Stephen Skinner

A Patriot of the American Revolution for CONNECTICUT with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor # A104875

Stephen married Mary Foote 17 Oct. 1775. They had 5 children. She died 14 April 1785. He married Mary Chamberlain 17 April 1786 and they had 6 children. He moved from Colchester,CT, to Colebrook, CT about 1791, and ten years after that to Chenango County, NY.

Per Linda Alcott Maples: Stephen Skinner, per DAR database, was a Private, 9th Co., 12th Regt., Militia. Service sources: CT Rev. War Accts, lst Svc., Vol 2, P 1, FHL #3535. Stephen and his 2nd wife Mary Chamberlain Skinner, daughter of Rev. War soldier/POW Richard Chamberlain and his wife Mary Dickinson*, are buried at Christ Episcopal Church in Sherburne, Chenango County, NY. See Find a Grave info. Three of Stephen Skinner's children have been used by women to join the DAR: The three are: (1) Mary Foote Skinner (daughter of Mary Foote, lst wife of Stephen), m. Gardner Mills; (2) Alfred Skinner (son of Stephen's lst wife Mary Foote), m. Elizabeth Costin; and (3) Justin Skinner (son of 2nd wife Mary Chamberlain), m. Alma Norton. Louisa Mary Skinner (daughter of Stephen and his 2nd wife and wife of Amon Alcott of CT and NY) can be used for membership in the DAR. As of now, no one has applied through her line. Proof of her direct relation to Stephen Skinner is established in Louisa Skinner Alcott's half-brother Amasa Skinner's will.

• Mary Dickinson Chamberlain's father David Dickinson is considered a patriot by the DAR because in 1779 at the age of 74, he signed the Oath of Allegiance to the American Revolutionary cause. Linda Alcott Maples, 4th great-granddaughter of Louisa Mary Skinner Alcott and 5th great-granddaughter of Stephen Skinner and Mary Chamberlain Skinner.
• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jun 13 2016, 17:12:59 UTC

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Died in Chenango, New York

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Nov 7 2018, 21:40:08 UTC
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43370753/stephen-skinner