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John Skinner

Male Abt 1609 - 1650  (~ 41 years)


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  • Name John Skinner 
    Born Abt 1609  of Braintree, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 30 Oct 1650  Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1985  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family Mary Loomis,   b. Abt 1615, of Braintree, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1680, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Married Bef 1635  of Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Ann Skinner,   b. Abt 1635, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 10/10 Mar 1667/8, of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 33 years)
     2. Mary Skinner,   b. 1 Dec 1637, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1665, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 27 years)
     3. John Skinner,   b. Abt 1641, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1690, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years)
     4. Joseph Skinner,   b. Abt 1643, of Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1724, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years)
     5. Richard Skinner,   b. Abt 1646, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. of Colchester, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1203  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Helen Brown per her email of 9 Feb 2002 believes that John may have had a stepson by the name of Issac B. Judson who married Elizabeth Hawley. She has no documentation for this at this time.

      2. The book "The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography," v. 27, p. 325, entry for David Edward Skinner (b. 1867): "His first paternal American ancestor was John Skinner, born at Braintree, England, who was one of the founders of Hartford, Conn., in 1636, the line of descent from John and his wife Mary Loomis being through their son John and his wife Mary Easton, (etc.)"

      3. Per 9 Feb 2002 email of Ellen Baker : Mary Loomis (b. around 1620, m. #1 John Skinner, one of the original proprietors of Hartford, Connecticut, and his name is on the Founder's Monument there and in 1640 owned 22 acres in a division of upland in Hartford, Connecticut, east of the river.

      4. 11 Apr 2001 website <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stanfam/founders.htm>: "Original Proprietors of Hartford, CT., 1636. List of names of the Founders of Hartford, CT. from an obelisk in the Center Church Burial Ground, erected 1837"; includes the name of this individual. [Kerry's note: I saw this gravesite and memorial 21 Sep 2007. On the property is an Oak tree from an acorn of the original Oak Charter Tree. The Church is not original and was built in the early 1800s on the spot of the original First Church.]

      5. The book "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut," Lucius Barnes Barbour, 1982 ed.:
      "John Skinner died 1650, mar. Mary Loomis who m. Owen Tudor Nov. 13, 1651. She died Aug. 19, 1680, dau. of Joseph Loomis of Windsor. Early member 1 Ch. Name on Founders Monument. Children:
      Mary, b. 1633, m. Robert Reeve.
      Ann, b. 1635, m. John Colt.
      John, b. 1637, m. Mary Easton.
      Joseph, b. 1639, m. Mary Filley Apl. 5, 1666.
      Richard, b. 1643.
      [Kerry's note: The birthdates of the children look suspicious especially considering the same author in his separate full entry for John, the Child, shows a 1641 birthdate which varies from the 1637.]
      An original proprietor; his home lot in 1639 was on the west side of Main St. a little below the present corner of Pearl St. but this was given to Richard Olmsted, he receiving in exhange a lot on the highway now Trumbull St.; juror 1639. John Talcott, in his will Aug. 12, 1659, mentions his kinsman John Skinner as 'living in his service' and as John Talcott's mother was Anne, daughter of William Skinner, it is probable that John Skinner Sr. came from Braintree, Co. Essex, Eng."

      6. From Ancestry.com: "A DIGEST of The EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE Records, 1687 to 1695," p. 32:
      Name: John Skinner Location: Windsor Invt. ₤90-16-00. Taken 23 October, 1651, by Matthew Allyn, John Moore, John Talcott & John Barnard. The children: Mary 18 years, Ann 16, John 14, Joseph 12, & Richard 8 years. John Skinner delivered to Robert Reeve's wife the following things: ₤ s d 2 Cushions, 0-08-00 1 Sheet, 0-07-00 1 Pillow Beere, 0-04-06 2 pewter dishes weighed 4 lbs., 0-01-09 1 pewter Candlestick, 1 pewter salt seller & little sacer, 0-11-02 2 Napkins, 0-05-00 1 payr Tongs, 0-04-00 1 brass Kettle, 0-04-00 An old Frying pann, 0-01-06 Received all other these things that you have giving in Writing. As Witness my Hand, Robert Reeve.
      Delivered to John Coalt's wife: ₤ s d One Holland Sheete, 0-15-00 1 Pillow Beere, 0-04-06 2 Cushions, 0-08-00 2 pewter platters, with the Candle Stick & saucer, 0-11-03 1 Iron Pott, 0-08-00 Received all these things that are writting above. As Witness my Hand, John Coalt. Court Record, Page 31 - 4 March, 1651-2: This Court Confirms the Bargain that John White hath made with John Skinner's Widow for some land that did belong to the sd. John Skinner, Decd., and doe order that the sd. John White shall pay to Joseph Loomis sen., of Windsor. Page 83 - 18 January, 1655-6: ₤ s d The Debts of John Skinner Decd, 60-18-11 There remains to be distributed, 29-17-01 To the Relict, 10-00-00 To Richard on account of Weakness, 11-17-01 To the rest of the children to each of them, 00-40-00 This Court grant to Owen Tudor, who had married the Relict of John Skinner, a Writing to the Effect that the Widow never was Executrix or Adms. to the Estate of her Deceased Husband. Page 145 - 6 December, 1660: John Loomis & John Moore are appointed to husband the Estate yet remaining of John Skinner, and to pay the Legacies as ye come to be due, and to pay out of ye sd. Estate such Debts as appear legally to be due so far as ye Estate will be responsible. Page 167-6 March, 1661-2: John Loomis and Sergt. Josiah Hull are desired to take Care of and preserve the Estate of John Skinner's children. Also this Court approve of the placing of Richard Skinner with Robert Reeve from the 1st of November last past for the term of 9 years. Page 97 - (Vol. III) 3 March, 1669: Whereas there was ₤13 of the Estate of John Skinner, lately deceased, left in the Hands of Owen Tudor to answer a Debt claymed from the Estate of the sd. Skinner for one in England, & no person appearing to demand it this 16 years, upon the Motion of the children of the sd. Skinner that they might be put in possession of the sd. Estate deposited as aforesd: This Court grant the Desire that John Skinner shall have ₤6, & Joseph ₤4 of it, & Richard Skinnner ₤3, they engaging to be responsible that soe much as they receive shall be forth comeing if demanded. Page 105 - 23 November, 1670: It appeareing to this Court that John Loomys hath taken security of Owen Tudor for the payment of ₤13 of the Estate of John Skinner due to Mr. Glover, the sd. John Loomis is to see ₤13 payd according to the Dist., and upon payment to deliver to Owen Tudor the obligation he took of him. (See John Moody - Elizabeth Pepper's Statement.)"

      7. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 687:
      "John Skinner, of Hartford, one of the Hooker party and orig. proprietor there. As John Talcott in his will, dated 12 Aug 1659, mentions his kinsman, John Skinner, as 'living in his service,' and as Talcott's mother was Ann (dau. of William) Skinner, it is prob. that John Skinner, Sen., came form Braintree, Co. Essex, Eng. - 'Hartford Co. Memorial History,' i. 259. There seems also to be a family tradition that after the Revolution in England, three Skinner brothers (one of whom had been a High Sheriff) fled to this country, one of whom settled in Connecticut, another in Vermont, and the third in Maryland. John Skinner m. Mary (dau. Joseph, Sen.) Loomis of Windsor, and d. 1650. Will dated 23 Oct 1651 ('Probate Records Hartford.' ii.), contains this entry: 'A Courte of Magistrates of Hartford, 18 Jan 1655, orders Mr. Loomis (Joseph, his father-in-law) to distribute the estate among the following chiildren: Mary, age 18; Ann, age 16; John, age 14; Joseph, age 12; Richard, age 8, and to his wife, m. to Owen Tudor.' Mrs. Skinner m. (2) Owen Tudor of Windsor, 13 Nov 1654, and removed with her children to Windsor, where she d. 19 Aug 1680. Children:
      A. Mary, b. 1638; m. Robert Reeve of Hartford.
      B. Ann, b. 1639; m. John Colt, ancestor of Hartford Colts.
      C. John, b. 1641.
      D. Joseph, b. 1643.
      E. Richard, b. 1646; res. Hartford; desc. removed to Colchester."
      [Note: Stiles' book does not have biographies of Reeves, Colts, Eastons, or Gaines.]

      8. From the book "The Descendants (by the Female Branches) of Joseph Loomis, who Came from Braintree, England, in the Year 1638 and Settled in Windsor, CT, in 1639," by Elias Loomis (Yale Professor), 1880, v. 1, p. 108: "Mary Loomis, daughter of Joseph Loomis, m. John Skinner of Hartford, who d. in 1650. She d. 19 Aug 1680. Children:
      A. Mary, b. 1637, m. Robert Reeve.
      B. Ann, b. 1639, m. John Colt.
      C. John, m. Mary ___. He d. 15 Sep 1690. She d. 18 Jun 1695.
      D. Joseph, b. 1643, m. Mary Filley of Windsor 5 Apr 1666. She d. 15 Apr 1711.
      E. Richard, b. 1646."

      9. Elias Loomis "Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America," update of 1875 edition published by Elisha S. Loomis, Berea, Ohio, third (1908) edition, chapter: "The Descendants of Joseph Loomis (1590-1658) in America," subchapter "First Generation, children of Joseph Loomis of Windsor, CT.," pp. 126-128:
      "Genealogical investigations have been unable to establish definitely the order of the children of Joseph Loomis, and it is considered advisable to give here the conflicting evidence:
      Possible order of children:
      1. Mrs Olmsted, b. 1615, md. 1640. [Sarah]
      2. Mrs. Hull, b. 1617, md. 1641. [Elizabeth]
      3. Joseph, b. 1618, md. 1646.
      4. Mrs. Skinner, b. 1620, md. 1638. [Mary]
      5. John, b. 1622, md. 1648.
      6. Thomas, b. 1624, md. 1653.
      7. Nathaniel, b. 1626, md. 1653.
      8. Samuel, b. 1628, md. 1653.
      Probably, however, the order was as follows:
      Joseph, b. 1615.
      Sarah, b. 1617.
      Elizabeth, b. abt 1619.
      Mary, b. abt 1620.
      John, b. 1622.
      Thomas, b. 1624.
      Nathaniel, b. 1626.
      Samuel, b. 1628."
      Concerning Mary:
      "Mary, b. Eng., abt. 1620; m. 1st, 1638, John Skinner of Hartford, d. 1650; m. 2nd., Nov. 13, 1651, Owen Tudor, d. Windsor, Conn., Oct. 30, 1690. She d. there Aug. 19, 1690. Ch'n - by Skinner - 1. Mary, 2. Ann, ancestress of Elisha Colt, of Hartford, Conn., b. Feb 26, 1758, Comptroller of Conn., 1806-1818; also ancestress of Samuel Colt, of Hartford, b. July 19, 1814, inventor of the revolving pistol. 3. John, ancestor of Hon. Nathaniel Shipman, b. Aug. 22, 1828, Judge U.S. Court, Hartford, Conn. 4. Joseph, 5. Richard, ancestor of Ichabod L. Skinner, b. Sept. 2, 1767, engineer of the National Road from Wheeling, W. Va. By Tudor - 6. Samuel, ancestor of Charles Jeremy Hoadley, of Hartford, b. Aug. 1, 1827, State Librarian of Conn.; also ancestor of Capt. Owen Tudor, b. Mch. 23, 1777, U.S.Navy; also ancestor of the two brohthers, Hon. Gideon Welles, b. July 1, 1802, Sec'y of the U.S. Navy, 1861-9, and Hon. Thaddeus Welles, b. Feb. 23, 1806, repeatedly State Senator, Conn. 7. Sarah, 8. Owen, 9. Ann, 10. Mary, ancestress of Prof. William Seymor Tyler, D. D., LL. D., (Harvard), b. Harford, Pa., Sept. 2, 1810, d. Nov. 19, 1897, a noted teacher, theologian, Latin and Greek author, philologist, etc."

      10. TAG 74(1999):97-100, article "The Skinner Wives of Robert1 Reeve and John1 Colt of Hartford and Windsor, Connecticut; An Old Mix-Up," by Gale Jon Harris, FASG:
      "The inventory of the estate of John1 Skinner of Windsor, Connecticut, taken on 23 October 1651, lists daughters Mary, aged 18, Ann, aged 16, and three younger sons: John, Joseph, and Richard.[1] Records of the sporadic probate proceedings at Hartford on Skinner's estate over the following two decades mention sums of money to be paid to each of these sons and include two undated receipts for the daughters' portions. The first receipt, signed by Robert Reeve, lists house-hold items "delivered to Robert Reeve's wife," and the second, signed by John Coalt [sic], lists similar items "delivered to John Coalt's wife."[2] The obvious im­plication is that Reeve had married one of the Skinner sisters and Colt the other, but these records do not explicitly state which sister in either case...
      Footnotes:
      1. Charles William Manwaring, A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records: Hartford District, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-b), I:150 (hereafter cited as Manwaring, Conn. Probate Rec­ords). A few years later, on 18 Jan. 1655[/6], these children were again listed, with the same stated ages, in the record of a Court of Magistrates at Hartford ordering payment of debts and a distribution of the remaining estate to them and to the relict, "now the wife of Owin Trudor [sic] of Wyndsor" (Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, Conn. Hist. Soc. Coll., 22[Hartford, 1928]:l58-59); the surname of the widow's second husband is an error for Tudor in the original or the published transcript (see Henry R. Stiles, The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, 2 vols. [Hartford, 1892], 2:767 [hereafter cited as Stiles, History of Windsor]).
      2. Manwaring, Conn. Probate Records, 1:150-51..."

      11. The book "Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his wife Harriet Wade Rice with related families," by Patty Barthell Myers (2003), pp. 448-51:
      "MARY Loomis, b. Eng., c1620; d. 19 Aug 1680; m/1 JOHN SKINNER of Hartford, d. 30 Oct 1650; m/2 13 Nov 1651 OWEN TUDOR of Windsor, d. 30 Oct 1690. Children (SKINNER): Mary b. 1 Dec 1637, m. Robert Reeve; Ann b. 1639 m. John Colt; John b. 1641, m. Mary Easton; Joseph b. 1643, m. Mary Filley; Richard b. 1646. Children by Owen Tudor (TUDOR): Samuel (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. 1685 Abigail (Filley) Bissell, wid. of John Bissell; Sarah (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. James Porter; Owen b. 2 Mar 1654, d. unm.; Anne (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657; Jane (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657, m. Samuel Smith of Wethersfield; Mary b. 6 Mar 1661, m/1 John Orton, m/2 John Judson. (Manwaring, Vol. I, 1687-1695, p. 513; Savage sv Owen Tudor.)
      (William Richard Cutter, New England Family History, p. 985; (Elias Loomis, Desc. of Joseph Loomis)"

      12. FHL publication "The Skinner Kinsmen. The Descendants of John Skinner of Hartford, Connecticut," compiled by Mrs. Natalie R. Fernald (The Pioneer Press; Washington, D.C.). This is a hodge-podge collection of various Skinner-related materials, many of which are very excellent and others which are conjecture in regards to John1 Skinner's ancestry needing additional research:
      "John Skinner(1) was born in Braintree, County Essex, England. He was a member of Rev. Thomas Hooker's company, which came to America in 1635 and settled at Hartford, Conn., and he was one of the original proprietors of the settlement, 1636. He married in Windsor, Conn., Mary, dau. of Deacon Joseph Loomis. John died Oct. 30, 1650. Mary married second, Owen Tudor, from Wales, Nov. 13, 1651. Mary died Aug. 19, 1680; Owen died Oct. 30, 1690.
      Children:
      -Mary(2), b. Dec. 1, 163, m. Robert Reeve of Hartford, abt. 1654-60. He married, second, Elizabeth, dau. of John Nott, of Wethersfield, Conn. He d. 1679-80.
      -Ann, b. 1639, m. as second wife, Capt. John Colt, who came to Hartford in 1638 and lived to an age of more than 100 years. His first wife was Mary Fitch.
      -John, b. 1641, m. Mary, dau. of Joseph Easton. He died Sept. 15, 1690, in Hartford, Conn. She died June 18, 1695.
      -Joseph, b. 1643, m. Apr. 5, 1666, Mary, daughter of William and Margaret Filley, of Windsor, Conn., and settled in Windsor. She was b. 1646, d. Apr. 13, 1711. He d. May 31, 1724.
      -Richard, b. 1646-7.
      From: Memorial History of Hartford Co. Conn.
      "John Skinner, an original proprietor, his home-lot in 1639 was on the west side of Main St., a little below the present corner of Pearl St.; but this was given to Richard Olmstead, he receiving in exchange a lot on the highway, now Trumbull St.; juror 1639; m. Mary, dau. of Joseph Loomis of Windsor; d. in 1650, and his widow m. (2) Owen Tudor of Windsor on Nov. 13, 1651...
      Note: (by D.S.W.) - Mary (Loomis) Skinner - Tudor had the following children by her second husband, Owen Tudor - Samuel, Sarah, Owen, Ann, Mary. (Loomis Genealogy)
      John Talcott, in his will, Aug, 12, 1659, mentions his kinsman, John Skinner, as "living in his service", and as John Talcott's mother was Anne, dau. of William Skinner it is probable that John Skinner, Sr. came from Braintree, Co. Essex, England. (vol. 1, p. 258) … [Handwritten note in margin: TAG 29, p. 210.]
      Probable Ancestry of John Skinner [KP note: Possible but not probable subject to more research]:
      William Skinner, yeoman; of Braintree, Essex Co., England; d. between Aug. 14, 1616 (date of will) and Sept. 26, 1616 (date of probate). He had m. Margery who d. between Mar. 2, 1617 (date of will) and Dec. 16, 1620 (date of probate). According to names mentioned in their wills they were the parents of:
      1. William, married and had children, at least ... Rebecca, Francis, Richard.
      2. John, married and had children, at least ... John (possibly John of Hartford, Conn.!)
      3. Richard, married and had children, at least … Mary, Ellen, John (possibly John of Hartford, Conn.)
      4. Margery, married John Gill and had children, at least … Mary Gill, Ann Gill.
      5. Anne, married (1) John Talcott, bp. Oct. 4 1652 – d. 1604. She m. (2) Moses Wall. She d. Felsted, Essex Co., England in 1637. She had children, at least ... John Talcott, b. 1600, d. 1660, came to America on ship Lynn, landing in Boston, Sept. 16, 1632 ("The Early Colonist" of Hartford, Conn.). His name also on Founder's Monument.
      6. Rachel ... married Edmund Alston and had children, at least ... Edmund Alston, Rachel Alston, Mary Alston
      Reference: Hale, House & Related Families.
      From: The American Genealogist - Oct. 1953.
      Rachel Skinner who m. Edmund Alston was Aunt to John Talcott and John Skinner, both of Hartford, Conn. She is buried at Newton, Suffolk Co. England - daughter of Richard Skinner. [KP note: Why Richard?]
      TAG 29:748: Family of RACHEL (SKINNER) and EDMUND ALLSTON
      This Rachel Skinner was aunt of John Talcott and of John Skinner, both of Hartford, Conn. See Lionel Cresswell, "Stemmata Alstoniana (1905), p. 63:
      Edmund Aleston, son of Thomas and Susan (Gosse) Alston, was bapt. at Newton, co. Suffolk, 23 Dec. 1576, and bur. there 24 July 1640, leaving a will dated 22 July 1640, proved (P.C.C., 149 Coventry) 25 Nov. 1640 by his son and executor Edward Alston. His widow Rachel, who was the daughter of Richard Skinner of Braintree, Essex, was mentioned in the will of her brother-in-law Isaac Alston in 1625, and was bur. at Newton 16 Mar. 1660.
      Children
      i. Thomas, bapt. at Newton 14 Dec. 1608, bur. there 21 Dec. 1608.
      ii. Rachel, bapt. at Newton 5 Aug. 1610, received ₤0 under her father's will.
      iii. Edmond, bapt. at Newton 15 Mar. 1611/12, bur. there 11 Sept. 1678; m. ca. 1637 Sarah Collard, dau. of William Collard of Barneston, co. Essex. Five Children.
      iv. Mary, bapt. at Newton 26 Apr. 1614, m. there 20 June 1633 Thomas Sewell, son of John Sewell of Great Henny, Co. Essex.
      v. Anna, bapt. at Newton 5 Dec. 1615; d. young.
      vi. Samuel, bapt. at Newton 26 Nov. 1618, bur. there 25 Jan. 1686, m. Ellen Fryer, dau. of Hamlet Fryer of Stansfield, co. Suffolk. She d. 1681. Ten Children.
      vii. Edward, bapt. at Newton 29 May 1621; executor to his father; bur. there 21 Apr. 1690; m. (1) there 1 Nov...
      GENEALOGICAL GLEANINGS IN England.
      "William Skinner of Braintree (Essex) yeoman, 14 August 1616, proved 26-7-1616. The poor of Braintree twenty six shillings eight pence. To wife Margery my freehold lands, messuages, tenements, shops &c. in Braintree for life; afterwards to second son John. To John copyhold lands &c. in Braintree, he to secure his mother the rent it now goeth for &c. To John twenty pounds and to his son John, my grandson (silver). To eldest son William one hundred and sixty pounds. To his daughters Rebecca and Francis Skinner (silver) and thirty pounds apiece at eighteen years of age, and to his son Richard forty pounds. To my youngest son Richard (inter alia) my book of my brother Allyn's works. To John and Mary Skinner children of said son Richard (household stuff). To son Richard ten pounds for use and benefit of Mary, Ellyn and Richard, his children, at ages of eighteen. To eldest daughter An, wife of Moyses Wall, forty pounds. To John Taylcoate, Sara Taylcoate and Rachell Taylcoats, Moyses Wall, Lidia Wall and Mary Wall, the children of my said daughter An, five marks apiece, to be paid to the said Moyses Wall my son in law to their use &c. To my son in law Moses Wall ten pounds to be employed about a building which he did intend to do within the house wherein be now dwelleth. To Sara Taylcoate my bible. To John Gill my son in law twenty pounds to the use of Mary Gill and An Gill, children of my daughter Margery. To my said daughter Margery Gill two silver spoons. To my son in law Edmund Allstonne ten pounds. To Rachell Skinner my daughter, the wife of Edmund Allstonne (household stuff). To my brother Allin "my new hatt turft wth velvett." To Mr. Collen ten pounds for a sermon to be preached at my burial. To Edmund, Rachel and Mary Allstone children of my said daughter Rachel five marks apiece. To my said daughter Rachel my book of Mr. Perkin's works after wife's decease. Susan wife of Joseph Man and her daughter Susan. Godson William Skinner son of William Skinner of Bocking. Godson William Winterflood. Godson William Skinner son of Martin Skinner. Cousin Martin Skinner. To Mr. Daniel Rogers ten shillings. To Cousin Richard Barnard ten shillings. Wife Margery to be executrix and friends Martin Skynner, sons in law Moyses Wall and Edmund Alstone, and Richard Barnard to be supervisors, Com. Court of London for Essex and Herts, Unnumbered will, File for 1616."
      "Margerie Skynner of Brainetree, Essex, widow, 2 March 1617, proved at Brainetree 16 December 1620. To my daughter Margerie five pounds (and other goods) and to her son John Gill a bullock. To my son William Skynuer five pounds. To my son John Skinner twenty pounds. To my daughter Rachell five pounds. I do give and bequeath further to my daughter Rachell three pewter platters of the greater sort and three of the best cushions in the great chamber and my warming pan. To Sara Taylcoat a flock bed and a flock bolster, a coverlet and a pair of blankets (and other effects). To Rachell Taylcoate a little kettle of a gallon, a brass pot, a posnet (&c). And I will that the pewter which I had of my son in law John Taylecoat I will the same to Sara and Rachell to be equally parted and divided between them; and I give more to Sara my kneading trough. If my son John Skynner's son do die before he be of age to receive his gift which my husband gave him, which is a silver bowl and two silver spoons; then I give the same to my son John. To my son John Skynner's wife two silver spoons. The residue of my pewter I will shall be equally parted and divided between my daughter Ann her two daughters she had by my son in law Moses Wall, my son Richard's wife and my son John his wife, by even portions, and I give more to my son, John his wife a kettle next the biggest. And I give to my son Richard twenty pounds and the residue of my household stuff unbequeathed. I give more in daughter Anne a two and twenty shillings piece in gold and to her husband Moyse Wall a two and twenty shillings piece in gold. I make my son Richard sole executor. I give to Mr. Collen ten shillings to preach at my funeral. To the poor of Brainetree six shillings eight pence. I nominate and appoint my son John Skynner overseer. Christopher Taylor, scr. a witness. Com. of London for Essex and Herts. File for 1620-1621, No. 121.
      (See wills of John Tailecot and Moses Wall in last January Gleanings (pp. 134 and 139; ante, pp. 1125 and 1180) and pedigree of Talcot (p. 135; ante, p. 1126) in the same Gleanings – H.F.W.)"
      CONTEMPORARY Records .
      From Mainwaring, Digest of the Early Conn. Probate Records.
      John Skinner, Windsor, Invt. ₤90-16-00 Taken, 23 Oct. 1651, by Matthew Allyn, John Moore, John Talcott and John Barnard.
      John Skinner delivered to Robert Reeve's wife the following things: 2 cushions, ₤-08-00; 1 sheet, 0-07-00; 1 Pillow Beere, 0-04-05; 2 pewter discs weighed 4 lbs; 0-01-09; 1 pewter Candlestick, 1 pewter salt seller and little sacer, 0-11-02; napkins, 0-05-00; 1 payr Tongs, 0-04-00; 1 bras kettle, 0-04-00; An old Frying pann, 0-01-06. Rec'd all other these things that you line have giving in Writing. As Witness my Hand. Robert Reeve.
      Delivered to John Coalt's wife: One Holland Sheete, ₤-15-00; 1 Pillow Beere, 0-04-06; 2 cushions, 0-08-00; 2pewter platters, with the candle Stick and saucer, 0-11-03; 1 Iron Pott 0-08-1. Rec'd all these things that are Writting above. As Witness my Hand, John Coalt.
      Court Record, pp. 31-34. 4th March 1651-2: This Court Confirms the Bargain that John White had made with John Skinner's Widow for some land that did belong to the said John Skinner, Dec'd, as doe order that the sd John White shall pay to Joseph Loomis, sen., of Windsor.
      Page 83, 18 Jan. 1655-6: The Debts of John Skinner Dec'd ₤-18-11. There remains to be distributed, ₤29-17-01. To the Relict, ₤-00-00. To Richard on account of Weakness, ₤11-17-01. To the rest of the children to each of them ₤00-40-00. This court grant to Owen Tudor, who had married the Relict of John Skinner a Writing to the Effect that the Widow never was Executrix or Administratrix to the Estate of her dec'd husband.
      Page 145, 6 Dec. 1660: John Loomis and John Moore are appointed to husband the Estate yet remaining of John Skinner, and to pay the Legacies as ye come to be due, and to pay out of ye sd Estate such Debts as appear legally to be due so far as ye Estate will be responsible.
      Page 167, 6 March 1661-2: John Loomis and Sergeant Josiah Hull are desired to take care of and preserve the Estate John Skinner's children. Also this Court approve of the plating at Richard Skinner with Robert Reeve from the 1st of Nov. last past for the term of 9 years (vol. 3, p. 97).
      3. Mar. 1669. Whereas there ₤3 the of the Estate of John Skinner, lately dec'd left in the Hands of Owen Tudor to answer a Debt claimed from the Estate of the said Skinner for one in England, and no person appearing to demand it this 16 years, upon the Motion of the children of the said Skinner that they might be put in possession of the said Estate deposited as aforsd: This Court grant the Desire that John Skinner shall have ₤, Joseph 4 of it, and Richard 3, they engaging to be responsible that soe much as they receive shall be forth coming if demanded.
      Page 105, 23 Nov. 1670: It appearing to this Court that John Loomis Hath taken security of Owen Tudor for the payment of ₤3 of the Estate of John Skinner due to Mr. Glover, the said John Loomis is to see ₤3 payd according to the Distribution, and upon payment to deliver to Owen Tudor the obligation he took of him (See John Moody, Elizabeth Pepper's Statement), (Vol. 1, pp. 150-52)
      From Stiles, Ancient Windsor.
      Courte of Magistrates of Hartford, Jan. 18, 1655, orders Mr. Loomis (Joseph, John's father-in-law) to distribute the estate among the the following children: Mary, aged 18 years, Ann, 16, John, 14, Joseph, 12, and Richard, 8. (Vol. 2, p. 687).
      From Connecticut Historical Society Collections.
      Hartford Lands Distribution 1639, Febr: Anno; dom; 1640 (Note. - First written "1630") Severall parcells of Land in hertford vpon the River of Connecticott belonging to John Skinner & to heires forever. (Note. – This record is in the handwriting of the second recorder. All of the parcels are entered on the Secretary's record vol. p. 57.
      viz One parcell on which his dwellinge now standeth (The Secretary's record here inserts "wth outhouses.") Contayning by Estimation three acres more or less Abutting on Mr. Allins land on the East & on the high way leading from the Cowpasture to the oxpasture on the west & on the highway leading from the mill into the Country on the South & on John Morisses land on the North. One parcell which he bought of Richard Whitehead & pt of it be bought of Richard Olmstead Contayning by Estimation one acre & one Rood (more or lesse). Abutting on the highway leading from Seth Grants to the meet ...
      viz One parcell on which his dwelling now standeth (The ... ing house on tho North & on Thomas Lords land junr on the south & Seth Grants & on Natn: Richards & on John Riddells land on the west & on Richard Lord & on Richard Olmsteads land & on the Buryeing place on the East.
      One parcell lyeing in the pine feild Contayning by Estimation foure acres (more or lesse) Abutting on the highway leading from the mi(ll) into the Country on the South and on the highway leading from the Swampe to the middle ox pasture on the North and on John Morrisses land on the east and on John Hollowayes land on the west. One parcell in the necke of land Contayning by Estimation two acres (more or lesse) wch he bought of Samuell Whitehead Abutting on the Cowpasture on the west and on the swamp belonging to the North meadow on the East and on Wllm Pantryes land on the South and on Richard Olmsteads land on the North.
      One parcell lyeing in the Cowpasture Contayning by Estimation foure acres more or lesse wch Cowpasture Abutteth on the west feild and on Rich: Goodmans and on Thom: Standlyes land and on the pine feild on the South and on the land now Common on the North and on the necke of land now the East and on the Little oxpasture on the west.
      One parcell of swamp lyeing on the East side of the great River Contayning by Estimation foure acres (more or lease) Abutting on the widow Spensers land on the East and on Nath: Bardens land on the west (The Secretary's record here inserts "and on land common on the south") and on a highway leading from the meadow to the great River on the (north).
      One parcell of meadow lyinge on the East side of the great River Contayning By Estimation foure more or lesse Abutting on the widoe Spensers meadow on the North and on the land now common on the (The secretary's record ends here) west and on the East and on the South (vol. 14, pp. 309-310).
      John Skinner had a right in undivided lands in Hartford, Conn., 1639-60 (vol. 6, p. 17).
      John Skinner had ten acres (p. 23).
      11 Jan. 1640, "Richard VMsteed is to have peart of John skiners Lott on wch ye sayd John skinners house stand & ye sayd John skiner is To Remove his dwelling house & John skinner is To have ffor ye same 3 acres of vpland for ye exchange of ground is To have three acres more wch 6 acres is to be Layed out in his devisson in ye Cow paster or ox paster: Richard Vmstead is to guinssell his howse yt stand vpon ye buring place & then ye Towne is To Remove it To ye Lotte ye sayed Richard Vmstead receive of John skiner (p. 41).
      From Memorial History of Hartford County, Conn.
      John Skinner, an original proprietor, his home lot in 1639 was on the west side of Main St., a little below the present corner of Pearl St; but this was given to Richard Olmsteed (q. v.) he receiving in exchange a lot on the highway, now Trumbull St; juror, 1639, m. Mary, dau. of Joseph Loomis, of Windsor; d. in 1650, and his widow m. (2d) Nov. 13, 1651, Owen Tydor, of Windsor.
      John Talcott, in his will, Aug. 12, 1659, mentions his kinsman, John Skinner, as "living in his service," and as John Talcott's mother was Anne dau. of William Skinner, it is probable that John Skinner, Sr., came from Braintree, Co. Essex (vol. 1, p. 258)."

      13. The book "Emerson-Benson Saga …," by Edmund K. Swigart (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1994), pp. 351-53:
      "JOSEPH1 LOOMIS (JOHNA LUMACE, JOHNB LUMMYS, THOMASC) was born by 1590, perhaps in Braintree, county Lincoln, England, and died 25 November 1658 at Windsor, CT. He was the son of JOHNA LUMACE, a tailor of Thaxted and Braintree and AGNESA LINGWOOD and JANE MARLAN?, daughter of WILLIAMB and MARGARETA (PERYE) MARLAN? of Braintree. He was also the grandson of JOHNB LUMMYS, a carpenter of Thaxted, and Kryster [sic: Krysten] (Christian (___). JOSEPH1 married 30 June 1616 at Messing, county Essex, England, MARY1 WHITE, daughter of ROBERTA, a wealthy yeoman, and BRIDGETA (ALLGAR) WHITE of Shalford, county Essex. MARY1 was baptized 24 August 1590 at Shalford and died 23 August 1652 at Windsor. MARY1's younger sister, ANNA1, married ancestor JOHN1 PORTER.
      United States President Ulysses Simpson Grant (18th Chief Executive), Stephen Grover Cleveland (22nd and 24th), and Gerald Rudolph Ford, (38th), were descendants of MARY1's parents and Millard Fillmore (13th President), of her and her parents.
      JOSEPH1 was a woolen draper, He and his wife lived in Braintree until 1628. They moved to London and from there sailed with their eight children 11 April 1638 aboard the "Susan and Ellen", the same ship that ancestor Rev. PETER1 BULKELEY had taken in 1635. The LOOMIS family arrived in Boston 11 July 1638, they may have spent their first year in Dorchester, MA, but moved by land in the summer of 1639 to Windsor, CT, "Probably in the company of Reverend Ephraim Huet who arrived there August 17, 1639" (ref. 3). "On 2 Feb. 1640 he had granted to him 21 acres on the west side of the Connecticut River adjoining the Farmington River" (ref. 6). JOSEPH1 continued to acquire land and served on juries in 1642 and in 1644 with Nathaniel1 Foote, brother of ancestor MARYA FOOTE. "On 6 January 1650, he was sued by" [ancestor WILLIAM1 BUELL] "for trespass and for damage to the extent of seven bushels of corn; one may infer that his stock got away from him" (ref. 3).
      JOSEPH1 apparently left no will. His estate was valued at 178 pounds 10 shillings, with "a 'debt in England'" (ref. 3) of 12 pounds 14 shillings 6 pence against it. On December 1658, his wife having predeceased him, his five sons and three daughters (two represented by their husbands) signed an agreement in place of a will to divide JOSEPH's estate equitably among them.
      The children of JOSEPH1 and MARY1 (WHITE) LOOMIS, all probably born in Braintree, county Lancaster, England, and probably not all listed in the correct order of birth, were.
      I Joseph2, b. 1615, ca. 1616; d. 26 Jun 1687 at Windsor, CT; m. 1/wf 17 Sep 1646, Sarah2 Hill 2/wf 28 Jun 1659, Mary Sherwood.
      II Sarah2, b. ca. 1617-8?; d. 1667, 1687, perh. at Hartford, CT; m. by 28 Sep 1640, Nicholas Olmstead.
      III. ELIZABETH2, b. ca. 1620?; d. aft. 1665, prob. of Killingworth, CT; m by 20 May 1640-1 at Windsor, CT, JOSIAH2 HULL (see HULL).
      IV Mary2, b. 1620?; d. 19 Aug. 1680, prob. at Windsor, CT: m. 1/hs by 1637-8, by 1633, John Skinner, m. 2/hs 13 Nov 1651, prob. at Windsor, Owen Tudor.
      V John2, b. ca. 1622?, 1620; d. 2 Sep 1688 at Windsor, CT; m. 3, 6? Feb 1648-9 Elizabeth2 Scott (Thomas1).
      VI Thomas2, b. ca. 1624?; 2 Aug 1689, prob. at Windsor, CT; m. 1/wf 1 Nov 1653 Hannah Fox/Fowkes who d. 1662, prob. at Windsor; m. 2/wf 1 Jan 1562-3, Mary2 Judd (Thomas1).
      VII Nathaniel2, b. ca 1626?; d. 19 Aug 1688, prob. at Windsor, CT; m. as 1/hs 24 Nov 1653-4, Elizabeth2 Moore (John1) who m. 2/hs aft. 3 Nov 1991, John Case.
      VIII Samuel2, b. 1628?; d. 1 Oct 1689, prob. at Westfield, MA; m. 27, 29? Dec 1653, Elizabeth2 Judd (Thomas1), sis. of Mary2 who m. Samuel2's older? bro., Thomas2 as 2/wf.
      REFERENCES
      1) Brainerd, Dwight, "Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd," [Portland, ME, Anthoensen Press, 1948], [hereinafter Brainerd, D.], 301-2.
      2) Colket, M. B., op. cit., 196.
      3) Ferris, M. W., op. cit., Dawes-Gates, II:453-62; 567-72.
      4) Parke, N. G., op. cit., 78.
      5) Pierce, R. Andrew, personal correspondence, research and material on the Hull and Loomis lines, 25 May 1993, MAT, Swigart, E. K., Washington, CT.
      6) Pitman, H. M., op. cit., 391-2, 396.
      7) Roberts, G. B., op cit., 182.
      8) Roberts, Gary B., review of the Emerson-Benson ancestral lines and material on the Lingwood, Loomis and White lines, NEHGS Library, Boston, MA, 19 May 1993 with Swigart, E. K., MAT, Swigart, E. K., Washington, CT.
      9) Savage, J., op. cit. II:494; III:112-3.
      10) Torrey, C. A., op. cit., 139, 401, 472, 545, 677, 757."

      14. The book "Dorset Pilgrims," 1989:
      "APPENDIX II WINDSOR INVENTORIES. Total amounts (£s) in orders of magnitude.
      First generation: Name/Amount/Birth/Death:
      Tudor, Owen 294 England 1691
      Gillett, Jonathan 273 England 1677
      Stiles, John 222 England 1662
      Loomis, Joseph 178 England 1658
      Barber, Thomas 132 1614 1662
      Bancroft, John 110 England 1662
      Skinner, John 90 England 1651
      Second generation:
      Phelps, Samuel 773 c. 1625 1669
      Phelps, Joseph 473 c. 1629 1695
      Phelps, William 472 England 1682
      Loomis, Thomas 377 England 1689
      Loomis, Joseph 281 England 1687
      Stiles, John 96 England 1683
      Note: The lists in Appendix II should be used with considerable caution and in terms of orders of magnitude only. A few inventories include some land as well as chattels; there are one or two - Matthew Allyn is an example - the bulk of whose possessions lie outside Windsor; and allowance must be made for those, usually elderly, who have already deeded the bulk of their property to children before their death; but even in its raw state the lists reveal the concentration of possessions, if not 'wealth', in the hands of a minority of families and predictable families at that. They bear comparison with the list of grants from the plantation in Appendix I."

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. Per family group sheet archive record submitted by Joyce Pierce Christensen, 3847 S. 9th E., SLC, Utah. References: "Am. Pub. F, Vol. 26, Yr. 1932, pg. 550, Americana."

      2. Marion Edward Lee, "The Lees of New England and Some Allied Families", pp. 89-92. This book is very sketchy with just the vital information and some highlights in a sentence or two of each person. No footnotes or sources given. Better material can be had from other sources quoted above.