Maryland Scaggs in the French and Indian War

The Maryland frontier militia during the French and Indian War was commanded by Capt. John Dagworthy.  Richard, James and Isaac were three Marylander Scaggs who enlisted in the militia on 9 October 1757.  They participated in the Forbes Expedition to capture Fort Duquesne, a French fortress on the site of present-day downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  This was the same fort that Gen. Edward Braddock failed to capture in 1755 when his command was annihilated by the French and Indians.

The Legend of Isaac Skaggs of Salem County, New Jersey

There is a family legend amongst Skeggs that descend from Leonard of Frederick County, Maryland that Isaac Skaggs immigrated through the port of Salem, New Jersey from London, England sometime in the 1700s and settled in Salem County.  I never paid much attention to this legend since no evidence of Skaggs have been found to date from eighteenth-century New Jersey.  Until now.