Oliver Diggins

Abt 1735 - 1819  (~ 84 years)

• Name	Oliver Diggins  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1735	Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut Colony   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Abt Jan 1819	Ascutneyville Cem, Windsor Co, Vermont   [2]
  Death	25 Jan 1819	Wethersfield, Windsor Co, Vermont   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I1352	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Joseph Diggins,   b. 2 Apr 1710, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony d. 9 Feb 1791, Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut Colony (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Stoughton,   b. 2 Oct 1711, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony d. 22 Dec 1769, Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut Colony (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	17 Dec1735	Somers, Tolland Co, Connecticut   [1]
  	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]
  Family ID	F373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mehitable Porter,   b. Abt 1730, Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut Colony d. 8 Feb 1811, Wethersfield, Windsor Co, Vermont (Age ~ 81 years)
  Marriage	20 Sep 1758	Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut   [4]
  Children	1. John D. Diggins,   b. Abt 1774, Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut Colony d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Oliver Diggins born about 1735, died at Weathersfield, Vt. in 1819, where he settled in 1780-81. His will, dated June 15, 1815, probated Mar. 13, 1819 names nine of his children...He was a soldier in the Revolution. Oliver enlisted 19 May 1775. He was with 2nd Co, 4th Reg in the siege of Boston. See DAR applications 54385 and 132186. From Connecticut Men in the Revolution pp59-60: Connecticut Continental Troops Eight Regiments for the Year 1775 Among the names: Oliver Diggins; Time Enlisted, May 19, 1775; When Discharged, Dec 20, 1775 Fourth Regiment - Col. Hinman's - 1775Raised on the first call for troops, April-May 1775 and recruited mainly in Litchfield County. Upon the surprise of Ft. Ticonderoga, May 10, Gov. Trumbull ordered this regiment to march as soon as possible to secure that post and Crown Point against recapture. A request to this effect was also made by the Continental Congress. The regiiment reached Ticonderoga in June and Col. Hinman assumed command until the arrival of Gen Schuyler. It took part in the operations of the Northern Department until expiaration of term of service Dec. 1775. Regiment suffered much from sickness and many men were mustered out in Oct-Nov 1775. 2d Company (This Company served at the Siege of Boston) Capt George Pitkin and Capt Ozias Bissell. [1, 5]

  
  

• 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). [S478] Gravestone, Exact death date inscribed on gravestone. FAG Memorial ID: 123923524. (Reliability: 3). Oliver Diggins gravestone d 1819.jpg [S478] Gravestone, Exact death date inscribed on gravestone. (Reliability: 3). [S654] Frederic W Bailey, editor, Conn early marriages, (The Price, Lee, and Adkins Co, New Haven, 1899), p115 Windsor-Bloomfield (Reliability: 3). [S443] Henry P. Johnson (Ed.), Conn Men in Revolution, (Vols I-II. Hartford Connecticut 1889), pp59-60 (Reliability: 3).