Generation 1

RICHARD BIGGE (d. 1474) of Benenden

Parents: Unknown

Richard Bigge died between 12 May and 14 Jun 1474,

Richard Bigge of Benenden signed his will on 12 May 1474; it was proved on 14 Jun 1474. He asked to be buried in the parish church of St. George. His son Robert was his principal heir: he left him his tenement called Bowmannys with seven acres; his land and woods called Strodes with five acres; a piece of land called Pettefield with five acres; two pieces of land called Southfields in Maythammys marsh, containing eight acres and one acre. He also left bequests to his sons Thomas and John and two Agnes and Johan, the daughters of Robert Bygge. He left a detailed provision for his wife. [Ref]

Children of Richard and (possibly) Agnes Unknown

1. Robert Bigge 1 died between 1 Jul and 15 Sep 1500.
2. Thomas Bigge
3. John Bigge died between 21 Oct 1479, when his will was signed, and 17 May 1780, when it was proved. He married Alice Unknown. He left bequests to his mother Agnes Bygge, his sons and his sister Katherine. He also mentions his deceased father Richard and his wife Alice. [Ref]
4. Katherine Bigge

Generation 2

ROBERT BIGGE 1 (d. 1500) of Benenden

Parents: Richard Bigge and Agnes Unknown

Robert Bigge died between 1 Jul and 15 Sep 1500. [Ref]

Robert Bigge of Benenden signed his will on 1 Jul 1500; it was proved on 15 Sep 1500. He asked to be buried in the parish church of St. George. He left bequests for his daughters Agnes Watt, Johan Lellysden and Elizabeth. [Ref]

Children of Robert Bigge:

1. Agnes Bigge was born before 12 May 1474. She married [John?] Watt. [Ref]
2. Johan Bigge was born before 12 May 1474. She married Thomas Lellysden. [Ref]
3. Edward Bigge married Alice Unknown
4. Parnell Bigge married Richard Astyn. [Ref]
5. Elizabeth Bigge died between 17 Jul, when she signed her will, and 15 Sep 1500, when it was proved. In her will she mentions, among others, her goddaughter Johane Watt; the sons of Richard Astyn and Thomas Lellysden; her sister Pnell Astyn; Alice, wife of Edward Bigge; her brother Thomas and Edward Bigge. [Ref]

Generation 3

EDWARD BIGGE of Benenden

Parents: Robert Bigge 1

Edward Bigge married Alice Unknown.

Children of Edward Bigge and Alice Unknown:

1. Robert Bigge 2 (probable son) died between 13 Jan 1547/8 and 2 Jun 1548. He married Elizabeth Unknown.

   Generation 4

ROBERT BIGGE 2 (d. 1548) of Benenden

Parents: Edward Bigge and Alice Unknown

Robert Bigge died between 13 Jan 1547/8 and 2 Jun 1548. He married Elizabeth Unknown.

Robert Bigge of Benenden signed his will on 13 Jan 1547/8; it was proved on 2 Jun 1548. He asked to be buried in the parish church of St. George. He left bequests for his wife Elizabeth; his son Walter; his sons Richard and Thomas when they reached 18; his daughters Elizabeth, Dorothe, Elionor, and Alyce when they reached 18 or married. [Ref]

Children of Robert Bigge and Elizabeth Unknown: all except Walter born before 13 Jan 1529/30.

1. Walter Bigge may have married Marian Asten on 16 Dec 1554 in Benenden. [Ref] Administration on the estate of Walter Bigge of Benenten was granted to his widow Marian on 17 Aug 1575. [Ref]
2. Richard Bigge
3. Thomas Bigge
4. John Bigge
5. Elizabeth Bigge
6. Dorothy Bigge
7. Eleanor Bigge
8. Alice Bigge married Thomas Tilden on 10 Mar 1576/7 in Benenden.

 Generation 5

ALICE BIGGE

Parents: Robert Bigge 2 and Elizabeth Unknown

Alice Bigge was buried on 13 May 1593 in Tenterden. [Ref] She married Thomas Tilden [Ref] on 10 Mar 1576/7 in Tenterden. [Ref]

References

Family Genealogies

Clark, David Sanders, Notes on the Otis family and Related Families, Washington, DC, unknown, 1965.

French, Elizabeth, "Genealogical Research in England," in Gary Boyd Roberts, ed., English Origins of New England Families, from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, v. 1-3, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1984.

French, Elizabeth, "Genealogical Research in England," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 66, 1913, 54-61.