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    Skinner, John Watson

    Male 1765 - 1808  (~ 42 years)


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    • Name Skinner, John Watson 
      Christened 08 Sept 1765  St George the Martyr, Newington, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Died 4 Jun 1808  At Sea Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I08886  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 15 Jun 2015 

      Father Skinner, John,   b. Abt 1730, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1817, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 87 years) 
      Mother Watson, Dinah,   c. 8 Nov 1732, Dorton, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1788  (Age ~ 55 years) 
      Married 02 Jul 1761  St James Westminster, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F02461  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Notes 
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        1808 On the 4th of June, during a calm, the 14-gun brig Tickler, Lieutenant John Watson Skinner, being in the Great Belt, was attacked by four Danish gun-boats, and after an action of four hours, during which her commander and fourteen seamen were killed and twenty-two wounded, out of a crew of fifty men, was compelled to surrender.