John was likely the son of Richard Skidmore, born about 1510 in Mayshill, Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England
He is listed in a muster taken in the tithing of Westerleigh in 1542. The muster is divided into two columns of able bodied men as “archers able” and a slightly longer list of “bylemen able.” John Skydmore is listed with the able archers. The tithing had also furnished harness (armour) for four men and two archers and two billmen. He was one of the free tenants at Westerleigh who paid £2.13sh.10d. rent by the year. [1]
John was buried on 20 OCT 1570 at Abbey Church, Bath, Somerset. [2]
Sources
↑ MILITARY MUSTER FOR THE TITHING
OF WESTERLEIGH, 1542 Public Record Office, E.101/58/24 PDF
↑Burial:
"Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812"
Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\ba.ab/2/1/1 Ancestry Sharing LinkAncestry Record 60856 #1815960 (accessed 28 August 2021)
Name: John Skidmore; Event Type: Burial; Burial Date: 20 Oct 1570; Burial Place: Bath Abbey, Somerset, England.
See also:
Skidmore, Warren, Thomas Skidmore (Scudamore), 1605 - 1684, of Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, and Fairfield, Connecticut (Akron, Ohio: W. Skidmore, 1985.), p. 405, Family History Library, 929.273 Sk32sk
"Harper: Rogers-Skidmore Connection to Harper Family" By Jim L. Harper
"Harper: Skidmore Genealogy Beyond the Harper Connection" By Jim L. Harper
Don Norman Internet Site: http:www.rootsweb.com/~hcpd/norman/index.htm
"History of Clay Co., W.V. 1989"
"History of Clay Co., W.V. Volume 11"
"History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia" By John Davison Sutton
Text: John Skydmore n. 15 0 0. Book: March Buried (Burial). Collection: Buckinghamshire: - Certificate of Musters in 1522
American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI). Provo, UT, USA
Reference: Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Ct. By Frederic Gregory Mather. Albany, 1913. (1204p.):+ American loyalists, biog. sketches of adherents to the British crown in the War of the Rev. By Lorenzo Sabine. Boston. 1847. Volume: 160. Page Number: 102. (733p.): 615
Research Notes
No known spouse of this John Skidmore is listed in Warren Skidmore's writings referenced in "Thomas Skidmore (Scudamore), 1605 - 1684, of Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, and Fairfield, Connecticut ". This profile is for the John Skidmore of Westerleigh, father to Richard, William and Elizabeth.
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DNA Connections
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I would suggest that Sybil Vaughn be removed as spouse of this John Skidmore. Skidmore-67 is of the Westerleigh line of Skidmore's. Sybil Vaughn was married to Scudamore-24 , of the Holme Lacy line. Once removed, Sybil's two profiles could be merged. The children Richard, William, and Elizabeth do belong with this John Skidmore, Skidmore-67. I believe "The Visitation of Herefordshire, 1569", as well as Warren Skidmore's research would support this change.