Thomas Skinner (abt. 1712 - abt. 1762)

Born about 6 Apr 1712 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut

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Died about 10 Oct 1762 at about age 50 in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut

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Biography

Thomas Skinner. An online genealogy gives information on Thomas. (110) Rev. Thomas Skinner was born April 6, 1712 and died October 10, 1762. He was a Pastor of the West Chester Church from 1740 to 1742. Thomas married twice, first on July 9, 1740, said to be Mary Newhall. They had two children: Thomas, born May 31, 1741; and Mary, born January 31, 1742. Thomas married second, Mary Thompson, on October 3, 1746. Their children were Alice, born September 3, 1747; Mehitable, born January 10, 1749; Thomas, born May 24, 1752 in Wilhamton, Massachusetts; Joseph, born May 24, 1752, Wilhampton; Benjamin, born June 11, 1754; Mehitable, born June 8, 1756; and Rachel, born December 21, 1758. Another source states that Thomas married Elizabeth Mudge on March 21, 1736. Elizabeth was the daughter of Ebenezer and Abigail (Skinner) Mudge. Thomas’ son, Thomas (born 1741) was a physician at Colchester, Dr. Thomas Skinner died on August 7, 1790 or 1796 at Colchester. (111) He married Jerusha Christophers on April 2, 1788. Thomas and Jerusha had four children: Maria Skinner, born January 14, 1789; Thomas Manwaring Skinner, born June 7, 1791; Mary Elizabeth Skinner, born March 23, 1794, died January 8, 1792, age 5; and George Christophers Skinner, born May 23, 1796. ^[1]

Thomas was born in 1712. He was the son of Thomas Skinner and Mehitable Durant. He passed away in 1762.

Married Marry Newhall, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Sergeant) Newhall

• Marriage intentions on 15 Jun 1740
• Marriage 9 Jul 1940

Burial Westchester Cemetery , Westchester, New London County, Connecticut ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Skinner Family Association
2. ↑ Rev Thomas Skinner (1712-1762) on Find A Grave: Memorial #7135477 retrieved 29 October 2018

• Doris Seymour Wahl, The Skinner Kinsmen, The Descendants of Joseph and Martha (Kinne) Skinner, Niagara Falls, NY, n.d., pp. 1, 5.

Wm. R. Cutter, Ed., Genealogical & Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston & Eastern Mass., Vol. 1, Lewis Hist. Pub. Co., 1908. Reprinted 1996 Higginson Book Co.

William R. Cutter, New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial.

William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Family History of Central New York: a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation, Baltimore, MD: Reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co., 1994, p. 55. Originally published: New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1912.

Malden, Massachusetts Vital Records.

Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts, a Descriptive List Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documents, Boston, 1900, p. 346.

Deloraine Pendre Corey, The History of Malden, Massachusetts 1633-1785, copyright 1898.

Clarence Winthrop Bowen, The History of Woodstock Connecticut, Genealogies of Woodstock Families, Norwood, MA: Plimpton Press, 1930.

Thomas Bellows Wyman, The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Massachusetts 1629-1818, Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1982.

James Savage, Genealogy Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England.

Joyce Johnson, Oceana County History, Oceana County Historical Society (Michigan), 1992 v2 p. 279: Sergeant Thomas Skinner, first generation in America, came to America from Chichester, England and settled at Malden, MA, in about 1649. He had three sons.

Myrtle S. Bohme, References: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 53, 1899.

Dorothy B. West, Thomas Skinner of Malden, MA, Silver Springs, MD

Hobbies, The Magazine for Collectors. September, 1958. Another Skinner, Thomas, was born 1617 in Chichester Co., Sussex, England, and died March 2, 1703-4 in Malden, Mass. He came to the colonies between 1649 and 1652. He married twice and by his first wife had two sons, both born in Chichester, England: Thomas born 1645, and Abraham born 1649. He was admitted freeman in Malden May 18, 1653 and was there licensed to keep an ‘Ordinary’ or Inn.

Genevieve S. Copley, Skinners: Descendant of Thomas Skinner of Malden, MA.

skinnerkinsmen.org - Skinner Family Association website.

Stiles, Henry R. The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor 1635-1891, Somersworth, NH, the New Hampshire Pub Co., 1976. (orig.1891-92). 2 v.

• The Kirbys of New England, Melatiah Everett Dwight, Trow print, 1898
• The Skinner kinsmen, the descendants of Thomas Skinner of Malden, Mass. p 45
• The Skinner kinsmen, the descendants of Thomas Skinner of Malden, Mass. p 86