Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Edward DIGGS
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1621 b
  • Baptism: 29 May 1621 in Chilham, Kent c
  • Death: 15 Mar 1675/6 in Virginia d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Sir Dudley DIGGS Birth: 1583 Death: 18 Mar 1638/9
    • Mother:
  • Mary KEMPE

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. William DIGGS Death: Before 24 Jul 1697
  2. Edward DIGGS Death: After 1691
  3. Ann DIGGS Birth: Abt 1658 Death: 22 Nov 1686
  4. Mary DIGGS Birth: Abt 1660 Death: 18 Mar 1690
  5. Dudley DIGGS Birth: Abt 1666 Death: 18 Jan 1710/1

Bibliography
  1. Faris, David, Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth century colonists: the descent from the later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of emigrants from England and Wales to the North American colonies before 1701, second edition. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999. NYPL APR (New England) 01-1513. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Faris PA2 p[0-9ivxc]*].
  2. Hart, Craig, Genealogy of the Wives of the American Presidents, Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2004. NYPL APK 05-1088 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hart PresidentWives p[0-9]*].
  3. Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2004. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson PA p[0-9]*].
  4. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p[0-9]*].
  5. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p26],
parents:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p119, Hart PresidentWives p26, Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p105, Roberts RD600 p176]
Sources for baptism Information
date:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p119, Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p106],
place:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p119, Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p106]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p119, Richardson PA p274, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p106]
1675 [Ref: Hart PresidentWives p26],
place:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p26]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth PAGE
names:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p26, Roberts RD600 p176],
child:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p119, Faris PA2 p120, Richardson PA p273, Richardson PA p274, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p106]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
child:
Catherine DIGGES (#195621) [Ref: Hart PresidentWives p26]
Research Notes:
Esq, Gov [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p105]

19 May 1637: entered Gray's Inn [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p106]

1650: immigrated to Virginia; purchased a 1200 acre plantation in York County [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p106]

emigrated to Virginia by 11 Dec 1650 [Ref: Faris PA2 p119]

1653: patented additional tracts of land totaling 3050 acres [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p106]

12 Nov 1254: appointed to the Council [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p106]

1655: elected Governor of Virginia [Ref: Faris PA2 p119, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p106]

colonial governor of Virginia [Ref: Roberts RD600 p176]

1670-5: Auditor-General of the Colony [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p106]



Pedigree of Edward DIGGS
                                                                /-----John DYGGE
                                                       /-----John DYGGE
                                                      |         \-----Juliane De NORTHWODE
                                              /-----John DIGGES
                                             |        |         /-----Thomas HORNE
                                             |         \-----Juliane HORNE
                                     /-----John DIGGES
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir Ingram Le BRUYN, Lord Brun
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Maurice Le BRUYN, Lord Brun
                                    |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth De La POLE
                                    |         \-----Joan BRUYN
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir Henry RETFORD
                                    |                  \-----Elizabeth RETFORD
                                    |                           \-----Katherine PAYNELL
                            /-----James DIGGES
                           |        |                           /-----Sir John De CLIFTON
                           |        |                  /-----Sir Gervase De CLIFTON
                           |        |                 |         \-----Katherine CRESSY
                           |        |         /-----Sir Gervase CLIFTON
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert FRAUNCEYS
                           |        |        |         \-----Isabel FRAUNCEYS
                           |        |        |                  \-----Isabel BRUMPTON
                           |         \-----Joan CLIFTON
                           |                 |         /-----Vincent HERBERT
                           |                  \-----Isabel HERBERT
                           |                          |         /-----Robert CRALLE
                           |                           \-----Isabel CRALLE
                           |                                    \-----Margaret PEPLESHAM
                   /-----Leonard DIGGES
                  |        |         /-----John ENGHAM
                  |         \-----Philippe ENGHAM
          /-----Thomas DIGGS
         |        |                  /-----James WILSFORD
         |        |         /-----Thomas WILSFORD
         |        |        |        |         /-----John BETTENHAM
         |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth BETTENHAM
         |         \-----Bridget WILSFORD
         |                 |                           /-----Walter CULPEPER
         |                 |                  /-----Sir John CULPEPER
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Ralph ROPER
         |                 |                 |         \-----Agnes ROPER
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Beatrix LEWKNOR
         |                 |         /-----Walter CULPEPER
         |                 |        |        |         /-----John GAYNESFORD
         |                 |        |         \-----Agnes GAINSFORD
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Lewis CLIFFORD
         |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret CLIFFORD
         |                 |        |                           \-----Anne De MOLEYNS
         |                  \-----Elizabeth CULPEPER
         |                          |                           /-----Henry AUCHER
         |                          |                  /-----Thomas AUCHER
         |                          |                 |         \-----Isabel ATTE TOWNE
         |                          |         /-----Henry AUCHER
         |                           \-----Anne AUCHER
         |                                   |                  /-----Edward GUILDFORD
         |                                   |         /-----Sir John GUILFORD
         |                                   |        |         \-----Julian De PITTLESDEN
         |                                    \-----Elizabeth GUILFORD
         |                                            |         /-----Richard WALLER
         |                                             \-----Alice WALLER
         |                                                      \-----Silvia GULBY
 /-----Sir Dudley DIGGS
|        |                                    /-----Ralph St LEGER
|        |                           /-----Ralph St LEGER
|        |                          |        |         /-----John PROPHETT
|        |                          |         \-----Anne PROPHETT
|        |                  /-----Sir Anthony St LEGER, K.G.
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Nicholas HAUTE
|        |                 |        |                  /-----William HAUTE
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Alice De COVEN
|        |                 |        |         /-----Richard HAUTE
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Richard De WYDEVILLE
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Joan WYDEVILL
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Joan BEDLISGATE
|        |                 |         \-----Isabel HAUTE
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir John TYRRELL
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas TYRRELL
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Alice COGGESHALL
|        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth TYRELL
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Sir William De MARNY
|        |                 |                           \-----Anne De MARNY
|        |                 |                                    \-----Elizabeth CERGEAUX
|        |         /-----Sir Warham St LEGER
|        |        |        |         /-----Hugh WARHAM
|        |        |         \-----Agnes WARHAM
|        |        |                 |         /-----Geoffrey COLLE
|        |        |                  \-----Marian COLLE
|         \-----Anne St LEGER
|                 |                                             /-----John De NEVILL, K.G. Lord Neville Of Raby
|                 |                                    /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
|                 |                                   |         \-----Maud PERCY
|                 |                           /-----Edward NEVILLE, Lord Abergavenny
|                 |                          |        |         /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
|                 |                          |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|                 |                          |                  \-----Katharine Of Hainault
|                 |                  /-----Sir George NEVILLE, Lord Abergavenny
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----William BEAUCHAMP. K.G., Baron Abergavenny
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Richard BEAUCHAMP, Earl Of Worcester
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Joan FITZ ALAN
|                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth BEAUCHAMP, Baroness Abergavenny
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Thomas DESPENSER, K.G., Earl of Gloucester
|                 |                 |                  \-----Isabel Le DESPENSER, Baroness Burghersh
|                 |                 |                           \-----Constance PLANTAGENET
|                 |         /-----George NEVILLE, K.G., Lord Abergavenny
|                 |        |        |         /-----Hugh FENNE
|                 |        |         \-----Margaret FENNE
|                  \-----Ursula NEVILLE
|                          |                                    /-----Humphrey STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
|                          |                           /-----Hunphrey STAFFORD, Earl Of Stafford
|                          |                          |         \-----Anne NEVILLE
|                          |                  /-----Henry STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Edmund BEAUFORT, K.G., Duke of Somerset
|                          |                 |         \-----Margaret BEAUFORT
|                          |                 |                  \-----Eleanor BEAUCHAMP
|                          |         /-----Edward STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Richard De WYDEVILLE
|                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Joan BEDLISGATE
|                          |        |         \-----Katherine WYDEVILLE
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Peter Of Luxemburg, Count Of St. Pol
|                          |        |                  \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
|                          |        |                           \-----Margaret Of Andria
|                           \-----Mary STAFFORD
|                                   |                           /-----Sir Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
|                                   |                  /-----Sir Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
|                                   |                 |         \-----Eleanor NEVILLE
|                                   |         /-----Henry PERCY, K.G., Earl Of Northumberland
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard POYNINGS
|                                   |        |         \-----Eleanor POYNINGS, Baroness Poynings
|                                   |        |                  \-----Eleanor De BERKELEY
|                                    \-----Eleanor PERCY
|                                            |                  /-----Sir William AP THOMAS
|                                            |         /-----William HERBERT, K.G., Earl Of Pembroke
|                                            |        |         \-----Gladys Ferch DAFYDD
|                                             \-----Maud HERBERT
|                                                     |         /-----Sir Walter DEVEREUX
|                                                      \-----Anne DEVEREUX
|                                                               \-----Elizabeth MERBURY
Edward DIGGS
|                                    /-----Sir Thomas KEMPE
|                           /-----Sir William KEMPE
|                          |        |         /-----Allen CHICHE
|                          |         \-----Emelyn CHICHE
|                  /-----Sir Thomas KEMPE
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Richard BROWNE
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas BROWNE
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert BROWNE
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John FITZ ALAN, Lord Arundel
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas ARUNDEL
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth DESPENSER
|                 |        |        |         \-----Eleanor ARUNDEL
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Henry MOYNS
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Joan MOYNS
|                 |         \-----Eleanor BROWNE
|                 |                  \-----Anne
|         /-----Sir Thomas KEMPE
|        |        |                           /-----Sir Walter MOYLE
|        |        |                  /-----John MOYLE
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----John LUCOMBE
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margery KAYLE
|        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret LUCOMBE
|        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MOYLE
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert DARCY
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert DARCY
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Henry FILONGLEY
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Alice FILONGLEY
|        |        |        |         \-----Anne DARCY
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir John TYRRELL
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas TYRRELL
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Alice COGGESHALL
|        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth TYRELL
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir William De MARNY
|        |        |        |                           \-----Anne De MARNY
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth CERGEAUX
|        |         \-----Anne MOYLE
|        |                 |         /-----Edward JORDAN
|        |                  \-----Katherine JORDAN
|        |                           \-----Alice
 \-----Mary KEMPE
         |         /-----John THOMPSON
          \-----Dorothy THOMPSON
                  |         /-----Richard GILBERT
                   \-----Dorothy GILBERT



Descendants of Edward DIGGS
1. Edward DIGGS m. Elizabeth PAGE
m. Elizabeth PAGE father: Francis PAGE