Mary (Robinson) Skepper (1576 - aft. 1630)

Born 8 Jan 1576 in Lincolnshire, England

Wife of Edward Skepper Gent. — married 11 Aug 1592 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England

Descendants

Died after 1630 after age 53 in East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, England

Biography

Christening: 8 Jan 1576, St. Margaret's, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire.^{[citation needed]}

Mary married Edward Skepper at Boston, Linmcolnshire on 11 August 1592.^[1][2] (Douglas Richardson wrongly gives the date as 11 April 1592,^[3][4] repeating a mistake in a 1943 article in The American Genealogist on the Skepper family.^[5]) They had the following children:

• Elizabeth,^[3][4] born in about 1593^[5][6]
• John,^[6][3][4] baptised at Boston, Lincolnshire on 3 April 1595^[5][7][8]
• William, who became a clergyman^[6][3][4] and who was baptised on 27 November 1595^[5]
• Mary, who married Samuel Sailbanks and Nicholas Herring^[6][3][4] and who was born in about 1599^[5]
• Jane,^[3][4] baptised at East Kirkby, Lincolnshire on 26 July 1601 and buried there on 30 March 1602/3^[5]

Mary was alive in 1530.^[3][4] She most likely died in East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, with probable burial at the parish church of St. Nicholas.

Research Notes

Father

Mary is currently shown as daughter of John Robinson, whose profile lacks any reliable sourcing. Douglas Richardson and a 1943 article on the Skepper family in The American Genealogist name no father.^[3][4][5]

Children

Douglas Richardson and the 1943 article in The American Genealogist ascribe two more children to Mary, but they were baptised before she married Edward Skepper:^[3][4][5]

• Lucy ("Lucia" in Latin in the parish register),^[3][4] baptised at Boston, Lincolnshire on 18 October 1589^[5][9][10]
• Richard,^[3][4] baptised at Boston, Lincolnshire on 18 October 1590^[11][12] (a 1943 article in The American Genealogist on the Skepper family wrongly gives the baptism date as 15 October^[5])

The likelihood is that Lucy and Richard were children of a marriage to someone between the death of Edward Skepper's first wife and his marriage to Mary Robinson, with a record of this marriage not having been located. There is no suggestion in baptism records that they were illegitimate.

Sources

1. ↑ Lincolnshire: Boston: St Botolph: Parish Register, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/581802a8e93790eb7f0831bd : viewed 10 Jan 2024) marriage Edwarde Skepper to Marie Robinson 11 Aug 1592
2. ↑ Lincolnshire Marriages And Banns, FindMyPast and linked parish register image - the transcript mis-transcribes the date as 10 August
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. IV, p. 32, SKEPPER 15
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. IV, p. 640, SKEPPER 20
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9} Mary Lovering Holman. The Skepper Family, in 'The American Genealogist', Vol. 20, 1943, pp. 77-85, American Ancestors website ($)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} A R Maddison. Lincolnshire Pedigrees, Vol. III, Harleian Society, 1904, pp. 883-884, Internet Archive
7. ↑ Lincolnshire: Boston: St Botolph: Parish Register, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58188535e93790ec8b949356 : viewed 10 Jan 2024) baptism Joh'es Skepper 03 Apr 1595
8. ↑ Lincolnshire Baptisms, FindMyPast and linked parish register image
9. ↑ Lincolnshire: Boston: St Botolph: Parish Registe, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58188530e93790ec8b948d70 : viewed 10 Jan 2024) baptism Lucia Skepper 18 Oct 1589
10. ↑ Lincolnshire baptisms, FindMyPast and linked parish register image
11. ↑ Lincolnshire: Boston: St Botolph: Parish Register, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58188531e93790ec8b948eb0 : viewed 10 Jan 2024) baptism Ric'us Skepper 18 Oct 1590
12. ↑ Lincolnshire Baptisms, FindMyPast and linked parish register image