Digges Family, York county VA
Arms: Gules on a cross argent, five double-headed eagles' heads erased sable; a crescent for difference.

Sir Dudley Digges of Chilham, Kent.  Through Sir Dudley the Diggs' are eligible to many Patriotic societies:

• The Society of Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede--ancestor, Dudley Digges. 
• The Society of Colonial Governors--ancestor, Dudley Digges. 
• The Society of Daughters of the Crown--ancestor, Dudley Digges to Alfred the Great. 
• The Society of Founders and Patriots--ancestors, Dudley Digges. 
• The Society of Scions and Cavaliers--ancestor, Dudley Digges. 
• The Society of The First Families of Virginia--ancestor, Sir Dudley Digges, father of Edward Digges, whose daughter, Catherine, married William Herndon. 

Reference of the above is found--Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 9, pp. 318, 319; William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 1, pp. 87, 88, 140, 141; and in Herndon, Hunt and Allied Families, p. 55, by Nesbit and Wood

Edward Digges, son of Sir Dudley Digges of Chilham, Kent, Master of the Rolls, was born 1621, and died 15 March, 1675-6. Colonial Governor of Virginia 1656-1658. He entered Greys' Inn 19 May, 1637, and came to Virginia in 1650, settling at "Belfield," on York River. He was a member of the Council in 1654, Auditor-General 1670-75, and Governor from 31 March, 1655, to 13 March, 1657. His wife Elizabeth, who died about 1691, is believed to have been a sister of Col. John Page of York county. By her he had six sons and seven daughters. The Digges arms are on the tomb of Dudley Digges at Belfield.

Catherine Digges, daughter of Edward Digges, married William Herndon in 1677.   William patented lands in New Kent County,  Virginia, in Feb. 1674.

Virginia Heraldica
Granted by heads of state, right to possess a family insignia was once among the most closely guarded rights of Western society.  this  is a registry of Virginia families that were allowed a coat of arms. Each record provides the family name, county of residence, and detailed notes regarding the heraldic device. Perhaps more importantly, each record contains helpful genealogical notes regarding the family, including important ancestors and from where the family immigrated.

• Digges Family, York county VA
  Arms: Gules on a cross argent, five double-headed eagles' heads erased sable; a crescent for difference. Edward Digges, son of Sir Dudley Digges of Chilham, Kent, Master of the Rolls, was born 1621, and died 15 March, 1675-6. He entered Greys' Inn 19 May, 1637, and came to Virginia in 1650, settling at "Belfield," on York River. He was a member of the Council in 1654, Auditor-General 1670-75, and Governor from 31 March, 1655, to 13 March, 1657. His wife Elizabeth, who died about 1691, is believed to have been a sister of Col. John Page of York county. By her he had six sons and seven daughters. The Digges arms are on the tomb of Dudley Digges at Belfield.