Brief Life History of Elijah
When Captain Elijah Skidmore was born about 1725, in Sussex, Delaware, United States, his father, Henry Skidmore, was 37 and his mother, Elizabeth Cannon, was 32. He married Mary Fenwick about 1748, in Sussex, Delaware, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 13 May 1775, in Surry, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 51.
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Sources (4)
- Legacy NFS Source: Captain Elijah Skidmore - Published information: Family genealogies: birth:
- Elijah Skidmore in the Delaware, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1676
- Legacy NFS Source: Captain Elijah Skidmore - Published information: male
Spouse and Children
1725–1775 Male
1727–1776 Female
Children (3)
1769– Male
1770–1800 Female
about 1771– Female
Parents and Siblings
1690–1759 Male
1694–1792 Female
Siblings (4)
1712–1783 Male
1715–1774 Male
1725–1775 Male
1730–1777 Female
World Events (3)
1731 · Willington Founded
Age 6
1754 · French and Indian War in Delaware
Age 29
1764 · Western Boundary Surveyed
Age 39
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire): of Norman origin, a variant of Scudamore, which most probably arises from a Norman French nickname for a knight who used a particular type of leather shield, from the unrecorded Norman French phrase, escu de more ‘Moor's shield’, a reference to a type of Moorish leather shield called an adarga, which was in widespread use not only in medieval Iberia and north Africa but also in Brittany.
History: The manor of Upton Scudamore in Wiltshire was held by Peter de Skydemore in 1216. The same manor was held by Godfrey Escudamore shortly after 1150. The Scudamore family claim descent from Ralph, recorded in Domesday Book (1086) as holder of Opeton (Upton), whose son was known as Reginald Escudemor.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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