Hi Teresa,
Can you provide more information? You mention "Essex", but where?....England, MA., Ontario, Canada, etc. Can you go back even one more generation of Jiggens with dates?
Jiggens is not a common name as I am sure you are finding out. The line I research is one that started in England with Matthew Jiggens coming to Quebec, Canada, then a son of his moved westward to southwestern Ontario and finally to Detroit....this all in one generation. The progenitor in the USA was Henry Jiggens and a large number of his descendants are in the mid USA today.
Ernie.....Ontario.....Canada
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