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Hi there Dee (2nd?) cousin ...or cousin twice removed??

I'm probably only repeating what Mum put in her letter (she passed away in 2016 unfortunately) that her father was Horace Skevington. Therefore he was my Grandfather and older than Charles Hastings by about 8 or 9 years so we have their father Alfred Sheffield Skevington as the link in the chain. Horace had 3 daughters and the youngest Edna is still alive although sadly in a care home with dementia. Really sad that last year she lost her only two children (Ruth and David) within 4 days of each other so unfortunately information from that side of the family is now a bit difficult. Happy to try and fill in info for you although a lot of research was done several years ago - hence the date on my original post above. I'm now a lot more active but there seems to be more info available and it takes time to check! I'm not sure how public these conversations and I'm hesitant to publish info publicly so you could try my fbk page - my profile picture is a whale or whale shark (long story) or the panachegifts is an alternative one. David Tyrrell

Hi Dee, good to hear from you. Skevington was my mother's paternal line. Several years ago I got the line back to the early 1700's but have not done much in the last 4 or 5 years as I've been following other lines in an ever expanding family tree. Be interested to know where our trees cross/merge. David

Hi all, this is my first posting on Rootschat so if I tread on any toes or have listed this in the wrong place don't shoot me down in flames - must admit its not the easiest site to self teach how to use. Anyway I am looking for some rels and would appreciate hearing about anything connected with the Skevingtons in Nottingham from the 1700's or earlier.
I've done a lot of digging and 2 visits to the Records office and to date my tree stops at John S.  marrying Elizabeth Alvey in St Marys on 20th April 1772. His son was Joseph S. who married Frances Moore on 8th April 1799 in St Marys. Joseph moved to Loughborough in 1820 and despite this became a Burgess the same year (no fathers details on the Burgess register) to set up a lace factory. In 1808 he and his brother Samuel were probationers on the Methodist circuit and Josphs son John became quite famous (or infamous!) as a leading Chartist. In 1812 and 1816 Joseph and John are listed in the Watch and Ward lists and from the ages given John would have a birth year of 1752 making him about 20 when he married.

We have two possible lines for Johns parents - one possible grandfather is another Joseph who married Mary Hind at St Nicholas on 2nd Feb 1727 and who amongst their children had another John bapt on 22nd July 1736 - this would have been Johns father. We also have a Michael S who married Elizabeth Sills in St Nicholas on 23rd November 1748. We also have various other Skevington weddings in Nottingham  in the first half of the century which could be links.

If anyone out there has come across any Skevington information for 1750 and earlier and is happy to share it I would be delighted to hear from them as at the moment I have several pieces of the jigsaw but no proof that fits them together. Any hints as to other sources would also be welcome.

Sorry its been long winded but with all these Josephs and Johns it gets a bit complicated.

If only they'd kept diaries!!