Fourteenth Generation

8434. James SKIFFE²³ was born about 1610 in Kent, England. He died after 1687. . JAMES SKIFFE, b. abt. 1610, the ancestor of this family in
America, of whom a biographical sketch

may be read in Vol. II, Annals of W. T., pp. 71-2, has thus far
escaped identification in his English home

despite continued efforts in tracing every available clue. While
the name is very rare in England, it is found

quite numerous in a group of parishes near London, as Eltham
1559, Newenden 1578, Lewisham 1589,

Mottingham 1603, Greenwich 1620, Charlton 1645, besides
scattering occurrences of the name in various

London parishes of that period. The name is found in variations
of Skeffe, Skyffe, Skaffe and other

intermediate spellings but the name of James is absent in all
these quoted instances. His children were as

follows:



2. JAMES, b. 12 Sept. 1638.

3. STEPHEN, b. 14 Apr. 1641.

4. NATHANIEL, b. 20 Mch 1645.

5. SARAH, b. 12 Oct. 1646; m. THOMAS MAYHEW (31).

6. BATHSHUA, b. 26 Apr. 1648; m. SHEARJASHUB BOURNE 1666

7. MARY, b. 24 Mch. 1650; m. MATTHEW MAYHEW (30)

8. PATIENCE,, b. 25 Mch. 1652; m. ELISHA BOURNE 26 Oct. 1675.

9. BENJAMIN, b. 15 Nov. 1655; a biographical sketch of him
appears in Vol. II, Annals

of C., pp. 36-9. He d. s. p. 17 Feb. 1717- 18. [He is buried at
Chilmark Cemetery. His

wife, Hannah Merry, is buried beside him.]

10. NATHAN, b. 16 May 1658.

8435. Margaret REAVES.Children were:

4217	i.	Mary SKIFFE.
	ii.	James SKIFFE.
	iii.	Stephen SKIFFE.
	iv.	Nathaniel SKIFFE.
	v.	Sarah SKIFFE.
	vi.	Bathshua SKIFFE.
	vii.	Patience SKIFFE.
	viii.	Benjamin SKIFFE.
	ix.	Nathan SKIFFE.