Paschal P. M. 7 BIGELOW
This is picture of wife Sarah F. Ludlow
16C52.21 Paschal P.M. 7 BIGELOW, son of Jabez 6 ( Jabez 5 , Jabez 4 , Eleazer 3 Joshua2, John1), and Eleanore (CHAMBERLAIN) BIGELOW, was born at Ryegate, Caledonia co., VT about 1816 and married (1) on 5 December 1840 Martha Kelly whose information is lacking. At Hartford, CT on 22 Nov 1860 he married Sarah F. Ludlow who was born in 1839. This family lived at Lowell, MA and Hartford, CT where Paschel died on 18 July 1870. Sarah died about 1872, and there are questions about who took care of Eugene. He was about 7 years old at the time. (see below)
We determine one child of the second marriage: Paschel and Sarah (Ludlow) Bigelow:
16C52.211 Eugene Charles, b 26 July 1865;
resided in Hartford, CT. (see below)
8-Eugene Charles Bigelow (26 July 1865-)
m Maude Evelyn Roberts (17 Jan 1869-)
9-Hilton Eugene Bigelow (-)
m Grace Mary Hillard (07 Aug 1889-07 Dec 1957)
10-Jerome Hilton Bigelow (28 Dec 1919-02 Jul 1998)
m 06 Aug1941 Filomena Theresa Napoletano ( )
10-Norman Eugene Bigelow (18 Mar 1913-03 Oct 1986)
Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. II page. 284;
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. I page 364;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America; pg 396.
vital records, Lowell, MA.
Descendant note1:
Subject: Paschel Bigelow (1916-1870)
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 15:03:16 EST
From:Matt Beckwith BigBeckNap@aol.com
Hello Rod... I was looking for more info on Paschel Bigelow (1916-1870)
who was my ggg grandfather.
Thanx so much.
Matt Beckwith
http://www.mattbeckwith.com
16C52.211 Eugene Charles
8 Bigelow, was born 26 July 1865; married Maude
Evelyn Roberts (17 Jan 1869-) resided in Hartford, CT.
(see below)
Child of Eugene and Maude (Roberts) Bigelow:
16C52.2111 Hilton Eugene 9 Bigelow, b ____
; d _____ ; m Grace Mary Hillard (07 Aug 1889-07 Dec 1957)
Children of Hilton and Grace (Hillard) Bigelow:
16C52.21111 Norman Eugene 10 Bigelow, b 18
Mar 1913; d 03 Oct 1986;
16C52.21112 Jerome Hilton 10 Bigelow, b 28 Dec
1919; d 02 July 1998; m 06 Aug 1941 Filomena Theresa Napoletano;
Descendant note2:
Just a note to give you a quick report about our trip to Vermont.
It was a wonderful trip. The weather was wonderful and even though
we live in the foothills of the Berkshires and in the shadow of the Catskills
we felt like "flatlanders" in the Green Mountains of Vermont. It
has been 30 years since I have been there and I had forgotten how beautiful
it was.
We started off in the Town Clerks office of Ryegate Corners. The
clerk was very helpful and I was able to find many of the Bigelow records,
ie. birth, death and etc.
There were no surprises there but I bought the History of Ryegate,
published in 1906 . It has the Bigelow genealogy as it pertains to that
town. I found that Jabez 6 died as a result of being
kicked by a horse. The town clerk told us where the cemeteries were
and we went searching. The first one was easy to find and we were able
to find the graves of the John 6
Bigelows. The next cemetery was more of a challenge to find. It was
on a dirt road way up a mountain. We found no Bigelows there. By now
it was late and the offices in Newbury were closed so we found a motel, ate
and settled in for the night. In reading the town history book that night
I found that Jabez 5
was buried at Wells River( the town between Ryegate and Newbury) In
the morning we stopped at one of the little tourist info booths and asked
where the cemetery was.
Well, this was a trip and a half. The cemetery is up a mountain
and behind a farm. One must go into the farmers driveway and proceed
through to the cemetery. Fred and I went stone by stone looking for
Jabez. It is not an easy task as many of the stones are in poor condition
and almost impossible to read. At the very end of the cemetery were
a group of stones that appeared to have no writing on them and were old.
We looked behind them and found that the writing on them was on the other
side. There, big as life were Jabez
5 and Jabez 6.
Very exciting for me!!!! This was my first real find. I must
say that it was almost spiritual and we are now rethinking our decision
about cremation. I took pictures and hope they come out well enough to read.
The stones were in really good shape considering how some of the others around
them looked.
We visited the Newbury clerk next and got no info. I will get all of this
info together after I read the books,( I bought the Newbury History
too). I will create pages about the Jabez's along with the pictures
and scan them in to send you. If you want anything else let me know.
There is a lot of info re John 6
Bigelow in this book. That info may already be in circulation.
Next, I guess I have to work on Paschal 7. Thanks....Grace
Bigelow Conover E-mail B4Dstorm@aol.com
E-mail 5 Dec 2000 from Sylvia Ellingwood (seeschick2@email.msn.com)
about
Sam Bigelow: "My interest in Bigelow family history dates to a Sam
Bigelow
who was a patient of my father who was a doctor in Lowell, MA. Sam
was very
elderly when I met him in the late 1950's. He was an interesting
and wise
man. I recall he had been a policeman somewhere along the line in
Lowell,
MA. (I think) and he had gone to Alaska during the gold rush up
there. He
was a guest at our lake home and I well remember the day he came to teach
my
dietician mother how to dig a hole in the ground to bake beans as they
did in
Alaska. He imparted 'words to live by" on my last visit to him as
he was a
patient in a Lowell hospital. That was my last visit with this gentleman
but I have never forgotten his friendship and wisdom. Sylvia [Ellingwood]
Note: 07/17/05
Subject: Eugene Charles Bigelow
Date: 07/17/05
From: Jerry Renjilian
JRen@aol.com
Dear Mr. Bigelow,
I am looking for information about Eugene Charles Bigelow. I understand
you are a descendant of his. In 1860, Paschal Bigelow married Sarah
F. Ludlow who was a sister of my great grandmother, Antoinette Ludlow Strong.
Paschal died in 1870 and Sarah died around 1872. They lived in
Hartford, CT. Eugene would have been a boy of seven or eight, and
I am wondering who raised him after his parents died. I have several
photographs of Eugene and one of Sarah, possibly two. Old letters
that I have seem to indicate Sarah’s mother, my great great grandmother Harriette
H Ludlow, and another sister, Maria, visited in Hartford around this time
for quite a while, perhaps to help out. I hope you can help me with
any information on this matter.
Jerry Renjilian
More from Jerry:
Eugene C. Bigelow was a member of the Putnam Phalanx, a quasi-military
organization whose purpose was "To perpetuate the memories, customs and
traditions of the American Revolution, to commemorate the events and heroes
of that period and thereby and in other ways to encourage patriotism among
the people.” In 1911 he had been promoted to major, and photo #3 is a picture
of him probably in his major’s uniform. I think his membership in this organization
was an important part of his life. When he retired there was a long article
in one of the Hartford, CT papers about the event. He was presented with
a grandfather’s clock as a gift from the noncommissioned officers. That
clock may still be in your family somewhere. I don’t know what he did for
a living.
rodbigelow@netzero.net 
