Jabez ⁶ BIGELOW

16C52.2     Jabez ⁶ BIGELOW, son of Jabez ⁵ ( Jabez ⁴ , Eleazer ³ Joshua², John¹), and Betsy (McINTOSH) BIGELOW, was born 25 November 1789 at Newbury, Orange county, VT. He married Eleanor Chamberlain. He died 13 November 1850. She died 28 December 1863, aged 78 years, at Hartford, CT,.

Children of Jabez and Eleanor (Chamberlain) Bigelow:

16C52.21t    Paschel, b ____ 1816 Ryegate, VT; d 18 July 1870 Hartford, CT; m (1) 5 Dec 1840 (Lowell, MA) Martha Kelly, and (2)2 Nov 1860 Sarah F. Ludlow. 1 son.

16C52.22     Mary, b _ ; d ___ ; m Elmer ___ ; res Hartford, CT.

16C52.23     Charles C., b abt 1825; d ____ ; m Huldah Atlanta Smith (b 1828 Lyman, NH); dau Martha Bigelow (this is a possible match (see below)) 

16C52.24     Lizzie M., b 1828; d ____ ; m 03 Oct 1865 Stebbins Smith; res Monroe, NH.

Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. I page.364;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America; 

Gen Forum note:
I'm looking for a Charles C. Bigelow probably born abt 1825 or so. He married my
gg grandmother, Huldah Atlanta Smith, who was born 1828 in Lyman, NH. They had
a daughter Martha. Huldah married 2nd husband Alexander Manson, my gg grandfather,
abt. 1864. I'm just interested in what might have become of the daughter Martha
Bigelow, if there were other children of that marriage, and to see if any Bigelows out
there may be descended from Charles & Huldah. I have no idea where Charles was
born or where they met and married. I have the parents of Charles as Jabez & Eleanor (Chamberlain)
from notes that my aunt made. I have no idea if it's true. Thanks, Leslie    Iceanga@roadrunner.com

Descendant note:
Just a note to give you a quick report about our trip to Vermont.  It was a wonderful trip.  The weather was wonderful and even though we live in the foothills of the Berkshires and in the shadow of the Catskills we felt like "flatlanders" in the Green Mountains of Vermont.  It has been 30 years since I have been there and I had forgotten how beautiful it was.
We started off in the Town Clerks office of Ryegate Corners.  The clerk was very helpful and I was able to find many of the Bigelow records, ie. birth, death and etc.
There were no surprises there but I bought the History of Ryegate, published in 1906 . It has the Bigelow genealogy as it pertains to that town.  I found that Jabez ⁶ died as a result of being kicked by a horse.  The town clerk told us where the cemeteries were and we went searching.  The first one was easy to find and we were able to find the graves of the John ⁶ Bigelows. The next cemetery was more of a challenge to find. It was on a dirt road way up a mountain.  We found no Bigelows there. By now it was late and the offices in Newbury were closed so we found a motel, ate and settled in for the night. In reading the town history book that night I found that Jabez ⁵ was buried at Wells River( the town between Ryegate and Newbury)  In the morning we stopped at one of the little tourist info booths and asked where the cemetery was.
Well, this was a trip and a half.  The cemetery is up a mountain and behind a farm.  One must go into the farmers driveway and proceed through to the cemetery.  Fred and I went stone by stone looking for Jabez.  It is not an easy task as many of the stones are in poor condition and almost impossible to read.  At the very end of the cemetery were a group of stones that appeared to have no writing on them and were old.  We looked behind them and found that the writing on them was on the other side.  There, big as life were Jabez ⁵ and Jabez ⁶.  Very exciting for me!!!!  This was my first real find.  I must say that it was almost spiritual and we are now rethinking our decision about cremation. I took pictures and hope they come out well enough to read.  The stones were in really good shape considering how some of the others around them looked.
We visited the Newbury clerk next and got no info. I will get all of this info together after I read the books,( I bought the Newbury History too).  I will create pages about the Jabez's along with the pictures and scan them in to send you.  If you want anything else let me know.  There is a lot of info re John ⁶ Bigelow  in this book.  That info may already be in circulation.
Next, I guess I have to work on Paschal ⁷.  Thanks....Grace Bigelow Conover    E-mail    B4Dstorm@aol.com

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