Theophilus Skipper, of Lynn

Theophilus Skipper was christened 9 Jan 1632/1633 in Thorp-in-the-Marsh, Lincoln, England. He was the son of 2. William Skepper (Rev) and 3. N.N..

Theophilus Skepper of Lynn, a minor in 1646, having a demand for £51 against Benjamin Keayne of Boston, payable on his coming of age, Rev, John Cotton and Rev. Thomas Corbet, his guardians, interefered for his security. (Savage.) There is no further mention of Theophilus Skepper. He may have died or possibly returned to England.*

From "The Pioneers Of Massachusetts, A Descriptive List, Drawn From Records Of The Colonies, Towns And Churches And Other Contemporaneous Documents". 2017. Archive.Org. Accessed April 8 2017. https://archive.org/stream/pioneersofmassac00pope#page/417/mode/1up

SKIPPER, SKEPPAR, Mr. William, [Lynn,] had writings made 14 (3) 1640 for his 4 children. [L.] He d. and admin, was gr. to Mr. Cotton and Mr. Cobbett by Gen. Court 16 Oct. 1650, at request of Zaehary Phillips and his wife who was a daughter. Perhaps Theophilus, an apprentice to Benjamin Keayne, Jr., of Lynn, whose rights were guarded by Gen. Court 4 Nov. 1646, and Jane, spinster, Boston, a creditor of Valentine Hill. 18 (11) 1651, were also children of William.

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From Richardson, Douglas (2011) Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Ed., Vol. III, p. 217 Line18.

[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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