A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
John Skeels was the immigrant ancestor of the Skeele family in New England, but the year of his coming is not known. He was living in Stratford, Connecticut, previous to 1670, when he moved to Woodbury, Connecticut, and settled in that part which is now the town of Southbury.
In that year (Orcutts History of Stratford says 1672), it is said that on account of religious dissentions, thirty-seven "signers" moved from Stratford to Woodbury. John Skeels name, and also that of his wife, is affixed to the covenant, 1670.
His son, John (2), comes in for his part in the division of meadow land in 1702. In 1712 the "rates" of John, Senior, John, Junior, and Thomas Skeels are given. In 1757 mention is again made of John, Senior, John, Junior, and Thomas Skeels.
John (i) died in Woodbury, Connecticut, October 5, 1721. He married Hannah, daughter of Roger Terrell, of Stratford. Children :
John and Hannah, twins, baptized November 10, 1678
John died young
Hannah married, March 31, 1697, Benjamin Hickox
John, baptized November, 1679, died May 25. 1727
Thomas, born April 23, 1682
Elizabeth, born April 20, 1683
Abigail, May 9. 1686
Ephraim, July, 1689
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