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#WHERE DID THE PILGRIMS COME FROM SERIES#
Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia series (1950s) features a character named Digory Kirke. Thomas Hardy’s The Return of the Native (1878) includes a character named Diggory Venn, and C. It’s a version of a name that’s been spelled many different ways: Diggory, Digory, Digorie, Digery, Digerie, Deggory, Deggary, Degorie, Degorye, Degore, Degarre, and so forth.ĭiggory and Digory seem to be the preferred spellings nowadays, at least among writers.
(His family stayed behind in 1620, but all three eventually crossed the Atlantic.)ĭegory Priest signed the Mayflower Compact in mid-November, but - like dozens of other Pilgrims - didn’t last long in the New World. He was a hatter by profession, and he had a wife named Sarah and two daughters named Marah and Sarah. He was about 40 when he sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. So, this year, let’s finally dig into Degory. And, every November, I look over those Pilgrim names and think to myself, “What’s up with the name Degory?” Every November, I get a ton of traffic to my Pilgrim names post.