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m. 17 Dec1735

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Male
Joseph Diggins

Birth	2 Apr 1710	Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
Death	9 Feb 1791	Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut Colony
Burial
Marriage	17 Dec1735 [1]	Somers, Tolland Co, Connecticut [1]
Other Spouse	Esther (wife of Joseph Diggins) [?] \| F375
Marriage
Father	Jeremiah Dikins \| F376 Group Sheet
Mother	Rebecca Elmore \| F376 Group Sheet

Female
Elizabeth Stoughton

Birth	2 Oct 1711	Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
Death	22 Dec 1769	Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut Colony
Burial
Father	William Stoughton \| F374 Group Sheet
Mother

Male
John Diggins

Birth	Abt 1717	Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut
Death	20 Aug 1773	Chatham, Hartford Co, Connecticut
Burial
Spouse	Hannah [Wife of John Diggins] \| F764
Marriage
Spouse	Ann (Wife of John Diggins) [?] \| F765
Marriage

Male
Oliver Diggins

Birth	Abt 1735	Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut Colony
Death	25 Jan 1819	Wethersfield, Windsor Co, Vermont
Burial	Abt Jan 1819	Ascutneyville Cem, Windsor Co, Vermont
Spouse	Mehitable Porter \| F369
Marriage	20 Sep 1758	Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut

Notes

From Conn Genealogies: [Elizabeth was the] daughter of William Stoughton. This marriage was against the wish of the bride's father, and [Rev. Timothy] Edwards refused the communion to the young couple, and refused to baptize their children, unless Diggins should make public confession of his "scandalous offence." The church seems to have taken the young man's part, and endeavored in every way to persuade the pastor to recede. A lengthy controversy ensued, which finally developed into a trial of the pastor's power and right to negative (sic) a vote of the church. The struggle continued for several years, and is fully recorded in "A Narrative of the Troubles in the Second Church in Windsor from the year 1735 to the year 1741" a manuscript of Gov. Roger Wolcott in the possession of the Connecticut Historical Society at Hartford.
A Mr. Matt B. Jones who contributed the Dickens, Diggins notes states that he has recently (1980's) found Joseph Diggins' and Elizabeth Stoughton's "marriage record among the early marriages of Somers, Conn, under date Dec 17, 1735, the name of the wife there appearing as Elizabeth Houghton, but it is stated that both were of Windsor and there was no Houghton family of Windsor, the evidence being abundant that he did marry Elizabeth Stoughton."
In light of the scandalous nature of their marriage, it seems likely the couple dashed over to the neighboring Toland county to get married and the bride "accidentally" misspelled her last name. [1]

Sources
[S365] Gary Boyd Roberts (Ed.) and Judith McGhan (Index), Conn Genealogies, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc, Baltimore, Md. , 1983; 3v; ill; 23cm ), pp526-529 (Reliability: 3).

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