Dorothy Rigglesworth
6 August 1620–1652 (Age 31)
Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
The Life Summary of Dorothy
When Dorothy Rigglesworth was born on 6 August 1620, in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Peter Rigglesworth, was 46 and her mother, Jane Hallam, was 35. She died in 1652, in Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, British Colonial America, at the age of 32.
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Family Time Line
Peter Rigglesworth
1574–1652
Jane Hallam
1585–
Dorothy Rigglesworth
1620–1652
Mary Riggelsworth
–1704
Mary Rigglesworth
–1704
Parents and Siblings
1574–1652Male
1585–Female
Siblings
(3)
1620–1652Female
–1704Female
–1704Female
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Wigglesworth in North Yorkshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Winchelesuuorde, from the genitive case of the Old English byname Wincel meaning ‘child’ + Old English worth ‘enclosure’.History: Michael Wigglesworth (1631–1705), Puritan poet and preacher, was brought from Yorkshire to New England as a child in 1638. His first home was in Charlestown, MA; subsequently, he settled in New Haven, CT. From 1651 onward he was a fellow of Harvard College; in 1654 he was appointed minister at Malden, MA. His son and grandson, both named Edward were professors of divinity at Harvard.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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