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Rev Thomas Skinner

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Rev Thomas Skinner

Birth
Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
10 Oct 1762 (aged 52–53)
Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Westchester, New London County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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married 1st Mary Newhall July 9, 1740. After her death, married 2nd Mary Thompson Oct. 3, 1746

some sources show he married Elizabeth Mudge Mar. 21, 1736


Rev. Thomas Skinner was a son of Thomas and Mehitable (Durant) Skinner of Malden, Massachusetts. See Frederick Lewis Weiss, The Colonial Clergy and the Colonial Churches of New England (Lancaster, Mass.: Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy, 1936), p. 188:


"THOMAS SKINNER, A.M., b. Chelsea, 1709, son of Thomas and Mehitable (Durant) Skinner; H. C., 1732, A. B., A. M.; Ord. Colchester, Ct., (West Chester Parish), Apr. 16, 1740; sett. Colchester, Ct., 1740-1762; d. Colchester, Ct., Oct. 10, 1762, a. 54."


For his ancestry, also see Thomas Bellows Wyman, The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818 (Boston: D. Clapp, 1879), vol. 2, p. 869.

married 1st Mary Newhall July 9, 1740. After her death, married 2nd Mary Thompson Oct. 3, 1746

some sources show he married Elizabeth Mudge Mar. 21, 1736


Rev. Thomas Skinner was a son of Thomas and Mehitable (Durant) Skinner of Malden, Massachusetts. See Frederick Lewis Weiss, The Colonial Clergy and the Colonial Churches of New England (Lancaster, Mass.: Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy, 1936), p. 188:


"THOMAS SKINNER, A.M., b. Chelsea, 1709, son of Thomas and Mehitable (Durant) Skinner; H. C., 1732, A. B., A. M.; Ord. Colchester, Ct., (West Chester Parish), Apr. 16, 1740; sett. Colchester, Ct., 1740-1762; d. Colchester, Ct., Oct. 10, 1762, a. 54."


For his ancestry, also see Thomas Bellows Wyman, The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818 (Boston: D. Clapp, 1879), vol. 2, p. 869.

Bio by: Jim Easom


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in 54th year of his age, 23th year of his ministry.



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  • Originally Created by: Frank Grimes
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7135477/thomas-skinner: accessed ), memorial page for Rev Thomas Skinner (1709–10 Oct 1762), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7135477, citing Westchester Cemetery, Westchester, New London County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520).