Mary Diggins

In her fathers will she is called Mary Dickins (sic: Diggins). Detaching as wife of Samuel Burnham

Research Notes

There seems to be source information supporting the marriage of Mary Cadwell to both Jeremiah Diggins and Samuel Burnham. However, there is no indication that she was married twice. In the time and place where she resided, it would have been highly unusual for her to marry a second time while her first husband was still living. Worse yet, she was having children with both of them - Hannah and Abigail Diggins were born around the same time as Anna and Mary Burnham.

One of these marriages is incorrect.

Biography

[1](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.

Died 25 May 1712. Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. 19 Apr 1728. Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. 19 April 1729. Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Found multiple copies of death date. Using 25 May 1712

Marriage 8 Oct 1684. Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. 18 Apr 1677. Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. 1676 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cadwell-24Mary (Cadwell) Diggins (1659 - 1738)

Sources

1. ↑ Hartford times : genealogical queries and answers, 1918-1966. Published in 1956. p. 156. Source: FamilySearch
2. Burnham, Roderick Henry. Genealogical Records of Thomas Burnham, The Emigrant (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, Conn., 1884) Page 125
3. Harris, Gale Ion. Jeremiah and Mary (Cadwell) Diggins of Hartford and Windsor, Connecticut, The American Genealogist (Barrington, RI, 1995) Vol. 70, Page 22.
4. McCracken, George E., Robert Wilson of Farmington, Conn., The American Genealogist (The American Genealogist, Barrington, RI, 1976) Vol. 52, Page 78: In her father's 1692 will, she is called Mary Dickins.

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Mary Cadwell
Female
8 January 1659–19 April 1729

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Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Cadwell was born on 8 January 1659, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Thomas Cadwell, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Stebbins, was 29. She married Jeremiah Diggins before September 1676. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 19 April 1729, in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 70.

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

Spouse

Jeremiah Dickens
Male
1655–1744

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Male

Mary Cadwell
Female
1659–1729

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Female

Parents

Thomas Cadwell
Male
1631–1694

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Male

Elizabeth Stebbins
Female
1631–1698

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Female

Siblings (10)

Mary Cadwell
Female
1659–1729

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Female

Edward Cadwell Sr
Male
1660–1719

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Male

Lieutenant Thomas Cadwell II
Male
1662–1739

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Male

William Cadwell
Male
1665–1680

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Male

Matthew Cadwell
Male
1668–1719

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Male

Abigail Cadwell
Female
1670–1735

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Female

Elizabeth Cadwell
Female
1672–1694

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Female

Samuel Cadwell
Male
1675–1725

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Male

Hannah Cadwell
Female
1677–1756

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Female

Mehitabel Cadwell
Female
1679–1749

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Female