Thomas Skidmore

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At the age of 35 Thomas Skidmore was married and living in Westerlleigh, Gloucester County, England. In 1635, he was an Agent of Governor Winthrop in planning Saybrook. In Apr 1635 he sent cattle over for Governor John Winthrop. In 1639, he set sail for New England, aboard the same ship as Governor Winthrop, Jr. They arrived at what is now known as Cambridge, Massachusetts. From 1636 until 1639, he assisted Governor Winthrop in the settlement of Saybrook, Connecticut. He assisted in the preparing a plantation at Saybrook, Connecticut for Governor Winthrop, Jr.

Thomas Skidmore’s homestead in Cambridge, Massachusetts was located on the westerly side of Brighton Street, North of Mount Auburn. This location is now Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts and a post office stands on a portion of his lands. He was living in Boston, Massachusetts in 1639. In the spring of 1640, he sent back to England for his wife and family to join him. At the time he sent for his family, he also gave power of attorney to Henry Hazzard of Bristol England to sell his property at Westerly, county of Gloucester, England. On 1 Jan 1646, Thomas Skidmore sold his property in Cambridge and moved with his wife and six (6) children to Connecticut Colony, New York.

In 1647-48, Thomas Skidmore owned a home lot and ear marks for cattle in New London (at that time known as Pequot Harbor), Connecticut. In 1649, he received a large land grant in Fairfield, Connecticut. He was instrumental in founding the settlement of Huntington, Long Island. Thomas Skidmore was a Smithy (blacksmith) by trade. He located his shop on land near the Harbor - it appears that he had a great affection for the water. In 1663 he is shown as a smithy of Huntington Harbor, Long Island. In 1673: He was one of the Patentees of Huntington.

Also in 1673, Thomas Skidmore became the town Clerk in Huntington and a representative to the General Assembly. On 4 Mar 1669, he appears as the first attorney for Suffolk County. In 1676, he served in King Philip's War. He is listed in 1693 as One of Associates of Lancaster, Massachusetts.

Thomas & Ellen (Whitehead) Skidmore had (5) five children:

1. Thomas, b. England.
2. Dorothy, b. ca. 1631, England; m. 20 Jul 1652, Stafford to Hugh Griffen
3. Jedidah (female), b. England; m. Edward Highby
4. John, b. 11 Apr 1643; m. Susannah Davis.
5. Grace m. John Goulding of Huntington.

From:Sheila Jessop <sheilajessop@sbcglobal.net> To:mjkal@comcast.net

Subject:Re: Thomas Skidmore??

Date:Wednesday, November 21, 2007 10:55:57 AM

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I am happy to let you know and will send this history along too just in case I only gave a sketch in the notes you were reading.

Thomas Skidmore's daughter married Jedidah married Edward Higby (ch 1815) who was one of our gggggrandfathers who was the first Higby to come to America. Therfore he is in our line of ancestors!

Look in th Higbee book there is a little information along with the Edward Higbee that came from England at the same time as Thomas:

Chapter 2 page 31...
Thomas Skidmore, who is believed to be one of the Skidmores of this section (by Ivinghoe co., Bucks, Eng.), came to assist John Winthrop th Younger in getting Englishmen to settle at Pequot Harbor, it was only natural that he should get psople from his home section; and later when they came to give the place a name of their own choosing, instead of continuing the Indian name Naumeag, it was likewise natural that they should call it New London.

Thomas Skidmore, whose daughter Edward Higby married, came to New England before Edward Higby did, he sailed from England in Apr. 1635, with John Winthrop the Younger and his company, and the following autumn assisted Winthrop the Younger in building a fort at Saybrook, Conn., prepretory to making a settlement there for Lord Say, Lord Brooke and others. Winthrop the Younger made no other settlement for them; but he made one for himself ten years later ot the mouth of the Thames River, and Thomas Skidmore assisted in making this settlement.

When Skidmore first came over he settled at Newtowne, (the name of thisplace was changed to Cambridge in 1638), and bought "one dwelling house with about half a rood of land in the town." It was situated on the west side of Brighton Street, north of Mt. Auburn Street (Paige's "History of Cambridge," page 655) The land is now part of Harvard Square.

The Skidmore Genealogy says he was living in the parish of Westerleigh, co., Gloucester. There were Skidmores there at the time Thomas Skidmore came to New England; and I (author of Edward Higby and his Descendants) also found Skidmoresin the section from which Edward Higby came. (which was Ivinghoe, co., Bucks, Eng.)

I searched for Thomas Skidmore in the parish of Westerleigh, but did not find him. I would except to find him near the home of the men he associated with, or that he formerly lived there.

Thomas Skidmore's wife and children came to New England in 1640.

All I found of him (Edward Higby) has been in association with Thomas Skidmore, whose daughter Jedidiah he married soon after his arival. Thomas Skidmore and his family dwelt in Cambridge until 1646, when he sold his home there to Henry Deemster, and removed to the new settlement at Pequot Harbor.

Thirty two lots were granted, lot 13 to Thomas Skidmore, and lot 23 to Edward Higby, ("History of New London" by F.M. Caulkins,p.60.) Edward Higby and Thomas Skidmore left the Pequot settlement, probably in 1648, as the "History of Stratford, Conn.," says of Thomas Skidmore: "He was early in Stratford with his son-in-law Edward Higby, probably before 1649, when he had a suit in law tried before the court at Hartford." Stratford was in the jurisdiction of New Haven. This lawsuit must have begun while Skidmore and Higby were living at New London, as New London was in the jurisdiction of Hartford. They were both named as defendants. ......

The second suit was against both Higby and Skidmore for slander, a cause of action rather common in those days. It seems that, if there was bad feelings between persons and either of them was imprudent enough to condemn the other liberally, he was immediately taken to court.

Both Higby and Skidmore were active in trading along the coast. Skidmore had been along the coast, as he was one of the men sent in November 1635, to prepare for the settlement of Saybrooke, and was acquainted with the coast even farther west.

In the list of the first inhabitants of Straford and their house-lots, given in Orcutt's "History of Stanford," Edward Higby is named as owner of lot 23, on Main Street; and by record made before 1651 Thomas Skidmore is mentioned as having to build "in the old feild 12 rds. 3ft. of fence."

page 36 reads:

Thomas Skidmore removed to this section of Long Island about the time Edward Higby did. He was clerk of the town of Huntington, and represented this town and other towns along the north shore of Long Island in the General Assembly of Connecticut. This was before 1664. He acted as attorney for Jonas Wood, "Halifax Jonas," in a law suit at Southampton, Long Island, in 1669. It is the first law suit recorded there, and is in book, "Sessions No.1," the first entry in the book, now kept at Riverhead, Long Island. Skidmore and this Wood were among the corporators of the town of Huntington under jurisdiction of New York in 1660 and Skidmore remained in the town until 1682. Then he returned to Connecticut, dwelling at Fairfield where he died two years later, leaving property there to his grandson Jhon Higby. Skidmore was married three times.

Ellen his first wife, bore all his children-Thomas Dorthy, Jedidah, John, Grace and Joseph; his second wife was Joanna, widow of Daniel Baldwin his third wife,

Sarah, widow or Edward Treadwell who died at Huntington, Long Island, in 1660.

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Timeline for Thomas Skidmore, Esqire: 4 Sep 1604 - Richard and Annes [Agnes] Lawrence, his parents, were married at Holy Trinity Church in Westbury-on-Trym.

1605 - Thomas Skidmore was probably born at Mayshill in Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, in the spring. The christening of Thomas Skidmore is not found in the printed register of Holy Trinity, but his parents are known to have returned for a time to Westerleigh. It is likely that the young Thomas was baptized there in the church of St. James the Great in 1605 but the parish register and the Bishop’s Transcript for that year are both lost. He was taken back to Westbury-on-Trym as an infant where his father died soon after. 25 Nov 1606 - His father, Richard Skydmore was buried in the churchyard at Holy Trinity. Such evidence as we have suggests that he did not live with his mother and stepfather, but that his youth was spent largely back at Westerleigh with his grandfather and (in particular) with his bachelor uncle Thomas Skidmore.

1626 - He met and married his first wife Ellen but the marriage is not found in the register at Westbury-on-Trym, and the Bishop’s Transcript for Westerleigh for this year is also missing. Nothing certain has been learned of her family.

1627 - Their eldest son was born according to our estimation based on a subsequent deposition in Connecticut. Sometime after the birth of his son Thomas Skidmore acquired a leasehold from Thomas Roberts. Roberts was lord of the manor of Westerleigh and he leased a messuage with an orchard and a garden on Westerleigh Street in Westerleigh to run for 99 years if Thomas Skidmore, his wife Ellen, or their son Thomas Skidmore should live so long. 22 Mar 1630/1 - Thomas Skidmore, Senior, and Thomas Skidmore, Junior, uncle and nephew beyond any doubt, are among the men of Westerleigh who were present at a sitting of the manorial court.

1635 - He helped Governor Winthrop in planning Saybrook, CT.

1635 - He set sail for New England, aboard the same ship as Governor Winthrop, Jr. They arrived at what is now known as Cambridge, MA. (One source says, "He embarked onboard the ship Planter, Nicolas Trarice, Master, Arpil 2nd 1635 with John Winthrop, Jr., Governor of Connectticut, son of John Winthrop, Governor of Massachusetts, and landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts.")

10 Jun 1636 - Governor John Winthrop wrote to his son John Winthrop, Junior, who was then engaged in settling what is now Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Part of the letter deals with supplies sent out to the new plantation from Massachusetts on May 30th. Along with a cargo of dry provisions the elder Winthrop had sent six cows, four steers, and a bull and he writes to his son John that “I left it to James and Thomas Skidmore to send such as might be fittest both for travel and for your use.”

Thomas Skidmore's homestead in Cambridge, MA was located on the westerly side of Brighton Street, north of Mount Auburn. This location is now Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA and a post office stands on a portion of his lands.

11 March 1637/8 – His son Richard was christened at St. James the Great in Westerleigh. This is the only child of Thomas and Ellen found in the surviving Bishop’s Transcripts of Westerleigh.

1639 - He was living in Boston, MA.

1640 - In the spring he sent back to England for his wife and family to join him. At the time he sent for his family, he also gave power of attorney to Henry Hazzard of Bristol England to sell his property at Westerly, Gloucester, England.

11 Apr 1643 - A son, John, was born to them at Cambridge MA.

12 June 1645 - He and seven others (Stephen Daye, John Prescott, Herman Garrett, John Hill, Isaac Walker, John Cowdall, and Joseph Jenks) petitioned Governor Thomas Dudley and the General Court for a bridge across the Sudbury River.

1 Jan 1646 - Thomas Skidmore sold his property in Cambridge, MA and moved with his wife and six children to Connecticut Colony, NY.

1647 - Thomas Skidmore was held accountable for a debt owed by Daniel Whitehead Sr.

16 May 1647 - Susannah Hudson of Boston wrote to John Winthrop at New London asking him to "stop [collect] 14 shillings for mee for Daniel Whithed, which is in Thoms Chidnor's handes." Daniel Whitehead Sr. had gone to Long Island before this date.

1647- 1648 - Thomas Skidmore owned a home lot and ear marks for cattle in New London (at that time known as Pequot Harbor), CT.

1649 - He received a large land grant in Fairfield, CT. He was instrumental in founding the settlement of Huntington, Long Island.

He was a blacksmith by trade. He located his shop on land near the Harbor. It appears that he had a great affection for the water.

1652 - His first wife Ellen died, probably at Stratford but there is no record.

6 May 1659 - Thomas Skidmore gave receipt for something over £15 paid in full satisfaction of a sentence awarded him as attorney in a case tried at Hempstead. He appeared there in behalf of Edward Higby, who had acquired a cow which Joseph Scott of Hempstead had sold under “several false premises” to Daniel Whitehead. The verdict was a severe one. Scott was ordered to pay the value of the cow with interest for eight years, for one summer's milk, the court costs, and the charges for Skidmore's trip from Huntington to the Hempstead court.

1663 - He is shown as a smithy of Huntington Harbor, Long Island, NY.

12 Feb 1668/1669 - Thomas received a grant of land at East Hampton, Long Island: a house and lot on the north side of the parsonage lot, on the condition that he work as a blacksmith in the town for six years. The grant called him an inhabitant of Huntington but he appears not to have left East Hampton until 6 Mar 1670/1671, when he was called "of Huntington" in a suit brought by Thomas Barker of East Hampton.

4 Mar 1669 - He appears as the first attorney for Suffolk County.

22 Jan 1672 - Thomas Skidmore Sr., blacksmith, sold all his accommodation at Huntington - his six acre home lot, house and shop, and eight acres of meadow on Santepauq Neck to Epenetus Platt.

1673 - He was one of the Patentees of Huntington. Also in 1673, Thomas Skidmore became the town Clerk in Huntington and a representative to the General Assembly.

1676 - He served in King Philip's War.

1693 - He is listed as One of Associates of Lancaster, MA.

20 Apr 1684 - His will is entered.

13 Nov 1684 - Inventory was taken, and totaled £64-0s-2d; he had disposed of all his real property before his death.

15 Nov 1684 - His widow swore to the Inventory.

8 Dec 1684 - His will is proved. It gave wife Sarah all estate for life; at her decease, the estate to go equally to "grandchild John Higby that married my wife's daughter, and to my grandchild John Skidmore." The widow was also to pay 12d to each of his grandchildren (not named).

8 Dec 1684 - “Sara is alsoe within a fortnight after her husband’s deceas alsoe taken away by death.” Note: Thomas and his last two wives are probably buried in "Burial Hill" on the south side of Concord Street in Fairfield, but the early gravestones there have all crumbled away.

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The Skidmore family came from England, where the name was originally spelled "Scudamore" or "Scudimore". The early members probably descendred from a robert Scyddamore who lived in Westerleigh, England in 1463. The first known American member of the line was Thomas who came to Massachussets. The family lived in New York and Delaware before dispersing all over the United States.

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• A genealogical and biographical record of the pioneer Thomas Skidmore of the Massachusetts and Connecticut colonies in New England and of Huntington, Long Island, and of his descendants through the branches herein set forth : including other related branches of the Skidmore family, with historical sketches of places where the several branches settled and of events in which representative members participated Author Hawley, Emily Carrie, 1855-1937. Page 25 Archive.Org;
• http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=14341
• http://longisland.server307.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I1...
• http://crossedbrushstudio.com/windowsintoourpast/Vol2/Updates/
• Thomas Skidmore Find A Grave Memorial# 149562647

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GEDCOM Note

Biography

Origin

Researchers agree that Thomas Skidmore was probably born in about the spring of 1605 at Maysill (or Mays Hill), the son of Richard Skydmore and Anne "Agnes" Lawrence.<ref name="Skidmore-2010">Skidmore, Warren. (4 Aug 2010) Thomas Skidmore (Scudamore), 1605-1684, of Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, and Fairfield, Connecticut ... Sixth Edition. to download pdf pages 1-2.</ref> He may have been baptized at St James the Great in Westerleigh, but unfortunately the church record and Bishop's Transcripts are both missing for that year.<ref name="Skidmore-1980">Skidmore, Warren. (1980)Thomas Skidmore (Scudamore), 1605-1684, of Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, and Fairfield, Connecticut ... [Akron, OH] : W. Skidmore, Archive.org page 1.</ref> We have record of his parents' marriage on 4 September 1604 at Holy Trinity in Westbury-on-Trym.<ref name="Skidmore-2010"/> It appears that Thomas was their only known child, as his father was buried in the churchyard at Holy Trinity on 25 November 1606.<ref name="Skidmore-2010"/> His mother married on 27 September 1608 at Westbury-on-Trym, as her second, to John Cooke. Agnes and John Cooke had eight children born between 1609 and 1625 at Westbury-on-Trym.

Thomas apparently did not live with the Cookes, but was reared at Westerleigh by his grandfather and especially his bachelor uncle, also named Thomas Skidmore. On 22 March 1630/1, "Thomas Skidmore, Senior, andThomas Skidmore, Junior, uncle and nephew beyond any doubt" were among those seated at the Westerleigh manorial court (each were fined a frankpledge of six pence for court expenses).<ref name="Skidmore-2010"/>

Immigration

Thomas' voyage is unknown. According to Emily Hawley, Thomas sailed in April 1635 with John Winthrop, Jr. This would have been the voyage which arrived in October 1635 to found "Saybrook," Connecticut, but Hawley reports that Thomas immediately settled at Newtown (Cambridge), Connecticut on the Charles River (Massachusetts) where he purchased "one dwelling-house with about half a rood of land in the towne in 1635."This property was "on the westerly side of Brighton Street, north of Mt. Auburn Street."<ref name="Hawley">Hawley, Emily C. (1911) A Genealogical Record of the Pioneer Thomas Skidmore (Scudamore) of the Massachusetts and Connecticut Colonies ... Brookfield Center, CT: Hawley,Archive.org pp 19-20, "her notes on the British family are best ignored," per Warren Skidmore.</ref> The 1635 date may be early, as Jacobus reports he "sent over cattle" for Winthrop in 1636 and actually settled in Cambridge in 1639.<ref name="FOOF1.564">Jacobus,Donald Lines. (1930) History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. AmericanAncestors.org Vol 1, pp 564-65 (see also 1:355, 1:613 for 3rd wife, Sarah).</ref>

Marriages

Thomas married three times.

• He married in about 1626-1627 probably at Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England,<ref>no record of the marriage is found in the 
registerat Westbury-on-Trym, and the Bishop’s Transcript for Westerleigh for this year is also
 missing</ref> as his 1st wife, to Ellen (Unknown), who bore all his children.<ref name="FOOF1.564"/> <ref>Torrey reports he married "by 1625" to Ellen (Whitehead). See Research Notes</ref><ref name="Torrey 2">Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Boston: NEHGS) AmericanAncestors.org Vol. II, p. 1381.</ref>
• He married, as his 2nd, to Joanna (Unknown) (Westcott/Westcoat) (Baldwin), widow of Richard Westcott/Westcoat andNathaniel Baldwin (d 1658).<ref name="Baldwin">Baldwin, Charles Candee, 1881 The Baldwin genealogy from 1500 to 1881. Cleveland, O, [Leader printing company], Archive.org page 406.</ref> <ref name="Baldwin Supplement">Baldwin, Charles Candee, 1889 The Baldwin genealogy supplement. Cleveland, O, [Cleveland leader. print], Archive.org p 1082.</ref>
• He married, as his 3rd, and as her 4th, to Sarah (Howes) (Whelpley) (Treadwell) (Keeler) widow of Henry Whelpley (d 1662), Edward Treadwell, and Ralph Keeler, daughter of Robert Howes, citizen and fishmonger of London.<ref name="NGSQ68">Coldham, Peter Wilson, 1980 "Genealogical Gleanings in England." National Genealogical Society Quarterly. 68: 115-22, at 117 Sarah Howes' maiden name resolved.</ref> Sarah died late in 1684.

Children

Children of Thomas and Ellen (Unknown) Skidmore:<ref name="Smith">Smith, Judy Parsons, "Skidmore: Scudamore, Skeydemore, Skidmore, Scudamore." Citing Windows Into Our Past, A Genealogy of the Parsons, Smith and Associated Families, Vol. 1 1996, Judy Parsons Smith, Archive.org, saved 26 Oct 2009 accessed November 4, 2015, Caution: contains errors (reports Ellen (Whitehead), see Research notes).</ref>

1. Thomas Skidmore, b. England.# Dorothy Skidmore, b. ca. 1631, England; m. 20 Jul 1652, Stafford to Hugh Griffen# Jedidah Skidmore (female), b. England; m. Edward Highby/Higbee# Richard Skidmore,* bpt 11 March 1637/8 at St. James the Great 
in Westerleigh
2. John Skidmore, b. 11 Apr 1643; m. Susannah Davis.
3. Grace Skidmore; m. John Goulding of Huntington. *Note: the baptism for Richard was found in the surviving Bishop’s 
Transcripts of Westerleigh. Because this record ismissing from those at St. James the Great 
in Westerleigh, Richard is often omitted as a child.

Property and Positions ===By November, 1660, Thomas and his son, Edward Higbee, had removed to Fairfield; he sold all his property at Stratford to Ensign Alexander Bryan for £60.<ref name="Stratford CT - History">Wilcoxson, Wm. Howard,1939 History of Stratford Connecticut 1639-1939. Stratford, CT: Stratford Tercentenary Commission, HathiTrust.org accessed 20 May 2016, Pages 77-79.</ref> "In 1673, so say the Huntington town records, 'Thomas Skidmore gave unto his son-in-law John Golding, according to the custom of our English nation by turf and twig a farm, etc.'"<ref name="NEHGR 87">Golding, Louis Thorn. (Jan 1933) "A Twelve Year Hunt for an Immigrant Ancestor." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: NEHGS, AmericanAncestors.org Vol 87: Page 29.</ref>

Thomas was one of eight names on the original patent for Huntington, Long Island, which was issued on November 30 1666 by Gov. Nicholls. Thomas served as town clerk, and in 1673, he represented Huntington in General Court. On March 4, 1669, the records of Suffolk County Court identify "Thomas Skidmore of Huntington" as the first attorney for thatcounty,<ref name="Stratford CT - History"/> Thomas served in the King Phillip's War from 1676 to 1682. Afterwards,he returned to Fairfield, Connecticut where he died.<ref name="Stratford CT - History"/>

Death and Legacy ===Thomas' will was written on 20 April 1684, and it was proved on December 8, 1684.<ref name="Stratford CT - History"/><ref name="Cambridge"/>In it, he left everything to his wife, Sarah, stipulating that afterher death it was to be equally divided by "my grandchild John Higby that married my wife's daughter" and "my grandchild John Skidmore."<refname="TAG 82">Martin, David Kendall, (2007) "Richard White of Huntington, L.I." The American Genealogist, Vol 82. AmericanAncestors.org NEHGS, (Vol 82, Page 270).</ref> His widow swore to the Inventory on 15 Nov 1684, but on 8 Dec. "Sara is alsoe within a fortnight after her husbands deceas alsoe taken away to death." Therefore, both he and his widow died in November 1684.

Research Notes

Wives: First wife Ellen's maiden name is unknown, but Warren Skidmore reportstwo different assumptions. In his 1980 edition, that it was "possiblethat she was a sister of Daniel Whitehead" (since disputed).<ref name="Skidmore-1980"/> In his 2010 edition, "nothing certain, ... butit seems likely that her family name was Prigg." (however, no evidence is offered for Prigg).<ref name="Skidmore-2010"/> : Second wife Joanna's maiden name is unknown. Judy Parsons Smith, citing Windows Into Our Past, A Genealogy of the Parsons, Smith and Associated Families, Vol. 1, reports her maiden name was Stanford. However, she was the sister of the wife of Robert Sanford,<ref name="FOOF1.660">Jacobus, Donald L., (1930) Families of Old Fairfield, Connecticut. AmericanAncestors.org. accessed 21 May 2016, Vol 1, Page 660.</ref> so her maiden name would not have been the same as her sister's marriedname. Baldwin originally believed that Joanna made a marriage contract with Thomas Skidmore, but did not marry him (p 407).<ref name="Baldwin"/> He was following Mr. Byron A Baldwin, "a careful genealogist." In Charles Baldwin's ...Supplement, he corrects this statement by saying "the Skidmore marriage came off after all" and cites the Judd Papers, which state that in 1677, Nathaniel's son Samuel Baldwin had of his father-n-law (step-father), two pieces of land.<ref name="Baldwin Supplement"/>

Torrey:

SKIDMORE, Thomas (-1684) & 1/wf Ellen ____ (bef 1664); by 1625; Cambridge/Hartford/fairfield/?New London.
SKIDMORE, Thomas & Joanna (_____) WESTCOTT [BALDWIN](1612-), w Richard, w Nathaniel; bef 14 Feb 1664 (m cont).
SKIDMORE, Thomas (-1684) & 3/wf Sarah (___)(TREADWELL)(WHELPLEY)[KEELER](-1684), w Ralph; aft 10 Sep 1672; Fairfield.<ref name="Torrey 2"/>

Note: The profile for Clariso de Lacy has been detached as a wife. She may have been married to a different Thomas Skidmore.
Notes to integrate:The following is from Americana, available online at HathiTrust; needs to be integrated into the biography.:Note: Thomas was a blacksmith, of Westerleigh, nine miles from Bristol, Eng. He sent over cattle in 1636 for John Winthrop. He came to Cambridge about 1639, and resided on the west side of Brighton St. By 1649 he was living in Hartford, CT., and later at New London and Fairfield. In 1672 he moved to Huntington, Long Island. He was a petitioner for Nashaway (Lancaster), MA, but not a resident there. He became town clerk in Huntington, representative to the General Assembly in 1673, and served in King Philip's War in 1676.<ref name="A19.26">"New York Settlers from New England." Americana. American Historical Society, New York: 1909-1943 Number: A512MC Duke University, Perkins Library, HathiTrust.org (Vol. 19 & 26, no Page given).</ref> The following is from '"History of Cambridge, and needs to be integrated into the biography: :Pg. 84: Thomas Skidmore listed as owning lot 655 :Pg. 353: shows Thomas Skidmore removing to lot 655.:Pg. 678: Skidmore, Thomas, res. W. side Brighton, N. of Mount Auburn street, XV, 28 [sold house to Pres. Henry Dunster 1646]; wife Ellen, rem. to Hartford where he was living 1649, (p 655).<ref name="Cambridge">Paige, Lucius R., (1877) History of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1630-1877. Boston: H. O. Houghton and Co Archive.org accessed 7 August 2016 (p 655)</ref>::Thomas Skidmore was born about 1600,<ref name="Stratford CT - History"/> and was baptized in 1605 at St. James Church, Westerleigh, Glouchestershire, England. He came himself in 1639 and settled in Cambridge,Massachusetts.<ref name="Cambridge"/>

Sources

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See also:* Anderson, Robert C., (1995) "Jonas Weed." Featured name, The GreatMigration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. NEHGS AmericanAncestors.org accessed 7 August 2016 (Volumes I-III, Page 1957).* Johnson and Fisher Family, Thomas Skidmore (Scudamore), 1605-1684, of Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, and Fairfield, Connecticut: his ancestors and his descendants to the ninth generation, citing Warren Skidmore (1980) Thomas Skidmore(Scudamore), 1605-1684, of Westerleigh ...* Mindrum, Tom, (10 June 2015) Thomas Skidmore Mindrum Family History, accessed 7 August 2016.* Robbins, William. Descendants of Edward Tre(a)dwell Through His Son John (T.A. Wright Press, New York, 1911) Page 21: Hiswife Sarah died 14 days after he died.