My great X 9 uncle, and my first cousin 12 times removed through his aunt, Alice Doggett.
Born: 1551/52, Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England. 1
Parents: JOHN DOGGETT* AND UNKNOWN
Married: unknown.
Death: unknown.
Will: 22 May 1619, Groton, Suffolk, England. 2
Notes:
Additional source: Suffolk Manorial Families: Pedigree, Doggett of Groton, compiled in 1899 by J.J. Muskett.
Mentioned in the will of his father.
No records showing his marriage to Dorothy have been found, but she is referred to as "goodwyfe Dogett" in Adam Winthrop's Diary. 3
WILL:
I John Doggett of Groton, co. Suff. Clothier, 22 May 1619, beinge warned through sicknes of mortall estate, doe make this my last will and testamt. I comend my soule into the hands of allmighty god my maker and redeamer. I will that my bodye be decentlye buried in the churchyard of Groton by my late and dear wife at the discretion of Lewis Kidbye and Francis Cooper, my sonnes in lawe. I doe giue vnto John Dogget my eldest sonne and his heyres for euer my lands tenemts and hereditamts in Groton, and one dye house with the lead and fatts and lands in Groton. Vnto Benjamyn Dogget my youngest sone that freehold messuag in Groton called Streats and two closes holden of the King's Colledge in Cambridge and one messuage called Brokehouse and lands in Wision, co. Suff; and tenement & lands in Neyland & coppiehold lands there. And alsoe the sume of one hundred pounds at his full age of xxiiijuie yeares. To Amy Dogget my daughter one hundred pounds. Yf my sonnes John and Benjamyn refuse to pay legacies I appoint my louinge kinsman John Brond of Edwardston Gent. & Joseph Coell of Groton clothier to enter into my lands & satisfy & pay said debts and legacies. Vnto the poore of Groton tenn pounds. Alsoe I doe giue towards the mayntenance of the free schole of Boxford the sume of fower pounds. I hiue vnto Lewis Kidbye my sonne in lawe and Suzan Kidbye my daughter his wife one anuitye of flue pounds - and to their children [120] at their decease fiftye pounds to be equally diuided amongst them. My household stuffe to be equallye diuided betweene my fiue daughters. Bridgett my daughter shall have the first choyse because she is my eldest daughter. To my godsonne John Dogget the sonne of John Dogget xx°, and his daughters two xxe, apiece. To Anne and Suzan the daughters of Francis Cooper and Bridgeit his wife the some of xxe a piece. And to Mary the daughter of Martha Flack my daughter xxe. To the poore of Boxford and Edwardston xxe apiece. I make John and Benmayn Doget my sonnes sole executors. But because John my sonne his abode is beyond the sea it shall require I doe make Francis Cooper my sonne in lawe supvisor of this will. And I hartily desire him that he will take paynes in this behalfe vntill it shall please god to send him safely into England. And I doe giue for his Labor and paynes soe taken iij1 vie viijd. The make of John Doggett. Sealed and published in the presence of vs Thomas Nicholson, the mke of George Culpecke & ffrancis Cooper. Probatum fuit apud Buriam Ste Edi quarto die Augusti 1619. Et comissa fuit Ads° bonor Johanni Doggett vni Executor. xxx° die Augusti 1619 Comp' Beniamin Dogget alter Executor. Et Ads" bonor Sibi comitti. Arch. Sidb., Liber "Gibson", fo. 321.
Spouse: DOROTHY (UNKNOWN) d. Sunday, 2 March 1606, Groton, Suffolk, England. 3
CHILDREN OF JOHN DOGGETT AND DOROTHY (UNKNOWN) 4:
(my first cousins ten times removed, and my second cousins eleven times removed through their grandfather's sister, Alice Doggett)
SARAH DOGGETT christened 21 May 1581 in Groton, Suffolk, England.
JOHN DOGGETT christened 24 July 1582 in Groton, Suffolk, England.
SEWSAN DOGGETT chr. 9 May 1585 in Groton, Suffolk, England burial 28 July 1585, Groton, Suffolk, England.
BRIDGETT DOGGETT m. Francis Cooper.
SUSAN DOGGETT m. Lewis Kidbye.
ELIZABETH DOGGETT
WILLIAM DOGGETT chr. 17 Jan. 1590 in Groton, Suffolk, England burial 27 Jan. 1590, Groton, Suffolk, England.
WILLIAM DOGGETT chr. 20 Sep. 1592 in Groton, Suffolk, England burial 24 Oct. 1592, Groton, Suffolk, England.
MARTHA DOGGETT
JOSEPH DOGGETT christened 20 Oct. 1595 in Groton, Suffolk, England.
AMY DOGGETT baptised 15 July 1597, Groton, Suffolk, England d. about 1645, Watertown, MA, America.
BENJAMIN DOGGETT m. Susan Monnings.
ABRAHAM DOGGETT chr. 8 Dec. 1601 in Groton, Suffolk, England burial 23 March 1601/02, Groton, Suffolk, England.
MARY DOGGETT chr. 26 Feb. 1601/02 in Groton, Suffolk, England burial 14 March 1602/03, Groton, Suffolk, England.
Sources:
1. Bures St. Mary Parish Register as researched by Rodney Dennys.
2. Suffolk Manorial Families: Pedigree, Doggett of Groton, compiled in 1899 by J.J. Muskett.
3. Adam Winthrop's diary (Adam Winthrop 1548-1623) published as Adam Winthrop's Diary in Winthrop Papers: Series I.
4. Groton Parish Register as recorded by James D. Doggett.
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