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Descendants of William Skeels

Generation No. 1

1. WILLIAM¹ SKEELS was born Abt. 1745 in England, and died Aft. 1812 in Ohio. He married ANN.

Notes for WILLIAM SKEELS:
William was drafted into the English army to come to America to fight the struggling colonists during the Revolutionary War. When arrived, and as soon as an opportunity offered, he deserted the English and joined the army of Gen. Washington. Married before emmigrating to America.
[ Source: Skeels Family History 1720 - 1903 by Geo. W. Roof, Albion, In. 1903 ]

In 1812, the entire Skeels family, consisting of the old people and young Sam Ryan, and the Richard Herron family, and the Nicolas Aldridge family, and the three sons William, Isaac, and Nicholas Skeels emigrated from outside Baltimore, MD., over the Allegany Mts. in Conistoga wagons to the new state of Ohio and settled on Short Creek in Harrison Co., and Conotton Creek near Sherrodsville, Ohio. Later some Skeels moved to Indiana. Info from a letter from J.T. Ryan, dated June 4, 1946, in Bowerston, OH.

Children of WILLIAM SKEELS and ANN are:

2.	i.	MARY² SKEELS, b. Abt. 1769, Maryland; d. 21 May 1854, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio.
3.	ii.	WILLIAM (II) SKEELS, b. Abt. 1770, Maryland; d. 1824, Jefferson Co., Ohio.
	iii.	CATHARINE SKEELS, b. Bet. 1771 - 1788, Maryland.

Notes for CATHARINE SKEELS:
According to the letter by J.T. Ryan (1946) Mary Skeels was the oldest Skeels daughter.

4.	iv.		NICHOLAS SKEELS, b. Abt. 1783, Maryland; d. Jun 1855, Noble Co., Indiana.
5.	v.		ISAAC SKEELS, b. Abt. 1789, Maryland; d. 07 May 1866, Carroll Co., Ohio.

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