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REVOLUTIONARY WAR SERVICE
Civil. Ship Builder with ships used in Revolutionary cause. Oath of Fidelity, Town Point, Dorchester County, Maryland, MAR 1776.
BIOGRAPHY
William Skinner, was born in 1741
in Talbot County, Maryland and died 20 FEB 1813 in Cambridge, Maryland.
He married twice. He married first in 1771 Elizabeth Jones. He married second on 26 DEC 1781 in Dorchester County, Maryland to Elizabeth Fookes (the widow Stewart), who was born on 5 OCT 1766 in Dorchester County, Maryland and died
10 JUN 1829 in Dorchester County, Maryland.
Willam Skinner and Elizabeth Jones had the following children:
1. Thomas Skinner, born 22 FEB 1772, married Sarah [--?--]
Willam Skinner and Elizabeth (Fookes) Stewart had the following children:
1. Polly Hambleton Skinner, born 6 OCT 1782 married Eggleston Brown.
2. James Fookes Skinner, born 5 SEP 1784 married Nancy Pattison.
3. Zachariah Skinner, born on 23 MAR 1787 near Cambridge, Maryland, died on 10 MAR 1864 in Cambridge, Maryland, married 22 MAR 1810 in Cambridge, Maryland to Hannah Bond Jones, who was born 30 APR 1794 in Cambridge, Maryland and died 18 JUN 1846 in Cambridge, Maryland.
4. Margaret Skinner, born 23 JAN 1790.
5. William Skinner, born 6 FEB 1792, married Beckie Pattison.
6. Sarah Skinner, born 1 MAR 1794, married Minos Conaway.
7. Ann Skinner, born 22 JUN 1797, married Samuel Pattison.
8. Elizabeth Skinner, born 20 NOV 1800, married Stephen Hurst
GRAVE LOCATION
EXACT LOCATION AND DIRECTIONS AT PRESENT NOT KNOWN
GRAVE SITE
CEMETERY NOT IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME, BUT PERHAPS DORCHESTER CEMETERY, JACKTOWN, MARYLAND.
ORIGINAL TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION
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DESCENDANTS IN WESTMINSTER CHAPTER, MARYLAND STATE SOCIETY, SONS OF
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Robert George Urban
DESCENDANTS IN OTHER CHAPTERS, MARYLAND STATE SOCIETY, SONS OF
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Vernon Lee Skinner, Jr.
REFERENCES
Hodges Vol 6, p. 92 & 127, "Men of Marque of Maryland" - William Skinner &
sons.
Jones, Elias History of Dorchester County, Baltimore City and Co.,
1897.
Maryland State Society, Sons Of the American Revolution. Memberhsip Applications.
"No. 2181: Vernon Lee Skinner, Jr.". 1974.
Register of Maryland Heraldic Families, Colonial Families of USA,
vol 6, pp 419-424 ("James A. Skinner"), p.423.
SAR # 155194 (Robert George Urban>
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