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Edward Digges (14 February 1620 – 15 March 1674/75) was an English barrister and colonist who became a premium tobacco planter and official in the Virginia colony. The son of the English politician Dudley Digges represented the colony before the Virginia Company of London and the royal government, as well as served for two decades on the ...
Dec 22, 2021 · Edward Digges was a member of the governor’s Council (1654–1656; 1670–1675) and governor of Virginia (1655–1656). Born in England the son of a merchant with shares in the Virginia Company of London, Digges arrived in Virginia around 1650 and bought land in York and Gloucester counties.
Apr 3, 2023 · Edward Digges (14 February 1620 – 15 March 1674/75) was an English barrister and colonist who served as Colonial Governor of Virginia from March 1655 to December 1656. He was the son of the English politician Dudley Digges.
Edward Digges (14 February 1620 – 15 March 1674/75) was an English barrister and colonist who became a premium tobacco planter and official in the Virginia colony.
Edward Digges (1621–1675) Primary Sources. baptism date in Chilham Parish Register, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, Kent, England. Virginia Colonial Land Office Patents, Book 2:287 (probably first presence in Virginia by 1650), 316 and Book 3:16, 32, Record Group 4, Library of Virginia.
EDWARD DIGGES of “Bellfield,” York County, Va. 1654: Born about 1621, in England. Died March 15, 1675, in Virginia. SAMUEL MATTHEWS, II. of Warwick County, Va. 1654-5: Born in Virginia. Died 1670, in Virginia. HENRY PERRY of James City County, Va. 1655: Born in Virginia. Died after 1661, in Virginia. THOMAS DEW of Nansemond County, Va. 1655 ...
Dec 7, 2020 · The General Assembly convenes and commissions Edward Digges to represent the colony's interests in London, especially regarding political turbulence in Maryland, where Puritans have wrested control from the proprietary governor.
