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Richard I. Skolfield

Birth
Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Death
20 Feb 1762 (aged 23)
Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
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Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, USA Add to Map
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Richard-2 Skolfield (Thomas-1) was born 6 September 1738 in Brunswick, Maine; married Elizabeth Anderson, daughter of James Anderson and Ann (—), on 13 September 1760 in Brunswick, Maine. He died 20 February 1762 as a result of a fall from the sloop Industry in the harbor at North
Yarmouth, Maine. He served in Capt. John Getchell's Company in 1757, during the French and Indian War.
Elizabeth Anderson was born in 1740 in North Yarmouth, Maine, After the death of Richard she married, second, William Hopkins on 17 February 1766 in North Yarmouth, Maine. She and her second husband froze to death 5 March 1813 in Trenton, Maine.

The child of Richard-2 Skolfield and Elizabeth Anderson was:

1. Richard-3 Skolfield was born 25 April 1762 in Brunswick, Maine; died before 1785 in
Hmpswell, Maine. According to Richard L. Barton, husband of Barbara Skolfield,
"Richard Skolfield supposedly drowned in a creek behind our house on Merrucoonegan Farm (quick carrying place) and close to the (old) shipyard ways. It was a tidal creek and
was deep and filled quickly when the tide came in. Richard Skolfield was living at the head of the bay (in 2005 the U.S. Naval Air Base), the first piece of land that the first Thomas Skolfield settled on after coming to America. Richard walked down the shore to find the other Skolfields and visit with them when he drowned crossing the creek." It was named Richard's Creek in memory of his death there. The land that Richard's mother and stepfather sold in 1785 included this creek.
Richard-2 Skolfield (Thomas-1) was born 6 September 1738 in Brunswick, Maine; married Elizabeth Anderson, daughter of James Anderson and Ann (—), on 13 September 1760 in Brunswick, Maine. He died 20 February 1762 as a result of a fall from the sloop Industry in the harbor at North
Yarmouth, Maine. He served in Capt. John Getchell's Company in 1757, during the French and Indian War.
Elizabeth Anderson was born in 1740 in North Yarmouth, Maine, After the death of Richard she married, second, William Hopkins on 17 February 1766 in North Yarmouth, Maine. She and her second husband froze to death 5 March 1813 in Trenton, Maine.

The child of Richard-2 Skolfield and Elizabeth Anderson was:

1. Richard-3 Skolfield was born 25 April 1762 in Brunswick, Maine; died before 1785 in
Hmpswell, Maine. According to Richard L. Barton, husband of Barbara Skolfield,
"Richard Skolfield supposedly drowned in a creek behind our house on Merrucoonegan Farm (quick carrying place) and close to the (old) shipyard ways. It was a tidal creek and
was deep and filled quickly when the tide came in. Richard Skolfield was living at the head of the bay (in 2005 the U.S. Naval Air Base), the first piece of land that the first Thomas Skolfield settled on after coming to America. Richard walked down the shore to find the other Skolfields and visit with them when he drowned crossing the creek." It was named Richard's Creek in memory of his death there. The land that Richard's mother and stepfather sold in 1785 included this creek.

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[Richard & Elizabeth had a son Richard Skolfield B. April 25,1762in Bruinwick]

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