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Dr. John Skinner

Also Known As: "Dr. John Skinner"
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Birthplace: Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, Colonial America
Death: June 25, 1850 (85)
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: 227 Grove Street, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, 06511, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Skinner and Sarah Skinner
Husband of Chloe Skinner
Father of Roger Sherman Skinner; Elizabeth Chloe Skinner and John Winthrop Skinner
Brother of Sarah Rogers; Cotton Colton Skinner; John Joseph Skinner; Eunice Goodrich; Esther Rogers and 3 others

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About Dr. John Skinner

Dr. John Skinner

Dr. Skinner (1765-1850): physician; sheriff of New Haven County in 1809; treasurer of Rimmon Falls Turnpike Company.

Skinner was one of the very first "founders" of the Yale-New Haven Hospital, back in 1833. Those who donated money for the building of the hospital were issued certificates, "making them members for life of the General Hospital Society of Connecticut"

Roger Sherman Skinner (1795-1838): lawyer; practiced in New Haven 1816-1828; clerk of city and county courts around 1820; 1828 moved to New York City.


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Dr. John Skinner's Timeline

1765
March 5, 1765
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, Colonial America
1795
January 19, 1795
East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, Colonial America
1796
1796
New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut
1798
1798
New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut
1850
June 25, 1850
Age 85
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
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Grove Street Cemetery, 227 Grove Street, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, 06511, United States