Brief Life History 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 36. She died in 1652, in Norfolk, Norfolk County, Virginia, British Colonial America, at the age of 32.
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English: habitational name from Woodlesford in Oulton (Yorkshire). The placename derives from Old English wrīdels ‘thicket’ + ford ‘ford’. There has been much confusion with Wigglesworth .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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