Daniel 5 BIGELOW
12A31. Daniel 5 BIGELOW, son of
Daniel 4 (Daniel
3,Jonathan2,
John1)
and Abigail ( ____ ) BIGELOW, was born in Hartford, Hartford
county, CT, and baptised there 3 Sep 1749. Like his father, he early went
to sea, and during the Revolution was second in command of the Ranger,
at the time of its refitting for war service (John Paul Jones was to become
its captain). At the close of the war, on 29 Sept 1782 in Boston, he married
Mary JEPSON, of whom we have no information save that she was born about
1767 (either an inaccurate birth date or a very early marriage). Daniel
followed the sea all his life, applying for a military pension in his old
age. He was rejected on account of lack of proof. His obituary ran in the
Boston papers on 3 Feb 1830, referring to his recent death in Boston.
1790 census: CT-Hartford-Hartford-Daniel Bigelow: l-0-1-0-0.
Only known child of Daniel and Mary (JEPSON) Bigelow:
12A31.1 Daniel, b ca 1786; he was a sailor like his father,
and at the time of his death (obit of 11 Oct 1806) was mate of the brig
Truxton; he died in Havana, Cuba, unmarried.
SOURCES:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. I page.93;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
articles on ship Ranger and on Capt. John Paul Jones;
pension application R828;
newspaper obits of Boston newspapers;
early Boston marriages.
Modified - 10/21/2003
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