Benjamin
Skinner
III
Born about in Hebron, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Benjamin Skinner II
and Rebecca (Goot) Skinner
Brother of
David Skinner, Lydia (Skinner) Root, John Skinner, Daniel Skinner, Oliver Skinner and Aaron Skinner
Husband of
Mehitable (Root) Skinner
— married
17 Sep 1775 in Hebron, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Apr 2013
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Biography
Name: Benjamin Skinner Marriage Date: 17 Sep 1775 Marriage Place: Hebron, Connecticut Residence Place: Hebron Spouse: Mehitable Root Spouse Residence Place: Hebron [1]
Ancestry tree gives Benjamin Skinner 2 MAY 1750 Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut DEATH 1781 Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut. Lists his father as Benjamin Skinner 1718 Hebron, CT -1817 New Hampshire, and mother Rebekca Gott 1725-. Mehitable Root 1752 - bet. 1781–1846 Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut. No parents for her, no place of birth, likely based on marriage year. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/13364820/person/420161025506/facts
- Benjamin was born 2 May 1750 Hebron, Hartford, Connecticut Colony[2]
- Benjamin married Mehitable 17 Sep 1775 Hebron, CT[3]
Sources
- ↑ Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 20
- ↑ Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Ancestry.com [1]
- ↑ Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Ancestry.com [2]
- Root Genealogical Records 1600-1870; Comprising the General History of the Root and Roots Families in America, by James Pierce Root, page 112
Notes
There's a really big chance that James Pierce made a mistake here. While Benjamin Skinner definitely did marry someone named Mehitable Root, I highly doubt it was this Mehitable Root. However, until I find a better source for the marriage...
- "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SGG2-1V8 : accessed 2015-01-24), entry for Benjamin /SKINNER/.
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Categories: Descendants of Thomas Skinner, Skinner Name Study | Skinner Name Study
Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) for Mehitabel Root Hebron Vital Records 1708-1854
Same source lists a Mehitable b 15 Jan 1728/9, dau of William
Same source gives Ebenezer Root married 25 August 1737 Rachel Skinner. Same source gives William Root married 30 April 1728 Hannah Pinnock.