Saturday, December 9, 2017

Surname Saturday - SCRUGGS (England to colonial New England)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2057 who is Rachel SCRUGGS (1627-1666). 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 9th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through three generations in this SCRUGGS family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

64. Benjamin Seaver (1757-1816)
65. Martha Whitney (1764-1832)

128.  Norman Seaver (1734-1787)
129.  Sarah Read (1736-1809)

256. Robert Seaver (1702-1752)

257.  Eunice Rayment (1707-1772)


514.  Samuel Rayment (1679-1723)
515.  Eunice Norman (1686-1743)

1028.  John Rayment (1651-1725)
1029.  Martha Wooden (1655-????)

2056.  John Rayment, born before 03 March 1616 in Glastonbury, Somerset, England; died 18 January 1703 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4112. George Rayment and 4113. Mary LNU.  He married about 1650 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
2057.  Rachel Scruggs, born before 23 May 1627 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; died 02 May 1666 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Rayment and Rachel Scruggs are:
John Rayment (1651-1725), married 1673 Martha Wooden (1655-????).
*  Thomas Rayment (1653-1732), married 1680 Mary Bumpas (1655-????).
*  Bethia Rayment (1655-1662).
*  Abigail Rayment (1657-1662).
*  Rachel Rayment (1659-1696), married 1676 William Bradford (1655-1717).
*  Elizabeth Rayment (1662-1662).
*  Abigail Rayment (1664-????).
*  Jonathan Rayment (1666-1745), married 1689 Sarah Woodbury (1668-1747).

4114.  Thomas Scruggs, born about 1588 in St. Sepulchre, London, England; died before 24 June 1654 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 8228. William Scroggs and 8229. Rachel Prentice.  He married before 1613 in England.
4115.  Margery LNU, born about 1598 in England; died 26 January 1663 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Thomas Scruggs and Margery are:
*  Elizabeth Scruggs (1613-1625).
*  Rachel Scruggs (1620-1625).
*  Thomas Scruggs (1623-1625).
Rachel Scruggs (1627-1666), married 1650 John Rayment (1616-1703).

Information about the Scruggs family was obtained from:

 *  Walter Goodwin Davis, "Scruggs of Salem, Mass.," in English Origins of New England Families, Volume 2, edited by Gary Boyd Roberts (Boston : New England Historic Genealogical Society).

*  Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S, pages 221-223, Thomas Scruggs sketch (Boston : NEHGS, 2011).

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