Abijah 6 BIGELOW

15578.6      Abijah 6 BIGELOW, son of Abijah 5 ( Jacob 4, Thomas 3, Samuel 2, John1)  and  Mercy Amelia (SPRING) BIGELOW, was born 16 August 1792 at Waltham, Middlesex county, MA. He married, on 13 May 1824 (1) Susan Maria Phelps, daughter of Dr. Elisha Phelps of Windsor, VT. She was born 27 February 1800, and died 15 November 1829 in Montreal, Quebec, leaving two children. He married (2) 30 January 1834 Rebecca Edwards Ogden, daughter of Governor Odgen of Odgensburgh, NY. Abijah was in mercantile business in Montreal a number of years, and circa 1836 moved to LaPorte, IN, and afterwards to Cincinnati, OH.

Children of Abijah and Susan M. (Phelps) Bigelow:

15578.61     Martha Amelia, b 6 Apr 1825; d 16 Jan 1846 LaPorte, IN; unmarried.

15578.62     Edward, b 15 Aug 1826 Montreal; d _____ ; a lawyer, moved to California.

Children of Abijah Bigelow by his second wife, Rebecca E. Ogden:

15578.63     William Henry, b 18 May 1835 Montreal, Que.

15578.64     Charlotte Maria, b 27 Dec 1836 LaPorte, IN.

15578.65     Rebecca Gertrude Ogden, b 27 Sep 1838 LaPorte, IN; d ____ ; m 27 Apr 1870 George Frederick Bigelow-15578.52.

15578.66     Sarah Ogden, b 30 May 1841 LaPorte, IN.

15578.67     John G. Ogden, b 15 May 1844 LaPorte, IN; a lawyer in New Orleans, LA.

Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol I, pg 262-263;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America; page 204;
Bond's Watertown - 1860 
Abijah Bigelow & wife, Elisha Phelps.
p.36
6. Abijah Bigelow, b. Aug 16, 1792; some time a merchant in Montreal, afterwards of

           Laporte, Iowa and now (1850) of Cinncinnati; m. May 13, 1824, Susan Maria, b.
           Feb. 27, 1800, dau of Dr. Elisha Phelps, of Windsor, Vt.  She died in Montreal,
           Nov. 15,  1830 leaving 2 children.  He m. (2) Jan 30, 1834, Rebecca Edwards Ogden,
           dau of Governeur Ogden of Ogdensburg, N.Y. Five children.
                 1. Martha Amelia Bigelow b. April 6, 1825; died in Laporte, Jan 16, 1846.
                 2. Edward Bigelow b. in Montreal Aug 15, 1826; a lawyer, now in California.
                 3. William Henry Bigelow b. in Montreal May 18, 1835.
                 4. Charlotte Maria Bigelow b. at Bigelow's Mills, Iowa, Dec. 27, 1836.
                 5. Rebecca Gertrude Bigelow b. Sept 27, 1838.
                 6. Sarah Ogden Bigelow b. May 30, 1841.
                 7. John G. Ogden Bigelow b. May 15, 1844.

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Dannemora, NY  12929

 
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