Haggai Skinner (1759-1823) married Elizabeth Westbrook and had eight children, During the American Revolution he was loyal to the British cause for which he was long imprisoned.
He moved to Canada after the Revolutionary war with his wife and children and settled in the Niagara region. Two of his brothers Benjamin and Timothy and his sister Martha and their families also came to this area around the same time. After his first wife died, He married Elizabeth Shainbolt in1812.
Haggai Skinner was listed as a United Empire Loyalist and as such was eligeble for land grants. He recieived over 600 acres. [3]
Haggai was in Capt. Kirby's company of Lincoln militia, fell into hands of the enemy, was imprisoned at Greenbush for six months and returned to Canada landing at Sugsrloaf on the night of the battle of Lundy's Lane
He died October 8, 1823 in Stamford, Welland, Ontario, Canada[6]
Sources
↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HB-YZ3 : 12 December 2014), Haggai Skinner, 09 Mar 1750; citing AMENIA,DUTCHESS,NEW YORK, reference ; FHL microfilm 17,516
↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2CH-VXV : 12 December 2014), Hagge Skinner in entry for Magdelana Skinner, 18 Aug 1782; citing DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH,MACHACKEMECK,ORANGE,NEW YORK, reference ; FHL microfilm 599,307.
↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2CH-WBX : 12 December 2014), Hagge Skinner in entry for Hagge Skinner, 18 Aug 1782; citing DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH,MACHACKEMECK,ORANGE,NEW YORK, reference ; FHL microfilm 599,307.
WILLIAM D. REID The Loyalists in Ontario The Sons and Daughters of The American Loyalists Of Upper Canada [1]
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