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2 unusual facts about Edward Digges


Edward Digges

Born at Chilham Castle, Kent, England, and christened in Chilham parish on 29 March 1620, Edward Digges was the fourth son of Sir Dudley Digges (1583-1638) and his wife Mary Kempe (1583-?).

William (- 24 July 1697); he married Elizabeth Wharton, step-daughter of Lord Baltimore, and had ten children.


Dudley Digges

Digges's son Edward was among the "planters," who emigrated in the 1640s and became Governor of Virginia.


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