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Henry Skidmore (1690 - aft. 1759)

Henry Skidmore
Born in Cedar Creek Hundred, Sussex, Delawaremap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died after after age 69 in Broadkill Hundred, Sussex, Delawaremap [uncertain]
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Biography

HENRY SKIDMORE, was born about 1690 in Cedar Creek Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware, the son of Henry (no. 4) Skidmore. He died after 19 March 1759 (the date of his will) in Broadkiln Hundred in the same county. He married Elizabeth _______ who probably survived him.
Henry Skidmore was aged about six at his father's death and made his home afterwards with Richard Williams, Sen., seemingly a kinsman. He is mentioned in the will of Richard Williams, Jr., in 1720 where he appears to be lumped together with others called "cousins" by the testator.
He sold Farmers Delight, which had been surveyed 10 March 1687 for his father, and there are a number of other deeds recorded for him in Sussex County, Delaware. On 12 April 1737 Henry Skidmore, styled a yeoman, bought 75 acres near Lewes on Broad Creek and Round Pole Branch on the King's Road from Daniel Harrison.
His will is dated 19 March 1759 and mentions his sons Thomas, Henry and Elijah Skidmore, his daughter Sarah Pettyjohn and her children, his wife Elizabeth, and his grandchildren by his son Thomas (who was also named executor). The witnesses were Thomas Ozburn, Thomas Brion and John Fisher. The original will survives in the Hall of Records at Dover. The will book shows that on 9 April 1759, the witnesses attested to the will signing; Henry's death must have occurred in March or early April of 1759.
Only his eldest son Thomas remained in Delaware. His other three children (including Sarah Pettyjohn and her husband) moved to North Carolina.[1]

Research Notes

Sources

  1. The Skidmore Family of Rickmansworth, Hertforshire, and of Rickmansworth Plantation in Kent County, Delaware, With an Account of Their Descendants in New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, and the West., By Warren Skidmore and WIlliam F. Skidmore, Page 14
  • Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, , 1676-1971: Sussex: Wills, book B-D, 1751-1794, image107-108, Ancestry.com [1] accessed 26 Aug 2019.
Will of Henry Skidmore
Signed: 19 March 1759; 9 April 1759
Heirs: son Thomas Skidmore; Elizabeth (Skidmore) my Dearly Beloved wife; daughter Sarah Pettyjohn; sons Henry Skidmore; Elijah Skidmore;
Executor: son Thomas Skidmore






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