Nathaniel Skiffe

  General Notes:

1. Data from Al Myers, Prodigy # MDGB85A.
2. Banks 'History of Martha's Vineyard', p. 433-4.
3. Descendants of James Skiff by Frederick Pierson

Banks believes he also has children: Sarah, John, Beulah, Nathan, and Stephen.

He lived in Sandwich, Mass, Falmouth Mass. (1677) Tisbury, Vineyard, and Chilmark before going to Windham, Conn. (1713) He died of smallpox.

Did he really have two daughters named Hannah??????
2nd wife is suspect as first wife was still living and having children.

descendents include WilliamJennings Bryant

Nathaniel married Mary Chipman, daughter of John Chipman and Mercy Skiffe, in Feb 1688 in Of, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.¹ (Mary Chipman was born in 1691 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.)

Nathaniel next married Ruth West, daughter of Francis West and Mrs. Francis West, about 1693 in , , Connecticut, United States. (Ruth West was born in 1651 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, christened in 1651 and died on 31 Dec 1741 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States.)

  Marriage Notes:

probably not a second wife! first wife still living

Nathaniel next married Mary Partridge, daughter of George Partridge and Sarah Tracey, about 1669 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. (Mary Partridge was christened on 15 Oct 1647 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States and died on 20 May 1683 in Hadley, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.)