M, #13799, b. 1610, d. after 1687
| Marriage* | | James Skiffe married MARY or MARGARET Reeves.1 |
| Note* | | The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks: Volume III Family Genealogies: pp. 432-440 THE SKIFF(E) FAMILY Compiled by Dr. Charles Banks, c. 1925. There was a James Skiffe, resident of Chelsea, near London, who wasburied there 12 June 1609, evidently a Puritan from the language of hiswill. He left a widow Margery (who afterwards married William Sheppie)and seven children: Rebecca, who afterwards married Thomas Lovell;Susanna, William, Elizabeth, Obadiah, Anne and Joshua. Two others, Johnand Mary, had died young at Chelsea. The registers of old Chelsea churchshow that John was baptized there, but there is no baptismal entry forRebecca the eldest child. John was baptized 1 May 1592 and William in1599, but neither could have been father of the emigrant. It is possiblethat he was a nephew of the testator or a near relative. The name Obadiahis worthy of note as it appears in a descendant of the emigrant. 1. JAMES SKIFFE, b. abt. 1610, the ancestor of this family in America, ofwhom 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 despitecontinued efforts in tracing every available clue. While the name is veryrare in England, it is found quite numerous in a group of parishes nearLondon, as Eltham 1559, Newenden 1578, Lewisham 1589, Nottingham 1603,Greenwich 1620, Charlton 1645, besides scattering occurrences of the namein various London parishes of that period. The name is found invariations of Skeffe, Skyffe, Skaffe and other intermediate spellings butthe name of James is absent in all these quoted instances. His childrenwere 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 inVol. II, Annals of C., pp. 36-9. He d. s. p. 17 Feb. 1717- 18. [He isburied at Chilmark Cemetery. His wife, Hannah Merry, is buried besidehim.] 10. NATHAN, b. 16 May 1658.1 |
| Name Variation | | James Skiffe was also known as James Skiffe. |
| Note | | There was a James Skiffe, resident of Chelsea, near London, who wasburied there 12 June 1609, evidently a Puritan from the language of hiswill. He left a widow Margery (who afterwards married William Sheppie)and seven children: Rebecca, who afterwards married Thomas Lovell;Susanna, William, Elizabeth, Obadiah, Anne and Joshua. Two others, Johnand Mary, had died young at Chelsea. The registers of old Chelsea churchshow that John was baptized there, but there is no baptismal entry forRebecca the eldest child. John was baptized 1 May 1592 and William in1599, but neither could have been father of the emigrant. It is possiblethat he was a nephew of the testator or a near relative. The name Obadiahis worthy of note as it appears in a descendant of the emigrant. 1. JAMES SKIFFE, b. abt. 1610, the ancestor of this family in America, ofwhom 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 despitecontinued efforts in tracing every available clue. While the name is veryrare in England, it is found quite numerous in a group of parishes nearLondon, as Eltham 1559, Newenden 1578, Lewisham 1589, Mottingham 1603,Greenwich 1620, Charlton 1645, besides scattering occurrences of the namein various London parishes of that period. The name is found invariations of Skeffe, Skyffe, Skaffe and other intermediate spellings butthe name of James is absent in all these quoted instances. His childrenwere 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 6. BATHSHUA, b. 26 Apr. 1648; m. SHEARJASHUB BOURNE 1666 7. MARY, b. 24 Mch. 1650; m. MATTHEW MAYHEW 8. PATIENCE, b. 25 Mch. 1652; m. ELISHA BOURNE 26 Oct. 1675. 9. BENJAMIN, b. 15 Nov. 1655; a biographical sketch of him appears inVol. II, Annals of C., pp. 36-9. He d. s. p. 17 Feb. 1717- 18. [He isburied at Chilmark Cemetery. His wife, Hannah Merry, is buried besidehim.] 10. NATHAN, b. 16 May 1658.1 |
| Birth* | 1610 | He was born in 1610.1 |
| Death* | after 1687 | He died after 1687 at Sandwich, Massachusetts.1 |