Catherine Digges 
Catherine was born about 1654 in Hampton, Elizabeth City, Virginia. Catherine's father was Edward Digges and her mother was Elizabeth Page. Her paternal grandparents were Sir Dudley Digges and Mary Kempe; her maternal grandparents were Francis Page and Isabel Wyatt. She had two brothers and a sister, named William, Dudley and Mary. She was the second oldest of the four children. She died in 1729 in Caroline County, Virginia.General Notes
A few people say there is no hard proof that Catherine Digges is the daughter of Edward Digges, but I think it's pretty likely.
"The Digges and Herndon marriage, though well established by evidence, has become controversial because of a debunking article published by Ross Boothe, Jr. many years ago [I think 1893]. However, Boothe's arguments were throughly answered by Albert Caswell Metts in his book "Metts Ancestors in America: The Direct Line", 1984. The Herndon -The Digges Connection is established at length in readable prose and with good and complete documentation on pages 213-221. Anyone who questions or studies this line should read this material, usually the book is in libraries."
There is also evidence of the marriage and parents of Catherine Digges in family records and Bibles.
"The first published reference to the Digges-Herndon marriage originated from information supplied by Mr. Moncure Daniel Conway (1832-1907)...
"I. William Herndon married Catherine Digges in 1677, the youngest daughter of Edward Digges, Governor of Virginia. She was born in 1655
"II. Edward Herndon, William's eldest son, was born in 1678. He married Mary Waller in 1698. Their two sons:
"III. Edward Herndon, eldest son of Edward and Mary Waller, married Mary Brock, and
"IV. William Herndon, son of Edward and Mary Waller, married Ann Drysdale, daughter of Lt. Gov. Hugh Drysdale."
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1473 in Digge’s Court, Barham, Kent, England d.~ 1536
- b.~ 1520 in Digge’s Court, Barham, Kent, England d.~ 1559 in England
- b. in Chart, Kent, England
- b.~ 1546 in Digge’s Court, Barham, Kent, England d.24 Aug 1595 in London, England
- b.~19 May 1583 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England d.18 Mar 1639 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England
- b.~ 1496 d.16 Mar 1559
- b.1525 d.1599 in Cork, Ireland
- b.1504 in Croydon, Surrey, England d.08 Mar 1558 in Ulcombe, Kent, England
- b.1555 in Ulcombe, Kent, England d.~ 1636 in England
- b.~ 1469 d.28 Sep 1535
- b.~ 1528 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, England d.1575 in Ulcombe, Kent, England
- b.29 Mar 1621 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England d.15 Mar 1675 in Bellfield Plantation, York County, Virginia
- b.~ 1478 in Ollantigh, Chilham, Kent, England d.1539
- b. in Ollantigh, Chilham, Kent, England d.07 Mar 1591
- b.1551 in Chilham, Kent, England d.1607 in Ollantigh, Chilham, Kent, England
- b.< 1500 in Chilham, Kent, England d.02 Oct 1560
- d.1557
- b.1583 in Ollantigh, Chilham, Kent, England d.1631
- b.07 Nov 1551 in Wye, Kent, England d.May 1629 in Wye, Kent, England
- b.~ 1654 in Hampton, Elizabeth City, Virginia d.1729 in Caroline County, Virginia
- b.1521 in England
- b.~01 Jan 1564 in Boxted, Essex, England d.13 Nov 1605 in Boxted, Essex, England
- b.13 Oct 1594 in Bedfont, Middlesex, England d.13 Oct 1678 in Bedfont, Middlesex, England
- b.1615 in England or Hampton, Elizabeth City, Virginia d.24 Sep 1691 in York County, Virginia
- b.1503 in Allington Castle, Boxley, Kent, England d.11 Oct 1542
- b.1521 in Allington Castle, Middlesex, England d.11 Apr 1554 in London, England
- b.~ 1503 in Cobham, Kent, England d.~ 1560
- b.~ 1550 in Allington Castle, Boxley, Kent, England d.01 Sep 1623 in Ireland
- b.~ 1522 in Allington Castle, Boxley, Kent, England
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- b.1595 in Allington Castle, Middlesex, England
- d.1553
- b.~ 1525 in Eastwell, Kent, England d.19 Mar 1563 in enroute to Le Havre
- b.~ 1475
- b.~ 1560 in Eastwell, Kent, England d.27 Mar 1644 in Allington Castle, Boxley, Kent, England
- b.< 1500 in Chilham, Kent, England d.02 Oct 1560
- b.~ 1529 in Eastwell, Kent, England
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Details of Catherine's family with William Herndon
Source/Citation
Metts Ancestors in America: The Direct Line", 1984
Metts Ancestors in America: The Direct Line", 1984