Person Sheet


Name Stephen SKINNER
Birth 21 Nov 1783, Otisville, Mt Hope Twp., Orange Co., N.Y.
Death 12 Aug 1845, Cook's Mills, Crowland Twp., Welland Co., Ontario Age: 61
Burial aft 12 Aug 1845, Crowland Twp., Welland Co., Ontario
Burial Memo buried, Doan's Ridge Cemetery
Father Daniel SKINNER (1750-1846)
Mother Mary SMITH (1755-1846)
Spouses
1 Clarissa SMITH
Birth 1783, New York
Death BET 1861 AND 1871, Cook's Mills, Crowland Twp., Welland Co., Ontario Age: 78
Burial BET 1861 AND 1871, Crowland Twp., Welland Co., Ontario
Burial Memo buried, Doan's Ridge Cemetery
Marriage 1803, Orange Co., N.Y.
Children Huldah (1805-1881)
Daniel Milton (~1808-<1870)
Hannah (1810-1881)
Seth (~1813-1852)
Jesse (~1815-)
Robert L. (~1820-)
Stephen Smith (1821-1903)
Hiram Warren (~1823-1893)
Ira (1825-1849)
Almira (~1826-)
Notes for Stephen SKINNER
b. 21 November 1783?

Burial: Headstone: "In memory of Stephen Skinner who died August 12,
1845, aged 61 years 8 mos. 21 days"
General: Migrated to Canada between 1805 and 1810. Fought for England
during the War of 1812.
The Jubilee History of Thorold Township and town, 1898, Appendix I,
mpg. 62, "Old Military Documents" lists Stephen Skinner as taking the
oath to join Captain Kerby's Company on September 4, 1812.
March 4, 1811: Listed as one of six "Road Masters" for Crowland,
Welland, Ontario. Source: Email on NIAGARA-ONT-L@rootsweb.com
(November 23, 1998)
Monday, March 1813: Listed as Road Master. Source: Email on NIAGARA-
ONT-L@rootsweb.com (December 1, 1998)
Per Doris Wahl: Stephen appears in the 1840 US Census of Mt Hope TWP.
Orange County, New York. Moreover she had records that show Stephen
witnessed a deed on 9th Sept. 18ro and 20th March 1841, in person and
in Mount Hope, Orange County, New York.

1. Internet, Richard Hirst Submission.
2. Doris Wahl File.
3. Internet, Dee Davidson (jcricket@cecomet.net).
4. Ibid., Dee Davidson (jcricket@cacomet.net).
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid., Adair, Linda (Niagara Mail List): excerpted from an 1851
directory of occupations for Niagara.
7. 1881 Canadian Census, data provided over the internet via search
engine by LDS Chuch.
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