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Governor Edward DIGGES

Male 1621 - 1675  (53 years)


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  1. 1.  Governor Edward DIGGES was born on 29 Mar 1621 in Chilham Castle, Kent County, England (son of Sir Dudley DIGGES and Lady Mary KEMP); died on 15 Mar 1675 in York County, Virginia.

    Governor married Elizabeth PAGE in 1650 in York County, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of John Francis PAGE and Isabel WYATT) was born in 1625 in Bedfont Parish, Middlesex, England; died on 24 Sep 1691 in Belfield Plantation, York County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth DIGGES
    2. Herbert DIGGES
    3. John DIGGES
    4. Leonard DIGGES
    5. Thomas DIGGES
    6. William DIGGES was born about 1652 in Bellfield, York County, Virginia; died in 1698 in Charles County, Maryland.
    7. Catherine DIGGES was born in 1654 in Hampton , Elizabeth City County, Virginia; died in 1729 in Carolina County, Virginia.
    8. Mary DIGGES was born in 1658 in Yorktown, York Co., VA; died on 10 May 1690 in Virginia.
    9. Dudley DIGGES was born in 1665 in York County, Virginia; died on 18 Jan 1710 in York County, Virginia.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Sir Dudley DIGGES was born in 1583 in Chilham, County Kent (son of Sir Thomas DIGGES and Anne St LEGER); died on 18 Mar 1638 in Chilham Castle, Kent County, England; was buried in Chilham, County Kent.

    Sir married Lady Mary KEMP. Lady (daughter of Knight Thomas KEMP and Dorothy THOMPSON) was born about 1583 in Olantigh, Kent, England; died in 1620 in Chilham, County Kent; was buried in Chilham, County Kent. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Lady Mary KEMP was born about 1583 in Olantigh, Kent, England (daughter of Knight Thomas KEMP and Dorothy THOMPSON); died in 1620 in Chilham, County Kent; was buried in Chilham, County Kent.
    Children:
    1. Dudley DIGGES was born in 1612 in Chilham, Kent, England; died on 01 Oct 1643 in Belfield,, Virginia.
    2. 1. Governor Edward DIGGES was born on 29 Mar 1621 in Chilham Castle, Kent County, England; died on 15 Mar 1675 in York County, Virginia.
    3. John DIGGES was born in in Chilham, Kent, England.
    4. Ann DIGGES was born in in Chilham, Kent, England.
    5. Elizabeth DIGGES was born in in Chilham, Kent, England.
    6. Thomas DIGGES was born in 1610 in Chilham, Kent, England; died in 1687.
    7. Leonard DIGGES was born in 1622 in Chilham, Kent, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Sir Thomas DIGGES was born in 1546 in Wotton (near Canterbury), Kent, England (son of Leonard DIGGES and Bridget Sarah WILFORD); died on 24 Aug 1595 in Killed in battle in Ireland.

    Sir married Anne St LEGER. Anne (daughter of Sir Warham ST. LEGER and Ursula NEVILLE) was born in 1555 in Ulcombe, Kent; died on 20 Jan 1637 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Anne St LEGER was born in 1555 in Ulcombe, Kent (daughter of Sir Warham ST. LEGER and Ursula NEVILLE); died on 20 Jan 1637 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England.
    Children:
    1. 2. Sir Dudley DIGGES was born in 1583 in Chilham, County Kent; died on 18 Mar 1638 in Chilham Castle, Kent County, England; was buried in Chilham, County Kent.

  3. 6.  Knight Thomas KEMP was born in 1551 in Ollantigh, Kent (son of Thomas KEMPE and Amy MOYLE); died in 1607.

    Knight married Dorothy THOMPSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Dorothy THOMPSON
    Children:
    1. 3. Lady Mary KEMP was born about 1583 in Olantigh, Kent, England; died in 1620 in Chilham, County Kent; was buried in Chilham, County Kent.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Leonard DIGGES was born in 1520 in Digges Court, Wotton, Kent, England; died in 1559 in Barham Kent, England.

    Leonard married Bridget Sarah WILFORD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Bridget Sarah WILFORD
    Children:
    1. 4. Sir Thomas DIGGES was born in 1546 in Wotton (near Canterbury), Kent, England; died on 24 Aug 1595 in Killed in battle in Ireland.

  3. 10.  Sir Warham ST. LEGER

    Sir married Ursula NEVILLE. Ursula (daughter of George Neville II Baron ABERGAVENNY and Mary STAFFORD) was born about 1528 in Abergavenny, Monmouthsire, England; died in 1575. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Ursula NEVILLE was born about 1528 in Abergavenny, Monmouthsire, England (daughter of George Neville II Baron ABERGAVENNY and Mary STAFFORD); died in 1575.
    Children:
    1. 5. Anne St LEGER was born in 1555 in Ulcombe, Kent; died on 20 Jan 1637 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England.
    2. Sir AnthonyII ST. LEGER was born in in Ulcombe & Leeds Castle, Kent; died in 1603.

  5. 12.  Thomas KEMPE was born in 1513 in Olantigh, Kent, England; died in 1589 in Wye, Kent, England.

    Thomas married Amy MOYLE. Amy was born in 1521 in Wye, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Amy MOYLE was born in 1521 in Wye, Kent, England.
    Children:
    1. 6. Knight Thomas KEMP was born in 1551 in Ollantigh, Kent; died in 1607.