William 6 BIGELOW
15591.1 William 6
BIGELOW, son of William
5(
Josiah
4,
Thomas
3, Samuel
2,
John1)
and Hepsibah (RUSSELL) BIGELOW, was born 21 Sep 1778 at Weston,
Middlesex county, MA. He graduated at Harvard in 1794, studied divinity
under a Rev. ______ Thayer of Lancaster, MA, then in 1796-97 was editor
of the Village Messenger at Amherst, NH. He then moved to Salem, MA, where
on 12 Jan 1799 he married Margaret Lander, born 1773, daughter of Peter
Lander. They were a few years in Salem, after which he taught in the Boston
Latin School. The late Oliver Wendell Holmes was one of his pupils,
as well as Richard Everett and N.L. Frothingham. He later moved to Maine,
then returned to Massachusetts and was a magazine writer of some repute.
He was author of a history of Natick and Sherborn, MA. In later years he
was a proof-reader and editor for different publishing houses in Boston.
His wife Margaret died 25 Mar 1884 in Salem, Essex county, MA; he died
12 Jan 1844 in Boston, Suffolk county,MA.
Children of William and Margaret (Lander) Bigelow:
15591.11 Elizabeth Orne, a twin, b 24 June 1799
Salem, MA; d 20 May 1803 of scarlet fever.
15591.12 Mehitable Ward, a twin, b 24 June 1799
Salem, MA; bur 25 May 1803 (died of scarlet fever).
15591.13 William, bapt 1 Nov 1801; d June 1803
of scarlet fever.
15591.14 Perkins, died young.
15591.15 Elizabeth Orne, possibly the same who
married, at Natick, MA 3 May 1826, Dexter Whiting.
15591.16 Mehitable Ward?
Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol I, pg 264;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
Bowden, Yankee from Olympus (biography of Justice Oliver W.
Holmes);
vital records Salem and Natick, MA;
1850 census MA.
Modified - 08/29/2002
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