Zenas 6 BIGELOW
Mary "Polly" (Kelsey) Bigelow, wife of Zenas, burial in Salisbury, VT
Only identified child of Zenas and Mary (Kelsey) Bigelow:
16225.11 Tamzin
(Tamson), b 17 Mar 1791 Salisbury, Addison, VT; d 17
Sept 1829 Batavia, NY; m 16 May 1816 Asa Houghton; 7 children; and
res Batavia, Genesee co, NY.
16225.12 ?? b before 1795; but
16225.12131 Harold George 10 Bigelow is distant
descendant
Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume I page 309;
Howe,Bigelow Family of America;
NY cemetery and town records;
NSDAR Library, Washington, D.C.;
vital records VT;
obituary Mary (Kelsey) Bigelow.
Note:
Subject:
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 19:27:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Al Streit <alstreit@yahoo.com>
I do have a Zenas Bigelow in my database, but he may not be the
right one, as he was born in 1760. That
seems a little old to be your great-great-grandmother's husband,
unless you are MUCH older that I am. I
was born in 1949, and have great-great-grandparents born anywhere
from 1804 to 1826.
Anyway, "my" Zenas married Mary Kelsey, b. 1773 in Salsbury, VT
and died 1795 in Hartford, NY, dau. of
Elias and Tamson (Jones) Kelsey. They had one daughter that
I know of, Tamson or Tamzin Bigelow, b.
3/17/1791 in Salisbury. I have some of their descendants in
my database. Was Mary Kelsey the same as
Mary Wetherbee Heald Foster Biglelow???
Zenas Bigelow, son of Solomon (Benjamin, Jonathan, Joshua, John)
and Tamzin (/) Wilson) Bigelow, was
born late 1760's (?)( probably at Acworth, NH, but possibly at
Salisbury, VT. At Salisbury, on 6 Jun 1790 he
married Mary Kelsey, d/o Elias and Tamson (Jones) Kelsey. She was
b. 1773 at Salisbury, Addison co., VT. An
obituary states she died 1795 at Hartford, NY, and is buried at
Salisbury. Zenas moved to Western New York
and settled at Transittown, Genesee co., near Batavia. Bigelow
Creek was named for him. Northampton town
records indicated he was constable in 1798, assessor in 1799, and
named to a local committee 1800. His
earmark for stock was registered 2 Apr 1799. After 1800 we have no
further record.
1790 census: VT-Addison-Salisbury-Zenas Bigelow: 1-0-2-0-0.
Only identified child of Zenas and Mary (Kelsey) Bigelow:
16225.11 R11678 Tamson b. 17 Mar 1791 Salisbury, Addiston, VT; m.
and res. Genesee co., NY.
P.S. Forgive me for the crude anecdote, but re: the
Asparagus Festival, I'm reminded of Babe Ruth's line
when offered asparagus at a swank dinner party: "No thanks,
ma'am. Asparagus makes my urine stink!"
Sorry - - -
From Judie:
I am searching for a very elusive
relative of yours. His name is Zenas
Bigelow. I am chased him
electronically from the east to Wisconsin, to
Iowa, To Michigan and then I think (by a
land patent) on to California.
Altho he is not blood relation, I would
really like to know where he
took my Great, Great
grandmother...... who is also a very shy person
about exposing herself.... however if you
had a name like Mary
Wetherbee Heald Foster Bigelow you might
like to hide to.
She left a farm (we still own it after
over 100 years) to my great
grandfather for one dollar and all his
love to him and disappeared
forever. I would like a clue to
where they might have ended up so I
can perhaps get a death certificate to
find out where she really was
and what her maiden name might have been,
if it will give a clue.
Perhaps she married again or went to
Canada, who knows.,
Judie Burmeister
Shelby, MI
Home of the National Asparagus Festival
Have a good one!
Judie
<
rodbigelow@netzero.net > 
