(1) William Scudamore died 1645 at Westerleigh, near Bristol, England. Father of:
 
 

        (2) Richard Skydmore married 4 September 1604 at Holy Trinity Church in Westbury-on-Trym, near Bristol, England, Annes/Agnes, daughter of Richard Lawrence, a stonemason at Westbury-on-Trym who was buried on Christmas Day 1603 at Holy Trinity Church. Richard Skydmore was buried at Holy Trinity on 25 November 1606. Parents of:
 
 

        (3) Thomas Skidmore; married Ellen. Parents of:
 
 

        (4) Thomas Skidmore, born about 1627, probably at Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England. He died between 13 January and 27 December 1683 in Huntington, Long Island, New York. He married Grace, who died, probably at Hempstead, after 31 August 1698. Parents of:
 
 

        (5) John Skidmore, born about 1660 in Huntington, Long Island, New York, died 17 February 1737. He married Sarah Whitman of the same town. Parents of:
 
 

        (6) John Skidmore, born about 1690 in Huntington, Long Island, New York, died soon after 24 June 1758 in Schenectady, New York, while serving in the French and Indian War. He married Susanna Smith (some sources say Platts) who died after 11 December 1771 probably at Smithtown, Long Island. Parents of:
 
 

        (7) John Skidmore, born 29 June 1706 at Fresh Pond, Huntington, Long Island, New York, died 7 December 1784 in what is now Saratoga Co., then Albany Co., New York. He married on 30 May 1739 in Huntington, Elizabeth Brush. Parents of:
 
 

        (8) Solomon Skidmore, born about 1742 in Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York, probably died before 1790, but was known to be living in what is now Malta Township, Saratoga Co., New York on 20 May 1789, then Stillwater, Albany County. He married Mary Mosher, thought to have been a daughter of Hugh Mosher and Elizabeth Butts.  She was born at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, and may be the Marcy Mosher whose birth on 24 April 1743 is entered there in the vital records. The Moshers had moved by 1747 to Beekman Precinct, Dutchess County, New York. Solomon was presumably dead before the 1790 census of Malta was taken. Mary is said to have followed Solomon soon after in death.
        The earmark of Solomon Skidmore was recorded on 1 April 1774 in the Nine Partners Patent in Dutchess County, New York.
        Solomon Scidmore served as a Corporal in the 4th Company (commanded by Captain Ephraim Woodworth) of the 13th Regiment of the Albany County Militia (Saratoga District) in the American Revolution. In 1778 he leased a farm for £12 from the Commissioners of Sequestration for the Northern District of Albany County; it had belonged to Peter Laing, a Tory, who had doubtless fled the county. On the tax list of Stillwater Township dated 20 May 1789 Solomon Scidmore was taxed 2sh 6d on £10 in real property and £4 in personal property.
        He is not found listed in the 1790 census. Possibly some part of his children was living in the household of Mordecai Sayles who had five young males and five young females at home in addition to a wife and himself in 1790. Sayles and his wife Deborah were given the administration of the estate of Solomon Scidmore, deceased, on 28 September 1791; John Schidmore, Junior, and Lettis Weston were their bondsmen in the sum of £250.
        Since Deborah Sayles, a female, is specifically named in the administration it seems certain that she was nearly related to Solomon. She may have been his widow, although his wife Mary is said to have survived her husband. On balance it seems most likely (but unproven) that Deborah was a sister of the widow, born a Mosher, who had agreed to look after the family of Solomon Scidmore. This was an arrangement that the court usually looked on with favor when both parents were dead. Alas, the court record and family hearsay are completely quiet about Deborah Sayles’ role in the lives of the Scidmore children.
        Solomon Scidmore is said to have died of unspecified “wounds,” presumably accidental. The inventory of his estate was taken 15 November 1791 and included a Bible, a tea pot, and the usual household goods and livestock.  The administration papers do not list his heirs.

Parents of:

1. Sarah, born 3 June 1765, died on 25 January 1853 in Mexico, Oswego Co., New York; married Isaiah Keeler
2. John, born perhaps about 1767-9. He is said to have died young.
3. Samuel, born 1777, died 1873.
4. James, born 1779, died 1847; married Nancy Halstead, born 1785, died 1846, daughter of Josiah Halstead and Elizabeth Young.