Joseph SKINNER

Father: Ebenezer SKINNER
Mother: Sarah \ Abigail LORD

Family 1: Martha KINNE
  1. Joseph SKINNER
  2. Benjamin SKINNER
  3. Daniel SKINNER
  4. Abner C SKINNER
  5. Timothy SKINNER
  6. Martha SKINNER
  7. Huldah SKINNER
  8. Calvin SKINNER
  9. Lydia SKINNER
  10. Kezia \ Kazia SKINNER
  11. Joseph SKINNER
  12. Haggai SKINNER
  13. William SKINNER
  14. John SKINNER
Family 2: Abiah WEST

Family 3: Elizabeth -
  1. Joseph SKINNER
  2. Dorothy SKINNER 
                                           _Thomas SKINNER _
                         _Thomas SKINNER _|
                        |                 |_Mary ? __
 _Ebenezer SKINNER _____|
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|--Joseph SKINNER 
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|_Sarah \ Abigail LORD _|
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Notes

!.....Wahl, Doris Seymour. (n.d.) The Skinner Kinsmen, The Descendants of Joseph and Martha (Kinne) Skinner. Niagara Falls, NY.
page 8: b. Colchester, Conn., Jan 17, 1708/9 - d. between 1755 -1759. He m. Preston, Conn., Apr 30, 1729, Martha Kinne, b. Preston, Jan. 20, 1712, dau. Thomas & Martha (Cox) Kinne. She d., date unknown, and Joseph m. a second wife whose name is not known. She returned to her family in Canterbury, Conn., after Joseph was shot and killed by a person or persons unknown (probably Indians) near Damascus, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, 1755-59. He was one of the proprietors under the Susquehanna Purchase.
Joseph's name appears on deeds of land in various places - i.e. Preston, Conn., (1735) - Colchester, Conn., (1735 thru 1739) - Hebron, Conn., (1735 thru 1738) Bolton, Conn., (1738-9) - Sharon, Conn., (1739-1746). It is not known where all of his children were born.
This family of Joseph's was one of those families who were separated both physically and politically as the result of the American Revolution (U.S. History Books) or "The late Rebellion in the Colonies" (English and Canadian History Books). One of Joseph's sons fought for the Americans in the Revolutionary War - namely - Abner. If there were others, I have no record at present. Four of Joseph's children remained loyal to the British King and are termed Loyalists (in Canadian History Books) and Tories (in American History Books) - namely - Timothy, Benjamin, Haggai, and Martha. None of these sons "fought for the King" but were known Loyalist sympathizers, and each spent time in gaol, as such, and each received free land grants in Canada as a result of their loyalty to the King.
Contemporary records:
From Preston, Conn., Land Records: 1735, March 25. Joseph Skinner Deeds to Edward Cogswell the land he received from his father June 8, 1731, describing it as "in an oval form and is Incompassed by ye lands of Justine John Cooke on ye west and Pachauge River on ye Easterly." In this deed is included "all my right in one third part of all ye beds of oar within ye town of Preston and within ye town of Norwich, Plainfield, & Volintown" (vol 4, p. 965).
From Colchester, Conn., Land Records:
1735, June 3. William Roberts of Colchester to Joseph Skinner of Preston, Conn., 10 acres. (vol 3, p 415)
1735, Aug 22. Joseph Skinner received a deed of land in Colchester, Conn., from his father, Ebenezer Skinner, on consideration that the the sd Joseph gave deed to brother Gideon of certain land in Hebron, Conn. 1738, Sept 30. Joseph Skinner of Bolton, Conn., for 300 pounds sold to John Hitchcock of Colchester, Conn., 50 acres in Colchester beginning at ledge of rocks in Southwest corner of bounds - Easterly to a black oak tree marked and standing near Dewey's sawmill, in line of the brook - up the brook - Northerly to the road leading to town of Hebron - then by the road Southerly & etc. (vol 4, p 46)
1739, May 9. Joseph Skinner of Hebron, Conn., sold to John Ackley late of East Haddam, Conn., 50 acres in Colchester which I had of my father Ebenezer Skinner, it being 50 acres of that 65 acres my father had, lying at the North end of Colchester town plat which 15 acres he reserved for himself and was not divided between us and my father sold to Scovell and Scovell sold to Ashley so now the whole tract of 65 acres is granted and bounded &c. (vol 5, p 256)
From Hebron, Conn., Land Records:
1735, June 3. Samuel Hide of Lebanon to Joseph Skinner of Preston, my part of lot 19 in the 5 mile square belonging to the 5 mile proprietors in Lebanon said lot lies partly in Hebron and partly in Colchester. Bounded Easterly on North Pond. (vol 3, p 55)
1735, Aug 22. Joseph Skinner late of Preston now of Colchester land my father Ebenezer Skinner of Colchester designed to give his son Gideon of Colchester, conveys land grant or Joseph Skinner bought of Samuel Hide. (vol 3, p 76)
1737, June 13. Samuel Grant of Windsor to Joseph Skinner of Colchester 100 acres in Bolton. North on Windsor. Equivalent East on Joseph Baker, South on land of Bolton Proprietors, West on grantor. (vol 2, p 8)
1738, April 3. Jonathan Strong to Joseph Skinner both of Bolton draft 14 in 6th division of common lands not yet laid our. (vol 2, p 21)
From Bolton, Conn., Land Records:
1738-9, Feb 4. Joseph Skinner of Sharon, New Haven County to father Ebenezer Skinner of Bolton 100 acres in Bolton I bought of Samuel Grant. North on Windsor Equivalent land, East on Joseph Baker South on Bolton proprietors. West on said Grant, 20 acres my two 6th divisions one from Cornelius Birge's right and from Jonathan Strong's right laid our as recorded in vol 2, p 74. Signed in Colchester. (vol 2, p 112)
From Sharon, Conn., Land Records:
1739, Feb 24. Joseph Skinner late of Colchester, now of Hebron and Bolton in the County of Hartford, on ye 3rd Wednesday in February in ye year 1738 by Right on allotment in ye town ship on ye West side Owstatnick River it being ye Southwest township sold to Joseph Skinner for 335 pounds 10 shillings as MAY appear on his deed executed 17 Jan 1738-9 & now sd Joseph Skinner have sold ye 1/2 of my right unto Daniel Clark Jun. of Colchester for the sum of 31 pounds and the sd Daniel Clark to pay 161 paunds 15 shillings for the Highway. (Property records, pp 104-105)
1745-6, Mar 3. Gideon Skinner of Sharon for 100 pounds to Joseph Skinner of Sharon land in Sharon on the West side of the town about 5 acres. (vol 2, p 229-30)

!.....Copley 72

!.....E89.0422.03 Naber d 3 Apr 1771; m 31 Dec 1741 Ruth Strong

!.....E93.0213.02 SKU 10(4):68 Skinner, Mary descendancy

!.....E93.0628.19-22 SKU 10(4):76 Oceana Co Hist 1992 v2 p279: Fourth generation in America, who raised a large family in Central CT, later moved to Eastern PA and in about 1755 was killed by the Indians.

!.....E93.0720.01 DeWeese 10(4):70

!.....E95.0420.12 Senger, Clyde correspondence 12 Dec 1987 d 3 Apr 1773

!.....E93.1129.82 Janzen Incl discrepant material

!.....E95.0420.14-16 LDS Ancestral File 4.02 printout 25 Jun 1992

!.....SKU 15(4)117 DeLano, Phyllis lineage (11/96) d between May 1755 to 1759, near Damascus, Wayne, NY; m Second Church P, Preston, CT. Sussex co, NJ->Sullivan co, NY->Goshen, NY->Damascus, NY. Was killed and widow returend to Preston, CT. [poss] proprietor of Susquehanna Pruchase (sold land with ore on it) real estate (west bank of Ornstatnick River).

!.....Skinner, Richard A GEDCOM (6/96)

!.....SKU 17(1)2 E98.1025.08, 09 Barger, William (10/96) fgs d Damascus, Wayne, PA

!.....Mc Keon, Tim (6/98) http://pages.prodigy.net/mcqn/g003.html#I149

!.....E97.0103.06 SKU 18(3)83 Skinner, David A.
Joseph SKINNER and Martha KINNE were married at Preston, Conn. April 30, 1729, and became the parents of fourteen children. Their early married life was spent in that state and his name appears on land records in Colchester, Hebron, Bolton, and Hebron, 1735-1746.
Later they were living in the Nine Partners¹ section of Dutchess County, N>Y., where some of their younger children were born. Subsequently, Joseph became one of the proprietors under the Susquehanna Purchase, and sometime between 1755 and 1759, he wa shot and killed, perhaps by Indians, near Damascus, Wayne county, PA.

Created by Sparrowhawk 1.0 (4/17/1996) on Mon Sep 3 16:59:28 2001