"Captain" John A. SKIDMORE

June 10, 1736-October 12, 1839

Father: Joseph SKIDMORE SR (1706-March 17, 1778)
Mother: Agnes Ann CALDWELL (?-?)

Wife: Mary Magdalena "Polly" HENCKEL (?-?)



Children:
"Reverend" John SKIDMORE (1767-?)
James SKIDMORE (?-?) *married Sarah Bell SUTTLE
Hannah SKIDMORE (?-?) *married Adam LOUGH
Levi SKIDMORE (?-?) *married Nancy BELKNAP
Elijah SKIDMORE (?-?)
Andrew SKIDMORE (?-?)
Susannah SKIDMORE (?-?) *married Thomas HARPER
Phebe SKIDMORE (?-?) *married Alexander TAYLOR
Nancy SKIDMORE (?-?)
Rachel SKIDMORE (?-?) *married Joseph FRIEND
Mary SKIDMORE (?-?) *married Daniel RODGERS
Isaac SKIDMORE (?-?)
Edith or Ede SKIDMORE (?-?) *married Robert CHENOWETH
Unnamed Daughter SKIDMORE (?-?)
? SKIDMORE (?-?) *I added this one because it says he had 15 children and I can only find 14 names-C
Pedigree: 
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|Joseph SKIDMORE SR|
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|--"Captain" John A. SKIDMORE
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|Agnes Ann CALDWELL |
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SOURCE: Skidmore Genealogy: Occasional Papers by Warren Skidmore
THE WILL OF CAPTAIN JOHN SKIDMORE, 1809.

A life of this John Skidmore will be found in the Westerleigh book (family no. 57) He fathered 15 children, and his descendants now number in the thousands. (WS)
I John Skidmore Senr. of the County of Pendleton and the State of Virginia being weak in body but of sound mind and Memory do make and ordain this Instrument of Writing as my last will and testament and hereby bequeath of my worldly Estate as follows to wit.
First I will and bequeath unto Mary Magdalene my Dearly beloved wife the place I now live on and all my moveable Estate till her Death to use as she may think proper and after her death my moveable Estate to be sold and Equally divided among my sons and Daughters.
Secondly I will and bequeath unto my son James and my Daughter Hannah all my lands on Reeds Creek and Wolf Hollow More or Less.
Thirdly I will and Bequeath unto my two sons John and Levi two hundred and forty acres of land more or less at the thorny meadows.
Fourthly I will and Bequeath unto my son Elijah Ninety two acres on the west side of the town Frankford.
Fifthly I will and bequeath unto my son Andrew and my daughter Susannah the lands I bought off Peterson on Alleghany and Andrew is to have the South End To wit one tract of one hundred and three acres and thence adjoining the same N37 E at 100 Poles to a Sugar and red oak on the top of Alleghany and then thro the tract.
Sixthly I will and bequeath unto my Daughter Phebe the place I bought of Clifton and one hundred and fifty acres adjoining the same.
Seventhly I will and bequeath unto my Daughter Nancy the Ballance of the Folk place be it more or less.
Eighthly I will and bequeath unto my Daughter Rachel the old mill place and all the remainder of my lands adjoining the Same.
Ninthly I will and Bequeath unto my Daughter Mary the Smith place & a tract adjoining the same on the East side More or less.
Tenthly I will and bequeath unto my son Isaac and my daughter Ede the home place and all the lands belonging to me adjoining the same and a tract at the little meadows after the death of my wife by their paying thirty pounds to each of my three daughters namely Phebe & Rachel and Mary and
twenty pounds to my son Levi and ten pounds to my son John one year after the death of my wife. I also bequeath & will unto my son James two hundred acres of land on Seneca Waters known by the same name of Graggs Entry and I do constitute and Confirm this Instrument my Last Will and Testament. In Testimony where of I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this 16th day of September 1809.
Witness present his
Jacob Coonrad Senr John Skidmore (Seal)
Georg Coil mark
Ulrey Conrod
At a Court held for Pendleton County the 5th day of December 1809. This Last Will and testament of John Skidmore Senr was proved by the Oath of Ulrey Conrad and George Coil two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Teste Z Dyer C.P.C.
Recorded in Pendleton County (West Virginia) Will Book 1, pages 70-2.

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