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Catherine Digges Herndon 1654–1729 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 01 Jan 1654

Birth Location: Orange County, Virginia, United States of America

Death Date: 1729

Death Location: Caroline County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: Edward, Ancestor

Mother: Elizabeth Page

Spouse(s): WILLIAM HERNDON

Children(s): Edward Herndon, Philip Herndon, Anne Herndon, James HERNDON, James Herndon, William Harrington, Mary HERNDON, Philip Herndon

Catherine Digges Herndon was born in 1654 in Orange County, Virginia, United States of America, the child of Edward Sir Digges Son Of Dudley Governor Of Virginia Colony Imm England To Virginia 1650 Godiva Society Qualifying Gateway Ancestor And Elizabeth Wyatt Page. Catherine Digges Herndon married William Herndon, and had children including Anne Herndon, Edward Herndon, James C Herndon, James Herndon, Mary Lee Herndon, Philip Herndon, William Harrington. Catherine Digges Herndon passed away in 1729 in Caroline County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Catherine Digges Herndon was born in 1654 in Orange County, Virginia, United States of America, the child of Edward Sir Digges Son Of Dudley Governor Of Virginia Colony Imm England To Virginia 1650 Godiva Society Qualifying Gateway Ancestor And Elizabeth Wyatt Page.
  • Catherine Digges Herndon married William Herndon, and had children including Anne Herndon, Edward Herndon, James C Herndon, James Herndon, Mary Lee Herndon, Philip Herndon, William Harrington.
  • Catherine Digges Herndon passed away in 1729 in Caroline County, Virginia, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edward, Ancestor
1621–1675
Birth Location: Chilham Castle, England
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Elizabeth Page
1625–1691
Birth Location: York County, Virginia
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Spouses(s)

WILLIAM HERNDON
1649–1722
Birth Location: Tenterden, Kent, England
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Children(s)

Edward Herndon
1678–1758
Birth Location: St Stephens Parish, New Kent, Colonial, Virginia, USA
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Philip Herndon
1680–1759
Birth Location: New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States
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Anne Herndon
1712–1777
Birth Location: Orange, Virginia, USA
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James HERNDON
1700–1744
Birth Location: New Port, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
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James Herndon
1683–1744
Birth Location: New kent now, King and Queen, Virginia, United States
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William Harrington
1685–1759
Birth Location: New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States
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Mary HERNDON
1680–
Birth Location: St Stephens, New Kent, Virginia
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Philip Herndon
1687–1759
Birth Location: New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States
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Catherine Herndon's Ancestors

Self
Catherine Herndon
1654–1729
Birth Place: Orange County, Virginia, United States of America
Parents
Edward, Sir Digges, son of Dudley Governor of Virginia Colony, IMM England to Virginia 1650, Godiva Society Qualifying Gateway Ancestor
1621–1675
Chilham Castle, England
Elizabeth (Wyatt) Page
1625–1691
York County, Virginia
Grandparents
John (Francis) Page
1594–1678
Harrow, Middlesex, England
Isabel (Bland Wyatt) Page
1598–1678
Allington Castle, Kent, Middlesex, England
Great-Grandparents
Francis Page
1543–1628
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Catherine Herndon's Descendants

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Catherine (Digges) Herndon (01 Jan 1654–1729) m. WILLIAM HERNDON (1649–1722)
  1. 1. Edward Herndon 1678–1758 m. Mary Herndon 1680–1755 m. N. Leftwich 1695–1723 m. MARY (ELIZABETH) WALLER 1674–1727
    1. 1. John (Elliot) Herndon 1700–1786 m. Sarah Pomfrett 1725–1784 m. Mary George 1708–1729
      1. 1. Joseph Herndon 1743–1804
        1. 1. Jane Herndon 1775–1852 m. Francis (Roberts) Jr 1774–1864
      2. 2. Sarah (Herndon -) Snipes 1745–1791
        1. 1. Frances (“Fanny” (Snipes)) Austin 1769–1851
      3. 3. Mary (Magdalene) Herndon 1739–1788 m. Johann (Martin) Gaumer\Comer 1714–1815
        1. 1. MARY (MOLLY) COMER 1772–1816 m. Martin (Luther) Kibler 1772–1852
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Comer) Painter 1763–1849
        3. 3. Rebecca (Margareda (Mary Peggy)) Comer 1770–1847
        4. 4. Eve Miller 1774–1844
        5. 5. Christiana Comer 1771–1818
        6. 6. Susannah Comer 1775–1849
        7. 7. William Comer 1751–1755
        8. 8. John Comer 1760–
        9. 9. Henry Comer 1762–1807
        10. 10. Katherine Comer 1780–
      4. 4. Jacob Herndon 1736–1796
    2. 2. Anne Lea 1720–1777
    3. 3. Esther Herndon 1723–1767
    4. 4. Catherine Herndon 1716–1792
    5. 5. Elizabeth Herndon 1712–1788
    6. 6. Zachariah Herndon 1713–1786
    7. 7. Joseph Herndon 1710–1786
    8. 8. William (Pendleton) Herndon 1706–1773
    9. 9. Anne Herndon 1706–1777
    10. 10. James Herndon 1716–1764
    11. 11. David Herndon 1712–1795 m. Mary (Waller) Lewis 1716–1806
      1. 1. Benjamin Herndon 1760–1814 m. Nancy (Anne) Newton 1763–1831
        1. 1. John Herndon 1785–1845
        2. 2. Phillip Herndon 1783–1859
        3. 3. William Herndon 1782–1830
        4. 4. James Herndon 1791–
        5. 5. Lucinda Herndon 1797–1834
        6. 6. Margaret Herndon 1798–1830
        7. 7. Frances Herndon 1803–
        8. 8. David (C.) Herndon 1795–
        9. 9. Benjamin (Herndon) Jr 1806–1850
        10. 10. Hattie Herndon 1779–
        11. 11. Mary Herndon 1787–
      2. 2. Capt (Edmund) Herndon 1760–1841
      3. 3. Francis Herndon 1751–1819
      4. 4. David Herdon 1766–
      5. 5. Robert Herndon 1763–
    12. 12. Martha Herndon 1710–1766
    13. 13. Richard Herndon 1706–1754
    14. 14. Anne Tolbert 1706–1777
    15. 15. Edward (II) Herndon 1702–1759
    16. 16. James Herndon 1698–1758
    17. 17. John Herndon 1724–1786
    18. 18. Nancy Herndon 1700–1768
    19. 19. Zachariah Herndon 1698–
    20. 20. Baby (Girl) HERNDON 1703–1714
    21. 21. Zachariah Herndon 1717–1798
    22. 22. Edward Herndon 1738–1831
    23. 23. Esther Herndon 1723–1767
  2. 2. Philip Herndon 1680–1759
  3. 3. Anne Herndon 1712–1777
  4. 4. James HERNDON 1700–1744
  5. 5. James (C.) Herndon 1683–1744
  6. 6. William Harrington 1685–1759
  7. 7. Mary (Lee) HERNDON 1680–
  8. 8. Philip Herndon 1687–1759

Catherine Herndon's Timeline

2 Records

1654
01 Jan 1654
Birth of Catherine Digges Herndon in Orange County, Virginia, United States of America
Orange County, Virginia, United States of America
1729
1729
Age 75
Death of Catherine Digges Herndon in Caroline County, Virginia, United States of America
Caroline County, Virginia, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 01 Jan 1654
    Event Place: Orange County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1729
    Event Place: Caroline County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
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