My great times 7 grandfather, and my first ancestor in America. *indicates my direct ancestor.
Born: 1636, Ipswich, England. 1
Baptized: 28 Oct. 1636, St. Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich, Suffolk, England. 2
Parents: WILLIAM DOGGETT* AND ANNE LANGLEY*
Education: B.A. 1658/59, M.A. 1662, St. John's College, Cambridge, England, 27 Jan. 1654/65. 3
Married: 21 Sep. 1664, Hadleigh, England. 4
Religion: Minister, Christ Church and St. Mary's Whitechapel Parishes, 1670-1682, Anglican, Lancaster Co., VA, America. 3
Emigration to America: around 1668-69. 9
Will: written 14 March 1681, Lancaster Co., Virginia, America. 5
Death: 1682, Lancaster Co., Virginia, America. 1 8
Will Probated: 10 Jan. 1682/83, Lancaster Co., Virginia, America. 5
Notes:
In 1662, following his receipt of a Master of Arts degree, Benjamin was ordained as an Anglican minister, and became curate of a church in the village of Stoke-by-Clare in west Suffolk, England. By 1664 he was curate and schoolmaster of a much larger church in Hadleigh, Suffolk.
He emigrated to America around 1668-69 and settled in Lancaster County, Virginia. In 1670 he was presented to Governor Berkeley for induction as minister of Christ Church and St. Mary's Whitechapel Episcopal Church 10. He served as minister of both churches until his death in 1682. He directed that on his death his remained be buried before the pulpit in St. Mary's Whitechapel, but whether or not this was done is not known. (Photographs contributed by Pam Pearson, descendant of Chattin Doggett's son, William Doggett, and his wife, Nancy Adams, through their daughter Elizabeth, who married John William Branson)
Spouse: JANE (UNKNOWN)* 6
CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN DOGGETT AND JANE (UNKNOWN):
BENJAMIN DOGGETT c. 9 July 1665, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England d. 1723, Lancaster Co., VA, America
JANE DOGGETT b. 1667, Hadleigh, England. 4
WILLIAM DOGGETT baptized 19, Nov, 1668, Hadleigh, England d. 24 Nov. 1668, Hadleigh, England. 4
JOHN DOGGETT baptized 3 March 1669/70, Hadleigh, England. 4 (may have died young, not mentioned in father's will)
RICHARD DOGGETT* d. 1721, Lancaster Co., Virginia, America.
ANNE DOGGETT 7
WILLIAM DOGGETT d. 1716, Lancaster Co., Virginia, America.
Sources:
1. The Memorial Plaque to the Rev. Benjamin Doggett within St. Mary's Whitechapel Episcopal Church, Lancaster, VA (Photograph contributed by Pam Pearson, descendant of Chattin Doggett's son, William Doggett, and his wife, Nancy Adams, through their daughter Elizabeth, who married John William Branson).
2. The Ipswich St. Mary-le-Tower Parish Register as researched by James D. Doggett.
3. "The Colonial Church in Virginia from 1607-1785," Part 2 (A List of Colonial Clergy), compiled by Rev. Edward Lewis Goodwin, D.D.
4. Hadleigh parish register as researched by James D. Doggett.
5. Lancaster County, Virginia, Will Book 5, Page 82 as researched by James D. Doggett.
6. A young widow whose last name was recorded as Gerrard, but whether this was her maiden or previous married name is unknown.
7. Mentioned in father's will.
8. From "Some Emigrants to Virginia," second edition, enlarged, compiled by W. G. Stanard, 1915, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979: "Doggett, Rev. Benjamin (d. 1682), Lancaster County; had a brother Richard Doggett of Ipswich, merchant; Lancaster records."
9. James D. Doggett.
10. "Notes from the Council and General Court Records, 1641-1672," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 8, 3 (January, 1901), 244.
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