Clans & Kinfolk :Information about Joseph Scrogin
Joseph Scrogin (b. Abt. 1715, d. 1773)
Notes for Joseph Scrogin:
Please not that in a "book" kept by Joseph Scrogin regarding all of the birth and times of birth of his children are recorded with each child's notes. In the book Joseph Scrogins writes: "This is a true account of The births of my 13 Children wrote by me Their Father in The 56 year of his age Octr: 7th: in the year of our Lord and my Deare wife Sarah Departed This Life The 31day of december in the 50 yeare of her age in the yeare of our Lord."Source: The Scrogin Papers, William G. Scroggins, Copyright 2002. Section 8 page 3.
~ "Joseph Scrogin was incorrectly identified as the son of Captain Joseph Scrogin, an Irish Naval officer in the service of King Philip V of Spain who fell in love with Philips daughter Princess Fantalena."... The tradition of Princess Fantalena has its source in the person of the grandmother of Joseph Scrogin. Circumstantial evidence indicates that his mother Jane, the wife of John Scrogin was the illegitimate child of Fantalena Joy by George Clarke. The origins of Fantalena Joy have not been determined. Although she was not a recognized daughter of King Philip V of Spain, Fantalena Joy may have a royal or noble background and perhaps she was first married to an Irish Sea Captain, but she was never known to have been married to a Scrogin." - William G. Scroggins, Copyright 2002, The Scroggin Papers, Section 8, page 5.
"Contrary to tradition Joseph Scrogin apparently left home in good favor with his parents, because his father John Scrogin bequeathed the two tracts of land that he owned in Charles County, called Harrisons Venture and Scrogins Grove, to Joseph, his eldest son, who was described, by a memorandum to the probate 1743 will, as living on the Easter Shore. Later in 1755, in a complex legal proceedings involving several parties, a man named Hencock Jones and Joseph Scrogin of Somerset County for the two tracts of land, Harrisons Venture and Scrogins Grove, which Joseph had inherited from his father. These to documents prove that Joseph Scrogins of Somerset County was the son of John Scrogin and his wife Jane of Charles County." - William G. Scroggins, Copyright 2002, The Scroggin Papers, Section 8 page 6.
"Joseph and Sarah Caldwell Scrogin were members of Rockawalkin Presbyterian Church. On April 23, 1759 they were listed as renters of Pew 21 with Joseph Whittington. The fee paid by Jospeh Scrogin was one point and that by Joseph Whittington was 16 shillings. Rockawalkin Presbyterian Church was in the part of Somerset County that became Wicomico County and the church was known later as Wicomico Presbyterian Church." William G. Scroggins, Copyright 2002, The Scroggin Papers Section 8, page 8.
"The Somerset Court granted the Presbyterians permission to conduct regular service on Wicomico River on 12, March 1672, Scrogins, Caldwells, Collins, and Polks were early members of Rockawalkin Presbyterian Church that was founded near Salisbury in 1683 under the direction of the celebration Presbyterian Minister Francis Makemin."... In 1742 The Church was situated on Rockawalkin Creek (Then called Mill Creek) about a mile and a half above Wicomico River near the gristmill of Captain George Paris." ... "John Scrogin whos name was transcribe erroneously as Scroggia, is on the Honor Roll of Elders from 1750 to 1800, with Jospeh Caldwell, William Venables, Benjamin Venables, Joseph Venables, Gillis Polk, James Polk, and others." ..."John Scrogin was one of the many inhabitants of Somerset County who signed a petition of the Lower House of Assembly before 27 October 1762 for a new charter which would encourage the settlement of the town of Salisbury." William G. Scroggin Copyright 2002, The Scroggin Papers, Section 8, page 9.
Joseph Scrogin was a literate and thoughtfully religious man beause he posses a library of serious reading that, as best as can be determined from the inventory of his estate." The Scroggin Papers Section 8 page 13
Ownership of Land - From The Scroggin Papers, William G. Scroggin, Copyright 2002 Section 8 Pages 9-11.
~On 19 May 1766 Joseph Scrogin of Somerset County bought 100 acres of Land Called Anything for 37 pounds, 10 shillings. Anything, was surveyed on 15, May 1702 by Robert Caldwell uncle to Sarah Cladwell wife, as 100 acres between Rockawalkin and Manokin Rivers in Wicomico Hundred. This piece of land originally was owned by John and Margaret Caldwell, widow of Robert Caldwell. In 1723 John and Margaret Caldwell "conveyed Anything to Sarah's father John Caldwell Jr. for love and affection." The administrators of Robert Caldwell estate, Joseph Scrogin as the executor,sold Anything to Robertson Lingoe on August 19, 1662 and Lingoe in turn sold it to Joseph Scroggins several years later (May 19 1766) -
~May 19 1766 Joseph Scrogin bought the tract Stains (Stans or Stones) form George Hearn of Worcester County for 56 Pounds.The tract Stains contained 850 acres in Wicomico Hundred four miles form the fork of the Rockawalkin, was surveyed for Col. William Stevens April 10, 1680.
~Joseph obtained a warrant for 105 acres of land called Hazard in Somerset County of 105 acres, on the north side of Wicomico River between Fairfields and another parcel named Addition to Collins Adventure of 420 acreson April 23, 1771. It was surveyed on Oct. 21, 1771 and patent was issued July 26, 1783.
More About Joseph Scrogin and Sarah Anne Caldwell:
Marriage: Abt. 1740, Somerset County, Maryland.1598
Children of Joseph Scrogin and Sarah Anne Caldwell are:
- Nancy "Nanne" Scrogin, b. 13 May 1743, Somerset County, Maryland, d. Bef. 25 Mar 1807.
- +Captain John Scrogin, b. 13 Nov 1743, Somerset County, Maryland1599, d. 14 Dec 1812, Woodford Co. KY.
- Mary Scrogin, b. 24 Nov 1745, Somerset County, Maryland, d. 1824, Kentucky.
- Joseph Scrogin, Jr., b. 17 Jun 1747, Somerset County, Maryland, d. 1793, Somerset County, Maryland.
- Samuel Scrogin, b. 14 Jan 1747/48, Somerset County, Maryland, d. 02 May 1830, Bourbon County, Kentucky.
- Sarah Caldwell Scrogin, b. 14 Sep 1750, Somerset County, Maryland, d. date unknown, Kentucky.
- Robert Caldwell Scrogin, b. 01 Mar 1753, Somerset County, Maryland, d. 15 Aug 1832, Woodford Co. KY.
- Elizabeth "Bette" Scrogin, b. 26 Apr 1755, Somerset County, Maryland, d. 1783, Sussex County, Delaware.
- Mildred "Milla" Scrogin, b. 15 Jun 1755, Somerset County, Maryland, d. 1783, Sussex County, Delaware.
- Philip Jenkins Scrogin, b. 05 Sep 1759, Somerset County, Maryland, d. Bef. 23 Jul 1800.
- Anne Caldwell Scrogin, b. 18 Jan 1761, Somerset County, Maryland, d. date unknown, Kentucky.
- Thomas Clark Scrogin, b. 24 Jul 1762, Somerset County, Maryland, d. Bef. 25 Jan 1844, Franklin County, Kentucky.
- Matilda "Mattaldah" Scrogin, b. 21 Aug 1764, Somerset County, Maryland, d. date unknown.