John 4 BIGELOW
1514. John 4 BIGELOW,
son of John 3 ( Samuel 2, John 1),
and Jerusha (GARFIELD) BIGELOW, was born 28 October 1704 in Marlborough,
Middlesex co, MA. He was married on 04 July 1728 to Rebecca HOWE, daughter
of John and Rebecca HOWE of Marlborough. They soon moved to Worcester, specifically
that portion of the township later set off as the township of Holden, and
John was a leading man in petitioning for the formation of Holden in 1740.
He was elected as one of the first selectmen (town council) in 1741, and
served 1741-46, 1748-51, 1755, 1756, and 1761. He was Assessor in 1742, 1744-46,
1748-51, 1755, 1756; he was town Treasurer 1742 and 1750. He was a captain
in the local militia. In 1742 he and his brother Jotham were admitted to the
church by letter of transfer from Worcester. In 1763 he bought land from James
Foster, and said he was of Holden. In 1765 he bought land in tract Narragansett
#4, and was "late of Holden", having moved to what is now Greenwich. In 1764
he was of Greenwich (then called by its Indian name Quabbin) when he gave
his son John jr a tract of land; again in 1765 he sold land to his son Nathan
in Quabbin, but after that no further record. Family tradition says he moved
to Goshen or Cummington and died about 1783, but no record exists, nor can
we find record of his wife Rebecca.
Children of John and Rebecca (HOWE) BIGELOW, all born in Worcester and
Holden, MA:
15141 Rebeckah, b 30 May 1729; m 6 Nov 1750
Richard CHEEVER of Rutland.
15142 Mary, b 16 Feb 1732.
15143 Anna, b 23 Aug 1735; d 06 Nov 1735.
15144 Prudence, b 22 Sep 1736; m 16 Nov
1758 Jonathan EDMUNDS.
15145 John, b
___ 1740; d 19 Oct 1807 Cummington, MA; m Mary _____ . 11 children.
15146 Nathan 5,
b 09 Oct 1744; died circa 1800 Peru, Clinton, NY; m 1767 Mrs. Jesse BETTS,
nee CURTIS. 1 stepson and about 7 children.
Sources:
Howe, Bigelow Family of America; page 53-54;
Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol I page 48;
Holden Town records, censuses of VT & NY;
National Archives, pension record of Bartlett Betts Bigalow.
Rod Bigelow
Box 13 Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929
rodbigelow@netzero.net 
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