16B25. Joshua 5 BIGELOW,
son of Jabez 4 ( Gershom 3, Joshua2,
John1) and Susanna
(ELDERKIN)
BIGELOW, was born 02 January 1759 at Pittsfield, MA (but the
birth
recorded at Hebron, CT). The family moved after the Revolution to New
York
state. There, circa 1788, he married Huldah Hunt of Shoreham, VT. They
lived
on a part of his father's farm at New Lebanon, Columbia county,
NY.
He died there 10 March 1831. His wife, Hulda,
was born 30 January 1768, and died 04 November 1831 at New
Lebanon,
NY.
1790 census: NY-Columbia-Canaan-Joshua Bigelow: 1-1-1-0-0.
Children of Joshua and Huldah (Hunt) Bigelow, all born New Lebanon, Columbia co, NY:
16B25.1 Asher, b 19 Feb 1789; went south, and was an overseer on a plantation near Charleston, SC; died there ca 1825.
16B25.2 Lowisa (Louisa), b 17
Apr 1791; d 19 May 1822; Howe's Bigelow genealogy says unmarried, but
an obituary of the time says married to Simeon Rice. (see stone below)
16B25.3 Sarah, b 17 Oct 1793; d 23 Aug 1825 New Lebanon, NY; unmarried. (see stone below)
16B25.4 Samuel, b 04 Oct 1795; d 25 Sept 1857 New Lebanon, NY; m Polly Pratt (born 10 Feb 1793, d 02 Jan 1849) of Canaan. No issue. (see below) (see stone below)
16B25.5 Susanna, b 04 Mar 1797;d 10 Nov 1819 New Lebanon, NY; unmarried.
16B25.6t Hiram, b 05 Mar 1800; d 28 Oct 1863 New Lebanon; m 2 June 1831 Lucina Haight. 9 children.(see below)
16B25.7 Eliza Ann, b 24 Dec 1805; d 14 Oct 1823 New Lebanon; unmarried. (see stone below)
Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. I page.178;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
cemetery records, New Lebanon;
newspaper obituaries from collection at NY State library.
FORGE: The Bigelow Society Quarterly
Vol.
11 No. 4 Page 67:
BIGELOW FAMILY CEMETERY, New Lebanon, Columbia
county,
NY
Name dates identity,as in Bigelow genealogy:
Joshua Bigelow, died 10 Mar 1831, ae 72 yr #176-540
Hulda his wife, died 4 Nov 1831, ae 63yr, 9mo, 4das
Samuel Bigelow died 25 Sept l857, ae 62 yr #540-1274
Polly his wife died 2 Jan 1849
Jabez Bigelow jr died 30 May 1829, ae
69 yr #176-541
Almy, wife of Jabez jr, died 22 Feb 1813, ae 58 yr
Mary, consort of Jabez jr, died 20 Apr 1838, ae 68 yr
David Bigelow, died 28 Jan 1846, ae
46 yr, 4 mo, l6 das #541-1281
Gale Bigelow died 10 Oct 1843, ae 76
yr #176-545
Lucina, wife of Hiram Bigelow, died
28 Oct 1863, ae 57 yr, 8 mo, l2 das #540-1276
(there was no stone for Hiram her
husband)
Susanna Bigelow,wife of Jabez, died 16 Apr 1797, ae 7Syr #53-176
conbributed by Barbara Greene, Royal Oak, MI