When Benjamin Trigg was born on 28 August 1791, in Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Benjamin Trigg, was 32 and his mother, Priscilla Welsh, was 31. He married Elizabeth Roberts on 20 September 1813, in English Bicknor, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 12 July 1836, in Drybrook, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 44.
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English (mainly Gloucestershire): nickname from Middle English trig(ge) ‘trustworthy, faithful’ (Old Norse tryggr), or from the Middle English personal name Trig(ge) of the same origin.
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