114. Capt John⁵ Skillings IV (John⁴, John³, John², Thomas¹) (#75668) was born in Boston, Suffolk, MA c1738/9.⁽⁶⁸²⁾ based on age at death and baptism Individual flags: Rev War. John died Jul 1801 at 62 years of age.⁽⁶⁸³⁾ age 63y

He married twice. He married Mary (Skillings) in Boston, Suffolk, MA, bef 1763.⁽⁶⁸⁴⁾ (Mary (Skillings) is #75675.) Mary was born c1736.⁽⁶⁸⁵⁾ est based on age at death

Mary died 28 Jan 1763 in Boston, Suffolk, MA, at 26 years of age.⁽⁶⁸⁶⁾ age 27y

He married Prudence Clark in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 18 Aug 1768.⁽⁶⁸⁷⁾ as his 2nd wife; married by Rev Joshua Gee (Prudence Clark is #75676.)

Prudence was born 19 Oct 1746.⁽⁶⁸⁸⁾ based on age at death, she was b c1756; however, Fannie Winchester Hotchkiss says she was b 19 Oct 1746 Prudence was the daughter of Joseph Clark Jr and Prudence Hill.

Prudence died 28 Sep 1807 in Boston, Suffolk, MA, at 60 years of age.⁽⁶⁸⁹⁾ age 61y

Prudence was listed as a member of a church in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 23 Jan 1774.⁽⁶⁹⁰⁾ "admitted to communion"

He was baptized in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 7 Oct 1739.⁽⁶⁹¹⁾ John served in the military in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA, c1777.⁽⁶⁹²⁾ Rev War - MA Militia Abstract from Winchester Notes by Fanny Winchester Hotchkiss, pp 84-86:

(Gen. V) John Skillings5 (Thomas1, John2, John3, John4), baptized Oct. 7, 1739 (Records Second Church, Boston), son of John, Sr., and Elizabeth (Farmer) Skillings, married (1st) Mary (???), who died Jan. 28, 1763, aged 27 years. (Copp's Hill Epitaphs.) Married (2d), Aug. 18, 1768, by the Rev. Joshua Gee to Prudence Clark, daughter of Joseph Clark, Jr., and Prudence Hill of Cambridge. (Boston City Records.) In the last edition of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, pp. 147, 152, 173, John Skillings is stated to have been a Captain of the Militia, and died July, 1801, aged 63 years.

In Feb., 1793, land in Boston is deeded by John Skillen and Prudence, his wife. (Suffolk Deeds, Vol. 175, p. 34.)

In the Columbian Sentinel we find: "Prudence Skillen, widow of John, died in Boston, Sept. 28, 1807, aged 61, and was buried from the house of her son-in-law Prince Snow, Jr." (From Mr. Henry W. Cunningham of Boston.)

Among the assets of the estate of Prince Snow, Jr., is found a note of E. A. & W. Winchester in 1838.

Boston Town Records--Marriages: 27 March 1739. John Skilling--Elizabeth Farmer. 18 Aug. 1768. John Skilling, Jr.--Prudence Clark.

Extracts from the Records of the Second Church of Boston: Baptized Sept. 3, 1769, John, son of John and Prudence Skillings. Baptized Oct. 28, 1770, Prudence, daughter of John and Prudence Skillings. Baptized Sept. 6, 1772, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Prudence Skillings. Baptized Feb. 28, 1779, John, son of John and Prudence Skillings

Prudence Skillings, daughter of John, Jr., and his second wife Prudence Clark, was baptized in Boston, Oct. 28, 1770; died there May 7, 1834; was married, Oct. 16, 1796, to Edmund Winchester, Sr., by Rev. Samuel Stillman, pastor of First Baptist Church, Boston. (First publication of marriage, Sept. 22, 1796.) Prudence Skillings admitted to First Baptist Church of Boston, Aug. 7, 1791.

Among the children of John and Prudence (Clark) Skillings were:

1. PRUDENCE SKILLINGS, baptized 1770; married Edmund Winchester, Sr., in 1796. 2. ELIZABETH SKILLINGS, baptized in 1772; married Prince Snow, Jr. 3. SALLY SKILLINGS, married William Arnold of Charlestown, Mass., April 26, 1801.

From Mr. Howard Payson Arnold of Boston to Mr. Henry W. Cunningham of Boston:

156 BEACON ST., Jan. 2, 1896. "On the 26th of April, 1801, my grandfather, Wm. Arnold of Charlestown, was married to Miss Sally Skillings of Boston, by Rev. Samuel Stillman. Her name is thus spelt both in the records of marriages in Boston, and in the papers of that date."

The grandmother of Mr. Howard Payson Arnold of Boston was the sister of Prudence Skillings, my grandmother. Her name was Sally Skillings, and she married Mr. Wm. Arnold of Charlestown, Mass., in 1801. The mother of Dr. Caleb H. Snow, who wrote a "History of Boston," was Elizabeth Skillings, baptized in 1772, married Prince Snow, Jr. She was also a sister of Prudence Skillings, the wife of Edmund Winchester, Sr.

1. Thomas and Deborah Skillings. 2. John and Elizabeth Skillings, Portsmouth, N. H. 3. John of Boston, 1726, wife Elizabeth. 4. John and Elizabeth (Farmer) Skillings. 5. John and Prudence (Clark) Skillings. 6. Edmund Winchester, Sr., and Prudence Skillings. (taken from Skillings Family, by Wm. B. Lapham, in Maine Historical Recorder, Vol. II.)

Capt John Skillings IV and Prudence Clark had the following children:

306 i. John⁶ Skillings (#75677) was born in Boston, Suffolk, MA by 3 Sep 1769.⁽⁶⁹³⁾ John died by 28 Feb 1779 in Boston, Suffolk, MA, at 9 years of age.⁽⁶⁹⁴⁾ He was baptized in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 3 Sep 1769.⁽⁶⁹⁵⁾

+ 307 ii. Prudence Skillings was born by 28 Oct 1770.

+ 308 iii. Elizabeth Skillings was born by 6 Sep 1772.

309 iv. John Skillings V (#75680) was born in Boston, Suffolk, MA by 28 Feb 1779.⁽⁶⁹⁶⁾ He was baptized in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 28 Feb 1779.⁽⁶⁹⁷⁾

310 v. Sally Skillings (#75683) was born c1780.⁽⁶⁹⁸⁾ She married William Arnold in Boston, Suffolk, MA, 26 Apr 1801.⁽⁶⁹⁹⁾ by Rev. Samuel Stillman (William Arnold is #75684.)

He resided in Charlestown, Middlesex, MA 1801.⁽⁷⁰⁰⁾ grandson was Howard Payson Arnold

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