Elizabeth Sexton

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Elizabeth Sexton (Skinner)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Colchester, New London, Connecticut, United States
Death: December 22, 1790 (72)
Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: Westchester, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Dea. John Skinner, of Colchester and Sarah Skinner
Wife of Knight Sexton
Mother of Sarah Scoville
Sister of Sarah Blake; Ann Dean; Jemima Skinner; John Skinner; Daniel Skinner and 9 others

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About Elizabeth Sexton

5. FHL publication "The Skinner Kinsmen. The Descendants of John Skinner of Hartford, Connecticut," compiled by Mrs. Natalie R. Fernald (The Pioneer Press; Washington, D.C.), pp. 31-35:

Deacon John Skinner (3), Joseph (2), John (1), was born April 5, 1675, married Sarah, daughter of John and Joanna Porter. [Handwritten note in margin "Joanna nee Gaylord."] He died in Colchester, Conn., August 27, 1740.

Children, all born in Colchester

-Elizabeth Skinner (4), at. Knight Sextone, bp. Aug. 30, 1713.


Will of John Skinner, 1740

...and my will is that the other four eqqual parts be paid out, to my other four daughters now surviving, namely, Ann Dean, Joanna Loomis, Mary Kilbourne and Elizabeth Sextone, to be paid to each of them out of my estate as it shall be appraised, at the discretion of my executrix. I make my wife Sarah my sole executrix.

——

Inscription

in 72nd yr of age, wife of Knight Sexton


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Elizabeth Sexton's Timeline

1713
August 30, 1713
1718
July 27, 1718
Colchester, New London, Connecticut, United States
1744
September 5, 1744
1790
December 22, 1790
Age 72
Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, United States
December 1790
Age 72
Westchester Cemetery, Westchester, New London County, Connecticut, United States