159B1. Elisha 5 BIGELOW son of
Elisha 4, Isaac 3 ( Samuel 2,
Johnl) and Mary (KILBORN)
BIGELOW, was born 26 February 1752, Colchester, New London co, CT. He
married in Colchester, 16 December 1773 Wealthea Gorton, born 26 February
1753. Daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Leffingwell) Gorton. They lived some
years in Colchester, then moved to Reading, VT, where Wealtha died 11 March
1813. Elisha married (2) Susanna Townsend on 13 December 1814. He died 15
November 1826 at Reading; Susanna on 10 March 1849, age 79 years.
1790 census: VT-Windsor-Reading-Elisha Bigelow: 2-2-3-0-0.
Children of Elisha and Wealtha (Gorton) Bigelow:
159B1.lt Elisha, b 05 Feb 1775 Colchester; d 20 Feb 1840 Reading, VT; m Rhoda Goddard; res Reading, VT. 8 children.
159B1.2t Joseph, b 02 Oct 1776 Colchester; d 16 Mar 1813 Reading, VT; m Sabra Merrill. 2 children.
159B1.3 Wealtha, b 26 Sept 1778 Colchester; d 20 Oct 1778.
159B1.4 Wealtha, b 14 Nov 1779 Colchester; d 29 Feb 1840 Reading, VT; m 4 July 1801 Bailey Merrill.
159B1.5t Polly, b 11 Nov 1782 Colchester; d unknown; m 08 Nov 1801 Williarn Perkins; res Reading, VT. 3 children.
159B1.6t Jared, b 26 Apr 1786 Colchester; d 08 Aug 1856 Reading, VT; m (1) Lucinda Hapgood; (2) Sylvia Edminster; (3) Martha Robinson; res Reading, VT. 7 children.
159B1.7 Benjamin Gorton, b 21 Mar 1792 Reading, VT; d 14 Nov 1867; m Lucy Kendall. no issue.
159B1.8 Clarissa, b 12 Mar 1797 Reading, VT; d 27 Mar 1835; m 19 Dec 1819 Thomas Sawyer.
Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol I pg 142-143,384;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
vital records VT.
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