Dudley Digges (patriot), the Glossary
Dudley Digges (1728-June 3, 1790) (or before 1736-Mary 3, 1790) was a Virginia attorney, planter, military officer and politician who served in the House of Burgesses (1752-1776) and all the Virginia Revolutionary conventions representing York County.[1]
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21 relations: Cole Digges (burgess), Cole Digges (patriot), College of William & Mary, Colony of Virginia, Dudley Digges Jr., Edward Digges, Edward Digges (burgess), House of Burgesses, James City County, Virginia, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Prince George County, Virginia, Robert Carter Nicholas Sr., Siege of Yorktown, Stafford County, Virginia, Thomas Nelson Jr., Virginia, Warwick County, Virginia, William Digges (burgess), Williamsburg, Virginia, York County, Virginia, Yorktown, Virginia.
- Lawyers from the Thirteen Colonies
Cole Digges (burgess)
Cole Digges (1691-1744) was a Virginia merchant, planter and politician who helped establish Yorktown, Virginia, and served more than two decades on the Virginia Governor's Council after representing Warwick County in the House of Burgesses. Dudley Digges (patriot) and Cole Digges (burgess) are House of Burgesses members and People from colonial Virginia.
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Cole Digges (patriot)
Cole Digges (1748–1788) was a Virginia planter, military officer and politician who represented now-defunct Warwick County, in the Virginia House of Delegates (1778–1784) and during the Virginia Ratification Convention of 1788. Dudley Digges (patriot) and Cole Digges (patriot) are American slave owners.
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College of William & Mary
The College of William & Mary in Virginia (abbreviated as W&M), is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia.
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Colony of Virginia
The Colony of Virginia was a British, colonial settlement in North America between 1606 and 1776.
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Dudley Digges Jr.
Dudley Digges (1694–1768) was a Virginia attorney, merchant, planter and politician who served in the House of Burgesses representing the newly created Goochland County (1730–1732). Dudley Digges (patriot) and Dudley Digges Jr. are House of Burgesses members and People from colonial Virginia.
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Edward Digges
Edward Digges (14 February 1620 – 15 March 1674/75) was an English barrister and colonist who became a premium tobacco planter and official in the Virginia colony.
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Edward Digges (burgess)
Edward Digges (1716-March 22, 1769) was a Virginia merchant, planter and politician who represented York County in the House of Burgesses. Dudley Digges (patriot) and Edward Digges (burgess) are House of Burgesses members.
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House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of Virginia.
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James City County, Virginia
James City County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Naval Weapons Station Yorktown
Naval Weapons Station Yorktown is a United States Navy base in York County, James City County, and Newport News in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia.
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Prince George County, Virginia
Prince George County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Robert Carter Nicholas Sr.
Robert Carter Nicholas (January 28, 1728-November 1780) was a Virginia lawyer, patriot, legislator and judge. Dudley Digges (patriot) and Robert Carter Nicholas Sr. are House of Burgesses members, People from colonial Virginia and Virginia lawyers.
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Siege of Yorktown
The siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown and the surrender at Yorktown, began September 28, 1781, and ended on October 19, 1781, at exactly 10:30 am in Yorktown, Virginia.
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Stafford County, Virginia
Stafford County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Thomas Nelson Jr.
Thomas Nelson Jr. (December 26, 1738 – January 4, 1789) was a Founding Father of the United States, general in the Revolutionary War, member of the Continental Congress, and a Virginia planter. Dudley Digges (patriot) and Thomas Nelson Jr. are American slave owners, House of Burgesses members and People from colonial Virginia.
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Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.
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Warwick County, Virginia
Warwick County was a county in Southeast Virginia that was created from Warwick River Shire, one of eight created in the Virginia Colony in 1634.
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William Digges (burgess)
William Digges (1784) was a planter and politician in the Colony of Virginia, who represented Warwick County, Virginia in the House of Burgesses from 1752 until 1771. Dudley Digges (patriot) and William Digges (burgess) are House of Burgesses members and People from colonial Virginia.
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Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg is an independent city in Virginia, United States.
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York County, Virginia
York County (formerly Charles River County) is a county in the eastern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in the Tidewater.
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Yorktown, Virginia
Yorktown is a census-designated place (CDP) in York County, Virginia.
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See also
Lawyers from the Thirteen Colonies
- Aaron Burr
- Abraham Clark
- Abraham Yates Jr.
- Archibald Bulloch
- Augustus Johnston
- Augustus Van Cortlandt
- Benjamin Chew
- Caesar Rodney
- Charles Carroll (barrister)
- Dudley Digges (patriot)
- Edmund Pendleton
- Edward Antill (attorney)
- Edward Shippen IV
- Eliphalet Dyer
- George Leonard (congressman)
- Gold Selleck Silliman
- James Alexander (lawyer)
- James Parsons (South Carolina politician)
- James Sykes (Continental Congress)
- James Wadsworth (lawyer)
- John Adams
- John Hall (Maryland politician)
- John Lewis (Virginia colonist)
- John Rogers (Continental Congress)
- John Whitehill (representative)
- Jonathan Sewall
- Margaret Brent
- Martin Howard
- Peter Manigault
- Rawlins Lowndes
- Richard Parker (judge, born 1729)
- Samuel Blodgett
- Shearjashub Bourn
- Theodore Atkinson
- Thomas Burnham
- Thomas Lechford
- Whitehead Hicks
- William Bradford (Rhode Island politician)
- William Clingan
- William Cumming (Continental Congress)
- William Livingston
- William Smith (judge, born 1728)