Elizabeth (Moulton) Skerry (bef. 1610 - 1693)

Born before 22 Jul 1610 in Scratby, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Skerry — married about 1633 in Ormesby, Norfolk, England

Descendants

Died 6 Mar 1693 after age 82 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Elizabeth Moulton was born at Scratby, Norfolk, in 1610; records for Scratby were kept at neighboring Ormesby^[1], where Elizabeth's christening was registered on the 22nd of July.

Robert Charles Anderson, in a 1993 piece in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, identifies her as Elizabeth Moulton, wife of Henry Skerry of Yarmouth, citing an unusual and singular 1633 Bishop's Visitation record from one of the Ormesby churches.^[2] That entry, on a page otherwise blank, reads,

He: Scurry de Yar:

Eliz: Moulton of Ormesby

a license granted by Dr. Bing [decanatus?]

to Hensby these parties married by Mr.

Burdett in Ormesby church without license

Mr. Tilney refused to [send?] the license

Anderson summarizes that "in or about 1633, Henry Scurry of Yarmouth was married to Elizabeth Moulton of Ormesby, at one of the Ormesby churches", and – after citing further evidence including placement of the Moulton family aboard ship with Henry Skerry, Sr., wife Elizabeth, and son Henry, Jr. in 1637 – offers the rather conservative conclusion that Elizabeth Moulton of Ormesby is "an excellent candidate for the wife of Henry Skerry".

Having set sail from Yarmouth in April, Henry and Elizabeth would have arrived at Salem before the beginning of the summer of 1637. Henry is recorded as a freeman there the following March; the Skerrys remained at Salem for the rest of their lives. Widowed on the penultimate day of 1691, Elizabeth (Moulton) Skerry lived on only until early March of 1693.

Sources

1. ↑ "Some Doubts About the English Background of the Moulton Family," by Moulton, Joan Wade, NEHGR Vol. 144 (July 1990), p. 251; The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11735/251/0 (by subscription)
2. ↑ Marriage to Henry Skerry, NEHGR 147: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11686/146/23541949 (by subscription)

• Birth (presumed location, at Scratby, per father's stated residence there after about 1596): Moulton, Joan Wade. "Some Doubts About the English Background of the Moulton Family," NEHGR Vol. 144 (July 1990), p. 250, citing 1606 deposition of Robert Moulton, NNRO, NCC Depositions: DEP/33, book 36a, f.361; The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11735/250/0 (by subscription)

• Birth (christening) 22 Jul. 1610, at Ormesby St. Margaret (as Elizabeth Moulton; per Anderson, NEHGR: 147; see reference source citation above): "Father forename | Robert | Father surname | MOULTON |Transcribed by | Patrick Moss | Credit | Patrick Moss" -- FreeReg UK; https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818c191e93790eca3c5a0ba/elizabeth-moulton-baptism-norfolk-ormesby-st-margaret-1610-07-22?locale=en

• Parentage [parents' 1595 m. record at Hemsby, about a mile north of Ormsby St. Margaret]: FreeReg UK, "View 1", Parish Register transcribed by Stuart Tokely; https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_queries/5e5412fa4325a669d6291576?locale=en. [This link functional 24 Feb. 2020; if subsequently changed, see https://www.freereg.org.uk and enter appropriate search terms.]

• Death: "SKERRY... Elizabeth, wid. Henry, sr., Mar. 6, 1692-3. CT. R." -- Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7796/228/140950538 (subscription required)

See also:

• Additional sources of interest on husband's profile.