Descendants
Five of the thirteen Digges children survived to adulthood:
- William (- 24 July 1697); he married Elizabeth Wharton, step-daughter of Lord Baltimore, and had ten children.
- Dudley (- 8 Jan 1710); he married Susannah Cole and produced four children.
- Mary (- 1690/91); she married her first cousin Francis Page, and had a daughter Elizabeth, who in turn married a first cousin (John Page) and died in 1702, aged 19, leaving two children (John and Elizabeth), both of whom died without issue.
- Anne (- 1686); she married William Cole and had two sons, both of whom died in childhood.
- Edward; he shared in the 1692 division of his mother's estate, but died unmarried and without issue.
As a result of this tragic family history of early deaths, there are today no descendants of Governor Edward Digges except those who descend from his sons William and Dudley.
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