Meriam (Skeels) Bostwick (1713 - 1783)

Born 1 Aug 1713 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Bushnell Bostwick — married 25 Jan 1736 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 16 Apr 1783 at age 69 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Miriam Skeel could be Skeeles or Skeels, was born on 1 September 1713 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut to John Skeel and Sarah Wheeler.

She married Colonel Bushnell Bostwick on 25 January 1737 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut.

All children born in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut.

1. Daniel Bostwick, twin, born 27 March 1738. He died on 10 April 1738 New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut.
2. Jonathan Bostwick, twin, born 27 March 1738. Jonathan married Rebecca Bronson or Brownson on 4 January 1761 in New Milford. He died on16 March 1812 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA.
3. Israel Bostwick, first of this name, born 9 August 1740. He died on 16 January 1745 New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut.
4. Shadrach Bostwick born 25 September 1742. He died on 30 June 1825 New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA.
5. Mabel Bostwick born 4 August 1744. She married Jonathan Downs (1745-1823) in 1768. Mabel died on 29 April 1818 Bridgewater, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA.
6. Israel Bostwick, twin, born 7 August 1749. Israel married Elizabeth Mallory (1743-1822). He died on 11 May 1826 Rupert, Bennington, Vermont, USA.
7. Mercy Bostwick, twin, born 7 August 1749. Mercy married Elizar Bostwick (1757-1851), son of Edmund Bostwick (1732-1826) and Mercy Ruggles (1732-1822), on 30 December 1778 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut. She died on 17 May 1820 Rootstown, Portage, Ohio.

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Sources

• Source: S30289 "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WG-VSW : 7 January 2020), Meriam Skeel, 1713.
• White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55, p. 225.

See also:

• Sharpe, William Carvosso. South Britain Sketches and Records (Record Print, Seymour, Conn, 1898 Page 65
• Orcutt, Samuel. History of the Towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1803-1882. Hartford, Conn.: Press of the Case, Lockwood and Brainard Co., 1882. Page 660. ( Orcutt, S. uses Skeeles.)
• Bostwick, Henry Anthon. Genealogy of the Bostwick family in America : the descendants of Arthur Bostwick of Stratford, Conn.. New York: Bryan Printing Company, 1901. Pages 132 and188. (Bostwick, HA uses Skeel.)
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 July 2017, 15:15), entry for Miriam Skeel(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LHD6-11K); contributed by various users.