George Skirvan

1697 - 1736  (39 years)

• Name	George Skirvan
  Birth	14 Feb 1697	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
  Christening	14 Feb 1697	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
  Gender	Male
  _FSFTID	KGSP-4BT
  _UID	ADFC8B1813024D9A9FE79BD178C202BC32B2
  Death	7 Sep 1736	Kent, Maryland, United States
  Person ID	I1794	van Amber One Name Study
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	George Skirvan,   b. 1660, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 10 Mar 1718, England (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Janet Paton,   b. 1669, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 5 Dec 1710, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F558	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Comegys,   b. 1694, Kent, Maryland, British Colonial America
  Marriage	10 May 1735	Kent, Maryland, United States
  Children	+ 1. George T Skirvin,   b. 1725, Maryland, British Colonial America d. Maryland, United States   2. Francis Skirvin,   b. 6 Aug 1732, Kent, Maryland, United States d. 1810, Kent, Maryland, United States (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F557	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 14 Feb 1697 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Christening - 14 Feb 1697 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Marriage - 10 May 1735 - Kent, Maryland, United States Death - 7 Sep 1736 - Kent, Maryland, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Col. George Skirvin came to Kent County MD in 1724 and was appointed by Lord Baltimore one of the judges for that county. He served on the bench until his death in 1736. George's wife was Sarah, daughter of Cornelius Comegys. Further information obtained from a Glasgow library indicates a George Skirvine was Master of the Grammar school of Glasgow. These records are dated October 20, 1696. See Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow ... A. D. 1573-17: 1691-1717 (google books). William (Guielmus) Skirven was a student the University of Glasgow in 1702. According to MD land records, William Skirvin was a large land owner in Somerset Co. Md.. His will is in the book of wills in a genealogy library in Huntington Beach, CA. According to the notes of Percy Skirvin (1800's Md) Old Geo and Sarah had 3 sons - Thomas, George T and ______. George T. married Sarah Evans and they were the parents of John and Francis. John moved west and Francis stayed in Kent Co.