Thomas Skidmore

1605 - 1684  (79 years)

• Name	Thomas Skidmore
  	to New England
  Birth	1605	Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England   [1]
  Residence	—	Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony   [2]
  Death	20 Apr 1684	Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony   [1, 3]
  Person ID, Branch	I25634
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2026

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Sarah Howes,   b. 1617, Norfolk, England d. Abt Nov 1684, Southold, Suffolk County, Province of New York (Age 67 years)  Other Partners: Edward Treadwell  m. 1637;   Henry Whelpley  m. 1 May 1661;   Ralph Keeler
  Marriage	Aft 10 Sep 1672	Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony   [2, 4, 5]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 67 years and 9 months - She : ~ 55 years and 9 months.
  Family ID	F9269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2026

  
  

• Pedigree

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• Event Map		Birth - 1605 - Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England Residence - — - Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony Marriage - Aft 10 Sep 1672 - Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony Death - 20 Apr 1684 - Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 149562647 Thomas Skidmore. [S2335] Harris, Gale Ion "The First Wife of Ralph Keeler of Hartford and Norwalk, Connecticut", (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, volume 80, Number 1, January 2005), p 185. [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985), p 676. [S2337] Keeler, Wesley B, "Sarah Treadwell-Whelpley-Keeler", (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, volume 58, Number 1, January 1982), p 32. [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985), p 802.