An Update on Richard Scaggs of Prince George's County, Maryland

I've written several posts regarding Richard Scaggs of Prince George's County, Maryland. Each post about Richard is a little better than those that came before since we are learning a lot from the Skaggs Y-DNA project. 

• First, I showed Richard marrying Grace then a second wife Mary Brashear, however, we discovered through DNA testing that those were two different Richards.
• Next, I thought Richard who married Sarah Selby was the Richard born 1724 as youngest son of Richard and Grace Scaggs of Kent County, Maryland but DNA testing proved that wrong also
• Then I thought Richard who married Sarah Selby was son of the Richard who married Mary Brashear since they appear have the same R1b DNA haplogroup, however I'm ready to consider another possibility.

R-BY99605: The Father of Old Peter Skaggs?

The Skaggs Y-DNA project has tested multiple descendants of Old Peter Skaggs and his brother Solomon.  All these descendants had the same Y-DNA haplogroup, R-BY99605.  So it appears an ancestor of Old Peter and his brother Solomon had this R-BY99605 haplogroup.

More discussion about the genealogy of R-BY99605 is below the fold.

1909: How about a vacation at Skaggs Hot Springs?

The following is a 1909 travel brochure for vacationing at Skaggs Hot Springs in Sonoma County, California

only four hours’ ride from San Francisco by boat, train and automobile. The Sausalito Ferry is the traveler's starting point, and a half-hour ride on our incomparable bay brings you to the Marin shore, where two trains daily connect for Skaggs Hot Springs. As the train whirls through the far-famed Sonoma Valley with its luxuriant vineyards, olive groves and blossoming orchards, the traveler views a scene of natural grandeur unequaled on the Pacific Coast.

 Sorry, but it appears we're 115 years too late.

R-BY114642 Descendants of Peter Skaggs Jr.

The R1a Skaggs Family has a family group defined by Y-DNA testers who are living descendants of Peter Skaggs Jr., identified by the Y-haplogroup R-BY114642.

The genealogy for the Y-DNA test subjects in the R-BY114642 haplogroup is below the fold.

Updating the Skaggs Y-DNA Project in Family Tree DNA

I like to occasionally provide an update about the Skaggs Y-DNA project that is being managed on Family Tree DNA.  Usually I blend the DNA test results with the genealogy work that's been done to create several Skaggs family groups.  This time I will "follow the science" by using the Family Tree DNA haplogroup chart to create the Skaggs family groups and fill in each family group with the known genealogy of only the test participants involved.