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William Skinner 1740–1815 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1740

Birth Location: Talbot, , Maryland, United States

Death Date: 28 Feb 1815

Death Location: Skinners Cemetery, Dorchester, Maryland, United States

Father: Philemon Skinner

Mother: Lucy Hambleton

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Stewart, Elizabeth Skinner

Children(s): Thomas Skinner, William Skinner, Elizabeth Skinner, Sarah Skinner, Mary Skinner, Margaret Skinner, Zachariah Skinner, James SKINNER, Ann Skinner

William Skinner was born in 1740 in Talbot, , Maryland, United States, the child of Philemon Skinner And Lucy Hambleton. William Skinner married Elizabeth Betsy Fookes Stewart, Elizabeth Betsy Skinner, and had children including Ann Skinner, Elizabeth Skinner, James Fookes Skinner, Margaret Skinner, Mary Hambleton Skinner, Sarah Skinner, Thomas Skinner, William Skinner, Zachariah Skinner. William Skinner passed away in 1815 in Skinners Cemetery, Dorchester, Maryland, United States.

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Biography

  • William Skinner was born in 1740 in Talbot, , Maryland, United States, the child of Philemon Skinner And Lucy Hambleton.
  • William Skinner married Elizabeth Betsy Fookes Stewart, Elizabeth Betsy Skinner, and had children including Ann Skinner, Elizabeth Skinner, James Fookes Skinner, Margaret Skinner, Mary Hambleton Skinner, Sarah Skinner, Thomas Skinner, William Skinner, Zachariah Skinner.
  • William Skinner passed away in 1815 in Skinners Cemetery, Dorchester, Maryland, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Philemon Skinner
1701–1761
Birth Location: Saint Michaels Parish, Talbot, Maryland, United States
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Lucy Hambleton
1693–
Birth Location: Martingham, Talbot, Maryland, British Colonial America
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Stewart
1756–1829
Birth Location: Church Creek, Dorchester, Maryland, British Colonial America
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Elizabeth Skinner
–1829
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Thomas Skinner
1772–
Birth Location: England, , , United Kingdom
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William Skinner
1792–1853
Birth Location: Dorchester, , Maryland, United States
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Elizabeth Skinner
1800–
Birth Location: –
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Sarah Skinner
1794–1876
Birth Location: –
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Mary Skinner
1782–1852
Birth Location: Dorchester, , Maryland, United States
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Margaret Skinner
1790–1873
Birth Location: Maryland, , , United States
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Zachariah Skinner
1787–1864
Birth Location: Dorchester, Charles, Maryland, United States
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James SKINNER
1784–1846
Birth Location: –
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Ann Skinner
1797–1879
Birth Location: Dorchester, Maryland, United States
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William Skinner's Ancestors

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William Skinner
1740–1815
Birth Place: Talbot, , Maryland, United States
Parents
Philemon Skinner
1701–1761
Saint Michaels Parish, Talbot, Maryland, United States
Lucy Hambleton
1693–
Martingham, Talbot, Maryland, British Colonial America
Grandparents
William (Skinner) Jr
1669–1744
Talbot County, Maryland, USA
Hester LeCompte
1670–1720
William (HAMBLETON) II
1663–1725
England
Margaret Sherwood
1663–1755
Talbot, Maryland, British Colonial America
Great-Grandparents
Thomas III
1617–1676
Elizabeth Smith
1620–1696
Anthony LeCompte
1618–1673
Esther Dottando
1645–1685
William Hambleton
1636–1677
Sarah Watkins
1636–
Hugh Sherwood
1632–1710
Mary Brooke
1637–1707
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Skinner
1572–1622
Cicelie Marston
1576–
John LeCompte
1610–
Compte
1610–
John Bargany
1615–1661
Jean Douglas
1615–1669
John I
1610–1648
Frances
1620–1650
Francis Sherwood
1608–1648
Margaret
1610–
John Brooke
1605–1677
Judith Winsmore
1606–

William Skinner's Descendants

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William Skinner (1740–28 Feb 1815) m. Elizabeth (Betsy Fookes) Stewart (5 Oct 1756–10 Jun 1829) m. Elizabeth (Betsy) Skinner (–Jun 1829)
  1. 1. Thomas Skinner 1772–
  2. 2. William Skinner 1792–1853 m. Rebecca Pattison 1796–1848 m. Rebecca Pattison 1796–1848
  3. 3. Elizabeth Skinner 1800–
  4. 4. Sarah Skinner 1794–1876 m. Minos Conway 1784–1859
  5. 5. Mary (Hambleton) Skinner 1782–1852 m. Eccleston Brown 1763–1846
    1. 1. Mary (Skinner) Brown 1823–1898 m. Sylvester (Hill) Smith 1814–1883
      1. 1. Saul Smith 1851–1854
      2. 2. Jennie (F.) Smith 1865–1944 m. Frank (Burnette) Samuel 1895–1960 m. William (Guy) Samuel –1960
        1. 1. John (Walker) Samuel 1895– m. Florence (Beatrice) Chappell 1895–
        2. 2. Frank (Burnette) Samuel 1895–1960 m. Jennie (F.) Smith 1865–1944
      3. 3. Mary (E. B.) Smith 1853–1854
      4. 4. Robert Smith 1844–
      5. 5. Anah Smith 1846–1846
      6. 6. John Smith 1846–
      7. 7. Leah (E.) Smith 1845–1856
      8. 8. Sylvester (T) Smith 1848–1898 m. Mary (Ellen) Trath 1859–1927
        1. 1. Henry (W) Smith 1885–1929
        2. 2. Robert (Hill) Smith 1876–1926 m. Marguerite (Theodosia) Self 1898–1977
        3. 3. Horace Smith 1887–1959 m. Katie Groesbeck 1889–1971
        4. 4. Mary (Lydia) Smith 1882– m. Leonce (Lastrapes) Dejean 1880–1946 m. Leonce (Lastrapes) DeJean 1880–1946
        5. 5. Sylvester (Trath) Smith 1880–1950 m. Lula (M) Klock 1885–1975
        6. 6. John (Brown) Smith 1883–1930 m. Fannie (Gertrude) Powell 1890–1979
        7. 7. Mary (Leah) Smith 1883–1960
        8. 8. Henry (Watterson) Smith 1885–1972
      9. 9. Leah (E.) Smith 1845–1856
      10. 10. John Smith 1846–
      11. 11. Mary (E. B.) Smith 1853–1854
    2. 2. Eliza Brown 1783–
    3. 3. Thomas (E.) Brown 1814–1844
    4. 4. Margaret (Ann) Brown 1820–1902 m. Albert (Gallateen) Pennewill 1815–1846 m. Alfred Mowbray 1819–1862
      1. 1. Lydia (Thomas Albertine) Pennewill 1848–1918
      2. 2. Sarah (Brown) Mowbray 1860–1914
    5. 5. Eliza (Ann) Brown 1812–1824
    6. 6. Ann Brown 1781–
    7. 7. William (James) Brown 1832–1913 m. Harriet (S. L.) Davis 1836–1920
      1. 1. William (James) Brown 1867–
      2. 2. Melissa Brown 1871–
    8. 8. John (Wesley) Brown 1827–1893 m. Lydia (Elizabeth) Pennewill 1827–1901
    9. 9. Eliza Brown 1783–
    10. 10. Eliza (Ann) Brown 1812–1824
    11. 11. Thomas (E.) Brown 1814–1844 m. Sarah (Pattison) Brown 1812–1888
    12. 12. John (Wesley) Brown 1827–1893 m. Lydia (Elizabeth) Pennewell 1827–1901
    13. 13. William (J.) Brown 1832–1913 m. Harriet (S. L. Davis) Brown 1836–1920
  6. 6. Margaret Skinner 1790–1873 m. Thomas Goslin 1780–1822
  7. 7. Zachariah Skinner 1787–1864 m. Hannah (Bond) Jones 1792–1846
  8. 8. James (Fookes) SKINNER 1784–1846
  9. 9. Ann Skinner 1797–1879 m. Samuel (A) Pattison 1801–1877

William Skinner's Timeline

2 Records

1740
1740
Birth of William Skinner in Talbot, , Maryland, United States
Talbot, , Maryland, United States
1815
28 Feb 1815
Age 75
Death of William Skinner in Maryland, , , United States
Maryland, , , United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1740
    Event Place: Talbot, , Maryland, United States
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for William Hammond Skinner, person ID K2T7-M66.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Feb 1815
    Event Place: Maryland, , , United States
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for William Hammond Skinner, person ID K2T7-M66.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Skinners Cemetery, Dorchester, Maryland, United States
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for William Hammond Skinner, person ID K2T7-M66.
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