Volume 3 Number 1

Winter 1986

American Ethnicity

Ancient Skinner Lines

Myrtle S. Bohme Lineage

Clan MacGregor

Cook Co., IL Census

Cook Co., IL Wills

Thelma C. (Browning) Dalberg Lineage

Dead Briton - KGB

Debrett Update

Elephant two-step

Guild of One Name Studies

History of Eugene, Oregon (Chapter 1)

Letter From the Editor

Medical Quirks

miscSKlNNERlaneous

New Jersey Settlers

New Jersey Update

Off Broadway

Passages

Queries

Resources

Skinner-Hope Family Record

Jane Skinner Obituary

John Skinner of Hoodbridge

Josiah Skinner Will

Robert Skinner Line

William Skinner Lineage

Skinner Variants

Skinner's a hit

Vision Quest

Worshipful Company of Skinners

Index Page

Thanks to William Weiler for transcription of this article.

This is a Skinner line descended from Robert Skinner, who came to Maryland as an early settler with Leonard Calvert - ca 1700 - whose descendants' antique silver was all engraved with the same Scottish Skinner crest that my family (descended from Thomas of Malden) said was theirs and which was approved for the descendants of John Skinner of Hoodbridge, NJ (was he John of Essex?) in Matthews American Armory - page 222 (see below). If this John of Hoodbridge and Thomas of Maiden were indeed brothers, then ALL descendants of both should be able to prove their right to the crest and confirm their Scottish origin.

Ancestor:

1. Robert Skinner - early Maryland settler - ca 1700; came with Leonard Calvert.

2. Captain Stuart Skinner - b c1720 Shipyard owner of West River, MD, whose vessels and stocks were burned during the American Revolution.

3. Frederick Skinner - b c1755 MD.

4. John Stuart Skinner - b 22 Feb 1788 - lived Baltimore, MD. Formed Maryland Agricultural Society; was the father of American Turf Journalism; friend of Jefferson, Lafayette, and Daniel Webster. John Stuart Skinner was with Francis Scott Key when he wrote the "Star Spangled Banner." (Skinner and Key were said to be cousins, but we have not found evidence of a family connection.)
See: John Stuart Skinner: Star Spangled History

m. 10 Mar 1812 Elizabeth Davies, stepdaughter of Chancellor Bland who shared his aristocratic sporting interests.

d. abt. 21 Mar 1851 of a fractured skull from falling down a stairwell when builders had removed the steps. He never regained consciousness.

5. Frederick Gustavus Skinner (Col. Fred) - b abt 1815. Protege of Marquis de Lafayette; Editor of "Turf, Field & Farm;" hunter in America as well as France, Spain, and Egypt of fox, stag, and boar.

m. 1840 Martha Stuart Thornton

children

1. Thornton Skinner.

2. Elise Glenn Davies Skinner, m. Thos. Tileston, Major in 22 Alabama Reg., C.S.A. of Montgomery, AL.

6. Thornton Skinner - b ca 1848; Enlisted Confederate Army at 15; was bodyguard to President Davis when he was captured.