My relationship to Scoggins and Scroggins: Am in search of a grandmother born about 1745-1755, possibly born in Virginia or the Carolinas. Settled by 1780 in the Newberry, South Carolina area. Members of the Scoggins and Scroggins are documented as marrying into our family in the generations after and before this grandmother whose name is known only as ‘Nellie’. One branch of Scoggins were indeed neighbors at the right place and time (Lott Scoggins). DNA indicates a Scoggins connection during Nellie’s lifetime. Our Nellie may be a Scoggins.

There seems to be consistency across different family lines in the surname morphing back and forth between Scoggins and Scroggins.