Person:Henry Skerry (1)

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Henry Skerry
b.Cal 1606
d.30 Dec 1691 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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m. Bef 1636
  1. Henry Skerry1634/35 - 1697
  2. Mary Skerry1640 - 1688
  3. Ephraim Skerry1643 - 1676
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Name[1][2] Henry Skerry
Gender Male
Birth[2] Cal 1606
Marriage Bef 1636 to Elizabeth Unknown
Emigration[1][2] 1637
Other[2][3] Mar 1638 Admitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay.
Death[1] 30 Dec 1691 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Perley, Sidney. The History of Salem, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: Sidney Perley, 1924-1928)
    1:433.

    Henry Skerry1 (brother of Francis Skerry), born about 1613, cordwainer; marshall 1666-1675; came from Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, in April, 1637 (Savage); wife Elizabeth and probably three children came with him; died Dec. 30, 1691; she died, his widow, March 6, 1692-3; children: 1. Henry,2; 2. Elizabeth, 2 baptized in Salem March 4, 1638; married Benjamin Fitch of Reading or John Williams; 3. Mary, 2 baptized in Salem Sept. 8, 1640; married _____ Nelson. 4. Ephraim, 2 baptized in Salem March 26, 1643; 5. John, 2 baptized in Salem June 3, 1649.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Henry Skerry, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    4:104.

    Henry (Skerry), Salem, perhaps br. of the preced. came from. Yarmouth, in Co. Norfk. Apr. 1637, cordwainer, aged 31, with w. Eliz. 25 one ch. Henry, and one apprent. Edmund Towne, aged 18. See 4 Mass. Hist. Coll. I. 97, or Geneal. Reg. XIV. 325. He was a freem. Mar. 1638; had Eliz. bapt. that mo.; Mary, Sept. 1640; Ephraim, 26 Mar. 1643; and John, 3 June 1649; he car. a prisoner, 1649, to Boston, prob. as a constable, and was liv. 1696, then call. 89 yrs. old; and in Felt's ch. list of 1645 is Bridget, wh. may have been w. of him or Francis.

    [Additions and Corrections] [Savage, 4:705] [Vol. 4] P. 104, l. 8 from bot. aft old, add, d. 12 Apr. 1697 [incorrect, his son Henry died that date.]

  3. ↑ Paige, Lucius R. List of Freemen. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct 1849)
    3:95.
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