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and Ruth (Moore) Norton. She died in
1750-51. He married (second), in 1752,
Mrs. Eldredge. Children: i. James. 2.
Mary. 3. Thomas. 4. Moore, of whom
further. 5. Isaac. 6. Ruth. 7. Joseph. 8.
Nathanie'. 9. Amos.
(V) Moore Bird, son of Joseph and
Dorcas (Norton) Bird, was born in 1729,
and died in Salisbury, Connecticut, September
3, 1756. He married, in Salisbury,
Connecticut, November 9, 1751, Rebecca
Skinner. Children: i. Asenath, of whom
further. 2. Electa, born June i, 1754. 3.
Nathaniel, born March 25, 1756, died in
infancy.
(VI) Asenath Bird, daughter of i\Ioore
and Rebecca (Skinner) Bird, was born
December 5, 1752. She married Captain
James Bradley. (See Bradley VI).
(The Scudamore-Skidmore Line).
Scudamore Arms—Gules, three stirrups, leath-
ered and buckled or.
Crest—Out of a ducal coronet or a lion's gamb
sable, armed gules.
Skidmore Arms—Gules, three stirrups, leathers
and buckles or.
Crest—A unicorn's head erased sable, platee.
Skidmore as a surname is derived from
'Norman-French "Escu d'amour," from
which came the original family of Escudamour,
or Scudamore. During the days of
the early barons in England the family
was noted for its excellent horsemanship
and the superior breed of horses it possessed.
Thomas Skidmore, the American
founder, descended from a Norman an-
cestor, one of the captains who came to
England with William the Conqueror.
The home of the English family was
mostly in Herefordshire.
(I) Thomas Skidmore, a descendant of
Sir Thomas Scudamore, of Holme Lacy,
Herefordshire, England, was born about
1600. About 1635 he was of Westerly,
County Gloucester, England, and he sailed
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to America in the latter part of 1635. In
1636 he was of Cambridge, Massachusetts,
and in 1640 he sent to England for his
wife and family. In 1648 he owned a
home lot in New London, Connecticut, in
1650 had land in Stratford, Connecticut,
and from there he moved to Fairfield,
Connecticut, and in 1672 to Huntington,
Long Island. He became town clerk of
Huntington, representative to the General
Assembly in 1673, and served in King
PhiHp's War in 1676. He married (first),
in England, Ellen. He married (second)
Mrs. Joanna Baldwin, widow of Daniel
Baldwin. He married (third) Mrs. Sarah
Treadwell, widow of Edward Treadwell.
Children of first marriage: i. Thomas, of
whom further. 2. Dorothy, married Hugh
Griffin. 3. Jedidah, married Edward Higbee.
4. John. 5. Grace, married John
Goulding. 6. Joseph.
(II) Thomas (2) Skidmore, son of
Thomas and Ellen Skidmore, was born in
England, about 1625, and died in Hunt-
ington, Long Island, at an advanced age.
He owned land in Huntington and in
many of the adjoining settlements also in
Connecticut. He married Ellen. Children :
I. Thomas, of whom further. 2. Susanna.
3. Ellen.
(III) Thomas (3) Skidmore, son of
Thomas (2) and Ellen Skidmore, removed
to Connecticut, and lived on land owned
by his father. He was, from all data
available, father of Ellen Skidmore, born
in 1701-04, who married Enos Bradley, of
New Haven (see Bradley IV).
(The Sparrow Line).
Anns—Argent, three roses gules, a chief of the
last.
Crest—A yew tree proper.
Through the line of Sparrow as traced
hereafter the families of this record have
a connection with that courageous, Godfearing
band of Pilgrims whose names