Joseph Diggins

1710 - 1791  (80 years)

• Name	Joseph Diggins  [1]
  Birth	2 Apr 1710	Hartford County, Connecticut Colony   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Feb 1791	Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut Colony   [1]
  Person ID	I1360	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Jeremiah Dikins,   b. Abt 1679, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony d. 22 Jan 1744/45, Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut Colony (Age ~ 66 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Elmore,   b. 7 Feb 1691/92, Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut Colony d. Abt 1726 (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1]
  	Conn Genealogies: [Jeremiah Dikins] married Rebecca, born Feb 7, 1691-2, daughter of Edward Elmore (see their deed of Jan 13, 1737 of "the lot laid out to Edward Elmor father of said Rebekah" Windsor Deeds, vol 7, page 75). [1]
  Family ID	F376	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	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]
  Children	1. John Diggins,   b. Abt 1717, Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut d. 20 Aug 1773, Chatham, Hartford Co, Connecticut (Age ~ 56 years)   2. Oliver Diggins,   b. Abt 1735, Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut Colony d. 25 Jan 1819, Wethersfield, Windsor Co, Vermont (Age ~ 84 years)
  Family ID	F373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2007

  
  

  Family 2	Esther (wife of Joseph Diggins) [?],   b. Abt 1723   d. 3 Nov 1801 (Age ~ 78 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1]
  Family ID	F375	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2018

  
  

• Notes

  He was a pupil of Rev. Timothy Edwards. He served as Sergt. under Capt. Ebenezer Grant, upon an "Expedition into ye Frontiers" Dec 19, 1745 and was commissioned Ensign, Oct 1749. It is said that Gov. William Franklin was quartered at his house under a juvenile guard during his captivity. In 1740 Diggins had his children baptized by Rev. Mr. Woodbridge of the East Hartford Church but was later received back into the East Windsor Church.

  
  

• 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).