John Wayles Skelton

Brief Life History of John Wayles

John Wayles Skelton was born on 7 November 1767, in Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia, British Colonial America. He died on 10 June 1772, in Monticello, Albemarle, Virginia, British Colonial America, at the age of 4.

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President Thomas Jefferson
1743–1826
Martha Wayles
1748–1782
John Wayles Skelton
1767–1772
Martha Jefferson
1772–1836
Jane Randolph Jefferson
1774–1775
Jefferson
1777–1777
Mary Jefferson
1778–1804
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson
1780–1781
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson
1782–1784

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  • John Wayles Skelton, "Find A Grave Index"

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire): habitational name mainly from Skelton in Cumberland, or any of various places called Skelton in Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, and East Yorkshire. The placenames probably all derive from Old English scelf ‘rock, ledge, shelf’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, with initial Sk-, instead of Sh-, due to Scandinavian influence. However, in some cases, the first element may be a lost river name, from Old Norse skjallr ‘resounding’; compare Skelding . This English surname has been established in Queen's County [Laois], Ireland, since the 16th century.

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

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