The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-20


ried Isabel, daughter of John D!gscs.
Esq. and had four sons and six
daughters. and died on the 18th OF
July. 1923
From the above family OF Manners.
West. and sackvine, our present Brit.
ish consul is descended, whom we
know as Hon Lionel Sackville-s Sack.
Vile. son Of the 5tb Earl de Ia WAR;
we VIII now commence with Leon
ara DisSes, and trace his branch down
20 the present race in virginia:
Leonard Dieges. wooton in the cou,-
" OF Kent England. died 1874. fam
Gus for his msthema ,lcai learning
n,s wire. Bridget was daughter 10
! nomas Wilford, Esq: then Thomas
pisgs' ESQ, some End heyre of Leon.
ara DIGS. of "wooton Place" in the
county of Kent. England. ana Bridget.
ms wife. daughter to Thomas Will
iord' ESQ. which Thomas deceased on
tne 'ith day OF August. Ammo Dor,.
1889, Inc following is from his fair
tomb. In the north side OF the chan.
ee' NO 1906, translated from the Latin.
here lieth in an assured hope should
rise In Christ. thomas Diggs. Esq.
some time muster master of the Eng
usn army IN the low countries: man
sealousiS affected to true religion. was
alscreet' courteous. faithful to his
trends and OF rare KNOWLEDGE in
geometry. astrolcSy. and other ma.he-
mah sciences. who finished his
,rahsitory life with happy end in
hnno Dom. 1895. That the dead mi-ht
i've CHRIST dyed \ fair tomb OH tho
north side OF the chancel No. 1906 To
agnes. wife to Thomas Digges, ESQ.
daughter of sir William sent L,exer
hniEht' and Ursula, mis- wife. daugh.
Ter OF George Nevil. Lord OF Abur.
saVeny, by whom the said Thomas had
issue Dudley his some and heyre:
Leonard his second some. and Mar.
and Mary. who died young"
Next, Sir Dudley Digs was SOM.
ana heyre OF Thomas Digges. Esq. and
agnes. daughter to Sir william 81.
Leser, knight. and Ursula. Ills vito.
was born 1853. and died 1899 He
married Mary. daughter of Sir Thomas
keWpe. through whom he became nos
sessed of Chilham Castle in Kent. and
by whom he had issue eight sonnes
ana three daughters, His some. Hon.
toward Digges. was Colonial Cover
nor OF Virginia, in 1854, and his tomb
Is stiil found ct Belleheld, York coun-
"oS tHc dnCleNI seat and
burial place OF the Digg,s Unscrip
ton found elsewhere).
Then the tomb OF their son. "ro
the Hon. Cole Digges. ESQ. who be.
ing many years one OF His Majesty.s
honorable council for this colony. and
Tor come time president of the same
died In the nfty-third year of his age
and In the year OF our Lord 1744."
This Hon. Cole Disses had three sons.
to whom he left vast estates, as is
shown BY his will recorded at will
namsburE, Va. then the metropolis OF
the state The elder son, Cole Edward
Disses' died bachelor. Colonel Will
liam. of Denbigh section, Warwick
county. first married EIizaueth. The
daughter OF Hon. John Wormley. Of
MiddleseN county. Va. and secondly.
frankie. the daughter OF Anthony
Robertson, Esq, of James City coun-
~, Va BY these two marriages he
had one son and four daughters The
son was Cole, a major OF cavalry I'm
the revolutionary War. Ono of Col
onel Williams four daughters mar
ried her cousin. Colonel william
Digges. of Newport News. Major Cole
pigges. the only son of Colonel Will
liam, married his cousin. Mary Pur-
die, OF Smith. Va. They had two
N1'''' SSSi O. anu Nlli1dnn. Both
OF these boys enlisted In the War Of
1872. George p. pigges survived the
war William died at Black Rocks,
Mich.
The backs OF these old folios
among the leaves OF which SO many
names are inscribed, are very nrm and
tough, made from q prepa ration OF
macerated hemp. shreds OF which can
be detached from under the torn
leather covers. These books, with
those owned by many others. are from
100 to 200 years years old and over.
one OF the books In this folio coll
lecton. which are owned by Miss
Georgie Digses. is Richard Bloome's
history of the Bible" and contains
several hundred copper engravines
varying greatly in date, as seen ~
the headings which represent the Is.
cutcheons of the noble houses who
contributed to the advancement OF
the work. One of these plates is
dedicated to James II. then partiaIIv
erased.
The following is a lette. from, Miss
Anne Laurie Diltz. Washington. ~ r
TO Calvin w. Digss. Winchester. Ind .
Washington, D. c, oct. is. 1892.
cousin Calvin,-one week ago yes
terday Aunt Lou. Cousin Harriet Moor.
man ana l went out to the Riggs
farm. the first American home OF tn.
Dgseses, We hired e carriage and
drove out through the Soldiers Home
Park and took the Rock Creek Road
"hich winds about through what was
once the baronial estate of our com.
mon ancestor. Dudley Dlgges. ESQ. ~
Chilhnm Castle Manor.
] lust want to tell you that Dudley
wasn't SLOW, and hs knev "rood
thins when ne saw II, and got
plenty while he was j gittin" The
four thousand, four hundred and
iorV-four acres included In the Chill
ham Castle Manor estate are the
most arabic. We have seen for miles
anout the District and II 10 as beau
tfui for situation" as the famous ArI
inston Cemetery. At Arlington there
Is finer. more comprehensive view
OF the Potomac. but from the SOL
aiers Home Park (the southern pcr-
ton of the estate OF the Diesesesl
we OBTAINED the xrandest View OF wide
rolling lands AZ h}II d.1.