Mary Caroline ⁷ BIGELOW

Children of Hiram and Mary (Bigelow) Rollins:

1559A.531     Theodore Bigelow Rollins, b 21 Jan 1857 Chelsea, Suffolk, MA; d 13 Jan 1900; m 14 Dec 1886 Charlotte (Anderson); res. Wellesley, MA. (see below)

1559A.532     Harry Leighton Rollins, b 13 Nov 1861; d 27 Mar 1933; grad. Yale 1886; m 06 Dec 1898 Margaret Wilson Anderson; (she b 24 May 1867 Brookline, MA; d _ Feb 1951);
1 child: Leighton Rollins (b 06 Aug 1900; d _ June 1981 Montecito, CA)

Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol II, pg 126;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America.
Addenda 2003 Loring Bigelow;
Tuesday 03/25/2003 11:06:31am
Note:
Name: Richard Anderson
E-Mail: randers@comcast.net
Location: My Ancestors from Wellesley, MA.
Unfortunately the obit has no date (it was two pages torn out of a college magazine I guess). But I do
know that Theodore died on Jan. 13, 1900. The info. you couldn't get earlier was a correction (Harriet
Rollins should be Harry Rollins)  & more information about Mary Caroline Bigelow & Hiram Rollins
two children & three grandchildren. Below, I'll type my sources after each fact in green, so I hope it
doesn't make it too confusing for you!
-Richard Anderson
 

1st Son) THEODORE BIGELOW ROLLINS- Born: January 21, 1857 in Chelsea, Suffolk, MA &
later moved to Wellesley, MA. The 1880 census has Theodore, his brother Harry, & widowed mother,
living on Washington Street in Wellesley, MA with Rollins relatives. Theodore married Charlotte on
Dec. 14, 1886 --She also lived on Washington St. near Blossom (now Weston)(family notes). His
occupation was in the wall-paper trade (family notes & obituary). He, his wife, & children were living
on Cottage Street in Wellesley, MA (newspaper clipping).  He died suddenly on January 13, 1900 in
Wellesley, MA. from heart failure (obituary) ...+ CHARLOTTE RUSSELL ANDERSON- Born:
September 26, 1864 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA. Her parents were John Anderson & Ellen Augusta
Pratt (family notes & Latter Day Saints). Charlotte was a 1883 graduate of the Dana Hall School in
Wellesley, MA. Her last known address was 197 Florida Street in Springfield, MA (her daughter's
home--Mrs. Charles Hatch) (Dana Hall School).

Charlotte Anderson's & Theodore Rollins' children:

KATHERINE LEIGHTON ROLLINS- Born: December 12, 1887 in Wellesley, Norfolk Co., MA
(source: family notes). She's was a 1906 graduate of the Dana Hall School. Died: July 28, 1975 (source:
Dana Hall School). Death place: Kennebunk, York Co., Maine (According to the Latter Day Saints
U.S. Social Security Death Index ) ...+CHARLES HATCH (source: Dana Hall School).

THEODORE BIGELOW ROLLINS- Born: September 16, 1890 in Wellesley, Norfolk Co., MA
(source: family notes & Latter Day Saints). Died in March 1963 in MA (source: The Latter Day Saints
U.S. Social Security Death Index ).
 
 

2nd Son) HARRY LEIGHTON ROLLINS-Born: November 13, 1861 in Chelsea, Suffolk, MA &
later moved to Wellesley, MA. The 1880 census has Harry, his brother Theodore, & widowed mother,
living on Washington Street in Wellesley, MA with Rollins relatives. Harry married Margaret on Dec. 6,
1898 in Massachusetts--She also lived on Washington St. (family notes). He died on March 27, 1933
(Latter Day Saints)...+ MARGARET WILSON ANDERSON- Born: May 24, 1867 in Brookline,
Norfolk, MA. Her parents were John Anderson & Ellen Augusta Pratt (family notes & Latter Day
Saints). She's was a 1887 graduate of the Dana Hall School in Wellesley, MA. Died: February 1951
(Dana Hall School).

Margaret Anderson's & Harry Rollins' children:
LEIGHTON ROLLINS- Born: August 06, 1900 in Wellesley, Norfolk Co., MA. Never married (he did marry- see below) & no
children (family notes).  He died in June 1981 in Montecito, Santa Barbara Co., CA.(According to the
Latter Day Saints  U.S. Social Security Death Index )
Comments:
                          I just came across the Bigelow Society website, and I'm hoping
                          someone can help me find members related to my 2nd great
                          grandparents-John & Ellen Augusta (Pratt) Anderson from
                          Wellesley, MA. John's parents were Robert & Margaret (Russel)
                          Anderson from Glasgow, Scotland. Robert was a baker at 15
                          Stockwell Street. One of John's & Ellen's children, named Charlotte
                          Anderson, married Theodore Bigelow Rollins. Theodore's parents
                          were Mary Caroline BIGELOW & Hiram Rollins.
Richard Anderson
Philadelphia, PA
Note2:
Subject: Theodore Bigelow Rollins Obituary
 Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 20:52:47 -0400
From: "Richard M. Anderson" <randers@comcast.net>

From "The Technology Review--News from the Classes." Pgs. 154-155:

"Theodore Bigelow Rollins died suddenly, January 13, 1900 (see below), from heart failure, resulting from the grip, after a
weeks illness. Mr. Rollins was born in Chelsea, Mass., Jan. 21, 1857, later moving to Wellesley, and
there attending the public schools. He fitted for the Institute at the Allens School, West Newton, passing
his examination in June, 1873, and entering the class of '77 in the fall when less than seventeen years of
age. The following year he joined '78, remaining with the class two years, taking the course in
architecture. He then left the Institute, working for a time in an architect's office, but soon entered the
employ of his uncles, E.L. & F.S. Rollins, wall-paper jobbers, Boston. He remained with them
seventeen years. At the end of that time the National Wall Paper Corporation was formed, his firm
going out of business and Rollins representing (for New England) Fr. Beck & Co., a branch of the new
corporation. He was well known and esteemed by men of his own business, who best knew him, and at
the time of his death held one of the best positions in New England in the wall-paper trade. His absence
on business at the annual '78 class supper a fortnight before his death alone prevented his usual
attendance. In February, 1896, an attack of the grip resulted in his going to Colorado for some months,
to return fully recovered. Except the brief annual reunion, we of the class had little chance to know him
at his best, as he grew from the boy leaving Tech. at nineteen to his full manhood. Then we knew him
as the genial and compassionable man of our class, always welcome. Only to those thrown with him in
his maturer life can come the knowledge of what he was later to business friends and those within a
closer circle. He was pre-eminently a business man, giving to that life the best of himself, working early
and late. One lifelong friend writes of him, "Ever true as steel, just and sensible, conscientious and
loyal,-all this and more." Another: "I had a profound admiration for his fine and splendid manhood and a
great respect for all those quiet, manly ways that were characteristic of him. He represented the New
England type at its best. For us all the world is poorer for his going out of it" This is the first death in our
class, known to the secretary, for nearly twenty years, and but the second since graduation. Mr. Rollins
was a member of the Dalhousie Masonic Lodge, Newtonville. He was married in 1886. Mrs. Rollins and
a boy (bearing his name) and girl are left in Wellesley home."
New:
Subject: More On Hiram Rollin & Carolyn Bigelow Descendants
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 11:51:03 -0500
From: "Richard M. Anderson" <randers@comcast.net>
 Dear Mr. Bigelow,
How have you been?  I want to thank you for the opportunity to submit information about the descendants of Hiram
Rollin & Carolyn Bigelow (see: http://bigelowsociety.com/rod/mar79a53.htm ).  Just a few days ago,  a couple that live
in Theodore & Charlotte (Anderson) Rollins old house in Wellesley, MA. came across the Bigelow website & contacted
me! They gave me some useful information & hoped that I had old photos of their house. They're in the midst of
restoring it.
Now I have some new information about Leighton Rollins (copied from my website about Anderson ancestors &
descendants. It's http://home.comcast.net/~randers/Andersons.html )  and a typo that I discovered . It turns out Leighton
was married & had two step-children (see new info.below). The mistake is Theodore Rollins' year of death mentioned
 in the first sentence of  "The Technology Review--News from the Classes" that you posted for me- 1909 should be
1900. 
Thanks again!
Richard Anderson
Philadelphia, PA
From my website:
Margaret Anderson's & Harry Rollins' only child:
LEIGHTON ROLLINS (see below)- Born: August 06, 1900 in Wellesley, Norfolk Co., MA. at the Rollins' farm. He & his
parents, that same year, moved to nearby Cottage Street where they lived for a short period. Then they moved back to
the farm. During three months of each winter they'd stay at the foot of Boston's Beacon Hill in an apartment. Education:
attended Brown University & started a school literary magazine, but he did not graduate. Leighton's listed with the class
of 1926. Occupation: writer, director, producer, and teacher of the theater. His first job was teaching English at a boy's
school. Then came the Repertory Theater of Boston where Leighton was the director's general assistant, assistant stage
manager, stage manager, assistant production manager, box office attendant, public relations director, & dean of the
theater school. At age 26, Leighton moved to New York where he was a production assistant, theater lecturer, &
literature lecturer. While there, he saw many young struggling actors, so in 1929 he founded one of the earliest summer
stock theaters in the United States located in Surrey, Maine. Then Leighton, in 1932, moved the operations to the
Mount Desert Playhouse in Bar Harbor, Maine. During the winters, he'd take his company to the Palm Beach Playhouse
in Florida, so the actors could have work most of the year. In 1934, to be close to the hub of American theater in NYC,
Leighton opened and ran a theater school for ten years called "Leighton Rollins Studio" in East Hampton, NY. His
drama " Disasters of War", inspired by Goya etchings, was staged there. In 1944, he established The Leighton Rollins
Theater School (now the property is owned by the Apple Tree Inn & Restaurant on 10 Richmond Mountain Rd.) & a
theater in Lenox, Massachusetts. He also lived in the area for five years. Then, while visiting Tucson, Arizona in 1948,
Leighton created an adaptation of Euripides' play, "Hippolytus", which opened in New York City on Nov. 20, 1948.
Following that, he and his wife moved to Santa Barbara, California where he continued his work in the performing arts
and was a active community member. Leighton helped organize adult education, the Lobero Theater, the Pacific Coast
Festival, the Santa Barbara Symphony, the Experiment in International Living, the Cultural Affairs Institute, & the Friends
of the Montecito Library. He died on June 28, 1981 in Montecito, Santa Barbara Co., California where he resided for
over 30 years....+CATHERINE(JORALEMON)SNOW- Her birth & death dates are presently unknown. She
married Leighton (her 2nd husband) in 1944 & had two children from her first husband.
New Note: 06/16/05:
Dear Mr. Bigelow:
I was using your website in my research on Leighton Rollins, and thought
you might want to know that Leighton Rollins (1900-1981) did indeed
marry.  According to the New York Times, Sept. 28, 1944:
Mrs. C. J. Snow Wed To Leighton Rollins (9/28/1944).  Tucson, Ariz.,
Sept. 27--The marriage of  Mrs. Catharine Joralemon Snow, daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Joralemon of Denver to Leighton Rollins,
son of Mrs. Harry L. Rollins of New York, Wellesley Mass. and East
Hamton, L.I., took place here this afternoon at the home of the bride.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev. R.A.Dawson. Mr. Rollins, who is
well known as a drama lecturer and director, was graduated from Brown
University in 1926. He is the founder and director of the Rollins Studio
Theatre School of East Hampton, L.I. and at one time was director of the
Surry Playhouse in Surry, Me., and directed summer stock company at Bar
Harbor, Me. for several seasons.  Mr. Rollins is descended from
distinguished New England families.
Catherine Joralemon was married previously to John B. Snow and had
children before her marriage to Leighton Rollins. 
The Rollins' were friends of Sanger's in Tucson, and in Santa Barbara in
the 1940s and 1950s, and he wrote a play about her life, entitled "Green Courage."

Cathy Moran Hajo
Associate Editor/Assistant Director
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project
Department of History, New York University
53 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
(212) 998-8666
(212) 995-4017 (fax)
cathy.hajo@nyu.edu

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