The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-12

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\ ono of tho aenrlles famill les g settle on
1.-the Eastern Shore OF and ito Pc pc,
come most Spronneiit both I'm church and
State. that 3of olgges the g, name I 4, 9
|Swhicli3$is to be gfou1ld upon he earnest
recorIs$ 81 the colony and llns been huns
Fed down since y ca ~ I. every "a Ee OF
ty oiiice Or rcpresenting the paris y h as
ward e, 9r \. 4, ! !. ~,
The first the COLONY was Go,.s
dTa n ., sen 81
R RoI ill l1stegreIgn 81 charlesS sir
lsH VII d a smnse t r. beSa!
sof5thcS colony. bishop Meude, in Ills Old
Occurrences speaking, Of tho Dlggeses.i
asGteS bqrk hsIsof p'ae 81 pIygas
lssirJohn saVlle, twi h.sev OF = erl mem
l3bers OF the London Company, vert, con
sdered most elegant sehq bs 81 saIs"e
81. Tdwilld DiggcsS first He'd III War
wick county bout $780, II was one. &
lis Majesty 81 Council, 1851, and also Pres
I;heef laail1in ofsgrent veal tn, ownlng near
lSiYs half 81 MULBERRY sland, on tho amos q
s liyed pa9e u, eaa E!,,
sso9llnmcd fpr the mum Der of mulberry
trees there planted by Colonel .to;
feed Ills sllswornls u pom, no being me
3ture Of silk in the colony samples Ot3
l5whicl, are snid TO &oes still held by some
jSofbhis many cscendanta q, 4, u. /, ~
Colonel igg es married lSlizaheth 1919!
n ,xrsS, 4
tiers. one of his son ST.
susannnl Cole. daualltcr. Of Colonel WI.
Liam Cole OF Warwick count and ~ near
t5neghbor{o the ID ggcs .!S ".
Colonel sDudley was ais Of tfet rs nEis
Council {lns Yirginln and q !lilo
colony tllea 1lls q op
nah died December 8. I0a, In her thirty,
Fourth year. II lis son, who was Scnlled
GdSno ols p!EE s ,har s aF s'sff aF
lgrisoi,.p wife Of Nathaniel Harrison, nj
Iti'rince d Gorge counts, yitsiria Shielded Is,
snt hs arsison WAS tase
Observation-Disclosures George arrison Of Low
or Brandon. james ETsi and sof NY linn
lIatrso Upper = g I, y ),
York eount y and lived pla, cf scniiet!
l$Chlhnm, Enanediaf tier tlleir8seat In Kent Y
county, England. 3 H {, !, Il
sWilliam9and Dudley I'D ley lgses mar r.
red first Miss .nd
Miss Normley, oseEill duleaex
tlcy--and several daugh tcrs. one OF VIII Q RI
finnrricd Burwell. 81 one "a Stratt on. an
other an iva n1arIfie q N co.
,W wife Rev. DE- wood bride: william
4 son ,Qe Cole Dlgges, m arrie ID { hisa cousin
ISllzabctl,,, 3of Derbig h. and loudl 10y. s.nii-
fthiE and EaWar bs o! also
Il grandsons of Mr. Colo ID gges. owed to
sTauquer county and had large ,famll e :
Powell veil ,'of Potersburg ~ two married
4Fltzhughs, Of Fauqul Ter icnunt WI Col. Cole
Cole was said to have OWNED. a large
cbSam sa 81 nsa
aa sil'ss9hi IN i ana
, "A Bellicld was the old $hnryng ground Of
Known srs Is said that TIE !, mbstones
stand banE r
stone here may be scent heAmo my
Ito tlekemgrant, Colonel Edward 3Dtg ges,
died on March AZ. NJ, " 1
I his wife Susannah Colo 9,lhone
monument, erected by colonel ,sEdW yi,l'a
REsss tSaf Sc asS 7 tg
i third year; evidently this tsSl nista 81
4 the year which should be !16f . y,
THE ~ Nam
'"Thence onward we ne y ~
4 the'lists OF vestrymen and bburgesse lintii
the period came in OUT NJ
when, $in 1878 we ind the name 2ot ai3naisy
4 tIoigges on the first commit tee for or q
respondcnce with the oth 34. m anoaf
IMl DIgges and w lam DlggesI a q s
members from York with General mel:
4 son In the ss
4 to tlnd that name often enrol loM N ~
i lists az vestrymcn and COMMITMENTS q
our church. !. -, !, - N IA, ~ 3
have intermarre with many Of me III, ,l,lo -
|@nrominent families OF the state, y iist %
i Which We propose to gather for y stltut's
Erhe coat arms borne m by Slr 4
SIley Dggesof ENGLAND ,a n
On cross ayge sej t,w able
ID ff fhgi saba, en therefrom three
ostrich se ssa 4 ap"pte
headed saglsiss = ~ puaIey igges son Of
eo ans i'si plsgs WIS Miss Arnlste eng
s|yThey.too, were Of llnglisl royal desce. y,
bssiil1s p srseTTbs u aap0ffoll
chevron between three points OF !, spears
\ sable, tnssels in tho midde. Grest =.
y s i1uainr The The h,,tt end ole broken spear
nbof beloyestha Ills Miss Wh a9
8i az sRnbert Armstead, Of spatsylyanla
4 cau rtsvDl and Who died 1874 or 95;
james Masrythe Es aar sousN1 81 hyen
pool under RIssdssnt 9e ornay % James
f T.aWIs, gentienan'' az spotsylvunla. conn-
receive from ne h ,alta OF sn "
q fne lds' late Of fN Louisa county
Hapel ,sfati,er her. al I'm my late wife, Catherine
every legacy aae fr9m VS. sp eStsle
SAID Apmisteanb SIM same can can b said
Y " iha tgoe family. Accomae win