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Skydmore/ Scudamore Families of Thruxton, Abenhall, Hentland 1400-1915 Skidmore/ Scudamore One-Name Study 2015

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SKYDMORES/ SCUDAMORES OF THRUXTON, ABENHALL, HENTLAND (HEREFORDSHIRE), & INCLUDING GALLATIN CO., ILLINOIS, & also PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, MARYLAND. edited by Linda Moffatt © from the original work of Warren Skidmore Preface This work was originally published in book form as part of Thirty Generations of The Scudamore/Skidmore Family in England and America by Warren Skidmore, and revised and sold on CD in 2006. I have extracted from this large work those sections on the early families in Herefordshire and divided these between three files, all available on the website of the Skidmore/ Scudamore One-Name Study.

Descendants of Reginald [Wiltshire]

Descendants of Walter [Herefordshire]



Unknown origins

Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire. Compton Chamberlayne, Wilts. Westerleigh, Gloucestershire. Frampton Cotterell, Glos. Widcombe (Bath), Somerset. Wellow, Somerset. Chewton Mendip, Somerset. Frome, Somerset. Taddington, Derbyshire. Sheffield, Yorkshire. Fairfield Co., Connecticut. Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia. Worcester Co., Massachusetts. Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY. Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania. Huntington Co., Pennsylvania.

Poston, Herefordshire. Rowlstone, Herefs. Kentchurch, Herefs. Presteign, Radnorshire. Tretire, Herefs. Llancillo, Herefs. Magor, Herefs. Shaftesbury, Dorset. Ewyas Harold, Herefs.

Poston, Herefordshire. Rowlstone, Herefs Holme Lacy, Herefs. Burnham, Buckinghamshire. Ballingham, Herefs. Fownhope, Herefs. Treworgan, Herefs. Accomack Co., Virginia.

Poston, Herefordshire. Rowlstone, Herefs Thruxton, Herefordshire. Prince Georges County, Maryland. Abenhall, Glos. Hentland, Herefs. Gallatin County, Illinois.

p.2 p.11 p.17 p. p.

Kingswinford, Staffordshire. Canterbury, Kent. Westminster, London. David Skidmore of Yarpole (1730-1817). William Scudamore of Ross (1787-1872). Norfolk Skitmores & Skidmores. Cornwall Skidmores & Skidgmores.

In keeping with his wishes, the original text and format used by Warren Skidmore have been retained, apart from

• the addition of code numbers assigned to each male head of household, allowing cross-reference to other information in the databases of the Skidmore/ Scudamore One-Name Study.

• In line with the policy of the Skidmore/ Scudamore One-Name Study, details of individuals born within approximately the last 100 years are not placed on the Internet without express permission of descendants. Hence, recent descendants who appeared in the original Thirty Generations book do not appear here. This is signified in italics. I am happy, however, to include in subsequent revisions any biographical detail with permission of descendants, who may contact me at the email address below.

• I have used italics where I have made additions or alterations to Warren Skidmore's text.

Linda Moffatt, July 2015 www.skidmorefamilyhistory.com [email protected]



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THRUXTON, HEREFORDSHIRE

John (Jenkin) Skydmore, of KENTCHURCH, HEREFORDSHIRE, (ROW [6], noticed elsewhere1), was living in

1405 and possibly as late as 6 July 1407. His heir was Sir John Skydmore, Knight, of Kentchurch (ROW [10]),

who in 1431 held (among other lands) 1/4 of a knight’s fee in Thruxton which in time past had belonged to

Amicia Bluet, and 1/8 of a fee in Kingstone. After his death in or about 1435 his lands went to his heir, another

Sir John Skydmore, of Kentchurch (ROW [15]), who held several manors and land in Herefordshire and

Gloucestershire. He died before 3 May 1475 devising by his will (now lost) Thruxton and Brytt (now Bridge)

Court in Kingstone to his youngest son Richard Skydmore.

TXN [1]. RICHARD SKYDMORE (SCUDAMORE), of the Grove near Lower Hergest and Thruxton (the

youngest son of Sir John Skydmore of Kentchurch by his wife Blanche ap Harry), is first noticed on 29 May

1460 as Richard Skydmore, of Grove, when he and Richard Acton, of Crowle, Worcestershire, stood surety for

Thomas Fitz Harry who had been granted custodianship of Marden (“Mawerden”) manor which had been lately

forfeited by Richard, duke of York, through high treason, insurrection and rebellion. On 22 September 1461

Richard Scudamore and Thomas Bromwich, as feoffees of the lord of How Caple, presented John ap Howell to

the benefice there. He inherited Thruxton and Bridge Court by the will of his father in 1475, and was in all

probability living in 1489. He married (according to the Llyfr Baglan, and another traditional pedigree) Jane,

daughter of Richard Monington of Brinsop, Herefordshire, and had issue,

2. 1. RICHARD, his heir, of whom further.

1. (perhaps) Blanche, who married (his 1st wife) John ap William Vaughan (living 1517-8), of

Llanrothal [She may have been the daughter of Richard Scudamore, the younger].

The son,

TXN [2]. RICHARD SCUDAMORE, of Thruxton, called “the younger” when on 14 October 1489 he was

appointed to fill out the unexpired term of his uncle, Henry Scudamore, as High Sheriff of Herefordshire who

had just died. He is doubtless the man of his name who was Mayor of Hereford in 1499. He married 1stly Maud,

the daughter of David Allen, and 2ndly Cecelia (who survived him), the widow of Philip Vaughan, of Tyle-glas,

Newton, Breconshire, and daughter of Jevan Gam, of Newton (in Welsh Trenewith) near Brecon. He died on 26

January 1510/11, seized of Thruxton valued at £10 by the year, and Bridge (Brytt) Court. Henry Monington,

doubtless a kinsman, was first among the jurors at the inquest post mortem taken at Hereford on 25 October

1511. Had issue by his first wife,

3. 1. JOHN, his heir, of whom further.

4. 2. HENRY, his eventual heir, of Huntsham in Goodrich, of whom later.

1. Catherine, who married John ap Howell Tomlin, of Garway.

2. Joan, who married before 11 November 1511 Philip ap Rees (Philpot Price), of Old Court,

Orcop. She is almost certainly to be identified as Jonette Scudamore, of Orcop, whose will is

dated 29 October 1550. In her will she leaves bequests to her grandsons Roger Pye and Lewis

Gilbert, each of whom she calls her nephew (common usage for grandson in that period), as

well as to other members of the Pye and Gilbert families. She appointed Thomas Gilbert (her

son-in-law) her executor. Among the witnesses are Walter Pye, gentleman (also her son-in-

law), and Philip Scudamore, a distant kinsman. She died shortly afterwards leaving issue,

1. Margaret Price, who married Walter Pye of the Mynde (died November

1575). She was living at Orcop on 25 May 1584.

2. Anne Price, who married Thomas Gilbert, of Ewyas Harold. She was living

at Orcop on 25 May 1584 and was a recusant there in 1592.

The elder son,

TXN [3]. JOHN SCUDAMORE, of Thruxton, was born about 1480 (aged 30 or more at his father’s death). He

was one of the jurors at the inquest post mortem held at Hereford on 26 October 1523 of Richard Monington of

Westhide who had died the year before. In 1532 (or the following year) he sued Monnington’s son and heir,

Richard, for the detention of deeds of the manor of Thruxton and 400 acres of meadow and pasture at Bridge

Court in Kingstone. He contributed a harness [body armour] for one man at the muster of Herefordshire in 1539.

He married 1stly ________ ________, and 2ndly Anne (living his widow at Hereford in 1559), daughter of John

Bygges, and died shortly after 1 October 1557 having had issue by his first wife,

5. 1. WILLIAM, his heir, of whom further.

1. Alice, who married ________ Forest, and was living a widow in 1558.

1 See The Scudamores of Upton Scudamore: A Knightly Family in Medieval Wiltshire, 1086-1382 by Warren Skidmore,

271 p. 3rd Ed. 2006, at www.skidmorefamilyhistory.com,

and The Skydmores/ Scudamores of Rowlestone, Herefordshire, including their Descendants at Kentchurch. LM



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2. Anne, who married Thomas Scudamore, of the Helme, EWYAS HAROLD (ROW [42], noticed

elsewhere1). He was a distant kinsman, the great-grandson of Nicholas Scudamore, of

Rowlstone (ROW [14]). Their posterity seems to have been the eventual heirs to Thruxton.

3. Blanche who married ________ Price. They were both living in 1558.

The son,

TXN [5]. WILLIAM SCUDAMORE, of Thruxton, is mentioned in the will of Richard Monington, of

Westhide, dated 8 August 1551 (who leaves him a cow and 26sh 8d in money). He married, probably in or after

June 1557 (post nuptial settlement dated 1 October 1557), Jane (died about March 1558), daughter of John

Harford, of Bosbury. His will, dated 16 September (proved 12 December) 1558, mentions, among others, his

step-mother Anne, his sisters Alice, Anne, and Blanche, and his “base” brother William. He died on 21

September 1558 leaving issue an only son,

JOHN SCUDAMORE, of Thruxton, born in March 1558 (aged 9 months on 4 January 1558/9 when

an inquest post mortem was taken on his father’s lands). The inquest mentions a number of details that

shed light on the events that befell the Thruxton family at this time. The presence of John Scudamore

of Kentchurch and John Scudamore (of Holme Lacy presumably) among those who were appointed to

hold the enquiry perhaps reflects their interest for the welfare of their less fortunate kin. At some

unspecified date John Scudamore leased Thruxton and other lands to Anthony Harford and Thomas

Cave, of Mathern, Monmouthshire. He married Mary (who survived him and married 2ndly James

Garnon, and 3rdly William Parry), daughter of James Baskerville, of Kyre Park, Worcestershire. He

died without issue, an intestate, at Thruxton and was buried there on 20 February 1590/1 (admons of

his estate was granted to his widow on 25 February of that year).

Some thirty or so years after the death of John Scudamore, Thruxton passed to the Gunter family, possibly

through Humphrey Scudamore (ROW [55] died 1617) of EWYAS HAROLD (noticed elsewhere). Humphrey, as

a son of William Scudamore’s sister Anne, was John’s first cousin. Humphrey Scudamore died without issue

and Lewis Gunter of Howton, his cousin, was the executor and largest beneficiary of his will. On 28 July 1591,

following the death of John Scudamore, Humphrey was granted the administration of the estate of William

Scudamore on the grounds that he was his nearest kin and that the original executor, John Harford (who died on

30 August 1559), had not fully administered. Gunter, an attorney and of Breconshire stock, is still called “of

Howton” in 1621 but was in possession of Thruxton at his death in 1630.

Following the death of John Scudamore in 1591 the representation of the family passed to the posterity of,

TXN [4]. HENRY SCUDAMORE, of Huntsham (in Goodrich), the 2nd son of Richard Scudamore by his

wife Maud Allen. He was adult by 12 July 1504 when he and John ap Harry were given a power of attorney by

Sir George Neville, lord of Ewyas Harold, to deliver seisin of lands in Kentchurch to his kinsman James

Scudamore. On 7 October 1527 Henry Scudamore and Lewis ap Jenkin of Ross had a grant of a holding called

Knappes Messuage and a parcel of land called Bedowas in Orcop from Henry’s brother-in-law, Philip ap Rees.

He had settled in Huntsham by 1543, or perhaps earlier, where he acquired extensive lands held by copyhold

from the Earl of Shrewsbury. On 29 January 1549/50 Thomas Philpot appeared at the manorial court at

Goodrich and testified that Henry Scudamore was old and infirm and that he ought to be essoined; whereupon

his son Thomas pledged himself and was put in his place. His will dated 18 April 1552 mentions his wife Jane,

his sons Thomas and William, and his daughters Joan and Margaret. He died before 23 July of that year (the

date of the admons on his estate), leaving issue,

7. 1. JOHN, of Bagwy Llydiart, in Orcop, of whom further.

8. 2. THOMAS GWATKYN, of whom further.

3. William, of Goodrich. In 1542 he is noticed in the muster of the county as an able man fit to

make a billman. He was living in 1552 when he is devised a barn lying at the end of the chapel

in Huntsham and a sum of money in his father’s will.

1. Joan, living in 1552.

2. Margaret, living a spinster at Goodrich as late as 1 September 1582 according to the Court

Rolls of that place.

The eldest son,

TXN [7]. JOHN SCUDAMORE, of Bagwy Llydiart, in Orcop. He may have been the man of his name (called

“of Orcop”) whose association in 1524 and 1527 with Katherine, daughter of Richard ap Jenkyn of Orcop, is

recorded in the Court Books of the Bishops of Hereford. In the muster of 1542 he is recorded as an able man fit

to make an archer for the defence of the county. He is mentioned from 1541 to 1543 in the Court Rolls of

Goodrich, and he may possibly have been living as late as November 1578 when a John Scudamore of

Bagalidiatt is named in the will of Richard Roberts of Altlbough. He had issue according to a traditional

pedigree in the Llyfr Baglan,



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1. William, of Orcop, who was living in 1570-1 when he and Barbara ________ are mentioned

in the Consistory Court Books.

10. 2. WATKIN (WALTER), of whom further.

The 2nd son,

TXN [10]. WALTER SKIDMORE, was born in the 1540's at Orcop, Herefordshire and was later a yeoman at

Fernhurst, Sussex. He was living as late as 30 May 1604 when he was a juror at the Assizes sitting at

Eastbourne, Sussex. He married 1stly _______ _______ by whom he had issue,

1. Robert, eldest son, baptized 5 November 1569, a yeoman at Midhurst, Sussex, where he had

the lease of certain chantry lands at Goldhorde in 1611. He married Anne Albury (who

survived him). His will is dated 10 August 1621 (proved 22 October 1621 at Prerogative

Court of Canterbury) and remembers his two brothers and two sisters (and their families) and

left benefactions to the churches of Midhurst, Fernhurst, and Cocking in Sussex, and

Haslemere and Thursley in Surrey. No issue.

12. 2. THOMAS, of whom further.

13. 3. Richard, baptized 28 December 1576. He is probably the man of his name who had five

children baptized at Fareham, Hampshire.

1. William, baptized 13 October 1605.

2. Richard, baptized 24 January 1620/1.

1. Ellen, baptized 24 May 1607.

2. Anne, baptized 24 August 1609.

3. Anne, baptized 3 December 1618.

14. 4. JOHN, of whom further.

1. Joan, baptized 2 February 1577/8. She married Thomas Heather on 6 November 1603 at

Clanfield, Hampshire, and was living in 1621 when she is remembered in the will of her

brother Robert.

2. Alice, baptized 19 April 1582. She was living unmarried in 1621 when she had the profits

from lands at Goldhorde (in Midhurst) according to the terms of the will of her brother Robert.

Mr. Skidmore married 2ndly Alice Chalcroft on 2 July 1582 at Lodsworth, Sussex, by whom he had,

3. Elizabeth, baptized 4 July 1585 at Fernhurst.

4. Joan, baptized 24 March 1587/8.

5. Ellen, baptized 10 July 1590.

He married 3rdly Agnes Hartley in 1596 at Fernhurst.

The 2nd son of Walter Skidmore,

TXN [12]. THOMAS SKIDMORE baptized 1 December 1573 at Fernhurst. He married Joan Broman on 21

October 1599 at Clanfield, Hampshire. He was living in 1621 when he is named in he will of his brother Robert.

He had three children christened at Fernhurst, but the birth of his older children will probably be found

elsewhere. Had issue, probably with others, [see Notes on p.9].

1. Hugh, baptized 14 June 1610.

2. George, baptized 3 May 1615.

3. Anthony, baptized 26 September 1621.

The 4th son of Walter Skidmore by an unknown wife,

TXN [14]. JOHN SKIDMORE, baptized 5 August 1580. He married Joan Hartley on 22 July 1606 at Fernhurst.

He had his brother Robert's lands at Haslemere and Thursely subject to an annuity to be paid to his sister-in-law

Anne during her lifetime. Had issue,

1. Thomas baptized 26 April 1609 at Haslemere, Surrey. Probably died young.

1. Agnes, baptized 6 September 1607 at Fernhurst. She was living, a minor, in 1621 when she

was an heir to certain rents at Midhurst in the will of her uncle Robert. She married Laurence

Gibbens in 1627 at Fernhurst.

2. (probably) Mary, baptized 26 June 1614 at Fareham, Hampshire.

The 2nd son of Henry Scudamore of Huntsham by his wife Jane,

TXN [8]. THOMAS GWATKYN SCUDAMORE, of Huntsham, married Mary (or Marian) ________ and

died soon after his father and before 1 December 1557 when it was found at a court held for Goodrich that a

heriot of a bay horse and a red bullock (worth 20sh each) was owed at his death to the lord of the manor. On 28

August 1559 his widow settled all her lands in Huntsham on Thomas Philpot of Marstow (and his son John) for

the benefit of her three minor children. Had issue,

11. 1. LEWIS, his heir, of whom further.

2. John (Reverend), who was presented as Rector of Tretire in 1586 [a living then in the gift of

James Scudamore (died 1597) of that place, his kinsman]. On 2 June 1562 he had certain lands

in Llangarron by a fine from Richard Taylor and his wife Jane and was buried at Tretire on 8



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March 1600/1. His will, dated 26 October 1600, nominates his brothers Lewis and Richard as

his executors and co-heirs.

3. Richard, of Tretire and Everston in Peterstow. His name appears on the lists of jurors at the

courts held for Goodrich from 1579. He appears as an attorney at the courts to at least 1613.

On 20 October 1596 he had a grant of two messuages at Everston and Lower House (at The

Common) in Peterstow from Richard Vaughan the elder, of Ruxton, and his two sons. It is not

presently known when he died, but he may have died before his brother Lewis.

1. Joan, born before 15 April 1552 when she is mentioned in the will of her grandfather. She

married at Goodrich on 11 February 1576/7 William Boughan (died in January 1619/20) and

may have been the lady of her name who was buried at Goodrich on 24 February 1625/6.

2. (perhaps) Margaret, who married, at Goodrich on 3 May 1591, Richard Were, and was buried

there on 14 November 1624.

The eldest son,

TXN [11]. LEWIS SCUDAMORE, of Huntsham, born about 1540. He married at Goodrich on 27 June 1575,

Alice Hannis (buried his widow at Goodrich on 2 March 1632/3). On 16 January 1586/7, Lewis and Alice

Scudamore (then called of Kentchurch) granted to Thomas Coningsby and Thomas Lyngen (both of Hampton

Court) a messuage (or manor) called Worrothe Court (perhaps now known as White Rocks) in Kentchurch and

Garway. On 26 March 1599 George Scudamore, of Bolston near Holme Lacy (a distant kinsman) leased lands

lying between Staunton, Gloucestershire, and Huntsham to Lewis. He was buried at Goodrich on 6 January

1612/3, having had issue,

15. 1. THOMAS, his heir, of whom further.

1. Margaret, baptized at Goodrich 17 June 1582.

2. Sibyl, baptized at Tretire 18 October 1591, her uncle the Reverend John Scudamore

performing the ceremony.

The son,

TXN [15]. THOMAS SCUDAMORE, of Peterstow and Huntsham. He married (pre-nuptial settlement dated

10 April 1604) Margaret (buried 5 March 1659/60 at Goodrich), a daughter of John and Bridget Wyllym of

Lyston in Llanwarne. On 31 August 1613, Thomas and Margaret Scudamore (already called “of Huntsham”)

leased their lands at Everston and elsewhere in Peterstow to the Powells of Pengethley. Thomas is mentioned

regularly in the court rolls of Goodrich from 1613 and thereafter. He died at Huntsham at an advanced age and

was buried at Goodrich on 28 March 1670, having had issue,

1. Henry (a twin), baptized at Peterstow on 19 July 1606, buried there on 2 August of the same

year.

2. John (a twin), baptized at Peterstow on 19 July 1606, buried there on 2 August of the same

year.

18. 3. RICHARD, his heir, of whom further.

4. John, baptized at Peterstow on 16 November 1613, who died without issue.

5. George, baptized at Goodrich on 17 February 1618/9.

1. Bridget, baptized at Peterstow on 23 August 1607. She married Philip Davis at Goodrich on

12 May 1649.

2. Alice, baptized at Goodrich on 2 April 1616.

The eldest surviving son,

TXN [18]. RICHARD SCUDAMORE, of Huntsham, baptized 7 March 1609/10 at Peterstow. He married 5

August 1632, at Goodrich, Eleanor (buried there on 11 January 1686/7), a daughter of Roger and Eleanor White,

of Goodrich. He was assessed at Huntsham (with his father) in 1663 and taxed on two hearths in 1665. He was a

churchwarden at Goodrich in 1670, and left a will dated 6 February 1686/7. He was buried at Goodrich on 20

February 1689/90, having had issue (baptized at Goodrich with perhaps the exception of his youngest son),

20. 1. John, of Huntsham, baptized at Goodrich 13 October 1633. On 13 May 1683 he was presented

before the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Hereford as an “obstinate Quaker”. He married,

29 March 1687, at the Ross Monthly Meeting, Mary (who survived him and married 2ndly on

6 February 1710/11 at Bosbury Philip Wanklyn who was a churchwarden at Goodrich in

1721), daughter of William Fisher of Ross-on-Wye. On 14 November 1705 (the same day that

he signed his will) he made a separate settlement on Nicholas Fisher and Joseph Cowles for

the benefit of his minor son John. His will of that day confirms Huntsham to his son and gives

legacies of £80 each to his four daughters as they came of age. He was buried at Ross-on-Wye

on 11 February 1705/6 having had issue,

1. William, born 28 November 1687, who died on 12 May 1688.

2. John, the only surviving son, born 31 March 1695, who was buried at

Ross-on-Wye on 11 November 1709.

1. Mary, born 25 February 1689, married (by 1715) William Meende, of



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Ross-on-Wye, a barber. She was living his widow in 1759.

2. Margaret, born 25 November 1690. She married (licence 14 August 1721) at

St. Bartholomew-the-Less, London, Edward Ball, of Soho, a staymaker.

[See also Hannah, below.]

3. Sarah, born 25 November 1692, who married Robert Marsh, of St. Giles-in-

the-Fields, London, a coachmaker.

4. Hannah, born about 1698. She married ________ Poulton, of St. James’,

Garlickhithe, London. She was living his widow in 1759. [Margaret and

Hannah Scudamore were baptized at Goodrich on 25 January 1712/3,

presumably indicating their allegiance to the Church of England from that

time.]

The family estate in Huntsham later passed to the Vaughans of Courtfield in Welsh Bicknor presumably by

purchase.

21. 2. Roger, baptized 1 April 1638, who married Elizabeth Mildmay at Monmouth on 27 July 1668.

He possibly became a Quaker as did his elder brother, John. He is not remembered in his

father’s will and may have died before him, although elsewhere it is said that he died in

Ireland about 1695. Had issue,

1. Richard, born 1669, who, with his brother and sisters, is named in the will of

their grandfather who left them £10 each. It is presumed that he died before

1710.

24. 2. James, of Huntsham, born 7 January 1674. He married in 1700, or

thereabouts, Catherine ________. The transcripts of the registers of

Goodrich record his baptism on 20 September 1701, from which it may be

inferred that he left the Quakers. About 1711 James entered into a law suit

against his aunt Mary Wanklyn (and her daughters) about the right of

inheritance to his grandfather’s estate. He claimed that he was the surviving

male heir and that his grandfather had entailed the estate on the male line.

The suit continued in Chancery for several years and clearly must have

proved costly. (The outcome, one would assume, did not go in his favor.)

Had issue, the six eldest children christened at Goodrich,

1. Thomas, baptized 8 August 1703, buried 12 August.

2. James, baptized 7 January 1704/5.

3. Richard, baptized 2 November 1712.

4. John, baptized at St. Weonards, 30 January 1714/5.

1. Eleanor, baptized 31 December 1700.

2. Mary, baptized 29 June 1707.

3. Elizabeth, baptized 24 December 1710.

In the absence of information regarding the descendants of his elder brother,

Roger Scudamore (TXN [21]), the representation of the family is presumed to

have passed to the posterity of James the 3rd son of Richard Scudamore

(TXN [18]).

1. Elizabeth, born 13 November 1670, at Monmouth.

2. Jane, born 23 May 1672.

22. 3. JAMES, of English Bicknor, Gloucestershire, of whom further.

23. 4. Thomas, of Ross-on-Wye, baptized 2 March 1643/4. He married 1stly Martha ______ (buried

at Ross-on-Wye on 8 February 1681/2), by whom he had issue (baptized at Goodrich and

named in their grandfather’s will),

1. John, baptized 20 April 1671.

2. Richard, baptized 31 March 1674.

1. Martha, baptized 5 October 1672.

Thomas Scudamore married 2ndly at Ross-on-Wye on 17 April 1683 Sarah Maddocks (buried

there on 13 November 1701). He was buried at Ross-on-Wye on 28 November 1709, having

had issue by her (christened at Ross-on-Wye),

26. 3. William, of Ross-on-Wye, baptized 4 May 1684, who was also named in his

grandfather’s will. He married 1stly on 4 November 1703 at Ross-on-Wye,

Eleanor Bennet (buried there on 24 June 1714), by whom he had issue

(christened at Ross-on-Wye),

29. 1. William, baptized 9 September 1711. He married 1stly at

Ross-on-Wye on 13 February 1737/8, Emelia Bumford,

by whom he had issue a son,



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William, baptized at Ross-on-Wye 11 November

1739.

He married 2ndly on 24 May 1748 at Ross-on-Wye, Sarah

Keyse. It is possible that he and Sarah moved from Ross-

on-Wye to live elsewhere (perhaps to Hereford?).

1. Elizabeth, baptized 1 October 1704.

2. Sarah, baptized 8 December 1706. She married

Thomas Palmer on 18 November 1733 at Ross-on-Wye.

3. Mary, baptized 12 December 1708.

4. Grace, baptized 30 August 1713. She married Robert

Morgan at Ross-on-Wye on 25 June 1737.

William Scudamore married 2ndly on 5 August 1714, Elizabeth Merrick

(buried at Ross-on-Wye on 7 January 1720/1), by whom he had issue, a

daughter,

5. Ann, baptized at Ross-on-Wye 14 August 1715.

William Scudamore married 3rdly at Ross-on-Wye on 15 June 1721, Mary

Price (buried at Ross-on-Wye on 21 December 1737). He died and was

buried at Ross-on-Wye on 22 April 1761.

4. Thomas, baptized 10 February 1688/9.

2. Grace, baptized 7 March 1685/6, who died young and was buried at Ross-

on-Wye on 24 Mary 1690.

3. Grace, baptized 8 January 1692/3.

5. William, of Goodrich, born about 1650. He was churchwarden at Goodrich with Peter

Pridmore (1684) and with John Miles (1694). He was joint executor with his sister Mary of his

father’s will. Unmarried, he was buried at Goodrich on 16 February 1715/6.

1. Mary, baptized 22 December 1635, who never married and was buried at Goodrich on 20

April 1713.

2. Eleanor, baptized 25 May 1654. She was left a legacy of £30 in her father’s will in 1687. It

appears that she was unmarried and may have been the lady of her name who was buried at

Ross-on-Wye on 31 March 1742.

The 3rd son of Richard Scudamore by his wife Eleanor White,

TXN [22]. JAMES SCUDAMORE, of English Bicknor, Gloucestershire, baptized at Goodrich 3 October 1641.

He married at English Bicknor on 10 April 1684 Mary (born 1657, buried there on 26 December 1707), a

daughter of John and Mary Godwin of that place. On 13 April 1687 James Scudamore of English Bicknor, and

his younger brothers, Thomas and William, came to a court held for Goodrich and released their interest in

Huntsham, by an indenture, to John and Mary Scudamore and two other trustees. James was buried at English

Bicknor on 3 April 1726, having had issue (christened there),

25. 1. GODWIN, of English Bicknor and Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, his heir, of whom further.

2. Richard, baptized 17 March 1695, who died young and was buried at English Bicknor on 17

April 1713.

1. Eleanor, baptized 26 April 1685.

2. Mary, baptized 21 September 1686, married at Walford on 6 August 1706 James Jones and

had issue.

The elder son,

TXN [25]. GODWIN SCUDAMORE, of English Bicknor and Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, baptized 23

September 1690. He married at English Bicknor on 22 May 1727 Elizabeth Potter (born 1701, buried at

Abenhall, Gloucestershire, on 29 March 1774). On 2 February 1753 Godwin and Elizabeth Scudamore

purchased a messuage and half an acre of land in Mitcheldean called Cawnedge or Scult’s House (probably in

the vicinity of the present Cornage Farm), adjoining Lining Wood just within the parish of East Dean, from

William Philips of The Lea, Herefordshire. On 12 December 1754 they purchased a small holding of about 13

acres near Sollers Hope, Herefordshire, from Mark Watkins of Longhope. Mr. Scudamore died on 12 March

1778 aged 87 (although the inscription on the family tomb in Abenhall churchyard states that he was aged 93)

and was buried at Abenhall two days later. Had issue,

ABL [1] 1. JOHN, of Mitcheldean and Abenhall, his heir,

ancestor to the family at ABENHALL, GLOUCESTERSHIRE (see p.17).

TXN [28] 2. RICHARD, of Longhope, of whom further.

The younger son,

TXN [28]. RICHARD SCUDAMORE, of Longhope, Gloucestershire, baptized 2 February 1731/2. He married

at Brockhampton in Woolhope, Herefordshire, on 21 June 1770 Ann Legeyt (who survived her husband and



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married 2ndly (licence) at Abenhall on 14 July 1776 John Knight Hayward). Mr. Scudamore died when he was

only 40 years old and was buried at Longhope on 6 September 1772. In his will, dated 16 May (proved 22

September) 1772, he gives bequests to his brother John and to his nephews John and Richard Scudamore, and

leaves his real and personal estate, including land, barns and premises called Leynes (probably the present

Laine’s Farm near Lea Line) to his wife. He appoints his brother John the guardian of his child (or children)

should his wife marry again. It appears that Richard Scudamore had an only son,

31. 1. RICHARD SCUDAMORE, baptized at Longhope 28 May 1771. He married (licence) at

Abenhall on 20 June 1795 Lettice (baptized at Linton, near Ross-on-Wye, 10 August 1772),

daughter of John and Sarah Bonnor of Linton. It seems likely that Richard and Lettice moved

from the Forest of Dean and probably settled in Cardiff where their posterity eventually

resided. Had issue,

1. John, baptized at Mitcheldean 27 September 1801. Mr. Scudamore

married although the name of his wife is not presently known. He was a

widower in April 1851 (called John Skidmore (LM)) when the census

returns for that year were taken; he was then living with his brother-in-law

and sister, Bartholomew and Sarah McLeod and their family, at 68 Great

Frederick Street, Cardiff. In the return Mr. Scudamore is stated as being a

coach painter. He may have been the man of his name who was accidentally

drowned by falling into the West Beck Docks, Cardiff, on 4 November 1858

described as a Dock Constable. It is not known if John Scudamore had

children.

35. 2. RICHARD, of Cardiff, of whom further.

1. Anne Hayward, baptized at Abenhall 18 May 1796.

2. Sarah, baptized at Mitcheldean 7 October 1803, married Bartholomew

McLeod, a tailor, on 4 May 1829 at Bedminster, Bristol. Mr. and Mrs.

McLeod were living with their four children in Great Frederick Street,

Cardiff, in 1851.

The younger son,

TXN [35]. RICHARD SCUDAMORE, of Cardiff, Glamorgan, baptized at Mitcheldean 21 July 1805. He

married Mary Emanuel (born 1805, who survived her husband and died in 1882) on 8 June 1828 at St. Paul’s,

Bristol. Mr. Scudamore was a pilot based at the Bute Dock. He died at Cardiff on 8 May 1879, admons being

granted to his son John Bonnor Scudamore on 3 August 1883. Had issue (born at Cardiff, baptised at St John

and St Mary, Cardiff),

45. 1. Richard, of Cardiff, born 1835, baptised 9 October 1836. He married at Swansea parish

church, 2 June 1857, Harriet (who survived her husband and married 2ndly at Cardiff on 21

May 1866 John Louis Heins, a widower and shipping agent), a daughter of James Harris. Mr.

Scudamore, a mariner and pilot, died in his father’s lifetime on 19 February 1862, admons

being granted to his widow on 8 March of that year. Had issue,

1. Richard, born 1858, who died in infancy the following year, aged 11 months

at South William Street, buried 24 May at St Mary's, Amansdown Cemetery.

2. John, born 1860, who died in infancy the same year, buried 19 October.

3. Richard Roberts, born 1861, who died in infancy the following year, at 6

months, buried 5 February.

2. John, baptised 9 April 1837, who died an infant on 3 March 1840.

46 3. JOHN BONNOR, of Cardiff, of whom further.

4. William Hayward, born 1845, who died in infancy the following year aged 16 months, buried

at St John's on 19 June, of Bute Docks.

1. Lettice, baptised 29 May 1829. She married David Roberts at St John's, Cardiff on 6 April

1848.

2. Mary Ann, baptised 11 November 1832. She married Samuel Sage (born 1838), a master

mariner, at St. Mary’s, Cardiff, on 11 November 1863.

3. Sarah, baptised 17 March 1839, who died in infancy in 1841 died at Bridge Street aged 2

years, buried at St John's 24 October.

4. Louisa, baptised 9 May 1841. She married John Wedge in 1864.

5. Mary, born 1847, who died in infancy in 1849.

The 3rd son,

TXN [46]. JOHN BONNOR SCUDAMORE, of Cardiff, born 1 March 1843, baptised 2 April. He was married

at Brislington, Somerset, (near Bristol) in 1869 to Sarah Jane Baker (born 1845, who survived her husband and

died in 1930). Mr. and Mrs. Scudamore were living at 5 South William Street, Cardiff, with their family in

1881. Mr. Scudamore, an accountant, died in 1914 aged 71, buried 1 August at St Mary's, Whitchurch,



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Glamorgan, having had issue,

1. John Wedge (a twin), born 1869, who appears not to have married and who died at

Carmarthen in 1908.

2. Richard (a twin), born 1869, who died in infancy in 1871.

49. 3. RUPERT STANHOPE, of Cardiff, of whom further.

4. Richard Edgar, baptised 20 March 1872, who died in infancy the following year.

50. 5. Richard Edgar, born 1878. He married at Cardiff on 3 January 1903 to Martha (born 1882,

who died in 1914), daughter of William Edward Kenny.

An electrical engineer at a colliery in New Tredegar, he enlisted on 1 February 1916 and was

assigned in September 1917 to Unit 352 (H.S.) Works Company of the Labour Corps in Ripon,

transferring to Catterick two months later. Then a widower, he gave his daughter Doris

Scudamore of Hengoed, Monmouthshire, as next of kin. He was sent to France in July 1919 2

and was finally demobbed in April 1920.

Mr. Scudamore died in 1951, having had issue,

1. Doris Martha, born 3 April 1903. She was married in 1952 to Gilbert Sefton.

2. Mary Agnes, born 12 May 1904, who died in infancy the same year.

51. 6. Ralph Roberts, of Pontypridd, Glamorgan, born 1883. He married in 1911 at Cardiff, Lucy M.

B. Randall (who survived her husband and married 2ndly in 1928, Robert H. Pritchard). Mr.

Scudamore died in 1926, leaving issue,

59. 1. John Bonnor, born 1914. He married in 1936, Doris D. Price (who survived

her husband and married 2ndly in 1945, Harry Hargreaves). He served with

a Parachute Regiment in World War II. Shortly after the end of the war, in

1945, he was training a squad of young men when his parachute failed to

open and he was killed. Had issue, two sons.

60. 2. Roy William, of Rugby, South Africa, born 1918. His enjoyment of music

led him to join the Royal Naval School of Music at the age of 14, in 1932.

He served for 16 years with the Band of the Royal Marines. After his

discharge, in 1948, he entered the civil service at Llanishen, South

Glamorgan, where he stayed for 18 years before being transferred to Slough,

Berkshire. In 1972 he and his wife and son emigrated to South Africa. He

married 1stly on 30 April 1942 Noreen Gough (who died in 1948), and

2ndly in 1949 Anastasia _____ by whom he has issue a son.

7. Mary Louise, born 1873. Unmarried in 1901.

8. Florence May, born 1876. She married Arthur Edwin Gulston, a tailor (born 1874-75 in

Ireland) in Cardiff in 1899 and was living at 26 Hanover Street, Canton, Cardiff in 1901.

The 3rd son,

TXN [49] RUPERT STANHOPE SCUDAMORE, of Cardiff, born 1871. He married at Keynsham,

Somerset, in 1903, Margaret Gardner (born April 1879, who survived her husband and died at Cardiff in 1967).

Mr. Scudamore died in 1920, having had issue,

58. 1. RUPERT KENNETH, of whom further.

1. Margaret May, born 26 March 1904, who died unmarried in 1980.

2. Ethel Frances, born 1905. She married in 1934.

3. Constance Madge, of Rumney, Cardiff, born 1915. She married 1stly in 1941

Laurence G. Watkins, and 2ndly in 1950 John G. Cattley (both marriages were dissolved). She

died on 15 June 1986.

The only son,

TXN [58] RUPERT KENNETH SCUDAMORE, born 1908. He married in 1939 Marjorie Edith Curle

(born 6 June 1913, died in 1985) by whom he had issue, 3 sons.

NOTES

2 Lance Corporal Scudamore's war records indicate that when in France he was assigned 'for exhumation work'. After the

war, certain parts of the battlefields were taped out into grids and searched at least six times. This activity went on well into

the 1920’s, on a large scale. The remains would then be taken to one of the cemeteries that was open for burial. Thus, many

of the small wartime burial plots were expanded with the post-war additions; indeed, many bodies were exhumed from small

cemeteries and concentrated into larger ones. Those remains that could not be identified were buried as an unknown soldier.

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The admons of RICHARD SKIDMORE of Hentland, Herefordshire, was given at the Prerogative

Court of Canterbury on 2 August 1660 to LODOVICK (LEWIS) SKIDMORE, his brother. Lewis Skidmore was

not assessed in Herefordshire in 1663 and perhaps lived elsewhere.

SIBYL SCUDAMORE was buried 4 February 1681/2 at Goodrich, Herefordshire.

Fernhurst notes

JOHN SKIDMORE was a customary tenant in 1543 at Reigate, Surrey, where he held four acres of

meadow called Ashtread Mead worth 8sh 4d by the year. [Rent Roll from the Ashtead Manor Accounts.]

TXN [16]. THOMAS SKIDMORE, a blacksmith, married Joan Collins on 3 October 1624 at Fernhurst and was

living at that place at the time of the Protestation Return of 1642. He died in 1670 (will dated 25 August, proved

8 September) and his widow Joan a little later in the same year (will dated 5 December, proved 14 January

1670/1). Had issue, perhaps with others, christened at Fernhurst,

1. Joan, baptized 3 June 1625. She married William Osborne on 7 January 1646 at Fernhurst.

2. Mary, baptized 21 May 1630. She married Edward Lindley in 1622 at St. Mary

Stoke Newington, London and was remembered (with her sons Thomas and Edward Lingley)

in her father's will dated 25 August 1670.

3. Elizabeth, baptized 7 September 1642. She married 1stly William Tribe on 10 November 1666

at Fernhurst and was named executrix and residuary heir of her mother on 5 December 1670.

TXN [17]. JOHN SKIDMORE married Elizabeth _______. He was a churchwarden at Fernhurst in 1642. He had

died before 1 January 1659/60 at Fernhurst, the day that his widow married 2ndly Nicholas Swann. The admons

on his estate was granted in 1662 the Consistory Court at Chichester to Elizabeth Swann alias Skidmore. The

following, christened at Haslemere, Surrey, may be part of his issue,

1. Thomas, baptized 25 March 1629/30.

1. Dorothy, baptized 25 February 1624/5.

ELIZABETH, daughter of JOHN and ELIZABETH SKIDMORE, was baptized 4 May 1646 at Fernhurst.

JANE SKIDMORE married Henry Stouall on 17 October 1664 at Thursley, Surrey.



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PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, MARYLAND

Baldwin Skidmore, the ancestor of a large family found later at Alexandria, Virginia and in the District of

Columbia, was born on 2 June 1721 and baptized on 16 June in London as the son of Edward and Elizabeth

(_______) Skidmore at St. James, Westminster. While the immediate ancestry of his father Edward is unknown,

a DNA sample submitted by a descendant shows that this family came anciently out of Thruxton, Herefordshire

possibly with a longer interlude in London or one of the home counties.

TXN [27]. EDWARD SCUDAMORE married Elizabeth Mason, by licence, on 11 September 1720 at St

James, Clerkenwell, London. He is presumably the Edward Skudamore who was buried at St James Piccadilly,

Westminster in 1737.

TXN [30]. BALDWIN SKIDMORE, born on 2 June 1719 1721 in London, came as an indentured

servant to Maryland. His master William Beall of Prince George's County, advertised for him as runaway

English servant aged about 27 years old in the Maryland Gazette dated 29 April 1746. He married Elizabeth

_______ (who may have been living his widow in Fairfax County, Virginia, in 1782) by whom he had several

children, partly christened at the St John's Parish Church in Prince George's County. He is last noticed on 9

December 1765 when he had been jailed for debt. Baldwin Skidmore was then one of several prisoners

languishing in jail who agreed to surrender their estates, goods, and effects of any kind (excepting only the

necessary wearing apparel of themselves, their wives and children). They were also permitted to keep their

working tools, and then after five days the sheriff of the county was ordered to discharge the prisoners and

suffer them to go at large. In addition to the children mentioned below a Melinda, Elizabeth and Ann Skidmore

appear on the tax list of 1782 in Fairfax County, Virginia (together with Edward Skidmore), and they may also

be part of his posterity. Had issue,

32. 1. EDWARD, of whom further.

33. 2. Samuel, born 12 October 1763 according to the register of St. John's Parish. He appears on the

tax list of 1787 in Fairfax Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia, living close to his older brother

Edward. He appears to have had at least one son,

40. 1. Samuel, born 1800. He married lstly Julia Ann Cassin of Alexandria on 14

August 1822 at Washington, D. C., and 2ndly Martha Ann Soper (born

1813), a widow, on 12 September 1849 at Washington. He is probably the

man of his name who served in Company A of Hughes' Regiment of the

Maryland and District of Columbia Volunteers in the Mexican War. He was

living in the Sixth Ward of the District of Columbia in 1850 (with his two

Soper stepchildren). He was a wheelwright by trade and died in September

1879 aged 80 in the District of Columbia. [His will dated 9 January 1873,

proved 21 November 1879, has not been seen.] Had issue, as known,

1. Samuel, born 1857. On 25 March 1876 Samuel C.

Skidmore enlisted at Washington with the Navy for a term

of three years. This reveals that he was aged 19y 5m, a

stonecutter who was 5ft 6⅞in tall with hazel eyes, sandy

hair and a ruddy complexion with many freckles.

2. Martha E., born 1852. She married, by 1870, Wilbur Eglin

of the Metropolitan Police Force.

34. 3. (probably) William, born before 1770. He is first noticed at Alexandria, Virginia, on 9 April

1803 when he was a bondsman at the marriage of Peter Chase and Eleanor Smallwood. He

married Catherine Robinson on 15 April 1814 at Alexandria; Jesse Robinson was his

bondsman. She was living, his widow, in 1840. Had issue, as known,

41. 1. Samuel Skidmore, born December 1815. He married Louisa (born 1818 in

Wurtemburg, Germany) and they were living in 1850 at Alexandria. He was

a lock keeper there in 1860. In 1880 they are found at 1433 Ohio Avenue in

the District of Columbia. He died 23 July 1900 in Van Buren Township,

Monroe County, Indiana, aged 85. Had issue, six children including five

daughters; he was also survived by two grandchildren Samuel Batt and

Louisa Batt,

1. Mary A., born 1843.

2 Julia, born 1845. She married _______ Creamer and was

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3. Catherine, born 1848.

4. Henrietta, born 1850. She married Frank Jacobs.

5. Virginia, born 1852. She married John Scufferly.

42. 2. Washington, born 1815-20 (aged 20-29 in 1840). He married Ann Paradise

(aged 30-39 in 1840) on 8 January 1835 at Washington, D. C. He was head

of a family in the 1840 census close to Catherine Skidmore (perhaps a

widow and his mother).

1. A son, born 1820-25.

1. A daughter, born 1815-20.

2. A daughter, born 1825-30.

1. Verlinda, born 4 August 1757 according to the register at St. John's.

2. (perhaps) Melinda.

3. (perhaps) Elizabeth.

4. (perhaps) Ann.

The son,

TXN [32]. EDWARD SKIDMORE was born in 1759 in southern Maryland according to his descendants. He

married Lydia Hall (who was born in 1760 and died in August or September 1814) and they were living by 1782

in Fairfax County, Virginia where he was a carpenter. In the same year a Melinda, Elizabeth and Ann Skidmore

also appear on the same tax list, but not thereafter. In 1787 Edward Skidmore was taxed on two horses and three

cattle in Fairfax Parish; Samuel Skidmore (presumably his younger brother) was living nearby. On 28 February

1792 William Carlin and his wife Elizabeth granted to Edward and Lydia Skidmore for 5 shillings, a tract of

land Gerlying near Four Mile Run for an annual rent of £6 due yearly on the 1st of January in either gold or

silver. Edward Skidmore was the head of a family in the 1820 census of Alexandria (then a part of the District

of Columbia), and died there on I February 1828 aged 69. His will (dated 30 December 1827 “in my usual, but

delicate health”) mentions his sons Gerard, John, Lewis, Jesse, and Isaac, and his daughters Ann Harris, Letitia

Carlin, and Amelia Skidmore. It was witnessed by Wesley Carlin, Richard Kirby, and John Gladen. The estate

was settled in April 1828 and John Skidmore paid legacies to all of his brothers and sisters except Isaac and

Amelia. He also paid $15.00 to Harrison Bradley for the expenses of the funeral. Had issue,

37. 1. Gerard (Jared), born about 1784. He married Mariah Richard on 27 April 1810. Gerard

Skidmore served as a private in the 57th Regiment of Virginia Militia in the War of 1812.

They were living at Alexandria in 1820 (where he was head of a household joining his brother

Jesse) and again in 1830. In 1840 he was enumerated in Fairfax County, but was dead before

12 October 1849 when Samuel Birch, Benjamin F. Shreve and S. L. Simmers were appointed

to appraise his estate. Had issue, as known,

1. William W., born 1821. He married Mary E. Howard (who was still living

his widow with her children in 1870 in Washington, D. C.). He was a

huckster in 1860 in Washington.

2. A son, born 1825.

1. Ann M., born 1811. She married William Tucker (born 1798) on I

December 1833. They were living in Alexandria in 1850; when he is noticed

as blind.

2. A daughter, born 1813.

3. A daughter, born 1815.

4. Mary E., born 1817. She was a teacher in the common schools at

Washington, D.C., in 1860 living at 518 8th Street West.

5. Sarah, born 1823. Living at home in Alexandria in 1850.

6. Octavia, born 1830. She married lstly Emanuel H. Boswell on 2 July 1858,

and 2ndly (by 1870) D. C. Talbert, huckster in Washington, D. C.

2. John, born 1786. On 10 May 1833 he purchased 84 acres of land in Fairfax County on the

north side of the Middle Turnpike Road and the old Leesburg Road from John Allison. This

tract was part of a larger tract called Washington Forest and on 24 March 1837 it was

confirmed to him by another deed from George Washington Parke Custis; this deed was

witnessed by Samuel Skidmore and Tench Ringold. John Skidmore died in 1847; his will

dated 27 February divided his land on both sides of Middle Turnpike between his sister Milly

(Amelia) and his brother Isaac. Isaac Skidmore served as executor and the will was recorded

on 17 May 1847 in Fairfax County.

38. 3. Lewis (Reverend), born 1789. With the advice and consent of his father he voluntarily put

himself apprentice for four years to Lewis Piles on I 1 June 1805 to learn "the Art, Trade and

Mystery of a Blacksmith" promising that he would not haunt ale houses, taverns, or

playhouses, fornicate, or play at dice or cards. According to an autobiographical statement in



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his will he was “born of His spirit in 1807” and became a preacher in the Methodist

denomination in 1812. He was the compiler of A choice of the latest social and camp meeting

hymns and spiritual songs published at Baltimore in 1825. He married Drucilla W. Fennell

(previously the widow of Edwin H. Pette or Petty) on 3 October 1831 in Charlotte County,

Virginia. He wrote from Mossingford, Virginia on 8 June 1853 to Dr. F. T. Stribling at

Staunton “& I have made arrangements for Mr. Tinsley to visit my dear son John, & if his

condition will justify, to try an excursion through the mountains.” He died in Charlotte County

on 8 October 1857 “aged 80”according to an obituary in the Western Democrat survived by

his widow and a son and daughter. A codicil to his will (dated 8 September 1857) also left

$500.00 to his stepson Dr. R. J. F. Pette, M.D., who was to serve as guardian to his children

and was to have his bay mare Topaz. Dr. Pette and his brother Isaac Skidmore were to serve as

executors. Had issue,

1. John Fennell, born 1834. He was a patient in the Western State Asylum at

Staunton in Augusta County, Virginia, where he had died before 16 June

1859. On this date his mother Mrs. D. W. Skidmore testified that her older

son Dr. Peete had occasion to visit him twice “last fall” in his last illness. M.

B. Skidmore inherited her brother's interest in her father's estate; a third of

this was paid to D. W. Skidmore and the remaining two thirds went to M. B.

Skidmore.

1. Margaret Bedford, born 1840. She married Thomas A. Proctor on I October

1859 in Charlotte County.

2. Lydia A., born 1845. She died in childhood.

39. 4. JESSE, of whom further.

5. Isaac., born 1796. He married Mary E. ________ (born 1822, died 1 June 1862 in her 40th

year). He was a fanner in 1850 in Fairfax County, and died (apparently without issue) on 1

May 1883 in his 87th year. Tombstones were put up over his grave and the grave of his wife

by his niece Ann E. A. Carlin as directed by her will in 1892; they are buried in the Ball-

Carlin Cemetery at South Kensington and Third Streets in Arlington, Virginia.

1. Ann, eldest daughter, born 1792. She married William A. Harris on 8 May 1809 at

Alexandria. They sold property to Jesse Skidmore on 4 February 1824 at Alexandria.

2. Letitia Margetta (Titia), born 1798. She married James Harvey Carlin (died 1845) of

Alexandria on 21 November 1821. [He was a son of George Washington’s tailor.] She died on

5 March 1866 and they are buried (with several of their children) in Ball-Carlin Cemetery in

Arlington.

3. Amelia, born 1810. She was living unmarried at Alexandria in 1860 with her widowed sister

Letitia Carlin. She cared for her father in his old age, and was his principal beneficiary. She

died on 27 January 1867.

The 3rd son,

TXN [39]. JESSE SKIDMORE, born 19 February 1790. He married Sarah Boyd (born 20 July 1789, died 10

June 1864) on 19 October 1815. They lived at Alexandria where he was a house carpenter. He was a director of

the King Street Fire Company from 1823 to 1827. He built a new house for himself at what is now 1024 Queen

Street, and he is shown in the 1830 census as the head of a household of 14 people including four young

apprentices and three slaves. Jesse Skidmore was engaged by Major Lawrence Lewis to build a wall about the

vault where President George Washington is buried and to make other repairs at Mount Vernon. [His letter

about this contract is in the Manuscripts Division of the Library of Congress.] He signed a petition in 1848

against the building of a new courthouse on the grounds that it was not needed. His eldest six children

(including the twins Andrew F. and Emily C.) were all christened soon by their uncle Reverend Lewis

Skidmore. He died 23 December 1854 of paralysis and they are buried (with several of their children) in the

First Presbytertian Cemetery in Alexandria. His will left 10 parcels of real estate to his wife and children. Sarah

Skidmore left a will proved 5 March 1866 dividing her estate (including the family home near the southeast

comer of Queen and Henry Streets in Alexandria) between her two unmarried daughters Emily C. (the

executrix) and Maria L. Skidmore. Emily C. Skidmore bought the family home at auction, and left it at her death

to her nephew William Allen. With additions, it still stands and was renovated in 2005.

46. 1. JOHN WILLIAM, of whom further.

2. Lewis Edward, born 20 May 1823. He married Ann Elizabeth (born May 1828). He is listed in

the city directory of Washington, D. C., in 1860 at 675 12th West, but is not enumerated there

in the 1860 census. They were living at 1011 Cameron Street, Alexandria, in 1900. He died

there on 24 July 1900, leaving no issue.

3. Andrew Fletcher, born 16 November 1826. He was a Third Corporal in the 175th Regiment of

Mount Vernon Guards (Captain William Smith's Company), and then in Company E, 17th



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Regiment of Virginia Infantry (Corse's Brigade). Distinguished for gallantry on the field, he

was killed at Yorktown on 2 May 1862.

4. Isaac P., born 16 January 1830. He died 17 April 1830, an infant.

1. Ann Eliza, born 16 August 1816. She died 16 September 1827.

2. Maria L., born 17 September 1820. She died 6 September 1893 of consumption and is buried

with her parents in the First Presbyterian Cemetery in Alexandria.

3. Emily Charlotte, born February 1828. She never married and was living in 1900 at 204

Columbus Street, Alexandria, with her niece Mary D. Allen. She died 3 August 1911.

4. Mary Drucella, born 15 October 1831. She married William H. Allen on 1 October 1850 in

the District of Columbia. She died on 8 March 1914 at Alexandria.

The eldest son,

TXN [46]. JOHN WILLIAM SKIDMORE, born 6 September 1818. He married on 4 February 1845 Mary

Agnes (born 1825), daughter of Samuel Wimsatt (performed by Reverend Father Mathews). He was a house

carpenter at Alexandria in 1850 and died on 16 December 1865 “of drunkenness.” His widow survived him for

many years and was living in 1880 age 56, a teacher, in Washington, D.C. In 1900 she was at 213 Shore Street,

Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Virginia living with her son-in-law Michael Gary. Had issue,

53. 1. John Samuel [alias Boyd Skidmore], born 8 December 1845. He was raised as a Catholic and

was a student in 1860 at St. Joseph's College at Reading, Perry County, Ohio. Most of the

students were from the south; it closed its doors in 1861 at the start of the Civil War and John

S. Skidmore returned to Alexandria where he enlisted in Company H, 6th Regiment of

Virginia Cavalry. He later became a Methodist and married Anna Amelia Wilkins at

Alexandria on 5 January 1873. An architect, he went soon after his marriage to Williston,

Fayette County, Tennessee (where he was living in 1880). He died 7 April 1890 at Fort Smith,

Arkansas, a suicide by morphine. His wife died soon after on 3 March 1891, aged 44. They

had issue,

1. John Emil, born February 1876. He was living with his brother-in-law

James Rutledge in 1900 at Fort Smith. He married Katherine Mae Faucette

on 19 December 1901. She died in 1922 and he was killed in his drugstore

at Pensacola, Florida on 28 December 1937.

1. Mary Boyd, born 20 February 1874. She married James Allen Rutledge of

Fort Smith.

2. Jessica Steadman, born 28 March 1878. She was living with her brother-

in-law in 1900, but married 1stly Wallace Gill, and 2ndly William Lewie

Foster in 1910. She died 6 May 1958 at Fort Worth, Tarrant County,

Texas.

NOTES

The unpublished records in Alexandria, the District of Columbia, and elsewhere, have not been seen.

Since published online.

1809 05 08 marriage William A. HARRIS Ann SKIDMORE

1811 11 23 marriage Daniel CRUMP Elizabeth SKIDMORE

1814 04 15 marriage William SKIDMORE Catherine ROBINSON

1815 10 19 marriage Jesse SKIDMORE Sarah BOYD

1821 11 21 marriage James Harvey CARLIN Letitia Margetta SKIDMORE

TXN [43]. JOHN W. SKIDMORE, born 1780-90, was the head of a family in Fairfax County in 1820 living

close to William Skidmore next above. He was a bondsman on 21 November 1821 at Alexandria at the marriage

of John D. Harrison and Elizabeth Carlin. He married (born about 1790) who was living recently widowed at

Alexandria in 1830. They appear to have had seven children born from about 1808 to 1830 in Alexandria.

MELINDA, ELIZABETH and ANN SKIDMORE all appear on the 1782 tax list of Fairfax County. They are

not found thereafter.

JOHN W. SKIDMORE, born in May 1823. He married Mary E. Lightner on 5 March 1847 in the District of

Columbia. They were living there in 1900 at 120 Virginia Avenue, S.E. He was, no doubt, a son of the elder

John W. Skidmore noticed above.

TXN [47]. GEORGE SKIDMORE, born 1826 in the District of Columbia. He was probably a son of the George



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Skidmore who married Sarah Gardner (noticed below); they had an older son not identified who was born about

1824. George Skidmore, Jr., went to Ohio as a young man. He enlisted there for one year in Company F, 2nd

Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry on 3 June 1846 for service in the Mexican War. George Skidmore, a

shoemaker, was living in 1850 in Jackson Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, in the household of Samuel

Gardner who was probably a kinsman. He married Eliza Simmons on I October 1854 in Athens County, and

they were living in 1860 at Savannah (post office Guysville) in Rome Township. George Skidmore, age 35,

enlisted as a Second Lieutenant on 19 August 1861 for three years at Athens, Athens County, Ohio, in Company

C, 18th Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was discharged on 3 January 1865 at Camp Chase for wounds

received at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia. They had moved by 1880 to the village of Watkins, Mill Creek

Township, Union County, Ohio, where he was a shoe and bootmaker. (In 1880 he stated that his father was born

in Maryland and his mother in the District of Columbia.) He died 9 June 1881 and is buried in the Watkins

cemetery in Mill Creek Township. Had issue,

54. 1. John, born September 1855. He married Lydia J. Shoby and was living in 1900 in Darby

Township, Madison County, Ohio, and on Post Road in that county in 1920 and with a son-in-

law in 1930.

55. 2. George E., born August 1862. He married Alice R. in 1888. They were living in 1900 in

Walnut Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and in 1910 at Lithopolis, Bloom Township,

Fairfield County, Ohio, and on Marcy Road in that county in 1920.

56. 3. Emory, born November 1865. He married Viola R. Davis in 1891 and they were living at

Continental, Monroe Township, Putnam County, Ohio, in 1900.

4. Dawson, born 1873.

1. Sophia, born 1857.

2. Amanda, born 1859.

3. Helen, born 1868.

JOSHUA L. SKIDMORE, born 1827 in Virginia. He served in Company C of Watson’s Battalion of

the Maryland and District of Columbia Infantry in the Mexican War. He was living in the Fourth Ward of

Washington in 1850, unmarried and a carpenter by trade.

GEORGE W. SKIDMORE, born 10 August 1836 in Fairfax County. He was living in 1850 in the

household of James Danford (born 1791) and his wife Am (born 1797). This household was very close to that of

JOHN W. SKIDMORE (born May 1823) noticed above. In 1860 George Skidmore was employed as

an engineer at the Government Hospital for the Insane in Washington, and was working there in 1900 with his

wife Josephine according to the census.

The following persons married in the District of Columbia are unidentified. It is likely that a part of them belong

tothe family found earlier in STAFFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA (q.v.).

ANN SKIDMORE married Jacob Groves on 18 April 1850.

CATHERINE SKIDMORE married Arhot Croft on 29 August 1839.

COLUMBIA SKIDMORE married Washington Berry on 7 December 1854 according to the Planter’s

Advocate published at Upper Marlboro, Maryland.

TXN [44]. GEORGE SKIDMORE married Sarah Gardner on 23 September 1822. They are probably parents

of the GEORGE SKIDMORE of Athens County, Ohio, noticed above.

HENRY SKIDMORE, born 1820 in Virginia. He served in the District of Columbia Volunteers in the

Seminole War in Florida as a private, and later filed an invalid's certificate when he applied for a pension. He

married Matilda Smith on 17 April 1840. They were living in 1860 in the First Ward where he was a

paperhanger.

JANE E. SKIDMORE married William L. Reese on 22 October 1839.

MARGARET SKIDMORE married Oxford Boucher on 27 July 1857. She was living, the head of a

family, in 1860 in the Third Ward of Georgetown, D.C.

NANCY SKIDMORE married Rezin P. Taylor on 3 June 1851.

TXN [44a]. RAYMOND SKIDMORE was born in 1834 in the District of Columbia and married Mary Ann

Caulk (1838-1904) on 22 March 1855. He is not found in the 1850 census but in 1860 he and his wife Mary Ann

were living at Lawrenceville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where he was a blacksmith. In 1861 they were

back in Washington, D. C., living at 488 E Street, South. They moved soon after to Parkersburg, Wood County,

West Virginia, where they lived for the rest of their lives. Raymond Skidmore had died before 11 January 1900

when the admons on his estate was appointed. He had a brother George Skidmore (of Athens County, Ohio?)



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who served as a trustee for the two children of Raymond Skidmore on 22 November 1866 (abode unstated) in

Parkersburg.

REBECCA SKIDMORE married Henry Davis on 8 April 1815.

REBECCA SKIDMORE married Sanford Bayliss on 23 February 1830. See Sarah Skidmore, perhaps

a sister.

SAMUEL SKIDMORE married Julia Ann Causine on 14 August 1822. She was a daughter of John

Coseen of Alexandria who remembers her in his will dated 29 August 1833.

SARAH SKIDMORE married Collin Bayliss on 6 August 1833. See Rebecca Skidmore, perhaps a

sister.

WILLIAM SKIDMORE married Penelope Farr on 26 September 1812. He was presumably dead by 16

November 1820 when a Penelope Skidmore married Benjamin Crupper.

VIRGINIA F. SKIDMORE married John T. Burke on 16 December 1856. She is not found in the 1850

census.

Other unidentified Skidmores in Virginia:

JANE FRANCES SKIDMORE and James Donaldson, both of Fairfax, were married 19 September

1839.

SAMUEL SKIDMORE once owned lot E68 in the Union Cemetery of the Methodist Episcopal Church

South in Alexandria, Virginia. There are no stones on the lot.



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ABENHALL, GLOUCESTERSHIRE

The ancestors of the family at Abenhall will be found earlier at THRUXTON, HEREFORDSHIRE, a branch of

the family anciently at Kentchurch.

ABL [1]. JOHN SCUDAMORE, of Mitcheldean and Abenhall (elder son of Godwin Scudamore (TXN [25], see

p.7) by his wife Elizabeth Potter), was baptized on 10 October 1729 at English Bicknor, Gloucestershire. He

married 1stly on 15 December 1749 at St. Nicholas’ Church, Gloucester, Anne Wellington of Lea,

Herefordshire (who was buried at Lea on 25 August 1750). He married 2ndly (licence) at Abenhall on 5 January

1750/1 Elizabeth Voyce of Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, who was born about 1722. (She survived him and was

buried at Abenhall on 7 January 1808 aged 86 according to the inscription on the family tomb in the

churchyard). On 16 November 1770 he purchased a cottage with a garden and stables at the corner of the lane

leading to the Forest of Dean at Abenhall from William Vaughan (and William his son) which had formerly

belonged to Charles Walding. Mr. Scudamore died at Abenhall on 6 April 1796 and was buried there three days

later, having had issue,

5. 1. JOHN, of Flaxley, of whom further.

6. 2. RICHARD, of Abenhall, to whom we will return.

1. Elizabeth, baptized at Mitcheldean 20 September 1752.

2. Mary, baptized at Abenhall 8 December 1760. She married at Mitcheldean on 13 May 1789,

Thomas Harris, of Longhope, Gloucestershire.

3. Hannah, baptized at Abenhall 26 February 1765. She married at English Bicknor in August

1786, Joseph Young.

4. Sarah, baptized at Abenhall 9 March 1771. She married (licence) at Mitcheldean on 15 August

1788, William Mayo.

The elder son,

ABL [5]. JOHN SCUDAMORE, of Flaxley and Boxbush Farm, Longhope, baptized at Mitcheldean 1 May

1754. He married (licence) at Flaxley on 6 January 1785, Mary, the daughter of George and Mary Martin of

Flaxley (baptized at Flaxley 16 August 1763, who survived her husband and died 5 January 1852 and was

buried at Longhope five days later). In her will dated 23 August 1850 (proved 28 July 1852) she directs that her

property at Ruardean and Mitcheldean be sold and that the proceeds be divided among her five children. Mr.

Scudamore died on 7 May 1840 and was buried five days later at Longhope. In his will, dated 23 August 1839

(proved 30 May 1840), he leaves his freehold farm at Boxbush of 47 acres to his son, Richard.

8. 1. JOHN, of Flaxley, of whom further.

9. 2. Richard, of Upper Boxbush Farm, Longhope, baptized at Flaxley 10 February 1793. He

married (licence) at Abenhall 7 June 1820, his cousin Charlotte, the youngest daughter of

Richard and Sarah Scudamore of Abenhall (who survived her husband and was buried aged 88

at Abenhall on 25 February 1887). Mr. Scudamore died on 16 May 1879 (will dated 4 June

1878, proved 4 July 1879), and was buried four days later at Longhope. Had issue, christened

at Longhope,

19. 1. George of Bradley House Farm, Longhope, baptized 26 November 1820. He

married in 1847, Martha, daughter of John and Anne Drinkwater (born

about 1821, who survived him and died at Newent on 24 August 1881,

buried at Longhope seven days later). In her will dated 11 July 1877 (proved

30 September 1881) she left her estate to her three surviving children, the

eldest of whom she appoints executrix. Mr. Scudamore died in his father’s

lifetime on 10 November 1871 and was buried at Longhope five days later.

In his will, dated 26 October 1866 (proved 9 January 1872) he leaves his

estate to his wife, who he appoints executrix. Had issue,

1. Charlotte Ann, baptized at Longhope 15 April 1849. She

married in September 1881 Frank Robert Savidge.

2. Martha, baptized at Longhope 22 May 1851. She died in

infancy and was buried at Abenhall on 5 September 1854.

3. Sarah Ann, baptized at Longhope 6 March 1853. She

married in 1871 William Dodds of Tibberton, Glouces-

tershire.

4. Martha Ann, born 1855. She married on 12 April 1881 at

Longhope George William Crook, a farmer of Newent.

2. Richard, baptized 24 July 1831. He was unmarried and died in 1869.

1. Anne, baptized 6 October 1822. She married (licence) at Longhope on 18



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June 1849, Thomas Drinkwater, of Lea, Herefordshire.

2. Charlotte, baptized 22 June 1828. She married in 1855 Alfred William

Kitsell, of Gloucester (who died in 1899). Mrs. Kitsell was buried at

Longhope on 27 September 1886.

3. Sarah, baptized 17 October 1834. She died in infancy and was buried at

Abenhall on 22 October of the same year.

1. Sarah, baptized at Flaxley 16 January 1789. She married (licence dated 11 April 1812) Robert

Crook of Huntley.

2. Mary, baptized at Flaxley 4 December 1796. She married Samuel Smith on 19 September

1819 at Hempsted, Gloucestershire3 and was living his widow in 1850.

3. Ann, baptized at Longhope 8 June 1806. She married (licence 9 July 1853) Harry Greens, of

Newent, Gloucestershire.

The elder son,

ABL [8]. JOHN SCUDAMORE, of Moors Farm, Flaxley, baptized at Flaxley 14 August 1786. He

married Sarah Bennett on 7 April 1819 at Hempsted, Gloucestershire, both of the extraparochial hamlet of

Littleworth4. She was born 1789: she survived him and died 21 January 1866. In her will dated 18 January

(proved 18 May) 1866 she leaves her small holding at Lea Bailey for the benefit (after sale) of four of her

children (named), and nominated her brother-in-law Harry Greens as her executor. Mr. Scudamore in his will

dated 6 October 1853 (proved 25 March 1854) left his freehold property at Green Bottom in East Dean

Township to his second son John, and his freehold and leasehold property at Lea Line within the manor of

Longhope to his youngest son Richard. He also devises to his same two sons his small holdings at Mill Green in

East Dean to be held in trust for his married daughters Mary Wintle and Sarah Ann Smith and their

grandchildren. He appoints his wife Sarah his executrix, and left her his farm and associated property called The

Moors in Flaxley. After her death The Moors was to go to his six children (named) subject to the payment of

£100 to his son John. Mr. Scudamore died on 10 October 1853 and was buried at Flaxley four days later, having

had issue,

17. 1. GEORGE, of Barrow-in-Furness, of whom further.

18. 2. JOHN, of Littledean and Lea Bailey (in East Dean), of whom presently.

3. Richard, of Hazelhurst Farm, Walford, Herefordshire, baptized at Littledean 13 July 1828. He

married 1stly in 1859 Mary Ann Merrett (born 1825 at Abenhall, and buried there on 31

January 1868). He married 2ndly in 1869 Margaret Smith (born 1833, a widow with children

by her previous marriage, who survived her husband and died on 20 July 1893). Her will

(dated 7 July, proved 10 November 1893) names her daughter Hilda Margaretta Read and her

niece Martha Ann Read to whom she makes bequests. Mr. Scudamore died (presumably

without issue) on 28 August 1887. In his will (dated 14 August 1875, proved 24 February

1888) he leaves his freehold and copyhold property to his wife Margaret, and then in default

of issue to his brothers and sisters (named) and to his niece Martha Ann Drinkwater.

4. Joseph, baptized at Littledean on 29 August 1830. He died in infancy and was buried at

Flaxley on 1 September 1830.

1. Sarah Ann, baptized at Lea on 26 May 1822. She married (licence) on 29 September 1846, at

Lea, William Smith of Westbury Grove.

2. Hannah, born 1823. She married at Flaxley on 11 August 1840 John Merrett of Arlingham,

Gloucestershire.

3. Mary, born about 1827. She married (licence) on 4 May 1848 at Flaxley Thomas Wintle of

Taynton, Gloucestershire.

The eldest son,

ABL [17]. GEORGE SCUDAMORE, of Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, baptized at Longhope 6

August 1820. He married (licence) on 10 November 1854 at St. Nicholas’ church, Gloucester, Mary Bamford of

Newnham, Gloucestershire, (born 1837, who survived her husband and died at Barrow-in-Furness in 1899). Mr.

Scudamore (who worked on the railways) was living in Penrith Street, Barrow, in 1881, and at 10 Glasgow

Street at his death on 30 January 1886. (His admons granted on 16 September 1901 to his son John Thomas

Scudamore because the widow Mary had died without administering her late husband’s personal estate.) Had

issue,

37. 1. JOHN THOMAS, of Barrow, of whom further.

2. Joseph, of Preston, Lancashire, born 1859. He married at Lytham, Lancashire, on 21 October

1895 Margaret (born 1844 who survived him and died in 1925), the widow of _______

Wilding and a daughter of George Langton. Mr. Scudamore died in 1916 without issue.

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3. George, of Barrow, born 1864. Presumably unmarried, he died in 1945.

4. Richard, born 1867. He died in 1877.

1. Sarah Ann, born 1861. She died unmarried at Barrow in 1953.

2. Mary (Polly), born 1869. She married on 15 June 1889 John Taylor.

The eldest son,

ABL [37]. JOHN THOMAS SCUDAMORE, of Barrow-in-Furness, born 1856. He married on 11

August 1877 Harriet Jones (born 1859 and died in 1892). Mr. Scudamore died in 1929 having had issue,

1. John William, born at Barrow in 1878. He died in infancy in 1882.

83. 2. RICHARD, of Bootle, of whom further.

1. Louisa, born 1883. She married in 1910 Arthur Allen and was living in 1957 at Dale Bank,

Barrow.

2. Hannah, born 1884. She married on 24 December 1910 Frederick Colin Banks.

3. Harriet, born 1892. She married in 1913 John Wadeson.

4. Doris, born 1894. She died unmarried on 4 March 1957, admons being granted to her sister

Louisa Allen on 17 May of that year.

The surviving son,

ABL [83]. RICHARD SCUDAMORE, of Bootle near Barrow, born 1882. He married in 1903 Emily

Moss (born 1883 who survived her husband and died in 1943). Mr. Scudamore died in 1928, having had issue,

1. William, born 1903. He died in infancy the same year.

128. 2. JOHN THOMAS, of whom further.

129. 3. Joseph, born 1908. He married in 1931 Margaret Standing. He died in 1952 leaving issue, an

only son.

130. 4. John, of Barrow, born 27 May 1912. He married in 1936 Alice Bradley and died in 1978

leaving issue, 2 sons and a daughter.

131. 5. Richard, born 1 February 1915. He married in 1947 Mary V. Queen and died in 1978 having

had issue, a daughter.

6. George, born 1920. He died in infancy the following year.

7. Norris, born 1924.

1. Mary, born 1904. She married in 1923 Francis Cloudsdale.

2. Emily, born 1918. She married in 1937 Albert Helling.

The eldest surviving son,

ABL [128]. JOHN THOMAS SCUDAMORE, of Bootle and Barrow, born 1906. He married in 1929

Lily M. Whitten. Mr. Scudamore died in 1954 having had issue, 3 sons and 5 daughters.

The 2nd son of John Scudamore (ABL [8]) of Moors Farm by his wife Sarah,

ABL [18]. JOHN SCUDAMORE, of Littledean and Lea Bailey (in East Dean), Gloucestershire,

baptized 4 August 1825 at Lea. He married in the 1840s Mary Ann (born 1823/4, who died in 1902), daughter of

Thomas Gibbs, of Littledean. Mr. Scudamore, a farmer, died 25 January 1907. His will is dated 12 December

1902 (proved 7 August 1907) and left his estate to his son Richard and legacies to four of his other children

(named). Had issue,

1. John Gibbs, born at Littledean about 1845. He was aged 16 in 1861 when the census return for

that year was taken.

38. 2. Thomas Walter, baptized at Abenhall 24 July 1853. He married Mary Jamieson Murray at

Bathwick, Bath, Somerset, on 25 September 1873. He was a member of the staff of the Grand

Pump Hotel in Bath in 1881, and later kept a lodging house at Bathwick. He died at Ross-on-

Wye in 1937. Had issue,

1. John William Murray, born at Bath on 8 July 1874.

1. Beatrice, born at Bathwick on 15 February 1882.

3. George, of Lea Bailey, baptized at Abenhall 14 November 1855. He married on 29 August

1898 at Hereford Elizabeth Davies (died 25 December 1937). In her will (dated 9 December

1937, proved 3 March 1938) she gave legacies to her married nieces Beatrice Campbell and

Elizabeth Baldwin. Mr. Scudamore died without issue on 5 January 1938 (admons granted to

his niece, Beatrice Campbell, on 17 February of that year).

39. 4. JOSEPH, of Cardiff, Glamorgan, of whom further.

40. 5. Richard, of Lea Bailey, born at Lea Hamlet in 1867. He married on 5 March 1898 at St. Paul’s

Church, Gloucester, Emma (born 1864, who died in 1921), a daughter of John Waite. Mr.

Scudamore died 22 September 1934. His will (dated 31 July 1930, proved 9 October 1934)

left his real and personal estate to his elder daughter Margaret Charlotte Bennett and legacies

to his younger daughter Dorothy Sarah (then unmarried) and to his grand-daughter Edith

Sarah Bennett. Had issue,



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1. Margaret Charlotte, born 1899. She married in 1924 Alfred G. Bennett.

2. Dorothy Sarah, born 1902. She married in 1930 George H. Russell.

1. Mary, baptized at Littledean 27 May 1852. She died in infancy the same year.

2. Sarah, baptized at Abenhall 24 July 1853. She married at St. Paul’s, Gloucester, 27 October

1903 Charles Rudge.

3. Mary Ann, baptized at Abenhall on 25 April 1858. She married William Parry (a widower) in

December 1893 at Lea. She was living in 1902 when she is named in her father’s will.

The 4th son,

ABL [39]. JOSEPH SCUDAMORE, of Cardiff, Glamorgan, baptized at Abenhall 4 October 1861,

married at Cardiff on 12 July 1888 Mary Rebecca Read (born 1869, died 1960), a daughter of John Bass, of

Roath, Cardiff. Mr. Scudamore, who worked for the railway, retired to live at Pen-y-coedcae (near Pontypridd)

and died on 14 March 1944. In his will (dated 20 July 1936, proved 16 Mary 1944) he leaves his estate to his

wife and appoints his daughter, Louisa, sole executrix. Had issue born at Cardiff,

84. 1. JOSEPH WILLIAM, of Cardiff and Pontypridd, of whom further.

85. 2. Richard George, of Pontypridd, born 8 August 1897. He married in 1926 Margaret Bullivant.

Mr. Scudamore died in 1972 having had issue, 2 sons and 2 daughters.

86. 3. Thomas Ivor, of Pontypridd, born 13 March 1899. He married in 1921 Margaret E. Watts

(born 6 October 1899, died 1977). Mr. Scudamore died on 18 September 1978 having had

issue an only son.

87. 4. John Edward Victor, of Tynant (near Pontypridd), born 1 February 1901. He married in 1936

Madge Walkerly (born 1900, who died in 1937). Mr. Scudamore died on 7 July 1980, leaving

issue an only son.

88. 5. Hubert Norman, of Pontypridd and Beddau, Glamorgan, born 25 October 1906. He married in

1934 Gwen Maher and has issue, 2 sons.

1. Mary Ann, born 1890. She died in infancy the following year.

2. Alice Beatrice, born 1891.

3. Lillian, born 1893. She married in 1935 Arthur S. Wilson.

4. Susannah, born 1895. She married in 1935 John J. Craigie.

5. Louisa (a twin), born 10 April 1904. She married on 8 September 1945 John Dennis Griffiths.

6. Olive (a twin), born 10 April 1904. She died in infancy in 1905.

The eldest son,

ABL [84]. JOSEPH WILLIAM SCUDAMORE, of Cardiff and Pontypridd, born 4 September 1888.

He married in 1916 Sarah M. Owens (born 1891 who died in 1967). Mr. Scudamore died in 1958 having had

issue, 6 sons and 2 daughters.

For the descent of the family at Abenhall, Hentland, Herefordshire, and subsequently of Gallatin County,

Illinois, it is necessary to return to,

ABL [6]. RICHARD SCUDAMORE, of Abenhall (the 2nd son of John Scudamore (ABL [3]) of

Mitcheldean and Abenhall by his wife Elizabeth Voyce) baptized at Mitcheldean 24 January 1758. He married

at Abenhall on 13 February 1784 Sarah Nelmes (born about 1766, who survived her husband and died on 25

November 1843 and was buried at Abenhall four days later). Mr. Scudamore died on 19 May 1829 and was

buried three days later at Abenhall. In his will (dated 7 April 1827, proved 11 July 1829) it appears that he

acquired by inheritance, and also doubtless by purchase, several small holdings within the parishes of

Mitcheldean and Abenhall (or vicinity). He devises these properties to his wife and children and he appoints his

wife and his son Joseph as executors. The family grave at Abenhall, adjacent to that of his grandparents, has

memorials inscribed to his wife and himself on the south-facing panel. Had issue, christened at Abenhall,

1. Richard, of Westbury-on-Severn and Abenhall, baptized 30 August 1789. His father, in his

will, left him a small holding in Mitcheldan parish called Skult’s House (a property acquired

by his great-grandfather, Godwin Scudamore, in 1753), as well as a legacy of £40 and some of

his father’s personal effects, including two hogsheads, a barrel and a kilderkin. His fa

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