It begins with Sir Walter Biggar Lord Great Chamberlain of All Scotland from 1348-1369. He also was in the High Orders and Vicar or Rector of the Parish of Errol in Perthshire
Scotland
Edinburgh Castle
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1348-1369 - Sir Walter Biggar Lord Great Chamberlain of All Scotland
1596 - Robert Biggart, who was laureated at the University of Glasgow in, was minister of Kirkconncl, Dumfriesshire
1661 to 1686 - Major John Biggar. appears at intervals as a Commissioner of Supply for the Shire of Edinburgh.
May 1661, - Major John Biggar was appointed a Commissioner to try witches in Fisherrow and Gilmerton (Acts of Parliament of Scotland, Vols. VI.-VIII.).
1689 - Laird of Woolmet appointed a Cornet of Militia for the Shire of Edinburgh
1690 - William Biggar of Woolmet is appointed a Commissioner of Supply
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1560? -1638 Herbert Biggar of Barboy appears as the first ascertainable member of the Kirkcudbrightshire family following the family's displacement as a result of the persecution of the early 1600s. Herbert Biggar received on March 10, 1614, a grant of land from the Crown through the Archbishop of Glasgow, including the Barony of Bishop Forest, Parish of Kirkpatrick-Irongray, Stewartry of Kirkcudbrightshire.
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Family Branches
Kirkcudbrightshire - Dumfriesshire & Galloway - Selkirkshire
Judging by the Arms the Biggar family is a branch of the Stewarts of Galloway, along with wearing their plaid and colours.
Dumfries & Galloway
Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Peeblesshire,
kent & Cumberland, England,
Quebec & Ontario, Canada
Pennsylvania, Boston, New York, USA.
Kingston, Jamaica.
Dumfries & Galloway
Lanarkshire, Ayrshire, Scotland.
New Zealand
British Columbia, Canada
England
Dumfries & Galloway
​Cheshire, Lancashire, England
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Michigan, USA
Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec, Canada
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SCT.95 William Biggar & Lydia Murdoch
Dumfries & Galloway
John Biggar
&
Mary Rogerson
Dumfries & Galloway
Prince Edward Island
Canada
SCT.22
James Biggar
&
Agnes Greison
Dumfries & Galloway
Walter Biggar
&
Hannah Hayter
New Brunswick, Canada
SCT.7
Thomas Biggar
&
Helen Lauder
Selkirkshire, Scotland
Edinburgh, Scotland
Herbert Biggar
of Barbuie
Dumfries & Galloway
Walter Biggar
&
Hannah Hayter
New Brunswick, Canada
Scotland To USA
Virginia, Missouri, Kentucky
Bigger(s), Woodward, Macon, Bibb.