Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Capt. William Skinner

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Christening: Death: 27 Aug 1761 - Colihaut, Saint Peter, Dominica ⁵⁴³ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Military: Captain in the 94th Regiment, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Parents

Father: Lieut. General William Skinner ⁴³⁹ ^,440 Mother: Living

Spouses and Children

1. *Hester Lawder ⁴³⁹ Marriage: 7 Apr 1753 - Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England ⁶⁰⁶¹ ^,6062
Marriage Events
• Alt. Marriage: Cir 1753, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England. England, Boyd's marriage indexes, 1538-1850 Transcription

First name(s)
William
Last name
Skinner
Birth year
-
Marriage year
1753
Spouse's first name(s)
Hester
Spouse's last name
Lawder
Place
Berwick on Tweed
County
Northumberland
Country
England
Source
Boyd's marriage index, 1538-1850
Record set
England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850
Category
Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory
Parish Marriages
Collections from
England, United Kingdom
Society of Genealogists
Transcriptions © Society of Genealogists. Marriage Notes

210118 from FindMypast:

Northumberland and Durham Marriages Transcription

First name(s)
W
Last name
Skinner
Sex
Male
Marriage year
1753
Marriage date
07 Apr 1753
Place
Berwick upon Tweed
Spouse first name(s)
Hester
Spouse last name
Lauder
Groom's first name(s)
W
Groom's last name
Skinner
Groom's parish
-
Bride's first name(s)
Hester
Bride's last name
Lauder
Bride's parish
-
County
Northumberland
Country
England
Record set
Northumberland And Durham Marriages
Category
Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory
Parish Marriages
Collections from
England, United Kingdom
Northumberland & Durham Family History Society
Transcriptions © Northumberland & Durham Family History Society

From FamilySearch:

England Marriages 1538-1973 Transcription
Print transcription
First name(s)
William
Last name
Skinner
Name note
-
Marriage year
1753
Marriage date
07 Apr 1753
Marriage place
Berwick upon Tweed
Spouse's first name(s)
Hester
Spouse's last name
Lauder
County
Northumberland
Country
England
Record set
England Marriages 1538-1973
Category
Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory
Parish Marriages
Collections from
England, United Kingdom
Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl
Children: 1. Col. Thomas Skinner 2. Margaret Skinner 3. Capt. William Campbell Skinner

Notes
General:

210118 from Fifty Years in Ceylon:

Captain William Skinner, of the 94th Regiment, married, very young, Hester, the daughter of Colin Lawder, of Berwick-upon-Tweed, of the family of Sir John Dick Lawder. Tradition relates that the united ages of bride and bridegroom did not exceed 30.

Three children were the result of this marriage : William Campbell Skinner, Captain, Royal Engineers; Thomas Skinner, Colonel, Royal Engineers; and Margaret, who married the Right Honourable Sir Evan Nepean, Bart.

Capt. William Campbell Skinner

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1765 ⁸⁰³⁸ Christening: Death: 24 Apr 1787 - ( about age 22) ⁸⁰³⁸ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Occupation: Reputed to have become a successful engineer in America.
• Military: Capt. in the Royal Engineers, 14 Aug 1782, Wallasey, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England.

Parents

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

Spouses and Children

1. *Lucinda Strode ¹⁶⁵³ Marriage: 14 Aug 1782 - Stoke Damerel, Devon, England ¹⁶⁵³ Marriage Notes

220118 found on FindMyPast but borrowed from FamilySearch:

England Marriages 1538-1973 Transcription

First name(s)
William Campbell
Last name
Skinner
Name note
-
Marriage year
1782
Marriage date
14 Aug 1782
Marriage place
Stoke Damerel
Spouse's first name(s)
Lucinda
Spouse's last name
Strode
County
Devon
Country
England
Record set
England Marriages 1538-1973
Category
Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory
Parish Marriages
Collections from
England, United Kingdom
Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl

Lt. Col. William Thomas Skinner

Sex: M
AKA: Lieut. Thomas Skinner ⁸⁰³⁹
Individual Information

Birth Date: 1780 - Gibraltar, Gibraltar ⁵⁴³ Christening: Death: 26 Oct 1829 - Woolwich, Kent, England ( at age 49) ⁵⁴³ Burial: 4 Nov 1829 - Woolwich, Kent, England ⁸⁰⁴⁰ Cause of Death:
Events
• Military: Gentleman Cadet, 18 Aug 1794.
• Military: 2nd Lieut., 3 Mar 1797.
• Military: 1st Lieut., 16 Jul 1799.
• Military: Senior officer of Royal Artillery in Newfoundland, Between 1801 and 1827, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He was a Lieut. at time of marriage in 1801.
• Military: 2nd Capt., 10 Oct 1804.
• Membership: Inducted as an "old mason"- member of the Newfoundland Lodge, Freemasons, 8 Mar 1806, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Wm. Thos. Skinner
in the England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921

England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921
Name:Wm. Thos. Skinner
Gender:Male
Year Range:1771-1813
Profession:Captn.
Lodge Location:Newfoundland
Lodge Number:247
Folio Number:248.
• Occupation: Captain, Royal Engineers, 8 Mar 1806, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Military: Capt., 11 Aug 1811.
• Military: Brevet Major, 4 Jun 1814.
• Military: Lieut. Col., 10 Dec 1828.
• Residence: Royal Arsenal, 26 Oct 1829, Woolwich, Kent, England.

Parents

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

Spouses and Children

1. *Anne Williams ⁴²⁶ ^,6759 Marriage: 22 Oct 1801 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴⁸¹ ^,2245
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: John Harries, 22 Oct 1801, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: George Williams, Thomas Skinner, (fathers of bride and groom), 22 Oct 1801, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Children: 1. Monier Skinner 2. Henry Skinner 3. Harriet Maria Cosby Skinner 4. Major Sir Thomas Bridges Boucher Skinner CMG, JP 2. Living Children: 1. John Skinner 2. William Skinner 3. Georgiana Skinner 4. Rev. Henry Maynard Skinner 5. Robert Skinner 6. Mary Jane Skinner

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)."

210710: Not so sure about the "private" baptism. It is recorded in the registry of the Anglican Cathedral and therefore is not a private event, even though it is marked in the registery as (private):

"October 10 1802. Harriet Mariah [shoved in above and spelled in that manner] the daugher of Lieut. Wm. Thomas Skinner of the Royal Artillery by Ann his wife (private)"

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161117:

The Miscellaneous Deeds and Wills (GN169) at The Rooms contain many documents pertaining Col. Thomas Skinner and his son, who was also a Col. Skinner (though correctly William Thomas, he went by the name Thomas too), potentially leading to confusion if one did not read the contents carefully enough.

Here are some of those documents, copies of which are found in the media gallery:

Vol. 2, Page 123 and 131
Lt. Col. Thomas Skinner is known as one of the fathers of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. He was in Newfoundland for a number of years as a part of the Royal Engineers building fortifications against possible renewed hostilities with the French, or more imminently, as it turned out, the Americans. During his brief stay in Newfoundland from 1799 to 1804, he recruited four companies, called the Royal Newfoundland Volunteers , to bolster the defence of St John's. Later recruited and took command of the Royal Newfoundland Fencible Regiment which was disbanded with the peace of 1802.

The Skinner family was closely associated through marriage with both the Morrys and the Carters.
During his time in Newfoundland he did like many other British officers assigned to England's far flung colonies and acquired much property and, in the process, ran up much debt. Both before and after his retirement to England in 1804, there were many forced sales of his property to cover unpaid debts.

His son, Col. William Thomas Skinner of the Royal Artillery, was also in Newfoundland during his father's stay and married there to Anne Williams. Here is the first of several documents pertaining to the elder Thomas Skinner and to his son which are found in the Miscellaneous Deeds and Wills. In this document, Thomas Skinner Senior and George Williams jointly commit to providing £100 a year to Col. William Thomas Skinner and his wife to be, Anne Williams, their respective children. Thomas Skinner commits to the lion's share of £70 a year.

Vol. 3, Page 8

This document is an indenture involving both Skinners, father and son. It is an indenture in which the son, herein referred to as Lieut. Thomas Skinner (without the William, just to confuse matters) of the Royal Artillery (which clears things up) and another man, William Ellmes Esq., Merchant, are acting as the agents for Col. Thomas Skinner in a matter involving Thomas George William Eaststaff, Royal Military Surveyor and Draughter. They are essentially acting as estate agents in the rental of the properties of Col. Thomas Skinner Senior to various other military officers, including Eaststaff. The terms and conditions of the rental are laid out. The property being rented in this case is apparently the house and surrounding lands that were occupied by Col. Thomas Skinner Senior when he was in St. John's at the head of Quidi Vidi Lake.

Vol. 4, Page 356

This document from Volume 4 of the Miscellaneous Deed and Wills pertains to another of the many indentures involving a Col. Thomas Skinner, this time the son (it says he is in the Royal Artillery), in the form of a rental agreement by him to a house, stable, garden and meadow at the west end of Quidi Vidi Lake. What makes this indenture particularly interesting is that location and the identity of the person to whom the indenture is being granted - Burrell Rutledge. This property would be where Rutledge Manor is now located, suggesting that eventually the rental agreement was converted into an outright purchase and sale.

Indenture Col Thos Skinner to Burrell Rutledge 1 May 1806

Vol. 7, Page 196

Family tensions existed between the Williams and Skinner families when Col. Skinner's son, Lt. Col. William Thomas Skinner, married Anne Williams, daughter of Lt. Col. George Williams and Mary Monier, a daughter of Dr. John Monier. These distinguished families of early gentry in Newfoundland were for the most part initially associated by their common connection to military service in the British Army or Royal Navy, which inevitably led to intermarriages. Lt. Col. William Thomas Skinner was evidently as profligate with his money as his well known father had been. His unfortunate wife wound up dying young (around 26 years of age), but not before giving the Lt. Col. four children, the last of whom evidently cost her her life in childbirth (though that child afterwards wound up earning great honours as Sir Major Thomas Bridges Boucher Skinner, CMG, J.P.). But the document here indicates that the Williams family held a grudge against the Lt. Col. and wanted to make sure that none of the inheritance that would have come to their late sister from their father and mother fell into his hands and that it was secured for the benefit of her children only.

Will - Extract of Letter from Monier Williams 3 Oct 1815

210118 from Fifty Years in Ceylon:

His eldest son, Lieutenant-Colonel "William T. Skinner, E.A., married, first, Anne, daughter of Lord Chief Justice Williams, of St. John's, Newfoundland, and, secondly, Marie Monier, daughter of Doctor Monier, Royal Artillery, descendant of a Huguenot refugee family. They had three children. Harriet, who married Arthur Carter, son of Judge Carter, Newfoundland ; Monier, who died in infancy ; and myself. My father afterwards married a daughter of John Eemmington, Esq., of Barton-end House, Gloucestershire, and had nine children.

The above text is confusing as it makes it sound like Marie Monier married Lt. Col. Skinner when in fact she was his mother-in-law.

George Oughten Skipper

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 22 Nov 1875 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America ⁵⁸³⁷ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children

1. *Emily Mary Jones ⁸⁰⁶ ^,5835 Marriage: 18 Apr 1897 - Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America ⁵⁸³⁷

Living

Sex: F

Spouses and Children

1. Living 2. *David Sweetland ¹²⁰² Marriage:
Marriage Events
• Alt. Marriage: After 1785, Topsham, Devon, England.
• Witnesses: Ann Sanderson and William Perry, Henry Sanderson, 13 Aug 1786, Bath, Somerset, England. Marriage Notes

Record Transcription:
Somerset Marriage Index
Record setSomerset Marriage Index
First name(s)David
SexMale
Last nameSweetland
Marriage year1786
Spouse's first name(s)Elizabeth
Spouse's last nameLarman
ParishBath
DenominationAnglican
CountySomerset
CountryEngland
Document typeParish records
Page149
Marital statuswidowed
ResidenceTopsham, Devon
Marriage date13 Aug 1786
ChurchSS Peter & Paul
Spouse's marital statuswidowed
Spouse's residenceSt Peter & St Paul, Bath
By licence or by bannsLicence
First witnessAnn Sanderson
Second witnessWm Perry
Archive
Somerset Archives
Archive referenceBA AB 2/1/4
Record typeMarriages
Record's year range1775-1792
CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
SubcategoryParish Marriages
Collections fromEngland, Great Britain
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Living

Sex: M

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Living

Sex: M

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Slaney

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children

Children: 1. Catherine Slaney 2. David Slaney

Catherine Slaney

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1832 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴² ^,8041 Christening: Death: 5 Dec 1910 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 78) ⁸⁰⁴¹ Burial: After 5 Dec 1910 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁸⁰⁴¹ Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Slaney Mother:

Spouses and Children

1. *Constable John Sullivan ⁴² ^,168 Marriage: 30 Apr 1894 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁵¹⁵
Marriage Events
• Alt. Marriage: Cir 1860, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: L. K. Vereker, 30 Apr 1894, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: James O'Toole and Catherine Sliney, 30 Apr 1894, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

290120 from NLGenweb:

30Apr1894SULLIVAN, John27 SLINEY, Catherine25 LK VerekerJames O'TooleCatherine Sliney
Children: 1. Richard F. Sullivan 2. Michael Sullivan 3. William M. Sullivan 4. John Joseph Sullivan 5. Mary Elizabeth Sullivan

Notes
General:

From Roberta Sullivan Jan. 2004: "Notes for CATHERINE SLANEY: Gravestone in Ferryland can't read date 19?? age 78 == grave #39i"

060513: According to the transcription on NGB which updates Roberta Sullivan's earlier efforts there is more information on this stone. It also includes "Accidently killed in Greenland, Erected by her husband John." This is news to me and a thought provoking revelation. What on earth was she doing in Greenland? It also begs the question of whether or not her body really is buried in Ferryland.

David Slaney

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1836 - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁷⁹⁸⁴ Christening: Death: 18 Jan 1912 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 76) ⁷⁹⁸⁴ Burial: After 18 Jan 1912 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁷⁹⁸⁴ Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Slaney Mother:

Spouses and Children

1. *Anastatia Shannahan ⁴² Marriage: Children: 1. Mary Frances Slaney

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