Bygod Eggleston

Male 1587 - 1674  (~ 87 years)


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  • Name Bygod Eggleston 
    Christened 20 Feb 1587  Settrington, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    AFN 8JQF-CB 
    Buried Sep 1674 
    Died 1 Sep 1674  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Person ID I44  James Henry Martineau
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2016 

    Family 1 Mary Talcott,   b. Abt 1591, Norwich, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1637, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Married Abt 1610  Norwich, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. James Eggleston,   c. 13 Apr 1612, St. Margaret's Church, Norwich, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 15 Aug 1613, St. Margaret's Church, Norwich, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 1 years)
     2. Samuel Eggleston,   c. 13 Apr 1612, Norwich, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Mary Eggleston,   b. 6 Jan 1614, Norwich, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1684  (Age 70 years)
     4. Mercy Eggleston,   b. Abt 1619,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Samuel Eggleston,   b. 1620, Norwich, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1690  (Age 70 years)
     6. Benjamin Eggleston,   b. Abt 1621,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +7. James Eggleston,   b. 1634, Settrington, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1679, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2016 
    Family ID F17  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Wall,   b. Abt 1610, Braintree, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 8 Dec 1657  (Age ~ 47 years) 
    Married Abt 1634  Little Bromley, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2016 
    Family ID F15  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Sarah Talcott,   b. Abt 1591, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1689, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 98 years) 
    Married Aft 1657  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ancient Windsor Vol 2, pt. 1; Settrington Parish Reg. in England; New York Gen & Biog Rec. Conn N2b, Vol 10; Coe-Ward Memorial Am. Pub. H. Vol 5, p. 225; Vol 50, p. 139; A10B65, p. 710-11
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F16  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 20 Feb 1587 - Settrington, Yorkshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Abt 1610 - Norwich, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Aft 1657 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1 Sep 1674 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • BIRTH: 1992 AF: also 20 Feb 1586
      CHRISTENING: 1992 AF: also 20 Feb 1587

      Ancient Windsor Vol. 2, pt. 1; N.Y. Gen & Biog. Record, Conn. N2b, Vol. 10; Coe-Ward Memorial; Am. Pub. H. Vol. 5, p. 225; V. 50, A10B65, p. 1710-11.; Norwich Parish Reg.(Eng.) New England Reg. 1928 (roll of Arms)
      Record of Marriage and Births, in Windsor, Ct., lists 6 of his children & his death date, 1 Sep 1674 " nere 100 yer ould" (but actually eighty-seven),[Grant 35; also CTVR 28] In Early Records of Windsor,Ct Vol 5, p. 365 Bigot is listed as one of the "First Settlers of Windsor, as recorded in the Town Records of 1640, five years after their removal from Dorchester."
      He was born in Settrington,Yorkshire,Eng. in 1586, and then about 1610 accompanied or followed other members of family to Norwich, Norfolk. The last record for him at Norwich is the baptism of his dau, Mary on 19 Jan 1613/14. He then showed up in 1630 at Dorchester, which has led many to place him on the MARY & JOHN. If he were on this ship one would expect him to have come from one of the West County counties of Devon, Dorset or Somerset, but we have no record for him anywhere from 1615 to 1630.. Was the Yorkshire & Norfolk man the same as the Bigod Eggleston of Dorchester & Windsor ? There is at this time no certain evidence, but the age of the New England man is in accord with the bap. date in Settrington, the Yorkshire-Norfolk man had father & son named James while the Windsor man had son James; and no other man by the name of Bigod Eggleston has been found in England. (Great Migrations, bottom of 2nd pg. & top of p. 3.)
      Bigod Eggleston is in Matthew Grant's list of those who had been members of the church in orchester, moved to indsor with arham, and remained in the church at Windsor. [Grant 9]
      Freeman: Requested 19 Oct 1630 and admitted 18 May 1631( "as Biggot Egglestone")[MBCR,1:80,366]
      Connecticut Freemen, 21 May 1657 [CCCR 1: 297] Education: signed his will "Beget Egleston"

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Parish Reg,,Settrington,Yorks,England,, Call # Yorks S 3, p. 62 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S7] TAG 15.

    3. [S8] TAG 10, 198 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S9] Windsor Records Gen., Vol 10, p. 197 (Reliability: 3).
      "'Near 100 year old" (but actually eighty - Seven)

    5. [S10] Grant, 35 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S11] Connecticut Vital Record, 28 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S12] Record of Marriages and Births, in Windsor, Connecticut, Vol 5, p. 225 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S3] Talcott Pedigree in England and America, from 1558 to 1870, S.V. Talcott, (Weed, Parsons and Company 1876, Albany), p. 14 (Reliability: 3).