Individual Details

Dr Elijah Skeels

(15 Oct 1753 - 2 Dec 1827)

His sons grave statements below show this is his father.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Skeel&GSfn=Cephas&GSby=1779&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1865&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=53142881&
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"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F74T-B3J :

3 December 2014), Elijah Skeal, 15 Oct 1753
; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
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"United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2T-6NJ : accessed 18 January 2017),

Elijah Skeeles, New York, Lewis, New York, United States

; citing p. 712, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 28; FHL microfilm 181,382. .
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"United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLD-C7K : accessed 17 January 2017),

Elijah Skeels, Martinsburg, Lewis, New York, United States

; citing p. 235, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 75; FHL microfilm 193,730.

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His sons grave statements below show this is his father.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Skeel&GSfn=Cephas&GSby=1779&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1865&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=53142881&
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"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F74T-B3J :

3 December 2014), Elijah Skeal, 15 Oct 1753
; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
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"United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2T-6NJ : accessed 18 January 2017),

Elijah Skeeles, New York, Lewis, New York, United States

; citing p. 712, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 28; FHL microfilm 181,382. .
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"United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLD-C7K : accessed 17 January 2017),

Elijah Skeels, Martinsburg, Lewis, New York, United States

; citing p. 235, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 75; FHL microfilm 193,730.

-- MERGED NOTE ------------

His sons grave statements below show this is his father.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Skeel&GSfn=Cephas&GSby=1779&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1865&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=53142881&
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"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F74T-B3J :

3 December 2014), Elijah Skeal, 15 Oct 1753
; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
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"United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2T-6NJ : accessed 18 January 2017),

Elijah Skeeles, New York, Lewis, New York, United States

; citing p. 712, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 28; FHL microfilm 181,382. .
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"United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLD-C7K : accessed 17 January 2017),

Elijah Skeels, Martinsburg, Lewis, New York, United States

; citing p. 235, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 75; FHL microfilm 193,730.

Events

Birth15 Oct 1753Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Christen15 Nov 1753Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Baptism15 Nov 1753Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Military3 Sep 1776New York, United States
Marriage1777Litchfield, Connecticut, United States - Mercy Hamlin
Residence1810New York, Lewis, New York, United States
Residence1810New York, Lewis, New York, United States
Residence1820Martinsburg, Lewis, New York, United States
Residence1820Martinsburg, Lewis, New York, United States
Death2 Dec 1827Martinsburg, Lewis County, New York, United States
Death2 Dec 1827Martinsburg, Lewis County, New York, United States
Burial4 Dec 1827Unknown, New York, United States
FIND-A-GRAVEhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194835784/elijah-skeels

Families

SpouseMercy Hamlin (1756 - 1829)
ChildCephas Skeels (1779 - 1865)
ChildJoanna Skeels (1781 - 1877)
ChildPrudence Skeels (1783 - 1881)
ChildCynthia Skeels (1785 - 1813)
ChildSylvanus Skeels (1787 - 1863)
ChildJira Skeels (1790 - 1792)
ChildBethany Skeels (1792 - 1795)
ChildElijah Skeels (1794 - 1796)
ChildAmasa Skeels (1797 - 1823)
ChildElectra Skeels (1799 - 1854)
FatherThomas Skeel (1711 - 1787)
MotherPrudence Slosson (1723 - 1782)
SiblingSarah Skeels (1742 - 1743)
SiblingOlive Skeels (1744 - 1745)
SiblingNathan Skeel (1747 - 1829)
SiblingRev Thomas Skeel (1751 - 1792)
SiblingDimmis Skeels (1758 - 1759)
SiblingHiram Skeels (1763 - 1792)
SiblingChloe Skeels (1767 - 1768)

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