The Nathaniel SKIFF(E) Family

Descendants of Nathaniel SKIFFE

Compiled by Hal Bradley <hwbradley@bigfoot.com>, 2000

Generation No. 1

1. NATHANIEL SKIFFE 1,2,3 was born 1693 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, the son of Nathaniel Skiffe of Martha's Vineyard, and died March 23, 1761 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut. He married HANNAH CARY 4,5,6,7 April 24, 1716 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut. She was born March 04, 1692/93 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, and died August 22, 1775 in Willimantic, Windham, Connecticut.

Children of NATHANIEL SKIFFE and HANNAH CARY are:

i. RUTH SKIFFE, b. May 31, 1718, Windham, Windham, Connecticut; d. December 03, 1783.
ii. JOSEPH SKIFFE 8, b. March 20, 1719/20, Windham, Windham, Connecticut; d. 1815, Windham, Windham, Connecticut.
iii. JEMIMA SKIFFE, b. May 25, 1722, Windham, Windham, Connecticut; d. January 29, 1786.
iv. HANNAH SKIFFE, b. April 14, 1725, Windham, Windham, Connecticut; d. February 14, 1736/37, Windham, Windham, Connecticut.
v. ABIGAIL SKIFFE, b. October 16, 1727, Windham, Windham, Connecticut; d. 1807, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. Christening: November 12, 1727, Congregational Church, Windham, Windham, Connecticut. 9
2. vi. ELIZABETH SKIFFE, b. March 27, 1729, Windham, Windham, Connecticut.
vii. ZERVIAH SKIFFE 10, b. January 13, 1732/33, Windham, Windham, Connecticut; d. July 16, 1816, Willimantic, Windham, Connecticut; m. EZEKIEL CARY 10, March 15, 1764, Windham, Windham, Connecticut; b. December 07, 1741, Scotland, Windham, Connecticut; d. May 14, 1827, Willimantic, Windham, Connecticut. Christening: March 31, 1734, Congregational Church, Windham, Windham, Connecticut. 11

Generation No. 2

2. ELIZABETH SKIFFE (NATHANIEL 1) 12,13 was born March 27, 1729 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut. She married EBENEZER BARNUM 14,15 July 25, 1745 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut. He was born 1712 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, and died Aft. 1790 in Monkton, Addison, Vermont. More About E LIZABETH SKIFFE: Christening: January 04, 1729/30, Congregational Church, Windham, Windham, Connecticut. 16

Children of ELIZABETH SKIFFE and EBENEZER BARNUM are:

i. STEPHEN BARNUM 17, b. April 26, 1746, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut; d. August 18, 1819, Luzerne, Luzerne, Pennsylvania.
ii. ELIZABETH BARNUM 18, b. January 01, 1747/48, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut; m. EBENEZER PERRY18, May 24, 1771, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut; b. 1745, of, Litchfield, Connecticut.
iii. EBENEZER BARNUM 18,19,20, b. November 16, 1749, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut; d. January 01, 1830, Monkton, Addison, Vermont; m. M ABEL BOOTH21,22,23,24, December 03, 1772, Amenia, Dutchess, New York; b. 1750, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut.
iv. JOANNA BARNUM 25, b. January 22, 1754, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut; d. Aft. 1843, Washington, Litchfield, Connecticut; m. CASTLE DAYNES 25, December 24, 1772, Washington, Litchfield, Connecticut; b. 1749, Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut; d. November 12, 1842, Washington, Litchfield, Connecticut.
v. MARY BARNUM 25, b. April 15, 1756, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut; m. (1) MEREDITH MALLORY, 1780, Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut; b. August 15, 1756, Washington, Litchfield, Connecticut; d. 1789, Jerusalem, Yates, New York; m. (2) JOHN DOW, 1791, Voluntown, New London, Connecticut; b. August 13, 1769, Voluntown, New London, Connecticut.
vi. JOHN BARNUM 25, b. April 22, 1758, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut; d. February 23, 1819, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut; m. SARAH PARISH 25, December 09, 1782, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut; b. 1760, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut; d. August 21, 1831, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut.
vii. ZENUS BARNUM 25, b. November 04, 1760, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut; d. October 17, 1781, Yorktown, York, Virginia.

Endnotes

1. Cary, Seth Cooley, John Cary the Plymouth Pilgrim, Boston, S. C. Cary, 1911., pp. 66, 141.
2. Banks, Charles Edward, The History of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts, Boston, G.H. Dean, 911-25; Edgartown, The Dukes County HistoricalSociety. 1925., 3:434.
3. Windham (Conn.: Town). First Church., Records of the Congregational Church in Windham, Conn., 1700-1851, Hartford, Connecticut Historical Society and the Society of MayflowerDescendants in the State of Connecticut, 1943., p. 5.
4. Cary, Seth Cooley, John Cary the Plymouth Pilgrim, Boston, S. C. Cary, 1911., p. 66.
5. Bushnell, George Eleazer, Bushnell Family Genealogy; Ancestry and Posterity of Francis Bushnell,1580-1646, of Horsham, England & Guilford, CT, Nashville, s.n., 1945., p. 41.
6. Banks, Charles Edward, The History of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts, Boston, G.H. Dean, 911-25; Edgartown, The Dukes County HistoricalSociety. 1925., 3:434.
7. Windham (Conn.: Town). First Church., Records of the Congregational Church in Windham, Conn., 1700-1851, Hartford, Connecticut Historical Society and the Society of MayflowerDescendants in the State of Connecticut, 1943., p. 6.
8. Cary, Seth Cooley, John Cary the Plymouth Pilgrim, Boston, S. C. Cary, 1911., p. 66.
9. Windham (Conn.: Town). First Church., Records of the Congregational Church in Windham, Conn., 1700-1851, Hartford, Connecticut Historical Society and the Society of MayflowerDescendants in the State of Connecticut, 1943., p. 13.
10. Cary, Seth Cooley, John Cary the Plymouth Pilgrim, Boston, S. C. Cary, 1911., p. 141.
11. Windham (Conn.: Town). First Church., Records of the Congregational Church in Windham, Conn., 1700-1851, Hartford, Connecticut Historical Society and the Society of MayflowerDescendants in the State of Connecticut, 1943., p. 20.
12. Doherty, Frank J., Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York, Pleasant Valley, N.Y. : F.J. Doherty, 1990-, 1:390.
13. Barnum, Eben Lewis, Genealogical Record of the Barnum Family, Gardner, Mass., Meals Printing Co., 1912..
14. Doherty, Frank J., Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York, Pleasant Valley, N.Y. : F.J. Doherty, 1990-, 1:390.
15. Barnum, Eben Lewis, Genealogical Record of the Barnum Family, Gardner, Mass., Meals Printing Co., 1912..
16. Windham (Conn.: Town). First Church., Records of the Congregational Church in Windham, Conn., 1700-1851, Hartford, Connecticut Historical Society and the Society of MayflowerDescendants in the State of Connecticut, 1943., p. 16.
17. Doherty, Frank J., Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York, Pleasant Valley, N.Y. : F.J. Doherty, 1990-, 1:392.
18. Doherty, Frank J., Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York, Pleasant Valley, N.Y. : F.J. Doherty, 1990-, 1:393.
19. Barnum, Eben Lewis, Genealogical Record of the Barnum Family, Gardner, Mass., Meals Printing Co., 1912..
20. Calkins, Al, Ebenezer Barnum Family Group Record.
21. Doherty, Frank J., Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York, Pleasant Valley, N.Y. : F.J. Doherty, 1990-, 1:393.
22. Barnum, Eben Lewis, Genealogical Record of the Barnum Family, Gardner, Mass., Meals Printing Co., 1912..
23. Calkins, Al, Gideon Booth Family Group Record.
24. Calkins, Al, Ebenezer Barnum Family Group Record.
25. Doherty, Frank J., Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York, Pleasant Valley, N.Y. : F.J. Doherty, 1990-, 1:393.

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