John Skidmore (1510 - 1570)

Born 1510 in Mayshill, Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England

Descendants

Died Oct 1570 at about age 60 in Bath, Somerset, England

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Biography

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

1. ↑ MILITARY MUSTER FOR THE TITHING OF WESTERLEIGH, 1542 Public Record Office, E.101/58/24 PDF
2. ↑ 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 Link Ancestry 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
• http://www.wvgenweb.org/clay/skidmore.htm
• 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.