Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: John SKINNER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1612 in Braintree, Co Essex, England b
  • Death: 30 Oct 1650 in Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Henry SKINNER Death: 1612 in Bolingbroke, Lincoln Co, England
    • Mother:
  • Anna DEYNES Birth: Bolingbroke, Lincoln Co, England

Family:
Marriage:
  • Mary LOOMIS on 1638 at Windsor, Connecticut .m1
  • Mary LOOMIS Birth: 1620 in Messinge, Co Essex, England Death: 19 Aug 1680 in Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut
Children:
  1. Mary SKINNER Birth: 1 Dec 1637 in Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut Death: After 14 Jul 1663
  2. Ann SKINNER Birth: 1639 in Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut Death: Before 10 Mar 1667/8
  3. John SKINNER Birth: Abt 1641 in Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut Death: 15 Sep 1690 in Hartford, Connecticut
  4. Joseph SKINNER Birth: 2 Mar 1643 in Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut Death: 31 May 1724 in Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut
  5. Richard SKINNER Birth: Abt 1646 in Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut

Bibliography
  1. Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1995. Available at http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-begins-immigrants-to-ne-1620-1633-vols-i-iii/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p[0-9]*].
  2. Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, New York:Lewis Historical Publishing Co, 1911. LDS Film#1000146. Available at http://archive.org/details/genealogicalfami01cutt. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Cutter CT p[0-9]*].
  3. Cutter, William Richard, New England Families, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co, 1913. M-LH 974 Cut. NYPL APR (New England) (Cutter) (NYPL has both 1913 and 1915 editions). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/272367. Two editions of this work were published in 1913, but contents and page numbering is different; the other is available at (vol 1) http://books.google.com/?id=KvUsAAAAYAAJ, (vol 2) http://books.google.com/?id=_c4UAAAAYAAJ, (vol 3) http://books.google.com/?id=7_UsAAAAYAAJ, (vol 4) http://books.google.com/?id=NegUAAAAYAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Cutter NE p[0-9]*].
  4. Ferris, Mary Walton, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, Vol 2: Gates and Allied Families. Privately printed: Rufus C Dawes, 1931. NEHGS CS71/D269/1931v2. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/256356. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v2p[0-9]*].
  5. Loomis, Elisha S, Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America and his Antecedents in the Old World, Originally by Elias Loomis, 1835, revised by Elisha Loomis 1908. Ohio: Loomis, 1909. UMI G225. LDS Film#0908720#2. Available at http://archive.org/details/descendantsofjos00loom Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LoomisES LOOMIS-1908 p[0-9]*].
  6. 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, MA: Little Brown & Co, 1860. Available at http://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic01savarich. Reprinted Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Published Co, 1965. Scanned and corrected by Robert Kraft, 1994, and available at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sav-age [A-Z][A-Z]* [A-Z][a-z]*].
  7. Wahl, Doris Seymour, Descendants of John Skinner of Hartford Connecticut and his wife Mary Loomis, Niagra Falls, NY: D.S.Wahl. LDS Film#1033513#6. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Wahl SKINNER p[0-9]*].
  8. Walters, Patricia, WALTERS, HERRMANN, and other related families, notebooks of 23 volumes. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1989. Vol 15 (AUSTIN/HARMON), Film#1597566#4. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS HARMON-p[0-9]*].
  9. Walters, Patricia, WALTERS, HERRMANN, and other related families, notebooks of 23 volumes. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1989. Vol 15 (AUSTIN/HARMON), Film#1597566#4. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS SKINNER-p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: WaltersP WALTERS HARMON-p1],
place:
[Ref: Wahl SKINNER p4, WaltersP WALTERS SKINNER-p44],
parents:
[Ref: WaltersP WALTERS HARMON-p1, WaltersP WALTERS SKINNER-p40, WaltersP WALTERS SKINNER-p44]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
1618-20 [Ref: Wahl SKINNER p4]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Wahl SKINNER p4, WaltersP WALTERS SKINNER-p44]
1650 [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS HARMON-p1]
before 4 Mar 1651/2 [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1977],
place:
[Ref: Wahl SKINNER p4, WaltersP WALTERS SKINNER-p44]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary LOOMIS
date:
[Ref: LoomisES LOOMIS-1908 p127, WaltersP WALTERS HARMON-p1]
abt 1637 [Ref: Wahl SKINNER p4]
first marriage of Mary [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v2p571],
place:
[Ref: Wahl SKINNER p4],
names:
[Ref: Cutter CT p1093, Cutter NE p1508, Cutter NE p985, Sav-age LOOMIS Joseph],
child:
[Ref: Wahl SKINNER p4, WaltersP WALTERS HARMON-p1, WaltersP WALTERS SKINNER-p44]
Research Notes:
was one of the Hooker Company [Ref: Cutter CT p990, Wahl SKINNER p4]

came to America in 1635 and settled at Hartford, Connecticut [Ref: Wahl SKINNER p4]

also said to be a fellow passenger of Joseph Loomis on the Susan & Ellen embarked from Braintree, England Apr 11 1638 (or 1635) and arrived in Boston Jul 17 1638 (or 1635) [Ref: Wahl SKINNER p4]

tradition that three Skinner brothers (one had been a High Sheriff) fled to this country, one to Connecticut, one to Vermont, one to Maryland [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS SKINNER-p46]

two Skinner emigrants from England: Thomas Skinner was an early settler at Malden, Massachusetts, coming from Chichester, England, before 1652. Other John Skinner was prominent in the settlement of Connecticut. Cutter 1912 Genealogical & Family History of Central New York p1273 cited in [Ref: Wahl SKINNER p1]

one of the original proprietors of Hartford, Connecticut, and his name is on the Founder's Monument there. [Ref: Wahl SKINNER p4]

1639 his home-lot was on the west side of Main St, a little below the present corner of Pearl St, but this was given to Richard Olmstead, he receiving in exchange a lot on the highway, now Trumbull St. [Ref: Wahl SKINNER p6]

1639 a juror [Ref: Wahl SKINNER p4]

1640 owned 22 acres in a division of upland in Hartford, Connecticut, east of the river [Ref: Wahl SKINNER p4]

inventory of estate, taken Oct 23 1651, 90#16.0, by Matthew Allys, John Moore, John Talcott, and John Barnard. [Ref: Wahl SKINNER p5]

will dated [??] Oct 23 1651, Hartford, CT [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS SKINNER-p46]

Mar 4 1651/52 Court Records p31-34: This Court Confirms the Bargain that John White hath made with John Skinner's widow for some land that did belong to the said John Skinner, Dec'd, and doe order that the sd John White shall pay to Joseph Loomis, sen, of Windsor. [Ref: Wahl SKINNER p5]

Jan 18 1655, Court Records p83: The debts of John Skinner, Dec'd - 60#18.11. 29#17.1 remaining. To the relict 10#. To Richard, on account of weakness, 11#17.1. To the rest of the Children, to each of them 40 shillings. This court grants to Owen Tudor who had married the Relict of John Skinner, a writing to the effect that the widow never was Executrix or Administratrix to the estate of her deceased husband. [Ref: Wahl SKINNER p5]

estate was partitioned Jan 18 1655, and at that time the ages of the children were given in the records [Ref: Cutter CT p990]

Jan 18 1655, Court of Magistrates of Hartford orders Mr. Loomis to distribute the estate among the following children: Mary aged 18 yrs, Ann, 16, John, 14, Joseph 12, and Richard 9. [Ref: Wahl SKINNER p5]

kinsman of John Talcott, of Hartford, mentioned in his will in 1659 [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1796, Cutter CT p990]

John Talcott son of John and Anne (Skinner) Talcott [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1796]

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, Essex Co, England (Vol 1, p258[?]) [Ref: Wahl SKINNER p6]

Dec 6 1660, Court Records p145: John Loomis and John Moore are appointed to husband the estate yet remaining of John Skinner and to pay the Legacies as they come to be due, and to pay out of ye sd Estate suich Debts as appear legally to be due so far as ye Estate will be responsible. [Ref: Wahl SKINNER p5]

Mar 6 1661/62, Court Records p167: John Loomis and Sergeant Josiah Hull are desired to take care of and preserve the Estate of John Skinner's Children. Also this Court approve the placing of Richard Skinner with Robert Reeve from the 1st of Nov. last past for the term of 9 years. Vol 3 p97. [Ref: Wahl SKINNER p5]

Mar 3 1669, Whereas there was 13 pounds of the Estate of John Skinner, lately dec'd left in the hands of Owen Tudor to answer a Debt claymed from the Estate of the said Skinner for one in England, and no person appearing to demand it this 16 years, upon the Motion of the Children of the said Skinner that they might be put in possession of ye said Estate deposited it as aforesd. This Court grant the Desire that John Skinner shall have 6#, Joseph 4#, and Richard 3# of it, they engaging to be responsible that soe much as they receive shall be forthcoming if demanded. [Ref: Wahl SKINNER p5]



Pedigree of John SKINNER
                   /-----Robert SKINNER
          /-----John SKINNER
         |         \-----Alice (SKINNER)
 /-----Henry SKINNER
|        |                                                      /-----William FAIRFAX
|        |                                             /-----Thomas FAIRFAX
|        |                                            |         \-----Ellen ROUCLIFFE
|        |                                    /-----Richard FAIRFAX
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MALBIS
|        |                                   |         \-----Margaret MALBIS
|        |                                   |                  \-----Isabel
|        |                           /-----William FAIRFAX
|        |                          |        |         /-----John CARTHORPE
|        |                          |         \-----Eustachia CARTHORPE
|        |                  /-----Sir Thomas FAIRFAX
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Ralph De NEVILLE, Lord Neville Of Raby
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Alice AUDLEY
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander De NEVILLE
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander De LEEDS
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth De LEEDS
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth D'EIVILLE
|        |                 |         \-----Katherine NEVILLE
|        |                 |                  \-----Margery
|        |         /-----John FAIRFAX
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Richard BAYLEY
|        |        |        |                           /-----Richard BAYLEY Alias SHERBURNE
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Margaret SHIREBURNE
|        |        |        |                  /-----Richard SHERBURNE
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Nicholas HARRINGTON
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Agnes HARINGTON
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Isabella ENGLISH
|        |        |        |         /-----Robert SHERBURNE
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Laurence HAMMERTON
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Alice HAMMERTON
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John TEMPEST
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabel TEMPEST
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth SHERBOURNE
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Thomas RADCLIFFE
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Richard RADCLIFFE
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas RADCLIFFE
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret
|        |        |                  \-----Joanna RADCLIFFE
|        |        |                          |         /-----John BOOTH
|        |        |                           \-----Katherine BOOTH
|         \-----Elizabeth FAIRFAX
|                  \-----Anne MAY
John SKINNER
 \-----Anna DEYNES



Descendants of John SKINNER
1. John SKINNER m. Mary LOOMIS
m. Mary LOOMIS father: Joseph LOOMIS mother: Mary WHITE

2nd generation

2. Mary SKINNER m. John COLT
m. John COLT
3. Ann SKINNER m. Robert REEVE
m. Robert REEVE
4. John SKINNER m. Mary EASTON
m. Mary EASTON father: Joseph EASTON
5. Joseph SKINNER m. Mary FILLEY
m. Mary FILLEY father: William FILLEY mother: Margaret (FILLEY)

3rd generation

7. John COLT m. Mary LORD
m. Mary LORD
11. Mary SKINNER m. Joshua CARTER
m. Joshua CARTER
12. John SKINNER m. Rachel PRATT
m. Rachel PRATT father: Daniel PRATT mother: Hannah WARNER
13. Joseph SKINNER m1. Dorothy HOSMER m2. Elizabeth OLMSTEAD
m. Dorothy HOSMER father: Stephen HOSMER mother: Hannah BUSHNELL
m. Elizabeth OLMSTEAD father: Joseph OLMSTEAD mother: Elizabeth BUTLER
17. Thomas SKINNER m. Sarah GRANT
m. Sarah GRANT father: Samuel GRANT mother: Anna FILLEY
18. Mary SKINNER m1. Nathaniel HARMON m2. John HANCHETT
m. Nathaniel HARMON father: John HARMON mother: Elizabeth (HARMON)
m. John HANCHETT
19. Elizabeth SKINNER m1. John GRANT m2. Joshua WILLIS
m. John GRANT father: Samuel GRANT mother: Mary PORTER
m. Joshua WILLIS
20. Joseph SKINNER m1. Mary GRANT m2. Esther BISSELL
m. Mary GRANT father: Samuel GRANT mother: Mary PORTER
m. Esther BISSELL
21. Richard SKINNER m. Sarah GAINES
m. Sarah GAINES father: Samuel GAINES mother: Anna BURNHAM
22. John SKINNER m. Sarah PORTER
m. Sarah PORTER
24. Anne SKINNER m. John ROCKWELL
m. John ROCKWELL father: Samuel ROCKWELL mother: Mary NORTON
25. Isaac SKINNER m. Hannah MOORE
m. Hannah MOORE father: Thomas MOORE mother: Deborah (MOORE)

4th generation

26. John COLT m. Mercy HIGLEY
m. Mercy HIGLEY
48. Ashbel SKINNER m. Maria HOLCOMBE
m. Maria HOLCOMBE
49. Nathaniel HARMON m. Esther AUSTIN
m. Esther AUSTIN father: Anthony AUSTIN mother: Esther HUGGINS
51. Mary HARMON m. James BARLOW
m. James BARLOW father: James BARLOW mother: Sarah HUXLEY
54. Samuel HARMON m. Deborah WINCHELL
m. Deborah WINCHELL
57. John HARMON m. Mary AUSTIN
m. Mary AUSTIN father: John AUSTIN mother: Agnes KING
58. Benjamin HARMON m. Hannah JACQUES
m. Hannah JACQUES
107. Deborah SKINNER m.

5th generation

109. Benjamin COLT m.
110. Thomas SKINNER m. Jerusha NEWBURRY
m. Jerusha NEWBURRY
112. Nathaniel HARMON m. Elizabeth BRIDGEMAN
m. Elizabeth BRIDGEMAN
131. Mary HARMON m. David AUSTIN
m. David AUSTIN father: John AUSTIN mother: Mary HOVEY