Person:Thomas Skidmore (2)

Name^[1]	Thomas Skidmore
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	Bef 1603	Based on estimated date of first marriage.
Marriage	Bef 1628	Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child. to Ellen Unknown
Emigration^[1]	1639
Residence^[1]	1639	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	Aft 1658	After death of her second husband. to Joanna _____
Marriage	Aft 1672	to Sarah Unknown
Will^[1]	20 Apr 1684	Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Death^[1]	Bet 1 Nov 1684 and 15 Nov 1684	Before but within "a fortnight" of 15 Nov 1684.
Probate^[1]	8 Dec 1684	Will proved.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Thomas Skidmore, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
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Skidmore, Thomas. Blacksmith, of Westerleigh, near Bristol, Eng., sent over cattle in 1636 for John Winthrop. Came in 1639 and settled in Cambridge, Mass. Married (1) Ellen -----. Married (2) Joanna, widow of Nathaniel Baldwin, previously widow of Richard Westcott. Winthrop in 1667 referred to her as aged 55, wife of Thomas Skidmore of Fairfield, and mother of the wife of John Weed of Stamford; and also stated that she was sister of the wife of Robert Sanford of Hartford. Married (3) after 1672, Sarah, widow first of Edward Treadwell, second of Henry Whelpley, and third of Ralph Keeler. She d. late in 1684. The will of Joanna Skidmore, wife of Thomas, 1667, named her Westcott and Baldwin children. Will of Thomas of Fairfield, 20 Apr. 1684, proved 8 Dec. 1684; wife Sarah, all Est. for life; at her decease, equally to my grandchild John Higby that married my wife's dau., and to my grandchild John Skidmore. His widow swore to the Inv. 15 Nov. 1684, but on 8 Dec. "Sara is alsoe within a fortnight after her husbands deceas alsoe taken away [by] death."