Born in Cornwallis Twp., Kings Co., Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Charles Skinner Sr.
and Sarah (Osborne) Skinner
Sister of
Charles Skinner, Alfred Skinner, Eunice (Skinner) Dimock, Rebecca (Skinner) Manning, Ann (Skinner) Lyons, Elizabeth (Skinner) Lyons, William Henry Skinner, Abigail (Skinner) Marchant, David Skinner, Samuel Skinner and Joseph Churchill Skinner
Wife of
Benjamin Rockwell
— married
19 Feb 1807 in Baptist Church, Cornwallis Twp., Kings Co., Nova Scotia
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary (Rockwell) Eaton and Elizabeth (Rockwell) Eaton
Died [date unknown]
in Cornwallis Twp., Kings Co., Nova Scotia
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Aug 2014
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This profile is part of the Skinner Name Study.
Biography
Mary was born in 1787 to Charles Skinner and Sarah Osborne. She married Benjamin Rockwell in 1807. They had two daughters - Mary and Elizabeth who both married Gurdon Eaton. Mary's death date is unknown at this time. (see siblings on Charles Skinner's profile page)
Sources
- Vital Statistics of Nova Scotia
- Nova Scotia marriages 1711-1909
- hhennigar.ca Family ID F4440
- Canada Census's
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~1.56%
Richard Bryan
:
23andMe, GEDmatch AA5936725 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch AA5936725 [compare], FTDNA kit #206868
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch AA5936725 [compare]
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~1.56%
Lawra (McDorman) Hanscomb :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A943931 [compare]
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~0.78%
Donna (Bishop) Mitchell :
23andMe, GEDmatch WJ1847354 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch WJ1847354 [compare], FTDNA kit #MI52735
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~0.78%
Heather Wilkinson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Greg Bishop :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member greg_bishop01
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch CB8900066 [compare], FTDNA kit #IN65298
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