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Captain Richard Thomas Skaggs 1674–1766 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1674

Birth Location: Derry, Ulster, Ireland

Death Date: July 1766

Death Location: Kent, Maryland, United States

Father: Thomas Skaggs

Mother: Ann Skaggs

Spouse(s): Mary (Kear)

Children(s): Rev Skaggs

Captain Richard Thomas Skaggs was born in 1674 in Derry, Ulster, Ireland, the child of Thomas Bussell William Skaggs And Ann Skaggs. Captain Richard Thomas Skaggs married Mary Thear Kear, and had children including Rev James Thomas Skaggs. Captain Richard Thomas Skaggs passed away in 1766 in Kent, Maryland, United States.

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Biography

  • Captain Richard Thomas Skaggs was born in 1674 in Derry, Ulster, Ireland, the child of Thomas Bussell William Skaggs And Ann Skaggs.
  • Captain Richard Thomas Skaggs married Mary Thear Kear, and had children including Rev James Thomas Skaggs.
  • Captain Richard Thomas Skaggs passed away in 1766 in Kent, Maryland, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Skaggs
1640–1740
Birth Location: Londerry, , Ulster, Ireland
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Ann Skaggs
1640–1740
Birth Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, , England
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Spouses(s)

Mary (Kear)
1676–1766
Birth Location: Tazewell, Virginia, United States
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Children(s)

Rev Skaggs
1700–1769
Birth Location: Tazewell, VA,
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Captain Skaggs's Ancestors

Self
Captain Skaggs
1674–1766
Birth Place: Derry, Ulster, Ireland
Parents
Thomas Bussell William Skaggs
1640–1740
Londerry, , Ulster, Ireland
Ann Skaggs
1640–1740
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, , England
Grandparents
WILLIAM (BUSSELL SKAGGS (SEA) CAPT)
1600–1680
Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
Mary (Elizabeth Hatch) Skaggs
1600–1679
County, Londonderry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Elizabeth (Mary) Holden
1632–1679
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Ire Skeggs
1580–1680
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John SKAGGS
1560–1680
Elizabeth Tenny
1580–1670

Captain Skaggs's Descendants

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Captain (Richard Thomas) Skaggs (1674–July 1766) m. Mary (Thear) (Kear) (1676–1766)
  1. 1. Rev (James Thomas) Skaggs 1700–1769 m. Rachael (Susannah) Moredock 1697–1789 m. Rachel (Susannah Moredock) (Skaggs) 1700–1789
    1. 1. James Skaggs 1734–1814
      1. 1. Daniel Skaggs 1780–1821 m. Hannah ((4thGGM) Dunham) Skaggs 1782–1820
        1. 1. Eli Skaggs 1802–1852 m. Margaret Manian 1808–1850

Captain Skaggs's Timeline

2 Records

1674
1674
Birth of Captain Richard Thomas Skaggs in Derry, Ulster, Ireland
Derry, Ulster, Ireland
1766
July 1766
Age 92
Death of Captain Richard Thomas Skaggs in Kent, Maryland, United States
Kent, Maryland, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1674
    Event Place: Derry, Ulster, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: July 1766
    Event Place: Kent, Maryland, United States
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