342. Josiah⁶ Skillings (Simeon⁵, Capt Samuel⁴, Lt Samuel³, John², Thomas¹) (#4266) was born in Gray, Cumberland, ME 15 Jun 1791.⁽¹⁹²³⁾ Dorothy Skillings says b 15 Jun 1792 Scarborough Josiah died 6 Nov 1868 in Harmony, Somerset, ME, at 77 years of age.⁽¹⁹²⁴⁾ age 77 years 5 months His body was interred aft 6 Nov 1868 Biddeford, York, ME, Woodlawn Cemetery.⁽¹⁹²⁵⁾

He married Sarah (Sally) Libby in Scarborough, Cumberland, ME, 22 Feb 1818.⁽¹⁹²⁶⁾ by Elder Heath (he was 26, she was 16); 15 children; removed to Saco, ME after marriage

15 Feb 1818 POSSIBLY date of intentions

Josiah and Sally were 1st cousins once removed

(Sarah (Sally) Libby is #4278.)

Sarah was born 14 Nov 1801 in Scarborough, Cumberland, ME.⁽¹⁹²⁷⁾ Sarah was the daughter of Nathan Libby and Abigail Davis. Sarah died 13 Aug 1872 in CAN, at 70 years of age.⁽¹⁹²⁸⁾ age 70 years 9 months

Her body was interred aft 13 Aug 1872 in Bath, Sagadahoc, ME, Woodlawn Cemetery.⁽¹⁹²⁹⁾ She was baptized in Scarborough, Cumberland, ME, 31 Mar 1803.⁽¹⁹³⁰⁾ Libby No. 5-7-15-6

He was baptized in Gray, Cumberland, ME, 3 Mar 1798. poss 18 Feb 1792

Occupation: farmer.⁽¹⁹³¹⁾ He resided bef 1842, Stroudwater Farm.⁽¹⁹³²⁾ Stroudwater area and Scarborough

He resided in Bath, Sagadahoc, ME c1842.⁽¹⁹³³⁾ He resided in Portland, Cumberland, ME 1849.⁽¹⁹³⁴⁾ He resided in Danville, Cumberland, ME c1860.⁽¹⁹³⁵⁾ Abstract from NEHGS Reg Vol. 84, p 215-:

Edgar Allan Poe Yates, A.B., of Stoughton, Mass., elected a resident (annual) member in 1905, was born at Biddeford, ME 1 March 1856, the son of Edward Millwood and Rose Ann (Skillin) Yates, and died at Stoughton 3 October 1929. HIs great-grandfather, William Yates, was born in 1772, probably in Scotland, came to this country when a young man, married at Minot, ME, Martha Morgan, and settled in what is now Greenwood, ME where he died in 1868. His grandfather, Moses Yates, 1805-1890, married Martha Whittle. His father, Edward Millwood Yates, who was born at Greenwood, ME 28 December 1830, married at Ellsworth, ME 9 Jun 1852 Rose Ann Skillin, born at Westbrook, ME 11 December 1830, the daughter of Josiah and Sarah (Libby) Skillin.

Abstract from The Skillin Book by Yates, p 2:

Josiah Skillin, b 1791, was 26 years old when he married Sarah (Sally) Libby, who was then only 16 years old. He was a farmer at Stroudwater and in Scarborough until he was nearly 50 years old. He then removed to Biddeford and engaged in heaving teaming with an ox team and later with a two-horse team. About 1849 he removed to Portland, and from there to Gray, then back to Biddeford. When nearly 70, broken in health, he and Sarah removed to Danville, ME to live with their son, Woodbury. Thereafter they kept house in Lewiston for a few months, then lived with son Hiram and daughter Julia (with whom he was living when he died). Josiah was a tall, robust, slow-moving, slow-spoken man with a long face, small blue eyes, and a "touchy" disposition. Sarah, dtr of Nathan and Abigail (Davis) Libby, was a brisk, dark-eyed, small woman, a mother of 15 children and proud of them. Sarah is buried in the family lot in Biddeford. Roswell Skillings of Brockton has framed pictures of each both Josiah and Sarah.

A Copy of Records in Josiah Skillin's Family Bible (once (now?) in possession of George H. Mason) - a "/" indicates the beginning of a separate line in the Bible:

Family Record / Births / Josiah Skillin June 15th, 1791 / Sarah Skillin Nov. 14th 1801 / Time & place of their children's birth Silas Skillin March 24 1819 Scarborough / Hiram Skillin Dec 2 1820 Scarborough / James Skillin Feb 15, 1822 Scarborough / Moses D. Skillin Aug 29 1823 Scarborough / Woodbury Skilling Jan 29 1825 Scarborough / Orrin Skillin July 18 1826 Westbrook / Julian Skillin Sept 16 1828 Portland / Rose Ann Skillin Dec 11 1830 Cape Elizabeth / Catharin Skillin June 21 1832 Cape Elizabeth / Jennett Skillin Feb 24 1834 Scarborough / Loranzo Skillin Apri 26 1837 Scarborough / Elizabeth Emily Skillin Nov 29 1838 Scarborough / Almon L Skillin April 2 1840 Scarborough / Edwin Manson Skillin Sept 11 1842 Scarborough / Albanus Skillin Feb 15 1846

Marriages / Mr. Josiah Skillin to Miss Sarah Libby Feb 15 181 both of Scarborough Me by Elder Heath / Mr. Hiram Skillin & Miss Henrietta D D Sheppard by Elder Moses Sheppard Dec 2 1845 at Unity Me / Mr. Moses D. Skillin to Miss Jane Black / Mr. Silas Skillin to Miss Mary A Sproul / Mr. James P. Skillin to Miss Emily J. Mayo by Rev Mr. Page Sept 3 1848 in the town of Bridgton Me / Mr. Lewis S Reed to Miss Julia A Skillin by Dlder Hiram Skillin July 3 1850 / Mr. Edward M. Yates to Miss Rose A. Skillin by Rev Mr. Belcher June 1851 in town of Elsworth / Mr. John H. Mason to Miss Catharin P. Skillin by Elder S L Sinklar Aug 7 1852 / Mr. Woodbury Skillin to Miss Julia A Lovering by Elder E Cox April 22 1855 / Mr. Orrin Skillin to Miss Pheby A Smith by Elder Burges June 30 1855 in Lewiston

(on the "Deaths" page all except the first five entries were made by George H. Mason; words in parentheses ( ) are his)

Josiah Skillin Nov 6th 1868 Aged 77 Years 5 Months (Harmoney) / Sarah Skillin Aug 13th 1872 Aged 70 Years 9 Months (Fall River -- Buried Biddeford) / Albanus Skillin Mar. 25 1846 Scarborough / Edwin M. Skillin Dec 23 1858 Biddeford / Catherin Mason Mar 28 1866 (Biddeford) / James Skillin Portland / Silas Skillin Danvill Canada / Woodbury Skillin Wakefield / Orrin Skillin ('86 or '87) Portland / Hirman Skillin Minneapolis / Moses D. Skillin Marshall Minn / Loranzo D Skillin Sept 8 1902 Old Orchard

Notes by Edgar Yates: Aunt Julia Reed's marriage date is wrong by several days, so other errors are possible. A family record in grandmother's (Sarah) own hand, now owned by Charles Skilling of Saco, has these variations: "Julia" - "Lorenzo" -- "Mary A. Sprole of Gray" -- "Jane Doughty Black of Gray" -- "Almon L. (married Mary Emah (of) Wells" A record in my mother's (Rose Ann) reads "Julia A." and "Jennett N." And both these two records vary now and then in exact dates, from the Bible record and from each other.

Josiah Skillings and Sarah (Sally) Libby had the following children:

+ 822 i. Silas⁷ Skillin was born 24 Mar 1819.

+ 823 ii. Hiram Skillin was born 2 Dec 1820.

+ 824 iii. James P. Skillin was born 15 Feb 1822.

+ 825 iv. Moses D. Skillin was born 29 Aug 1823.

+ 826 v. Woodbury Skillin was born 29 Jan 1825.

+ 827 vi. Orrin Skillin was born 18 Jul 1826.

+ 828 vii. Julia Ann Skillin was born 16 Sep 1828.

+ 829 viii. Rose Ann Skillin was born 11 Dec 1830.

+ 830 ix. Catherine P. Skillin was born 21 Jun 1832.

831 x. Jennette N. Skillin (#28442) was born in Scarborough, Cumberland, ME 24 Feb 1834.⁽¹⁹³⁶⁾ She married Jacob H. Cotton.⁽¹⁹³⁷⁾ (Jacob H. Cotton is #78096.)

+ 832 xi. Lorenzo Dow Skillings was born 26 Apr 1837.

+ 833 xii. Elizabeth Emily Skillin was born 29 Nov 1838.

834 xiii. Almon L. Skillin (#37688) was born in Scarborough, Cumberland, ME 2 Apr 1840.⁽¹⁹³⁸⁾ He married Mary Emah.⁽¹⁹³⁹⁾ (Mary Emah is #51725.) Mary was born Wells, York, ME.⁽¹⁹⁴⁰⁾

835 xiv. Edwin Manson Skillin (#37689) was born in Scarborough, Cumberland, ME 11 Sep 1842.⁽¹⁹⁴¹⁾ Edwin died 23 Dec 1858 in Bath, Sagadahoc, ME, at 16 years of age.⁽¹⁹⁴²⁾

836 xv. Albanus Skillin (#37687) was born in Scarborough, Cumberland, ME 15 Feb 1846.⁽¹⁹⁴³⁾ Albanus died 25 Mar 1846 in Scarborough, Cumberland, ME, at less than one year of age.⁽¹⁹⁴⁴⁾

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