David Skeels Jr (1779 - 1854)

Born 5 Dec 1779 in Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Greene) Skeels — married 8 Jun 1804 in Hinesburg, Chittenden, Vermont, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Apr 1854 at age 74 in Highgate Falls, Highgate, Franklin, Vermont, United States

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Biography

David Skeels Jr. was born 5 Dec 1779 in Lanesborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. He was the son of David Skeels (1746-1833) and Lydia Powell (1754-1827). ^[1]

Marriage

He arrived in Highgate with his parents, fiancee Martha Greene and brothers, Amos and William in 1803-4. David married Martha in 1804 in Highgate.

Children

David and Martha had 11 children, all born in Highgate.

Occupation

David was a blacksmith and manufactured edged tools. From Vermont History: "Three Puzzles of 1830”, p.147 - When David Skeels jumped axes for anyone, the charge was a dollar a jump, but Conrad Saxe would jump them for fifty cents each. Both men had forges and it seems clear that jumping" was a technical name for some process relating to forging.^[2]

Residence

• 1850 - Highgate, Franklin, Vermont. ^[3]

Death

David died 12 Apr 1854 (aged 74) in Highgate Falls, Franklin County, Vermont, and is buried in Highgate Falls Episcopal Church Cemetery, Highgate Falls, Franklin County, Vermont. ^{[4] [5]}

Notes

FSFTID L6PB-MKK.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30666686/david-skeels
2. ↑ https://vermonthistory.org/journal/misc/HighgateAsSeenStearns-3.pdf
3. ↑ Source: #S28286
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30666686/david-skeels
5. ↑ Source: #S28287

See Also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 10 April 2020, 20:07), entry for David Skeels Jr(PID [1]); contributed by various users.
• Source: S28286 "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch [2] : 4 April 2020), David Skeeles, Highgate, Franklin, Vermont, United States; citing family 13, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch [3] : accessed 8 December 2020), David Skeels, Junior, Franklin, Vermont, United States; citing p. 95, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 127; FHL microfilm 281,248.
• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch [4] : 14 April 2020), David Skeels in entry for Martha Skeels, 1868.
• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch [5] : 14 April 2020), David Skeels, 1854.
• "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," database, FamilySearch [6] : 10 March 2018), David Skeels in entry for Maria Robinson Skeels Fish, 1893; citing Death, Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,311,653.
• Edythe Wilson Thoesen, The Skeel Family of Connecticut, 1959.