Skains, Skain, Skeen, etc. are all variants of Skene, a Scotish clan in Scotland. Skains was not used until they were in Butler County, Alabama, but still other variants are used there. Skeen was not used by the descendants of Adam, Sr.
... L. S. Tiffin
...The Skeens in NY tended to be Tory in the American Revolution. I believe there was a Governor Skeen in NY. Also some of the branches of the family in PA and NC were Skeen. However, the families of Adam Skain and Nicholas Skain lived in the Union District, SC. The Union Co., SC books mention Adam and his 2 brothers for their Revolutionary War service. Adam's pension records are available on microfilm through either the Mormon Librarys or the National Archives. (As are Nicholas Skain's.)
...PJ Achramowicz
Children
James b ca 1770 or 1790(40 -50 1830 Census) 96 District SC
William (Billie) b ca 1794 (56 1850 census)d 11 June 1854 buried Glen Haven Estates Trinity County, Texas
m ca 1816 Silvie Elizabeth Dickerson
Sarah T. b ca 1798 (52 1850 census) d before 26 February 1855 m Allen Presley.
More to come tomorrow in this area.
Some researchers report that Wife of Arthur Thomas was a Skains, while others who have a great deal of information on the Skains believe that she was not a Skains.
Their son was John H. Thomas and the only child as far as is known.
Judy Skains born about 1793 in 96 district, Union County, South Carolina and m (date unknown) John H. Thomas, who was also born in 96 district, Union County, South Carolina about 1794. Judy Skains Thomas is buried in the Elam Cemetery in Pike County Alabama. They had eight chldren that we know about.
John Woodward Wesley Thomas b about 1818
George Washington Thomas b May 3 1820
Ciseley Ann Celina Thomas b June 4, 1824
William Oliver Thomas b April 29, 1829
Eliza F. Thomas b 1830
James Alexander Thomas b 1833
Martha Caroline Thomas b 1833
Elizabeth Thomas b 1837
Some sources report that John H. Thomas decided to move his family from Pike County, Alabama to Texas and was making a trip to Texas when he died near Tupelo, Mississippi on the 22 of December, 1853 and is buried near Tupelo in what is now Lee County, MS but then was part of Itawamba County. Other sources say that he was on a trip to visit relatives near Tupelo, both are unverified. His family stayed in Pike County for many years. His wife died there, but some of the children, when they became adults, moved to East Texas around Sulphur Springs, TX.
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Research by T. Brown, L. Brown, E. Brown and other Skains researchers including P. Acramowicz and L. Skains Tiffin, and we would like to thank the last two especially for their input.