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Name Margaret Skinner Birth 5 Jul 1789 Kessingland, Suffolk, England 
[1] Christening 19 Jul 1789 St Edmund’s Church, Kessingland, Suffolk, England [1] 
Baptismal Record: Margaret Skinner (1789) Gender Female Residence 4 Jun 1811 Kessingland, Suffolk, England [2] Residence 22 Aug 1813 Gorleston, Suffolk, England [3] Residence 20 Mar 1815 Gorleston, Suffolk, England [4] Residence 14 Apr 1816 Gorleston, Suffolk, England [5] Residence 22 Feb 1818 Gorleston, Suffolk, England [6] Residence 15 Aug 1819 Gorleston, Suffolk, England [7] Residence 10 Sep 1820 Gorleston, Suffolk, England [8] Residence 3 Feb 1822 Gorleston, Suffolk, England [9] Residence 5 Apr 1823 Gorleston, Suffolk, England [10] Residence 10 Mar 1824 Gorleston, Suffolk, England [11] Residence 20 Mar 1826 Gorleston, Suffolk, England [12] Bequest 28 Oct 1836 Gorleston, Suffolk, England [13] All his houses and land in Gorleston and Great Yarmouth, and all his personal estate, from her husband Henry Pells Residence 1840 Gorleston, Suffolk, England [14] - In the Gorleston tithe apportionment she owned four plots: 124, a garden occupied by Marshall; 144, a house and garden occupied by Lieut. Massey; 145, a house and garden occupied by herself; and 146, a house and garden occupied by Baldwin.
Tithe Apportionment: Gorleston, Suffolk (1840) Census 6 Jun 1841 High Street, Gorleston, Suffolk, England [15] Age: 46 - The surname is indexed as “Bells”: its first letter can be read as P or B. Every age in the household is 4 to 7 years below the true one. Identified by the five forenames, the street and her independent means; no Bells family is otherwise found at Gorleston.
1841 Census: High Street, Gorleston, Suffolk Occupation 6 Jun 1841 [15] Independent Residence 1845-1850 Gorleston, Suffolk, England [16, 17] 
Directories: Gorleston, Suffolk (1845-1850) (2) Census 30 Mar 1851 High Street, Gorleston, Suffolk, England [18] Age: 62 
1851 Census: High Street, Gorleston, Suffolk Occupation 30 Mar 1851 [18] Proprietor of Houses Census 7 Apr 1861 High Street, Gorleston, Suffolk, England [19] Age: 72 
1861 Census: High Street, Gorleston, Suffolk Occupation 7 Apr 1861 High Street, Gorleston, Suffolk, England [19] Lady Death 2 Jun 1864 Gorleston, Suffolk, England [20, 21, 22] Age: 74 years Cause: Apoplexy - Informant: Sarah Barwood, in attendance, Gorleston.
Death Certificate: Margaret Pells (1864) 
Clipping from Norfolk News: 4 Jun 1864 Burial 7 Jun 1864 St Andrew’s Church, Gorleston, Suffolk, England 
[23] Age: 74 years 
Burial Record: Margaret Pells (1864) Newspaper mention 11 Jun 1864 [24] Notice to the debtors and creditors of her estate, by John Hammond, executor, and Margaret Stanford, executrix 
Clipping from Norfolk News: 11 Jun 1864 Probate 26 Nov 1864 [21, 25] Will with a codicil proved at Ipswich by her son Henry Skinner Pells, John Hammond the elder, and her daughter Margaret Stanford; effects under £3,000 
Extract from National Probate Calendar: Margaret Pells (d. 1864) 
Probate: Margaret Pells (1864)
Index to the death duty registers, 1864 (IR 27/350).Newspaper mention 15 Dec 1864 Gorleston, Suffolk, England [26, 27] Sale by auction, by the trustees under her will, of a freehold residence on the Pier Cliff, two houses in High Street (one lately her own) and a cottage in High Street, Gorleston; her furniture to be sold on 19 Dec 
Clipping from Norfolk Chronicle: 3 Dec 1864 Person ID I90 Barnes • Whitmore • Cocks • Westlake | Cocks family Last Modified 28 Oct 2026
Parents’ family
Father Owen Skinner, b. Bef 25 Feb 1747/8, Kessingland, Suffolk, England d. 28 Feb 1819, Kessingland, Suffolk, England (Age > 71 years)Mother Margaret West Marriage 19 Jun 1777 St Andrew’s Church, Mutford, Suffolk, England [28] - Owen Skinner (bachelor, of this parish), Margaret West (spinster, of Barnby). Married by licence. Bishop’s transcript; no signatures or witnesses recorded.
Marriage Record: Owen Skinner and Margaret West, and Baptismal Record: John Skinner (1777) Family ID F250 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family with Henry Pells
Family 
Henry Pells, b. Bef 1 Apr 1787, Gorleston, Suffolk, England d. 28 Oct 1836, Gorleston, Suffolk, England (Age > 49 years)Marriage 4 Jun 1811 St Edmund’s Church, Kessingland, Suffolk, England [2] Type: Licence - Henry Pells, bachelor; Margaret Skinner, spinster. Witnesses: Owen Skinner and Elizabeth Skinner.
Marriage Record: Henry Pells and Margaret Skinner (1811) Children 1. Henry Skinner Pells, b. 16 May 1812, Gorleston, Suffolk, England d. Bef 1871 (Age < 58 years)2. John Pells, b. Bef 22 Aug 1813, Gorleston, Suffolk, England d. 19 Aug 1851, Ipswich, Suffolk, England (Age > 37 years)3. Thomas Horatio Pells, b. Bef 20 Mar 1815, Gorleston, Suffolk, England d. 24 Sep 1859, Bell Yard, Temple Bar, London, Middlesex, England (Age > 44 years)+ 4. Margaret Pells, b. Bef 14 Apr 1816, Gorleston, Suffolk, England d. Abt May 1865, Mutford, Suffolk, England (Age > 49 years)5. Richard Pells, b. Bef 26 Feb 1818, Gorleston, Suffolk, England d. Bef 9 Jul 1824, Gorleston, Suffolk, England (Age < 6 years)+ 6. Eliza Pells, b. Bef 15 Aug 1819, Gorleston, Suffolk, England + 7. Sarah Pells, b. Bef 10 Sep 1820, Gorleston, Suffolk, England d. 7 Jun 1906, 12 Spa Road, All Saints, Southampton, Hampshire, England (Age > 85 years)8. Emma Betina Pells, b. Bef 3 Feb 1822, Gorleston, Suffolk, England 9. William Pells, b. Bef 5 Apr 1823, Gorleston, Suffolk, England d. Bef 16 Dec 1843, Gorleston, Suffolk, England (Age < 20 years)10. Alfred Pells, b. Bef 10 Mar 1824, Gorleston, Suffolk, England 11. Mary Anna Pells, b. Bef 20 Mar 1826, Gorleston, Suffolk, England d. Bef 15 Aug 1826, Gorleston, Suffolk, England (Age < 0 years)12. Mary Anna Pells, b. Bef 7 Feb 1827, Gorleston, Suffolk, England d. Bef 26 Nov 1850, Gorleston, Suffolk, England (Age < 23 years)Family ID F191 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 28 Oct 2026
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Birth - 5 Jul 1789 - Kessingland, Suffolk, England 
Christening - 19 Jul 1789 - St Edmund’s Church, Kessingland, Suffolk, England Residence - 4 Jun 1811 - Kessingland, Suffolk, England Marriage - Type: Licence - 4 Jun 1811 - St Edmund’s Church, Kessingland, Suffolk, England 
Child - Henry Skinner Pells - 16 May 1812 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Child - John Pells - Bef 22 Aug 1813 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Residence - 22 Aug 1813 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Child - Thomas Horatio Pells - Bef 20 Mar 1815 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Residence - 20 Mar 1815 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Child - Margaret Pells - Bef 14 Apr 1816 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Residence - 14 Apr 1816 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Residence - 22 Feb 1818 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Child - Richard Pells - Bef 26 Feb 1818 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Child - Eliza Pells - Bef 15 Aug 1819 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Residence - 15 Aug 1819 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Child - Sarah Pells - Bef 10 Sep 1820 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Residence - 10 Sep 1820 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Child - Emma Betina Pells - Bef 3 Feb 1822 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Residence - 3 Feb 1822 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Child - William Pells - Bef 5 Apr 1823 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Residence - 5 Apr 1823 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Child - Alfred Pells - Bef 10 Mar 1824 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Residence - 10 Mar 1824 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Child - Mary Anna Pells - Bef 20 Mar 1826 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Residence - 20 Mar 1826 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Child - Mary Anna Pells - Bef 7 Feb 1827 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Bequest - All his houses and land in Gorleston and Great Yarmouth, and all his personal estate, from her husband Henry Pells - 28 Oct 1836 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Residence - 1840 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England 
Census - Age: 46 - 6 Jun 1841 - High Street, Gorleston, Suffolk, England Residence - 1845-1850 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England Census - Age: 62 - 30 Mar 1851 - High Street, Gorleston, Suffolk, England Census - Age: 72 - 7 Apr 1861 - High Street, Gorleston, Suffolk, England Occupation - Lady - 7 Apr 1861 - High Street, Gorleston, Suffolk, England Death - Age: 74 years,Cause: Apoplexy - 2 Jun 1864 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England 
Burial - Age: 74 years - 7 Jun 1864 - St Andrew’s Church, Gorleston, Suffolk, England Newspaper mention - Sale by auction, by the trustees under her will, of a freehold residence on the Pier Cliff, two houses in High Street (one lately her own) and a cottage in High Street, Gorleston; her furniture to be sold on 19 Dec - 15 Dec 1864 - Gorleston, Suffolk, England = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S436] Baptismal Record: Margaret Skinner (1789), 19 Jul 1789 (Reliability: 3).
- [S116] Marriage Record: Henry Pells and Margaret Skinner (1811), 4 Jun 1811, Kessingland register of marriages, 1811 (Reliability: 3).
- [S2735] Baptismal Record: John Pells (1813), 22 Aug 1813, pg 8, no. 58 (Reliability: 3).
- [S2736] Baptismal Record: Thomas Horatio Pells (1815), 20 Mar 1815, pg 23, no. 183 (Reliability: 3).
- [S2737] Baptismal Record: Margaret Pells (1816), 14 Apr 1816, pg 35, no. 273 (Reliability: 3).
- [S2738] Baptismal Record: Richard Pells (1818), 22 Feb 1818, pg 51, no. 402 (Reliability: 3).
- [S2739] Baptismal Record: Eliza Pells (1819), 15 Aug 1819, pg 65, no. 520 (Reliability: 3).
- [S405] Baptismal Record: Sarah Pells (1820), 10 Sep 1820, Page 75, entry 595, Suffolk Archives FF528/1820/1.
- [S2740] Baptismal Record: Emma Betina Pells (1822), 3 Feb 1822, pg 88, no. 701 (Reliability: 3).
- [S2741] Baptismal Record: William Pells (1823), 5 Apr 1823, pg 99, no. 789 (Reliability: 3).
- [S2742] Baptismal Record: Alfred Pells (1824), 10 Mar 1824, pg 109, no. 866 (Reliability: 3).
- [S2743] Baptismal Record: Mary Anna Pells (1826), 20 Mar 1826, pg 128, no. 1019 (Reliability: 3).
- [S64] Will: Henry Pells, Gorleston (1836), 1 Aug 1836, PROB 11/2098/143, PROB 11/2098/143. (Reliability: 3).
I give and devise unto the said Margaret my wife all and every my messuages tenements or dwellinghouses with the yards gardens grounds land and appurtenances thereto belonging or appertaining situate lying and being in Gorleston aforesaid and in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk … I give and bequeath unto her my said wife all and every my mortgages bonds bills notes monies and securities for money ships and parts of ships stock in trade household goods and furniture and all and every other my personal estate and effects - [S2752] Tithe Apportionment: Gorleston, Suffolk (1840), 1840, IR 29/33/184, p. 19, plots 124 and 144-146, The National Archives, IR 29/33/184. (Reliability: 3).
The year is the one Ancestry’s index gives the apportionment; the page itself is undated. - [S368] 1841 Census, HO 107/1029/12, f. 29, p. 9.
- [S2750] E. Hunt and Co., Directory: Hunt and Co.’s Directory of East Norfolk with Part of Suffolk, 1850, 1850, p. 255 (Reliability: 3).
- [S2751] William White, Directory: History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk, 1845, 1845, p. 275 (Reliability: 3).
- [S5] 1851 Census, HO 107/1805, f. 588, p. 9.
- [S42] 1861 Census, RG 9/1189, f. 95, p. 15.
- [S169] Death Certificate: Margaret Pells (1864).
- [S193] National Probate Calendar, 1864, link.
Margaret Pells; death 2 Jun 1864, Suffolk, England; probate 26 Nov 1864, Ipswich - [S2733] Newspaper: Norfolk News, 4 Jun 1864, 5 (Reliability: 2).
- [S437] Burial Record: Margaret Pells (1864), 7 Jun 1864, pg 71, no. 561, Norfolk Record Office, PD 671/113. (Reliability: 3).
- [S2733] Newspaper: Norfolk News, 11 Jun 1864, 1 (Reliability: 3).
- [S2732] Probate: Margaret Pells (1864), 1864, IR 27/350, Pells: Ipswich, register 4, folio 142[?] (Reliability: 3).
- [S285] Newspaper: Norfolk Chronicle, 3 Dec 1864, 8 (Reliability: 3).
- [S2733] Newspaper: Norfolk News, 3 Dec 1864, 8 (Reliability: 2).
- [S490] Marriage Record: Owen Skinner and Margaret West (1777), 19 Jun 1777, Suffolk Archives FAA/50/2/48/9 (Mutford, 1777-78), Suffolk Archives FAA/50/2/48/9. (Reliability: 3).
- [S436] Baptismal Record: Margaret Skinner (1789), 19 Jul 1789 (Reliability: 3).