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Mary Easton

Female Abt 1643 - 1695  (~ 52 years)


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  • Name Mary Easton 
    Born Abt 1643  of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 18 Jun 1695  Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2332  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family 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) 
    Married Abt 1662  Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1366  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. The book "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut," Lucius Barnes Barbour, 1982 ed.:
      "Joseph Easton born ca 1602, died Aug. 14, 1688 age 86. Early member of 1 Ch. Name on Founders Monument. Deacon.
      Children:
      Joseph, m. Hannah Ensign.
      John, m. Elizabeth.
      Mary, m. John Skinner.
      Sarah, m. Robert Shirley.
      Cambridge; freeman Mar. 4, 1635; an original proprietor of Hartford; his home lot in 1639 was on the south side of the highway now Elm St. near the west end. Chosen chimney viewer 1649; surveyor of highways 1652-66; constable 1658. He bought land on the east side of the river of Richard Goodman and was one of the Committee on fencing the meadow in 1683."

      2. The book "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut," Lucius Barnes Barbour, 1982 ed.:
      "Corp. John Skinner, son of John and Mary (Loomis) was born 1641, died Sept 15, 1690, mar. Mary Easton who died June 18, 1695, dau. of Joseph Easton and Hannah. [Kerry's note: notice the variance in birthdates from this entry vs. that of his father which shows a birth for this John in 1637.] Children:
      Mary, b. Dec. 1, 1664 (HTR) m. Joshua Carter May 21, 1691 (HTR).
      John, b. Mch 1, 1666 (HTR) m. Rachel Pratt.
      Joseph, b. Aug 26, 1669 (HTR) m/1 Dorothy Hosmer, m/2 Elizabeth Olmsted.
      Nathaniel, b. Apl 5, 1672 (HTR) m.
      Richard, b. Jan 16, 1674-5 (HTR). Think this Richard died in Hfd 1716.
      Sarah, b. Nov. 4, 1677 (HTR) m. Dea. John Goodwin.
      Thomas, b. Nov. 15, 1680 (HTR) m. Sarah Grant.

      3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 687:
      "John Skinner (son of John), m. Mary (dau. of Joseph) Easton, who d. 18 Jun 1695; he d. 15 Sep 1690; res. Hartford. Children:
      a. Mary, b. 1 Dec 1664; m. Joshua Carter 21 May 1691.
      b. John, b. 1 Mar 1666/7; m. Rachel Pratt, 22 Feb 1693, who d. 17 Aug 1748, age 77; he d. 27 Oct 1743.
      c. Joseph (Dea.), b. 26 Aug 1669.
      d. Nathaniel, b. 5 Apr 1672; m. Mary Gillet, 13 Jun 1706; rem. to Colchester; was father of Rev. Thos. Skinner, pastor of W. Chester, CT, 1740-62.
      e. Richard, b. 16 Jan 1674.
      f. Sarah, b. 4 Nov 1677.
      g. Thomas, b. 15 Nov 1680."

      4. 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:
      A. "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."
      B. "Children of John Skinner, Hartford:
      a. Mary, b. 1 Dec 1664, m. Joshua Carter 21 May 1691.
      b. John, b. 1 Mar 1666-7, m. Rachel Pratt 22 Feb 1693. he d. 27 Oct 1743. She d. 17 Aug 1748, ae. 77.
      c. Deac. Joseph, b. 26 Aug 1669, m. Mary Grant 13 Mar 1694. She d. 26 Aug 1734. He d. 7 Feb 1748.
      d. Nathaniel, b. 5 Apr 1672, m. Mary Gillett 13 Jun 1706. Colchester.
      e. Richard, b. 16 Jan 1674, m. Sarah Gaines 25 Dec 1702.
      f. Sarah, b. 4 Nov 1677.
      g. Thomas, 15 Nov 1680, m. Sarah Grant 19 Jul 1705."

      5. 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)"