Bathsheba Skiff
Born: 20 Apr 1648
Loc: Sandwich, Barnstable Co., MA
Died: 13 May 1714
Loc: Probably Barnstable Co., MA
Bur: Old Town Cemetery,
Sandwich, Barnstable Co., MA
 
Father: James Skiff
Mother: Mary Reeves
Married: 1673
Spouse: Shearjashub Bourne,
son of Richard Bourne and Bathsheba Hallett
Children: Meletiah / Remembrance / Ezra / Mary / Sarah / Patience
Marriage Record:
Name: Shearjashub Bourne
Gender: male
Birth Place: MA
Birth Year: 1643
Spouse Name: Bathsheba Skiff
Birth Place: MA
Spouse Birth Year: 1645
Marriage
Year: 1665
Marriage State: MA
Number Pages: 1
Her sister Patience married Elisha Bourne, the brother of her husband Elisha Bourne
Shearjashub, son of Richard Bourne, was born in 1639. He was superintendent of the Indians, and lived on their territory. He engaged in trade with them, both in hides and fish. He procured a grant from the colony, confirming the deed of land which his father had given the Indians. He lived in Sandwich. He married, in 1673, Bathsheba Skiff. Children: Meletiah, born January 12, 1674; Ezra, mentioned below; Mary, October 21, 1678, married James Alleh; Sarah, February 6, 1681, died without issue; Remembrance, February 6, 1684, married Rev. Experience Mayhew; Patience,
April 20, 1686, married Joseph Allen.
Source: New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Volume II
Gravestone Transcription:
HERE LYES BURIED
Ye BODY OF Mrs
BETHSHUA BOURN WIFE
TO SHEARJASHUB BOURN
ESQ'R DECEAS'D MAY Ye 13th
1714 IN THE 67th
YEAR OF HER AGE

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