This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pAC.2ACI/2108.3.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Sure thing! See below. Cindy 22 Aug 2005 Family Group Sheet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Husband: David Skeels 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Died: 17 Jan 1833 in Highgate, Franklin, VT 2 Buried: in St. John's Episcopal Father: John Skeel, III Mother: Patience Hinman David Skeels was a Revolutionary soldier (Fisher and Fisher, 1992, p. 474). He settled in Highgate, VT "at an early date" with sons David, Jr., Amos, William and six daughters. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wife: Lydia Powell died at age: 71 Married: abt 1778 in Lanesborough, Berkshire, MA 3 her age: 22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Born: abt 1756 in Died: 5 Aug 1827 in Highgate, Franklin, VT 2 Buried: in St. John's Episcopal Father: Mother: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ M Child 1: David Skeels, Jr. died at age: 75 Born: 1779 in Lanesborough, Berkshire, MA? 4 Died: 12 Apr 1854 in Highgate, Franklin, VT 4 Spouse: Martha Greene b. Mar 1784 d. 22 Feb 1868 Married: 8 Jun 1804 in Highgate, Franklin, VT? 5 David Skeels Jr. was a blacksmith and manufactured edged tools in Highgate, VT (Thoesen, n.d., p. 10). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ M Child 2: Amos Skeels Born: 1782 in 6 Buried: in Highgate Falls, Franklin, VT 6 Died: bet 1840-1850 in Swanton, Franklin, VT? Spouse: Catherine Green b. 1787 d. 17 Aug 1827 Married: 5 Oct 1805 in Highgate, Franklin, VT? 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ M Child 3: Hiram Skeel Born: abt 1785 in Lanesborough, Berkshire, MA? 3 Died: young in 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ F Child 4: Anna Skeel died at age: 38 Born: 1786 in Lanesborough, Berkshire, MA? 3 Died: 19 Jul 1824 in Highgate, Franklin, VT 8 Spouse: Elijah Hungerford b. 1790 d. 17 Oct 1857 Anna was 38 years of age when she died. I have adjusted her year of birth to reflect that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ F Child 5: Eunice Skeel died at age: 90 Born: 14 May 1787 in Lanesborough, Berkshire, MA 3 Died: Sep 1878 in Swanton, Franklin, VT 3 Spouse: Benjamin Wait b. 21 Oct 1787 d. Sep 1878 Married: abt 1814 in 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ F Child 6: Lydia Skeels died at age: 86 Born: abt 28 May 1787 in Lanesborough, Berkshire, MA 9 Died: 28 Dec 1873 in Highgate, Franklin, VT 9 Spouse: Elisha Beach b. 28 Jan 1785 d. 10 Nov 1860 Lydia is tentatively the daughter of David and Lydia (Powell) Skeel. She is not listed in the Skeel manuscript by Thoesen at the DAR library in Washington, DC., although the other children are. However, her death record indicates that she was born in Lanesborough, MA, daughter of David and Lydia Skeels. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ F Child 7: Alvira Skeel died at age: 81 Born: 1789 in Lanesborough, Berkshire, MA 3 Died: 1870 in Cambridge, Washington, NY? 10,11 Buried: in Woodlands Cem., Cambridge, NY 11 Spouse: Ellery Staples b. 4 Mar 1784 d. 1861 Married: 1 Apr 1810 in ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ M Child 8: William Skeels Born: 2 Apr 1792 in Lanesborough, Berkshire, MA 9 Died: 6/10 Jun 1860 in Highgate, Franklin, VT 9 Spouse: Rachel Best b. 2 Feb 1794 d. 4 Mar 1879 Married: 10 Dec 1828 in Highgate, Franklin, VT 12 William Skeels located on the family farm in Highgate (Child, 1883, p. 139). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ F Child 9: Rhoda Skeels Born: 1795 in Highgate, Franklin, VT 13 Died: 1 October 1857 in Highgate, Franklin, VT? 13 Buried: in Highgate Falls, Franklin, VT 13 Spouse: David Tryon, Jr. b. 1783 d. 5 May 1876 Married: 4 November 1835 in 13 The existance of this daughter is inferred by looking at the research of Pam Wood Waugh. She mentions a Rhoda Skeels, daughter of David Skeels and Lydia Power (sic), who was the third wife of David Tryon. I did not have Rhoda as a child of David and Lydia previously, but I am tentatively placing her here, with her marriage. David Tryon married first married Polly Hillman on 6 July 1806 in Alburgh, Grand Isle, VT, . Polly died before 1810. He married second Jane Crawford before 1811. Jane was born circa 1789. Jane was the daughter of Henry Crawford. Jane died 16 February 1833 at 43 years of age and is buried in Clarenceville, Missisquoi Co, QC (Wood, Pam Waugh). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ F Child 10: Sarah "Sally" Ann Skeel died at age: 74 Born: Sep 1798 in Lanesborough, Berkshire, MA? 14 Died: 1872 in Evanston, Cook, IL 10 Spouse: Elijah Hungerford b. 1790 d. 17 Oct 1857 Married: 20 Feb 1825 Highgate, Franklin, VT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Fisher, Carleton E. and Sue, Soldiers, Sailors, and Patriots of the Revolutionary War Vermont (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1992), page 474. (2) Branthoover, W. R., Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Franklin County, Vermont. (The Author, 1979), page 115. (3) Thoesen, Edythe W., The Skeel (Skeele, Skeil) Family of Connecticut (The Author, n.d. (Manuscript at the DAR Library, Washington, DC)), page 5. (4) Aldrich, Lewis C., History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties [Vermont] (Syracuse: D. Mason and Company, Publishers,1891), page 769. (5) Aldrich, Lewis C., History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties [Vermont] (Syracuse: D. Mason and Company, Publishers,1891), page 721. (6) Thoesen, Edythe W., The Skeel (Skeele, Skeil) Family of Connecticut (The Author, n.d. (Manuscript at the DAR Library, Washington, DC)), page 10. (7) Rudd, Martha <[email protected]>. (8) Death record, Vermont Vital Records. (9) Death record, Vermont Vital Records Index. (10) Thoesen, Edythe W., The Skeel (Skeele, Skeil) Family of Connecticut (The Author, n.d. (Manuscript at the DAR Library, Washington, DC)), page 6. (11) Marra, Linda, Woodlands Cemetery, Cambridge, Washington Co., NY (Internet.net). (12) Marriage Record, Vermont Vital Records Index. (13) Wood Waugh, Pam <[email protected]> (WorldConnect). (14) Highgate Town Records.