Pigott family of Abington Pigotts
Dates: Documented at Abington near Shingay from the early fifteenth century; later family descent extends into the nineteenth century.
Biography
A branch of the Pigott family established an estate at Abington near Shingay in the early fifteenth century. The estate gave rise to the later place-name Abington Pigotts.
Notes / Sources
The family name is variously rendered Pigot, Pigott, and Pykot in secondary sources.
Research sources:
- Daniel Lysons and Samuel Lysons, Magna Britannia, volume II, Cambridgeshire and Cheshire, nineteenth-century county account, section on Cambridgeshire families and estates. — https://belnapfamily.org/Magna_Britannia_v2_part1.pdf
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