Brief Life History of William
When William Daggett was born on 18 November 1738, his father, Benjamin Daggett, was 37 and his mother, Margery Holmes, was 27. He died on 14 September 1740, in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 1.
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- William Daggat, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
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Name Meaning
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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