Joe, To continue, with acknowlegement again, & specifically here, for the fine work of Godfrey BRAMHALL: [M] Francis PIGOTT, bt 4 Jun 1677, son of Francis PIGOTT & Frances WEBB; Tailor in Letcombe Regis; died Letcombe Regis, 12 Jun 1756, & buried at Letcombe Bassett; marr West Challow, 1717, Mary LUKE; she died at Letcombe Regis, 24 Feb 1769; issue: 1. Anne PIGOTT, b Letcombe Regis, 1718; died Letcombe Regis, 1719. 2. Luke PIGOTT, b Letcombe Bassett, 1719; Tailor; Parish Clerk, 1777-97; died Letcombe Regis, 1797; marr 1stly, Sarah (-?-), who died 1747, probably in child birth of: a. Sarah PIGOTT, b 1747; died 26 Mar 1771. Luke marr 2ndly, 1763, Hester SMITH of Wantage; she died Letcombe Regis, also in 1797. 3. John PIGOTT, b Letcombe Regis, 1721; died Letcombe Bassett, 1722. 4. Francis PIGOTT, b Letcombe Regis, 1723; Tailor; Parish Clerk, 1760-76; died 1776; marr 1749, Martha HAZLE (b Ashbury, 1723); she died 1772; issue: a. Leonard PIGOTT, b Letcombe Regis, 1751; died Faringdon, 1800; marr 1stly, Letcombe Regis, 8 Aug 1776, Betty STRETCH of Chidrey; she died 1788; issue: i. Martha PIGOTT, b Wantage, 1777. ii. Sarah PIGOTT, b & d Wantage, 1779. iii. Leonard PIGOTT, b Wantage, 1780. iv. Elizabeth PIGOTT, b Letcombe Regis, 1784. Leonard marr 2ndly, Wantage, 1792, Sarah NEW; further issue: v. Mary Frances PIGOTT, b Wantage, 1793; died East Hanney, 1863; marr Henry HERMAN, Grocer. vi. Francis William PIGOTT, b Faringdon, 1795; Tailor; Innkeeper & Grocer; died Oxford, 1875; marr Sarah PEATY of Ashbury. vii. Hugh PIGOTT, b Faringdon, 23 Mar 1797. See next below. b. Richard PIGOTT, b Letcombe Regis, 1753; marr 1778, Mary FIDLER; issue: c. Frances PIGOTT, b Letcombe Regis, 1755; marr Letcombe Regis, 11 Jul 1776, Thomas MORRIS of Wantage. d. Mary PIGOTT, b Letcombe Regis, 1757. 5. Mary PIGOTT, b 1727. 6. Alban PIGOTT, b 1729; Glover; died 13 Apr 1759; marr 1755, Mary HAWKS; issue. Hugh PIGOTT, b 1797; Baker, Gloucester St, Faringdon, Berks; died 22 Feb 1883, & bur Free Church Cemetery, Canada Lane, Faringdon; marr Faringdon, 19 May 1824, Miriam BUXTON, of Alpheton, Co Suffolk; she died 16 Feb 1875; issue: 1. Mary PIGOTT, b 1826; marr Edwin COUNSELL, of Ross-on-Wye, Watchmaker, later of Corn Market, Faringdon. 2. Richard PIGOTT, b 1827; Solicitor's Clerk; marr Mary Langshere CLARE. 3. Robert PIGOTT, b 1830; Baker & Corn Dealer; Grocer in Worthing, with brother John, 1884; Baptist Pastor, Providence Chapel, Swindon; marr 1stly, Susan CLARK; marr 2ndly, Anna BEAK. 4. John PIGOTT, b 1832; Cordwainer, Corn Market, Faringdon; Grocer & Postmaster, Filkins, 1871; Grocer in Worthing, 1884; Salvation Army; died 1920; marr 1stly, Emma Jane OLDAKER of Faringdon (b 1839); she died 1866; issue: a. John PIGOTT, b Faringdon, 1858; died Walthamstow, 1931; marr Eliza Matthews LINDOP; she died Walthamstow, 1924; issue: i. Henrietta Day PIGOTT, b Clapton, 1892; died 1971; marr mar 1917, Lt William BRAMHALL, Manchester Regt; issue. ii. John William Vincent PIGOTT, b 1894; Salvation Army in Scotland; History Teacher; marr. iii. Douglas Randolphe Oldaker PIGOTT, b 1900; Bank Officer; marr. b. Josiah PIGOTT, b 1860; marr Ann RANDALL. John marr 2ndly, 1867, Sarah DAY (daur of Daniel DAY of Shrivenham, Grocer); she died 1894; further issue: c. Elizabeth Hannah PIGOTT, b 1870; marr 1899, Edwin SIMKIN, Primitive Methodist Minister; emigrated to the U.S. d. Alice Ruth PIGOTT, b 1876; marr Alex GILES, of North London, Builder. e. Emma Jane PIGOTT, b 1880; marr 1913, Percy Franklin ALLEN. f. Grace PIGOTT, b 1882; died 1917, unmarr. John marr 3rdly, 1895, Sarah Jane REEVES of South Morton, near Wallingford; no furter issue. 5. Sarah PIGOTT, b 1834; marr William COLLETT, Miller & Farmer of Bampton. 6. Elizabeth PIGOTT, b 1835; Schoolteacher at Corsham, Chippenham & Worcester; missionary in Karachi, 1883; died at Amritsar, 1886, unmarr. ____________________________________________________________________ Before concluding with a recap of the family of Francis PIGOTT, the Organist (in the next & final posting), some comments on Francis PIGOTT, Lawyer of Virginia, who heads the family which is the subject of Frank Lewis BROWNE's book, "Pigott History," which he published in 1976. I have not seen a copy of this book. Francis, a distinguished lawyer on the Eastern Shore, died in 1684, having, it is said, emigrated from England ca 1655; probably recorded on a list of Tithables, Co Northampton Co, Virginia, 1666, as owner of 4 slaves; he had issue by two wives, Frances Robins LITTLEJOHN (sometimes called ROBINSON ?) & Mary WATERS alias CULPEPPER; his will, dated 27 Mar 1684, was proved same year. Frank BROWN is cited (by others) to have determined that Francis PIGOTT came from West Challow in Bucks, & was born there ca 1616. I cannot argue with that, if that information appears on documents in America, which Frank BROWN may have seen. But, there are some researchers in America who have presumed, probably from this information, that this was the son of Ralph PIGOTT by Elizabeth GORE. My earlier posting, if I am correct in all details, which I may not be, seems to indicate, fairly clearly, that this Francis, born West Challow ca 1612, did not emigrate to Virginia, but remained in Berkshire, where he married & had issue, & in 1665 the Magistrate for the Hundred of Kintbury Eagle, Berks. Which leaves the question of the Virginian's ancestry. It appears that there was a Mr PIGOTT, who was Royalist Prisoner at Yarmouth, 1655, possibly transported to H.M.'s Plantations in America; he was a lawyer, having been educated at Caius College, Cantab, 1631, & Lincoln's Inn, 1632. If he was a prisoner in America, he would probably have benefitted, & with his freedom & pardon, from the Restoration of the English monarchy in 1660. He was not Francis PIGOTT, but Ralph PIGOTT, & he was born in Stradsett, Co Norfolk, 18 Oct 1614, son of Francis PIGOTT of Stradsett, by Elizabeth PRATT. But he did, by wife Elizabeth (-?-), have a son, Francis PIGOTT, bt Stradsett, 15 Dec 1642; also educated to the Law, at Caius College, 1659, then Lincoln's Inn, 1661. He leaves no further trace in English records that I have been able to find. And there were three known siblings - Elizabeth PIGOTT, bt 12 Aug 1641; Rachel PIGOTT, bt 29 Jun 1646; & Dorothy PIGOTT, bt 13 Sep 1648, all in Stradsett. This family has origins in Norfolk many centuries earlier, in the form of Hugh BIGOD, one of several Earls of Norfolk, about which family I propose to do another series of postings to your List in the not too distant future. One of the intriguing pieces of evidence we have which might, JUST MIGHT, link this to the Virginia family, is the name Framingham or Framlingham. It is the name of a place in Norfolk, very near Stradsett, where the BIGOD/PIGOTT family held a fortified Castle, close up to the time Francis PIGOTT left for Virgina. And it appears as a given name of one of Francis's Virginian grandsons. And, I have to say, I can find no evidence of any link to Framlingham/ Framingham, either the place, or a person, in the Bucks PIGOTT family of Colewick/Hatford/Marcham, the subject of this series of postings. Just a bit of food for thought for my American cousins. __________________________________________________________________ To be concluded. Regards, Chris PIGOTT, Potts Point, N.S.W.