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Children of John and Grace (ALLEN) BIGELOW:
16161 Lucy, b 27 May 1740 Weston; d 14 Sept 1807 Westford; m 17 Sept 1766 (Westford) Joseph DUTTON jr.; res Westford. 6 children.
16162 Beulah, b 20 Sept 1741 Weston; d ___ ?; m 22 Sept 1768 (Westford) Jonathan HALL of Ashby, MA. (see below)
16163 John, (a twin), b 8 Nov 1743 Weston; d 14 Feb 1822 Conway, MA; m 11 Sept 1770 Mary or Molly MELVIN; res Conway, MA. 14 known children(15 implied).
16164 Nathan, (a twin), b 8 Nov 1743 Weston; d Feb 1816 Crown Point, Essex co, NY; m 11 Sept 1770 Elizabeth OAKES; res Ashburnham, MA and Jaffrey, NH. 12 children.
16165 Sarah, b 12 Feb 1745 Weston; d 23 Dec 1811 Jaffrey, NH; m 15 Nov 1768 (Westford) Thomas DUTTON; res Ashburnham, MA and Jaffrey, NH. 10 children.
16166 Silas, b 17 Mar 1750 Stow, MA; d 17 May 1797 New Ipswich, NH; m (intention of 30 July 1774) Rachel PITTS; res Westford, Lunenburg, and Ashburnham, all in MA, then after 1787 Ipswich, NH. 10 children.
16167 Simeon, b 12 Apr 1752 Acton, MA; d 13 July 1837 Brandon, VT; m (1) 14 Dec 1780 Sarah FOSTER; (2) 14 Mar 1790 Elizabeth AVERY; (3) 21 July 1804 Mrs. Sarah AVERY; res Conway, MA and Brandon, VT. 13 children.
16168 Molly, b 6 Apr 1754 Acton; d 6 May 1775 Acton; m 19 Dec 1774 John OVERLOCK. No issue.
16169 Grace, b 22 Apr 1757 Acton; d _____
; m 24 Feb 1785 in Ashburnham, Worcester co, MA, Stephen HALL of Ashby, MA.
1616A Eunice, b 14 Sep 1760 Acton; no record after 1762.
Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Volume I, page 65;
Howe,Bigelow Family of America;
vital records various towns in MA;
correspondence with descendants;
vital records, census VT and NY.
Janis Notes:
John BIGELOW served in the military 1757, Indian Wars in Capt. Samuel
Davis's Co., Mass.. He was born on 24
June 1715 in Weston, Middlesex Co., MA. He was baptized on 3 Jul 1715 in
Weston, Middlesex Co., MA. He died after 1787
in New Ipswich, Hillsboro, New Hampshire. Sometime between Sept. 1760 and
1762 the family moved to Westford, Mass,
since in 1762 Westford records show that "John Bigelow and wife Grace Bigelow
and children Lucy, Beulah, Sarah, Silas,
Simeon, Molly, Grace and Eunice were warned out of town, and they last
came from Acton." If a family was warned out of a
town, it did not necessarily mean that they were undesirable citizens.
the Warning Out Law gave the town authority to return
families to the town they came from, if they became impoverished and might
become dependent upon the town. A town had
three years to send them back. After that, a poor family became THEIR responsibility.
At this time, twins John and Nathan
were 19 years old, and not included in the "Warning Out" so perhaps either
gainfully employed, or living somewhere else.
I don't know how long they lived in Westford, Mass,. but they must have
moved to Ashburnham, Mass. in the next 23 years,
since Grace died in Ashburnham on Oct. 9, 1785. She was "in her 60's".
In 1786 John moved to Ipswich, New Hampshire to
live with his son Silas. John died there in 1787.
John BIGELOW and Grace ALLEN were married on 29 Nov 1739 in Sudbury, Middlesex
Co., MA. by Rev. Ebenezer Roby
Grace ALLEN8 (daughter of Thomas ALLEN and Sarah GRUNDE) was born on 17
May 1719 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co.,
MA. She died on 9 Oct 1785 in Ashburnham, Worcester Co., MA. On Nov. 7th,
1736 Grace Allen "Own'd ye Covenant"
according to the Church Records. On Sept. 3rd, 1738 Grace Allen;, daughter
of Thos. A. Allen was rec'd into the chruch in
Weston. John BIGELOW and Grace ALLEN had the following children:
+2 i. Lucy BIGELOW (born on 27 May 1740).
+3 ii. Beulah BIGELOW (born on 20 Sep 1741).
+4 iii. John BIGELOW (born on 8 Nov 1743).
+5 iv. Nathan BIGELOW (born on 8 Nov 1743).
+6 v. Sarah BIGELOW (born on 12 Feb 1745).
+7 vi. Silas BIGELOW (born on 17 Mar 1750).
+8 vii. Simeon BIGELOW (born on 12 Apr 1752).
+9 viii. Molly BIGELOW (born on 6 Apr 1754).
+10 ix. Grace BIGELOW (born on 22 Apr 1757).
11 x. Eunice BIGELOW9,10 was born on 14 Sep 1760 in Acton, Middlesex Co.,
MA.
Under the John Bigelow Genealogy in "History of Westford, Ma 1659-1883"
by Rev. E. Hodgman, on page 438 it
states "His daughters Bulah and Eunice were in New Ipswich in 1787".
Beulah BIGELOW was born on 20 Sep 1741 in Weston,
Middlesex Co., MA. She lived in New Ipswich, Hillsboro, New
Hampshire in 1787. She lived in Ashby, MA.
Beulah BIGELOW and Jonathan HALL were married on 22 Sep 1768 in Groton,
Middlesex Co., MA. Groton, MA marriages
to 1850 states: Beulah Biglow of Westford, and Jonathan Hall of Ashby,
married Sept. 22, 1778 Belonged to From Manual of
the Church, pub. Jan. 1, 1864. He lived in Ashby, MA. Jonathan Hall was
admitted in 1778 to the Orthodox Congregational
Church of Ashby, Mass.
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