Mary 6 BIGELOW

15133.8     Mary  6 BIGELOW, daughter of  Charles 5 ( Joseph 4, John 3, Samuel 2, John 1) and Lucy ( BENNETT ) BIGELOW was born 15 July 1779 at Shrewsbury, Worcester county, MA. She was married, on 27 Dec 1800 at Wayland, MA, to Dr. Joseph Dix, son of Elijah and Dorothea (Lynde) Dix. He was a native of Worcester. They lived a few years in Hampden, ME, then returned to Worcester, where he died in 1821. Mary died 3 Sep 1834 (date also given as 28
Sep). For a brief look into their lives, the reader should try any biography of  their daughter Dorothea L. Dix, such as Stranger and Traveler, by Dorothy Clarke Wilson.

Children of Joseph and Mary (Bigelow) Dix:

15133.81       Dorothea Lynde, b Feb 1802 Hampden, ME; d 28  July 1887  Trenton, NJ; unmarried. Miss Dix was well-known as a reformer and philanthropist, devoted to the cause of better treatment of the insane, the criminal, the disabled and the poor.

15133.82       Joseph, b ____ 1806 Hampden, ME; d 22 Feb 1878 Dorchester, MA; m Sarah H. _____ (she d Boston 15 Oct 1881).

15133.83      Charles, b 1810; d 1843; he was a sailor and drowned off the coast of Africa; unmarried.

Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol I , p 213-214;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
various pamphlets and biographies of Dorothea L. Dix.

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