Rebecca Skinner

Brief Life History of Rebecca

When Rebecca Skinner was born about 1719, in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, Joseph Skinner, was 51 and her mother, Elizabeth Olmstead, was 54. She married Joseph Mason Jr. on 4 June 1754, in Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. She died on 20 March 1772, in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 54.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Mason Jr.
1725–1772
Rebecca Skinner
1719–1772
Marriage: 4 June 1754
Joseph Mason III
1755–1844
Ashbel Mason
1757–1842
Elisha Mason
1759–1858
Stephen Mason
1761–
George Mason
1763–1822

Sources (15)

  • Rebecca Skinner in entry for Joseph Mason Jr, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
  • Rebecca Skinner, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
  • Rebecca Mason in entry for Joseph Mason, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for someone who stripped the hide from animals to be used in the production of fur garments, or to be tanned for leather, from Middle English skinner ‘skinner’, an agent derivative of Middle English skin(n) ‘hide, pelt’ (Old Norse skinn).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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