Skaggs Timeline in the New World before 1750

There's been a recent flurry of research activity for the Skaggs family in 17th century America.  I think it might be a good time to recap what has been discovered about the Skaggs family in the new world prior to 1750.  Below the fold is a chronological timeline for the Skaggs family in the new world.

William Scaggs, another Long Hunter?

I wrote a short post about the William Scaggs from Montgomery County, Virginia who was father of Joseph and husband to Esther.  I've also speculated that this William may have been related to the Zachariah Scaggs who died in Virginia in 1818.  Well, here's a new speculation.  This William might have been another son of the James Skaggs, husband of Rachel and father of the famous Long Hunters.

More Indian Stories: How Skaggs Hole Got its Name

In present-day Dickenson County, Virginia there is a deep spot in the Russell Fork called Skaggs Hole.  The CSX railroad has a bridge over the Russell Fork and a tunnel through the mountain at Skaggs Hole.

A correspondent forwarded a story about Skaggs Hole told by a James Sifers in 1940 in "Pioneer Recollections of Southwest Virginia" by Elihu Jasper Sutherland and Hetty Swindall Sutherland.  I think this James Sifers was the James Colley Sifers born in 1861 and died in Dickenson County in 1948.  Here's what he had to say about Skaggs Hole:

DNA Testing: Old Peter Related to Joseph

Old Peter Skaggs had a contemporary in Montgomery County, Virginia c. 1790, Joseph Scaggs. Joseph, his wife Martha, father William and mother Esther were described in an earlier post. Joseph was the last remaining Scaggs in Montgomery County by 1820. DNA evidence has come in that indicates Joseph and Old Peter were related.

August 2015: Who was Old Peter Skaggs?

Do we know more about Old Peter Skaggs than we knew just a few years ago?  I think so, but still not as much as we should know given how much research has been done:  digitizing of public records, sharing of family history on the Internet, DNA testing, etc.  Still, we have some accomplishments to celebrate:

• Debunking the Mary Thear and Busell Skaggs myths - they are no longer big time-wasters for Skaggs family researchers
• Separating the history of two famous James Skaggs and their wives from each other
• Finding important DNA evidence that
• Old Peter and/or Martha were not likely to have been Indians
• Old Peter's Y-haplogroup appears to have been R1a1a; different from the descendants of Thomas Skaggs from West Virginia
• Old Peter's descendants are related to descendants of Rachel Skaggs, daughter of Ruth Bishop, The Longhunter Skaggs and Joseph Skaggs - however, the specific relationships are still uncertain

Now for the interesting part...

Skaggs Family Groups

Since a limited amount of DNA testing has indicated that there are two or more distinct Skaggs families in the United States I have decided to try and separate the known Skaggs families into groups so that when DNA results come in we know which family we are talking about.  Here goes:

William Scaggs, father of Joseph

Joseph and Martha Scaggs were listed in the 1810 and 1820 censuses for Montgomery County, Virginia.  They had the following children:
1) Polly Scaggs b. ca. 1795; m. 21 October 1813 Montgomery Co. VA to Samuel Brammer
2) Rutha Scaggs b. ca. 1798; m. 23 December 1817 Montgomery Co. VA to George Cooper
3) William Scaggs b. ca. 1800; m. 4 February 1825 Montgomery Co. VA to Miram Reed
4) Nancy Scaggs b. ca. 1805; d. 30 March 1878 Wise Co. VA; m. 6 November 1821 Montgomery Co. VA to George D. Reed
5) Lydia Scaggs b. December 1808; m. Andrew R. Altizer
6) Rhoda Scaggs b. ca. 1812; m. 10 August 1830 to Charles Akers
7) Stephenia Scaggs b. ca. 1813; m.____ Akers she was a widow by 1850