Joseph Edward Skidmore, Jr^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1706 - 1778  (71 years)

• Name	Joseph Edward Skidmore  [5]
  Suffix	Jr
  Birth	11 Nov 1706	Murderkill Hundred, Kent, Delaware, British Colonial America   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1778	John Skidmore Cemetery #22, Ruddle, Pendleton, Virginia, United States   [5]
  Death	17 Mar 1778	Ruddle, Pendleton, Virginia, United States   [5]
  Person ID	I312684222924	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Agnes Caldwell,   b. 26 Nov 1705, Somerset, Maryland, British Colonial America d. 02 Jan 1792, Ruddle, Pendleton, Virginia, United States (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	Bef. 07 Apr 1730	Delaware, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F2223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph Skidmore and Agnes Caldwell's Misidentified Children Joseph Skidmore and Agnes Caldwell had many children, but we should endeavor to record the correct children. The following individuals were not their children and removed: 1. Jane Skidmore LV46-61F Birthdate conflicts with son, James Skidmore. 2. Phebe Skidmore LH3R-ZZ4 Birthdate conflicts with daughter, Sarah Skidmore Friend. 3. Isaac Whitehead Skidmore KLJG-HPB Appears to be son of John Skidmore and Mary Whitehead of Long Island. 4.Thomas Skidmore LH3R-8KL Another son named Thomas Skidmore died in Randolph County (W)VA 5. Maj John J. Skidmore 2ZS4-78K Birthdate conflicts with daughter, Elizabeth Skidmore Friend.There was already a son named John (Maj John A. Skidmore) The above five are all born in Queens, NY with their births interspersed with other chidren who were born in Delaware.or Virginia. Joseph and Agnes were not in NY at this time. 6. Joshua Skidmore K2FV-FQF No evidence supports Joseph and Agnes as parents. different Joseph Skidmores Please do not merge different Joseph Skidmores from different colonies who had different families. Name duplication is common so we need to use historical sources, logic and verify data. s/o Joseph Skidmore of Long Island NY and Rebecca Miller of Dover, Delaware Last Changed: December 7, 2022 HawsSally1 JOSEPH SKIDMORE The Descendants of Francis Muncy I c.1956 PG77 4 . JOSEPH SKIDMORE , 4th ( and youngest ) son of John Skidmore of Jamaica , L . I . ( and ancestor of the Virginia family of this name ) . In the Court Minute Book for the dates 1703 - 1717 , he is mentioned only once , at an Orphan ' s Court , held on ll Aug . 1704 ( folio ll , right page ) : " Upon the Motion of Joseph Skidmore The Court Orders John Byles & Saray his wife to be Summoned to Appeare at the Next Orpans Court to be held here to Answer the Complaint of the s : Joseph " . But John and Sarah Byles did not appear at the next court , or any subsequent to this date , and nothing further can be learned of the complaint . Probably it was settled to Joseph ' s satisfaction out of court . As has been noted , Joseph died testate in 1708 , leaving a wife Rebecca , a son Joseph ( who settled subsequently in what is now Pendleton Co . , W . Va . ) , and a daughter Susanna . The same volume , folio 75 ( left page ) , has a most interesting entry concerning his widow : on the ilth of August , 1708 ( Joseph had died at the end of April or early May , 1708 ) . . . " To This Court Came Rebecka Skidmore and did Acknowledge & deliver One Deed for One Hundred Acres of Land for the Proper use & behoofe of Esther Burgess her heirs and Assigns for Ever " . . . this deed is not on file in any of the three Delaware counties , and must have been returned to ( and for land in ) another county . It should be noted that Roger Burgis appears as a as a witness to the will of Joseph Skidmore in 1708 . Neither Roger or Esther Burgess appear elsewhere in the Delaware records , and they were probably some kin of Rebecca Skidmore . A copy of this deed would doubtless supply some clue to her parentage . The plantation ffisheris Delight " did not pass for long out of the hands of the Skidmore descen dants when Joseph Skidmore , Jr . sold in 1736 to Alexander Farquhar ( the young Joseph having inherited it from his father who had purchased the tract from his brother Thomas Skidmore ) . The heirs of Alexander Farquhar , James & Mary Gorrell , sold it for f70 on 13 Feb . , 1739 to Henry Smith ( Deed book H , folió 64 ) . Henry Smith sold it for f80 on 9 Aug , 1748 to his eldest son David ( Deed Book N , folio 228 ) . David Smith sold it for f100 on 23 Aug . , 1750 to THOMAS DOWNHAM the second husband of Susanna Skidmore . He in turn devised it to their second son , John Downham , who sold it for f150 on 3 March , 1767 to Thomas Buckmaster on which date it left the possession of the Skidmore heirs . It should be mentioned that nothing is known of Joseph Skidmore , Jr . between the dates of 1736 - 1754 . He is not on the levy lists of the Kent County after this date , nor does he appear as a grantee or grantor in Newcastle or Sussex Co . , Del . at any date . A granddaughter states that he came from a place " Little York " in Delaware . This was doubtless a tract or plantation name and has not been identified . His wife was Agnes Caldwell ( or Ann , Annes , Anis , etc . ) , daughter of Andrew and Margaret ( Train ) Caldwell of Kent Co . , and identification of Virginia Joseph Skidmore is certain . ABOVE FROM: c.1956 The Descendants of Francis Muncy I, with genealogy of allied families of Adams, Brewster, Ludlow, Skidmore, Smith, Anderson, Wheatly, Wynn, Blankenship, Dickason, Harvey, Morris, Southgate, Craven, Harrison, Helton (Hilton), Davenport, Bullock, Brantley, Brown, Connell, Wells. PG77 Main Author: Shaw, Mary Edith (Bullock) 1883- https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89069672277?urlappend=%3Bseq=109 * * * !SOURCE: THOMAS SKIDMORE (SCUDAMORE), 1 !SOURCE: THOMAS SKIDMORE (SCUDAMORE), 1605-1684, OF WESTERLEIGH, GLOUCESTER- SHIRE, AND FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT; HIS ANCESTORS AND HIS DESCENDANTS TO THE NINTH GENERATION, PG 31, 40-1 Source: Thomas Skidmore and ancestors. RE: Joseph & Agnes "THOMAS SKIDMORE (SCUDAMORE), 1605-1684, OF WESTERLEIGH, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, AND FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT; his ancestors, and descendants to the ninth generation", Sixth Edition: Akron, Ohio, 4 August 2010, © Warren Skidmore, [pp 65-74] URL: https://www.skidmorefamilyhistory.com/Westerleigh%20book,%20revised%202010.pdf JOSEPH SKIDMORE was born about 1706 the son of Joseph (no. 10) and Rebecca (Miller) Skidmore at a place remembered as Little York, Delaware, according to the recollection of his granddaughter Susannah (Skidmore) Harper. It was no doubt in Murderkill Hundred in Kent County. He had died shortly before 17 March 1778 at what is now South Elkins in Randolph County, West Virginia. He married Agnes (known often as Annes, and usually as Ann) Caldwell, a daughter of Andrew and Margaret (Train) Caldwell of Kent County, Delaware, about 1730. Children: i. Joseph. ii. James. iii. Sarah. She married Captain Jonas Friend who was living (presumably) as late as 28 September 1801... iv. Captain John, born 10 June 1736. v. Edward. vi. Elizabeth. She married Jacob Friend who died in 1819 on his plantation of 229 acres on Friend's Run just north of Franklin. vii. Rebecca. She married Gabriel Coil (later Kile) who came to Philadelphia as a boy with his parents probably from Merschbach in the Rhineland-Palantinate. viii. Thomas. ix. Samuel. x. Margaret. She married Lieutenant Colonel Gavin Hamilton on 1 November 1773. He died in 1808 in Rockingham County, Virginia. xi. Andrew, born 8 November 1750. 2. Elizabeth/Whitehead 2. 2. Elizabeth/Whitehead 2. Source: Thomas Skidmore ancestors RE:John Skidmore & Mary "THOMAS SKIDMORE (SCUDAMORE), 1605-1684, OF WESTERLEIGH, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, AND FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT; his ancestors, and descendants to the ninth generation", Sixth Edition: Akron, Ohio, 4 August 2010, © Warren Skidmore, page 56-58 JOHN SKIDMORE, son of Samuel (no. 9) and Susanna (_______) Skidmore, was born perhaps about the year 1700 at Jamaica, Queens County, Long Island, and died at Foster’s Meadow, South Hempstead, Long Island, on or soon after 3 January 1782. He married (1) Mary, the daughter of Thomas and Jane (Creed) Whitehead, on 17 December 1731 at Loyal Neck. Children: (First) i. Jane. She married Benjamin Smith. She died 7 May 1804 at Jamaica. ii. Whitehead. iii. Phebe. She married (1) William Everett (1736-1763) of Brooklyn, and (2) Evert Van Nostrand (1721-1799). iv. Major John. v. Daniel. vi. Samuel. vii. Thomas. Findagrave link.... https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155183128/joseph-skidmore JOSEPH SKIDMORE History of Braxton County and central West Virginia, ... c.1. PG 428&429 Mrs. Delila Coger says her great - grandfather , Joseph Skidmore , lived in Pendleton county on a small run , and that the Indians came to his house and took a hog that was dressed and hanging up in the house , taking it up the run . Her great - grandmother was the only person at home , and the Indians ran around the house and looked in through the cracks of the wall and laughed at her while she sat in the middle of the floor and cried . She described her as a large spare built woman . On what a slender thread hung the destiny of a great family . She said that Captain John Skidmore's wife's name was Betsy ; that she outlived her husband several years , and was blind for a few years be fore her death . She lived with her son John , and requested to be buried under an apple tree . Josephh Skidmore and his wife , Rachael , moved from near Norfolk , Va . , before the Revolution , and settled either in Bath or Pendleton counties . Their son John , it was said , was the eldest of the seventeen children , and his brother Andrew was the youngest . John was married and had children older than his brother Andrew . Of the other members of this numerous family , we have been able to secure only a part of the names . In addition to John and Andrew , we have the names of Thomas , Benjamin , Samuel , Joseph , James ; one of the daughters married a man named Taylor , one married Jos . Friend , one married Lawrence , one , a Coger , one , Jesse Cunningham , one , a Stonestreet and one married Robinson . It is of John and Andrew , his brother , that we wish more particularly to speak . John was born in 1725 , and Andrew in November , 1750 . John was a captain , and commanded the Greenbrier militia at the memorable battle at Point Pleasant , being badly wounded in the hip . Andrew belonged to the same company , and lost a finger in the same battle . Captain Skidmore married Polly Hinkle and reared a large family . Many of the descendants of the Skidmore family settled in Pendleton , Randolph , Bar bour , Braxton and what is now Webster county . Captain Skidmore was said to be a man of deep piety . He was buried near Franklin , Pendleton county . Thomas Skidmore , a great - grandson , told us a short time before his death , when he was in his 88th year , that he remembered seeing Capt . Skidmore's widow in Pendleton county when he was a boy , and he gave from memory the names of the children of his great - grandfather , John Skidmore . They were John who died on the Holly river , Braxton county . He was a Baptist preacher , and was granted license by the Nicholas County Court to celebrate marriages . His wife was Nancy Tingler . ( Their daughter Sallie married Dr. Cozad , Edie married a Canfield , Polly married George Bickle , Mahala married Edward Robinson and one son died . Prof. R. A. Arthur was related to the Skidmore family through Joseph Friend whose wife was Jos . Skidmore's daughter . James died in Pendleton county , Eliza of whom he gave no further account . ) Another son's name was Andrew who lived in Pen dleton , two of the sons were slave owners , Polly married Adam Lough , Phebe married Alexander Taylor , Edith married Robert Chenoweth , Susan married a Harper , Mary married a Rodgers , Rachel never married , Levi lived near Union Mills on the Elk , and many of his descendants are living in Braxton and Webster . Isaac was drowned in Pendleton county , and one daughter's name was not remembered . History of Braxton County and central West Virginia, ... c.1. PG 428&429 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/chi.082920820?urlappend=%3Bseq=433

  
  

• Sources

  [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Download file Papers by Warren Skidmore on descendants of Reginald de Scudamore, eldest son of Ralph the Domesday tenant. compiled by Linda Moffatt from the original work of Warren Skidmore. It consists of material selected from the 2006 CD produced by. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, A history of Pendleton County, West Virginia by Morton, Oren Frederic, 1857-1926 Publication date 1910 Topics Pendleton County (W. Va.) -- History, Pendleton County (W. Va.) -- Genealogy Publisher Franklin, W. Va., The author Collection west_virgini. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 543. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, http://www.skidmorefamilyhistory.com/JOSEPH%20SKIDMORE%20FAMILY%20OF%20PENDLETON.pdf. [S1173462472] FamilySearch.org, Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2S3-PWRV : Thu Apr 03 23:53:30 UTC 2025), Entry for Joseph Skidmore.