Mount Auburn Cemetery; Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA
Children of Abraham and Hepsibeh (Jones) Bigelow, all born Cambridge, Suffolk co, MA:
1555C.lt Horatio, b 30 May 1790; d Mar 1824 New Orleans, LA; m ca 1812 (announced in Columbia Centinel, 12 Dec 1812) Anna Maria Ripley. 2 children.
1555C.2 Amelia Hepsibeh, b 25 Apr 1792; d 10 Nov 1865 (aged 73)Boston, Suffolk County, MA; m 17 Aug 1835 Dr. George Cheyne Shattuck (1783-1854), his second wife. No issue.
1555C.3t Abraham (Commodore), b l4 Mar 1794; d ___ 1861 Chicago, IL; m Louisa __ ; he was a career man in the U.S. Navy, though often furloughed at half-pay. His last command was of the lighthouse and station at Chicago, where he was living in 1850. He retired in 1857. He owned considerable property in the Chicago area. 2 children.
1555C.4 Anna Maria, bapt 14 Oct 1798; d
27 Oct 1805.
Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol I, pg
125-126;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
Weston and Cambridge, MA vital records;
newspaper obituaries;
military records, National Archives;
probate records, George A. Bigelow (son of Comm. Abraham);
census 1850.