Josiah 6 BIGELOW


16314.5          Josiah 6 Bigelow, son of Ezra 5 ( David 4, Lt. John 3, Joshua 2, John 1) BIGELOW and Hannah (STRONG) BIGELOW, was born 05 May 1765 at Colchester, New London co, CT. He married, on 16 September 1784 at Colchester, Lucy (Lois?) Waters, her birthdate and parents unknown. After the birth of their first child, they moved to Brookfield, Orange county, VT. Josiah, a veteran of the Revolutionary War, as a teamster under Capt. Samuel Northward, Col. Wadsworth's Regt. He was employed transporting army supplies in 1791 from East Colchester to Danbury, CT; then to White Plains, NY and Annapolis, MD. He was at Yorktown at the surrender of Cornwallis, then returned to Colchester, as his team of oxen "took sick and died". In April 1782 he re-enlisted under Capt. Isaiah Chapman and was ordered to Kings Ferry, and Horse Neck, where he again lost three oxen and returned to Colchester, after eight months service. For his service he drew a pension under the Act of 1832, and after his death, his widow also claimed pension. In later life he was a small farmer at Brookfield. He died there 14 January 1838, his wife Lucy on 14 March 1842, aged 77 years.
--1790 census: VT-Orange-Brookfield-Josiah Bigelow: l-1-3-0-0.

Children of Josiah and Lucy (Waters) Bigelow, all but the oldest born Brookfield, Orange co, VT:

16314.51t     Lydia, b 13 May 1786 Colchester; d 30 May 1829 Brookfield, VT; m 08 Dec 1808 Noble Small. 7 children.

16314.52t     Josiah, b 14 July 1788 Brookfield, d 26 May 1831 Brookfield, VT; m Electa Hurlburt (1790-1863). 4 children.

16314.53t     Louisa, b 22 Feb 1791; d 22 July 1866 Brookfield, VT; m 4 Jan 1816 James Hamlin. 7 children.

16314.54t     Waters L., b ca 1794; d 19 (17?) May 1853 Brookfield, VT; m 29 Nov 1818 Cynthia Freeman . 5 children.

16314.55t     Lois, b Feb 1796; d ____ ; m 24 Oct 1822 Gordon Durkee. 1 child

16314.56      Lucy, b Feb 1798; d 27 Sep 1882 Brookfield, aged 82 yrs, 7 mos; unm. In 1850 she was living in her brother Waters' home.

16314.57      Hannah, b ca 1801; d ____ ; m 08 Apr 1824 Samuel Davis.

16314.58t     Ezra, b ca 1803; d ___ ; m (1) 30 Mar 1828 Nancy Hyde; m (2) 04 July 1845 Emily Freeman. 4 known children.

Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol I, pg 326-327;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America; pg
VT vital records;
Colchester and Brookfield vital records;
cemetery inscriptions, Brookfield, VT;
correspondence with Colchester historian;
correspondence with Edson Bigelow of Brookfield, VT;
Forge: The Bigelow Society Quarterly; Vol 16, No 4, pg 74; Oct 1987;

Rod Bigelow (Roger Jon12 BIGELOW)
Box 13  Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929
rodbigelow@netzero.net
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