John (Skeele) Skeels (abt. 1747 - abt. 1837)

Born about 9 Dec 1747 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Phebe (Webster) Skeels — married 15 Nov 1775 in Newbury, Orange, Vermont, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died about 6 Feb 1837 at about age 89 in Peacham, Caledonia, Vermont, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

John Skeele/Skeels IV was an early settler of Peacham, Vermont. Pheobe his wife was one of 12 members of the Congregational Church in Peacham in 1794. (Chipman Skeels 6th Edition 1931).

Name: John Skeele. Given Name: John. Surname: Skeele. John Skeels. Given Name: John.

Christening: 20 DEC 1747. Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America.

• Fact: Christening (20 December 1747) Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America
• Fact: Military Service (04 Mar 1836) Windsor, Vermont, United States
• Fact: Burial Peacham Village Cemetery, Peacham, Caledonia, Vermont, United States
• Fact: F.A.G https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132183299/john-skeele

Buried Peacham Village Cemetery, Peacham, Caledonia, Vermont, United States. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S28298

• "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8LH-6BD : 16 December 2019), John Skeels in entry for Susanah Skeels, 1781.
• "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8LT-YJR : 16 December 2019), John Skeels in entry for John Skeels, 1786.
• "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8LH-6BF : 16 December 2019), John Skeels in entry for Polly Skeels, 1789.
• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8M1-M56 : 19 February 2021), John Skeels in entry for Benjamin Skeels, 1780.
• "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8LT-Y6V : 16 December 2019), John Skeels in entry for Amos Skeels, 1783.
• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8M1-FZZ : 19 February 2021), John Skeels in entry for Ruth Skeels, 1778.
• "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8LH-6TG : 16 December 2019), John Skeels in entry for Phebe Skeels, 1776.
• “United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Y-DPB6 : 24 November 2020), John Skeels, 10 Apr 1778; citing 10 Apr 1778, New Hampshire, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,328.
• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-5RRP : 15 December 2020), John Skeels, 10 Feb 1780; citing Military Service, Republic of Vermont, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711097.

See Also:

• Skeele, John. (1810).“The New England Grammar: being a concise system of the English Language. Designed for use of schools and private persons”.
• Source: S28298 "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVP9-899R : 13 December 2015), John Skeele, 1837; Burial, Peacham, Caledonia, Vermont, United States of America, Peacham Village Cemetery; citing record ID 132183299, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 22 June 2020, 17:41), entry for John Skeele(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZHG-SM6); contributed by various users. FSFTID LZHG-SM6.

Research Notes

Notes: Residence 1776 Peacham, Caledonia, Vermont. First Settlers Jonathan Elkins in 1775, in 1776 John Skeele and Archibald McLacklin... The early Settlers were much harassed by the enemy during the WAR. (Catalogue of the principal offices of Vermont. ) 1776 Vermont-Muster roll of Vermont men in Revolutionary War. In the Revolutionary War 10 Feb 1780 Vermont. The first mail was carried through town by John Skeels of Peacham on horseback to Albans and back once a week. ( History of the town of Johnson Vermont 1784-1907).