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William Skinner 1595 – 1627 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1595

Birth Location: Thornton College, Lincolnshire, England

Death Date: 7 Aug 1627

Death Location: Thornton, Lincolnshire, England

Father: Sir Skinner

Mother: Elizabeth Fowke

Spouse(s): Bridget Cooke

Children(s): Edward Skinner

William Skinner was born in 1595 in Thornton College, Lincolnshire, England, the child of Sir Knight VINCENT Skinner and Elizabeth Fowke. William Skinner married Bridget Cooke, and had children including Edward Skinner. William Skinner passed away in 1627 in Thornton, Lincolnshire, England.

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Biography

  • William Skinner was born in 1595 in Thornton College, Lincolnshire, England, the child of Sir Knight VINCENT Skinner and Elizabeth Fowke.
  • William Skinner married Bridget Cooke, and had children including Edward Skinner.
  • William Skinner passed away in 1627 in Thornton, Lincolnshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Skinner
1543 – 1616
Birth Location: Thornton College, Lincolnshire, England
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Elizabeth Fowke
1560 – 1633
Birth Location: Somerset, England
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Spouses(s)

Bridget Cooke
1596 – 1648
Birth Location: Osterley, Middlesex, England
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Children(s)

Edward Skinner
1624 – 1657
Birth Location: Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire, England
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William Skinner's Ancestors

Self
William Skinner
1595 – 1627
Birth Place: Thornton College, Lincolnshire, England
Parents
Sir Knight VINCENT Skinner
1543 – 1616
Thornton College, Lincolnshire, England
Elizabeth Fowke
1560 – 1633
Somerset, England
Grandparents
John Skinner
1515 – 1545
Thorpe, Wainfleet, St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Elizabeth Gentry
1520 – 1546
, of Swarby, Lincoln, England
Robert Fowke
1524 – 1576
Symondsbury, Dorset, England
Mary Zouche
1530 – 1600
Haryngworth, England
Great-Grandparents
Aerobert Skynner
1487 – 1536
Alice Butterfield
1500 – 1559
William Gentry
– 1539
Ann Redd
Thomas Fowke
1470 – 1558
Margaret Lane
1472 – 1581
Lord Zouche
1510 – 1552
Jane Rogers
1508 – 1565
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Zouche
1460 – 1513
Dorothy Capell
1490 – 1527
John Rogers
1475 – 1547
Elizabeth Courtenay
1483 – 1518

William Skinner's Descendants

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William Skinner (abt 1595 – 7 Aug 1627) m. Bridget Cooke (27 Dec 1596 – AFT 26 SEP 1648)
  1. 1. Edward Skinner (24 Jun 1624 – 13 May 1657) m. Ann (Elizabeth) Wentworth (1627 – 20 Sep 1707)
    1. 1. Mary Skinner (1648 – 15 Aug 1722) m. Jeremiah (I.) Ellis (7 March 1643 – Abt. 1722)
      1. 1. Jeremiah Ellis (1671 – 17 May 1738) m. Elizabeth (Parker) Davis (18 Feb 1672 – 1779)
        1. 1. Edward (Bourke) Ellis (1689 or 1712 – 1784) m. Elizabeth (Kate) Rogers (1693 – 20 Nov 1750)
      2. 2. Benjamin Ellis (1688 – 19 January 1759) m. Elizabeth (Kate) Rogers (1693 – 20 Nov 1750)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Ellis (1710 – 11 February 1745) m. Samuel Lancaster (1705 – 11 Feb 1745)

William Skinner's Timeline

2 Records

1595
abt 1595
Birth of William Skinner in Thornton College, Lincolnshire, England
Thornton College, Lincolnshire, England
1627
7 Aug 1627
Age 32
Death of William Skinner in Thornton, Lincolnshire, England
Thornton, Lincolnshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1595
    Event Place: Thornton College, Lincolnshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Aug 1627
    Event Place: Thornton, Lincolnshire, England
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