Sir Grey Skipwith, 3rd Baronet of Prestwold

Graye/Grey Skipwith emigrated from England to Virginia with his older sister Diana between 1650 and 1655. Grey inherited the Baronetcy, becoming Sir Grey Skipwith, 3rd Baronet of Prestwold, Leicestershire, after the death of his older brother in 1656. After emigrating to America Grey married Anne, daughter of Sir Edmund Kempe, a Royalist who is said to have emigrated from somewhere in the County of Norfolk, England.

Documentary evidence about Sir Grey is scant. Different Internet genealogy sites claim he had from one to three wives. Documentary evidence does show that Grey had married Anne, the widow of Edmund Kempe, by 1661 as, on 10 July of that year, as Dame Anne Skipwith, she acted as administrator of her dead husband's estate.

Sir Grey and Anne (Kempe) had one child, William. As Dame Anne Skipwith, his mother continued to protect his interests while he was still a child. William became Sir William Skipwith, 4th Baronet, after the death of his father. There is no evidence that, as some claim, they had a daughter Cassandra.

The Minutes of the Colonial and General Council of Colonial Virginia indicate that Sir Grey had died by 23 May 1671. He left no will and had not appointed an administrator. It seems, then, that his death was unexpected. Dame Anne Skipwith died 5 March 1685/6.

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• The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and ..., Volume 1 By Thomas Wotton
• https://books.google.com/books?id=EvQfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA250&lpg=PA250&d...
• Pg.250
• .... etc.
• Sir Henry Skipwith, Knt. the eldeft fon, was feated at Preftwould, in Leicefterfhire, and was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet, by King James I. He married the third daughter and coheir of Sir Thomas Kempe, of Kent, Knt. by whom he had four fons, and two daughters; 1. William, who died, vita patris, without iffue; 2. Sir Henry, fucceffor to his father; 3. Thomas, who died without iffue; 4. Sir Grey, of whom hereafter; alfo Elizabeth, and Diana.
• Sir Henry Skipwith, Bart. Eldeft furviving fon, and fucceffor to his father, died unmarried foon after him, whreupon the title and eftate went to his next furviving brother,
• Sir Grey Skipwith, Bart. who, in the time of the rebellion in England, after the death of King Charles I. went, with feveral other Gentlemen, over to Viginia, to avoid the Ufurper, Cromwell, and there married, and left only one fon.
• Sir William Skipwith, Bart. who alfo married in Virginia, and in the year 1730, was about fixty years of age, and had eight children, and was fucceeded in the title, by his eldeft fon,
• .... etc. _____________
• Sir Henry Skipwith, 1st Baronet Skipwith1,2,3,4,5
• M, #52489, b. 21 March 1590
• Father Sir William Skipwith, Sheriff of Leicestershire6,3,5 b. c 1564, d. 3 May 1610
• Mother Margaret Cave6,3,5 b. c 1567

*    Sir Henry Skipwith, 1st Baronet Skipwith was born on 21 March 1590 at of Prestold, Cotes, Leicestershire, England.6,3,5 He married Amy Kempe, daughter of Sir Thomas Kempe and Dorothy Thompson, circa 1616 at of Wye, Kent, England; They had 4 sons (William, Sir Henry, 2nd Baronet; Thomas;, & '''Sir Grey, 3rd Baronet''') and 3 daughters (Elizabeth; Diana, wife of Major Edward Dale, Gent; & Anne).7,1,2,3,4,5 Sir Henry Skipwith, 1st Baronet Skipwith was buried on 7 November 1655 at Stapleford, Leicestershire, England; He married (2) at St. Mary's Woolnoth, London, on 2 May 1639, to Blandina Penwin, daughter of John Penwin of Badgeworth, Somerset.8,3,5

*Family Amy Kempe b. 6 Aug 1591

• Citations
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 659-660.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 277.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 36.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 280.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 640.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 659.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 556.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 660.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1747.htm#... _____________
• Skipwith baronets
• .... etc.
• The Skipwith Baronetcy, of Prestwould in the County of Leicester, was created in the Baronetage of England on 20 December 1622 for the son of Sir William Henry Skipwith, the poet Henry Skipwith (b. 21 Mar 1589, Prestwould Manor, Coates, Leicestershire). The third Baronet, Sir Grey, emigrated to Virginia in the middle of the 17th century. The next five Baronets were all born in Virginia. During the American Revolution, the seventh Baronet, Sir Peyton, continued to use his title throughout the war. His son, Grey, who was left an estate by Sir Thomas George Skipwith, 4th Baronet, moved to England by 1801. In 1805 after his father died, Grey became the eighth Baronet and sat as Member of Parliament for Warwickshire and Warwickshire South.[1]
• .... etc.
• Skipwith baronets, of Prestwould (1622)
• Sir Henry Skipwith, 1st Baronet (died c. 1658)
• Sir Henry Skipwith, 2nd Baronet (c. 1616–c. 1663)
• Sir Grey Skipwith, 3rd Baronet (1622–died c. 1671)
• Sir William Skipwith, 4th Baronet (c. 1670–1736)
• Sir Grey Skipwith, 5th Baronet (1705–c. 1750)
• Sir William Skipwith, 6th Baronet (1707–1764)
• Sir Peyton Skipwith, 7th Baronet (1740–1805)
• Sir Grey Skipwith, 8th Baronet (1771–1852)
• Sir Thomas George Skipwith, 9th Baronet (1803–1863)
• Sir Peyton Estoteville Skipwith, 10th Baronet (1857–1891)
• Sir Grey Humberston d'Estoteville Skipwith, 11th Baronet (1884–1950)
• Sir Patrick Alexander d'Estoteville Skipwith, 12th Baronet (born 1938)
• The heir apparent to the baronetcy is Alexander Sebastian Grey d'Estoteville Skipwith (born 1969).
• .... etc.
• From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipwith_baronets _______________
• The gentleman's magazine, Volume 23
• https://books.google.com/books?id=UkBGAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA598-IA3&lpg=PA5...
• Pg.598
• 78 Sir Grey Skipwith of Prieftwould, Leicefterfhire, Dec. 20, 1622.
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• Seat.] ___ , He lives in Virginia. ___________________
• The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215 ... By Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall
• https://books.google.com/books?id=59XcwoRK9jkC&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&d...
• Pg.103 ___________________
• Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition ...
• https://books.google.com/books?id=kjme027UeagC&printsec=frontcover&...
• Pg.303

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Sir Grey Skipwith, 8th Baronet of Prestwould, was sent to England at age 13.  He was a descendant of Col. Robert and Anne (Stith) Bolling, whose progeny are sometimes erroneously thought to be descendants of the famous Native American princess Pocahontas.  Col. Robert Bolling’s first wife was Jane Rolfe, granddaughter of Pocahontas, hence the confusion.  However, members of the Skipwith family did marry into the bloodline of Pocahontas.

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• Links
• http://www.familycentral.net/index/family.cfm?ref1=5098:2238&ref2=5...

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