(Skiff), Mary

Birth Name (Skiff), Mary
Gender female
Age at Death 56 years, 2 months, 1 day

Narrative

Wikitree says no record of her maiden-name.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Skiffe-9

This old genealogy has Mary Reeves:
"JAMES SKIFF is said to have come from County Kent, England. He was
a proprietor in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1637, and emigrated with a colony from
there which settled Sandwich, Plymouth Colony, in 1637. He is in a court record
of Sandwich, October 3, 1639, and was town deputy from Sandwich in 1659, but
rejected by the General Court for his toleration of Quakers. He died at Sand-
wich after 1688 ( at which date he is known to have been living).
James Skiff married Mary Reeves, who died in Sandwich, September 21,
1673.
Children, born in Sandwich, Plymouth Colony:
1. James, Jr., born September 12~ 1638, died at Martha's Vineyard; mar-
ried (first), November 18, 1659, Elizabeth Neighbor, of Boston;
married (second), in 1\1arch, 1677, Sarah Barnard, of Nantucket,
born about 1648, died October 24, 1732, daughter of Robert Bar-
nard, of Roxbury, Massachusetts.
2. Stephen, born April 14, 1641, died June 19, 1710; married Lydia Snow,
born about 1640, died March 17, 1713, daughter of Anthony and
Abigail (Warren) Snow, of Plymouth, Massachusetts
3. Nathaniel, born lviarch 20, 1645, died at Windham, Connecticut, April
24, I 723; married (first), in February, I 688, Mary Chipman, daugh-
ter of John Chipman, of Barnstable ; married (second), Ruth West,
born in 1651, died December 31, 1741.
4. Sarah, born October 12, 1646, died December 30, 1740; married
Thomas ]\.fayhe,v, 3d, of lVIartha's Vineyard.
5. Bathshua, born April 26, 1648; married, in 1666, Shearjashub Bourne..
6. Mary, born March 24, 1650, died May 1, 1690; married Matthew May-
hew, brother of Thomas, 3d.
7. Miriam, born March 25, 1652.
8. Patience, born March 25, 1653; married, October 26, 1675, Elisha
Bourne.
9. Benjamin, born November 15, 1655, died February 17, 1717-18; mar-
ried, :F'ebruary 20, 1680, Hannah Merry.
10. Nathan, of whom further.
1 I. Elizabeth.
(F. L. Pierson: "Descendants of James Skiff of London, England," 1895,
pp. 3, 4. "American Ancestry," Vol. II, p. 115. Freeman: "History of Cape
Cod," Vol. II, p. 86. c.~ E. Banks: "History of l\tlartha's Vineyard," 1911-25,
Vol. III, pp. 302, 432-33.)"
Carpenter and Allied Families, by The American Historical Society, NY, 1930
https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G001190.pdf

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1617-07-20 Sandwich, Barnstable Co., MA    
Death 1673-09-21 Barnstable, Barnstable, MA    

Families

Family of Skiff, James and (Skiff), Mary

Married Husband Skiff, James ( * about 1610 + 1688 )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Skiff, James1638-09-12UNKNOWN
Skiff, Stephen1641-04-141710-06-19
Skiff, Nathaniel1644-03-201723-04-24
Skiff, Sarah1646-10-12UNKNOWN
Skiff, Bathshua1648-04-26UNKNOWN
Skiff, Mary1649-03-24UNKNOWN
Skiff, Patience1652-03-25UNKNOWN
Skiff, Benjamin1655-11-151717-02-17
Skiff, Nathan1658-05-161725-02-19