William Siggins and Mary Taylor

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Husband William Siggins ¹

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Wife Mary Taylor ¹

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           Born:  - Drumcliff parish, County Sligo, Ireland
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Children

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1 M John Siggins ^{3 4}

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            AKA: James Siggins 2
           Born: 1750 - County Sligo, Ireland 4
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           Died: 1801 - Centre Co, PA 3 4
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         Spouse: Sarah Hood (1750-1835) 2 3 4
           Marr: Abt 1776 - County Sligo, Ireland

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General Notes: Husband - William Siggins

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from Drum Cliff, county of Sligo, Ireland

Two derivations are given for this interesting name. Some say that it is purely English, and that it is formed by a combination of the diminutive and the patronymic, like Jenkins, its meaning being, “son of Sig.” Sig was a common Anglo-Saxon name derived, it is thought, from a word signifying “victory.” The present family, however, have a tradition of their own, giving their name a French origin. One branch spell it Segine. It is said that the original ancestor bearing this name was a French Huguenot, who, with his family, left France on account of religious persecution and settled in Scotland, where Calvinistic views were held in greater respect. The length of their stay there is not known, but some mem­bers of the family again emigrated, settling in the north of Ireland, where their authentic his­tory begins.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 283, 541.

2 Editor, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 321.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 283.

4 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 77.