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                                     BIGELOW.
John Bigelow, the immigrant ancestor, is believed to have come from England, but
variations in spelling at the time of his emigration to New England make it difficult
to trace this name, which was spelled according to the fancy of the writers. He was born
in 1617, and came to America before 1642.  The first mention of him is found at Water-
town, Mass., where, Sept. 30, 1642, he married Mary Warren, who died Oct. 19, 1691, dau.
of John & Margaret Warren.  He took the oath of fidelity there in 1652, and was admitted
freeman April 18, 1690.

 

He was a blacksmith by trade, and was allowed certain timber by the town for the building
of his forge. He was a highway surveyor in 1663; Selectman, 1665-1670 and 1671. His home-
stead consisted of six acres. He married (2) October 2, 1694, Sarah, dau. of Joseph

 

Bemis, of Watertown.  He died July 14, 1703. His Will was dated January 4, 1703 and was
proved July 23, 1703. Children, all by first wife:
1. John Bigelow b. Oct 27, 1643; m. Rebecca Olmstead; res. in Hartford, CT.
2. Mary Bigelow b. Mar 23, 1651; d. before 1711; m. June 3, 1674, Michael Flagg.
3. Daniel Bigelow b. Dec 1, 1652; m. Abigail Pratt & res. at Framingham, Mass.
4. Samuel Bigelow, b. Oct. 28, 1653; m. Mary Flagg.
5. Joshua Bigelow b. Nov 5, 1655; (mentioned below)
6. Elizabeth Bigelow b. June 15, 1657; m. Lieut. John Stearns; died April 18, 1694.
7. Sary Bigelow b. Sept 29, 1659; m. July 23, 1679, Isaac Learned.
8. James Bigelow who married thrice; resided at Watertown.
9. Martha Bigelow b. April 1, 1662; married twice.

 

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10. Abigail Bigelow b. Feb 4, 1664; m. Dec 10, 1684, Benjamin Harrington.
11. Hannah Bigelow b. Mar 4, 1666; died Mar. 8, 1666.
12. a son born and died Dec 18, 1667.

 

(II) Joshua Bigelow, son of John Bigelow, was born Nov. 5, 1655. He was a soldier during
King Philips' war, in Capt. Ting's company and wounded. In consideration of his services,
the General Court gave him a grant of land at Narragansett No. 2.  He lived at Watertown
most of his life, and his children were born there.  Later in life, in his eighty-seventh
year, being anxious to reside on the land he had earned at the peril of his life, he and
his son Eleazer Bigelow removed to the grant at Narragansett No. 2 (now Westminster),
making the journey June 9, 1742. He died there Feb. 1, 1745, in the 90 year of his age,
and was the first adult who died in the new town. He m. Oct. 20, 1676, Elizabeth Flagg,
b. Mar 22, 1657; died Aug. 9, 1729, daughter of Thomas & Mary Flagg.  Children:
1. Joshua Bigelow b. Nov 25, 1677; m. Hannah Fiske.
2. Jonathan Bigelow b. Mar 22, 1679 (is mentioned below)
3. John Bigelow b. Dec 20, 1681; m. Hannah _____.
4. Benjamin Bigelow b. Jan 20, 1683; was in public service and injured by being thrown
off his horse; died Oct. 27, 1709.
5. Jabez Bigelow who settled probably at Bristol, England.
6. Elizabeth Bigelow b. Aug 3, 1687; m. Feb 28, 1724, Jonathan Harrington.
7. David Bigelow b. April 30, 1694.
8. Joseph Bigelow b. Dec 29, 1695.
9. Daniel Bigelow b. Aug. 29, 1697; m. Elizabeth Whitney.
10. Ebenezer Bigelow b. Sept 4, 1698; m. Hannah Browne.
11. Gershom Bigelow b. Sept. 6, 1701; m. Rachel Gale.
12. Eleizer Bigelow b. Mar 14, 1705; m. Mary Fiske.

 

(III) Jonathan Bigelow son of Joshua Bigelow, was born at Watertown, March 22, 1679.
He m. (1) June 11, 1702, Elizabeth Bemis and they res. at Weston, Mass., where she died
Jan. 11, 1734. He m. (2) Jan. 29, 1742, Mary Rice of Sudbury. His Will, dated Jan. 30,
1746, mentions wife, Mary, sons, Benjamin and James and grandson, John Newton Parmenter.
The Will of his wife, Mary, dated May 8, 1777; proved March, 1780, mentions her sister,
the widow Hannah Stone of Sudbury, and grandson, John Newton Parmenter, to whom she left
the great part of her property.  Children born at Weston, Mass. all by his first wife:
1. Jonathan Bigelow - January 11, 1707; m. Mary Snow.
2. Benjamin Bigelow - December 8, 1709; m. Mindwell Coolidge.
3. Elizabeth Bigelow - August 9, 1713.
4. Sarah Bigelow - July 26, 1719; died Nov. 22, 1739.
5. James Bigelow - mentioned below.

 

(IV) James Bigelow, son of Jonathan Bigelow, was born at Weston, Mass., May 17, 1722.
He resided part of his life in Worcester, where one of his children is recorded. He m.
Sarah ____. Children:
1. James Bigelow b. Jan. 16, 1742 at Weston, Mass.
2. Enoch Bigelow b. Oct 2, 1746; m. Betty Clemons; res. in Charlton.

 

                                                           MAINE.

 

(V) James Bigelow, son of James Bigelow was born at Weston, Jan 1, 1743. He was brought
up by a family of another name, and at the age of 16, enlisted in the French and Indian
war, serving to its close. He was also in the Revolutionary War in Col. Doolittle's
regiment, and answered the alarm April 19, 1775. He served the greater part of the war.
He married about 1763, Mary Sawyer, born probably at Kittery, Maine, Oct. 29, 1740. They
settled at Templeton, Mass. About 1786 he removed to Kennebec Valley, Maine, and settled
in the new town of Bloomfield, now a part of Skowhegan, and died there January 27, 1829.
His wife died May 29, 1817, aged 76.  Children:
1. Betty Bigelow b. May 1, 1764; m. Solomon Steward.
2. James Bigelow b. 1766; m. Betsey Davis.
3. George Bigelow b. Jan 17, 1768; mentioned below.
4. Mary Bigelow, twin, b. Jan 17, 1768; died young.
5. Samuel Bigelow b. Nov 3, 1769; m. Rebecca Steward.
6. Ephraim Bigelow b. Mar. 23, 1772; m. Esther Coburn.
7. Molly Bigelow b. Dec 30, 1774; d. Aug 26, 1777.
8. Abraham Bigelow b. Aug 20, 1777; m. Susan Emery.
9. Polly Bigelow b. Aug 16, 1779; m. Jan. 4, 1810, James Pratt; d. July 19, 1834.
10. Levi Bigelow b. Jan 22, 1782; m. Sally Emery.

 

(VI) George Bigelow son of James Bigelow, was born at Templeton, Jan. 17, 1768. He m.
Mary Clark and resided at Bloomfield, Maine where he died May 22, 1855. Children:
1. Hannah Bigelow b. June, 1794; m. William Weston.
2. Mary Sawyer Bigelow b. June, 1796; m. Oliver Goodrich.
3. Aholiab Bigelow b. July 1, 1798; m. Rebecca Bray.
4. John E. Bigelow b. Mar 19, 1800; m. Cynthia Hopkins.
5. Abraham Bigelow b. Aug 12, 1802; m. Lydia Knowles.
6. Joseph Bigelow b. May 13, 1804; m. Laura Russell.
7. George Bigelow b. May 28, 1806; mentioned below.
8. Josiah Bigelow b. Aug 13, 1808; m. Susan Perkins.
9. Benjamin F. Bigelow b. July 6, 1812; m. Lavinia Herring.
10. Hiram Bigelow b. April 3, 1816; m. Hannah McPeters.
11. Nathan Bigelow b. Sept. 1818; m. Sophronia Richards; died July, 1855.

 

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George Bigelow, son of George Bigelow, was born May 28, 1806 and died 1889. He m.
June 17, 1830, Martha King Boardman, b. at Newmarket, N.H., Jan 4, 1808, died Aug.
1863. He res. at Skowhegan, Maine. Children:
1. Cordelia Bigelow, b. March 19, 1831; m. Amos Longley; died, November, 1884.
2. Leander L. Bigelow, b. Feb. 7, 1833; m. Mary Shehan.
3. William H. Bigelow, b. Oct. 25, 1835; m. Elvira Howe.
4. Julia A. Bigelow, b. Oct. 4, 1837; m. Feb. 21, 1859, Amasa Bixby; died Feb. 24, 1862.
5. Samuel B. Bigelow, b. Jan. 10, 1840; d. July 10, 1863.
6. Martha J. Bigelow b. Dec 7, 1841; m. Aug 10, 1866, Amasa Bixby.
7. George Quincy Bigelow, b. Nov 14, 1843.
8. Augustus W. Bigelow, mentioned below.

 

(VIII) Augustus W. Bigelow, son of George Bigelow, was born in Skowhegan, Maine, Sept.
24, 1846; died May 20, 1896. He was educated in the public schools of his native town.
He learned the trade of ax-making, and followed it a number of years. For fifteen years
he was a clerk in the United States railway mail service, on the route from Portland to
Bangor, Portland to Skowhegan, and from Farmington, Maine to Rangeley, and held this
position at the time of his death. He was a Republican in politics. He married, May
1, 1873, Georgianna Friend, born at Aetna, Maine, March 15, 1855.  Children:
   1. Georgia Evelyn Bigelow b. April 8, 1874; m. May 9, 1895, Everett Benton Currier.
   2. Anna W. Bigelow b. Feb. 11, 1876.
   3. Frank M. Bigelow b. Dec. 2, 1883; died October 29, 1901.
   4. Vonia (?) Bigelow b. June 22, 1885; died in infancy.
End.
Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth.
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