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William Skelton
1764
Male
Person 00000175
Born 1764 at ? (FR)
memoir had 1767 but burial certificate makes him 74 in Feb 1839
probably not born in Devon or Cornwall:
Skeltons in Scarborough and Whitby
Also Skeltons in Skelton (!), Staithes,...
And seafaring Skeltons from Southwold, South Ferriby, Leeds, Wapping, Shoreditch...
? Married possibly 20/10/1793 at St Charles the Martyr, Plymouth (FI)
? to Mary Heath (1768)
? There is a William Skilton/Shilton marries a Mary Cornish 26/09/1786, Holbeton, Devon - 2 children in Holbeton (Anne 1791 and
William 1793) but a William dies in Sept 1793
? There is a William Skelton and Mary Sparke married 22/1/1783 South Brent
NB William's children's births in Devonport are recorded in a register covering 1786-1837 so are assumed complete
between 1794 and 1830 at Plymouth, Devon (F)
Master shipbuilder in the King's dockyard. Lived in "fairly easy circumstances", able to give family a good education.
from 1794 at Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon (FF)
Master shipbuilder in Plymouth (reigns of George III and IV). In 1794 was a Shipwright building wooden ships for war. Claimed to be
one of the artisans who built ships of Nelson's Navy.
Attended How Street Baptist Church.
around 1833 at Stoke Damerel, Devon ()
wife died
Died 13/02/1839 at Stoke Damerel, Devon (FR)
shipwright, died aged 74 from "decay of nature"
reported by Margaret Halse (?) (present at the death)
registered 15/2/1839
Royal Navy pension of £2/18/8 due - claimed by son Jabez of 17 Wright St (?) Devonport, 5/3/1839
Funeral 16/02/1839 at Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Devon (FB)
age 74 and living on Gloucester Street
Children
Mary Skelton (1794)
Elizabeth Skelton (1796)
Sarah Skelton (1798)
William Skelton (1800)
Jabez Skelton (1802)
Johannah Skelton (1804)
Martha Skelton (1807)
Last updated 07/11/2023
Source Key: A=Baptist records B=Burial register C=Census F=Family H=Christening register I=IGI L=Letter M=Marriage register P=Personally known R=Registry office (certificate or index) S=Website T=Tombstone W=Will Y=Boyds marriage index
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