John Skinner (1590–1650) was an early

Puritan The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should b ...

settler in the

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and one of the founders of

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. Skinner was a member of

Thomas Hooker Thomas Hooker (July 5, 1586 – July 7, 1647) was a prominent English colonial leader and Congregational church, Congregational minister, who founded the Connecticut Colony after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts. He was know ...

's party and probably came to New England from Braintree, Essex, England. He married Mary Loomis, daughter of Joseph Loomis. She later married Owen Tudor. Skinner's homesite in Hartford was originally (in 1639) "on the west side of Main St., a little below the present t 1886corner of Pearl St." However, Skinner traded this lot with Richard Olmsted for a lot on the highway (later Trumbull St.).

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1590 births 1650 deaths People from colonial Massachusetts History of Hartford, Connecticut Founders of Hartford, Connecticut English emigrants {{Connecticut-stub