Skelton

Skelton family page

James Owen Skelton (1890- )

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Origins of surname

This surname is a locational surname from the north of England, found as Skelton and Skilton. It is derived from the names of villages situated in Cumberland and Yorkshire. The name derives from the Old English "scylf" meaning a shelf or dry area of land probably originally surrounded by water meadows or fens, and "tun", an enclosure or settlement.

The village names are first recorded in the 11th century when Scilton occurs in the 1086 Domesday Book for Yorkshire. Later the rolls known as the Yorkshire charters of 1160 give the place name as Sheltone, not far from its modern form. As a surname Skelton had emerged by the middle of the 12th Century.

Early records

The first Skelton in Jersey was Roger, who came from England, possibly as a soldier, before 1741, when he married Anne Le Brocq, daughter of Jean, at St Ouen. It was eight years before the first of their four children was baptised,

Variants

• Skelton
• Skilton, not found in Jersey
• Shelton is said to be a variant but there appears to be no connection between families in Jersey with the two names

Family records

Family trees

• Descendants of Roger Skelton
• Descendants of John Skelton

Church records

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• Skelton baptisms in Jersey
• Skelton marriages in Jersey (groom)
• Skelton marriages in Jersey (bride)
• Skelton burials in Jersey

Great War service

• William Godfray Skelton, 2nd Lieutenant, Canterbury Regiment, son of Jersey born William Edward Skelton
• Clarence George Skelton (St H), Private, Canadian Army
• George Arthur Skelton (St H), Private, Devon Regiment

Family wills

These wills created by members of the Skelton family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page

• Hilda Skelton née Filleul, 27 Cleveland Road, St Helier - 14 February 1947, D/Y/A/117
• Anne Skelton of Grouville, now of St Helier - 10 November 1868, D/Y/A/34
• Mary-Ann Skelton of St Lawrence, widow of Pierre Le Blancq - 13 January 1900, D/Y/A/59
• Sally Skelton of St Helier, widow of George Amy, bequeaths to the poor of St Helier 2s - 9 July 1873, D/Y/A/37
• Rachel Skelton, bequeaths to the poor of St Mary 2s 6d - 5 February 1876, D/Y/A/39
• Alice Skelton, Maranham House, St Lawrence - 1 July 1933, D/Y/A/94
• Philip Skelton, St Helier - 21 October 1937, D/Y/A/101
• John Skelton, St Lawrence - 18 March 1942, D/Y/A/109
• Peter Skelton, St Lawrence - 24 September 1904, D/Y/A/63

• Skelton burial records 1820-1978

Ministers and lay preachers of the Methodist French Circuit in 1867, including J Skelton. The picture was taken by Asplet and Green a year after they set up in business at 18½ Beresford Street and also includes P Tourgis, Philippe Amy, P Le Gresley, Thomas J Desprès, Mr Ahier, Mr Benest, P Garnier, Mr Hamon, D Bisson, G Le Masurier, Abraham Pallot, J Syvret, P G Adair, P Norman, T Binet, T Billot, Mr Vautier, E de Carteret, W Le Duc, T Lucas, H Collas and J Le Cornu

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We have included some important spelling variants on some family pages, but it may be worth searching for records for a different spelling variant. Think of searching for variants with or without a prefix, such as Le or De. To search for further variants, or for any other family name, just click on the appropriate link below for the first letter of the family name, and a new tab will open, giving you the option to choose baptism, marriage or burial records. You will then see a list of available names for that type of record and you can select any name from that list. That will display all records of the chosen type for that family name, and you can narrow the search by adding a given name, selecting a parish or setting start and end dates in the form you will see above. You can also change the family name, or search for a partial name if you are not certain of the spelling

The records are displayed 30 to a page, but by selecting the yellow Wiki Table option at the top left of the page you can open a full, scrollable list. This list will either be displayed in a new tab or a pop-up window. You may have to edit the settings of your browser to allow pop-up windows for www.jerripediabmd.net. For the small number of family names for which a search generates more than 1,500 records you will have to refine your search (perhaps using start or end dates) to reduce the number of records found.

New records

Since August 2020 we have added several thousand new records from the registers of Roman Catholic, Methodist and other non-conformist churches. These will appear in date order within a general search of the records and are also individually searchable within the database search form