Abraham Skinner II (1681 - 1776)

Born 8 Apr 1681 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 24 Dec 1776 at age 95 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, United States

This profile is part of the Skinner Name Study.

Biography

Abraham SKINNER II was born ^[1] 08 Apr 1681 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America.

Abraham died 24 Dec 1776 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, United States.

Children:

• Abraham Skinner (1718 - 1800)
• William Skinner (1720 - 1807)
• Isaac Skinner (1723 - 1757)
• Tabitha Skinner (1725 - 1813)
• Abigail Skinner (1725 - 1811)
• Benjamin Skinner (1726 - 1774)
• Jonathan Skinner (1735 - 1776)

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC95-C51 : 4 December 2014), Abraham Skinner, 08 Apr 1681; citing Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, p 79; FHL microfilm 14,774.

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 for Abraham Skinner [1]

• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for Abraham Skinner[2]

• The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 for Abraham Skinner, Volume 010 (1856) [3]

• Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 for Abraham Skinner, Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions Vol 59 [4]

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for Abraham Skinner, Malden Vital Record Transcripts [5]

• Find A Grave Memorial# 11447216 [6]

See also:

• Doris Seymour Wahl, The Skinner Kinsmen, The Descendants of Joseph and Martha (Kinne) Skinner, Niagara Falls, NY, n.d., pp. 1, 5.

• Wm. R. Cutter, Ed., Genealogical & Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston & Eastern Mass., Vol. 1, Lewis Hist. Pub. Co., 1908. Reprinted 1996 Higginson Book Co.

• William R. Cutter, New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial.

• William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Family History of Central New York: a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation, Baltimore, MD: Reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co., 1994, p. 55. Originally published: New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1912.

• Malden, Massachusetts Vital Records.

• Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts, a Descriptive List Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documents, Boston, 1900, p. 346.

• Deloraine Pendre Corey, The History of Malden, Massachusetts 1633-1785, copyright 1898.

• Clarence Winthrop Bowen, The History of Woodstock Connecticut, Genealogies of Woodstock Families, Norwood, MA: Plimpton Press, 1930.

• Thomas Bellows Wyman, The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Massachusetts 1629-1818, Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1982.

• James Savage, Genealogy Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England.

• Joyce Johnson, Oceana County History, Oceana County Historical Society (Michigan), 1992 v2 p. 279: Sergeant Thomas Skinner, first generation in America, came to America from Chichester, England and settled at Malden, MA, in about 1649. He had three sons.

• Myrtle S. Bohme, References: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 53, 1899.

• Dorothy B. West, Thomas Skinner of Malden, MA, Silver Springs, MD

• Hobbies, The Magazine for Collectors. September, 1958. Another Skinner, Thomas, was born 1617 in Chichester Co., Sussex, England, and died March 2, 1703-4 in Malden, Mass. He came to the colonies between 1649 and 1652. He married twice and by his first wife had two sons, both born in Chichester, England: Thomas born 1645, and Abraham born 1649. He was admitted freeman in Malden May 18, 1653 and was there licensed to keep an ‘Ordinary’ or Inn.

• Genevieve S. Copley, Skinners: Descendant of Thomas Skinner of Malden, MA.

• skinnerkinsmen.org - Skinner Family Association website.

• Stiles, Henry R. The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor 1635-1891, Somersworth, NH, the New Hampshire Pub Co., 1976. (orig.1891-92). 2 v.

• A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May, 1962, on the basis of Farmer's Register