James Skiffe [6226]

  General Notes:

1. JAMES SKIFFE, b. abt. 1610, the ancestor of this family in America, of whom a biographical sketch may be read in Vol. II, Annals of W. T., pp. 71-2, has thus far escaped identification in his English home despite continued efforts in tracing every available clue. While the name is very rare in England, it is found quite numerous in a group of parishes near London, as Eltham 1559, Newenden 1578, Lewisham 1589, Mottingham 1603, Greenwich 1620, Charlton 1645, besides scattering occurrences of the name in various London parishes of that period. The name is found in variations of Skeffe, Skyffe, Skaffe and other intermediate spellings but the name of James is absent in all these quoted instances. His children were as follows:
2. JAMES, b. 12 Sept. 1638.
3. STEPHEN, b. 14 Apr. 1641.
4. NATHANIEL, b. 20 Mch 1645.
5. SARAH, b. 12 Oct. 1646; m. THOMAS MAYHEW (31) .
6. BATHSHUA, b. 26 Apr. 1648; m. SHEARJASHUB BOURNE 1666
7. MARY, b. 24 Mch. 1650; m. MATTHEW MAYHEW (30)
8. PATIENCE,, b. 25 Mch. 1652; m. ELISHA BOURNE 26 Oct. 1675.
9. BENJAMIN, b. 15 Nov. 1655; a biographical sketch of him appears in Vol. II, Annals of C., pp. 36-9. He d. s. p. 17 Feb. 1717- 18. [ He is buried at Chilmark Cemetery . His wife, Hannah Merry, is buried beside him .]
10. NATHAN, b. 16 May 1658.
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James married.