5. Abigail² Skillings (Thomas¹) (#4149) was born in Gloucester, Essex, MA 1652.⁽⁴⁰⁾ est based on age at death Abigail died 16 Feb 1722 in Gloucester, Essex, MA, at 69 years of age.⁽⁴¹⁾ age 70y

NOTE: AF also gives death dates of 4 Mar 1725 at Gloucester, Essex, MA and 15 Feb 1722 at Gloucester; Dorothy Skillings says d 15 Feb 1722

She married John Curney (Corney) (Carney) in Gloucester, Essex, MA, 18 Nov 1670.⁽⁴²⁾ intentions 8 Nov 1670; Pringle says they had "several children" (John Curney (Corney) (Carney) is #4150.)

John was born 1645/8 in Falmouth, Cumberland, ME.⁽⁴³⁾ AF says born 1674; however, Sargent, Skillings, and Underhill as well as Gloucester VR give marriage date of 1670 thereby invalidating AF claim of 1674 of a birth date. Savage says b 1668 in Falmouth, then removed to Sale or Gloucester; Hal and Jeanne Bradley Ancestry says b 1645 Falmouth, Cumberland, ME.

John died 4 May 1725 in Gloucester, Essex, MA, at 78 years of age.⁽⁴⁴⁾ aged 80y

NOTE: did he d 3 May 1725 as reported by Alan Lundstedt and Hal Bradley, 1722 per Savage, or 4 May 1725 as reported by Gen Dict of ME/NH and Dorothy Skillings?

He resided in Gloucester, Essex, MA 1671.⁽⁴⁵⁾ lived near Vincent's Cove; received woodland in 1723

He resided in Falmouth, Cumberland, ME 1686-1671.⁽⁴⁶⁾ Abstract from ME/NH Gen Dict by LND, pp 162-163:

CORNEY, John, of Gloucester, where he m. Abigail Skillins 18 Nov. 1670 and had gr. of house lot 1671. In Falmouth as tenant of John Ingersoll 1685, of Samuel Ingersoll 1686, and in 1687 bot 60 a. from Anthony Libby on south side of Casco River, east of Nonsuch Point, where he liv. 3 yrs. bef. retiring to Glouc. where his w. d. 15 Feb. 1722, age. 70, and he d. 4 May 1725, ag. 80. Kn. ch: Elisha, b. 25 Sep 1672, of Glouc. 1734-1753, during which yrs. he testified thrice to location of lands in Falm. bef. the wars. Abigail, b. 8 Feb. 1676, m. at Glouc. 12 Jan 1703 Capt. Tho. Sanders, and d. 12 Feb. 1767, ag. 90. John, b. 27 Sep., d. 12 Oct. 1678.

Abstract from Gen Dict by J. Savage, 1:284, 300:

CORNEY, or CURNEY, JOHN, Falmouth, had Elisha, b. 1668; rem. to Salem or Gloucester. Willis, I. 209. At G. he m. 18 Nov. 1670, Abigail Skilling, had Elisha, b. 25 Sept. 1672; Abigail, 8 Feb. 1676; and John, 27 Sept. 1678, d. at 2 wks.

CURNEY or CORNEY, JOHN, Gloucester, m. 18 Nov. 1670, Abigail Skilling, perhaps d. of Thomas, had Elisha, b. 2 Sept. 1672; Abigail, 8 Feb. 1676; John, 27 Sept. 1678, d. in few days, and he d. 1722. My suspic. is strong, that this name is mistak. for Carney or Gurney.

Abstract from Dict First Settlers of New England, by Savage, 4:70:

SKILLING, SKILLIN, or SKILLINGS, JOHN, Falmouth 1651 may have been s. of Thomas. His wid. rem. 1688, to Portsmouth. THOMAS, Salem 1643, may have belong. rather to Gloucester, where he was in 1642, there, perhaps, had Thomas, b. Nov. 1643; and Abigail, wh. m. 18 Nov. 1670, John Curney, Carney, or Gurny. Perhaps both f. and s. were of Falmouth in 1665.

Abstract from Hist of Town and City of Gloucester, MA, by J.R. Pringle, pp 37-38; 42:

About 1670 the pedestrian touring the cape leisurely, and taking a census, would have found 62 families of 49 different names, 110 men of different names having made their abode here for longer or shorter periods up to that date. In the central part of the city to-day, clustered at various distances along the inner harbor, resided the families of Samuel, Isaac, Josiah, Joseph and Thomas Elwell, Thomas Prince, senior and Thomas Prince, junior, Bartholomew Foster, James Gardner, Stephen Grover, Charles, James and Hugh Row, Robert Skamp, Thomas Very, William Vincent (or Vinson), near Vincent Cove, John Curney, William Coleman, John Curney, Peter Duncan, on the spot in the vicinity of Duncan street, Osman Dutch and Willlam Ellery.

JOHN CURNEY came from Falmouth, Me., about 1671. He married Abagail Skellin, who he probably brought with him, Nov. 18, 1670, by whom he had several children.

Pp 57-58

DIVISION OF WOODLAND IN 1723. Notwithstanding the parcelling out of the land in 1688, an extensive area remained unassigned. Before 1661, the proprietor of every dwelling-house was a commoner, or entitled to a right in the common land. In 1757 there were 145 claims to these privileges acknowledged as valid. Shortly after 1700, numerous grants of land were voted to new comers. Several sub-divisions of their holdings were made by these commoners, the last apportionment of woodland being in 1723, when 217 lots within the bounds of the town were disposed of, the terms being such that about every male citizen who had attained his majority received a certain tract. In 1725 the unoccupied herbage land, amounting to 1325 acres, was distributed among the commoners. The names of those receiving woodland in 1723 furnishes a good directory of the male inhabitants of the town in 1704, all who were residents at that period being included in the list of grantees as follows: Joseph Allen, Joseph Allen, jr., Ralph Andrews, Benjamin Averill, John Babson, Richard Babson, Anthony Bennett, Richard Byles, Thomas Bray, Nathaniel Bray, John Bray, John Brown, John Burrell, John Butman, William Card, Ezekiel Collins, Nathaniel Coit, John Curney, Elisha Curney, James Davis, Lieut. James Davis, John Davis, Jacob Davis, Ebenezer Davis, Aaron Davis, Samuel Davis, Anthony Day, Nathaniel Day, Ezekiel Day, Joseph Day, Timothy Day, John Day, John Day, jr., Thomas Day, Joseph Day, jr., Nicholas Denning, Richard Dolliver, John Dolliver, Peter Duncan, Moses Durin, Richard Dike, John Durgee, Robert Elwell, John Elwell, John Elwell, jr., Isaac Elwell, Elias Elwell, Jacob Elwell, Ebenezer Elwell, Eleazer Elwell, Nathaniel Ellery, Isaac Eveleth, Job Eveleth, Peter Emons, John Fitch, Samuel Foster, James Gardner, Joseph Gardner, John Gardner, George Giddings, John Gilbert, James Godfrey, Richard Goodwin, Samuel Gott, Samuel Griffin, Daniel Guttridge, John Hadley, Edward Haraden, Joseph Haraden, John Haraden, Benjamin Haraden, John Harris, George Harvey, William Haskell, William Haskell, jr., Henry Haskell, Joseph Haskell, Joseph Haskell, jr., Joseph Haskell, 3d, John Haskell, Benjamin Haskell, Benjamin Haskell, jr., Benjamin Hoppin, Nathaniel Hadlock, John Hammons, Samuel Hodgkins, Joseph Ingersoll, Samuel Ingersoll, Charles James, Francis James, Henry Joslyn, Josiah Kent, John Kent, Thomas Lufkin, Ebenezer Lufkin, John Lane, Thomas Millett, Thomas Millett, 2d, Nathaniel Millett, William Manning, John Newman, Francis Norwood, Francis Norwood, jr., Joshua Norwood, Joseph Page, William Pain, Jeffrey Parsons, James Parsons, Nathaniel Parsons, John Parsons, Ebenezer Parsons, John Pool, Thomas Prince, John Prince, John Pulcifer, Thomas Riggs, sr., Thomas Riggs, jr., John Riggs, Andrew Riggs, William Ring, John Ring, David Ring, John Roberts, John Roberts. jr., Abraham Robinson, Abraham Robinson, jr., Stephen Robinson, Andrew Robinson, Stephen Row, Abraham Row, Isaac Row, Samuel Row, Thomas Sanders, Nathaniel Sanders, William Sargent, William Sargent, jr., William Sargent, 2d, John Sargent, Nathaniel Sargent, Samuel Sargent, Thomas Sawyer, John Sawyer, Nathaniel Sawyer, Abraham Sawyer, James Sayward, Morris Smith, John Smith, John Smith, jr., Timothy Somes, Timothy Somes, jr., Phillip Stainwood, John Stainwood, Jonathan Stainwood, Samuel Stevens, David Stevens, Jonathan Stevens, George Stover, Richard Tarr, John Tucker, James Wallis, Michael Webber, Nathaniel Wharf, William Whittredge, Rev. John White, Thomas Witham, Humphrey Woodbury, Ezekiel Woodward, Samuel York, Joseph York, Benjamin York.

Abstract from Ancestors of Harold Wheeler BRADLEY by Hal and Jeanne Bradley 5444 Mesquite Ave., Victorville, CA, 92394 (http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/r/a/Hal--B radley-CA/index.html

354. John CURNEY, born 1645 in of Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine; died May 03, 1725 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts. He married 355. Abigail SKILLINGS November 18, 1670 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts.

355. Abigail SKILLINGS, born 1652 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts; died February 16, 1721/22 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of 710. Thomas SKILLINGS and 711. Deborah.

Children (all b Glouceser, Essex, MA):

1. Elisha, b 25 Sep 1672; m Gloucester, MA 16 Dec 1697 Rebecka Smith, b Gloucester, MA abt 1676 2. Abigail, b 8 Feb 1674/5 3. John, b 27 Sep 1678; d Gloucester, MA 1678 4. John, b 1680; m Gloucester, MA 15 Jan 1711/2 Mary Cook, b Gloucester, MA 1 Dec 1688, d Gloucester, MA 23 Apr 1728 5. Mary, b 28 Jun 1682; m Gloucester, MA 7 Jan 1712/3 Jacob Rowe, b Gloucester, MA 17 Jun 1685, d Gloucester, MA 1730. 6. Elizabeth, b 1685; d Gloucester, MA 1785; m Gloucester, MA 6 Nov 1721.

Abigail, who was of marriagable age in 1670, was probably the fourth child. She died at age 70 in Gloucester, Feb 16, 1722.

Abstract from Skillings 8 Generations, p 14:

Abigail2 Skillin (Thomas1), b 1652 (based on age at death) Gloucester, MA; m 18 Nov 1670 Gloucester, MA John Corney (b abt 1645). John was in Falmouth as a tenant of John Ingersoll 1686, of Smuel Ingersoll 1686, and in 1687 he purchased 60 acres from Anthony Libby (Libby No. 6) on the south side of the Casco River (east of Nonesuch Point). He lived there three years before retiring to Gloucester (ME/NH Gen Dict pp 162-163). (This information may not be accurate. He had a grant of a house lot in Gloucester in 1671 and he may have moved there that early. His first four children are given in the Gloucester VRs also.) Abigail d 15 Feb 1722 age 70y; he d 4 May 1725 age 80y, both in Gloucester. Children:

1. Elisha, b 25 Sep 1672; m Rebecca Smith (Essex Co Qrtly Ct Recs) 2. Abigail, b 8 Feb 1675/6; m Capt Thomas Sanders of Gloucester 3. John, b 27 Sep 1678; d 12 Oct 1678 Gloucester 4. Mary, b 20 Jun 1682; m Jacob Rowe 5. John, b c1684; m1 Mary Cooke; m2 (doubtful) Abigail (?)

Abigail Skillings and John Curney (Corney) (Carney) had the following children:

+ 16 i. Elisha³ Curney was born 25 Sep 1672.

+ 17 ii. Abigail Curney was born 8 Feb 1676.

18 iii. John Curney (#16127) was born in Gloucester, Essex, MA 27 Sep 1678.⁽⁴⁷⁾ John died 12 Oct 1678 in Gloucester, Essex, MA, at less than one year of age.⁽⁴⁸⁾

+ 19 iv. Mary Curney was born 20 Jun 1682.

20 v. John Curney Jr (#48557) was born in Gloucester, Essex, MA c1684.⁽⁴⁹⁾ John died 23 Apr 1728 in Gloucester, Essex, MA, at 43 years of age.⁽⁵⁰⁾ He married Mary Cook in Gloucester, Essex, MA, 15 Jan 1711/12.⁽⁵¹⁾ (Mary Cook is #48558.) Mary was born 1 Dec 1688 in Gloucester, Essex, MA.⁽⁵²⁾

+ 21 vi. Elizabeth Curney was born c1685.

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