Jarvis Mudge (b. England; d.1653 New London, Connecticut)The first Mudge in our tree was Jarvis Mudge. He was our immigrant Mudge ancestor. Jarvis came to America about 1638, less than 20 years after the Pilgrims had arrived. We know this because he was called to court in Boston in 1638, someone wrote it down, and that record still exists. After that he appeared in a record in Hartford, Connecticut in 1640, and in numerous cases in Wethersfield between 1644 and 1649. Wethersfield is known as the oldest town in Connecticut. It's right near Hartford on the Connecticut River. That's where Jarvis met and soon married his wife, Rebecca Steele, recent widow of Abraham Elson. In 1649 Jarvis became one of the first residents of New London, Connecticut, which is near the southern coast of Connecticut where the Long Island Sound meets the Thames River. (New London, Thames...do you think maybe these people were from England?) At that time New London was called Pequot. His first property at Pequot was at the top of 'Meeting House Hill' by a little spring. Later the family moved down closer to the river and Jarvis gave part of the land on top of the hill for the first cemetery. There is also a Pequot deed showing Jarvis Mudge bought a house and six acres of land for 5 bushels of wheat and a dog, a pretty good price compared to todays real estate. In Pequot (New London) Jarvis was part of the group that built the first mill in town. Building and operating mills became a family tradition.
Rebecca had several little girls with Mr. Elson before she married our Jarvis. Jarvis and Rebecca had two sons, Micah in 1650 and Moses in 1652. The very next year, Jarvis died, becoming the first recorded person to be buried in the new cemetery he had gifted to the town. He left Rebecca with two tiny boys and, possibly, other children from her first marriage. Somehow Rebecca made her way back to Wethersfield. Women couldn't survive on their own too well in those days so Rebecca got married soon after to her third husband, Nathaniel Greensmith, an ill-fated marriage, indeed. Rebecca and Nathaniel were both hung as witches in January 1663, leaving Rebecca's 10 and 12 year old sons orphans. You can read Rebecca story separately, after The Mudge Story.
per "Memorials...Account of the name of Mudge"
p. 27 1st acct of Jarvis Mudge - 4 Dec 1638 "An attachment was granted for Jarvice Mudge to Appeare th the next Courte."p. 27 24 Mar 1640 - Hartford, CT - the town votes whether he shall be allowed to buy land
p. 28 1644 - resident of adjoining town of Wethersfield.
pp. 28-30 1644 - 1649 name as plaintiff or defendant in numerous cases before the Particular Court at Hartford.p.30-31 History of NewLondon, CT by Frances Calkins "Jarvis Mudge was one of the 36 grantees ... to whom home lots were originally granted in the year 1649." New London was called Pequot when Jarvis 1st resided there.
p. 30b deed to house and six acres of land in New London sold by Edward Higbee to Jarvis Mudge. Price of said real estate - 5 bushels of wheat and a dog.
Per Mudge - Memorials 1st husband was Elsing
of Wethersfield at the time of her marriage to Mudge (1649)
Rebecca the WitchDear Children,
Tonight I will tell you the story of one of our ancestors who met a very sad fate.
The early colonists brought with them from England a belief in witchcraft. Witchcraft was broadly defined as 'familiarity with the evil one.' In any group of people there are those who are 'different' or are disliked for one reason or another. There have always been people who commit crimes, both large and small. In addition there are people who suffer from diseases, such as epilepsy or schizophrenia, or Alzheimers that can cause bizarre behaviors. During the 1600's in colonial New England anyone who fell into one of these categories was in danger of being accused of witchcraft.
In Hartford, Connecticut there were seventeen accusations of witchcraft between 1647 and 1663. Of these only three were executed. One of these was our ancestor Rebecca.
We don't know when Rebecca was born but we think her maiden name was Steele. Her first marriage was to a man named Abraham Elson. With him she had two daughters, Sarah and Hannah Elson. He died in 1648 so then she married Jarvis Mudge. Rebecca and Jarvis had one son, Micah Mudge in 1650. He is our ancestor. Jarvis died in 1653 and Rebecca then married Nathaniel Greensmith.
Nathaniel was not well liked. It seems he was crafty and acquired quite a bit of property from his neighbors. An account from 1908 by John Taylor describes him as “Thrifty by divergent and economical methods.” In addition he had several run-ins with the authorities. His criminal background check finds him accused of stealing a hoe, stealing one and a half bushels of wheat, lying in court, and of battery.
His wife was not well thought of either. The minister of First Church in Hartford, Rev. John Whiting, described Rebecca as, “Lewd, ignorant and considerably aged.” A crisis developed in the spring of 1662 when an eight year old girl, in a fit of delirium before she died, accused Mrs. Ayres of causing her illness. Mrs Ayres was a neighbor of the Greensmiths. One person then accused another.
Rebecca was accused by a neighbor Ann Cole. Two ministers visited Rebecca in jail and confronted her with the accusations. At first she denied them but later admitted her guilt. She admitted that she was familiar with the devil. She had not made a covenant with him but had promised to go with him when he called her. The devil told her that at Christmas they would have a “merry meeting” and draw up the covenant at that time. You see, everyone believed in witchcrafted at that time. Those accused often thought, 'If everyone says I'm a witch, then it must be so.'
A formal complaint was lodged separately against both Nathaniel and Rebecca in court on December 30, 1662. Here is how Nathaniel's read:
“Nathaniel Greensmith thou art here indicted by the name of Nathaniel Greensmith for not having the fear of God before thine eyes, thou hast entertained familiarity with Satan, the grand enemy of God and mankind – and by his help hast acted things in a preternatural way beyond human abilities in a natural course for which according to the law of God and the established law of this commonwealth thou deservest to die.”When Rebecca confessed she made things worse by implicating several neighbors and her husband as well. She testified:
1) Her husband promised to be good to her children if she would not testify against him.
2) She had seen strange things following her husband in the woods. He claimed they were foxes.
3) Her husband had brought home logs in his cart that she was sure two men of his size couldn't lift.
4) With her neighbors she had danced in the moonlight in the orchard and had drunk 'sack'. A cat had called her out to the party. The other revelers were Elizabeth Seager, Andrew and Mary Sanford, William Ayres and his wife, James Walkey, Peter Grant's wife, Henry Palmer's wife, and Judith Varlett.
5) Judith Varlett had told Rebecca she did not like Marshall Jonathan Gilbert and if she could she would do him mischief.The Greensmiths were both found guilty and hung on Gallows Hill on or about Jan 25, 1663. About the same time Mary Barnes was convicted of witchcraft. A record for January 20, 1663 says three witches were condemned at Hartford. Mary Barns may well have been the third. Gallows Hill is described by an early resident as, “A logical location as it afforded an excellent view of the execution to the large crowd on the meadows to the west, a hanging being then a popular spectacle and entertainment.”
Of the others accused by Rebecca Greensmith, here is what we know:
Elizabeth Seager was indited three times for witchcraft, spent a year in prison, then went to Rhode Island.
Mary Sanford was found guilty of witchcraft. She may have been hung, but it is not known. Some say she mysteriously disappeared.
William Ayres and his wife were bound hand and foot and thrown into water “to try whether they were witches or not.” They floated and somehow managed to escape and were not seen again in that neighborhood.
James Walkley escaped to Rhode Island.
Judith Varlett was imprisoned and released, perhaps with the help of her brother-in-law, Governor Peter Stuyvesant.Other members of our family were also involved in this case. Jonathan Gilbert was the marshal responsible for the execution. He was a ninth great grandfather of Paul Stevens. Edward Griswold was on the jury the convicted Nathaniel and Rebecca. He is another ninth great grandfather of Paul Stevens.
This is as much as we know of the story of Rebecca, our early colonial ancestor who had the misfortune to be hung as a witch.
Here is how you are related to Rebecca: Rebecca was the mother of Micah Mudge, Micah fathered Ebenezer Mudge, Ebenezer fathered Deborah Mudge, Deborah was the mother of Abigail Tryon, Abigail was the mother of Mariah Levi, Mariah was the mother of Jacob Demouth, Jacob fathered Samuel DeMouth, Samuel was the father of Thelma DeMouth, Thelma was the mother of Dianne Zimmerman, Dianne is the mother of Dawne Stevens, Dawne is the mother of my beautiful grandbabies!
Wouldn't you know the witch would be on my side of the tree!
Love,
Granny
Rebecca (b______; d.25 Jan1662/63, Hartdord Connecticut) Some think Rebecca was the daughter of George Steele, a famous colonial citizen. They think so because of what was in George's will.. George Steele died in 1664, shortly after Rebecca was hung. This is what George's will said:He bequeats to "my dear and loving brother John Steele," 50s.; to "my daughter Elizabeth Wates," "my old mill" and several household objects; to "my grandchild Martha Hanison," best chamber pot; to "Moses and Micah Mudg," 10s. apiece; to "my grandchildren James and Mary Steele," one chest apiece; and to "my dear and loving son James Steele" the residue, he to be executor"
That's what the will says. He has Micah and Moses tucked in between two people he names as grandchildren. Do you think that placement indicates they were also grandchildren? Many people do. Perhaps he was ashamed of Rebecca because of the witchcraft trial and hanging and didn't want to acknowledge the relationship. We can look back at the witchcraft trails with chagrin and horror. But the early colonists had brought the belief in witchcraft from England and it was very real to them. Almost everyone believed in witches, including the accused. Another reason for believing Rebecca was a daughter to George is that, whoever raised Micah after his mother's death, raised him to be an educated person who could read and write, and have a vocation. George only lived a year after Rebecca was killed, but Micah, like George Steele, became a surveyor.
Another reason this relationship is important for us is that George Steele had, a brother, John Steele, who became the first governor of Connecticut. We also have ancestors that descend from John Steele. John's Steele's great-great-grandson, Oliver Tryon, married George Steele's great-great-granddaughter, Deborah Mudge.
from findagrave: married 1st Mary (?) before 1645 in England. Mary was born in 1621 Chichester Eng. died April 9, 1671 in Malden, MA. Mary was also originally buried in Bell Rock Cemetery and later moved. After Mary's death Thomas married 2nd Lydia Shepardson Call about 1680 in MA.
immigrated between 1649-1651.
1680 - Served as a Sgt. in the Malden Co., 1st Regiment under Maj. Gookin.
Buried originally in Bell Rock Cemetery in Malden, MA, but was moved to cemetery either in Charlestown or Cambridge. Location unknown.
sons: Thomas b. 1645, John b. 1647, and Abraham b. 1649 all in England
Family links:
Spouses:
Lydia Shepardson Skinner (1637 - 1723)
Mary Skinner (1617 - 1671)*
Children:
Thomas Skinner (1645 - 1722)*
Abraham Skinner (1649 - 1694)*
Created by: Jim Easom
Record added: Apr 06, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 88134731The following is from WikiTree:
Biography
Name
Thomas Skinner[1]
BirthIn testimony in court in the year 1663, Thomas Skinner and his wife Mary, [gives his] age as 46 years.[2] This would mean Thomas Skinner was born in/about 1617.
EmigrantBET 1649 AND 1651, from Chichester, West Sussex, England[3]
to Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts[1]
Freeman"Thomas Skinner, Mald" is named in the Complete List of Freemen under the date 18 May 1653.[4] Wikipedia says, regarding Colonial America and Freemen: "There was an unstated probationary period, usually one to two years, that the prospective "freeman" needed to go through, and he was allowed his freedom if he did pass this probationary period of time." This means Thomas Skinner probably arrived in Massachusetts no later than 1652.[5]
VictuallerThomas Skinner of Maulden, victualler, purchased a house and 15 acres of land, lying in Mauldon aforesaid, on March 22, 1653/4, from Rowland Lahorne of Charlestowne, planter, with the assent and consent of Flora his wife. Acknowledged by both Rowland and Flora on 13 September 1654.[1] In Britain, a victualler is "A person who is licensed to sell alcohol." From Oxford Living Dictionaries, published by Oxford Press.
Dated tenth month, thirtieth day of 1653: Request of Maulden Selectmen for Thomas Skinner be licensed to sell Drink.[2] Note: the tenth month and thirtieth day would have been Jan. 30th, because the first month at that time was March.
JurorIn 1659/60 Thomas Skinner was selected to be one of the two jurors for the town of Maulden.[2] This shows that Thomas Skinner was a respected citizen in the town of Maulden, because in Colonial New England, only members of the community in good standing were asked to be jurors.
TithingmanThomas Skinner was selected to be a tithingman on the 11th of the third month, 1680.[3] [6]
ConstableSergeant
The "Sgt." in Sgt. Thomas Skinner's name: In common with the other towns, as required by law, Malden had early attended to its military duties. ... … The Middlesex regiment, consisting of sixteen companies, had been under the command of Major Daniel Gookin of Cambridge, who was commissioned May 5, 1676; but in 1680 it was divided, and Malden with the neighboring towns formed the First Regiment under Major Gookin, while the western towns of the county were transferred to a new regiment under Major Peter Bulkley of Concord. In the latter year we hear of Sergeant [Sgt] Thomas Skinner in the Malden company, and of Sergeant Samuel Sprague in 1864. [From: Corey, Deloraine Pendre. History of Malden, Massachusetts, 1633-1785. Place of publication not identified: Rareclub Com, 2012. Print. Pp 307-308.]
Death
2 Mar 1703/4 Malden, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Buried: Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Massachusetts. In 1968/1969 Ruth Kimball Randall published a manuscript of the headstones in Bell Rock Cemetery (https://mpl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/5144789075_bell_rocks_heritage_in_stone). In the information about "Sgt." Thomas Skinner (c1617-1703/4), she describes his headstone: "He was known as "Sergeant Thomas Skinner for his attachment in Malden's First Regiment of 1680. His gravestone has the large "pipe" design on both the foot stone and headstone." This information implies that in the late 1960s, the headstone of our Thomas was still visible in the cemetery. However, as we know from the Find-A-Grave data base, it has never been located and photographed. Anyone interested in making a field trip?
https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/31573884
https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/31574806
Marriages and ChildrenNotes
Immigrant Ship
Map: Massachusetts Colony
1680 Sergeant of Malden Company
Inn-Keeper
Constable 1679 1680
1680 Appointed tithingman
Thomas Skinner Descendants 1982.
Research Notes1617
Thomas was born in England. [1, nd]
While nothing indicates where Thomas was born in England, it is believed that he was born in County Sussex, although no documented evidence has surfaced to confirm this location. In 2001, the Skinner Family Association hired Debrett Genealogical in England to do an extensive search of the records in England to determine parentage for Thomas. However, they were unable to find any convincing information to be able to attribute parentage or location of birth. As such, no documented ancestral records have been found as of 2016. [7]
Work began on extracting records from Chichester, UK to determine if there might be some records that could indicate a connection to our Thomas Skinner of Malden. This is a continuing project. Current work can be see on the following document.
SFA LIB England, Sussex, Chichester - Church records - Indexes [8]
(1617-1703/04), from Eng. bet. 1649-51; settled at Maiden, Mass.; freeman, 1653; constable; m in Eng., Mary (d 1671), dau. of Richard Pratt; m 2d, Lydia (d 1723), dau. of Daniel Shepardson, m Joanna-. [9]
Sources↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L, by Robert Charles Anderson, page 222
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Middlesex County, MA: Abstracts of Court Files, 1649–1675, by Thomas Bellows Wyman, (nd), Vol 1, page 15, 115, 161
↑ 3.0 3.1 The Skinner kinsmen, the descendants of Thomas Skinner of Malden, Mass., compiled by Natalie R. Fernald, (1939)
↑ NEHGR Vol 3, page 192, Complete List of Freemen, dated 18 May 1653
↑ Freeman (Colonial), Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
↑ Notes on the Tithing-men and the Ballot in Massachusetts, by George Henry Moore LLD, (1884), at Google Books, Vol 3, pages 3 - 9
↑ Thomas Skinner (1617-1704) Living History [1]
↑ SFA LIB England, Sussex, Chichester - Church records [2]
↑ "Skinner, Sg-T. Thomas." The Compendium of American Genealogy: The Standard Genealogical Encyclopedia of the First Families of America, edited by Frederick Adams Virkus, vol. 6: 1937, Genealogical Publishing, 1987, p. 805. Gale Genealogy Connect, [3]. Accessed 12 June 2017.
Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005. Page 222. (purchased house and land in Maulden)
Middlesex County, MA: Abstracts of Court Files, 1649–1675. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), (Unpublished abstracts by Thomas Bellows Wyman, "Abstract of Middlesex court files from 1649," n.d.) Vol 1, page 15 - license to sell drinks, and Vol 1, page 115 - juror, and Vol 1, page 161 - age 46
Complete List of Freemen, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.) NEHGR Vol 3, page 192, Complete List of Freemen dated 18 May 1653
"Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC92-GL6 : 10 December 2014), Thomas Skinner, 02 Mar 1703; citing Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, reference p 377; FHL microfilm 14,774.
The Skinner kinsmen, the descendants of Thomas Skinner of Malden, Mass. compiled by Natalie R. Fernald. (Washington, D.C., Pioneer Press, 1939?), pages 1-7 Also can be downloaded in pdf format: The Skinner kinsmen, the descendants of Thomas Skinner of Malden, Mass.
Notes on the Tithing-men and the Ballot in Massachusetts, by George Henry Moore LLD, from the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, at Google Books, extracted from original, (Worcester, Mass., Press of C. Hamilton, 1884), Volume 3, pages 3 - 9.
William Richard Cutter, "Genealogical and Family History of Central New York," Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912. Page 55-57.
Fernald, Natalie R. The Genealogical Exchange (Buffalo, New York, 1904-1911) Vol. 1, May 1904, Page 7
Bell Rock's Heritage in Stone [4] [5]
Ancestry Family Trees: Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
From WikiTrees:
"Richard was born in 1615. He was christened 29 June 1615 at All Saint's, Essex Co., England. He died before 8 May 1691 in Malden, MA. Richard is the child of Joseph Pratt and Alice Walker. [1]
Emigrated to America on Sparrow in 1622.
Disputed parents and emigration details
Find a grave reference suggests he was the youngest of the 9 children of John Pratt and that he emigrated from Barbados, British West Indies on the "Expedition" on 20 Nov 1635.[2]
Webtrees suggest mother of first two children Mary and Thomas Pratt, children of Mary TORKE.[3]
Stanley Pratt states 23 Apr 2014 My research indicates that Richard Pratt was a son of Joseph Pratt the brother of John Pratt of Maldon, Essex, UK.His mother was Alice Walker.Read my article on page 15 of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 167, January 2013.I am a descendent of Richard Pratt, through his son, John Pratt to Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Daniel etc.He arrived in Boston in 1638 and left England on the ship Expedition from Gravesend on 20 Nov 1635 to Barbados.I do not know how he got here from Barbados."
from findagrave: married 1st Mary (?) before 1645 in England. Mary was born in 1621 Chichester Eng. died April 9, 1671 in Malden, MA. Mary was also originally buried in Bell Rock Cemetery and later moved. After Mary's death Thomas married 2nd Lydia Shepardson Call about 1680 in MA.
immigrated between 1649-1651.
1680 - Served as a Sgt. in the Malden Co., 1st Regiment under Maj. Gookin.
Buried originally in Bell Rock Cemetery in Malden, MA, but was moved to cemetery either in Charlestown or Cambridge. Location unknown.
sons: Thomas b. 1645, John b. 1647, and Abraham b. 1649 all in England
Family links:
Spouses:
Lydia Shepardson Skinner (1637 - 1723)
Mary Skinner (1617 - 1671)*
Children:
Thomas Skinner (1645 - 1722)*
Abraham Skinner (1649 - 1694)*
Created by: Jim Easom
Record added: Apr 06, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 88134731The following is from WikiTree:
Biography
Name
Thomas Skinner[1]
BirthIn testimony in court in the year 1663, Thomas Skinner and his wife Mary, [gives his] age as 46 years.[2] This would mean Thomas Skinner was born in/about 1617.
EmigrantBET 1649 AND 1651, from Chichester, West Sussex, England[3]
to Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts[1]
Freeman"Thomas Skinner, Mald" is named in the Complete List of Freemen under the date 18 May 1653.[4] Wikipedia says, regarding Colonial America and Freemen: "There was an unstated probationary period, usually one to two years, that the prospective "freeman" needed to go through, and he was allowed his freedom if he did pass this probationary period of time." This means Thomas Skinner probably arrived in Massachusetts no later than 1652.[5]
VictuallerThomas Skinner of Maulden, victualler, purchased a house and 15 acres of land, lying in Mauldon aforesaid, on March 22, 1653/4, from Rowland Lahorne of Charlestowne, planter, with the assent and consent of Flora his wife. Acknowledged by both Rowland and Flora on 13 September 1654.[1] In Britain, a victualler is "A person who is licensed to sell alcohol." From Oxford Living Dictionaries, published by Oxford Press.
Dated tenth month, thirtieth day of 1653: Request of Maulden Selectmen for Thomas Skinner be licensed to sell Drink.[2] Note: the tenth month and thirtieth day would have been Jan. 30th, because the first month at that time was March.
JurorIn 1659/60 Thomas Skinner was selected to be one of the two jurors for the town of Maulden.[2] This shows that Thomas Skinner was a respected citizen in the town of Maulden, because in Colonial New England, only members of the community in good standing were asked to be jurors.
TithingmanThomas Skinner was selected to be a tithingman on the 11th of the third month, 1680.[3] [6]
ConstableSergeant
The "Sgt." in Sgt. Thomas Skinner's name: In common with the other towns, as required by law, Malden had early attended to its military duties. ... … The Middlesex regiment, consisting of sixteen companies, had been under the command of Major Daniel Gookin of Cambridge, who was commissioned May 5, 1676; but in 1680 it was divided, and Malden with the neighboring towns formed the First Regiment under Major Gookin, while the western towns of the county were transferred to a new regiment under Major Peter Bulkley of Concord. In the latter year we hear of Sergeant [Sgt] Thomas Skinner in the Malden company, and of Sergeant Samuel Sprague in 1864. [From: Corey, Deloraine Pendre. History of Malden, Massachusetts, 1633-1785. Place of publication not identified: Rareclub Com, 2012. Print. Pp 307-308.]
Death
2 Mar 1703/4 Malden, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Buried: Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Massachusetts. In 1968/1969 Ruth Kimball Randall published a manuscript of the headstones in Bell Rock Cemetery (https://mpl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/5144789075_bell_rocks_heritage_in_stone). In the information about "Sgt." Thomas Skinner (c1617-1703/4), she describes his headstone: "He was known as "Sergeant Thomas Skinner for his attachment in Malden's First Regiment of 1680. His gravestone has the large "pipe" design on both the foot stone and headstone." This information implies that in the late 1960s, the headstone of our Thomas was still visible in the cemetery. However, as we know from the Find-A-Grave data base, it has never been located and photographed. Anyone interested in making a field trip?
https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/31573884
https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/31574806
Marriages and ChildrenNotes
Immigrant Ship
Map: Massachusetts Colony
1680 Sergeant of Malden Company
Inn-Keeper
Constable 1679 1680
1680 Appointed tithingman
Thomas Skinner Descendants 1982.
Research Notes1617
Thomas was born in England. [1, nd]
While nothing indicates where Thomas was born in England, it is believed that he was born in County Sussex, although no documented evidence has surfaced to confirm this location. In 2001, the Skinner Family Association hired Debrett Genealogical in England to do an extensive search of the records in England to determine parentage for Thomas. However, they were unable to find any convincing information to be able to attribute parentage or location of birth. As such, no documented ancestral records have been found as of 2016. [7]
Work began on extracting records from Chichester, UK to determine if there might be some records that could indicate a connection to our Thomas Skinner of Malden. This is a continuing project. Current work can be see on the following document.
SFA LIB England, Sussex, Chichester - Church records - Indexes [8]
(1617-1703/04), from Eng. bet. 1649-51; settled at Maiden, Mass.; freeman, 1653; constable; m in Eng., Mary (d 1671), dau. of Richard Pratt; m 2d, Lydia (d 1723), dau. of Daniel Shepardson, m Joanna-. [9]
Sources↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L, by Robert Charles Anderson, page 222
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Middlesex County, MA: Abstracts of Court Files, 1649–1675, by Thomas Bellows Wyman, (nd), Vol 1, page 15, 115, 161
↑ 3.0 3.1 The Skinner kinsmen, the descendants of Thomas Skinner of Malden, Mass., compiled by Natalie R. Fernald, (1939)
↑ NEHGR Vol 3, page 192, Complete List of Freemen, dated 18 May 1653
↑ Freeman (Colonial), Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
↑ Notes on the Tithing-men and the Ballot in Massachusetts, by George Henry Moore LLD, (1884), at Google Books, Vol 3, pages 3 - 9
↑ Thomas Skinner (1617-1704) Living History [1]
↑ SFA LIB England, Sussex, Chichester - Church records [2]
↑ "Skinner, Sg-T. Thomas." The Compendium of American Genealogy: The Standard Genealogical Encyclopedia of the First Families of America, edited by Frederick Adams Virkus, vol. 6: 1937, Genealogical Publishing, 1987, p. 805. Gale Genealogy Connect, [3]. Accessed 12 June 2017.
Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005. Page 222. (purchased house and land in Maulden)
Middlesex County, MA: Abstracts of Court Files, 1649–1675. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), (Unpublished abstracts by Thomas Bellows Wyman, "Abstract of Middlesex court files from 1649," n.d.) Vol 1, page 15 - license to sell drinks, and Vol 1, page 115 - juror, and Vol 1, page 161 - age 46
Complete List of Freemen, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.) NEHGR Vol 3, page 192, Complete List of Freemen dated 18 May 1653
"Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC92-GL6 : 10 December 2014), Thomas Skinner, 02 Mar 1703; citing Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, reference p 377; FHL microfilm 14,774.
The Skinner kinsmen, the descendants of Thomas Skinner of Malden, Mass. compiled by Natalie R. Fernald. (Washington, D.C., Pioneer Press, 1939?), pages 1-7 Also can be downloaded in pdf format: The Skinner kinsmen, the descendants of Thomas Skinner of Malden, Mass.
Notes on the Tithing-men and the Ballot in Massachusetts, by George Henry Moore LLD, from the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, at Google Books, extracted from original, (Worcester, Mass., Press of C. Hamilton, 1884), Volume 3, pages 3 - 9.
William Richard Cutter, "Genealogical and Family History of Central New York," Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912. Page 55-57.
Fernald, Natalie R. The Genealogical Exchange (Buffalo, New York, 1904-1911) Vol. 1, May 1904, Page 7
Bell Rock's Heritage in Stone [4] [5]
Ancestry Family Trees: Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
Lydia was the widow of Thomas Call.
She was daughter of Daniel and Joanna Shepardson, Malsen, MA.
This person is dead.
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Notes from WikiTree
"This John Baldwin is not the child of Sylvester Baldwin-129 and Sarah Bryan-33. Please use care in merging
The Puritan Great Migration.
John Baldwin migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640)""Biography
John Baldwin is record #1 (and part of Generation #1) in the portion of Descendants of William Baldwin devoted to him, i.e., Descendants of John Baldwin.
Information from his record #1 is:
"JOHN1 BALDWIN was born June 24, 1619 in Aston-Clinton, Bucks County, England, and died June 21, 1681 in Milford, Conn.. He married (1) MARY CAMP 1639, daughter of NICHOLAS CAMP and SARAH ELLIOTT. She was born Abt. 1619 in Hazing, Essex, England, and died Abt. 1652 in Milford, Conn.. He married (2) MARY BRUEN October 13, 1653, daughter of OBADIAH BRUEN and SARAH SEELEY. She was born June 12, 1634 in St. Julian's, Shrewsbury, England, and died September 02, 1670 in Milford, Ct..
Notes for JOHN BALDWIN: Came to Connecticut with the other Milford, Baldwins. John Baldwin's name was very common in Bucks , England at that time. He might have been brother of Sylvester? Sylvester died on the passage in 1638. May have been cousin of Sylvester? Unlikely, a nephew? February, 1639, Milford, Conn. Was purchased from the Indians, settlement made during the year and Nov 29, 1639 the name "free" planters appears in Milford Records. John Baldwin was considered a "settler", because he was not a church member. Milford was a religious community or colony. He joined the church March 19, 1648. His homestead was orginal lot #13, in Milford, on west side of the river. A little north west of the town hall, on the premises now or lately occuppied by Rev. Asa M. Train(1875). He moved to Newark, N.J. a year or after 1666, but returned to Milford.
In his Will 1680, he appt. cousin Nicholas Camp as overseer of his estate, term "cousin" applied to wife's uncle is unusual, but cousin used to denote almost any relationship that was not immediate.
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More About JOHN BALDWIN: Fact 1 (2): November 20, 1990, LDS Computer, see Baldwin.GED Fact 2 (2): The Ackley-Bosworth Genealogy, Pg. 247-250 Fact 3 (2): July 18, 1635, arrived, age 13, Pied-Cove from Branford, Eng. Original List by John C. Hooten Fact 4 (2): Genealogies of Connecticut Families, Vol I, Pg. 78 Fact 5 (2): 1881, published, Baldwin Genealogy Book by Charles Candee Baldwin Fact 6 (2): Deforest, L. Effingham & Anne Lawrence, Moore and Allied Families, Fact 7 (2): Deforest Publishing Company, NYC, NY, 1938. 55 Fact 8 (2): Batchelor-Williams Families"
There is also information in that record on both of his wives, Mary Camp and Mary Bruen, and the 13 children he had with them.
From Larry Guildford's site on John Baldwin:
"Notes for John Baldwin: came to Milford, Ct in the ship "Martin" in the summer of 1638."
From the Great Migration Newsletter, Vol. 21, No. 12 (2012), of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, see pp. 29 and 31 re the ship Martin and the Sylvester Baldwin family who arrived on that ship [Sylvester died en route, as noted above].
About 1636, he came from England aboard the "MARTIN" either with his parents and my ancestors, SYLVESTER & SARAH (BRYAN) BALDWIN or he was a cousin to them. I have not seen proof of either. He was a witness of Sylvester Baldwins' nonculpative will during the voyage.
He was a founder of Milford and married (1) Mary Camp in Milford. In 1654, he was selected to be Marshall of the settlment, and commission as Sgt. of the Milford militia in 1658. In that year, he married (2) Mary Bruen. His homelot was #13 on the west side of the river. He joined the church on March 19, 1648 and was the only tailor in Milford.
His name is on a memorial stone on the Bridge over the Wepawaug River in Milford, Conn."
"BiographyJohn Baldwin
John Baldwin Sr. is our immigrant ancestor in the Baldwin Family:
There are various reasons for supposing that the Baldwins are of Norman origin, and one of them is the fact that the first Earl of Devonshire, who received his title from William the Conqueror (our grandfather), bore that name. The name of Baldwin was prominently identified with the ancient nobility of France, and antedates the period of the first crusade, during which Baldwin (1058-1118) was made king of Jereusalem.
About 1636, At least two John Baldwin's came from England aboard the "MARTIN" with SYLVESTER & SARAH (BRYAN) BALDWIN. He may have been a cousin to them. A John Baldwin was a witness of Sylvester Baldwin's nonculpative will during the voyage[34].
John Baldwin, a founder of Milford and married (1) Mary Camp in Milford. In 1654, he was selected to be Marshall of the settlement, and commissioned as Sgt. of the Milford militia in 1658. In that year, he married (2) Mary Bruen. His home-lot was #13 on the west side of the river. He joined the church on March 19, 1648 and was the only tailor in Milford"