16C55.3 Abraham Gilbert 6 BIGELOW, son of Abraham 5 ( Jabez 4 , Eleazer 3 Joshua2, John1), and Syrena (RICHARDSON) BIGELOW, was born 2 Sep 1798 in Princeton, Worcester county, MA. He married on 4 Dec 1822 Rebecca Baxter Howe, daughter of Windsor and Nabby (Baxter) Howe. She was a descendant of the Richard Baxter who was a first settler of Princeton. She was born ______ at Princeton. They resided on the old Baxter farm, and Abraham died there Jan 1836. Rebecca married (2) Jan 1838 William Bartlett, and later resided at Bolton.
Children of Abraham G. and Rebecca B. (Howe) Bigelow, all born at Princeton, Worcester co, MA:
16C55.31t Windsor Howe, b 25 Mar 1823; d ____ 1875 Bolton, MA; m ____ (date) Letitia Bell. 4 children.
16C55.32 Abram Gilbert; b ____ ; d 22 July 1825.
16C55.33t Abram Gilbert, b 29 Aug 1826; d ____ (after 1889) Princeton, MA; m 27 Nov 1850 Delicea Wheeler; res Princeton. 4 children.
16C55.34t Benjamin Heywood, b 18 Nov 1829; d 8 July 1864 New Orleans, LA (of typhoid fever, while serving in Civil War, 7th Battery, Artillery, MA Vols); m Rebecca Kendall. 3 children.
16C55.35t Abigail Cynena, b 1 Apr 1832; d ____ ; m David J. Reed; res Princeton. 2 children.
16C55.36 Mary Rebecca, b 28 Dec 1834; d ____ ; m 2 Sep 1885 Abram Sawin; res South Gardner, MA. Family not known.
Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. I page.365;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
vital records Princeton.