Jeremiah was born on October 25th, 1766. Jeremiah's father was Zachariah Skaggs and his mother is Nancy Wilcox. His paternal grandfather was John Skaggs and his paternal grandmother is Ruth Bishop. He had a brother and a sister, named John and Lydia. He was the oldest of the three children. He died at the age of 32 in 1798 in Russell Co.,Virginia.