Dudley Digges Jr.

Dudley Digges (1694–1771) was a Virginia attorney, merchant, planter and politician who served in the House of Burgesses representing the newly created Goochland County (1730–1732). Possibly the least known of three related men of the same name who served in the Virginia legislature during the 18th century, this man was the son of Dudley Digges Sr. who served in both houses of the Virginia legislature and bought the family's historic E.D. plantation in York County from his cousin (and either he or descendants named it Bellfield or Bellefield). Genealogist John Frederick Dorman found that although this Dudley Digges was appointed a justice of the peace in Goochland County in 1735, three years later he bought 600 acres and moved back to James City County (which adjoins York County; the main street in Williamsburg still partly dividing the counties).

This Dudley Digges married Mary Hubard, and none of their children had children. However, their daughter Maria Digges became stewardess of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg. However, Dorman believes this man's namesake son was the smallpox casualty, but does not give an alternate date of death for this man (the father), only notes that his other son, Edward Digges (d. 1815 or 1816) served as an infantry captain in the Revolutionary War before being committed to the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg, where he died.