Josiah SKINNER

Father: Nathaniel SKINNER
Mother: Mary GILLETT

Family 1: Sarah MUDGE
  1. Josiah SKINNER
  2. Jonathan SKINNER
  3. Ebenezer SKINNER
  4. Eunice SKINNER 
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Notes

!.....Copley, Genevieve Skinner Skinners: Descendants of Thomas Skinner of Malden, MA pg 86: Contemporary Records: From Sharon, CT, Land records 1745 Jan 24: Josiah Skinner of Sharon for consideration of a piece of land in Sharon secured to me by my brother Thomas of Sharon 20 acres of land in Sharonn on the north side of my Father's land on which his dwelling house now stands (vol 2, p 199-200) 1747 Nov 24: Josiah Skinner of Sharon of �500 in bills to Matthew Fuller of Sharon, 3 pieces of land in Sharon near to each other separated only by highway, containing in all 34 acres; the 1st peice of 10 acres is the same I had of my Honored Father Mr Nathaniel Skinner of Sharon (vol 3, p 343) 1748 Feb 8: Josiah Skinner of Sharon for 30 acres of land and having secured to me by deed bearing date, 34 acres of land in Sharon (vol 2, p 420) 1752 Mar 15: Josiah Skinner of Sharon for �37 to John Ponder of Sharon, 2 acres of land in Sharon (vol 3, p 177) 1752 Apr 21: Josiah Skinner of Sharon for �15 tener bills to Zebulon Babcock of Sharon 150 rods of land in Sharon (vol 3, p 130) 1756 Aug 18: Josiah Skinner of Sharon for �200 to Ezekiel Chapman of Sharon a grant of land in Sharon being 1/2 for quantity and quality of land I bought of Cornelius Hamlen of Sharon with 1/2 of a grist Mill and a saw Mill and stream being now and still to be in Partnership with me my heirs and assigns (vol 4, p 89) 1757 Jan 22: Josiah Skinner of Sharon for �50 to Ebenezer Barnum of Sharon 36 1/2 acres of land in Sharon with 1/2 of that lot on which said Barnum and Ezekiel Chapman now live and is in Partnership between Josiah Skinner and Ezekiel Chapman and is 1/2 Cornelius Hamlen conveyed to me exclusive of the Grist Mill; and privileges thereon contained and an open way to the Mill and shop by the Mill together with 1/2 of the Saw Mill. Dam Privileges of the Stream for the Saw Mill and of Building Ironworks above the saw mill with the dwelling house (vol 4, p 145) 1757Jan 30: Josiah Skinner of Sharon for �200 to Micah Mudge of Sharon, land of 5 acres being a piece of land which was conveyed to Ezekiel Chapman from his father Samuel Chapman both of Sharon lying on the West side of the Highway which runs from said Samuel Chapman's towards Kent, being part of that Lott of land on which a saw mill and grist Mill stands which said Skinner owned together with the 1/2 of the said Grist Mill and the privileges of 1/2 of the stream of water on which the said Mill now stands to take the water out of the saw Mill Dam to have and to hold etc. (vol 4, p 119-120) 1757 Jun 10: Josiah Skinner of Sharon for �145 paid by Arthur Boxford of Wallingford, 53 acres of land in Sharon part of 100 acres laid out to Jonathan Sen. and Samuel Chapman and is the whole that was set off to said Chapman in Division One upon which said Chapman sold to Theophilus Smith with buildings, Fruit trees, fences etc (vol 4, p 47) From NY Historical Society Publications: 1778 Mar 29: In the name of God, Amen. I Josiah Skinner of King's District in New York State being sick. Having already given to my son Josiah one-third of my land, on the each side of my lot, and one-third of all moveables, he is to pay one-third of all debts contracted before May, 1776. "All the rest I leave to my wife ELizabeth and to Hezekiah, her son, and to Jonathan, my son, and to Anne, my wife's daughter and they are to pay two thirds of all my debts contracted before 1776, and all debts contracted since May 1776. The house to be contained within the share of my wife and her daugher Anne Reserving a bedroom which I give to my brother Jonathan during his life. The barn to be within the part Hezekiah and Jonathan." At decease of my wife her share to go to the said four children. Witnesses: Micah Mudge, Abraham Mudge, Jr. (no probate) Abraham Mudge, Jr of King's District, in Albany County***says that Josiah was sick with small pox. Will was dated 21 Mar 1778. Josiah was blind (vol 11)

!.....Skinner, Richard A GEDCOM (6/96) rskinner@@warwick.net

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