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Facts and Events
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John Skinner (1590–1650) was an early Puritan settler in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut. Skinner was a member of Thomas Hooker's party and probably came to New England from Braintree, Essex, England. He married Mary Loomis, daughter of Joseph Loomis. She later married Owen Tudor.
Skinner's homesite in Hartford was originally (in 1639) "on the west side of Main St., a little below the present [at 1886] corner of Pearl St." However, Skinner traded this lot with Richard Olmsted for a lot on the highway (later Trumbull St.).
References
- ↑ John Skinner (early settler), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 John Skinner, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Directory. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jun 2015)
307.
"Skinner, John: [Origin] Unknown; [Emigration] 1638; [Resided] Hartford [CCCR 1:29; HaTR 23; HaBOP 309; Manwaring 1:150-52; TAG 74:97-100; Windsor Hist 2:687]."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 1. John Skinner (1), in Fernald, Natalie R. The Skinner Kinsmen: The Descendants of John Skinner of Hartford, Connecticut. (Washington, DC: The Pioneer Press, Abt 1910)
1-5.
"1. John Skinner (1) was born in Braintree, County Essex, England. He was a member of 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. … John died Oct. 30, 1650."
Citing Memorial History of Hartford County, Conn., "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)." The John Skinner mentioned by Talcott would be John, son of John the immigrant.
- John Skinner, in Stiles, Henry R. History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut (1892): including East Windsor, South Windsor, Bloomfield, Windsor Locks and Ellington, 1635-1891. (Hartford, Connecticut: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1892)
2:687.
"Courte of Magistrates of Hartford, Jan. 18, 1655, orders Mr. Loomis [Joseph, John's father-in-law] to distribute the estate among the following children: Mary, aged 18 years, Ann, 16, John, 14, Joseph, 12, and Richard, 8. (Vol. 2. p. 687)."
- John Skinner, 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)
4:105.
"John (Skinner), Hartford 1639, had w. Mary, wh. m. 13 Nov. 1651, Owen Tudor, prob. by her had John, wh. is among freem. of 1669."
[Additions and Corrections] [Savage 4:706] [Vol. 4] P. 105. l. 16 from bot. aft Mary, ins. d. of Joseph Loomis"
- Skinner, John, Windsor, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
1:150-52.
"Probate Records. Vol. II, 1650 to 1663. Page 32.
Skinner, John, 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: …
Received all other these things that you have giving in Writing.
As Witness my Hand, Robert Reeve.
Delivered to John Coalt's wife: …
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: The Debts of John Skinner Decd, £60-18s.-11d; 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. Ill) 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."
- ↑ There appears to be no evidence that (1) he was born in Braintree (although as a kinsman of John Talcott, it is quite possible; (2) that he appeared in New England any earlier than 1638; (3) that he died 30 October 1650.
- ↑ Birth year estimated based on approx birth year of his wife and their approx marriage year (notwithstanding Wikipedia, which does not give a source for stating 1590).
- ↑ Although the inventory of his estate was not taken until Oct 1651, his widow remarried in Nov 1651, suggesting that he had died several months before the inventory was taken. The court record mentions Windsor, presumably because that is where the court proceedings took place, but other sources suggest that he lived and died in Hartford.
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