Daniel STEELE

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• FamilySearch ID: LZJY-Y3W

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• FamilySearch ID: L1MX-2SB
• Arrival: 1633, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; Came on ship Lyon
• Residence: 1634, Freeman 14 May, Massachusetts Colony, Massachusetts
• Occupation: 1635, Cambridge, Massachusetts; deputy
• Occupation: 1639, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; Proprietor
• Occupation: Bef 1645, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; town clerk until he removed to Farmington in 1645

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(1) DO NOT CONFUSE THIS JOHN STEELE (b. 1591, Fairstead, Essex; m. Rachel Talcott; d. 27 Feb 1664, Farmington, CT) with JOHN STILES (b. 1596, Millbrook, Bedfordshire; m. Rachel (Unknown), d. 4 June 1662 )
(2) VIEW BIOGRAPHICAL ITEMS IN STORY (MEMORIES) FOR THIS RECORD, L1MX-2SB.
(3) See also BIOS:
(A) Excerpts from sketch about John Steele in outstanding historical series, "The Great Migration Begins......" by Robert Charles Anderson.
JOHN STEELE
ORIGIN: Fairstead, Essex
MIGRATION: 1633
FIRST RESIDENCE: Cambridge
REMOVES: Hartford 1635, Farmington 1645
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Cambridge church prior to 14 May 1634 implied by freemanship.
FREEMAN: 14 May 1634 [ MBCR 1:369].
EDUCATION: Sufficient education to be recorder at Hartford and Farmington. His inventory included "two Bibles" valued at 16s., "fourteen books" valued at ?3 and "three quires of paper" valued at 2s.
OFFICES: Deputy to the General Court for Cambridge, 4 March 1634/5, 6 May 1635, and 2 September 1635 [MBCR 1:135, 145, 156].
Appointed Massachusetts Bay commissioner for new settlements on Connecticut River, 3 March 1635/6 [MBCR 1:171].
On 11 April 1640 "Mr. Steele is returned Recorder for the town of Hartford, and hath brought into the Court 114 copies of the several parcels of land belonging to & concerning 114 persons" [ CCCR 1:48]. On 1 December 1645, as part of the establishment of Farmington, "Mr. Steele is entreated for the present to be recorder there, until the town have one fit among themselves" [CCCR 1:134].
Probably the "Mr. John Steele" requested 5 March 1656[/7] "to go over the great river and take an exact view of the land in difference between Robt: Sanford & Jno White" [ PCCR 175].
ESTATE: On 5 August 1633 granted three roods for a cowyard in Cambridge [ CaTR 5]; granted two acres in Westend Field, 1 December 1634 [CaTR 10]; in 20 August 1635 division of meadow ground given a proportional share of two [CaTR 13].
In Cambridge land inventory of 20 August 1635 John Steele held nine parcels: one house with garden and backside in town, about half a rood; three roods in cowyard row; half an acre in Old Field; two acres on Small Lot Hill; two acres in Westend Field; ten acres and a half in the neck of land; one acre in the Ox Marsh; three acres and a half in the Long Marsh; and twelve acres in the Great Marsh [ CaBOP 13-14]. On 28 August "John Steele of the New towne" sold to Robert Bradish "all his parcels of land lying or being in Newtowne" [CaBOP 15-16].
In the Hartford land inventory John Steele held four parcels: two acres "on which his dwelling house now standeth with other outhouses, yards & gardens"; two acres in the Little Meadow "part whereof was received of Georg[e] Steell"; three acres and thirty perches in the North Meadow; and twenty-one acres, three roods and twenty-two perches "part whereof he bought of John Tayllcott" [ HaBOP 410-11].
In his will, dated 30 January 1663[/4] and proved 15 June 1665, "John Steel of Farmington, being stricken in years and weakness," bequeathed to "my dear and loving wife Mercy Steel the house wherein I now dwell with the appurtenances belonging to it in all three little closes thereunto belonging, also one barn during the time of her natural life"; to "the said Mercy a certain parcel of household goods that were hers at the time when I married her ... also a mare colt ... also two cows and one three year old heifer, as also one third part of all the provision in the house ... one half of all the linen cloth she hath made since I married her ... a parcel of pasture land enclosed ... at three acres for her use during her natural life"; to "my son Samuell Steel my best bed" and household goods, also "a silver bowl which was mine own marked with three silver stamps and an "S" all on the upper end of the bowl ... also ... one half of all my books, also my gold scales and weights ... a piece of enclosed pasture" of three acres after "my and my wife's decease"; "and to avoid the trouble of other conveyances of house and land to my son Samuell Steel of what I gave him at his marriage with Mary Boosy I here express it," also a parcel of land on which his stillhouse stands, and seventeen acres and one parcel of three and a half acres of meadow; one parcel of land in the **** Crook; to "my son-in-law William Judd one third part of my land called ****'s Crook"; to "my son-in-law Thomas Judd one third part of my land at *****crook" and twenty acres at Hartford"; to "my two sons-in-law William and Thomas Judd my now dwelling house and barn, house lot, yards, garden, orchard" after "mine and my wife's departure out of this natural life"; "a few things should be disposed to my loving wife and children and grandchildren: to my wife two small silver spoones and some small matter of linen, and to Mary Judd one piece of gold and to Sarah Judd one piece of Gold to John Steel son of John Steel deceased one silver spoon, to Samuell son of the said John deceased one silver spoon and to Benony Steel one silver spoon and to Rachel daughter of Samuel Steel one silver spoon to be delivered to them at their marriage by my son Samuell Steel, but my wife and two daughters shall have theirs immediately after the departure of my natural life"; "the remainder of my silver spoons broken or whole as also a small gold ring I give and bequeath to my son Samuell Steel"; residue to "my two sons-in-law William and Thomas Judd and do make them my sole executors"; "my son Samuel Steel and James Steel to be the overseers" [ Hartford PD Case #5187; Manwaring 1:239-40; Steel Anc 251-52].
The inventory of the estate of John Steele, presented on 20 June 1665, was untotalled, and included ?67 in real estate: "house, barn, lot & orchard," ?55; and "one piece of pasture land," ?12 [Hartford PD Case #5187].
BIRTH: Baptized Fairstead, Essex, 12 December 1591, son of Richard Steele.
DEATH: Farmington 27 February 1664[/5?] [ Farm VR Barbour 158, citing Farmington LR 2:319].
MARRIAGE: (1) Fairstead 10 October 1622 "John Steele, son of Richard of this parish, & Rachel Talcott of Brancktree [i.e., Braintree]." She died at Farmington 24 October 1653 [Farm VR Barbour 158, citing Farmington LR 2:320].
(2) Farmington 25 November 1655 Mercy (Ruscoe) Seymour [Farm VR Barbour 158, citing Farmington LR 2:331], widow of Richard Seymour [ NEHGR 71:111-13]. She died after 4 July 1668 (on which date John Winthrop treated "Mrs. Steele, widow, 67 y. of Farmington" [ WMJ 829]).
CHILDREN:
With first wife
i JOHN, b. say 1624; m. Hartford 22 January 1645[/6] Mary Warner [ HaVR 606], daughter of ANDREW WARNER.
ii SAMUEL, b. about 1626 (deposed 6 June 1685 aged about 59 [ Goodwin Anc 253, citing Farmington LR 1:43]); m. by 1652 Mary Boosey (eldest child b. Farmington 5 December 1652 [Farm VR Barbour 158, citing Farmington LR 2:330]).
iii DANIEL, b. say 1628; living in 1636 (named in grandmother's will of January 1636/7 [Goodwin Anc 240]); apparently d. by 1645 (when a younger brother of the same name was born).
iv RACHEL, bp. Fairstead 29 June 1632; living in 1636 (named in grandmother's will of January 1636/7 [Goodwin Anc 240]); no further record.
v LYDIA, b. say 1635; m. Farmington 31 March 1657 James Bird [Farm VR Barbour 158, citing Farmington LR 2:331].
vi MARY, b. say 1637; m. Farmington 31 March 1657 William Judd [Farm VR Barbour 158, citing Farmington LR 2:331].
vii SARAH, b. about 1639 (d. 22 May 1695 "in the 57 year of her age" [Goodwin Anc 253, citing Waterbury LR 1:67]); m. by 1663 Thomas Judd (see father's will).
viii DANIEL, b. Hartford 29 April 1645 [HaVR 575]; d. [6?] November 1646 [HaVR 575].
ix HANNAH, d. 17 July 1655 [Farm VR Barbour 157, citing Farmington LR 2:320].
ASSOCIATIONS: Brother of GEORGE STEELE of Cambridge and Hartford.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: The best account of the family of John Steele was prepared in 1915 by Frank Farnsworth Starr [Goodwin Anc 239-53].
(B) Data in "Steele Family," by Daniel Steele Durrie (Munsell & Rowland, Albany, NY, 1859) and in "Various Ancestral Lines of James Goodwin and Lucy (Morgan) Goodwin of Hartford, Connecticut," By Frank Farnsworth Starr, (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press, Hartford, CT, 1915, Pages 239/253).
(1602-1653)
John Steele (Richard, Richard,Robert) immigrated to Cambridge in 1633 and removed to Hartford in 1635 and to Farmington in 1645. He was made a freeman in Cambridge 14 May 1634. He was appointed Massachusetts Bay commissioner for new settlements on the Connecticut River on 3 Mar 1635/6. He was deputy to the General Court for Cambridge on 4 Mar 1634/5, 6 May 1635, and 2 Sep 1635. He is reported to have been leader of a pioneer contingent from Cambridge who traveled in the autumn of 1635 to the new location on the Connecticut River, ahead of the group led by Rev. Hooker the next year to this new settlement eventually named Hartford. John Steele had moved to Farmington, CT, about nine
miles west of Hartford, by 1652 - even though he had served as recorder for Farmington starting in 1645. He was admitted to the church in Farmington "about the 30th day of January, 1652." He left a lengthy will, dated 30 Jan 1663/4 and proved 15 Jun 1665.
He was educated enough to be recorder at Hartford and Farmington. His estate inventory included two bibles and 14 other books.

John married Rachel TALCOTT on 10 Oct 1622 in Fairsted, Essex, England. Rachel (daughter of John TALCOTT and Anne SKINNER) was born on 10 Oct 1602 in Braintree, Essex, England; died on 24 Oct 1653 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; was buried in 1653 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Rachell TAYLCOATE
• Arrival: 1635, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America; Age: 28

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From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Talcott-6
Biography
Rachel was born in Braintree, Essex, England to John & Anne (Skinner) Talcott.[citation needed]

It is estimated she was born about 1602, based on her marriage date of 1622.

She married John Steele 10 Oct 1622 in Fairsted, Essex, England. "John Steele, son of Richard of this parish, & Rachel Talcott of Brancktree [i.e., Braintree]." She died at Farmington, Connecticut on 24 October 1653.[1]

They had nine children: John, Samuel, Daniel, Rachel, Lydia Bird, Mary Judd, Sarah, Daniel, & Hannah. See John's profile

Rachel, wife of John Stone Sr. died 24 OCT 1653, at Farmington, Connecticut.[2]

Sources
? The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). "John Steele" p. 1756
? Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.
See Also

Talcott Pedigree in England and America from 1588-1896 (Albany 1876). pgs 16-20.
Author: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. : Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004; http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=1195323&ti=0&indiv=try
Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2006;
Find A Grave Memorial# 34190376 No photo, No cemetery, No sources.

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• FamilySearch ID: LBP7-W58
• Occupation: ; Yeoman Farmer

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From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Steele-51
Richard Steele II
Born 12 Apr 1549 in Fairstead, Essex, England
ANCESTORS
Son of Richard Steele and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of Elizabeth (Graham) Steele ? married 10 Jan 1585 in Fairstead, Essex, England
DESCENDANTS
Father of George Steele, Richard Steele III, John Steele Sr, William Steele MP and George Steele
Died 12 Jan 1631 in Fairstead, Essex, England

Please see https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/897427/can-someone-take-look-https-www-wikitree-com-wiki-graham-172?show=897452#a897452

Biography
Richard Steele, son of Richard was baptized at Fairstead, Essex, 21 Apr 1549.[1][2]

He was buried at Fairstead, 12 Jan 1631, aged 82.[1]

Richard married Elizabeth ______ who was buried at Fairstead 4 Apr 1626.[1]

Children:

George Steele. George Steele called John Steele his brother in his will.[1]
Ric[hard] Steele bpt Fairstead 4 Feb 1588, s/o Ric.[3]
John Steele bpt Fairstead 12 Dec 1591. John Steele, son of Richard, married Rachel Talcott, at Fairstead 10 Oct 1622.[1][4]
Sources
? 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Jacobus Donald Lines. George Steele of Hartford and his son James. The American Genealogist 36:186 (1960) Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
? "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWKS-9JF : 21 March 2020), Ric Steele, 1549.
? "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7W4-7Y3 : 21 March 2020), Ric Steele, 1588.
? "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NRMQ-8ZW : 21 March 2020), John Steele, 1591.

Richard married Elizabeth GRAHAM on 10 Jan 1585 in Fairstead, Essex, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard GRAHAM and Rosannah DOBBINS) was born in 1565 in Fairstead, Essex, England; died on 4 Apr 1626 in Fairstead, Essex, England; was buried on 4 Apr 1626 in Fairstead, Braintree, Essex, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: L1M4-91Y
• Name: Elizabeth BARFLETE
• Name: Elizabeth TALCOTT

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• FamilySearch ID: LZKC-R8D
• Occupation: ; Pewterer A worker in pewter
• _UID: EDE344D7150A444DB1DE6911C193F9AC9D47

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Ann Skinner was md. to husb. #2 Moses Wall in 1605 and by whom she had three children. One of whom (Mary Wall) was our direct ancestor. Anne and her children were sealed to her first husb. John Talcott. She on 7 feb 1945 and her three children by her 2nd husb. Moses Wall on 15 oct 1958. Approved by Elder Ray L. Christiansen. Ann Skinner was md. to husb. #2 Moses Wall in 1605 and by whom she had three children. One of whom (Mary Wall) was our direct ancestor. Anne and her children were sealed to her first husb. John Talcott. She on 7 feb 1945 and her three children by her 2nd husb. Moses Wall on 15 oct 1958. Approved by Elder Ray L. Christiansen.

John married Anne SKINNER in 1591 in Braintree, Essex, England. Anne (daughter of William SKINNER and Margarie TROTTER) was born about 1570 in Of Braintree, Essex, England; died on 6 Apr 1637 in Felsted, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KNQX-PTS
• _UID: 4D2D315E1CA1469F93B3E44DF3D64E235CD8

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Ann Skinner was md. to husb. #2 Moses Wall in 1605 and by whom she had three children. One of whom (Mary Wall) was our direct ancestor. Anne and her children were sealed to her first husb. John Talcott. She on 7 feb 1945 and her three children by her 2nd husb. Moses Wall on 15 oct 1958. Approved by Elder Ray L. Christiansen. Ann Skinner was md. to husb. #2 Moses Wall in 1605 and by whom she had three children. One of whom (Mary Wall) was our direct ancestor. Anne and her children were sealed to her first husb. John Talcott. She on 7 feb 1945 and her three children by her 2nd husb. Moses Wall on 15 oct 1958. Approved by Elder Ray L. Christiansen.

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Richard married Margaret in 1540 in Fairstead, Essex, England. Margaret was born in 1524 in Fairstead, Braintree District, Essex, England; died on 4 Apr 1626 in Fairstead, Braintree, Essex, England; was buried on 4 Apr 1626 in Fairsted, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: L8B3-84Q

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Richard married Rosannah DOBBINS in 1564 in Essex, England. Rosannah (daughter of James DOBYNS and Elizabeth Ann SKILES) was born in 1551 in Fairstead, Essex, England; died in 1600 in Fairstead, Braintree District, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LRSR-LL4

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• FamilySearch ID: M17V-BXP
• Name: John TAILCOTT OR TAYLCOTT
• Will: 1 Nov 1606

John married Dorothy Alice WELLS about 1555 in Essex, England. Dorothy (daughter of John WELLES and Mary Christina HOLSTER) was born in 1540 in Colchester, Essex, England; died in 1569 in Colchester, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KDB6-HMJ
• Name: Aliss WELLS
• Name: Ursula Alice WELLS

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• FamilySearch ID: 9CDF-MFZ
• Name: William John SKINNER
• Occupation: ; Yeoman
• _UID: DA9667F0B7BD4A2A890D22295704CED68F63
• Probate: 14 Aug 1616

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American NWH Vol 26 and G Reg. Vol 50 p 418. Gerald R. Fulleer 2624 Battery, Little Rock, AR. American NWH Vol 26 and G Reg. Vol 50 p 418. Gerald R. Fulleer 2624 Battery, Little Rock, AR.
and to his son Richard forty pounds. To my youngest son Richard (inter alia) my book of my brother Allyn's works. To John & Mary Skinner children of said son Richard (household stuff). To son Richard ten pounds for use and benefit of Mary, Ellyn & Richard, his children, at ages of eighteen. To eldest daughter An, wife of Moyses Wall forty pounds. To John Taylcoate, Sara Taylcoate & Rachell Taylcoate, Moyses Wall, Lidia Wall & Mary Wall, the children of my said daughter An, five marks apiece, to be paid to the said Moyses Wall my son in law to their use &c. To my son in law Moyses Wall ten pounds to be employed about a building which he did intend to do within the house wherein he now dwelleth. To Sara Taylcoate my bible. To John Gill my son in law twenty pounds to the use of Mary Gill & An Gill children of my daughter Margery. To my said daughter Margery Gill two silver spoons. To my son in law Edmund Allstonne ten pounds. To Rachell Skinner my daughter, wife of Edmund Allstonne (household stuff). To brother Allin "my new hatt turft wth velvett." To Mr. Collen ten pounds for a sermon to be preached at my burial. To Edmund, Rachel & Mary Allstone children of my daughter Rachel five marks apiece. To my said daughter Rachel my book of Mr. perkin's works after wife's decease. Susan wife of Joseph Man & her daughter Susan. Godson William Skinner son of William Skinner of Bocking. Godson William Winterflood. Godson William Skinner son of Martin Skinner. Cousin Martin Skinner. To Mr. Daniel Rogers ten shillings. To Cousin Richard Barnard ten shillings. Wife Margery to be executrix & friends Martin Skynner, sons in law Moyses Wall & Edmund Alstone, & Richard Barnard to be supervisors. Com. Court of London for Essex & Herts.
Unnumbered will, File for 1616.

William married Margarie TROTTER on 14 Jun 1567 in Braintree, Essex, England. Margarie (daughter of Richard TROTTER and Isabell HALL) was born about 1546 in Of Braintree, Essex, England; died in 1586 in Ramsden Bellhouse, Essex, England, United Kingdom; was buried in 1586 in Ramsden Bellhouse, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LYPG-FT8
• Name: Margary SKYNNER
• Name: Margery SKINNER
• _UID: 5E23032C34F644298B94EC89E3AC604A14A1
• Will Proved: 16 Dec 1620

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Margerie Skynner of Brainetree, Essex, widow, 2 Mar 1617, proved at Braintree 16 Dec 1620.

To my daughter Margerie five pounds (and other goods) and to her son John Gill a bullock.
To my son William Skynner five pounds.
To my son John Skynner twenty pounds.
To my daughter Rachell five pounds; three pewter platters of the greater sort and three of the best cushions in the great chamber and my warming pan.
To Sara Taylcoat a flock bed and a flock bolster, a coverlet and a pair of blankets (and other effects).
To Rachell Taylcoate a little kettle of a gallou, a brass pot, a posnet, (&c.).
And I will that the pewter which I had of my son in law John Taylecoat I will the same to Sara and Rachell to be equally parted and divided between them;
and I give more to Sara my kneading trough.
If my son John Skynner's son do die before he be of age to receive his gift which my husband gave him, which is a silver bowl and two silver spoons; then I give the same to my son John.
To my son John Skynner's wife two silver spoons.

The residue of my pewter I will shall be equally parted and divided between my daughter Ann her two daughters she had by my son in law Moses Wall, my son Richard's wife and my son John his wife, by even portions, and I give more to my son John his wife a kettle next the biggest.
And I give to my son Richard twenty pounds and the residue of my household stuff unbequeathed.
I give more to my daughter Anne a two and twenty shillings piece in gold and to her husband Moyses Wall a two and twenty shillings piece in gold.
I make my son Richard sole executor. I give to Mr. Collen ten shillings to preach at my funeral. To the poor of Braintree six shillings eight pence.
I nominate & appoint son John Skynner overseer. Christopher Taylor, scr. a witness.
Com. of London For Essex and Herts. File for 1620-1621, No. 121.