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Sir Matthew Skelton 1542–1859 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Sept 1542

Birth Location: Skelton, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 25 Aug 1859

Death Location: Yorkshire, England

Father: Sir Sr.

Mother: Lady Barton

Spouse(s): Lady Moorhouse

Children(s): Lady Skelton

Sir Matthew Skelton was born in 1542 in Skelton, Yorkshire, England, the child of Sir Matthew De Shelton Sr And Lady Isabel Barton. Sir Matthew Skelton married Lady Elisabeth Moorhouse, and had children including Lady Isabel Skelton. Sir Matthew Skelton passed away in 1859 in Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Matthew Skelton was born in 1542 in Skelton, Yorkshire, England, the child of Sir Matthew De Shelton Sr And Lady Isabel Barton.
  • Sir Matthew Skelton married Lady Elisabeth Moorhouse, and had children including Lady Isabel Skelton.
  • Sir Matthew Skelton passed away in 1859 in Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Sr.
1510–1564
Birth Location: Skelton, Yorkshire, England
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Lady Barton
1510–1583
Birth Location: Shelton, Norfolk, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Moorhouse
1548–1586
Birth Location: Kirkburton, England
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Children(s)

Lady Skelton
1569–1687
Birth Location: Leeds, Yorkshire, England
LS

Sir Skelton's Ancestors

Self
Sir Skelton
1542–1859
Birth Place: Skelton, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Sir Matthew De Shelton Sr.
1510–1564
Skelton, Yorkshire, England
Lady (Isabel) Barton
1510–1583
Shelton, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
Sir (Knight William) Clarke
1475–1539
Shelton (Norfolk) England
Anne Shelton
1475–1556
Blickling (Norfolk) England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Skelton's Descendants

1.
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Sir (Matthew) Skelton (Sept 1542–25 Aug 1859) m. Lady (Elisabeth) Moorhouse (22 Apr 1548–20 Nov 1586)
  1. 1. Lady (Isabel) Skelton 1569–1687 m. Sir (Richard John Walker) 10GGF 1559–1622
    1. 1. Richard (Walker * (e) Jr) Captain 1611–1687 m. Jane (Talmadge *) (e) 1613–1640
      1. 1. Shubael Walker 1640–1689 m. Patience (Faith) Jewett 1645–1689
        1. 1. Hannah (Patience) Walker 1671–1702 m. Capt (Jonathan Bayley Bailey) * 1670–1733
      2. 2. Mehitable Walker-Remington 1635–1718
    2. 2. Alice Walker 1598–1690

Sir Skelton's Timeline

2 Records

1542
Sept 1542
Birth of Sir Matthew Skelton in Skelton, Yorkshire, England
Skelton, Yorkshire, England
1859
25 Aug 1859
Age 317
Death of Sir Matthew Skelton in Yorkshire, England
Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Sept 1542
    Event Place: Skelton, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Aug 1859
    Event Place: Yorkshire, England
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