Born
Oct 1738 in
Colchester, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors
Sister of
Joseph Skinner ,
Bethiah (Skinner) Taylor ,
Elizabeth Skinner ,
William Skinner ,
Joseph Skinner II ,
William Skinner ,
Sarah (Skinner) Hollister ,
Lucy (Skinner) Brown ,
Ann Skinner ,
Lois Skinner [half] ,
Daniel Skinner [half] ,
Uriah Skinner [half] ,
Mary (Skinner) Andrus [half] ,
Ann Skinner [half] ,
Samuel Skinner [half] and
Rachel Skinner [half]
Wife of
Polycarpus Smith
— married
4 Jan 1758 (to 1774) in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut
Descendants
Died
about 1774
at about age 35
in
Whitestown, Oneida, New York
Problems/Questions
Profile last modified 15 Jan 2024
| Created 26 Jan 2013
This page has been accessed 544 times.
Biography
Dorothy was born in October 1738 in Colchester, Connecticut Colony to Joseph Skinner and Elizabeth Skinner .[1] She was a twin to Elizabeth Skinner.[2]
She married Polycarpus Smith January 4, 1758 in Colchester. [3]
Sources
↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2SH-23X : 7 January 2020), Dorothy Skinner, 1738.
↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7W-42HM : 7 February 2023), Dorothy Skinner, ; citing Birth, Colchester, New London, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272247.https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS56-XSJS-C?cc=2843390&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQP7W-42HM
↑ Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)Vol. 1. Pp. 113, 116.
Is Dorothy your ancestor? Please
don't go away!
Login to collaborate or
comment ,
or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorothy by comparing test results with other
carriers of her mitochondrial DNA .
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share
some percentage of DNA with Dorothy:
~1.56%
Marc Bateman :
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member ma6289
~1.56%
Spencer Stucki :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A934677 [compare ] , Ancestry member stuckise
~1.56%
~3.12%
Darlisa Black :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch RF4096010 [compare ] , Ancestry member DarlisaMayBlack
~0.78%
Jim Kiser :
AncestryDNA
~0.78%
Heather Hollister :
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member HeatherHH47
~0.78%
~3.12%
Sarah Black :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch G649629 [compare ] , Ancestry member sarah_van_tinteren
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch G649629 [compare ] , yourDNAportal SARd1cec162
~0.78%
~3.12%
Patrick Hager :
AncestryDNA
~0.39%
~0.78%
Donna (Cayan) Kerbel :
23andMe
~0.39%
Diane Charette :
23andMe , yourDNAportal DIA1a33be03
+
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member deejer1166
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA .
Dorothy is 18 degrees from Emeril Lagasse , 18 degrees from Nigella Lawson , 18 degrees from Maggie Beer , 40 degrees from Mary Hunnings , 22 degrees from Joop Braakhekke , 21 degrees from Michael Chow , 20 degrees from Ree Drummond , 18 degrees from Paul Hollywood , 17 degrees from Matty Matheson , 19 degrees from Martha Stewart , 28 degrees from Danny Trejo and 24 degrees from Molly Yeh on our single family tree .
Login to find your connection.