Oliver Diggins

Male Abt 1735 - 1819  (~ 84 years)


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  • Name Oliver Diggins  [1
    Birth Abt 1735  Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Burial Abt Jan 1819  Ascutneyville Cem, Windsor Co, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 25 Jan 1819  Wethersfield, Windsor Co, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1791, Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Stoughton,   b. 2 Oct 1711, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 1769, Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage 17 Dec1735  Somers, Tolland Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1811, Wethersfield, Windsor Co, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Marriage 20 Sep 1758  Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. John D. Diggins,   b. Abt 1774, Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 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 
    1. [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).

    2. [S478] Gravestone, Exact death date inscribed on gravestone. FAG Memorial ID: 123923524. (Reliability: 3).
      Oliver Diggins gravestone d 1819.jpg
      Oliver Diggins gravestone d 1819.jpg


    3. [S478] Gravestone, Exact death date inscribed on gravestone. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S654] Frederic W Bailey, editor, Conn early marriages, (The Price, Lee, and Adkins Co, New Haven, 1899), p115 Windsor-Bloomfield (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S443] Henry P. Johnson (Ed.), Conn Men in Revolution, (Vols I-II. Hartford Connecticut 1889), pp59-60 (Reliability: 3).



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