Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Harriet Skinner

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: After 1780 ⁸⁰³⁰ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Col. Thomas Skinner ⁶⁰⁶³ Mother: Jane Frances Power ⁶⁵³² ^,7612

Spouses and Children

1. *Capt. George Prescott ²⁶⁷⁵ Marriage: 2. Living

Notes
General:

010312 from Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online:

daughter, Harriet, was married to an officer of the 7th Foot, and on hearing of her husband's death in the battle of Salamanca dressed herself in male attire and sought his body on the field. The incident formed the subject for a tragedy performed on the London stage, The heroine of Salamanca.

210118 from Fifty Years in Ceylon:

Even the daughters seemed imbued with the soldier's spirit. Harriet married Captain George Prescott of the 7th Fusiliers, who on the 12th July 1812 fell, " when nobly leading his men to the charge at the battle of Salamanca." Mrs. Prescott had followed her husband's marches with his regiment, from the time of its embarbation at Cork. When the tidings of his death reached her, in an agony of grief, and dressed in male attire, she sought his body on the field of battle and recovered it. This incident I have been told formed the subject of a tragedy called " The Heroine of Salamanca," which was subsequently acted in London. The beautiful Mrs. Prescott afterwards married Edward, the fourth son of Sir William Gibbons, Bart., LL.D.

Harriet Maria Cosby Skinner

Sex: F
AKA: Harriet Maria Skinner ⁵
Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1802 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁸⁰³¹ Christening: 10 Oct 1802 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²²⁴⁵ ^,3191 Death: 20 Jul 1835 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 33) ¹⁵³ ^,8032 ^,8033 Burial: 26 Jul 1835 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁸⁰³³ Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Event Description: said to be 36 at time of death/burial, Cir 1799, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Birth: Bef 10 Oct 1802, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Burial: 1835, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Oddly enough, the copy of the Petty Harbour Register at The Rooms only shows the year of her burial (no month or day), name, abode and age of the person being buried.

Parents

Father: Lt. Col. William Thomas Skinner ⁵ ^,6060 Mother: Anne Williams ⁴²⁶ ^,6759

Spouses and Children

1. *Arthur Hunt O'Brien Carter ⁵ ^,481 Marriage: 22 May 1826 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁶⁹ ^,278 ^,481 ^,983
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: Frederic Hamilton Carrington, A.B., Missionary, 22 May 1826, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: Wm. Thos. Skinner, Mary Hutchings, Wm. Sweetland, Fanny Skinner, Monier Wm. Hutchings and Eliza Le Messurier, 22 May 1826, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

030816 from Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist register as transcribed on NGB website by Jill Marshall and Kevin Reddigan:

22-May 1826 St. Johns Arthur Hunt O'Brien CARTER, bach, merchant,
Ferryland Harriett Maria SKINNER, spin, St Johns Fanny Skinner, William Sweetland STJB [Arthur Hunt O'Brien Carter was the son of William Carter, Judge of the Vice Admiralty Court of Newfoundland. He died at Ferryland in 1871at the age of 76. Harriett was the eldest daughter of the late Col. Skinner, Royal Artillery. She died at Ferryland in 1835 at the age of 33.]

091116:
And this is how it really reads:
"N^o. 409 ___Arthur Hunt O'Brien Carter - Merchant - of
Ferryland - (Bachelor) and Harriet Maria Skinner
of this Parish (Spinster) were Married in this
Church, This Twenty Second Day of May, in the
year, one thousand, Eight hundred, and
twenty six, By me,
Frederic: Hamilton Carrington A:B:, Missionary

This Marriage was
Children: 1. Sarah Weston Carter 2. Catherine Annie Skinner Carter 3. Caroline Frances Maria Carter 4. William Thomas Skinner Carter 5. Harriet Elizabeth Felicia Carter

Notes
General:

Information from Enid O'Brien 19/07/00

"Petty Hr Rec (C of E) Henry Winsor, son of Henry Winsor and Ann Caulman to Catherine Annie Skinner Carter, dgt of Arthur and Harriet md on 4/1/1855. (wit. Henry Sweetland Morry, Sarah Weston Morry and Elizabeth Rathburn)."

"This Arthur Carter is Arthur Hunt O'Brien Carter (born 1795 and died 20/9/1871 and Harriet Maria Skinner, dgt of Colonel Wm Thomas Skinner and Ann Williams. Harriet was born in St. John's and baptised privately on 10/10/1802 and died in Ferryland circa 1835 (ref Jean Stirling, whose grandfather is a Carter and who is quite involved)."

180203:

12 Aug. 1835 Times. Death of Harriet Maria Carter, wife of A. H. Carter, eldest daughter of late Col. Skinner R.A. at Ferryland aged 33, July 20. [From Ferryland Bibliography]

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200806: BDM on CDROM reports that death notice appeared on 12 Aug 1835 in: 1) Times and General Commercial Gazette 1832-1895 2) Star and Conception Bay Journal 1833-1840 and stated that Deceased was the eldest daughter of the late Col. Skinner, Royal Arillery. She was 33 and married to A.H. Carter and died in Ferryland

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261009: From NGB website "Harriett Mariah SKINNER Lieut. William Thomas & Ann WILLIAMS bap Oct 10 1802 Lieut., Royal Artillery Private baptism Married 1801."

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Robert Carter's diary reports the location of Judge William Carter's burial as follows:

"Tuesday, 24 March, 1840. Judge Carter was interred this day at the upper part of the Burying Yard at the Southside near Miss Weston and Mrs. Arthur Carter's graves."

However an earlier entry at the time of the burial of Mrs. Arthur Carter gives contradictory information as to where they are buried:

Sunday, 26 July 1835
" Mrs. Arthur Carter was this day buried near Miss Weston' s grave, the upper part of the church yard. Mr. William Sweetland read the funeral service.; Mr. Benjamin Sweetland would not attend the burial." There are so many mysteries and anomalies hidden in this one little entry in the diaries. First of all, why did it take six days to bury her? In the month of July, without any form of embalming, that would be highly irregular. Secondly, he here states that she is buried in the upper part of the church yard (i.e. what many know as the Forge Hill or Fox Hill Cemetery beside St. Luke' s Anglican church) but when Judge William Carter died he recorded his burial thus: "Tuesday, 24 March, 1840. Judge Carter was interred this day at the upper part of the Burying Yard at the Southside near Miss Weston and Mrs. Arthur Carter's graves." The emphasis is mine. This was an entirely different cemetery, referred to as the Old Southside or the Old Non-denominational Cemetery. My feeling is that the latter is correct but why would Robert Carter make such a mistake unless he too refused to attend the service. Finally, why was it that even though his brother William was conducting the ceremony, Benjamin Sweetland refused to attend? None of these mysteries are ever likely to be resolved I suspect. All of these graves have since disappeared.

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170720:

Enid O'Brien has a complete photocopy of all of Robert Carter's diaries and transcribed the tracts pertaining to the death and burial of Harriet Skinner Carter for me:

20 July, 1835. No salmon. Wind S.W. foggy - moderate breeze. Mrs. Arthur Carter died this morning. She was the daughter of Col. Thos. Skinner by his first wife. Bishop Fleming came in at night in his yacht, departed to Placentia. Boats had from 4-6 qtls fish each nightly tho' caplin getting scare. Thos. Greening so reported by the Bait Master Wm. Harris.

Sunday, 26 July, 1835. 1st Sunday after Trinity. Wind S to S.W. thick fog, the sun shone out for a short time at noon - Mrs. Arthur Carter was this day buried near Miss Weston's grave, the upper part of the Church Yard. Mr. Wm Sweetland read the funeral services. Mr. B. Sweetland would not attend the burial.

Note that there are slight, but significant differences between these tracts and the transcription made by Jean Carter Stirling:

"Mon. 20 Wind SW foggy moderate breeze - Mrs. Arthur Carter died this morning she was the daughter of Col'n Thomas Skinner by first wife Bishop Fleming came in at night in his Yacht bound to Placentia - boats had from 4 to 6 Qtls fish each tonight the caplin getting scarce this evening so reported by the bait master Wm Harris - No salmon."

"Sun. 26 6 Sunday after Trinity. Wind S to SW thick fog the sun shone out for a short time at noon - Mrs. Arthur Carter was this day buried near Miss Weston's grave, the upper part of the church yard. Mr. William Sweetland read the funeral service. Mr. Benjamin Sweetland would not attend the burial."

And also the transcript made by the editors of the Law Society version:

"Monday, 20 July 1835 Wind S.W. foggy, moderate breeze. Mrs. Arthur Carter died this morning, she was the daughter of Colonel Thomas Skinner by first wife. Bishop Fleming came in at night in his yacht, bound to Placentia. Boats had from 4 to 6 qtls. fish each tonight. The caplin getting scarce this evening, so reported by the bait master William Harris. No salmon."

"Sunday, 26 July 1835 Wind S. to S.W. thick fog. The sun shone out for a short time at noon. Mrs. Arthur Carter was this day buried near Miss Weston's grave, the upper part of the church yard. Mr. William Sweetland read the funeral service. Mr. Benjamin Sweetland would not attend the burial. [6 Sunday after Trinity]"

But even more interesting is the fact that Jean's transcript is mirrored precisely by that of the Law Society, including certain discrepancies from the original diary such as the absence of the reference to Thos. Greening. Christopher Curran and the other editors of the Law Society transcript contended that they did not borrow from Jean's earlier work but rather went back to the original diaries to make their transcript. This and other examples of exact words in the two transcripts puts this contention to the lie!

Henry Skinner

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1802 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴⁵⁴³ Christening: Death: Bef 3 Sep 1802 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴⁵⁴³ Burial: 3 Sep 1802 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴⁵⁴³ Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Lt. Col. William Thomas Skinner ⁵ ^,6060 Mother: Anne Williams ⁴²⁶ ^,6759 Marriage Did Not Marry

Notes
General:

Henry SKINNER Sep 3 1802 an infant May be a son of Lieut. William Thomas Skinner & Ann Williams.

Rev. Henry Maynard Skinner

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 26 Jul 1823 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴²⁶ Christening: Nov 1831 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴²⁶ Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Ordination: Believed to have been Rev. Henry Maynard Skinner, Anglican Minister, 1868, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. His name appears in the register at Ferryland that year as performing BMDs.
• Living: 20 Jun 1890.
• Occupation: Clerk in Holy Orders, 20 Jun 1890, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Lt. Col. William Thomas Skinner ⁵ ^,6060 Mother: Living

Spouses and Children

1. *Emily Bradshaw Kelligrew ¹⁶⁸⁸ Marriage:

Notes
General:

111109 from NGB: Henry SKINNER William Thomas & Anne WILLIAMS b Jul 26 1823 bap privately, not given Major, RA

"Absent from the Colony" at the time of probate of brother William George Kelligrew's estate on June 20 1890. ²³⁵⁷

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Col. Thomas Skinner ⁶⁰⁶³ Mother: Jane Frances Power ⁶⁵³² ^,7612

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Living

Sex: M

Spouses and Children

Children: 1. Living

John Skinner

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1818 - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Ordination: Possibly a lay minister, Jun 1833, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Lt. Col. William Thomas Skinner ⁵ ^,6060 Mother: Living

Notes
General:

220118:

In Robert Carter's Journal he mentions this person. The first I ever heard of him. Here are my notes on this:

Monday, 24 June 1833
"Mr. Jno. Skinner arrived here at Mr. A. H. Carter's, son of Col. Thomas Skinner." John Skinner is a new child of Thomas Skinner that I had not known of previously. The Colonel married twice with four children by his first marriage and nine by his second, we are told by his son, Thomas, in his memoirs "Fifty Years in Ceylon". But he never named any of these latter nine nor even gave the name of his stepmother. This John Skinner would have therefore been the stepbrother of Arthur Hunt O'Brien Carter's wife, Harriet Maria Skinner (Thomas's full sister). Later, on Saturday, 13 July 1833, Carter intercedes to request that a Mr. Richards allow John Skinner the key to the church (St. Luke's). The purpose was not stated; it is not stated that Skinner is an ordained minister. But on Sunday, 12 July 1833 Carter says this: "Mr. Skinner had prayers at the church this day for the second time. Think he impresses much. Few persons attended the church." So he may have been a lay minister or was aspiring to be ordained. But despite Carter's impression that he impressed much, the following comment that few people attended may tell more about his prospects.
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Margaret Skinner

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1760 Christening: Death: Cir 1833 - ( about age 73) ⁶⁰⁶⁴ Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Capt. William Skinner ⁴³⁹ ^,440 Mother: Hester Lawder ⁴³⁹

Spouses and Children

1. *Rt. Hon. Sir Evan Nepean Bart. ²⁶⁷⁵ Marriage:

Marianne Theresa Skinner

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1839 ⁷¹⁰ Christening: Death: 1901 - ( at age 62) ⁷¹⁰ Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Major Sir Thomas Bridges Boucher Skinner CMG, JP ²⁶⁷³ Mother: Georgina Burrell ²⁶⁷³

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Mary Ann Skinner

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: After 1780 ⁸⁰³⁰ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Col. Thomas Skinner ⁶⁰⁶³ Mother: Jane Frances Power ⁶⁵³² ^,7612

Spouses and Children

1. *John Langdon ⁴⁸¹ Marriage: 5 Mar 1821 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴⁸¹
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: Frederic H. Carrington, A.B., 5 Mar 1821, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: Thomas Skinner, Elizabeth Horwood, 5 Mar 1821, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

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