Joseph Skinner (1643 - 1724)

Born 25 Jul 1643 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Filley) Skinner — married 5 Apr 1666 in Windsor, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 31 May 1724 at age 80 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Bonita McPherren [send private message], Holly Wilson [send private message], and Enrique Treat Gleason [send private message]

This profile is part of the Simsbury, Connecticut One Place Study.

Biography

This profile is part of the Skinner Name Study.

Birth

Joseph Skinner was born in 1643, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.

Death

He died on 31 MAY 1724 Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut

Will

Joseph's will dated 13 Jan 1715/16 and proved 4 Aug 1724.

Named wife Mary who received the use of all his estate for her subsistence during her natural life. Others named were grandson John Grant, son of daughter Elizabeth, deceased, and his children: Joseph, John, Richard, Isaac, Mary Hanchett, Ann Rockwell. Also mentioned Willim Filby (Filly) as our father speaking of he and his wife.^[1]

Research Note

Joseph Skinner's parents said to be John Skinner & Mary Loomis of Braintree, Essex, England. Joseph was one of the early settlers of Massacoe [Simsbury] in 1667. He removed to Windsor with about 40 other families after the burning of Simsbury by the Indians on 26 Mar 1676. He was admitted to Old Windsor Church on 16 Feb 1678/9 and baptized on Mar 2nd of that same year.

Sources

1. ↑ Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut. Probate Packets, Skinner, E-Smith, D, 1641-1880Joseph Skinner Windsor 1724 #4898(?#48?8) Hartford Prob. Dist. Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts. Accessed at Ancestry.

• Mason, George William. Ancestors and Descendants of Elisha Mason, Litchfield, Connecticut, 1759-1858, and His Wife Lucretia Webster, 1766-1853 (Mattatuck Press, Waterbury, Conn, 1911) Page 17

• Genealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut; a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, by Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Clement, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1843-1920, joint ed; Hart, Samuel, 1845-1917, joint ed; Talcott, Mary Kingsbury, 1847-1917, joint ed; Bostwick, Frederick, b. 1852; Stearns, Ezra S., joint ed [1]