_Thomas SKINNER _
_Thomas SKINNER _|
| |Mary ____
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|--Abraham SKINNER
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| _________________
|_Mary PRATT _____|
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May have died in 1743 as per;
(www.familytreemaker.com/users...Richard-A-Skinner-NY/GENE1-0003.html)
ABRAHAM SKINNER (III), son of Deacon Thomas and
Mary (Pratt) Skinner, was born June 16, 1671, in Malden,
Massachusetts. The date of his death is unknown, but he
was living in 1728, and probably later. He married, June
20, 1699, at Lyme, Connecticut, Abigail, daughter of
Benjamin and Sarah (Ball) Chamberlain. (Chamberlain III.)
Abraham Skinner was a blacksmith or ironworker, and at
the time of his marriage settled in Lyme, Connecticut,
where his four eldest children are recorded. In 1713 he
removed to Oxford, Massachusetts, where he was one of
the original proprietors of the town. His signature on Oxford
records is of good style. About 1722 he sold his property
and removed to Colchester, Connecticut, where his wife's
brother, Daniel Chamberlain, also settled.
On March 3, 1721, Benjamin Chamberlain, father of Mrs.
Skinner, deeded to his grandson, Abraham Skinner, a
sixty-acre lot on Prospect hill in Oxford, which Abraham
Skinner deeded to Samuel Eddy of Watertown, on May 20,
1724. He settled in Colchester between these two
conveyances. His wife's father, Benjamin Chamberlain,
and her brother, Benjamin Chamberlain, Jr., accompanied
Abraham Skinner to Lyme, but not to Oxford, apparently;
although there were related Chamberlain's in Oxford,
including Daniel Chamberlain, Mrs. Skinner's brother, who
went with the Skinner's to Colchester.
In 1728 Abraham Skinner and others petitioned the
General court to establish a parish or religious society in
the west part of Colchester. The original paper is in
existence, bearing the autograph of Abraham Skinner and
others. On November 1, 1734, Abraham Skinner of
Colchester deeded to his son, Richard Skinner of
Colchester, land in Colchester, reserving one-half the
house during the life of the grantor and his wife, "also all my
iron works." (Colchester Land Records, Vol. V, p. 2.)
Abraham Skinner probably died soon after this but there is
no record, gravestone, or probate of his estate. It is
possible that he removed into that part of Glastonbury,
bordering on Colchester, which was known as Eastbury.
An Abraham Skinner and Benjamin Skinner were
petitioning the General court for a parish of religion in this region from
1736 to 1745. The petition was not granted until 1749, and
the names of these two Skinner's appear on the original
papers. Doubtless these were the sons of Abraham and
Abigail (Chamberlain) Skinner. Their children, born in
Lyme, Connecticut, were:
I--Abraham, b. Apr. 9, 1700; d. 1778; m. Jan. 26, 1727, Phebe
Dickinson.
Lived in Glastonbury, now Marlborough.
II--Abigail, b. Feb. 2, 1701-2; d. Feb. 21, 1701-2, in Lyme, Conn.
III--Abigail, b. Apr. 9, 1703; m. Apr. 15, 1718, in Mendon, Mass.,
Joseph
White.
IV--RICHARD, b. Oct. 4, 1705. (See following.)
V--Benjamin, b. .........; d. in Eastbury; m. May 11, 1732, Deborah
Dickinson.
VI--Thomas, b. July 4, 1715, in Oxford, Mass.; died young.
VII--Thomas, b. Sept. 8, 1717, in Oxford, Mass.
"There may have been other children but I have found no
trace of them, except a Joseph Skinner, who had a son,
Abraham, born in Colchester, September 10, 1748." (H.
W. Brainard, Hartford, Connecticut.)
(www.familytreemaker.com/_glc_/1776/1776-248.html)
Death - April 1743 (Thomas Skinner - Washington)