The Maryland State Archives has a convenient digital image retrieval system for deeds going back to the beginning of colonial times. It's free to use, all you have to do is register using an email account and you're ready to go. A correspondent pointed me to an interesting deed that confirms some assumptions I've made in previous posts about Scaggs ancestors from Maryland.
Peter Skaggs is a common ancestor for many Skaggs, Scaggs and Skeggs families throughout the United States. This site exists as a single point of contact to encourage researchers to work together to uncover his place in their family histories.
The Scaggs Family of Chews Folly
In
a previous post I discussed the James Scaggs family that owned the farm “Chews
Folly” in Prince George’s County, Maryland in the early 1800s. The parents of this James Scaggs were Richard
Scaggs and Sarah Selby. I believe this
Richard Scaggs was the same Richard born in Kent County, Maryland in 1724, the
younger brother of the John Scaggs that supposedly married Ruth Elkins. The descendants of James Scaggs who inherited
“Chews Folly” over the years are listed below the fold.
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