Lt.Col. William Thomas SKINNER [Parents] 1 was born in 1780 in Gibraltar. He died in 1829 in Woolwich, England. He married Marie MONIER.
Marie MONIER [Parents].Marie married Lt.Col. William Thomas SKINNER.
They had the following children:
M i Maj. Thomas Bridges Bouchier SKINNER was born on 22 May 1804. He died on 24 Jul 1877. F ii Harriet Maria SKINNER. F iii Mary Ann SKINNER. M iv Monier SKINNER.
died in infancyM v Capt. Robert Pringle SKINNER died on 3 May 1816 in St. johns, Newfoundland, Canada.
Robert Pringle Skinner came from a family that had close ties with the British armed forces. His paternal great-grandfather William Skinner had been chief engineer of Great Britain, and his paternal grandfather an infantry captain. His father was an engineer under Robert Pringle the commanding engineer at Gibraltar when Skinner was born and after whom he was named. Of his four brothers, three entered the army and one the navy. In 1790 the family came to Newfoundland, where Thomas Skinner had been appointed chief engineer. Five years later Thomas raised the Royal Newfoundland Fencible Regiment, which was disbanded in 1802. However, a successor unit, sometimes called the Royal Newfoundland Regiment of Fencible Infantry but more usually the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, was raised by Colonel John SKERRETT the following year. Although Robert had been too young to serve in his father's regiment, the family connection secured him a lieutenancy, dated 5 Nov. 1803, in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. The unit transferred to Nova Scotia in 1805, and then in 1807 to Quebec, where it spent five years in garrison. Little is known of Skinner's life at this period save that he was in some minor trouble in 1806 and 1807 for his absence after a period of leave had expired. In November 1809 he was promoted captain. After the outbreak of the War of 1812 the Royal Newfoundland Regiment was divided into detachments for service on sea and land, and its officers and men were present on several fronts. Skinner himself spent most of the war on the upper St Lawrence around Prescott, Upper Canada. In June 1812 he was ordered to take command of a detachment of gunboats sailing from Quebec to Montreal and he apparently continued upriver, since in October he and 40 Royal NewfoundÂlanders took part in the abortive assault on Ogdensburg, N. Y. His presence in that region was officially ordered on 23 March 1813, when he was appointed an acting deputy quartermaster general (a common occupation for officers of the regiment) at Prescott, with command of the gunboats and marines stationed there. During the campaign of 1813 the upper St Lawrence was a lively place, and although assigned to a non-combatant department Skinner managed to see some action. In October he and five men of his regiment captured an American Durham boat in a brief affair near Prescott, and the next month he was present at the battle of Crysler's Farm. Despite the favourable notices given him by lieutenant-colonels Joseph Wanton Morrison* and George Richard John Macdonell*, Skinner received no reward for his services, and indeed the following year was criticized. A certain private in his company claimed that he had received "Extremely ill treatment" when he was arrested on a minor charge, and also that Skinner had withheld the company's pay for six months. The latter charge may have been true officers of the regiment had already been warned that their pay accounts were inadequate and late but, since the complaints were about events as much as two years old, they do not appear to have been heeded by higher authority. Skinner was more or less permanently stationed at Prescott during 1814, although by October he had ceased to be attached to the quartermaster general's department. Most of his regiment had been ordered back to Newfoundland to recruit, but Skinner remained in Canada until after the conclusion of peace. Indeed, he was on his way to reinforce the garrison of Michilimackinac (Mackinac Island, Mich.) with a party of 50 Royal Newfoundlanders when news came that the war was over. By the fall of 1815 he had returned to the regiment, which was now at St John's, but the stresses of the war had damaged his health. On 3 May 1816, just three weeks before his regiment was ordered to Halifax, N.S., to disband, he died, worn out with fatigue. His widow and family returned to Montreal, where they were able to obtain a pension.
Jocelyn DAVIDSON was born about 1712. He died on 8 Sep 1888 in Old Derrig, Carlow, Ireland. He married Barbara BAKER.
Barbara BAKER was born in 1709. She died on 17 Feb 1800 in Carlow, Ireland. She was buried in Old Derrig, Carlow. She married Jocelyn DAVIDSON.
They had the following children:
F i Anna Jocelyn DAVIDSON.
Rev. Bartlomew THOMAS [Parents] 1 was born in 1707 in County Wexford, Ireland. He died in Mar 1776. He married Mary CONNOR in 1741.
Rector of Ferns and Prebendary of Hebrush.Married his cousin Mary.
BIOGRAPHY: Educated at home by Mr Phillips (Possibly the executor of his father's will), and entered Trinity College, Dublin at the age of 15 on 4 April 1722. He was a scholar in 1726, BA in 1727, MA in 1730 , and LL.D in 1763. He became Curate of Kilnamanagh in 1733, Vicar of Ballyvaldon from 1737-38, and Prebendary of Kilrush, Rector of Kilbride, and Vicar of Ferns on 14 April 1738.
Mary CONNOR [Parents].Mary married Rev. Bartlomew THOMAS in 1741.
They had the following children:
M i Rev.Dr. William Bartolomew THOMAS was born in 1751. He died on 31 Dec 1826. M ii Dr. Daniel THOMAS died in 1803. F iii Mary Mellyburne THOMAS.
John O'CONNOR.John married Mary Mellyburne THOMAS in 1777.
Mary Mellyburne THOMAS [Parents].Mary married John O'CONNOR in 1777.
Daniel CONNOR was born in Ballybricken, County Cork, Ireland.
He had the following children:
F i Mary CONNOR.
Rev. Joshua THOMAS [Parents] 1 was born in 1680 in Tyrcullen, Ireland. He died in Dec 1737.
Rector of Ferns and and Prebendary of Hebrush, co Wexford, Ireland.
BIOGRAPHY: He is reported to have been educated by his father at Leighlin, this indicating that his father was probably a clergyman - his wife Mary was the daughter of Thomas Vigors the brother of Bishop Bartholomew Vigors of the Diocese of Ferns and Leighlin. At the age of 18 he entered Trinity College Dublin, on 13 May 1698. In 1702 he attained his BA(Spec Grat). In 1705 he became Prebendary of Clone and Rector of Leskinfere - leaving there and becoming Rector of Kilcormick and Kilscorin on 22 May 1713. In 1728 he was made Justice of the Peace for County Wexford. His will was dated 5 December 1737 and he died shortly thereafter - his will was proved on 4 January 1738. His executors were his widow Mary, his son Bartholomew, and the Rev John Phillips. All his estate was left to his widow.
He had the following children:
M i Rev. Bartlomew THOMAS was born in 1707. He died in Mar 1776.
Rev. Thomas THOMAS [Parents] 1.
Prebendary of Clone and Kilrush. Of County Carlow. Rector of County Wexford. First of our Family in Ireland.
BIOGRAPHY: Of Tyrcullen, Count Carlow.
He had the following children:
M i Rev. Joshua THOMAS was born in 1680. He died in Dec 1737.
Of St Claire in Carmothshire. Served in Irish Rebellion of 1666 as a Trooper in Mergass. Died young.
BIOGRAPHY: Of St Clare (or St Clears) in Carmenthenshire, Wales. Served with Morgan's Horse in Ireland and settled there.
He had the following children:
M i Rev. Thomas THOMAS.
Col. Lewis THOMAS 1 died about 1648.
Lewis Thomas took the King's side in the English Civil War, while his cousins fought for Cromwell. He was taken prisoner at Highnam on 25th March 1643 and he and forty other officers of Lord herbert's defeated army were allowed to live. When he fought again on the losing side at the last battle of the civil war at St Fagan's, Worcestershire in 1648, he lost his life. His estates were confiscated and his landless son, William Thomas, later joined an army that Cromwell sent to supress an Irish rebellion
He had the following children:
M i William THOMAS.
Norah RAWSON [Parents].
She had the following children:
F i Alison.