Falk Relations: Scruggs Family
compiled by Steve Wilson,
last updated May 21, 2016.
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Descendants
Outline
- Thomas Scruggs♦ (b. c. 1588, England, d. by 24 June 1654, Salem MA), m. Margery ---
- Elizabeth Scruggs (bap. 22 Nov. 1613, Great Yarmouth, bur. 2 Nov. 1625, Great Yarmouth)
- Rachel Scruggs (bap. 2 Feb. 1620, Great Yarmouth, bur. 14 Oct. 1625, Great Yarmouth)
- Thomas Scruggs (bap. 7 Dec. 1623, Great Yarmouth, bur. 12 Nov. 1625, Great Yarmouth)
- Rachel Scruggs (bap. 23 May 1627, Great Yarmouth, d. 22 May 1666, Beverly MA), m. by 1650 to John Raymond (b. c. 1617, Glastonbury, d. 18 Jan. 1703, Beverly MA)
Our Descent
- Thomas Scruggs (c1588-c1654), m. to Margery ---
- Rachel Scruggs (1627-1666), m. 1650 to John Raymond (c1617-1703)
- John Raymond (c1651-1725), m. by 1677 to Martha Woodin (1655--)
- Martha Raymond (1692-c1766), m. 1718 to Edward Bumpas (1688-1745)
- Eleanor Bumpas (1729--), m. 1750 to Abraham Jackson (1726-1791)
- Abraham Jackson (1751-1833), m. by 1782 to Mary Button (1750-1826)
- Jerusha Steele Jackson (1790-1863), m. 1812 to Benjamin Felch (1790-1864)
- Mary Jane Felch (1820-1898), m. 1837 to Horatio Higgins (1812-1890)
- Harvey Alva Higgins (1864-1928), m. 1889 to Lillian Belle Agee (1868-1947)
- Elsie Laura Higgins (1895-1959), m. 1915 to George Washington Falk (1895-1969)
Documentation ♦
Thomas Scruggs (c1588-1654), m. Margery ---
- Dow, George Francis, ed., Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1911. In 1:358-359, "Court held at Salem, 29:4:1654 ... William Scruggs of Salem died intestate, and his widow was appointed administratrix. Inventory brought in. An agreement between her and her son-in-law, John Rament, was approved. ... Inventory of the estate of Thomas Scruggs, taken 24:4:1654, by Roger Conant, Nicholas Patch, and William Dodg ... Margery (her mark) Scruggs of Salem, widow, 24:4:1654, conveyed to her son-in-law, John Raymont, her land and goods, in consideration of 5li. in hand to be given to her directly and 5li. at the hour of her death to be freely at her disposal; she was to have 20li. a year, paid quarterly as long as she lived and to have the use of necessary household effects. Wit: Roger Conant, Nicholas Patch, and William Dodg."
- Thompson, Roger, Mobility and Migration: East Anglian Founders of New England, 1629-1640, 2009. On p. 143, "Thomas Scruggs, of that hotbed of dissent, Great Yarmouth, was cited before the Archdeacon's Court in 1635 for 'walking abroad on the sabbath day,' no doubt in protest against Laudian innovations at St. Nicholas Church. His case is marked in the records, 'Att Newe England.' There his 'heretical pravity' got him into further trouble, this time with the town meeting of Salem, which dismissed him from the ruling board of selectmen."
- Waters, Henry F., Genealogical Gleanings in England, 2 vols., 1901. In 2:984, "John Rayment, I believe, succeeded to the ownership of the farm belonging once to Thomas Scruggs, one of the Old Planters, and the old Rayment house (I hope) stands there to-day. ... Henry F. Waters.]"