Jeremiah Diggins (1648 - 1736)

Born 1648 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Husband of Mary (Cadwell) Diggins — married 18 Apr 1676 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 23 Nov 1736 at about age 88 in East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Jeremiah Diggins^[1][2]

Birth: 1655 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut^[3]

Death: 23 NOV 1736 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut^[4]

^[5](Ref. the N. E. Register Vol. 61, p.142.) Jeremiah Diggins lived in Hart­ford as early as Apr. 18. 1677, when he brought action against Thomas Cadwell for detaining land appointed to his wife Mary by the exec. under the will of Edward Stebbins. Mary; was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Cadwell and granddau. of Deacon Ed­ward Stebbins of Hartford. born Jan. 3, 1660, and d. in Windsor, Conn., Nov. 9. 1730. On Mar. 11, 1678-9. Jeremiah Diggins sold one part of seven acres of land given by Deacon Edward and wife Frances Stebbins to the three children of Thomas Cadwell. Jeremiah Digglns died Nov. 23, 1736. Chil. were 1-Mary. abt. 1677-78; 2-Jeremiah. b. abt. 1676-9; 3-Elizabeth. abt. 1684: 4-Thomas, date not given but ­after 1684, who mar. Dec. 31, 1719. Mary. dau. of Hezekiah, Loomis. Deacon Edward Stab­bins, 1614-1668, of Braintree, co. ,Essex, Eng., was one of the Proprietors of Hartford, 1633; freeman 1634; Rep. to the Gen­eral Court 1639-56; mar. Frances.

Notes

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.

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 Elizabeth 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".

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S1267 Data: Text: birth date: 1655 birth place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Name: Jeremiah Diggins
2. ↑ Source: #S1414 Data: Text: burial place: United States death date: 23 Nov 1736 death place: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Name: Jeremiah Diggins
3. ↑ Source: #S1267 Data: Text: birth date: 1655 birth place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Name: Jeremiah Diggins
4. ↑ Source: #S1414 Data: Text: burial place: United States death date: 23 Nov 1736 death place: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Name: Jeremiah Diggins
5. ↑ Hartford times : genealogical queries and answers, 1918-1966 - 1956-1957. Published in 1956. p. 156. Source: FamilySearch

• Harris, Gale Ion. Jeremiah and Mary (Cadwell) Diggins of Hartford and Windsor, Connecticut, The American Genealogist (Barrington, RI, 1995) Vol. 70, Page 18.
• Birthdate based on Stiles "Histories & Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Conn, 1635-1891" Vol II
• NEHGR Vol 61 Apr 1907 p 142-145
• will of Robert Morris, Hartford, CT dtd 9 Nov 1684, copy in possession of G C Ralls, Jr
• S1267 American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Godfrey Memorial Library. Middletown, CT, Ancestry.com
• S1414 RootsWeb Cemetery Index, 1800-2010 Ancestry.com http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cemeteries/: accessed 21 March 2012. RootsWeb. http://userdb.rootsweb.a
• Ancestral File Number: 195T-QSC and Ancestral File Number: B7HW-FB Source: #S32 Record ID Number: 5148 S32 Ancestral File The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998