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[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 22, Ed. 1, Tree #3104, Date of Import: Dec 9, 1998]
The story of the Wiggs of SC begins in 1705/06 with Richard Wigg. He first appears on the records of the Court of Ordinary on 26 Feb 1705/6, as an appraiser of the estate of John Marshall, trader [Abstracts from the Records of the Court of the Ordinary 1700-1712) In 1708 he executed a bond to Gov. Johnson for John Moore's proper adm. of the estate of Simon Merrick of Berkley Co.. He probably arrived in this country in later part of the 17th c. or very early 18th c.
The proven lineage of Richard Wigg begins after 1450, with John Wigg, lord of the recotry manor of Mentmore in co. Buckingham. 6 generations of Wiggs subsequently prospered in Mentmore and in London.
In 1634 Richard Wigg, Gent. of London was granted arms {Arms: Argent, a fess engrailed between three amulets sable. Crest: a gauntlet erect proper.] Not the same arms used by Edward Wigg in SC.
The Richard Wigg who came to SC was the youngest son of the 5th Thomas Wigg and his wife Alice. He was the nephew of Richard Wigg and his wife, the former Frances Hillersdon of Stoke Hammond, Buckinghamshire.
Soon after he arr. in SC, Richard Wigg was est. as a merchant on the island of Port Royal, and on 7 Aug 1711, he received a warrant for 500 acres of land in Craven Co.(warrants for Land in SC 1672-1711, ed. A.S.Salley Jr. p.240. A records of this grant to Wigg 9 Jun 1714, appears in Records of Mesne Conveyance Book A3:14, Charleston Co. Courthouse]. Some time before this he had married Sarah Croft, dau. of Capt John Croft and his wife Katherine Childermas. (gift of John Croft to his dau. Sarah Wigg, a negro woman named Juno and her issue. Misc. Records (1726-1727 p.359, Charleston Co.Court House)
Richard Wigg 
