Brief Life History of Henry
When Henry Skidmore Sr was born in 1650, in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Abraham Skidmore, was 50 and his mother, Joan Dancer, was 42. He had at least 2 sons with Elizabeth Cannon. He died about 1695, in Cedar Creek Hundred, Sussex, Delaware, United States, at the age of 46.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Legacy NFS Source: Henry Skidmore - Published information: Family genealogies: death: about 1695; Cedar Creek Hundred, Sussex, Delaware, United States
- Henry Skydmore in entry for Thomas Skydmore, "England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990"
- Henry Skidmore in entry for Thomas Skidmore, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Spouse and Children
1650–about 1695 Male
1650–1694 Female
Children (2)
1690–1759 Male
1710– Male
Parents and Siblings
1600–1689 Male
1609–1659 Female
Siblings (3)
1650–about 1695 Male
1650–about 1695 Male
1659–1660 Male
World Events (4)
1651 · Fort Casimir Established
Age 1
1664 · Dutch Driven Out
Age 14
1680
Age 30
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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