When Hepsabeth Daggett was born on 7 October 1728, in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Israel Daggett, was 25 and her mother, Hannah Dorman, was 29. She died on 27 December 1728, in her hometown, at the age of 0.
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English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): perhaps from an Old French personal name Daguet, a pet form of ancient Germanic Dago. Alternatively, from Old French daguet, a diminutive of dague ‘dagger’, for one who wore or threatened to use a dagger. Compare Dagg and Dagger .
History: John Daggett came from England to Watertown, MA, in 1630, and moved to Rehoboth, MA, in 1646. He was one of the original proprietors of Martha's Vineyard in 1642 and by 1651 had settled there permanently.
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