John E. 7 BIGELOW
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Children of John E. and Cynthia (Hopkins) Bigelow, all born Penobscot co, ME:
16251.341 Clarissa, b ca 1822.
16251.342 Emily, b ca 1828?. (see below)
Children of John E. and Polly (Bunker) Bigelow, all born Penobscot co, ME:
16251.343 Cynthia, b ca 1830.
16251.344 Mary, b _ Jan 1832; d ca 1857?; m Isaiah Burgess? (see below).
16251.345 John, b ca 1835; m Aggie _____
16251.346 Lucinda, b 1 June 1836 Corinna, ME; d ___ ; m 07 Dec 1859 Harrison Mower of Dexter; (see below)
16251.347 Arthur, b ca 1840.
16251.348 Almira, b 02 May 1850. ( Almira A., b 02 Mar 1850; d 13 Nov 1926; m 24 Dec 1866; Charles Nelson Knowles; 4 children.) (see below)
Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Volume II, page 214;
The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Volume I;
Howe,Bigelow Family of America, page 246;
1850 census ME.
Note:
Posted by: Jeanne Wright
Email: nanajaw@aol.com
Date: January 29, 2001 at 17:56:01
Does anyone have any information on the birth date and place, and the parents
of John E. Bigelow who was the father of Lucinda Bigelow of Corinna, ME?
Lucinda was b June 1, 1836.
Also looking for Lucinda's mother, Polly Bunker Bigelow. Her name was probably
Mary and she may have been the daughter of Enoch Bunker. Lucinda was born
June 1, 1836 in Corinna and married to Harrison Mower of Dexter on Dec.
7, 1859.
More:
Thank you so much for sending this info through. I think we have to surmise,
that John E. Bigelow remarried to a "Polly." I have been in touch with Gil
Bunker, who has all the Bunker history though, and he says there aren't
any Bigelow's in the Bunker line. I'm not sure what to think. The Corinna
town office records states "Bigelow, John and Polly", with the 4 children
I gave you before. At least your posting has given me the ancestors for
John E. Bigelow and I'm grateful for that. Did you know there was a silver
mine on the family farm in Corinna? John E. Bigelow, in a deed dated May
26, 1842, gave a perpetual lease to a John Reed for $1000 for 999 years to
mine the silver there, if they wanted to start a company. In your info to
me you noted that John, b. ca 1835, m. Aggie. That should be Abbie F.
I should note that the birthdate for Lucinda has been given in different
places as June 1, 1836 and June 1, 1837. Would you like further information
on Lucinda and her family? I have pictures of her and of her husband in his
Civil War clothing and also copies of letters they wrote before and
after the Civil War. They only had one daughter and that child only had one
daughter (my grandmother). We have diaries written by both the daughter and
the granddaughter. My grandmother kept diaries all her life and she died a
few days short of becoming 99 years old. Her mother died at age 93. I'm hoping
for their good genes. Again, thanks.
More2:
I went to the Maine State Archives again yesterday to try to figure out
who John E. Bigelow's wife was. As a reminder, I am looking for Polly
Bunker. Your records have Cynthia Hopkins. I again found the town records
on film that John E. Bigelow and Polly had the four children I gave you.
The earlier record I had I got while at the Corinna Town Office. They
match. There was no record of marriage in Corinna for John E. Bigelow,
but town records didn't start until 1816 when the town was incorporated.
I didn't find any Hopkins family. I did find in that record, however,
that Lucinda Bigelow was born June 1, 1837, not 1836. I have had that
conflicting information for a while and am glad to have the correct date
confirmed. Further, I found a picture of her gravestone which indicates
the year 1837.
I know I've already asked for your help, so if
you see anything that can clear up why verbal history indicates Polly Bunker
as John E. Bigelow's wife, but you have Cynthia Hopkins I would appreciate
it. Remember that I also have their names (John E. and Polly) on two
deeds, although she is of course shown as Polly Bigelow. Perhaps John
E. married Cynthia first and then Polly? I see that you show 8 children
for John E. and Cynthia. Do you think that perhaps some of them were
Cynthia's and some of them Polly's?
I have a copy of a letter from John E. Bigelow
to his daughter Lucinda in Lawrence, MA when she and her husband Harrision
Mower were there both working in the factories. They were trying to
raise money to buy their farm in Maine. (They went out one noon and
got married and went back to work -- as stated in a letter home from Harrison
to his mother.) The letter from John was written July 28, 1861 from
Corinna and addressed to "Absent Daughter". He signed it "J E Big".
John discussed the "...terrible rejoicing by the Rebil party round hear by
the defeat of the union forces at Bull Run in Virginia I hope soon that
there rejoicing will turn to mourning for there lost Brother Rebils"
Harrison returned to Maine and joined Co. G. of the 9th Maine Regiment on
Sept. 19, 1861. He was in the service for 3 years and re-enlisted
on 9/17/61. He mustered out for the last time 7/13/1865.
Luckily we still have his original records.
Lucinda followed him again when he went to Lawrence,
MA to the factories again after the war, and then up to St. John, New Brunswick
to work in the factories there. He finally settled on the family farm
around 1877.
Comments?
Note2:
Subject: Knowles Updates
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 11:05:14 -0400
From: Carl D Smith < csmith@somtel.com >
I'm new at genealogy, but the following dates appear in the Descendants
of John Knowles 1660-1978.
16251.348 Almira A. Bigelow, b 02 Mar 1850, d 13 Nov 1926, Corinna, ME; m 24 Dec 1866 Charles Nelson Knowles;
4 Children: Knowles all born in Corinna
1. Albert Charles Knowles, b 24 June 1869; d 05 Nov 1943 Corinna;
m 29 Mar 1893 Susan E. Wheeler, Dexter, ME;
2. Harvey E. Knowles, b 27 Oct 1876; d._ July 1940; m 24 June
1902 Ollie J. Morrissey; .
3. Mary E. Knowles, b. 08 Apr 1879; m 14 Sept 1897 Robert
R. Palmer
4. Mabel Knowles. b 06 Sept 1886, m Richard Ober.
No information on Frances Bigelow.
Edwin b. 20 Feb 1840.
George Gilbert b. 20 Mar 1851.
Carl
16251.35 Abraham m 6 May 1839, Lydia Knowles b. 8 May 1811
ch. 16251.351 Edwin b. 20 Feb 1840
16251.352
George Gilbert b. 20 Mar 1851
Carl Smith, Corinna, ME
Subject: Mary Bigelow
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:03:13 EST
From: MMMEHUD@aol.com
Can you tell me any thing of Mary Bigelow wife of Isaiah Burgess?
Mary Bigelow b. Corianna ME Jan 1832 and d. ME about 1857.
I will appriciate any info you can give me. Thank you, Marlyn
Hudson
rodbigelow@netzer.net 
