'Diggs1'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Diggs (Dig) of Barham, Diggs of Chilham Castle

Roger de Mildenhall
1. John 'Dig' de Mildenhall (a 1249)
  m. Agnes
  A. John Dig (a 1287)
  i. Thomas Dig (a 1312)
  m. _ Hawte
  a. Roger Dig of Barham (a 1376)
  m. Albina
(1) John Dig of Barham (a 1379)
  m. Juliana Northwood (dau of Roger Northwood)
  (A) John Dig of Barham
  m. Juliana Horne (sister of Jacob Horne)
  (i) John Dig of Barham 'of Diggs Court'
  m. Johanna Bruyne (dau of Maurice Bruyne of Bekenham (sb S. Ockenham))
  (a) John Diggs of Barham - continued below
  m. Joan Clifton (dau of Sir Gervase Clifton)
  (ii) Odo Diggs of Newington
  (a) William Diggs
  (B) Isabella Dig
  (C) Cicilia Dig
  m. _ Clinton
  (D) Joanna Dig
  m. _ Sackvill
  (E) Elizabeth Dig possibly of this generation
  m. Henry Aucher of Losenham
  b.+ other issue - John (priest), Edmund (rector of Stone), Thomas
  B. Daniel Dig (a 1285, rector of Stone)

 

 

John Diggs of Barham - continued above
m. Joan Clifton (dau of Sir Gervase Clifton)
1. James (Jacob) Diggs of Barham
  m1. Mildred Fineux (dau of Sir John Fineux, Chief Justice)
  A. John Diggs of Barham
  m. Mildred Scot (dau of John Scot of Scott's Hall)
i. William Diggs of Barham
  m. _ Brooke
  a. Christopher Diggs of Barham had issue
m. _ Oxenden
  m2. Phillippa Engham (dau of John Engham of Chart)
  A. Leonard Diggs of Wootton Court (a 1553, mathematician)
  m. Sara or Bridget Wilford (dau of Sir James Wilford or Wilsford)
  i. Thomas Diggs (d 1595)
  m. Anne St. Leger (b c1555, d 1636, dau of Sir Warham St. Leger of Ulcombe)
  a. Sir Dudley Diggs of Chilham (a 1619, Master of the Rolls)
  m. Mary Kempe (dau of Sir Thomas Kempe of Olantigh)
  (1) Thomas Diggs of Chilham Castle (d 1687)
  m. Mary Abbot (dau of Sir Maurice Abbot)
(A) Sir Thomas Diggs, Bart of Chilham Castle (dsp 1666)
  m1. Bennett Dixwell (dau of Mark Dixwell of Folkstone and Brome)
  m2. Judith Rose (dau of George Rose of Eastergate)
  (B) Edward Diggs (b 1649, dsp, Colonel)
  m. (1679) Frances Moore of Bobbing
  (C) Leonard Diggs of Chilham Castle (b 1651, d 1717)
  m. Elizabeth Osborne (dau of Sir John Osborne of Chicksand)
(i) John Diggs of Chilham Castle (dsp 1720)
  (ii) Thomas Diggs of Chilham Castle (dsp?, Colonel)
  m. Elizabeth West (dau of John, Lord Delawarr)
  (iii) Elizabeth Diggs (d 1746)
  m. Adam Wiliamson (Lt. General, Governor of Gravesend & Tilbury)
  (a) Elizabeth Caroline Williamson
  m. Daniel Fox
  (D)+ other issue - Dudley of Gray's Inn (dsp), John (b 1642, dsp), Thomas (b 1643, dsp), 6 daughters
  (2) Anne Diggs
  m. Anthony Hammond of St. Alban's Court
  (3)+ other issue - John of Faversham, Dudley, Edward of Virginia (a 1684), Elizabeth
  b. Leonard Diggs
  ii. Mary Diggs
  m. _Barber
  iii. Anne Diggs
  m. William Diggs of Newington
  iv. Sara Diggs
  m. _ Martin
2. daughter
  m. _ Brent

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Visitation (Kent, 1619, Diggs)
(2) For lower section : BEB1841 (Diggs of Chilham Castle), Visitation (Kent, 1619, Diggs)
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