Person:Thomas Skillings (2)
Thomas Skillings
b.Bef 1619
d.Bef 21 Dec 1666 Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States
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  • H.  Thomas SkillingsBef 1619 - Bef 1666
  • W.  Deborah Prince1622 - 1692
m. 1642
  1. Thomas Skillings1643 - Bef 1676
  2. John Skillings1644 - 1689
  3. Deborah Skillings1648 - Aft 1715
  4. Abigail Skillings1652 - 1722
  5. Joseph SkillingsAbt 1654 -
  6. Benjamin SkillingsBef 1667 -
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Name Thomas Skillings
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] Bef 1619
Marriage 1642 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Deborah Prince
Death? Bef 21 Dec 1666 Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States


From Source:Maine wills, 1640-1760 (101287)

The last Will & testament of Thomas Skelling, being very Weake In body, but in Perfect memory

I giue to my sun Thomas one Cow, & a young steare & a Calfe

further I giue to my sun John one Cow

& I giue my Towles to bee deuided between them both

further it is my will to make my wife executrix to receiue & pay my debts, and all the goods yt I haue to bee at her dispose, dureing her Widdows estate, & if shee mary she shall haue but the thirds, & the rest to be deuided aequally to all my children

Dated the 14th of Novembr. 1666

Witnessed In ye Presence of us,
Robert Corbine
Thomas Wakelie
Phyneas Rider

[Sworn to 2 Oct 1667, Recorded 3 Oct 1667, Inv. 21 Dec 1666]

References
  1. ↑ Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939)
    636.

    Thomas Skillings was a witness against James Smith Sr in Salem Court "31:1:1640" [31 Mar 1640] suggesting he was born before 1619 to be of legal age.

  2. ↑ Thomas couldn't have been b. 1624 in Topsfield, MA as it wasn't settled until 1635 and not incorporated until 1650. Since a birth prior to 1619, maybe as early as 1614, is likely, Thomas Skillings couldn't have been born in New England. Skillings/Skillins were seen in Ireland, Scotland as well as England but no connection of this Thomas to any of these groups has been proved yet.
  3.   Inventory dated 21 Dec 1666. See, Source:Province and court records of Maine, vol. 1, p. 329.
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