Skinner Slave Families
This list of the larger Skinner slave families has been compiled from the Skinner slave lists of 1846, 1850 and 1860; the Joseph Blount Skinner estate division of slaves in 1852; St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Edenton, N.C., baptismal records, and North Carolina census, marriage and death records. The list is a work in progress, contains many questions, and should be considered as more suggestive than definitive. It is not complete nor does it contain all of the names from the Skinner slave records. It is an attempt to present a clearer picture, by family surname, of the families mentioned in the 1852 estate inventory; however, because there are no lists before 1846, some children born before 1838 may be missing from their families of origin.
Blair, William D. “Bill” [1819] and Esther “Easter” [1814] m. 1839 [Barnetta McGee White, Somebody Knows My Name, hereafter McG]
Philip (Sept 1839)
Mary (Sept 1842)
Maria (December 1858)
Primus L. (Dec 1845-Mar 14, 1919) m. Pennie Blair (1850) dau of Jordan Blair*
Susan (Nov 1847)
Granville (Mar 1849)
Amy (Nov 1850)
Infant died (1852)
Griselle Blunt (1854)
Easter (1874)
M[a–l] (1876)
John [E] (1879)
Clarissa “Classy” ([1856] (1857-Dec 27, 1942) m. Lowther (1880)
[William] Wilson (Jan 1860)
Blair, Jordan (1823) (carpenter) and July (d. March 1852)
Henderson Blair (December 1846) m. Penelope Blount 1868 (Chowan Marriage records, hereafter cm)
Elijah Blair (May 1849) [m. Helen Badham – son Jordan death cert 1894-1960]
“Pennie” Penelope Blair (Feb 1850<1893) m. Primus Blair*
[By second wife] Charlotte (b.July 1825) m. 1854 [McG]Mary A. (1856) (McDougal)
[not on Skinner lists]
Florence (1863)
Priscilla (1875)
Will of Jordan Blair April 18th 1893
“1st I appoint my beloved wife Charlotte Blair Executrix….in case of her prior death I appoint…my daughter Mary McDougal Executrix
3rd …the following described property in the town of Edenton…: 1st the lot of land and improvements thereon where I now reside, beginning at the corner of the yard on a [bush] north west of the well and —-ing southwardly (III) one hundred and eleven feet to a cypress bush on Pruden’s line, thence westwardly in a straight line parallel with Hicks Street to Broad on Main Street of said town, thence northwardly (III) one hundred eleven feet with Main Street to Hicks Street, thence westwardly with Hicks Street to the first points. Containing one half acre more or less.
2nd All my chattel property of any kind including money on hand or hard debts due me, & household & kitchen furniture of every name and description.
4th …my two sons, Henderson Blair and Elijah Blair
signed [his mark] Jordan Blair
Witnessed: Fannie A Lowther
Mary Whidbee
[Deceased by Aug 22 1893]
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Blount, Anthony [1829] and Tempe[erance] [Lowther] [1833] m. 1845 [McG] [Tempe is probably a daughter of Patience & Robin, 1840 baptism, St. Paul’s, Edenton]
Penny (March 1851)
Keziah (May 1853)
Gilbert (July 1854)
Cordelia (April 1857)
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Clark, James “Jim” (1820) and Sally Ann D. Lowther [Skinner] (1820)*
Lucy (1840)
Margaret Ann (Aug 17, 1854-Jan 5, 1917) m.1872 Isaac Johnston [their daughter is Pocahontas Johnson]
Joseph “Joe” Skinner (1842-May 1, 1929) boat carpenter m. Fanny Bateman
Edward (1845-Aug 25, 1853)
Elizabeth (1849-July 18, 1853)
Edward (1857)
Elliott, Henry (1810) and Lucy
Bill (February 1840)
Augustus (July 1842)
Haughton, George (1796) and Esther White (1800)
Emeline Haughton/White [1823]
Mac (1838)
Manuel (1841)
Martilla (1842)
Maria (1844)
William (1846)
Atlas (1849)
Andrew White m. Rosetta White 10/1/67 (cm)
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Haughton, Richard “Dick” [1812] and Barbara “Barbry” [1816] m. 1839 [McG]
Harriet Haughton (April 1840) m. Isaac Lowther (1842) (son of Eliza Lowther 1826-1862)*
Mary J Lowther (1866)
Penelope Lowther (Feb/Mar 1870)
Isaac Lowther (1872)
Solomon (Oct 1842) m Sarah 1864 McG
Amy (Aug 1845) m Warren Tyler 12/27/66 (cm)
[Elizabeth b. 1846]
Sarah Ann (Sept 1847) m. Charles Lowther* (1838) ship carpenter Feb 15/67
Felton (Mar 1850)
Alethea (April 1852)
Violet (April 1854)
Albert (April 1856)
Samuel (July 1858)
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King, Peter (1813 carpenter) and Patience (1817) at Athol Plantation
Tempe (1833) [by Robin]
Rachel (March 1837)
Caroline (1839 – )
?Catherine (1856 -1862)
George (1840)
Maria (1843)
Anthony James (1845)
Jane (Jan 28, 1848-1853)
Mathias (1850-1851)
Edward (Aug 1852)
Alfred (April 1855)
Martha Mary (1857)
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Lowther, Ann (1780) [belonged to Maria Warren – she is not Annie, the housekeeper]
Lowther, Charles (1820) and Nancy (1830) m. 1859 [McG]
Frank (1852)
*Lowther, Anthony (1812-1880), son of Polly Lowther, and Kate Lowther (1814- before 1880)* m. 1830 [McG].
William (1831 [1834]) m. Adaline Sawyer [“son of Katey & Anthony,” Chowan marriage records]
[Jerry] (1835)
Rebecca “Becca” [Skinner] (1836)
Grace (1837)
Henrietta (Jan 1853)
Nelson (Jan 1839) m. [Matilda Skinner] (cm 1866) m2 Rose[etta] 1864 [McG] [1880]
James “Jim” (Feb 1842) brick mason
Anne [Annis] (1842 [1831], bapt. July 27, 1851)
Thamer (1844-Nov 21, 1920) m. Little (death cert)
Simeon (1846)
Lucinda (December 25, 1848 – January 18, 1928) m. Moses Manning 1868
m. Emmanuel Brown
Nimrod (1851)
Jane “Jenny” (1853)
Louisa (1855)
Virginia (1857-April 29, 1940) m. Price
Anthony (April 1860)
Edward (1868) [grandson]
Lowther, Charles (1838) and Sarah Haughton (1847)*
Lowther, Henry (1806) carpenter and Penny Blair (1815)* m. 1828 [McG]
Charlotte Lowther (Aug 1838)
Teresa (November 1854)
Elizabeth “Betsy” (April 1856)
Mary “Jane” (December 1857)
Sarah “Sally” (October 1859)
Henry Lowther (September 1841)
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Lowther, Patience (baptized December 3, 1840, as servant of Josh Skinner)
Wm Henry
Wiley (October 1840)
Eden (December 1843)
Hilda (December 1844)
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[Lowther, Skinner] Yellow Ransom (1813) and Peggy Lowther(1816)Sam (March 1838)
Louisa (1840)
Robert (June 1844)
Ambrose (February 1846)
Clarissa (September 1847) [1870 census]
Martha Ann (1849)
Ned (March 1851)
Lowther, William “Bill”[1820/26] carpenter and Mary Ann (1828)
Cupid (October 1858)
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Lowther, Eliza (1826-1862) [m.? Joseph Newbern 1852]
Isaac (1842) m. Harriet Haughton (Oct 1842) m. 1861 [McG]
Flora (1844) [? m. Benjamin Page /2/66]
Betty (1847- Nov 1858)
Peter (May 1850)
Polly (Jan 1853)
Merida (Nov 1855)
Horace (Sept 1859)
*Lowther, Jane (Jenny) dau of Polly Lowther m. Henry Burke
Skinner, Harriet Burke (1827-1876), daughter of Jane (Jenny) Lowther (above), m. Alfred Page (1821-1878) [Dr. M. Page]
Elizabeth (1847-1850)
Infant (d.1850)
Christopher (1854 d. October 1895)
Hugh Collins(1857-1860)
Arthur (1858-1875)
Alfred (April 1863-1900)
[Moved with family to Milford, Mass, in 1863, where her uncle George W Lowther lived]
*Poppleston, Eliza Lowther (1804) washerwoman, dau of Polly Lowther
Caroline [Skinner] (1838)
?Catherine d.1862
Louisa (1841)
John (Polly Lowther estate) Poppleston, John (1829 or 1823 (1870 census) m. Cornelia Newbern, Dec 26, 1866
Mary (Polly Lowther estate) Poppleston, Mary (1832)
London (1849-1852)
Virginia (November 1850)
*Skinner, Annie (1803-1869) dau of Polly Lowther
Martha [1831 sold 1850 at 19 (?to marry?)]
Jane [1835]
Charles [1834]
Elizabeth [Eliza ? 1826]
Thomas [1837] m. Annie Smith 1859
Louisa 1838
[Skinner], Luke (1789) & Violet (1798)
Simon Skinner (cm)
*Skinner, Fanny [Fann Skinner] (1805, dau of Polly Lowther) m Dick Skinner (1798) m. 1821 McG [1870 looking after grandson? Thomas Skinner 12, son of Matilda & [Nelson]
Skinner, Nelson (brick mason) (1808) [1870 census] [?m. Rachel 1841 McG]
Skinner, Nelly (1823) and George Ben (1808-1855)
Emily Skinner (Feb 1842-d.ca 1860) m. Henry Skinner (son of Betty & Harry Skinner)
Thompson (April 1860)
Anderson (June 1847) m. Hettie Owens Mar 28/67
Polly (May 1850)
George (November 1852)
Eliza (1855)
By 2nd husband
Jane (December 1858)
Violet (1863)
Skinner, Betty (d. June 26, 1847) and Henry “Harry Skinner
Henry Skinner [1835/37] m. Emily Skinner dau of Nelly Skinner and George Ben
Thompson Skinner (April 1860)
2nd Dinah Clark 1866
Mary
Annie
Skinner, Daniel (1830) and Hester Skinner (1835) m. ca. 1852 [1/23/67 (cm)]
Joe (July 1853)
Jacob ((1854-1857)
Lewellyn [Wellington](September 1856)
Virginia “Jane” (1859)
Preston (June 1860 died)
Julia (February 1862)
John (May 1870)
Waff, Mary
Anne (1843)
Williams, George [1806] and Mary Cherry (1818)
Charles (1837)
Fanny (May 1838)
Mary Jane (February 1862)
Charles (February 24, 1863)
[Christian] (March 8, 1864)
Matilda (July 1840)[d. 1862]
Thomas (November 1858) [raised by grandparents 1870]
Alice (b. June, d. October 1860)
Fanny (March 1862)
[Annis] (1843)
Sady (1846)
Derry (June 1848)
George (September 1850) m. Henrietta Paxton (daughter of Clarissa)
Virgil (1875)
George (1877)
Charles (1879)
James (1880)
Virgil (May 11, 1852)
Ellen [Helen] (March 1854)
Rosetta (February 1856)
Rachel (September 1859)
Parents and children without surnames
Annis (January 1831)
Harriet (1847-1857)
Hester (1849)
Clarissa (May 1850)
John (December 1852)
Eliza
Adeline (June 1840)
Helen (June 1842)
Violet (January 1846)
Margaret (February 1848)
Emily [m. Thomas Skinner 1847? McG]
Shepherd (May 1848)
Margaret (September 1849)
Jane (1835)[? Dau of Annie Skinner]
James (October 1850)
Lizzie (November 1853)
Becca (March 1856)
Marian (October 1834)
Allan (1850)
Malvina (1852)
Olmstead (1856)
Lavinia (1859)
Matilda
Alfred (April 1843)
Wellington (January 1845)
Pleasants
Mingo (September 1846)
Annie (June 1848)
Annie Burke d. 1852
Dead child
Couples
Eden (1788-1859) and Mourning (1805-1857). Mourning was purchased from James Norcom Jan. 1, 1828, [who owned her less than 6 months], acquiring her from the estate of Elizabeth Horniblow who died summer 1827. [Mourning 22 when purchased, 20 when Margaret Horniblow died]
Older
Annie Lowther (1780)
Theresa (1784)
Cherry (1788-1859)
Thamer (1792-1860)
Peggy (cook – 1797-1862)
Serena [Blair] (d.1849)
Emily (sold ? 1850)
Tene (1790)
Annie Burke (d. 1852)
Lewis (1790)
Isaac (1786-1856)
Joe Neil (1777-1852)
Isom (d ? 1847-1850)
Murphy (1797-1857)
George [Ben Blair] (1739-1847) at 108
Demsey (1789-1858)
Francis (1800)
Dave (1800?-1850)
Black Ransom (1800)
Peter and Patience, and Maria Skinner belonged to Maria L. Warren and lived at Joshua Skinner’s Athol where Maria L. Warren was raised after the death of her mother. [Maria Warren’s 1849 letter, SFP; 1870 census, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church baptism records]
Rev. Joseph A. Beebe (1832-1903) served a thousand African American parishioners in Edenton and Hertford from 1865 to 1868, and performed at least sixty-four marriages. A former slave, Beebe was the fourth in a family line of preachers from Fayetteville, N.C. In 1873, he was elected the third bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status.
© Mary Maillard.
