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Benjamin Skiffe (1691 - 1781)

Benjamin Skiffe aka Skiff
Born in Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts Baymap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , , , , [half], [half], [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married 13 Sep 1722 (to 4 Mar 1738) in Dukes, Massachusetts Baymap
Husband of — married before 1742 in Martha's Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts Baymap
Descendants descendants
Father of and
Died at age 90 in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticutmap
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Contents

Biography

Charles Edward Banks ([1]) outlines the life of Benjamin Skiffe, from his 1691 birth -- a son of Nathan & Hepsibah (Codman) Skiffe, and grandson of James Skiffe, the patriarch of the line -- to his career as a weaver and his removal to Sharon, Connecticut. After the death of his mother in 1696, in 1699 he acquired a stepmother in the person of Mercy Chipman, granddaughter of Mayflower passengers John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley.

Benjamin had two marriages -- both wives from the Vineyard -- the first in 1722 to Abigail Pease, and the second, before 1742, to Miriam Merry. He died, aged 90, in Sharon in December of 1781.

Birth

Recorded at Chilmark:

"Skiffe, Benjamin, s. Nathan and Hephziba, Apr. 29, 1691."[1]

Benjamin Skiffe was born April 29, 1691 to Nathan Skiffe and Hepsibah Codman.[2][3][4]

Benjamin "d. 2 Dec. 1781. He m. (1) ABIGAIL PEASE (87) 13 Sept. 1722, who was b. 2 Aug. 1700 and d. 4 Mch. 1738-9 [She is buried at Chilmark Cemetery.]; (2) MIRIAM MERRY (16) bef. 1742, who was b. 8 Apr. 1705." [5]; see also [6]

Sources

  1. ↑ Vital Records of Chilmark, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, MA: 1904, p. 29.
  2. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,
  3. ↑ The History of Martha's Vineyard, by Charles Edward Banks, Volume 3, Family Genealogies, p. 434, "Skiffe Family", c. 1925; reprinted by Edgartown Historical Society, 1966. Transcribed and prepared for the web by Chris Baer, 1999: http://history.vineyard.net/skiffe.htm
  4. ↑ Just a Family History, by Glenn L. Bower, p. 60; https://books.google.com/books?id=eiCbznxEHq8C&pg=PA60#v=onepage&q&f=false
  5. ↑ http://history.vineyard.net/skiffe.htm#benjamin44
  6. ↑ http://history.vineyard.net/merry.htm

See also:

  • Marriages, (1) and (2), and death: "The History of Martha's Vineyard", Charles Edward Banks, Vol. III, [2]

Acknowledgments

  • This profile was originally created through the import of GERBER.GED on 21 September 2010.




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Childs-1516 Christopher Childs
I am linking my ancestor Skiffe-51 to his mother Codman-15 as this completes the parallel to the obvious duplicate, Skiff-14 (merge proposed).
posted by Christopher Childs
Childs-1516 Christopher Childs
Skiff-14 and Skiffe-51 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicates; Skiffe-51 created separately because Skiff-14 did not appear as a match during the creation process.

I assume, from the construction of Skiff-14, that "Skiff" has been shown to be the correct LNAB, but I have not seen the original birth record -- only Banks's summary of the dates for Benjamin "Skiffe".

posted by Christopher Childs
Childs-1516 Christopher Childs
Skiff-14 and Skiffe-51 are clear duplicates and should be merged.
posted by Christopher Childs

Rejected matches › Benjamin Skiffe (1655-1717)

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