John Diggins

Abt 1717 - 1773  (~ 56 years)

• Name	John Diggins  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1717	Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Aug 1773	Chatham, Hartford Co, Connecticut   [1]
  Burial	Y  [1]
  Person ID	I2037	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2018

  
  

  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   [2]
  	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. [2]
  Family ID	F373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hannah [Wife of John Diggins],   b. Abt 1730, Probably Connecticut d. 5 Jun 1754, Middletown, Hartford Co, Connecticut (Age ~ 24 years)
  Family ID	F764	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Ann (Wife of John Diggins) [?],   b. Abt 1726, Probably Connecticut d. 23 Apr 1813, Probably Connecticut (Age ~ 87 years)
  Family ID	F765	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2018

  
  

• Notes

  John Diggins was prepared for college under Rev. Timothy Edwards and graduated Yale in 1740. He was called "Captain". [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S365] Gary Boyd Roberts (Ed.) and Judith McGhan (Index), Conn Genealogies, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc, Baltimore, Md. , 1983; 3v; ill; 23cm ), p528 (Reliability: 3). [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).