Joseph Skolfield (1757 - 1815)

Born 1 Mar 1757 in Brunswick, York, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died 25 Sep 1815 at age 58 in Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Joseph Skolfield was born on March 1, 1757^[1] in Brunswick, York, Massachusetts Bay Colony, son of Thomas Skolfield (1707–1796) and Mary Orr (1714–1771).

Joseph married Dinah Rogers (born on July 29, 1752 in Yarmouth Cumberland County Maine; daughter of George Rogers and Margaret (Campbell) Rogers) on 15 January 1780^[2] in Brunswick, Maine. There were no children of this marriage.

He married, second, Margaret H. Hall on 15 October 1798 in Georgetown, Maine.^[3] The children of Joseph Skolfield and Margaret H. Hall were:

1. Thomas3 Skolfield was born 25 April 1799; married Jennette Ferrin.
2. Robert Skolfield was born 1 December 1800 in Brunswick, Maine; died in 1821. His career is recounted in The Skolfields And Their Ships^[4]
3. John Skolfield was born 3 February 1803; married Hannah Harding Crooker.
4. Matthew Skolfield was born 17 April 1805; married Deborah Bowker on 4 September 1827 in Bath, Maine.
5. Dinah Skolfield was born 15 August 1807; married Samuel Austin.
6. Samuel Skolfield was born 1 April 1810 in Brunswick, Maine; died 25 August 1837 in Brunswick, Maine, "killed accidentally,"
7. Sarah Hall Skolfield was born 11 May 1813; married Frederick Plumer Conant.
8. Joseph Skolfield, Jr. was born 25 December 1815; married Lucy Ann Percy.

The Brunswick Town Record Book has an entry, dated 28 May 1789, which excuses Mr. Joseph Skolfield from serving as constable "in consideration of his having no real property in this town and the great cost he has borne to Doctors by reason of so much sickness in his family."

Joseph died on September 25, 1815 in Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States, aged 58. He was buried in First Parish Cemetery, Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28Q-LM9L : Sun Jan 14 23:54:15 UTC 2024), Entry for Joseph Skolfield and Thomas Skolfield, 1 March 1757.
2. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28Q-LQ84 : Tue Oct 31 21:02:24 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Skolfield and Dinah Rogers, 15 Jan 1780.
3. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FZ-15D : 14 January 2020), Joseph Skolfield, 1798.
4. ↑ Reynolds, Erminie S., and Martin, Kenneth R.. The Skolfields and Their Ships: "a Singleness of Purpose". United States, Maine Maritime Museum, 1987.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23927279/joseph-skolfield: accessed), memorial page for Joseph Skolfield (1 Mar 1757–25 Sep 1815), Find A Grave: Memorial #23927279, citing First Parish Cemetery, Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Stuart Strout Woodside Skolfield (contributor 46954007).