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Nathan (Skiffe) Skiff (1658 - 1725)

Nathan Skiff formerly Skiffe aka Skiff
Born in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Son of and
Brother of , , , , , , and
Husband of — married about 10 Jul 1678 in Edgartown, New Yorkmap
Husband of — married 13 Dec 1699 in Sandwich, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , , , , , and
Died at age 66 in Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Biography

Nathan Skife, Skiff or Skiffe (distinct from brother Nathaniel) was son of James and Mary (_____) Skiffe.
He was born 16 May 1658 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.[1]
Nathan married (1) about July 10, 1680 Hepsibah Codman, dau. of Robert Codman of Edgartown.
He married second [Chipman-61 | Mercy Chipman], dau. of John Chipman of Barnstable, December 13, 1699 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.[2][3][4]
The ceremony was solemnized by Stephen Skiff, Esq., Justice of the Peace.
He died February 12, 1725/26 at age 71, at Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts[5]

Children[6]

  1. Hepsibah (b. 1679, m. Thomas Norton),
  2. Patience (b. ca. 1682, m. Ralph Thacher),
  3. James (b. 03-10-1689)[7]
  4. Elizabeth (b. Sept 1690,[8] m. ____ Sturgis),
  5. Benjamin (b. 04-29-1691),[9]
  6. Stephen (b. 05-26-1693,[10] moved to Tolland, Conn.),
  7. Mary (b. 05-26-1695,[11] m. Thomas Bacon).
  8. Sarah (b. 02-1698,[12] m. Solomon Athearn),
  9. Mercy (b. 07-05-1701,[13] m. Prince Coffin and Nathaniel Coffin).
  10. Nathan (or Samuel?) b 24 Dec 1703[14]
  11. John b 22 Aug 1705[15]
  12. Joseph b 18 Nov 1709[16]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: Q29L-RRBZ : 13 July 2016), Nathan Skiff, 16 May 1658; citing Birth, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,836.
  2. ↑ #S-23 Page 72, a marriage in Sandwich
  3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: FH3L-Q5G : 13 July 2016), Nathan Skiff and Mercy Chipman, 13 Dec 1699; citing Marriage, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,836.
  4. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: FCWG-BTB : 4 December 2014), Nathan Skiff and Mercy Chipman, 13 Dec 1699; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0823599 IT 3.
  5. ↑ #S-23 Page 94, referencing a gravestone record
  6. ↑ Unless otherwise cited, from Banks, History of Martha's Vineyard, pp. 433-34.
  7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: FZST-8Q4 : 4 December 2014), Nathan Skiffe in entry for James Skiffe, 10 Mar 1689; citing CHILMARK,DUKES,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0823599 IT 3.
  8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: FZSR-9XM : 4 December 2014), Nathan Skiffe in entry for Elizabeth Skiffe, Sep 1690; citing CHILMARK,DUKES,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0823599 IT 3.
  9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: FZST-87W : 4 December 2014), Nathan Skiffe in entry for Benjamin Skiffe, 29 Apr 1691; citing CHILMARK,DUKES,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0823599 IT 3.
  10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: FZST-ZZX : 4 December 2014), Nathan Skiffe in entry for Stephen Skiffe, 26 May 1693; citing CHILMARK,DUKES,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0823599 IT 3.
  11. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: FZS5-15F : 4 December 2014), Nathan Skiffe in entry for Mary Skiffe, 26 May 1695; citing CHILMARK,DUKES,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0823599 IT 3.
  12. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: FZSR-QFX : 4 December 2014), Nathan Skiffe in entry for Sarah Skiffe, Feb 1698; citing CHILMARK,DUKES,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0823599 IT 3.
  13. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: FZSR-SY9 : 4 December 2014), Nathan Skiffe in entry for Mercy Skiffe, 05 Jul 1701; citing CHILMARK,DUKES,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0823599 IT 3.
  14. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: FZST-6RG : 4 December 2014), Nathan Skiffe in entry for Samuell Skiffe, 24 Dec 1703; citing CHILMARK,DUKES,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0823599 IT 3.
  15. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: FZST-HXP : 4 December 2014), Nathan Skiffe in entry for John Skiffe, 22 Aug 1705; citing CHILMARK,DUKES,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0823599 IT 3.
  16. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: FZST-DLT : 4 December 2014), Nathan Skiffe in entry for Joseph Skiffe, 18 Nov 1709; citing CHILMARK,DUKES,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0823599 IT 3.

See also:

  • "The Descendants of James Skiff of London, England and Sandwich, MA, who died after 1688." Author, Frederick Lockwood Pierson of Ellsworth Litchfield, Co., CT, a descendant.
  • S-23 Vital Records of Chilmark, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Original Publication: The New-England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1904; Stanhope Press, F.N. Gilson Company, Boston. Digitized by Google Books and available without cahrge at: Google Books.
  • Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
  • Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 3. pg. 1510-1512)




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Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
Skiff-117 and Skiffe-3 appear to represent the same person because: Same parents; same spouses; Use birth of 117 (sourced); use death of 3 (sourced). Target should be Skiff-117 as that is the spelling used in the cited birth record.
posted by Jillaine Smith
Lee-5956 Robin Lee
Skiffe-38 and Skiffe-3 appear to represent the same person because: places and wife are the same, dates are different, but, no sources to prove dates, they are estimates
posted by Robin Lee
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
Actually, I am not convinced Nathaniel and Nathan are the same man. I'm keeping them unmerged matches until we confirm that they are indeed the same man.
posted by Jillaine Smith
Gill-1291 Frank Gill
Nathan Skiff b. May 16, 1658, married first Hepsibah Codman, daughter of Robert Codman of Edgartown, MA about June 10, 1680; 2nd Mercy Chipman, dau. of John Chipman of Barnstable, Dec. 13, 1699.

message taken from Pierson's booklet on The Descendants of James Skiff of London, England and Sandwich, MA. It was published 1895. Pierson, as descendant, has a fair amount of information about the lines that follow the first Skiff's in America. Frank, g grandson of Irene Skiff, daughter of Charles and Phidelia Skiff of Chautauqua Co., NY and Erie, Co. PA

posted by Frank Gill
Gill-1291 Frank Gill
The Stephen Skiff, born 5/26/1693 to Nathan and Hepsebah Skiff, married Elizabeth Hatch August 01, 1722. Their first child of 7, was Nathan Skiff b. Mar.

7//, 1718. He married Thankful Eaton on Nov. 5, 1741. Their son, Stephen Skiff married Dimis Fuller of Fullertown, Kent. Their son, Jeremiah married Esther Ayers; lived on Skiff Mountain, Kent. Their son, John m. Lois A. Drake and had two sons. Frank D. Skiff was b. 1841 and painted a very large mural of the Chicago Fire.

Source for some of the above was published in 1895 and written by Frederick Lockwood Pierson, a Skiff descendant. Title is "The Descendants of James Skiff of London, England and Sandwich, MA."

posted by Frank Gill
Gill-1291 Frank Gill
Nathan Skiff and his first wife, Hepsibah Codman and his second wife, Mercy Chipman, are included in the following publication: "The Descendants of James Skiff of London, England and Sandwich, Mass., Who Died After 1688." The author is Frederick Lockwood Pierson of Ellsworth, Litchfield Co., A Descendant.

Amenia, NY, Walsh & Griffen, Printers. 1895

Nathan Skiff is the 10th child of James Skiff. Nathan m. first Hepsibah Codman about 1680. Their children are Hepsibah, Patience, James b. 1689, Elizabeth, Benjamin, Stephen, Mary and Sarah. Nathan's first wife, Hepsibah died and some time later he married Mercy Chipman and this couple had Mercy, Samuel, John, and Joseph.

I hope this will be useful to Skiff researchers.

Frank


posted by Frank Gill
Gill-1291 Frank Gill
Nathan Skiff married first, Hepsibah Codman about July 10, 1680 at Martha's Vineyard. She was the daughter of Robert Codman of Edgartown. They had eight children and Hepsibah died July 19,1698. On December 13, 1699, Nathan Skiff married Mercy Chipman, daughter of John Chipman and Hope Howland. Nathan and Mercy had five children.
posted by Frank Gill
Gill-1291 Frank Gill
For Nathan Skiff, born 1658, I have it as May 16th. He is the son of James Skiff and Nathan's wife is Hepsibah Codman. They have 8 children.

I show that Hepsibah died in 1698 and Nathan married Mercy Chipman in 1699. Nathan and Mercy had five children. Nathan and Hepsibah (Codman)Skiff are my ancestors through their son James, grandson James and g grandson Prince Skiff. Prince Skiff served in the American Revolutionary War as did his four brothers.

posted by Frank Gill

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