Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Anne Mackall

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Name Anne Mackall Born Abt 1683 Calvert County, Maryland Gender Female Died Aft 1736 Calvert County, Maryland Person ID I047198 Tree1 Last Modified 27 Jan 2021
Father James Mackall, b. 1630, Scotland , d. 11 Dec 1693, "Cliffs" Calvert County, Maryland - Probate
(Age 63 years)
Mother Mary Graham, b. 1639, "House of Claverhouse, " Scotland , d. 15 May 1718, Calvert County, Maryland - Probate
(Age 79 years)
Married 1659 Calvert County, Maryland Family ID F01876 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 John Taney, b. Bef 1675, Calvert County, Maryland , d. 2 Apr 1701, Calvert County, Maryland - Inventory
(Age > 26 years)
Married Abt 1699 Calvert County, Maryland Last Modified 27 Jan 2021 Family ID F10071 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Robert Skinner, b. Abt 1660, England , d. 15 Apr 1713, Calvert County, Maryland - Inventory
(Age ~ 53 years)
Married Bef 3 Aug 1703 Calvert County, Maryland Children 1. Catharine Skinner, b. Bef 1699, d. Aft 1748, Calvert County, Maryland (Age > 51 years)
2. Robert Skinner, b. Abt 1703, Calvert County, Maryland , d. 1 Oct 1736, Prince George's County, Maryland - Probate
(Age ~ 33 years)
3. Benjamin Skinner, b. Abt 1705 4. Mackall Skinner, b. Abt 1707, Calvert County, Maryland , d. 3 Jun 1754, Calvert County, Maryland - Inventory
(Age ~ 47 years)
5. Nathaniel Skinner, b. Apr 1711, Prince George's County, Maryland , d. 16 Jun 1743, Prince George's County, Maryland - Inventory
(Age ~ 32 years)
Last Modified 27 Jan 2021 Family ID F10067 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 William Bruce, b. Abt 1683, d. Aft 1736, Calvert County, Maryland (Age ~ 54 years)
Married Abt 1714 Calvert County, Maryland Last Modified 27 Jan 2021 Family ID F10617 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Mrs. Ann Skinner 36A.132 I CA £67.9.7 1714
Appraisers: John Godsgrace, Jeremiah Leach.
List of debts: Mr. Robert Cruckshank (merchant of London), Capt. John Hide, Mr. Amos Garrett.
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In August 2000 I received this absolutely fascinating e-mail which persuasively argues that Anne Mackall did not marry Andrew Taneyhill much less bear his children.
Dear Robert;
I recently came across your web page on the Mackall family of Calvert County, Maryland. Sad to say that the error re: the wife of Andrew Tanyhill will likely continue forever due to the same being recorded in several prominent genealogical works of many years ago.
Ann/Anne Mackall was not the wife of the immigrant Andrew Tanyhill, my gggggg grandfather; her given name was indeed Anne but after many years of research, Ann's surname remains unknown. The confusion over Anne probably arose due to the fact that there were three Anne Skinners extant during the early 1700s in Calvert County.
There was
1) ANNE ( ) HOLLYDAY SKINNER, wife of Robert Skinner Sr. & mother of Clarke, Robert, Jr., Adderton, William Skinner, who died in 1714;
2) there was Anne ( ) TANYHILL SHORT SKINNER, the widow of Andrew Tanyhill & John Short & the wife of Clarke Skinner, who died around February 1715/16; and finally there was
3) ANNE MACKALL TANEY SKINNER [later BRUCE], the wife of Robert Skinner, Jr., (the brother of Clarke Skinner) who died 1712. The latter was the mother of Mary Taney whose will gave the names of her Skinner half siblings.
The administration bond of Benjamin Short, administrator of Anne Tanyhill Short Skinner was dated 8 Feb. 1716; his surety was Richard Hall. An inventory of Ann's estate was taken 18 Feb. of the same year & signed by Eliz. Bowen [her daughter] as nearest of kin. It is apparent from the inventory that Anne was living with daughter Elizabeth Bowen as it listed items at the 'Whome House' as well as items 'At Nathaniel Bowens.' No account of Ann's estate has been located in the MD Prerogative Court records but in 1718, Benjamin Short was cited by the Court re: an account. Clarke Skinner, Ann's third husband died in 1714 & she was admx. of his estate; following her death in 1715/16, Benjamin Short completed the administration of Clarke Skinner's estate as well as administering Ann's estate.
Anne Tanyhill Short Skinner many have been nee Hall & she may have been a relation of the immigrant Richard Hall of Calvert County, Maryland whose will she witnessed. In the few recorded documents re: Anne &/or her children, one of the Hall family either witnesses or is a surety.
This error re: the wife of Andrew Tanyhill could have been avoided if early researchers had dug a bit deeper & examined all the documents relating to Anne Skinner. As it stands now, the error will probably perpetuate itself forever.
Regards,
Rebekah Boyd
I have not presumed to immediately discard the overwhelming opinion of earlier researchers and change this presentation of the Mackall lineage. The input of all those interested is valuable and sought.
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John Taney 24.37 A CA £151.15.8 £31.2.5 Aug 3 1703
The amount of the inventory also included #550.
Payments to: Joseph Sherwood, Capt. Thomas Blake, Mr. John Hance, Robert skinner, Capt. William Parker, Sampson Waring, Edward Platford, Mr. William Taylard,
Mentions: Mr. John Taylor (merchant in London).
Administratrix: Anne Skiner (relict), wife of Robert Skiner.
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John Tany 29.17 A CA £25.7.3 Dec 17 1708
Payments to: John Tailor, Thomas Bordley.
Administratrix: Anne Skinner, wife of Mr. Robert Skinner.
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Michael Taney 30.224 A CA £803.9.11 £958.6.9 Nov 28 1709
A second inventory was cited in the amount of £268.2.0. The accounts were originally filed in 1697.
Received from: William Turner.
Payments to: Jeremiah Sheredine, Jo. Edwards paid to Henry Truman, William Batton, John Taylor & Co. paid to Samuell Chew, Samuel Groom, Francis Collyer, John Taylor & Co., John Atkey, Michael Yoakley, Richard Marsham, William Jones, William Herbert, John Sawell, Michael Swift, Hugh Ellis, John Forrest, Capt. Clegatt, George Spicer, Francis Leaf, Robert Kemby, William Grant, David Morgan, Henry Devine, George Carter, Matthew Burnam, Andrew Foy, Richard Edwards, George Plowden, Joshua Cecell, Charles Bevins, Ignatius Creycroft, Roger Brook, William Barton, Robert Anderson, Richard Pollard, Thomas Pagget, Thomas Edwards, James Empson, Phillip Laurance, George Lynes, Bryan Mackdaniell, Edward Park, William Josephs, Elisabeth Letchworth, Andrew Ogden, James Duke, Richard Brightwell, Francis Piles, Henry Fernly, Richard Chaffey, Maj. Nicholas Sewell, Richard Jenkins, John Bigger, Michael Catterton, Phillip Cooksey, Henry Fernly for Anne Denis, John Edenfield, William Stuway (?), James Hamer, William Parker, George Young, Henry Beardmore, John Curry, John Wildy, John Read, John Mills per William Williams, Richard Marsham, James Moore for Sir Thomas Laurance, John Miles, James Sawell, Thomas Beal, James Duke, Gilbert Clark, William Taylard, William Giddins, Mary Runno, Robert Skinner due to Anne Skinner, Ruth Waters, John Reed paid to Blackiston, William Harris, Thomas Collier, Joshua Cecell, Mr. Robert Carvill, Joseph Surd, Mr. Robert Mason, Jonathan Wilson, Cecill Butler, Henry Fernley.
Legatees: Margaret Taney (widow), Thomas Norris.
Mentions: Joshua Cecill, widow (unnamed).
Executor: Mr. Thomas Taney.
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Mary Taney 35A.331 A CA £69.11.10 221.14.0 May 20 1714
The deceased is a daughter of the administratrix Anne Skinner.
Payments to: William Bladen, Esq., Richard Dalian), James Mackall.
Administratrix: Anne Skinner (administratrix of Robert Skinner (executor of deceased)).
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Robert Skinner 38A.101 A CA £24.6.1 Dec 4 1716
Payments to: Elisabeth Maulden, Thomas Billingsly, Thomas Corn, Thomas Padgett, Elisabeth Huchins.
Administratrix: Ann Skinner.
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Mackall, Mary, Calvert Co., 25th Jan., 1715; 15th May, 1718.
To son John and his wife, Susannah.; son James and his wife, Ann; daus. Ann and Elizabeth Skinner, personalty.
To Mary (dau. of James Mackall) and Mary (dau. of Wm. Skinner), £3 and personalty each at 21 yrs. or marriage.
To Ann (dau. of Robt. Skinner), personalty.
Son Benjamin ex. and residuary legatee.
Test: Jonathan Cay, Tho. Howe. 14. 657
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Mrs. Mary Mackall 1.90 CA £77.13.0 Jun 11 1718
Appraisers: Thomas Howe, Samuell Abbott.
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Mrs. Mary Mackall 1.293 A CA £77.3.0 £38.14.2 Jul 30 1718
Received from: Col. Mackall.
Payments to: Mr. Thomas Howe, Mr. Nathaniel Dare, Mr. Joseph Sympson.
Legatees: Col. John Mackall and his wife Susanna Mackall, Mr. James Mackall and his wife Ann Mackall, Ann Skinner (daughter), Elisabeth Skinner (daughter), Mary Mackall (daughter of James Mackall), Anne Skinner (daughter of Robert Skinner), Mary Skinner (daughter of William Skinner).
Executor: Mr. Benjamin Mackall.
- Mrs. Ann Skinner 36A.132 I CA £67.9.7 1714
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