Capt. William SKINNER
(Abt 1730-1761)
Hester LAUDER
(Abt 1738-After 1792)
Capt. Barry POWER
(1726-)
Sarah NASH
(Abt 1726-)
Col. Thomas SKINNER R.E.
(1759-1818)
Jane Frances POWER
(-1808)
Lt.Col. William Thomas SKINNER R.A.
(1780-1829)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Ann WILLIAMS

2. Anne REMINGTON

Lt.Col. William Thomas SKINNER R.A. 1

  • Born: 1780, Gibraltar
  • Marriage (1): Ann WILLIAMS on 22 Oct 1801 in St. John the Baptist, St. John's, Newfoundland
  • Marriage (2): Anne REMINGTON on 18 Jun 1807 in Horsley, Gloucestershire, England
  • Died: 26 Oct 1829, Woolwich, Kent, England aged 49

  General Notes:

He was born in 1780 at Gibraltar during the siege. He became a Colonel and cleared land at Cottage Farm, Quidi Vidi, Newfoundland. Parents - Lt. Col. Thomas Skinner of the Royal Engineers and ? (nee Power) daughter of Barry Power, Esq. William married Ann Williams who died young, and remarried Anne Remmington, daughter of John Remmington Esq. of Barton-end House, Gloucestershire on the 18 June 1807 Horsley, Gloucestershire, England. William died on 26 October 1829 at Woolwich, Kent and was survived by his second wife. He had a vision of the death of his son Willie on his death-bed. The "Royal Gazette" states that news of the death of his son in India reached England about the same time.
Children of William's first marriage-
4.3.1. Harriet Maria
Monier died in infancy
4.3.2. Thomas Bridges Boucher
Children of William's second marriage-
4.3.3. Mary Ann
William (Willie) fell overboard and was drowned on a voyage to Ceylon in 1829
John was a mid-shipman on the H.M.S. Egeria in 1822
+ 6 others


William married Ann WILLIAMS, daughter of George WILLIAMS and Marie MONIER, on 22 Oct 1801 in St. John the Baptist, St. John's, Newfoundland. (Ann WILLIAMS was christened on 20 Dec 1778 in St. John the Baptist, St. John's, Newfoundland and died about 1806.)


William next married Anne REMINGTON, daughter of John REMINGTON and Unknown, on 18 Jun 1807 in Horsley, Gloucestershire, England. (Anne REMINGTON died after 1829.)


Sources


1 Tasmanian Thomas Family & Related Families, www.microbiology.adelaide.edu.au/cthomas/html. .... Ann Fisk [dfisk@chariot.net.au], Ann Fisk's research.

J. Ferran 18/07/2019


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