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see Autobiography of Francis Place ed. Mary Thale page 88

John Seldon = St Clement Danes 15.5.1763 Ann Batty
William son of John & Ann Seldon bapt St Clement Danes 1.4.1764
John son of John & Ann Seldon bapt St Clement Danes 9.8.1767
Sarah dau of John & Ann Seldon bapt St Clement Danes 27.11.1768
Ann Batty dau of John & Ann Seldon bapt St Clement Danes 18.6.1770
Ann dau of John & Ann Seldon bapt St Clement Danes 13.6.1773

John Seldon buried 17.2.1774 St Clement Danes
Ann Seldon buried 30.4.1777 St Clement Danes…

see Autobiography of Francis Place ed. Mary Thale p.87. There spelt Skillem but this may have been a transcription error. Perhaps a fairly common error which led to Place thinking the name was spelt and pronounced with an 'm'. Of the various friends of his father's whose lives Place believed ended in poverty (he mentioned a list of 27) eight are named on pages 87 and 88 but four of those, including Skillern, seem to have owned property at their deaths (the others were Bury, Robinson and Woollams).

Stephen Skillern tailor of Arundel Street was buried at Petersham Surrey 27.3.1797 age…

see Autobiography of Francis Place ed. Mary Thale pages 121, 123-5

Matthew Stimson bach = St Giles Cripplegate 9.11.1763 martha Amery sp botp
Martha Ann Stimson born 29.7.1767 bapt 6.8.1767 Endell St Lying-in Hospital dau of Matthew age 27 swordcutter & Martha discharged 13.8.1767 recommender Catherine Macaulay
Martha bapt 20.2.1774 St Sepulchre dau of Matthew Stimson & Martha
Mary Ann Stimson born 22.12.1775 bapt 14.1.1776 St Sepulchre dau of Matthew Stimson & Martha

Matthew Stimson broker Fleet Lane SunFire 1780
City of London…