Jotham 5 BIGELOW

15194.   Jotham 5 BIGELOW, fourth child and oldest son of Jotham 4 (John 3,Samuel 2, John1) and Persis (TEMPLE) BIGELOW , was born in in Holden, Worcester county, MA, 12 December 1745. He married, at unknown date, Mercy (or Mary) POWERS, daughter of Edward and Mary (NOURSE) POWERS. She was born Harvard, MA 01 January 1750. They lived in Phillipston, MA, where she died 18 June 1821, having outlived Jotham by some years. He died in Phillipston 07 September 1803. In his will he mentions wife Mercy, daughters Persis Temple, wife of John Swan; Polly, wife of Mordecai Peckham; and Sally, Arethusa, and Lucinda Bigelow.

Children of Jotham and Mercy (POWERS) BIGELOW, all born Phillipston, Worcester co, MA:

15194.1    Persis, b 19 Apr 1772; died young.

15194.2    Jonathan, b 12 Mar 1774; died young.

15194.3    Persis Temple, b 11 July 1777; d _____ ; m 06 Nov 1792 John Swan.

15194.4    Polly, b 29 May 1779; d 10 Apr 1825 Phillipston, MA; m 05 May 1795 Mordecai Peckham; he m (2)1827 Hannah Beckwith.

15194.5    Jotham, b 30 Apr 1781; died young.

15194.6    Sally, b 29 Aug 1782; d 24 Mar 1845 Springfield, MA; m _ Feb 1804 Silas Goddard. 3 children.

15194.7    Arethusa, b 06 Sept 1785; d 12 Dec 1852; m 03 Feb 1805 William Bigelow-15197.5; res Guilford & Halifax, VT, then Phillipston, MA. 13 children.

15194.8    Lucinda, born 24 Sept 1788; d 04 Dec 1830 Petersham, MA; m Josiah Bigelow-15198.4; res Petersham, MA. 6 children.

Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. I page.108-109;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
vital records of Harvard, Phillipston, and Petersham;
also vital records of VT prior to 1870;
Forge: The Bigelow Society Quarterly, vol.5, p.69. 

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