My great X 9 grandfather, and my first cousin 12 times removed through his aunt, Alice Doggett. Married his first cousin, once removed, Avis Lappage. *indicates a direct ancestor.
Born: 1545, Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England. 1
Parents: JOHN DOGGETT* AND UNKNOWN
Married: 1 June 1591, Boxford, Suffolk, England. 2
Death: 10 Oct. 1610, Boxford, Suffolk, England. 3
Will: 1610. 4
Notes:
WILL: ... I give to Willm Doggett my sonne ffower hundred pounds, and to John Doggett my sonne ffower hundred pounds, and to Lappage Doggett my sonne one thousand pounds, and to Richard Doggett one thousand pounds, to be payd to only my said ffowre sonnes at their severall ages of ffowre and twenty yeeres. I give unto Anna Doggett my eldest daughter to be payd unto her att her age of twenty yeeres. Allso I doe give to Suzan Doggett my second daughter, to Avice Doggett my third daughter, to Alice Doggett my ffourth daughter and to Dorothy Doggett my youngest daughter ffower hundred pounds apicce, to be payd unto them at there severall ages of twenty yeeres. I give to the poore people of Boxford fifty pounds to be payd forth in a parcell of land wch shall be purchased by John Doggett my brother and John Brond my brother in lawe within one yeere after my death. I doo give to Thomas Lappage, my father in lawe ffyve pounds; to Mr. Joseph Bird the parson of Boxford ffyve pounds; and to Mr. Henry Sands, the preacher of the said towne ffyve pounds. I doo give to my brother John Dogget ffyve pounds, and to Anne Kent my sister ffyve pounds, and to John Brond my brother in lawe ffyve pounds, and to my sister his wife ffourty shillings to make her a rynge, allso to only one of my brother Bronds children ffourty shillings. I doo give to the governoures of the free schools of the foundacion of the late good Queene Elizabeth in Boxford tenn pounds.
BRASS INSCRIPTION IN BOXFORD CHURCH
"Here lyeth William Doggett Merchant Adventerer Citizen and Mercer of London and free of the East India Company who tooke to wife Avis Lappadge ye daught. of Thomas Lappage of Boxford wth who he lyved 19 yeares & had Issue by her 6 sones & 6 davghters ye said Will depted this life ye 10th of Octob. 1610 being of the age of 53 yeares."
Spouse: AVIS LAPPAGE*
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM DOGGETT AND AVIS LAPPAGE:
ANNE DOGGETT Baptised 15 May 1592, Boxford, Suffolk, England. 5
THOMAS DOGGETT Baptised 31 Dec. 1594, Boxford, Suffolk, England.
SUSAN DOGGETT Baptised 1595, Boxford, Suffolk, England 2 m.Richard Norwich 1617, Groton, Suffolk, England. 6
AVIS DOGGETT Baptised 22 Feb. 1598, Boxford, Suffolk, England 2 m. John Bond 1620, Boxford, Suffolk, England. 7
WILLIAM DOGGETT* Baptised 27 Feb. 1599, Boxford, England d. 1675/76.
ALICE DOGGETT Baptised 14 May 1601, Boxford, Suffolk, England.
JOHN DOGGETT Baptised 4 Nov. 1602, Boxford, Suffolk, England. 5
DOROTHY DOGGETT Baptised 28 Nov. 1605, Boxford, Suffolk, England.
LAPPAGE DOGGETT Baptised 12 Feb. 1606, Boxford, Suffolk, England.
BRIDGET DOGGETT Baptised 1606, Boxford, Suffolk, England. 7
RICHARD DOGGETT Baptised 1 Dec. 1608, Boxford, Suffolk, England d. 1667.
Sources:
1. Bures St. Mary Parish Register as researched by Rodney Dennys.
2. Boxford Parish Register.
3. Memorial Stone in Boxford Church, England.
4. Date cited in "Alston v. Doggett, 1644," Chancery Proceedings, Mitford, 54, 44.
5. Suffolk Manorial Families: Pedigree, Doggett of Groton, compiled in 1899 by J.J. Muskett; also listed in the Boxford Parish Register as researched by James D. Doggett.
6. Adam Winthrop's Diary as referenced in "Suffolk Manorial Families: Pedigree, Doggett of Groton, compiled 1899 by J.J. Muskett ."
7. Suffolk Manorial Families: Pedigree, Doggett of Groton, compiled in 1899 by J.J. Muskett.
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