In a message dated 4/6/2006 4:15:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
royaldescent@hotmail.com writes:
Dear Brad,
As no one has responded to this I will attempt to answer what I can of your
request for information.
Marriage Date of Diana Skipwith and Edward Dale: unknown
Birthdate of Katherine Dale: 1652 or 1653 ; stated to have died in her 51st
year on May 10, 1703 in the Carter Family Prayer Book.
Birthdate of Capt. Thomas Carter: unknown
Marriage Date of Katherine Dale and Thomas Carter: May 4, 1670
Birthdate of Mary Dale: before March 20, 1658/9 as she was named in Vincent
Stanford's will written on date above.
Birthdate of Daniel Harrison: before 1640 as he acted as attorney for
Susannah Merryman in 1661.
Marriage Date of Mary Dale and Daniel Harrison: probably before Sept. 14,
1670 when he was appointed Commissioner of the court. Edward Dale had his son
in law Thomas Carter made Deputy Clerk of the Court on March 8, 1670 before he
married Katherine Dale.
Birthdate of Humphrey Jones: the husband of Mary Dale is of unknown
Birthdate. Her son Humphrey Jones was born March 11, 1682/3 in Middlesex County,
Virginia
Marriage Date of Mary Dale and Humphrey Jones: between 1680 and March 11,
1682/3.
Birthdate of Elizabeth Dale: unknown
Birthdate of William Rogers: unknown
Marriage Date of Elizabeth Dale and William Rogers: unknown
Death Date of Diana Skipwith Dale: July 31, 1695
Death Date of Edward Dale: 20 February 1696, Lancaster County, Virginia
Date Sir Grey Skipwith Inherited the Baronetcy: after 1655, which is
when father Sir Henry Skipwith, 1st Baronet, died. But he was
succeeded by Grey's elder brother, another Sir Henry Skipwith, as 2nd
Baronet, so when did the younger Sir Henry die?
The 1st Baronet Henry Skipwith was buried Nov. 21, 1655 in Stapleford, Co.
Leicester. the 2nd Baronet Henry Skipwith died in 1657/8 on the Wynter
Plantation in Masulipatum, India. Please see Adrian Channing's wonderful posts about
this in the archives.
Betham's "Baronetage of England", Vol. 1 (1801), p. 273, mentions Diana
Skipwith and her sister Elizabeth, but does not name a husband for
either.
Nichols Antiquities of Leicestershire Part 3 part I, sub Prestwould page 356
contains transcriptions of the earliest registers of Prestwould.
Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Henry Skipwith, knt. born Oct. 6, baptized Oct.
24, 1617.
Diana, daughter of Sir Henry Skipwith, knt. born May 27, baptized June 13,
1621
Related questions:
Did sister Elizabeth Skipwith marry and/or also emigrate to Virginia? unknown
Who took possession of Prestwold, the family's Leicestershire seat,
since, per Betham, the 2nd Baronet died unmarried and Sir Grey remained
in Virginia? Were there lawsuits and/or correspondence between whoever
took possession of the English estates and the Skipwith family in
Virginia? If so, perhaps the children and descendants of the Skipwith
sisters (including Diana Dale) are mentioned and/or traced?
This estate passed to Sir Christopher Packe and remained in his family.
Contrary to older postings there was a tax due of £1114 on this estate in 1653
but Prestwould had been mortgaged to the hilt by Sir Henry Skipwith to aid in
the support of his 2nd wife [ Blandina Penwin Acton] and his stepchildren:
From A2A
Reference: DE1431/83
Assignment of lease
Creation dates: 4 March 1650/1
Scope and Content
(i) Sir Henry Skipwith of Cotes, baronet, Sir John Pate of Sysonby, baronet
(ii) Christopher Packe of London, citizen & alderman
Impropriate rectory of Prestwold, with all appurtenances, formerly let by
Sir Henry to Sir John in 1642.
Term: remainder of term of 60 years.
Rent: peppercorn.
Consideration: a certain sum of money.
Signature and seal of (ii)
Nichols _ History and Antiquities of Leicestershire_ Vol. 3, Part I, page
354:
"March 2, 1649-50. Whereas the portions of Anne, Martha and Edward, the
children or orphans of John Acton, deceased, amounting to the sum of £3750 18s. 1
and 1/2d. were secured to this court by Sir Henry Skipwith, knt. and baronet
who married with Blandina the wife of the said John Acton, deceased by a
lease of the manor of Prestwould in the county of Leicester, for the term of
Fourscore and nineteen years [99 years], and upon a statute of £5000; which
statute is by order of this court extended, and divers lands are thereupon seised
and delivered to Isaac Pennington and Sir John Woolaston, knt. alderman of
London, and Thomas Adams, esq. the surviving trustees to whom the said lease
and statute were taken; And whereas, for the obtaining the said portions, by
order of this court, the said trustees have assigned the said lease unto
Christopher Packe, sheriff and one of the aldermen of this city; It is thought fit,
and so ordered by this court, that the said trustees shall assign the said
extent and lands, extended and seised as aforesaid upon the said statute, to
Thomas Cutler, citizen and cloth-worker of London, and his assigns, as a
person nominated and appointed, and put in trust by the said Christopher Packe;
and that the Chamberlain of London do deliver unto the said Christopher Packe
the aforesaid lease for 99 years, and all other writings in the Chamber of
London touching the same lease and statute.
After a variety of fines and sequestrations, the estate of Sir Henry
Skipwith appears to have been considerably impaired; and, on his second marriage, he
had secured to the lord mayor and citizens of London, as guardians for the
children of his wife by a former husband, a long lease of his property at
Prestwould, as appears, from the above authentic document.
I hope this helps a little.
Best wishes,
MichaelAnne