- Birth: 10 JUN 1777, Chittlehampton,Devon,England
- Death: ABT 1835, Charles,Devonshire,England
Father: John SKINNER
Mother: Ann WESTACOTT
Family 1:
Jane \ Jenny BARROW
- Marriage: 21 APR 1795, Chittlehampton,Devon,England
- Betty SKINNER
- Mary SKINNER
- Jenny SKINNER
- John SKINNER
- William SKINNER
- Alexander SKINNER
- Henry SKINNER
- James SKINNER
- Ann SKINNER
- Mary SKINNER
- Francis SKINNER
_Alexander SKINNER _
_Alexander SKINNER _|
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_John SKINNER __|
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| |_Margaret WARREN ___|
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|--Thomas SKINNER
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|_Ann WESTACOTT _|
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Notes
!.....Michael K Skinner GEDCOM (8/96)
1800-1815 Tennant Farmer at Hobbs's Bradbury
1816-1835 Tennant Farmer at Mockham
1800-1835 Tennant farmer for Sir Hugh, Earl Fortescue
1821-1835 Churchwarden at Charles Parish
*Thomas was the fourth, and only surviving son of John and Ann Skinner.
He was born June 10, 1777 at the same time the American Colonies were
struggling to win their independence. Thomas was also a farmer like his
father. He grew up on the farm and married a local girl by the name of
Jenny "Grace" Barrow in 1795. In the same year they gave birth to their
first child a daughter. In 1793 the French Revolution poured out of the
French border and England soon found itself at war with France. As a
Yeoman Thomas was above being pressed into service as a private
soldier but would probably have been hard pressed to buy an officer's
commision (Hobb's Bradbury was on the small side of farms in those
parts). However, many volunteer units were formed and Thomas was
probably in the Royal Devonshire Yeomanry, a volunteer cavalry unit.
These units were not expected to serve outside of England and only met
about once a week, they were very much a social club and drafted strict
rules. By 1801 Thomas was listed as the primary renter of Hobb's
Bradbury. He continued on with this status until 1815. Thomas was not
content with farming a small farm, he dreamed of something bigger. In
that year he moved his family, several miles away, to Charles Parish and
farmed one of Sir Hugh's largest farms, Mockhom. Thomas did very
well at Mockhom and soon became a well known man in Charles Parish.
From 1821 until 1835 he served as a Church Warden. Mockhom was a
fairly large farm, at one time employing eight laborurs and servants in
addition to the family. In 1832, when his wife Grace died, he erected a
monument in the church cemetery for her. The exact date of Thomas'
death is unknown as of now, but it was betwen the years of 1835-1841.
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