Pigg, Hezekiah Ford

Abt 1742 - 1785  (43 years)

• Name	Pigg, Hezekiah Ford
  Born	Abt 1742	, Pittsylvania, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Nov 1785	, Pittyslvania, Virginia
  Person ID	I2381	Taylor
  Last Modified	3 May 2005

  
  

  Father	Pigg, John Ghent,   b. 1716, , King and Queen, Virginia ,   d. 21 Feb 1785, , Pittsylvania, Virginia  (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Clements, Ann,   b. 1712, , Gloucester, Virginia ,   d. , Pittsylvania, Virginia
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	,,Virginia
  Family ID	F1002	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1744, , Pittsylvania, Virginia ,   d. , Pittsylvania, Virginia
  Married	Abt 1762	, Pittsylvania, Virginia
  Children	1. Pigg, Kathy,   b. Abt 1763, , Pittyslvania, Virginia  [Birth]   2. Pigg, Hezekiah,   b. Abt 1763, , Pittyslvania, Virginia ,   d. Bef May 1832, Ky, Virginia  (Age 69 years)  [Birth]   3. Pigg, Nancy,   b. Abt 1765, , Pittsylvania, Virginia ,   d. Bef 1832  (Age 66 years)  [Birth]   4. Pigg, John,   b. Abt 1769, , Pittyslvania, Virginia ,   d. 20 May 1816, , Pittyslvania, Virginia  (Age 47 years)  [Birth]   5. Pigg, William,   b. Abt 1771, , Pittsylvania, Virginia  [Birth]   6. Pigg, Annie,   b. Abt 1773, , Pittyslvania, Virginia  [Birth] + 7. Pigg, Clement,   b. Abt 1775, , Pittyslvania, Virginia ,   d. Sep 1849  (Age 74 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F572	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Histories

  John Ghent Pigg The Last Will and Testament (Credit: Gayle M. Holmes)

  
  

• Notes

  Maud Carter Clement's History of Pittsylvania County Virginia. p.27 .....Byrd's party proceeded to the forks of the Dan and Staunton Rivers.....Six miles beyond the forks they came to the house of Peter Mitchell, who was "the highest inhabitant up"; then for six miles they rode "through charming Low Grounds to a large stream which we agreed to name Banister River." Mr. John Banister was a member of Colonel Byrd's party and no doubt it was in his honor the stream was named. p.142 ......On account of the tax that had been laid on tea, the drinking of tea was banned, to partake of the beverage was considered a virtual act of treason. Captain John Pigg, a vestryman and captain of the local militia, was reported to the committee as one who had violated the Association "by drinking and making use of in his family the detestable East Indian tea." When summoned to appear before the Committee in May 1776, Captain Pigg boldly refused, considering it an imperitnent interference in his family affairs and replied that, "he would do as he pleased." In their righteous indignation the Committee at once published him in the Gazzette as being "inimical to the cause.".....(footnote 20) John Pigg was the son of Paul Pigg of Amelia County, who moved to Pittsylvania when a very old man, and whose will is the first on record in the Clerk's Office. John Pigg was as early settler and Pigg River was named for him. He married Anne Clement and his will was proven February 1785, in which he bequeathed to his only son Hezekiah Ford Pigg the mill tract, his two guns, rifle and sliver buckles.