When James Biggin was born in 1615, in Bolehill, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Isaac Biggen, was 23 and his mother, Maria Haughton, was 18. He married Deborah Jackson on 15 September 1647, in Allestree, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He died in 1685, in Greenhill, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 70, and was buried in Norton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom.
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English: habitational name from any of the many places with names deriving from Middle English bigging ‘building’, for example Biggin near Kirk Ireton, Biggin Farm in Tibshelf, and Biggin in Hartington (all in Derbyshire), Biggin in Church Fenton and Biggin in Kirkby Malzeard (both in Yorkshire), Biggins Farm in Ordsall (Nottinghamshire), and Biggen Cottage in Fordham (Cambridgeshire).
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