In Memory of
JOSEPH GALE
Son of
Gale & Sarah Bigelow
died July 22, 1842
............................
16B2A. Gale 5 BIGELOW, son of Jabez 4 ( Gershom 3, Joshua2, John1) and Susanna (ELDERKIN) BIGELOW, was born 29 November 1766, allegedly at Pittsfield, MA [but the family's ten children are all recorded at Hebron, CT]. From Pittsfield the family moved to New Lebanon (see below), Columbia co, NY. There Gale married, on 31 December 1798, Sarah Pratt, daughter of Obadiah and Jemima ( Tolls ) Pratt. She was born 03 September 1781. They were farmers at New Lebanon. Gale died there 10 October 1843, Sarah on ___ ? Sarah died November 16, 1858, in Nassau, New York, and a will was filed there in Vol. 51 pg 381, file 137, dated June 15, 1858. (see below)
Children of Gale and Sarah (Pratt) Bigelow, all born New Lebanon, Columbia county, NY:
l6B2A.1 Ralph Pratt, b 27 Aug 1800.
l6B2A.2t Thomas Allen, b 18 Dec 1802; d 8 July 1879 Gridley, Butte co, CA; m 22 Jan 1826 Jane Wallace; res IL and CA. 7 children.
16B2A.3t Rachel Hall, b 26 June 1805; d 13 Jun 1902 Columbia co, WI; m 27 Feb 1825 Jesse Van Ness; res WI. 5 children.
16B2A.4 Charlotte, b 18 June 1808; d 18 Sep 1876 Columbia co, WI; m William Sherman.
16B2A.5 Elizabeth Mary, b 05 June 1810; d ____ ; m Nathan Gardiner. (see below)
16B2A.6t Obadiah Griswold, b 28 May 1812; d____; m (1) Sarah ___ ; (2) 1865 Clara Bell Couch; res Chatham, NY.
16B2A.7 Lovina, b 22 May 1814; d____ 1897; m ___ Briggs.
16B2A.8 Sarah, b 27 July 1816; d 16 Aug 1816; died in 1843, not 1819 and was buried in Bigelow Cemetery ( see below).
16B2A.9 Joseph Gale, b l4 Jan 1819; d 22 Nov 1822.
16B2A.A Esther, b 28 Nov 1820.
16B2A.B Joseph Gale, b 21 July 1822; d 22
July 1822; (1842?) unmarried. (see below)
Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. I page.179;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
Melville M. Bigelow papers;
cemetery inscriptions, Columbia Co, WI;
American Ancestry (biography of Obadiah G. Bigelow);
Butte co, CA records;
correspondence with family descendants:
"A few extra pieces of info in regards to this family that you didn't
have. Sarah Pratt Bigelow's mothers maiden name was Tolls.
Sarah and Gale had another son, unnamed b. in August 1799 and died
August 28, 1799, and buried
in the Bigelow Cemetery, in New Lebanon. Ralph's middle name was
Pratt,
Rachel's middle name was Hall, Elizabeth's middle name was Mary, Sarah
(the daughter) died in 1843, not 1819 and was buried in
Bigelow Cemetery. both Josephs had the middle name of Gale.
Gale's
wife Sarah died November 16, 1858, in Nassau, New York, and a will was
filed
there in Vol. 51 pg 381, file 137, dated June 15, 1858. I have
not
been able to find out where she was buried. I have been to the
Bigelow
Cemetery myself back in 1995, and did not find a tombstone with her
name. The index of the cemetery that I looked at at the Library at
Pittsfield,
Massachusetts, did not say that she was buried there either.
Maybe
the index was made after her tombstone was gone." (Kent Holbrook)
holbrookstein@juno.com
(invalid email 2002)
Subject: Gale Biglow page
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 18:27:26 -0900
From: Mike Biglow < mjb5491@iname.com >
I just tried to contact the Kent Holbrook guy, whose address was
holbrookstein@juno.com. He no longer has that email address. Do
you by any chance have a current email address for him or a postal
address.
From what he wrote, I suspect he is a relative of Gale's of some
sort. I have things in which he might well be
interested, so I would like to get in contact with him.
<
rodbigelow@netzero.net > 
