story MTYPE story. STYPE x-inline. SIZE 1954. Murder by Indians. RIN 5ee4ea1c-1684-4cfc-bae9-c2b24ac38a87 1755 Taylor's Eddy, Damascus, Pennsylvania. Physical Description: Story of Joseph Skinner murdered by Indians in Pennsylvania META <metadataxml><content><line><p>http:/genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/print.cgi?skinner::3028.html</p></line><line>Joseph1 Skinner was born January 17, 1707/08 in Colchester,CT, and died December 1755 in murdered at the Delaware River/Damascus, Wayne, Pennsylvania. He married Martha Kenney, daughter of Thomas Kenney and Martha Cox. She was born January 20, 1711/12, and died in Taylor's Eddy, Damascas, Wayne, Pennsylvania or Preston CT.
• Notes for Joseph Skinner (murdered; killed by Indians it was said)at Delaware River, Taylor's Eddy, Damascus, Pennsylvania. Date of arrival in Damascus from "The History of Wayne Co. by Goodrich org pub. 1880 page, page 120. Joseph Skinner, sen, was shot in the head and killed at Taylors Eddy, about one mile above Cochecton Bridge. The murder was not charged to the Cushetunk Indians and it was supposed it was caused by some lurking savage of the northern tribe. (killed on island in Delaware River, between Wayne (PA) Sullivan Co. The Connecticut title came from the Iroquois, while the New York proprietors had bought of the natives of the region. Shortly after Mr.Skinner brough his family to Cushutunk, accompanied by others of the settlers, he went to the confederated tribes to make some amicable adjustment of the differences, and on his way back was killed by some unknown person. As he did not return to the settlement his wife, concluding that he had been murdered, went back to her old home in Preston. Subsequently his body was found, where he had been shot on the banks of a small stream, just above the residence of Hon. James C. Curtis, and was identified by a prayer-book, on the fly-leaf of which his name was written. Murdered at Delaware River, Taylor's Eddy.</line></content><metadataxml> CREA 2021-12-18 23:41:52.000 CLON TID 28690956. PID 26204590319. OID bf732ad9-fe5d-4831-a855-23138756d4b1. Origin: u MSER LKID bf732ad9-fe5d-4831-a855-23138756d4b1.

• File O188 File: Format: jpg. photo MTYPE document. STYPE jpeg. SIZE 31827. WDTH 250. HGHT 188. Joseph Skinner. RIN 6a636703-15e3-4225-8ebd-9d8d62622c62 3 Apr 1773 Bolton, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA CREA 2021-12-18 23:40:55.000 CLON TID 117190283. PID 112076920730. OID 509f7d5f-2765-4f9a-b7bf-462efd118d44. Origin: u URL: https:/www.findagrave.com/memorial/58902258joseph-skinner. MSER LKID 509f7d5f-2765-4f9a-b7bf-462efd118d44.

• File O21 File: Format: jpg. photo MTYPE portrait. STYPE pjpeg. SIZE 376536. WDTH 1797. HGHT 2972. Joseph Skinner birth 1708. RIN 0d198273-cee2-4131-b069-4bdf707c6028 Physical Description: birth Jan 17, 1707/8 - Notation used for dates before the time when Jan 1 was consistently the beginning of the New Year. March 1 used to be the beginning of the New Year. META <metadataxml><cemetery ><transcription /><metadataxml> CREA 2021-11-17 16:50:36.000 CLON TID 9397945. PID -24991565. OID d3a1ec77-8952-452a-9c49-ed86ef487955. Origin: u MSER LKID d3a1ec77-8952-452a-9c49-ed86ef487955.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F74Y-M2N : accessed 22 February 2015), Joseph Skinner, 17 Jan 1707; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
2. ↑ Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Early Connecticut Marriages [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
5. ↑ "Connecticut, Marriages, 1630-1997," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F7PB-YXV : accessed 22 February 2015), Joseph Skinner and Martha Kinni, 30 Apr 1729; citing Connecticut, United States, reference ; FHL microfilm 4,374.
6. ↑ 1729, CT - Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
7. ↑ Connecticut Church Records State Library Index Griswold First Congregational 1720-1887. Ancestry.com. online images. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut., editor Publication: https://www.ancestry.com/: n.d.
8. ↑ Darke, Eleanor. A Mill Should be Build Thereon: An Early History of the Todmorden Mills. Dundurn, 1995, p. 22
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26146888/joseph-skinner : accessed 07 September 2021), memorial page for Joseph Skinner (17 Jan 1707–Dec 1755), Find A Grave: Memorial #26146888, ; Maintained by seekerJay (contributor 46998289) Non-Cemetery Burial, who reports a No cemeteries were organized at the time as this was the frontier; the knowledge of his burial place has been lost other than "an island in the Delaware River" not far from Cushetunk..

• * The Niagara Settlers [1]

• Source: S1049101055 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Record Collection 1030Ancestry Family Tree

See also:

• Documents from the Pennsylvania Archives.

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 1997-2017 Ancestry.com [2]

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 29 October 2019, 00:17), entry for Joseph Skinner(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZFG-KTN); contributed by various users.