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Launder SKIRRETT
Abt 1584 - Aft 1630 (~ 47 years) Has 7 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.Set As Default Person
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Name Launder SKIRRETT Relationship with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1584 - In the bill of a Chancery Court case of 1630 he refers to his grandmother's death, when he says he was aged about eleven, and a transaction preceeding this about 36 years before when he was aged aout 10. (TNA ref. C 2/ChasI/S55/8). In the answer of the same case he is referred to as the son of William, his grandmother Thomasin's 3rd son.
Gender Male Occupation 1614 Tavistock, Devon, England Haberdasher - Recorded in PR at the time of his marriage
Residence 1630 Quethiock, Cornwall, England - At the time of a Chancery Case (TNA ref. C 2/ChasI/S55/8)
Died Aft 1630 - Complainant in a case in the Court of Chancery in 1630
Siblings 3 brothers and 4 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch Thomas SKIRRETT, b. Est 1495, d. Aft 1524 (Age ~ 30 years) (Great Grandfather)
Margery, bur. 14 Dec 1633, St. Eustachius’ Church, Tavistock, Devon, England (Mother)Person ID I21182 All Last Modified 9 Mar 2022
Father The Rev. William SKIRRETT, b. Abt 1562, bur. 24 Nov 1611, St. Andrew’s Church, Whitchurch, Devon, England (Age ~ 49 years) Mother Margery, bur. 14 Dec 1633, St. Eustachius’ Church, Tavistock, Devon, England Married - In 1612, the year after William died, a widow Margery Skirret of Tavistock was involved in a case regarding a will (see Devon Wills Project).
The date suggests it was the will of William, especially as the later burial of a widow Margery cannot be matched with anyone else.
Family ID F8509 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Aliss COHR, d. Yes, date unknown Married 19 Feb 1613/14 St. Sampson’s Church, Golant, Cornwall, England - From transcript of PR entry in Phillimore Marriage Register, 1531-1913, Cornwall, vol. 6, p.143
"Leander Skirrett, of Tecstocke, haberdasher, & Aliss Cohr, of Foy, 19 Feb. 1613" (order of entries indicates 1613/14; date from Cornwall FHS index confirms this) Cornwall FHS and Boyd have same spellings of names of bride and groom. The places referred to would seem to be Tavistock and Fowey.
Children 4 children Last Modified 7 Jun 2016 Family ID F8510 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Event Map Click to hide Occupation - Haberdasher - 1614 - Tavistock, Devon, England Married - 19 Feb 1613/14 - St. Sampson’s Church, Golant, Cornwall, England Child - John SKIRRETT - 22 Nov 1614 - St. Eustachius’ Church, Tavistock, Devon, England Child - Oliver SKIRRETT - 7 Feb 1616/17 - St. Eustachius’ Church, Tavistock, Devon, England Child - William SKIRRETT - 30 Mar 1620 - St. Eustachius’ Church, Tavistock, Devon, England Child - John SKIRRETT - 30 Nov 1622 - St. Eustachius’ Church, Tavistock, Devon, England Residence - 1630 - Quethiock, Cornwall, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend