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Descendants of Jeremiah Diggins - 1648 CT

Generation No. 1

1. JEREMIAH (JEREMY)¹ DIGGINS, SR was born 1648 in Hartford, Hartford Co, CT (?), and died 23 Nov 1736 in East Windsor, Hartford Co, CT. He married MARY CADWELL 18 Apr 1677 in Windsor, Hartford Co, CT, daughter of THOMAS CADWELL and ELIZABETH STEBBINS. She was born 8 Jan 1658/59 in Hartford, Hartford Co, CT, and died 9 Nov 1736 in Podunk, Windsor Co, CT.

Notes for JEREMIAH (JEREMY) DIGGINS, SR:
Birthdate based on Stiles "Histories & Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Conn, 1635-1891" Vol II

See also NEHGR Vol 61 Apr 1907 p 142-145

See also will of Robert Morris, Hartford, CT dtd 9 Nov 1684, copy in possession of G C Ralls, Jr

Resided in Hartford in 1684 and had Mary, Elizabeth and Jeremy, Jr
quote from 'Catalogue of the Names of First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of CT' by R R Hinman, 1846

Genealogy Dictionary of New England Settlers Vol 2 pg 47:
Dickens, Jeremiah, Windsor, often spell. Diggins, and Hinman on (pg) 21 gives date of 1648. He had a fam. bef 1790. Also talks about a Nathaniel Diggins, Providence, among freemen 1655 m wid. Joan Tyler but no more is told of him.
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One 'thought' on NAME ORIGIN: Diggins derives from O' Duibhgin, as does Deegan, Diggin, Digan, Deighan, Duighan, Dugan and probably Duggan.
One authority claims three origins; An Clar (Clare), Gaillimh (Galway), and
Lock Garman (Wexford). The name is most common in Uibh Fhaili (Offaly).
May have been more than one family of origin. The name means Dark (or
black) haired...so it's logical that there may may have been several
families. Most prominent was in Laois the family estate (2000 acres) were
stolen by the Earl of Coote in 1667, Sir Earl was sent to Ireland by
ElizabethI to plunder kill as he found profitable.

Another: On my visits to Ireland, I was told that Diggins was not a Kerry name and no county seemed willing to accept responsibility for us. According to
Leathanach (The Irish People) there are three possible origins; Clare,
Galway, and Offaly (pretty much agrees with above-gcr)

Another: My Father son of Bill Diggins, who emmigrated from Waterford Ireland,
always said that the name Diggins was an anglinization of the latin " Deos
Genus". This, he said, could be translated as either " The Sons Of God" or
" God's Balls".

Notes for MARY CADWELL:
"Cadwells in America" by Mildred Doubet 1982, p 3

Children of JEREMIAH DIGGINS and MARY CADWELL are:

	i.	MARY² DIGGINS, b. Abt. 1678.
2.	ii.	JEREMIAH DIGGINS, JR, b. Abt. 1679, Windsor, Hartford Co, CT; d. 22 Jan 1744/45.
	iii.	ELIZABETH DIGGINS, b. Mar 1681/82, Windsor, Hartford Co, CT.

Notes for ELIZABETH DIGGINS:

! (1) "A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records," comp. by
Charles William Manwaring, Vol. 1, Hartford District 1635-1700
(Hartford, 1904) p.237-238,337. Cites: (a) Vol. IV, p.194-195.
(2) "Genealogies of Connecticut Families From the New England
Historical and Genealogical Register" (Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Baltimore, 1983; rpt. Broderbund Software, 1997, CD 179) "Notes on
the Diggins, or Dickens, Family of Windsor, Conn.," by Matt Bushnell
Jones. Vol. 1, p.527.

! Birth: (1a) d/o Jeremy DIGGINS. (2) d/o Jeremiah DIGGINS/Mary
CADWELL. Probably younger than her brother Jeremiah, b. before
1684.

(1a) 1684, 7 Jun: Robert MORRICE of Hartford in New England wrote
his will. Gave to Elizabeth DIGGINS I give my liundry cupboard.
Residual estate to be equally divded between the three children of
Jeremy DIGGINS.

3.	iv.	THOMAS DIGGINS, b. Aft. 1684, Podunk, Windsor Co, CT; d. 11 Mar 1719/20.
4.	v.	HANNAH DIGGINS, b. Abt. 1690, East Windsor, Windsor Co, CT; d. 1766, Coventry, CT.
5.	vi.	ABIGAIL DIGGINS, (?), b. Abt. 1693, Windsor, Hartford Co, CT; d. 13 Feb 1751/52, Tolland, Tolland Co, CT.

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