Mr Thomas Skillings

Thomas' occupation was "...from Salem, was among the early settlers of gloucester, MA...his land was near the ancient burying ground...as early as 1651, he had moved to Falmouth/Portland, but had returned and was living in gloucester in 1658, and that year came back to Falmouth/Portland, and died here in 1667...In 1658, he purchased the farm at Back Cove, of George Cleeves, which he occupied till his death, and which was held in the family for many years...it adjoins the Deering farm in Westbrook, and is about half a mile from Deering Bridge...his will dtd 11/14/1666, and proved 10/2/1667, mentioned only two children, Thomas and John ...also had two daughters...his emigrant ancestor was in Salem prior to 1640 and doubtless wrote his name Skellen...".

• Occupation Notes
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    Ancestry.com data file Pioneers of Massachusetts
    THE PIONEERS OF MASSACHUSETTS,
    SKILLING, SKILLIN, SKILLINGS,
    THE PIONEERS OF MASSACHUSETTS,
    SKELLING,
    THE PIONEERS OF MASSACHUSETTS,
    Thomas, Salem, 1642, propr. Wife Deborah deposed in 1657, ae. about 34 years. Ch. Thomas b. Nov. 1643. [Es. Files.] He rem. to
    Wenham. Thomas Prince, Jr., of Gloc. calls Thomas brother-in-law, 1687.