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Captain Richard Thomas Skaggs 1674–1766 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1674

Birth Location: Ireland

Death Date: July 1766

Death Location: Kent, Maryland, United States

Father: Thomas (Scag)

Mother: Ann Wollard

Spouse(s): Mary Thear

Children(s): Rev Sr, Susannah Skaggs, Henry Skaggs, Richard Jr, Aaron Skaggs, Thomas Skaggs, Thomas Skaggs

Captain Richard Thomas Skaggs was born in 1674 in Ireland, the child of Thomas Bussel Skaggs Scag And Ann Wollard. Captain Richard Thomas Skaggs married Mary Thear, and had children including Aaron Skaggs, Henry Skaggs, Rev James Thomas Skaggs Sr, Richard Thomas Skaggs Jr, Susannah Skaggs, 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 Ireland, the child of Thomas Bussel Skaggs Scag And Ann Wollard.
  • Captain Richard Thomas Skaggs married Mary Thear, and had children including Aaron Skaggs, Henry Skaggs, Rev James Thomas Skaggs Sr, Richard Thomas Skaggs Jr, Susannah Skaggs, Thomas Skaggs.
  • Captain Richard Thomas Skaggs passed away in 1766 in Kent, Maryland, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas (Scag)
1640–1740
Birth Location: Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
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Ann Wollard
1650–1740
Birth Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, , England
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Spouses(s)

Mary Thear
1678–1766
Birth Location: Ireland
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Children(s)

Rev Sr
1700–1798
Birth Location: On ship in open ocean from homeland Ireland to America
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Susannah Skaggs
1702–1820
Birth Location: Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia, United States
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Henry Skaggs
1705–1819
Birth Location: Kent, Maryland, United States
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Richard Jr
1707–1766
Birth Location: Kent, Prince George's Co, Maryland, USA
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Aaron Skaggs
1709–1819
Birth Location: –
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Thomas Skaggs
1702–1744
Birth Location: , , Virginia, USA
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Thomas Skaggs
1705–1774
Birth Location: Kent, Maryland, United States
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Captain Skaggs's Ancestors

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Captain Skaggs
1674–1766
Birth Place: Ireland
Parents
Thomas Bussel Skaggs (Scag)
1640–1740
Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
Ann Wollard
1650–1740
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, , England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Captain Skaggs's Descendants

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Captain (Richard Thomas) Skaggs (1674–July 1766) m. Mary Thear (1678–1766)
  1. 1. Rev (James Thomas Skaggs) Sr 1700–1798 m. Racheal (Susannah) Moredock 1720–1789
    1. 1. Richard Skaggs 1744–1818 m. Elizabeth Wells 1745–1811
      1. 1. John Skaggs 1765–1871
      2. 2. Rhoda Skaggs 1775–1818
      3. 3. Lydia Skaggs 1768–1818
      4. 4. Sarah (Henrietta "Sally") Skaggs 1771–1818
      5. 5. Elizabeth Skaggs 1779–
      6. 6. Rebecca Skaggs 1770–
      7. 7. Henry ("Hunter") Skaggs 1759–1851
      8. 8. Jesse (J) Skaggs 1780–1929
      9. 9. Abednego Skaggs 1769–1793 m. Catherine (Hoback) Skaggs 1775–1890
        1. 1. Henry Skaggs 1787–
        2. 2. Lydia Skaggs 1785–
        3. 3. Aaron Skaggs 1793–
        4. 4. James (Squire) Skaggs 1786–1870 m. Elizabeth (F) Willis 1784–1858
        5. 5. William (Anderson) Skaggs 1797–
        6. 6. Herny Skaggs 1787–
      10. 10. Meshack Skaggs 1768–1794
      11. 11. Henry Skaggs 1770–1836
      12. 12. Benjamin Skaggs 1764–1821
      13. 13. John Skaggs 1777–1867
      14. 14. Aaron Skaggs 1760–1809
      15. 15. James Skaggs 1770–1811
      16. 16. Elizabeth SKAGGS 1763–
      17. 17. Shadrack Skaggs 1776–1798
      18. 18. Elizabeth Skaggs 1772–1818
      19. 19. Elizabeth Skaggs 1779–
      20. 20. Charles Skaggs 1761–
      21. 21. Rebecca Skaggs 1770–
    2. 2. Charles (Henry "Kentucky Long Hunter" "Moredock") Skaggs 1730–1815
    3. 3. Rev.John ((Gourdhead)) Skaggs 1728–1829
    4. 4. Susannah (Elizabeth (Betsy) "Moredock" Skaggs) Whitt 1730–1797
    5. 5. Nancy (Melba Skaggs) (Meredith) 1732–1836
    6. 6. Lydia Skaggs 1736–1814
    7. 7. Aaron ("Long Hunter" "Moredock") Skaggs 1739–1796
    8. 8. Jacob Skaggs 1741–1830
    9. 9. Zachariah Skaggs 1747–1818
    10. 10. James ("Longhunter") Skaggs 1734–1820
    11. 11. Abraham (Moredock) Skaggs 1721–1821
    12. 12. Moses (Atheron Skaggs--(Kentucky LongHunter)) child 1733–1811
    13. 13. Elizabeth ("Betsy") Skaggs 1741–1820
    14. 14. Henry ((Left Handed) Scaggs, Senior (Kentucky LongHunter)) child 1724–1810
    15. 15. Rachel Skaggs 1748–
    16. 16. Stephen Skaggs 1725–1818
    17. 17. Rev (Peter Skaggs) Senior 1765–1841
    18. 18. Daniel Skaggs 1780–1832
    19. 19. Gideon Skaggs 1778–
    20. 20. Moses Skaggs 1786–1865
    21. 21. Katherine Skaggs –1771
    22. 22. William Skaggs 1720–1820
    23. 23. Richard ("Longhunter") Skaggs 1722–1821
    24. 24. Henry ("Longhunter") Skaggs 1720–1796
    25. 25. Susannah (Skaggs) (Whitt) 1730–1797
    26. 26. Jacob Skaggs 1731–
    27. 27. Charles Skaggs 1737–1815
    28. 28. William Skaggs 1740–
    29. 29. Stephen Skaggs 1743–1815
    30. 30. Charles ("Longhunter") Skaggs 1722–1796
    31. 31. Moses Skaggs 1755–1798
    32. 32. Lydia (Skaggs) (Harman) 1755–1814
    33. 33. Jacob Skaggs 1741–1830
    34. 34. Moses Skaggs 1733–1805
    35. 35. Lydia (Skaggs) Harman 1736–1814
    36. 36. Richard Skaggs 1744–1818
  2. 2. Susannah Skaggs 1702–1820
  3. 3. Henry Skaggs 1705–1819
  4. 4. Richard (Thomas Skaggs) Jr 1707–1766
  5. 5. Aaron Skaggs 1709–1819
  6. 6. Thomas Skaggs 1702–1744
  7. 7. Thomas Skaggs 1705–1774

Captain Skaggs's Timeline

2 Records

1674
1674
Birth of Captain Richard Thomas Skaggs in Ireland
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: Ireland

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