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\n57一7-?,2  \nTHE  \nO  \n●  \nCS7/  \n.S6285  \n/964  \nFOREWORD  \nThose of you who saw the immortal Will Rogers in the movie“A Con-necticut Yankee in King Artlur's Court”will remember how,dazed by hisnew surroundings and confounded by the Shakespearean English,he blurtedout,“Canst thou telleth me who the helleth I am?”  \nUndoubtedly many members of the Skilton Family feel much the sameway at a Reunion.Many of us don't know from which branch of the FamilyTree we descended;which“Tooth of the Rake”is ours;nor what our relation-ship is to that new relative we have just met.  \nThe purpose of this little brochure is to acquaint you with the wonderfulheritage which is ours by virtue of the marriages of our ancestors with theAverys,the Judds,the Steeles,the Candees,the Clarks,the Whites,and others.  \nWhile researching for this brochure,I ran across a quotation from abook I read many years ago.It seems to me to be particularly pertinent.  \n“Why,this living in the past and peering backward has got sodeep settled on me that I've gone to hauling my ancestors outof their graves,oblivion and obscurity and parading emaround before me.Wal,when a fellow ain't got nothing muchto look forward to,it's mighty nice to have a noble,gloriousancestry to look back on.\"  \nThc Genealogies are almost gone  probably before this page is printed\"Dr.Henry Skilton and His Descendants”will be a collector's item.This bro-chure won't take its place,but it will give you a brief genealogical and his-torical sketch of the Skilton Family.  \n世*    ★    ★  \nMany people have helped in the preparation of this brochure.My thanksto all of them.I have used freely from our Genealogy and the Supplementthereto without giving credit.In many cases,reference is made to them so thatthe reader will know where to find a more complete account.When I havecopied from other sources,credit lhas been given.  \nMay you,the reader,have as much enjoyment in reading this as I havehad in compiling it.  \nPerhaps this brochure will stimulate interest in each branch or eachfamily to prepare its own Family Tree.The third,fourth and fifth cousinswhom one meets won't seem so far away when their relationship to you isknown.They all unite in the handle of The Rake.  \nGeorge Warner Skilton  \nFarmington,  \nConnecticut  \nOctober  \n1964  \n# THE TEETH OF THE RAKE\n\nHcnry Skilton came from England,From that land across the sca;Left his kinfolk all behind himIn the town of Coventry.  \nStopped awhile in Massachusetts,In the land of pike and cod;Followed Congrcgational principlesIn the worship of his God.  \nTook unto himself Tabitha,She was from the Avery clan;All the time he was a-studyingTo bccoine a\"mcdicine-man.\"  \nHenry's only son was draftedIn the Revolutionary War.  \nReplaced his son—now_all descendentsCan join the“S.”or “D.A.R.”  \nAvery married young Parthenia,Started quite a family.  \nName goes back to thirteen hundred,For she was a Judd,you see.  \nCaptain James,our own ancestor,Wed his sweetheart,Chloe Steele;Brought up ten strong,sturdy children;None dicd young,the books reveal.  \nCaptain James and Chloe Steele,Affectionatcly for their sake,We remember their ten childrenAs the ten Teeth of the Rake.  \nG.W.S.  \n# THE RAKE\n\nCaptain James and Chloe Steele Skilton's tenchildren were all born in the Captain James SkiltonHomestead in North Watertown,Connecticut,withthe exception of the oldest,Elijah Steele Skilton.Although he,too,was born in Watertown,the exactlocation is not known.  \nFor years,the Skilton Family—and particularlythose who worked on the Genealogy-have affection-ately referred to these ten children as \"The Teethof the Rake.”  \nThe HANDLE of the Rake shows the names of  \nJohn Skilton and Mary Bennitt  \nour ancestors who  \nlived in Coventry,  \nEngland  \nDr.Henry Skilton and Tabitha Averyour first ancestorsin America,John's sonand his wife.  \nThe BRACES_of the Rake carry the names ofAvery Skilton and Parthenia JuddDr.Henry's sonand his wife.  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