Lady Mary Anne Digges

• Mary Kempe1,2,3,4,5,6,7
• F, #21980, b. circa 1593
• Father Sir Thomas Kempe2,3,4,5,6,7 b. 7 Nov 1551, d. b 10 Dec 1607
• Mother Dorothy Thompson3,2,8,4,5,6,7 b. c 1555
• Mary Kempe was born circa 1593 at Olantigh Manor, Wye, Kent, England; Youngest daughter of 1st marriage.2,3 She married Sir Dudley Digges, Ambassador to Russia, Burgess of Tewkesbury, son of Thomas Digges, Esq., Muster-Master-General of the Armies in the Low Countries and Anne St. Leger, circa 1609 at of Chilham, Kent, England; They had 8 sons (Thomas, Esq; John; Dudley; Francis; Edward, Esq; Leonard; Herbert; & Richard) & 3 daughters (Anne, wife of Anthony Hammond, Esq., & of Sir George Juxon; Elizabeth, wife of Arnold Brayning; & Mary).2,3,4,5,6,7 Mary Kempe was buried on 1 May 1631 at Chilham, Kent, England.4,6
• Family Sir Dudley Digges, Ambassador to Russia, Burgess of Tewkesbury b. c 1583, d. 18 Mar 1639
• Children
  • Anne Digges2 b. c 1610
  • John Digges9 b. c 1613
  • Dudley Digges9 b. c 1614, d. 1 Oct 1643
  • Thomas Digges b. c 1615, d. 1687
  • Elizabeth Digges2 b. 28 Oct 1617
  • Leonard Digges9 b. c 1619
  • Francis Digges9 b. 18 Jan 1621
  • Edward Digges, Esq., Governor of Virginia+2,4,6 b. 29 Mar 1621, d. 15 Mar 1676
  • Mary Digges9 b. c 1624, d. 1642
  • Herbert Digges9 b. 4 Jun 1628
  • Richard Digges9 b. 1 May 1631
• Citations
• [S6692] Unknown author, Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 87.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 273.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 556.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 82.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 277.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 105.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 280.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 553.
• [S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p732.htm#i... ______________________
• Name Mary Kempe [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
• Christened 14 Mar 1591 Wye, Kent, England [14]
• Died 1638-1639 [12]
• Buried 23 Mar 1639 Chilham, Kent, England [12]
• Father Sir Thomas Kempe, c. 7 Nov 1551, Wye, Kent, England d. 1607 (Age ~ 55 years)
• Mother Dorothy Thompson, d. Bef May 1629
• Family Sir Dudley Digges, Knight, b. Cal 1583, of, Chilham Castle, Kent, England d. 18 Mar 1639, Chilham, Kent, England (Age ~ 56 years)
• Children
  • 1. Thomas Digges, b. Cal 1610, d. 1687 (Age ~ 77 years)
  • 2. John Digges, b. of, Faversham, Kent, England
  • 3. Dudley Digges, b. Cal 1613, Chilham, Kent, England d. 1 Oct 1643, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (Age ~ 30 years)
  • 4. Anne Digges
  • 5. Elizabeth Digges, c. 28 Oct 1617
  • 6. Mary Digges, d. May 1643
  • 7. Francis Digges, c. 18 Jan 1621
  • 8. Edward Digges, Governor of Virginia, c. 29 Mar 1621, Chilham, Kent, England d. 15 Mar 1676 (Age ~ 54 years)
  • 9. Leonard Digges, c. 11 Dec 1622
  • 10. Herbert Digges, c. 4 Jun 1628
  • 11. Richard Digges, c. 1 May 1631
  • 12. Margaret Digges

References

• Will of Dorothie Kempe, widow, dated 14 November 1626; probate May 1629. link
• [S279] Biographical Directory of American Colonial and Revolutionary Governors, 1607-1789 (1980), Raimo, John W., (Westport, Connecticut: Meckler Books, 1980), FHL book 973 D34rj., p. 475.
• [S317] Adventurers of purse and person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5 (1987), Dorman, John Frederick, compiled and edited by, (3 volumes. 3rd edition. [Virginia?] : Order of First Families of Virginia, 1607-1624/5, c1987), FHL book 975.5 H2j 1987; see also 975.5 H2ap 1987., vol. 1 p. 822.
• [S351] #107 [Clarence edition, 1905] The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: Being a Complete Table of All the Descendants Now Living of Edward III, King of England (Clarence edition, 1905), Ruvigny and Raineval, Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas, (Clarence edition. London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1905), FHL book 942 D2rpa; FHL microfilm 896,886 item 1., part 1 p. 501.
• [S145] #1846 The Visitation of Kent, Taken in the Years 1619-1621 by John Philipot, Rouge Dragon, Marshall and Deputy to William Camden, Clarenceux (1898), Hovenden, Robert, (Publications of the Harleian Society: Visitations, volume 42. London: [Harleian Society], 1898), FHL book 942 B4h volume 42; FHL microfilm 162,069 items 1-2., p. 65.
• [S443] #2168 Wiltshire visitation pedigrees, 1623 [made by Henry St. George and Sampson Lennard] : with additional pedigrees and arms collected by Thomas Lyte of Lyte's Cary, Co., Somerset, 1628, Smith-George, Henry, Sir, (London : [Harleian Society], 1954), 942 B4h vol. 105-106., vol. 105-106 p. 48.
• [S333] #774 County Genealogies; Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Kent;: Collected from the Heraldic Visitations and Other Authentic Manuscripts in the British Museum, and from the Information of the Present Resident Families (1830), Berry, William, (London: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1830), FHL microfilm 477,361 item 3., p. 143.
• [S638] A general history of the Kemp and Kempe families of Great Britain and her colonies : with arms, pedigrees, portraits, illustrations of seats, foundations, chantries, monuments, documents, old jewels, curios, etc., Kemp, Frederick Hitchin, (New York, New York : Scribner's Sons, 1902 [Digitized]), 929.242 K32ke; microfilm 1559420 Item 21., p. 34.
• [S270] #1021 The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent (1797-1801), Hasted, Edward, (This edition originally printed by W. Bristow, Canterbury, 1797-1801 Republished 1972 by EP Publishing Limited in collaboration with Kent County Library), 942.23 H2h., vol. 7 p. 274.
• [S499] Filmer family notes, Filmer, Bruce John, (London : B.J. Filmer, 1984-1997), 929.242 F487fb., 1992 pt. 1, 2 p. 68.
• [S283] #877 Stemmata Chicheleana, Or, a Genealogical Account of Some of the Families Derived from Thomas Chichele of Higham-ferrers in the County of Northampton: All Whose Descendants Are Held to Be Entitled to Fellowships in All Souls College. . . (1765), Buckler, Benjamin, (Oxford [England]: Clarendon Press, [1765]), FHL book 929.242 C432b; FHL microfilm 496,554 item 1., p. 5.
• [S23] Magna Carta Ancestry: A study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Richardson, Douglas, (Kimball G. Everingham, editor. 2nd edition, 2011), vol. 3 p. 277.
• [S20] Royal Ancestry: A study in colonial and medieval families, Richardson, Douglas, (Kimball G. Everingham, editor 2013, Salt Lake City, Utah), vol. 3 p. 105.
• [S586] Historical Southern families, Boddie, John Bennett, (Redwood City, California : Pacific Coast Publishers, 1957-1980), 975 D2b., vol. 10 p. 164.
• [S638] A general history of the Kemp and Kempe families of Great Britain and her colonies : with arms, pedigrees, portraits, illustrations of seats, foundations, chantries, monuments, documents, old jewels, curios, etc., Kemp, Frederick Hitchin, (New York, New York : Scribner's Sons, 1902 [Digitized]), 929.242 K32ke; microfilm 1559420 Item 21., p. 35.
• From: https://histfam.familysearch.org//getperson.php?personID=I90911&tre... ______________________
• Sir Dudley Digges (19 May c. 1583 – 18 March 1639) was an English diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1610 and 1629. He was also a "Virginia adventurer," an investor who ventured his capital in the Virginia Company of London.
• Digges was the son of the mathematician Sir Thomas Digges of Digges Court, Barham, Kent and his wife Anne St Leger (died 1636), daughter of Warham St Leger.[1] He matriculated at University College, Oxford on 18 July 1600 aged 17 and was awarded BA on 1 July 1601. He was knighted by James I at Whitehall on 29 April 1607.[2]
• .... etc.
• Digges married Mary Kempe, daughter and co-heir of Sir Thomas Kempe of Olantigh, Kent. They had eight sons and three daughters. Digges's son Edward was among the "planters," who emigrated in the 1640s and became Governor of Virginia. Another son, Dudley (c. 1612–1643) published a treatise on the Illegality of Subjects taking up Arms against their Sovereigns (1643).
• .... etc.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Digges __________________________
• DIGGES, Sir Dudley (1583-1639), of Philip Lane, London and Chilham Castle, Kent
• b. May 1583,1 1st s. of Thomas Digges† of London and Wingham, Kent and Anne, da. of Sir Warham St. Leger of Leeds Castle, Kent.2 educ. Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1600, BA 1610;3 household of Abp. Whitgift by 1602;4 travelled abroad (France) 1604;5 G. Inn 1618 and 1631.6 m. aft.1607, Mary (d.1631), da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Kempe of Olantigh, Wye, Kent, 8s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da.7 suc. fa. 1595;8 kntd. 29 Apr. 1607.9 d. 18 Mar. 1639.10 sig. Dudly Digges.
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/di... ______________________________
• Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 15
• Digges, Dudley (1583-1639) by James McMullen Rigg ?
• DIGGES, Sir DUDLEY (1583–1639), diplomatist and judge, son of Thomas Digges [q. v.] of Digges Court, Barham, Kent, by Agnes, daughter of Sir Warham St. Leger, entered University College, Oxford, as a gentleman commoner in 1598, where he graduated B.A. in 1601. His tutor was Dr. George Abbot, .... etc.
• He died on 18 March 1638–9, and was buried at Chilham, near Canterbury. Through his wife Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Kempe of Ollantigh, near Wye, Kent, to whose memory he erected in 1620 an elaborate marble monument in Chilham church, he acquired the manor and castle of Chilham. He also held estates near Faversham, which he charged by his will with an annuity of 20l. to provide prizes for a foot-race, open to competitors of both sexes, to be run in the neighbourhood of Faversham every 19th of May. The annual competition was kept up till the end of the 18th century. Of four sons who survived him, the third, Dudley [q. v.], achieved some distinction as a political pamphleteer on the royalist side. His eldest son, Thomas, married a daughter of Sir Maurice Abbot and had one son, Maurice, who was created a baronet on 6 March 1665–6, but died without issue. Digges had also three daughters, of whom one, Anne, married William Hammond of St. Alban's Court, near Canterbury, and was the ancestress of James Hammond, the elegiac poet [q. v.] Anthony à Wood says of Digges that ‘his understanding few could equal, his virtues fewer would.’ .... etc.
• From: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Digges,_Dudley_(1583-1639)_(DNB00) ____________________________
• Anne St. LEGER
• Born: ABT 1555 / 1575, Ulcombe, Kent, England
• Died: 1636, Chilham, Kent, England
• Buried: 20 Jan 1636, St. Mary Church, Chilham, Kent, England
• Father: Warham St. LEGER (Sir Knight)
• Mother: Ursula NEVILLE
• Married: Thomas DIGGES (Sir Knight) (b. ABT 1540 - d. 24 Aug 1595) (son of Leonard Digges and Bridget Wilford) ABT 1580
• Children:
  • 1. Dudley DIGGES (Sir Knight) (b. ABT 1583 - d. 1639) (m. Mary Kempe)
  • 2. Margaret DIGGES
  • 3. Leonard DIGGES (b. ABT 1588 - d. 1635)
  • 4. William DIGGES
  • 5. Mary DIGGES
  • 6. Ursula DIGGES
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/STLEGER.htm#Anne St. LEGER4 ________________________

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