Digges Family Tree of Reston, VA:Information about William Digges
William Digges (b. 1652, d. 1698)
Notes for William Digges:
Inherited the York River plantation and evidently lived there until he moved to Maryland, his wife's home colony, sometime after 1679.He died in 1698 and his son rather quickly in 1699, sold the "D.E. Plantation" to his father's brother Dudley Digges.It is not improbable the Dudley was, and had been for sometime, in residence at, and in management of the home plantation.In this event his sone Cole could have been born there in 1692.
Generation 15/ Colonel William Digges, Justice of the Peace in 1671, Captain of the Horse in 1674. During Bacon's Rebellion in 1676, he is said to have cut off one of Thomas Hansford's fingers. He was Sheriff of York County in 1679, and moved to St. Mary's County, Maryland in 1680. He was made a member of the Provincial Council of Maryland as Colonel, and was Deputy Governor of Maryland. He patented extensive lands in the Colony, was Lord of "Warburton Manor" in Prince George County on the Potomac. He inherited "Bellefield", his father's estate in Virginia, and also owned a number of different estates in various counties in Maryland. He commanded the Catholic Forces at St. Mary's during the Protestant Revolution. He married Elizabeth (Sewall) Wharton, widow of Dr. Henry Wharton. The will of Colonel Digges mentions ten children: Edward, William, Charles, Dudley, John, Nicholas, Jane, Elizabeth, Ann, and Mary, of whom -
More About William Digges:
Immigration: 1679, MD.
Children of William Digges and Elizabeth Sewall are:
- Edward Digges, d. date unknown.
- William Digges, d. date unknown.
- Charles Digges, d. date unknown.
- Dudley Digges, d. date unknown.
- +John Digges, d. date unknown.
- Nicholas Digges, d. date unknown.
- Jane Digges, d. date unknown.
- Elizabeth Digges, d. date unknown.
- Ann Digges, d. date unknown.
- Mary Digges, d. date unknown.