Solomon Schaggen

Searching for Solomon Scogin

The Historical Society of Delaware has a wonderful research library. They have some information on a Solomon Schaggen, who may, or may not, be the same person.

Their library has extensive records of the Holy Trinity Church in the mid-1600s through 1850 timeframe. The Holy Trinity Chuch is also know as the "New Swedish Chuch", reflecting the 1638 Swedish first settlers of Delaware. The library also notes:

"The boundaries of Delaware did not reach their present configuration until 1760, due primarily to the long battle over control of much of this territory waged by the Penn family of Pennsylvania and the Calvert family of Maryland. It is always wise to check the records of both these states plus Virginia when researching Delaware families, for although Delaware is a small state it is part of a peninsula. Many families migrated more than once within the Delmarva Peninsula. The small size of Delaware and its rich history provide genealogical researchers with special opportunities. "

We have records of Solomon's tax and military records from Chester Pennsylvania from 1785 through 1790, his wedding in Northern Virginia in 1792, and know he migrated to Ohio by 1795. Chester PA is immediately next to the current Delaware boundaries, and was likely under a day's ride from New Castle Delaware.

Frederick County Virginia, where Solomon's 1792 wedding was recorded, is the northern-most Virginia county, closest to Pennsylvania and about 100 miles from Chester PA. It would not have been a casual trip, but not unusual.

1786 Family Description

The Descendants of Johan Schaggen
by Peter Stebbins Craig

At the back of Mr. Craig's report on Johan Schaggen is a one page appendix of hand written records. They are attributed to "Pastor Nicholas Collin's 1789 description of the family of David and Elizabeth Scoggin Floyd"

These links contain a scanned copies of this page. (moderate resolution version) and (high resolution version) Help reading it will be greatly appriciated.

"David b. about the Jan 1, 1734, his mother was of English descent. Elizabeth his wife about the same age, her mother was a Swede. Their children Joseph, b 8 May 1760, Isac 25 Maarch 1764. Solomon 20th of March 1766. William 4th Feb 1769. David 5th March 1771. Henry 17 Oct 1773.

Cathrine, widow of John Floyd, a son of the above David, born _____. Their daughter with him Elazabeth b. 29th APr 1783.

Thomas
Mary L. W.
Ch. Charlotte, March 1785"

Pastor Nicholas Collin's records

It appears that the rest of the Collin's records are lost. There is an aside in the Holy Trinity Records book that mentions that the "Pastor Nicholas Collin's" records were lost in a fire.