Sarah Skepper (Fisher)

Sarah Fisher was born 11 May 1617 Boston, Lincolnshire and died in Essex County, Massachusetts. Her father was Richard Fisher, born 1573, and mother was Ann White, born 1576. Both were born in Boston, Lincolnshire.

She probably came to New England with husband, Wm. Skepper, about 1639. She may have predeceased her husband or remarried after his death; there is no further record.

Married

1. Rev. William Skepper on 17 Jan 1638/1639 in Boston, Lincoln, England.

Their child

1. Sarah Skipper b: ABT 1640. Married Walter Fairfield

notes

"It is quite possible that Rev. William Skepper went to Lynn where he may have assisted Rev. Thomas Cobbett in his pastoral duties. It is possible that Sarah his wife predeceased him and that her daughter was cared for by friends or kin in Lynn or Reading which was established from Lynn in 1644. From the records found it is evident that William Skepper settled on his four elder children £50 each. Or it may be that Sarah (Fisher) Skepper married after her husband's death and that Sarah Skepper, her daughter, remained with her mother and step-father until she married at the age of fifteen years."

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From Richardson, Douglas (2011) Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Ed., Vol. III, p. 217

18. [Rev.] WILLIAM SKEPPER (or SKIPPER), younger son by his father's 2nd marriage, baptized at Boston, Lincolnshire 27 Nov. 1597. He obtained a B.A. degree at Sidney College, Cambridge University, 1617-8. He served a Rector of Thorpe-in-the-Marsh, Lincolnshire, 1630-8. He married (1st) _____. They had three sons, John, Theophilus (1st of name), and Theophilus (2nd of name), and four daughters, Elizabeth (wife of Zachariah Phillips), Mary, Jane (wife of Abraham Brown), Katherine (wife of John Maverick and John Johnson). He married (2nd) at Boston, Lincolnshire 17 Jan. 1638/9 SARAH FISHER. They had one daughter, Sarah (wife of Walter Fairfield). He and his family immigrated to New England in 1639, where he died intestate sometime before 1646.

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