Famous Skaggs: Calvin Skaggs

Calvin Skaggs is the President of Lumiere Productions, a documentary production company in New York City.  He has directed or produced more than 30 films for cinema and television.  He's a descendant of one of the Long Hunters, as shown below the fold.

Leonard Scaggs and DNA Testing

Recently I put up a post about Leonard Scaggs and his relationship to Skeggs families.  The Skaggs DNA project had a documented descendant of Leonard test and the results of course were very interesting.

Henry Skaggs: Longhunter, Hunting Henry or the Incredible Man of Mystery?

I've usually stayed away from writing about the Long Hunter Skaggs since they are the most documented branch of the Skaggs family.  I've rarely felt I could add anything new to the discussion about these guys, with a few exceptions.  However, there is some new research regarding Henry Skaggs that deserves attention.

The Mystery of William Scaggs of Lawrence County, Tennessee

William Scaggs married Susannah Brashears in Lawrence County, Tennessee 14 February 1828.  Susannah came from the South Carolina Brashears family and was born there about 1805.  After his 1828 marriage William disappears from the record.  Where did he go?  Who was this guy?

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.