John Skinner (early settler)
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John Skinner (1590–1650) was an early Puritan settler in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut.[1][2] Skinner was a member of Thomas Hooker's party and probably came to New England from Braintree, Essex, England.[3] He married Mary Loomis, daughter of Joseph Loomis. She later married Owen Tudor.[4]
Skinner's homesite in Hartford was originally (in 1639) "on the west side of Main St., a little below the present [at 1886] corner of Pearl St." However, Skinner traded this lot with Richard Olmsted for a lot on the highway (later Trumbull St.).[5]
