Mary Skiff
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Nov 1671 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Baptism:
Death: 12 Mar 1711 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Death 2, , Newport, Rhode Island in Newport, Rhode Island
Parents
Father: Captain Stephen Skiffe (1641-1710) 1
Mother: Lydia Snow (1645-1713) 1
Spouses and Children
1. *John Chipman (3 Mar 1671 - 4 Jan 1756)
Marriage: 1691 2
Status:
Children:
1. James Chipman (1694-Between 1749/1754)
2. John Chipman (1697-1757)
3. Bethiah Chipman (1699-After 1741)
4. Mary Chipman (1699- )
5. Perez Chipman (1702-1781)
6. Deborah Chipman (1704-Bef 1756)
7. Stephen Chipman (1708- )
8. Lydia Chipman (1708- )
9. Ebenezer Chipman (1709-Cir 1745)
Mercy Skiff
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 3 Nov 1701 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 24 Apr 1781 - Nantucket, Massachusetts 3
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth 4, , Nantucket, Massachusetts in Nantucket, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Nathan Skiffe (1658-1725)
Mother: Mercy Chipman (1668-1724)
Spouses and Children
1. *Nathaniel Allen (24 Apr 1700 - 7 Apr 1776)
Marriage: 2 Jul 1732 - Nantucket, Massachusetts 5
Status:
Children:
1. Abigail Allen (1733- )
2. Susanna Allen (1735- )
3. Joseph Allen (1737- )
4. Benjamin Allen (1740-1798)
5. Mercy Allen (1742- )
2. Prince Coffin (14 Aug 1703 - 16 Oct 1729)
Marriage:
Status:
Sarah Skiff
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1678 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Baptism:
Death: 21 Aug 1757 - Nantucket, Massachusetts 6
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James Skiffe (1638-1724)
Mother: Sarah Barnard (1646-1732)
Spouses and Children
1. *Robert Long (9 Feb 1670 - 17 Jun 1736)
Marriage: Cir 1694
Status:
Children:
1. Samuel Long (1695-1780)
2. Elizabeth Long (1698- )
3. Mary Long (Est 1700-1739)
4. Parnell Long (Abt 1704-1757)
5. John Long (1704-1784)
6. Jonathan Long (Est 1705- )
7. Barnabas Long (Est 1705-1782)
8. James Long (Est 1705-1776)
9. Patience Long (1710- )
10. Daniel Long (Est 1713-1791)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Robert Long)
An unknown Judith Long died 6:11m:1727
An unknown James Long died 11:9m:1741
Abigail Skiffe
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1667 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Baptism:
Death: 20 Apr 1715 - Sandwich, Massachusetts 7
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Thomas Smith (Feb 1664 - 9 Dec 1700) 7
Marriage: Cir 1687 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Status:
Children:
1. Samuel Smith (1688-After 1742) 7
2. John Smith (1690- ) 7
3. Thomas Smith (1691- ) 7
4. Isaac Smith (1693- ) 7
5. Abigail Smith (1695- ) 8
6. Rebecca Smith (1697- ) 8
7. Shubael Smith (1699- ) 8
Abigail Skiffe
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 2 May 1666 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Baptism:
Death: 17 Jun 1718 - Chilmark, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Death, , Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard in Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard
Parents
Father: Captain Stephen Skiffe (1641-1710) 1
Mother: Lydia Snow (1645-1713) 1
Spouses and Children
1. *Shubael Smith (13 Mar 1654 - 4 Apr 1734)
Marriage: 3 Dec 1684 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Status:
Children:
1. Lydia Smith (1685-1745) 9
2. Remember Smith (1689-1718)
3. Abigail Smith (1691-After 1733)
4. Shubael Smith (1703- ) 8
Bathshua Skiffe
Sex: F
AKA: Bathsheba Skiffe
Individual Information
Birth: 26 Apr 1648 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony 11
Baptism:
Death: 13 May 1714 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Burial: in Sandwich Old Burying Ground
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James Skiffe (1612-1687)
Mother: Mary Reeves (1617-1673)
Spouses and Children
1. *Shearjashub Bourne (21 Apr 1643 - 7 Mar 1718)
Marriage: Est 1670
Status:
Children:
1. Melatiah Bourne (1673-1742)
2. Ezra Bourne (1676-1764)
3. Mary Bourne (1678- )
4. Sarah Bourne (1681- )
5. Remember Bourne (1683-1721)
6. Patience Bourne (1686-1765)
Notes
General:
stone:
HERE LYES BURIED
Ye BODY OF Mrs
BETHSHUA BOURN WIFE
TO SHEARJASHUB BOURN
ESQ'R DECEAS'D MAY Ye 13th
1714 IN THE 67th
YEAR OF HER AGE
"It is unusual to find a gravestone from the early 1700's with an image other than a winged skull. This gravestone displays a vase with wilted flowers. It is carved in the style of John Noyes (1674 - 1749) of Boston who also was a silversmith." 12
Benjamin Skiffe
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 29 Apr 1691 - Chilmark, Massachusetts 9
Baptism:
Death: 2 Dec 1781 - Sharon, Connecticut 9
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Nathan Skiffe (1658-1725)
Mother: Hepsibah Codman (Cir 1657-1696) 13
Notes
General:
Benjamin3 Skiffe, (Nathan, 2 James1), b. 29 Apr. 1691; res. C, weaver; rem. to Sharon, Conn, where he d. 2 Dec. 1781. He m. (1) Abigail Pease (87) 13 Sept. 1722, who was b. 2 Aug. 1700 and d. 4 Mch. 1738-9; (2) Miriam Merry bef. 1742, who was b. 8 Apr. 1705.
80. Hannah,4 b. (1723); m. Benjamin Merry (22) 23 Oct. 1740.
81. Bathsheba, b. {1725); m. Jacob Clifford (46) 8 Nov. 1742.
81a. John, b. (1728).
81b. Nathan, b. (1731).
82. Benjamin, b. 1737.
By Second Wife:
83. John, b. 1742.
84. Mary, b. 1 Sept. 1744; m. Samuel Skiffe (102) 27 Jan. 1769 9
Benjamin Skiffe
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 15 Nov 1655 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Baptism:
Death: 17 Feb 1718 - Chilmark, Massachusetts
Burial: in Chilmark, Massachusetts
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James Skiffe (1612-1687)
Mother: Mary Reeves (1617-1673)
Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah Skiff (1685 - 25 Jan 1747) 14
Marriage:
Status:
Notes
General:
A biographical sketch of him appears in Vol. II, Annals of C., pp. 36-9. He d. s. p. 17 Feb. 1717- 18. [He is buried at Chilmark Cemetery. His wife, Hannah Merry, is buried beside him.]
Beulah Skiffe
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1690 - Martha's Vineyard
Baptism:
Death: Jan 1773 - Nantucket, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James Skiffe (1638-1724)
Mother: Sarah Barnard (1646-1732)
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Thomas BARTHOLOMEW
Married: 15 JUL 1724 in Nantucket 15
Deborah Skiffe
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 14 Jul 1670 - Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 11 Mar 1743 - Tisbury, Massachusetts
Burial: in Crossways Cemetery, Tisbury
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth, , Sandwich, Plymouth Colony in Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Parents
Father: Captain Stephen Skiffe (1641-1710) 1
Mother: Lydia Snow (1645-1713) 1
Spouses and Children
1. *Stephen Pressbury (Cir 1663 - 17 May 1730) 16
Marriage: Cir 1693
Status:
Children:
1. Keziah Pressbury (Abt 1688-1764)
2. John Pressbury (Est 1700- )
3. Drusilla Presbury (1708-1763)
4. Content Pressbury (Abt 1711-1773)
5. Sarah Presbury (1713-1793)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Stephen Pressbury)
Children
Sarah Presbury b: 1713 in Tisbury, Dukes, MA
John Presbury
Mary Presbury b: 1694
Abigail Presbury b: 1703 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Content Presbury b: ABT 1711 in Tisbury
Elizabeth Skiffe
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Sep 1690 - Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard 17
Baptism:
Death: [1715]
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Nathan Skiffe (1658-1725)
Mother: Hepsibah Codman (Cir 1657-1696) 13
Spouses and Children
1. *Sturgis (Est 1685 - )
Marriage:
Status:
Notes
General:
possibly this woman:
HERE LYES THE
BODY OF
ELIZABETH STURGIS
AGED 22 YEARS
& 5 Mo DEC'D MAY
Ye 13 1715
Lothrop Hill cemetery, Barnstable 12
Hannah Skiffe
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1687 - Martha's Vineyard
Baptism:
Death: 1773 - Nantucket, Massachusetts 18
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James Skiffe (1638-1724)
Mother: Sarah Barnard (1646-1732)
Spouses and Children
1. *Jacob Daggett (Est 1680 - )
Marriage: 24 Oct 1714 - Martha's Vineyard 15
Status:
Children:
1. Nathan Daggett (Est 1725-Bef 1760)
Hannah Skiffe
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 6 Jun 1688 - Falmouth, Plymouth Colony
Baptism:
Death: 25 Jan 1747 - Martha's Vineyard
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Deacon Nathaniel Skiffe (1645-1723) 11
Mother: Mary Partridge (1649-Bef 1694)
Spouses and Children
1. *Benjamin Mayhew (11 Sep 1679 - 30 Aug 1717)
Marriage: 13 May 1704
Status:
Children:
1. Jemima Mayhew (1707-1761)
2. Bathsheba Mayhew (1709- )
3. Hannah Mayhew (1711-1766)
4. Ruth Mayhew (1714-1741)
5. Benjamin Mayhew (1717-Cir 1749)
2. William Hunt (17 May 1693 - 1769)
Marriage: Est 1734
Status:
Hepsibah Skiffe
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1679 - Chilmark, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 19 Feb 1725 - Chilmark, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Nathan Skiffe (1658-1725)
Mother: Hepsibah Codman (Cir 1657-1696) 13
Spouses and Children
1. *Thomas Norton (Cir 1678 - After 1753) 11
Marriage: Est 1698
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Thomas Norton)
36. THOMAS NORTON, (Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. abt. 1676; res. E. (Eastville), farmer; m. HEPSIBAH SKIFFE (40), who was b. 1679 and d. 1 May 1769. The date of his death is not known but he was living in 1753. There are no records relating to the births of children to this family and the following are assigned to Thomas Norton from collateral evidences in deeds, court and probate records.
100. NATHAN, b. (1699).
101. SILAS, b. (1701); d. abt. 1738 unm. He was a weaver.
102. JEMIMAH, b. 1703; m. JOHN COUSINS (1725).
103. RUTH, b. (1708); m. ISAAC BENTON of Tolland, Conn. 16 Mch. 1730. Resided later in Kent, Conn.
104. MERCY, b.(1711); m. ZEBULON WADE of Scituate, Mass. 24 Oct. 1744. 11
James Skiffe
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 15 Jul 1722 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony 9
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James Skiffe (1689-1724) 9
Mother: Lydia Smith (1685-1745) 9
James Skiffe
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Mar 1689 - Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard
Baptism:
Death: 6 Jan 1724 - Chilmark, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Nathan Skiffe (1658-1725)
Mother: Hepsibah Codman (Cir 1657-1696) 13
Spouses and Children
1. *Lydia Smith (4 Oct 1685 - 8 Nov 1745) 9
Marriage: Cir 1717
Status:
Children:
1. Stephen Skiffe (1718- ) 9
2. James Skiffe (1722- ) 9
James Skiffe
Sex: M
AKA: James Skiff
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Nov 1638 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Baptism:
Death: 6 Jun 1724 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Death 11, , Martha's Vineyard in Martha's Vineyard
Parents
Father: James Skiffe (1612-1687)
Mother: Mary Reeves (1617-1673)
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Barnard (1646 - 24 Aug 1732)
Marriage: Cir 1677 19
Status:
Children:
1. Sarah Skiff (Cir 1678-1757)
2. Patience Skiffe (Cir 1681-1772)
3. Mary Skiffe (Cir 1684-1763)
4. Hannah Skiffe (Cir 1687-1773)
5. Beulah Skiffe (Cir 1690-1773)
6. Nathaniel Skiffe (Cir 1693-1723) 15
Notes
General:
m1 Elizabeth Neighbor/Nabor/Tabor of Boston 18 Nov 1659 Sandwich, divorced 1670.
"James2 Skiffe, (James 1), b. 12 Sept. 1638; res. Sandwich,Mass. His connection with the Vineyard is detailed in Vol. I., p. 474 and Vol. II, Annals of W.T., pp. 72-3. He m. (1) Elizabeth Neighbor of Boston 18 Nov. 1659 from whom he was divorced 1670 and (2) Sarah Barnard of Nan. (espoused Mch. 1677), who was b. abt. 1648 and d. 24 Oct. 1732. 15
James Skiffe
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1612 - Kent
Baptism:
Death: 9 Jun 1687 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Reeves (20 Jul 1617 - 21 Sep 1673)
Marriage: Est 1636
Status:
Children:
1. James Skiffe (1638-1724)
2. Captain Stephen Skiffe (1641-1710) 1
3. Deacon Nathaniel Skiffe (1645-1723) 11
4. Sarah Skiffe (1646-1740)
5. Bathshua Skiffe (1648-1714) 10
6. Mary Skiffe (1650-1690)
7. Patience Skiffe (1652-1716)
8. Benjamin Skiffe (1655-1718) 11
9. Nathan Skiffe (1658-1725)
10. Miriam Skiffe (1752- )
Notes
General:
In the record of a regular town meeting held July 6,1663, is the following statement: "It was ordered that the little neck of land that lies by William Newland's house shall be appropriated as a burial place for the town, and that £3. 7s. 4d. be paid from the town's money, now in the hands of James Skiffe, without any more trouble."
John Skiffe
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 22 Aug 1705 - Chilmark, Massachusetts 9
Baptism:
Death: 6 Mar 1728 - Chilmark, Massachusetts 9
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Nathan Skiffe (1658-1725)
Mother: Mercy Chipman (1668-1724)
Notes
General:
"John3 Skiffe, (Nathan, 2 James 1), b. 22 Aug. 1705; res. C, blacksmith; m. Jane , of whom nothing is of
record. He d. 6 Mch. 1728 in his 23rd year and the family records credit him with a posthumous child:
90. Nathan,4 b. 12 Oct. 1728. Nothing further known of him." 9
Joseph Skiffe
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Nov 1707 - Chilmark, Massachusetts 20
Baptism:
Death: 7 Nov 1778 - Chilmark, Massachusetts 20
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Nathan Skiffe (1658-1725)
Mother: Mercy Chipman (1668-1724)
Spouses and Children
1. *Remember Gibbs (31 Aug 1714 - 21 May 1815) 20
Marriage:
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Remember Gibbs)
"Joseph3 Skiffe, (Nathan, 2 James1), b. 18 Nov. 1707; res. C, cooper; m. Remember Gibbs of Sandwich 7 July 1740,who was b. 31 Aug. 1714 and d. 21 May 1815, aged 100 years 8 mos. and 21 days. He d. 7 Nov. 1778 and his will 15 June 1772 was pro. 9 Dec. 1779. He was in the town Militia 1757.
100. Mercy,4 b. 9 Apr. 1741; m. Seth Mayhew 15 Dec. 1763.
101. Caleb, b. 18 June 1742; d. 10 Apr. 1769.
102. Samuel, b. 23 Jan. 1743-4.
103. Joseph, b. 24 Apr. 1745; lost at sea abt. 1766.
104. Abigail, b. 4 July 1748; m. Zephaniah Chase 10 Oct. 1773.
105. Ebenezer, b. 19 Dec. 1750." 20
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