Person:Samuel Skelton (2)
Reverend Samuel Skelton
chr.26 Feb 1592/93 Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England
d.2 Aug 1634 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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  • H.  Reverend Samuel Skelton1592/93 - 1634
  • W.  Susanna Travis1597 - 1631
m. 27 Apr 1619
  1. Benjamin SkeltonBef 1620 -
  2. Sarah Skelton1621 - 1621
  3. Samuel Skelton, Jr.1622 - 1663
  4. Susanna Skelton1625 - 1695
  5. Mary Skelton1627 - 1701
  6. Nathaniel SkeltonBef 1629 -
  7. Elizabeth SkeltonAbt 1630 -
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Name Reverend Samuel Skelton
Gender Male
Christening[3] 26 Feb 1592/93 Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England
Marriage 27 Apr 1619 Sempringham, Lincolnshire, Englandto Susanna Travis
Occupation[1] minister
Death[2] 2 Aug 1634 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Reference Number? Q7412645?


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Samuel Skelton (c. 1592 - August 2, 1634) was the first pastor of the First Church of Salem, Massachusetts, which is the original Puritan church in North America.

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  1. ↑ Samuel Skelton, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).

    OCCUPATION: Minister. "And for that the propagating of the gospel is the thing [we] do profess above all to be our aim in settling this plantation, we have been careful to make plentiful provision of godly ministers ... One of them is well known to yourself, vizt., Mr. Skelton, whom we have the rather desired to bear a part in this work, for that we are informed yourself have formerly received much good by his ministry; he cometh in the George Bonaventure, Mr. Thomas Cox" citing MBCR 1:386,[1].

  2. ↑ Rev. Samuel Skelton, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records to the End of the year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1916-1925)
    1634.

    Salem Deaths, Skelton, Samuel, Rev., Aug. 2, 1634. CR1 [First Church] / The Massachusetts Vital Records Project - [2] accessed 1 Aug 2011

  3. ↑ Samvel Skelton, in England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast)
    1592/3.

    Name: Samvel Skelton
    Gender: Male
    Baptism/Christening Date: 26 Feb 1592
    Baptism/Christening Place: CONINGSBY,LINCOLN,ENGLAND
    Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C02764-2
    System Origin: England-ODM
    Source Film Number: 421974

  4.   Samuel Skelton, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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