Jeremiah "Jeremy" Diggins, III

Jeremiah was in the US by at least 1677 when he married Mary.

Biography

Jeremiah was born about 1679. He was the son of Jeremiah Or Jeremy (Diggins) Dickins and Mary Cadwell. He passed away in 1745.

[1] 8-Jeremiah Diggins (d 1736), at Hartford, Conn., as early as 1677; at Windsor, 1681; m Mary Caldwell (1600-1736; Thos., m. Elizaberth, dau. Dea. Edward Stebbins, of Hartford);

7-Jeremiah (1678/79-1745), m. Rebecca Elmore (b 1691/92; Edwd.);
6-John (1717-73), grad. Yale, 1740; of Portland, Conn.; capt.; m 1st Hannah ____; m 2nd, Ann ____ (d 1813, aet. 87;
5-Hannah, m 1778, Dr. Thomas Welles .
[2] Describing the children, grand children and great grandchildren of Governor Thomas Welles:

4. Ann (twin), b 17 Dec. 1727; d. at Chatham, 23 Apr. 1813 in 87th yr. (g. s.) m. Capt. John Diggins, b. abt. 1720, d. 20 Aug. 1773 ae. 57 (g. s.), B.A. (Yale, 1740), son of Jeremiah and Rebecca Diggins of Windsor.
Research Notes

The death year on the tombstone appears like it was corrected, at the time of manufacture, changing it from 1744 to 1745. Other sources list his death year as 1745.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Diggins-25

Jeremiah Diggins Jr. (abt. 1679 - 1745)

Jeremiah Diggins Jr.

Born about 1679 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Son of Jeremiah Diggins and Mary (Cadwell) Diggins

Brother of Mary Diggins, Elizabeth (Diggins) Strickland, Thomas Diggins, Hannah (Burnham) Drake [half], Rebecca Burnham [half], Hannah (Diggins) Judd, Anna (Burnham) Trumbull [half], Mary (Burnham) Church [half], Abigail (Diggins) Stearns, Samuel Burnham [half], Joseph Burnham [half], William Burnham [half], David Daniel Burnham [half], Timothy Burnham [half] and Amy (Burnham) Filer [half]

Husband of Rebecca (Elmer) Diggins — married about 1707 in Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Father of Jeremiah Diggins III, Joseph Diggins, Mary (Diggins) Kilbourne and John Diggins

Died 23 Jan 1745 at about age 66 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Profile last modified 8 Mar 2022 | Created 8 Jun 2013

Sources

↑ The Compendium of American Genealogy; Vol. VII; 1942; Baltimore; Genealogical Publishing Company; 1968. p. 305.
↑ Hale, House and Related Families, Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley. Baltimore, MD, USA: Jacobus, Donald Lines; Genealogical Publishing Co.; 2001. p. 785.
Harris, Gale Ion. Jeremiah and Mary (Cadwell) Diggins of Hartford and Windsor, Connecticut, The American Genealogist (Barrington, RI, 1995) Vol. 70, Page 24.
Tombstone for Jeremiah Diggens in Edwards Cemetery, South Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77196967/jeremiah-diggens

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LY8M-64R/jeremiah-diggins-165...

Jeremiah Diggins
Male
1655–23 November 1736

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Brief Life History of Jeremiah

When Jeremiah Diggins was born in 1655, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Jeremiah Diggins, was 25 and his mother, Mrs. Jeremiah Diggens, was 20. He married Mary Cadwell before September 1676. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 23 November 1736, in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 81.

Spouse

Jeremiah Diggins
Male
1655–1736

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Male

Mary Cadwell
Female
1659–1729

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Female

Marriage
before September 1676

Children (1)

Hannah Diggins
Female
1690–1766

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Female

Parents

Jeremiah Diggins
Male
1630–1714

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Male

Mrs. Jeremiah Diggens
Female
1635–Deceased

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Female

Siblings (1)

Jeremiah Diggins
Male
1655–1736

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Male

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Diggins-30

Jeremiah Diggins (1648 - 1736)

Jeremiah (Jeremy) Diggins aka Dickens

Born 1648 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

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

Father of Mary Diggins, Jeremiah Diggins Jr., Elizabeth (Diggins) Strickland, Thomas Diggins, Hannah (Diggins) Judd and Abigail (Diggins) Stearns

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

Profile last modified 18 Aug 2021 | Created 19 Jun 2013

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

↑ Source: #S1267 Data: Text: birth date: 1655 birth place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Name: Jeremiah Diggins
↑ Source: #S1414 Data: Text: burial place: United States death date: 23 Nov 1736 death place: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Name: Jeremiah Diggins
↑ Source: #S1267 Data: Text: birth date: 1655 birth place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Name: Jeremiah Diggins
↑ Source: #S1414 Data: Text: burial place: United States death date: 23 Nov 1736 death place: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Name: Jeremiah Diggins
↑ 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