Born in 1791 in Bristol, the father of Benjamin Henry Skidmore (41C, TPR).
| 1819 | Potmaker, aged 19, Redcliffe Backs, in a rifle corps (BRO L3 Militia List). |
| 1814-16 | Potmaker, Kilkenny, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1818-20 | Potmaker, Barton Hill, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1828-32 | St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1841 | Potmaker, Barton Hill, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1841 | East Buildings, Catherine Place, St Philip’s parish (50), living with his wife Susanna (55) born in Bristol and children (41C). |
| 1847 | Potmaker, South Place, Barton Hill Lane, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1852 | Potmaker, Barton Hill Lane, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1855 | 14 May. Noted as a potmaker when his son Benjamin (36) a potmaker of Temple parish, married Eliza Tandy (TPR). |
| Children: Christiana (aged 3 wks), bapt 30 Oct 1814 (PPR), Sarah Jane (aged 3 mths), bapt 25 Dec 1816 (PPR), Emma Louisa (aged 9 wks), bapt 8 Nov 1818 (PPR), Matthew (aged 5 wks), bapt 18 Jun 1820 (PPR), Benjamin Henry, bapt 26 Oct 1828 (PPR), Rosina, bapt 26 Oct 1828 (PPR), Selina Adelaide, bapt 22 Jul 1832 (PPR) |