Skinner Family Research
Family Origins
A newly recovered compiled genealogy broadens the story of the family behind the Timothy Skinner House from the Mexico household to Avery Skinner's parents, siblings and earlier paternal line.
This page draws from 29 archived HTML pages copied from Stephanie A. Saxon's Genealogy.com / Family Tree Maker report, Descendants of Thomas Skinner. The report is a compiled genealogy and is used with care alongside local histories, newspaper accounts and preserved memorial records.
The Reported Paternal Line
The recovered report identifies Hon. Avery Skinner as the seventh generation of a paternal Skinner line reaching back to Thomas Skinner. Avery's son, Timothy Warner Skinner, later built the brick house now standing at 5707 Scenic Avenue.
- Thomas¹
- Thomas²
- John³
- Ezra⁴
- Timothy⁵
- Timothy⁶
- Avery⁷
Avery's Parents
Timothy Skinner and Ruth Warner Skinner
The report identifies Avery's parents as Timothy Skinner (1761–1843) and Ruth Warner Skinner (1770–1849), married on 15 September 1790. Timothy was born at Mansfield, Massachusetts, and died at Westmoreland, New Hampshire; Ruth was born at Westmoreland and died at Keene, New Hampshire.
In a narrative copied into the report, their descendant Otis A. Skinner described a family tree rooted in Timothy and Ruth. The genealogy also reproduces a DAR-related account attributing Revolutionary War service to Timothy through enlistments in Massachusetts units during 1777, 1778 and 1779. That military-service account is preserved as a genealogical source trail and warrants direct review against the cited DAR materials.
Nine Children and a Regional Network
The report describes Avery as the fourth of nine children. Several of his siblings became rooted in Central and Northern New York, placing the family house within a broader network of nearby relatives, public officials, clergy and merchants.
Born in Westmoreland, New Hampshire; died in Proctorsville, Vermont. Later Avery material identifies him as Rev. Warren Skinner.
Born in Westmoreland; died at Union Square, Oswego County. Married Hiram Walker in 1829.
Born in Westmoreland; died at Brownville, New York. A state senator already documented in the public family record.
Settled at Union Square, later Maple View; father of Timothy Warner Skinner and grandfather of Dr. Avery Warner Skinner.
Merchant associated with Mexico and Union Square. His 1831 marriage to Noralla Brusie was officiated by his brother Avery.
Died at Utica, New York; identified in Avery biographical material as a Universalist clergyman.
Died at Keene, New Hampshire; part of Avery's collateral sibling branch.
Died at Kenwood, New York; reported as one of two siblings who survived Avery.
Born in Westmoreland; died at Youngstown, Niagara County, New York; reported as the other sibling surviving Avery.
Avery Skinner in the Recovered Genealogy
The report places Avery's birth on 9 June 1796 in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, and his death on 24 November 1876 at Union Square, Oswego County. It identifies his marriage to Elizabeth Lathrop Huntington on 9 June 1822 at Watertown and his second marriage to Charlotte Prior Stebbins on 1 September 1834, also at Watertown.
Its lengthy Avery biography agrees with the local-history narrative already used for this site: after study at Chesterfield Academy and time in Watertown, Avery settled at Union Square in 1823; he served in county and state government, helped establish Mexico Academy, promoted the Syracuse Northern Railroad and remained active in Masonic life. The report additionally preserves an obituary account of the large attendance and Masonic honors at Avery's funeral.
The Hiram Skinner Branch
The report adds especially useful local context through Avery's brother Hiram Skinner. It gives Hiram's Mexico residence in the 1850 census, identifies him as a merchant in 1860 and lists children including Edmund, Adolphus, Timothy Andrus, Charles Barton, William Henry Avery and Charlotte Ruth Skinner. This branch reinforces that the Skinner presence in Mexico and Union Square extended beyond the household associated directly with the Scenic Avenue house.
Record Conflict Still Under Review
The recovered genealogy identifies Elizabeth Lathrop Huntington Skinner as a daughter of Solomon Huntington and Amanda Jones, while the previously reviewed WikiTree trail identifies her parents as Jedediah Huntington and Elizabeth Jones. The sources also disagree by one day on Elizabeth's reported 1833 death date. Until the cited newspaper or other stronger records can be directly compared, this site treats the maternal parentage and exact death date as unresolved rather than replacing the existing interactive-tree display.
Preserved Source Trail
The complete 29-page HTML capture has been preserved in this project archive. The recovered report's endnotes for the relevant branch point to additional records for future review:
- Mary Lindsay Skinner's handwritten family record begun in 1913.
- New York Times, “Judge Avery Skinner,” obituary, 27 November 1876.
- Fort Oswego Chapter DAR, Marriage and Death Notices, Oswego Co., N.Y. 1833–1835, and associated Oswego Palladium extracts.
- Records of Appointments of Postmasters, 1832–1971, National Archives microfilm roll 89.
- John C. Churchill, History of Mexico, New York — Landmarks of Oswego County (1895).
- DAR Patriot Index and Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots for the Timothy Skinner military-service attribution.
Repository research extract: Genealogy.com — Descendants of Thomas Skinner: Extract.