The SKIFFE Family of Sandwich, Barnstable, MA

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JAMES SKIFFE of Sandwich

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James Skiffe married Mary Unknown. She died on 21 Sep 1673 in Sandwich. [Ref]

On 14 Jan 1636/7 the Court of Assistants granted James Skiffe ten acres in Plymouth. [Ref]

He was an early inhabitant of Sandwich. [Ref] He was allocated 4 acres of meadow on 16 Apr 1640 in Sandwich. [Ref]

He is in the Sandwich section of the 1643 list of those between 16 and 60 able to bear arms in Plymouth Colony. [Ref]

On 7 Apr 1653 the town agreed to pay James Skiffe £20 for providing pistols, powder, bullets and other military equipment. [Ref] On 23 Nov 1654 Goodman Bourne, Thomas Tupper and James Skiffe were two of five men appointed to make a rate of £18. [Ref] On 20 May 1655 James Skiffe pledged one pound for the building of a meeting house in Sandwich. [Ref] On 17 Jul 1657 he agreed to pay £1 10 shillings towards the minister. [Ref]

In 1655 Thomas Tupper, James Skiffe, Thomas Tobey, William Swift, Edmund Freeman and Nathaniel Fish were among the 19 Sandwich residents who signed a letter entreating Mr Leveridge to continue at Sandwich. [Ref]

On 5 Nov 1657 he was one of five people appointed to make a rate of £24 14 shillings to pay Plymouth for the purchase of 'Manounscate' and to pay for catching wolves. [Ref] On 18 May 1658 Thomas Tupper and James Skiffe were Deputies. [Ref] On 22 May 1658 he was one of three men appointed to find three trooping horses for the town. [Ref] On 24 4 1658 he was a rater. [Ref] Also on 22 May 1658 he was appointed to lay out land. [Ref] On 28 Oct 1658 he was one of five men chosen to make a rate of £20. [Ref]

On 18 May 1659 he was appointed to deal with the whales that washed up in Sandwich. [Ref]

On 22 May 1659 he was appointed Deputy from Sandwich. [Ref] In 1659 James, the Deputy from Sandwich, was rejected by the General Court for being a friend to the Quakers. [Ref]

On 16 Jul 1662 the town of Sandwich chose Goodman Skef, Goodman Tupper, William Bassett and William Swift to arrange for Lieut. John Ellis to finish the town dock. [Ref]

On 2 Apr 1667, William Bassett, Mr. Richard Bourne and James Skiffe were appointed to the council of war for Sandwich. [Ref]

On 6 Jun 1654, the Court told James that if he could find land that he wanted that was not "within the liberties of any particulare township", the Court would consider giving it to him as land was due him for his own and Peter Talbot's service. [Ref] On 2 Jul 1655 he was granted a small parcel of land at Mannomett. [Ref] By 13 (10) 1659 he had paid a pound toward the construction of the meeting house. [Ref]

On 13 (8) 1660 he was chosen to be a rater. [Ref]

On 13 (9) 1660 Edmund Freeman was appoined to lay out an acre of land that had been granted to James. [Ref]

On 16 Feb 1662 Goodman Bourne, Goodman Skiffe and Thomas Tobey were chosen to dispose of the town's oil. [Ref]

On 15 May 1663 Thomas Tupper, Sr and James Skiffe, Sr were appointed Deputies. [Ref] On that day the town said that Goodman Skiffe was to have a barrel of oil and the next fish that came up for 'all his labor and paines'. [Ref]

On 28 Jan 1664 he was chosen rater. [Ref]

On 11 May 1665 James Skiffe and Goodman Bourne were chosen constables. [Ref]

On 11 May 1665 James Skiffe was granted the swamp next to his house. [Ref]

On 24 May 1665 James Skiffe and Goodman Bourne were chosen Deputies. [Ref]

On 15 May 1668 James Skiffe, Sr was appointed selectman. [Ref]

On 15 (5) 1671 four people were appointed to go with James and look at upland and meadow that James wanted to exchange with the town. [Ref]

On 10-5-1672 he was a selectman in Sandwich. [Ref]

On 29 Apr 1673 James Skiffe, Sr was chosen selectman. [Ref]

On 7 Aug 1673 James Skiffe, Edmund Freeman and Thomas Tobey were chosen to lay out land for John Smith. [Ref]

On 2 Sep 1673 James Skiffe and Richard Bourne were chosen to lay out land for the use of the ministry. [Ref]

On 21 (3) 1674 James Skiffe was a selectman.

Children of James Skiffe and Mary Unknown:

  1. James Skiffe was born on 12 Sep 1638 in Sandwich. [Ref] On 24 Sep 1667 Richard Handy agreed to become the apprentice of James Skiffe, Jr., cooper. [Ref] In 1670 the Court granted a divorce to James Skiffe on the grounds that his wife and deserted her husband and gone to Roanoke and married another man. [Ref]
  2. Steven Skiffe was born on 14 Apr 1641 in Sandwich. [Ref] He probably died on 8 Jun 1710 in Sandwich. The town records say 8 Jun [?]. [Ref] He made his will on 7 May 1701, with a codicil on 20 Aug 1708. The will was deposed on 28 Jun 1710 and a note on the inventory says that he died [?] Jun 1710. [Ref, editor] He married Lydia Unknown. Mrs Lydia Skiffe, widow, died on 17 Mar 1711 in Sandwich. [Ref, the editors say that her grave says 1713]
    On 18 (3) 1680 Steven Skiffe was one of three men engaged to provide the town with trooping horses. [Ref] On 11 May 1665 Steven was chosen to be a trouper for the town. [Ref] On 24 May 1665 Steven Skiffe was a appointed grandjuryman. [Ref] On 6 (12) 1667 Seven Skiffe was chosen to be a trooper for the town for five years; he was to be paid 10 s. a year. [Ref] On 15 May 1668 Steven was asked to build a pound for the town. [Ref] On 3 (2) 1670 Ralph Allen and Steven Skiffe were appointed 'to carry the towns minde to Barnstable'. [Ref] On 19 May 1671 he was appointed constable. [Ref] On 29 Apr 1673 Steven was one of five men chosen to tear down the fence that John Fuller unlawfully erected on his property. [Ref] On 21 (3) 1674 Steven was appointed a surveyor for the town. [Ref] On 22 (12) 1675 Thomas Tupper, Henry Dillingham, Steven Skiffe and Joseph Burge were on the Council of War. [Ref] On 22 (6) 1674 Steven was appointed to help lay out land for Ebenezer Nye. [Ref] On 10 May 1670 the town sold Steven about 1-1/2 acre of land. [Ref] On 24 (1) 1675 Steven Skiffe was appointed a rater. [Ref] On 10 (3) 1676 Steven was appointed a Deputy. [Ref] On 10 (3) 1676 Steven was appointed a Selectman. [Ref] On 10 (3) 1676 Steven was on a committee empowered to hire men to act as scouts for the town. [Ref] On 20 Jun 1676 Steven was on a committee to examine who was entitled to what in King Philip's War. [Ref] On 11 Jul 1676 Steven was appointed a rater. [Ref] On the last of Aug 1676 Steven was appointed Deputy. [Ref] On 7 Dec 1676 Steven was appointed agent for the town in making payment to Barnstable for King Philip's war. [Ref] On 16 May 1677 Steven was appointed to act as agent to dispose of 10 acres of 'Scoten Neck'.[Ref] On 18 May 1680 Steven was appointed to a committee to buy from the Indians all of the indisposed land lying between Plymouth, Barnstable and 'Suennesett'. [Ref] On 18 (9) 1680 the town exchanged six acres with Steven Skiff. [Ref] On 18 Aug 1681 Steven Skiff was on a committee to reach an agreement with Thomas Tupper about the road from the dock to the common. [Ref] On 18 Aug 1681 Steven was appointed to a committee to sell the whales that had lately cast up on the shore. [Ref] On 18 Aug 1681 Steven was appointed Selectman. [Ref] Children, born in Sandwich: Abigail (2 May 1666), Deborah (14 Jul 1668), Marcy (13 Nov 1671), Steven (b. and d. 4 Feb 1685). [Ref]
  3. Nathaniel Skiffe was born on 20 Mar 1645 in Sandwich. [Ref]
  4. Sarah Skiffe was born on 19 Oct 1646 in Sandwich. [Ref]
  5. Bathsheba Skiffe was born on 26 Apr 1648 in Sandwich. [Ref][Ref] She died on 13 May 1714 in Sandwich. [Ref] She married Shearjashub Bourne, the brother of her sister Patience's husband Elisha. [Ref]
  6. Mary Skiffe was born on 24 or 25 Mar 1650 in Sandwich. [Ref two separate records]
  7. Patience Skiffe was born on 25 Mar 1652 in Sandwich. She died on 25 Oct 1716 in Sandwich. She married Elisha Bourne.
  8. Benjamin Skiffe was born on 15 Nov 1655 in Sandwich. [Ref]
  9. Nathan Skiffe was born on 27 May 1658 in Sandwich. [Ref]

PATIENCE SKIFFE (1652-1716)

Parents: James Skiffe and Mary Unknown

Patience Skiffe was born on 25 Mar 1652 in Sandwich. [Ref] She died on 25 Oct 1716 in Sandwich. [Ref][Ref 'Patience Bourne, widow', the records say 1715, but the editors say that her grave says 1716] She married Elisha Bourne on 26 Oct 1675 in Sandwich. [Ref]

 

Elizabeth Skiffe m. Joshua Lawrence 16 Dec 1702. [Ref]