Ruth 5 BIGELOW

# 15342       Ruth 5, second child and second daughter of Jedediah 4,( Samuel 3, Samuel 2,  John1) BIGELOW and Thamezin (NURSE) BIGELOW, was born 25 September 1739 at Grafton, Worcester county, MA. The family removed to Douglas. There we find recorded the intention-of-marriage of Andrew COOK, son of Thomas and Sarah, to Ruth BIGELOW, dated 19 March 1759. They had six children recorded at Douglas, after which there are no more records for either.

From town records of Douglas,Worcester co, MA, births of six children of Andrew and Ruth (BIGELOW) COOK:

15342.1    Eunice Cook, b 6 Sep 1760; d in infancy.

15342.2    _ce (probably Eunice Cook), daughter born 22 Apr 1762; d in infancy.

15342.3    Eunice Cook, b 25 June 1764.

15342.4    Amy Cook, b 21 Jun 1766, m Elijah Ford. (see below)

15342.5    Anna Cook, b 20 May 1769; d 10 Aug 1847 Galen, Wayne co, NY; m Solomon Ford. 9 children(see below)

15342.6    Hannah Cook, bapt 28 Jan 1776.

Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol I, pg 118;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America; pg 58; #314
vital records of Douglas, MA.
Note:
Subject:  #15342.5 Anne Cook
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 13:12:20 -0500
From:  "Brian Ressing" <  ahbstars@frontiernet.net  >

Thank you for maintaining such a complete and interesting site!  I am writing to you today in regards to #15342.5 Anna Cook Ford and older sister Amy Cook Ford. Solomon and Elijah are brothers, sons of Andrew, Andrew, Andrew, Andrew of Weymouth MA. Solomon and Anna (nine children) moved to Galen, Wayne, NY in 1805 (now town of Clyde). Anna d. 10 Aug 1847 and is buried in Loch Berlin Cemetary. Their daughter Huldah m. Charles Reed . According to amatuer family geneologists (since deceased) they died before their parents and an Aaron Bigelow was appointed guardian of daughters Emily and Hannah (Betsey) Other families involved were
Olds and Rice (Homer NY and Portville NY) Thank you for any time spent on this
Sincerely,
Brian Ressing 

Modified - 10/30/2008
(c) Copyright 2008 Bigelow Society, Inc. All rights reserved.
Rod  Bigelow - Director
< rodbigelow@netzero.net >
Rod Bigelow (Roger Jon12 BIGELOW)
Box 13 Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929
bigelow@slic.com Rod Bigelow at SLIC 

BACK TO THE BIGELOW SOCIETY PAGE

BACK TO BIGELOW HOME PAGE