86. John (Baguley)1 Bigelow; baptized 16 Feb 1617 at Wrentham Suffolk England; married Mary Warren, daughter of John Warren and Margaret _____, 30 Oct 1642 at Watertown MA; died 14 Jul 1703 at Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, at age 86.
He was (an unknown value) 13 children. He was Surveyor of Highways. He 1st recorded marriage in Watertown MA was of John and Mary. He " John Bigelow (1), proprietor of Watertown, in New England, as early as 1642, was the pioneer ancestor of George Alexander Bigelow, of Worcester, and, in fact of all the American families of that surname. He bought a house and lot in Watertown in 1649 and took the oath of fidelity in 1652. He was a blacksmith by trade. He acquired considerable real estate and carried on a farm. His homestall was bounded by those of Richard Ambler, William Parker, Thomas Straight and Miles Ives. For further details of John Bigelow, see sketches of other branches of the Bigelow family of Worcester county in this work. He was a town officer.
He married (first), October 30, 1642, Mary Warren. She died October 19, 1691. He married (second), October 2, 1694, Sarah Bemis, daughter of Joseph Bemis, of Watertown. Mr. Bigelow died July 14, 1703, aged eighty-six years. His will was made January 4, 1703, and proved July 23, 1703. The children of John and Mary Bigelow were: John, born October 27, 1643; Jonathan, born December 11, 1646; Mary, born March 14, 1648, married Michael Flagg, ancestor of the Worcester county Flaggs; Daniel, born December 1, 1650, resided in Framingham; Samuel, mentioned below; Joshua, born November 5, 1655, resided in Watertown and Weston; Elizabeth, born June 15, 1657, married Lieutenant John Stearns; Sarah, born September 29, 1659, married Isaac Learned, of Sherborn, near Framingham; James, lived in Watertown; Martha, born April 1, 1662; Abigail, born February 4, 1664, married Benjamin Harrington; Hannah, born March 4, 1666, died young; a son, born and died December 18, 1667."45 He "The immigrant ancestor of nearly all persons in North America bearing the surname Bigelow in any of its several variants, is John Biglo of Watertown, Massachusetts. He lived from 1617 to 1703. Many of his descendants have been recorded in a genealogy entitled The Bigelow Family in America, written by Gilman Bigelow Howe, printed 1890. The book was published by Charles Hamilton of Boston, and is no longer available except by photo-copy reprint. Rebound used copies occasionally come into the used-book market with the simple title Bigelow Genealogy.
In this book Howe states that he was unable to obtain any satisfactory account of the progenitor of John Biglo, and quotes conflicting traditions stating that the surname is of various national origins. He also quotes the late genealogist H.G. Somerby, who felt that John Biglo came from Wrentham, Suffolk, England, and was son of Randall and Jane Beageley, who had their youngest son, John, baptized 16 February 1617. Also, from the probate records of Wrentham, Somerby quotes the will of a Francis Baguley, blacksmith, of Wrentham, who in a will dated 20 October 1656, granted five pounds "to his brother John Baguley, now living in New England, if he comes for it within two years". He offered no
proof that Francis was son of Randall Baguley.
The rector of Wrentham parish in 1617 was the Rev. John Phillips, who later emigrated to Dedham, Massachusetts. During his years in Dedham, Phillips once stated that the blacksmith John Biglo of Watertown, Massachusetts was the same infant whom he had baptized in 1617 as the son of Randall Beageley, and that he (Phillips) had "known John Biglo from earliest youth upward','
Further, in a civil case in Watertown during his lifetime, John Biglo took the witness stand and identified himself as "John Biglo, formerly of Wrentham, England." From these facts we state the identity and parentage of John Biglo, and through parish and probate records in England, can prove three generations of his English ancestry.
John Biglo seems to have arrived in Watertown, MA about 1632. He probably came with an older relative, Elizabeth Bigelow, second wife of Deacon Richard Butler, who after a short stay in Massachusetts, followed the Rev. Thomas Hooker to Connecticut. It is assumed that Elizabeth was an older sister or first cousin. No ship's-records exist showing the date of their arrival.
John Biglo took part in the Pequot War of 1636, serving from Watertown. The next public mention we find of him is his marriage in Watertown on 30 October 1642-- the first marriage recorded in Watertown--before Mr. Nowell, to Mary Warren, daughter of John and Margaret Warren. Ella Biglow's book, Reminiscences of Historic Marlborouqh, MA, contains a fictional description of John at his wedding, in white satin breeches, ruffled shirt, and silver shoe buckles.
To quote from Howe's book, "from the list of those who took the oath of fidelity at Watertown 1652, we find that John Biggalough was one of the number, and he became a freeman 18 April 1690 which we find from the roll of freeman written as John Bigolo; under the same date we find that Samuel Begaloo was made a freeman, and by another list, date 16 May 1690, we find Samuel Biggilo and John Warren jr. were
made freemen. On the return of soldiers who were in the service from 25 November to 3 December 1675 King Philip's War]we find the names of John Bigulah Sr, Michael Flegg, and Isaac Leonard, the last being wounded. Thus we find the name variously spelled by different officials, but when we find the name written by any member of the family, in those early days it is written Biglo, Bigelo, or Bigelow." John Biglo appears by various accounts to have been a blacksmith, and again from town records we quote: "Agreed with John Biglo that for ten trees the towne allowed him for the setting up of a shop for a Smithes forge, that he shall either go on with his promise of setting up his trade, which is the trade of a Smith, within one twelfmonth after the date hereof or else to pay unto the towne ten shillings for these ten trees he
acknowledged to have off the towne." Dated 4 March 1651.
John Biglo was chosen a surveyor of highways in 1652 and 1660, a constable [Tax-collector] in 1663, and one of the selectmen or town council, in 1665, 1670, and 1671. His homesite consisted of six acres and was bounded north by Richard Ambler and William Parker, east by Thomas Straight, south by the highway, and on the west by Miles Ives After the death of his wife Mary in 1691, he married (2) on 2 October 1694, Sarah Bemis, daughter of Joseph Bemis. She outlived him. He died on 14 July 1703, at he age of 86 years, as recorded in town records. His will was dated 4 January 1703 and was proved 23 July 1703.
The will of John Biglo in its entirety, is as follows:
"In the name of God amen. I John Biglo of Watertown in the county of Middlesex within her Majesties Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, being weeke of body but in sound disposing Memory prais be given to god for the same, Do make this my last will and testament in manner & form following, that is to say first and principally I resign my soul unto the mercy full hands of allmighty god my Creator
assuredly hoping through the mercy of my blessed Saviour to obtain pardon remission of all my sins and my body I commit to the earth whence it was taken, to be decently buried by the discreshion of my executors hereinafter named and as for the worldly goods & estate the lord hath lone me I dispose thereof as follows:
Imp. I give and bequeath unto Sarah my well beloved wife, and to her heirs & assigns forever, all the lands and movable estate, that was hers before our marriage, and forty pounds in money, twenty pounds of s'd money to be p'd her within one month after my decease and twenty pounds within one year after my dece's I give unto her forty pounds waight of good pork, three bushels of barley, and one bushel of indian corn, five pounds waight in butter and five pounds waight in Chees, and also two Sheep, and half the flax that shall be in the house at my Deces--and that to be in full satisfaction of her thirds,
2ndly I give & bequeath to my eldest son John Biglo, & to his heirs & assigns forever, twenty pounds in money to be p'd within one year after my Deces, and in case my s'd son have an heir lawfully begotten of his own body, I give & bequeath his s'd heir twenty pounds in money to be p'd to him or her, when it shall be twenty one years of age, or day of marriage which shall first happen, but if it hapon my s'd son deces without an heir as above s'd, then my will is y't ye aboves'd twenty pounds be equally divided between my children then surviving.
3rdly I give & bequeath unto my son Jonathan Biglo, and to his heirs & assigns forever, twenty five pounds in money to be p'd him within one year after my deces.
4thly I give & bequeath to my son Daniell Biglo and to his heirs & assigns forever, twenty five pounds in money to be p'd him within one year after my deces.
5thly I give & bequeath to my son Samuel Biglo and to his heirs & assigns forever ten pounds in money besides what he hath already had, to be p'd to him within one year after my deces.
6thly I give and bequeath unto my son Joshua Biglo and to his heirs & assigns forever two parcels of lands lying on the westerly side of bow brook in s'd town. Purchased of Lieut Chas Hammond as may more fully appear by the deed of the same, and twenty five pounds in money, to be p'd him within one year after my deces.
7thly I give & bequeath unto my son James Biglo fifteen pounds, which I lent him as may appear by a bond under his hand and seal, and I give & bequeath to my said son James's son James Biglo ten pounds in money to be p'd him if he shall live to the age of twenty one years, but if it so happen that he deces before s'd age, then ye s'd ten pounds to be equally divided between my s'd son James surviving children, when they shall be of the age of twenty one years or day of marriage which shall first happen.
8thly I give & bequeath to my Daughter Mary Flagg and to her heirs & assigns forever, twenty five pounds in money to be p'd her within two years aft
9thly I give & bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Sterns' children twenty five pounds in money, to be p'd them, when they are twenty one years of age, or day of marriage which shall first happen.
10thly. I give & bequeath to my daughter Sarah Learned, and assigns forever, twenty five pounds in money, within three years after my Deces.
llthly. I give & bequeath to my daughter Martha wood's children, lawfully begotten of her own body, twenty five pounds in money to be p'd them equally alike, when they shall arrive at the age of twenty one years or day of marriage, which shall first happen.
12th. I give & bequeath unto my daughter Abigail Herrington & to her heirs & assigns, twenty five pounds in money, to be p'd within four years after my deces. And I nominat, ordain, & appoint, my above s'd son Joshua Biglo and my son in law Isaac Larned my Sole Executors to see this my last will & testament performed and all the rest and residue of my estate not herein bequeathed, after all my just debts and funerall charges are p'd my will is that it be divided between my s'd executors, that is to say, two parts of three, to my s'd son Joshua, and one third to my son in law Isaac Leanerd, and do request my trusty and well beloved friend, Capt. Benj. Garfield to be my overseer of this my last will & testament, my s'd
executors to allow him out of my estate for his cost & charges reasonable sattisfaction to his content, Revoking & making null & void all former or other wills by me heretofore made. In witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this fourth day of January one thousand seven hundred two/three, in the first year of the reign of our lady Anna, by the Grace of God over England & Queen.
Signed, seald & Published
Sam'l Livermore
Daniel Harrington Witnesses
Munning Sawin" his JOHN x BIGLO
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The inventory of John Biglo's estate amounted to L 627-12-00. This was a middle-class fortune. Among the expenses charged for the funeral were several pairs of black gloves, twenty gallons of wine, bottles for the wine, allspice and sugar, and twomen and horses to carry the wine and other articles to the funeral, also " a man and horse to notify Isaac Larned and wife at Sherburne to attend the funeral, and a man and
horse to notify John Stearns at Billerica to attend the funeral".
An additional note comes from the Knight family genealogy, in which Joseph Knight and his wife Hannah in 1649 sold "a mansion and land" to John Biglo. A map of early Watertown is shown in Robinson & Wheeler's book, Great Little Watertown; the land owned by John Biglo appears at the extreme left of the map, as does the adjoining parcel purchased from Joseph Knight. John Biglo owned several pieces of property, and in 1686 executed a gift-in-deed, conveying 16 acres and the house thereon "already occupied by my son Samuel" to Samuel Biglow and wife.
The children of John and Mary (Warren) Bigelow, all born in Watertown, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, are as follows
BFN
Name
Information
11+ John born 27 Oct 1643; died about 1721 in Hartford, Connecticut; he married, at unknown date, Rebecca Olmsted, to whose nephew his property was willed. Resided Hartford., Connecticut. No issue.
12+ Jonathan born 11 Dec 1646; died 9 Jan 1711 Hartford, Connecticut; married (1)1671 Rebecca Shepard who died before 1686; (2) Mary Olcott,who died 7 Mar 1697 (3) Mary (Benton) Cole. Resided Hartford, Connecticut. 12 children.
13+ Mary born 16 Mar 1648; died in Watertown before 1704; married 3 June 1674 Michael Flagg. 3 children.
14+ Daniel born 1 Dec 1650; died about 1715; married at unknown date Abial Pratt; he was a tailor; resided Framingham, Massachusetts. 6 children.
15+ Samuel born 28 Oct 1653; died 1 Feb 1731/2 Waltham, Massachusetts; married 3 June 1674 Mary Flagg. An innkeeper & carpenter, he resided Watertown to 1720, & held several town offices. 10 children.
16+ Joshua born 5 Nov 1655; died 1 Feb 1745 Westminster, Massachusetts; married 20 Oct 1676 Elizabeth Flagg. Resided Watertown most of his life. 12 children.
17+ Elizabeth born 15 June 1657; died 18 April 1694 Billerica Massachusetts; married at unknown date John Stearns. Resided Billerica. 7 children.
18+ Sarah born 29 Sept 1659; died after 1703 at Framingham, Massachusetts; married 23 July 1679 Isaac Larned. Resided Framingham. 11 children
19+ James born about 1660; died unknown at Watertown; married (1)25 Mar 1687 Patience Brown; (2)3 July 1693 Elizabeth Child; (3)15 June 1708 Johanna Erickson. Resided Watertown. 4 children. The male line,however, died out in the next generation.
1A+ Martha born 1 April 1662; died unknown date. She married (1)1686 Thomas Olmsted, and divorced 1687; (2)Obadiah Woods of E. Hartford, CT, who died 1712. Martha's family is uncertain, but she left several children.
1B+ Abigail born 4 Feb 1664; died 12 Jan 1754 Watertown; married 10 Dec 1684 Benjamin Harrington. Resided Watertown. 4 children.
1C Hannah born 4 Mar 1666;,died 8 Mar 1666
1D A son unnamed, born and died 18 Dec 1667."46
Children of John (Baguley)1 Bigelow and Mary Warren were:
87. Joshua2 Bigelow (John1); born 5 Nov 1655 at Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; married Elizabeth Flagg, daughter of Thomas Flagg and Mary __________, 20 Oct 1676; died 1 Feb 1745 at Westminister, MA, at age 89.
He was (an unknown value) 12 children. He Served in King Phillip's War. He "16 Joshua 2 BIGELOW, sixth child and fifth son of John 1 and Mary (WARREN) BIGELOW , was born 5 Nov 1655 in Watertown, Middlesex county, MA. Just before reaching his majority, on 20 Oct 1676, he married Elizabeth FLAGG, daughter of Thomas and Mary (?) FLAGG. She was born in Watertown 22 Mar 1657, according to the BIGELOW genealogy, but the FLAGG genealogy and Bond's history give this correctly as 1655. She died in Watertown 9 Aug 1729. Some authorities list Elizabeth's maiden name as FLEGG (which may be correct).
Joshua served in the colonial engagement known as King Phillip's War, as a member of Capt. Ting's company. He was wounded, and as a result was given a grant of land in Narragansett No. 2, which we know as Westminister, MA. However, Joshua continued to live in Watertown until his last few years, the grant passing to his son Eleizer. See also Bodge's volume on the colonial wars.
Joshua was appointed executor of his father's will, along with his brother in law Isaac LARNED. In return for which he received a largershare of his father's estate than did his brothers and sisters. He appears to have been well known in his lifetime.
Howe's Bigelow Family in America says that "in his 87th year, being anxious to reside on the land he had earned at the peril of his life", Joshua removed to Westminister with his son Eleizer, and lived there until his death on 1 Feb 1745. He outlived all his brothers and sisters save Abigail (BIGELOW) HARRINGTON.
Joshua and Elizabeth (FLAGG) BIGELOW had twelve children, all born Watertown:
161 Joshua, born 25 Nov 1677; died 9 May 1728 Weston, MA; married 17 Oct 1701 Hannah FISKE. Resided Weston. 9 children.
162 Jonathan, born 22 Mar 1679; died after 1745 (his will is dated Jan 1746) at Weston, MA; married (1) 11 June 1702 Elizabeth BEMIS, who died 1734; and (2) 29 Jan 1742 Mary RICE. Resided Weston. 5 children.
163 Lieut. John, born 20 Dec 1681; died 8 Mar 1770 Colchester, CT; married four times as follows: (1)about 1705 Hannah ______, who died 1709; (2) 9 Nov 1709 his first cousin Sarah BIGELOW; (3) about 1755 Abigail ______, who died 1760; and (4) Hannah MUNN. Lived Hartford, CT. to 1709, then Colchester, CT. 2 sons from first marriage (John and David), 3 children from second.
164 Benjamin, born 20 Jan 1683; he was "in the public service", and was injured by being thrown from a horse. Died 27 Oct 1709,unmarried.
165 Jabez. There are no actual records of this son. Family tradition says he moved to Bristol, England, and became a merchant. But genealogists have never found any trace of him in England.
166 Elizabeth, born 3 Aug 1687;died Sept 26 1748, Worcester, Ma.* ; married 28 Feb 1724 Jonathan HARRINGTON. 1 daughter.
* Reference Source is: Bryce Index His Source: Weis, F.L. "Early Generations of the Family of Robert Harrington of Watertown, Massachusetts, 1634, and some of his descendants" pp. 16,19, 24, 26, 28, 30, 31, 46, 47, 86, 117-118, additional information on the Harrington side.
?. Mercy. Bond's "Genealogies and History of Watertown" places a daughter of this name in Joshua's family, but it is now generally agreed that there was no such daughter, and Bond was confused by Samuel(2) BIGELOW's daughter Mercy, whose birth was accidentally recorded as "Martha".
167 David, born 30 Apr 1694; said to have died in Spain, but there is no proof.
168 Joseph, born 29 Dec 1695; died 6 Jan 1765 Weston, MA; married (1)about 1720 Sarah ______, who died 18 Feb 1755 "in her
fifties"; and (2) 10 July 1755 Thankful ROBINSON, who outlived him to marry (2) 1766 Ezra GRAVES, and (3) 1769 Isaac RICE, both of
Sudbury. Joseph resided Weston, and had 3 children born 1720's.
169 Daniel, baptized 29 Aug 1697; died about 1769 Worchester, MA; married at unknown date Elizabeth WHITNEY. Resided Worchester,
MA. 6 children.
16A Ebenezer, born 4 Sept 1698; married 29 May 1720 Hannah BROWNE. They moved to Weston, then Worchester, next Newton, then
Waltham. Ebenezer was a ship's carpenter, and is said to have died in Cuba. Church records show 12 children, several of whom have proved
untraceable.
16B Gershom, born 6 Sept 1701; died 2 Feb 1769 Auburn, MA; married 25 June 1724 Rachel GALE. Resided Weston, Sutton, and
Auburn. 9 children at least, of whom only 5 are listed in Bigelow genealogy. Of these, one daughter's marriage is incorrect, and a son's family
is also incorrect.
16C Eleizer or Eleazer, born 14 Mar 1705; died 24 Feb 1762 at Westminister, MA;
married 24 Nov 1724 Mary FISKE. Resided Watertown and Westminister. 7 children.
Sources:
Howe, Bigelow Family in America;
Bond, Genealogies and History of Watertown;
vital records of various Massechusetts towns.
Reprinted from The Bigelow Society document by Rod Bigelow on 7/24/96. "
Children of Joshua2 Bigelow and Elizabeth Flagg were as follows:
88. Jonathon3 Bigelow (Joshua2, John1);47 born 22 Mar 1679 at Watertown, MA;47 married Elizabeth Bemis 11 Jun 1702 at Watertown, MA.47
Children of Jonathon3 Bigelow and Elizabeth Bemis were:
89. Lt. John3 Bigelow (Joshua2, John1); born 20 Dec 1681 at Watertown, Middlesex, MA; died 8 Mar 1770 at Colchester, New London, CT, at age 88.
He was (an unknown value) 2 children at by Hanna. He "Colchester Settler Lieutenant John Bigelow
Lieutenant John Bigelow and His Family
Local History by Kevin Tulimieri COLCHESTER - In 1864, Charles M. Taintor described the first settlers of Colchester in the Preface of the Extracts From The Records of Colchester as: "a body of men of the highest respectability, and of the first families from different parts of the country.... " The group was indeed a company of distinguished families, many members the descendants of New England's first colonial leaders. These prominent men were led to Colchester in 1698 by Quarter Master Nathaniel Foote, also from an important colonial family. Foote was a leader in the early Connecticut militia and the grandson of a founder of Wethersfield. The Footes' celebrated reputation attracted many members of New England's leading families to the new plantation "at or near the place Called Jermiah's farme upon the Rode to Newlondon."
Among the list of early Colchester settlers who followed Foote into the Connecticut wilderness was "John Bigloo a son of Joshua Bigloo of Watertown, which John Bigloo now dwells in Hartford on the east." The Bigelow family, as the name has been adjusted to over the years, settled early in Colchester and played an important role in town for generations. Lieutenant John Bigelow arrived in Colchester between the years 1706 and 1709. He was the grandson of John Bigelow, a proprietor of the early Massachusetts Bay Colony at Watertown. Lieutenant John Bigelow, the son of Joshua, must have been in Colchester by 1709, when town clerk Miceall Taintor recorded the birth of his son and resulting events: "John bigelow son to John bigelow b. March 25th : 1709 - hannah the wife of John bigelow Dyed March 31t: 1709 - John bigelow.... & Sarah Bigelow m. November 4th: 1709."
After what appears to be a tragic start in his new home, Bigelow persevered and continued to be involved in the early Colchester community. He had his second child in Colchester on July 17, 1712, a daughter named Sarah. Later that year, on December 31, 1712, John "biglo" was entered in Taintor's Record of Colchester as being elected as a "lestor," or lister. The lister was the colonial equivalent of a tax assessor, a
person who would list the value of each person's property for tax purposes. A symbol of success, town offices such as "lestor" were reserved for the most respected members of the community. This was the first of many important positions Bigelow would hold, a tribute to his popularity in Colchester over many years.
The Bigelows soon added another child to their family, a son Jonathan, on May 21, 1714. John Bigelow remained involved in town affairs and on "Decembr ye 27, 1714," he was elected for two positions, "Inspecter" and "Surveyer." However, less than a month later, he was elected to his most important position yet. On "Jenewary the 4th, 1715," Bigelow was elected as a member of the seating committee for the meeting House. In the early days of Colchester, as in most New England towns, the pews in the Meeting House were arranged according to your prominence in town. First, the status of the seats had to be established. The initial design seems to have caused some controversy and was revised less than a week later. Taintor reported the final layout on "Jenewary ye 10th.... the pue next to the pulpitt to be the first - 2d in dignety is the 2d pue & the fore seat to be equall In Dignetie. 3d in Dignety is the second seat - 4th is the third seat equall with ye third Pue - 5. is the fowrth seat equall with the fowrth Pue - next the fifth seat: next: 6th - 7th - 8th - " The rules for seating the congregation instructed the committee to consider: "first the 12d & 3d Rate for buelding the meeting hows to be Considered in Conjuction with the present List of estates - further in the next place age with other quallefiecations to be considered.... further it was voated that the seators shall also Consider the last years List with ye other abovementioned....." Bigelow and five other highly respected men in the community were elected for this important job. Unfourtunately, the final arrangement of seating in the Meeting House was not recorded, so we don't know where Bigelow seated his own family. However, over the next few years, Bigelow continued to serve in Colchester's most distinguished town offices.
The Bigelow family celebrated their own success with the birth of Asa on September 3, 1720, the third child of John and Sarah. Then it was back into community service a few months later. On December 27, 1720, "sergt ebenr Dible Sargt Nathaniell foot & John biglow ware chosen to Inspect into the encroachments made by persons: by fencing & takeing into thayr Improvement further & more then was layd out to them: in their other Devisions of land: & said Comittie shall give such persons Reasonable notice to thro up or Remove thayr fence - that so the town in generall may be benefited there by - & if any person or persons shall neglect to lay to the Comons : such land : so Incroached : eigther in the town street or in : devisions of land thay are hearby Impowered to prosecute : any such person in the law for thayr so doing." Bigelow's new position, with the power to adjust boundaries and prosecute violators, was a very powerful office. Sharing committee work with Sergeant Foote, the son of the original Colchester settler Nathaniel Foote, also shows the continued rise in Bigelow's status.
A few years later, Isaac Bigelow becomes active in Colchester and begins to appear in Taintor's Record. It is unknown exactly when Isaac entered town or his exact relation to John Bigelow. But he must have been in Colchester for a while before December 1723, when he was elected to the position of "Colecteror," or tax collector. Without doubt, dealing with the town finances was taken very seriously and reserved for the most trusted and respected members of the community. Although Isaac doesn't appear in Colchester's earliest records, he quickly earned a prominent position in town. The next December, Isaac was again elected to serve the town, this time as a "waywarden," taking care of the town roads.
The next year, John Bigelow re-appears in Colchester's town records. He is now listed with the title of Sergeant, reflecting a promotion in the militia. The first entry bearing Bigelow's new title is on December 13, 1725, when he is elected to three different positions. First, "Sergt John biglow" and "Isaac biglow" are both elected as "howards," supervisors of the town's animal population. Seargeant Bigelow was also elected
as one of the "Tithingmen," to collect money for the support of the church and preacher. The third position was with "ensign Wells" and "serg Ephream foot" in the important work of the "Choole Comittie," creating the town's first district schools.
The 1725 entry is the last surviving record of John Bigelow's work in Colchester. He continued to rise in rank in the militia, eventually reaching the high level of Lieutenant. Liuetenant John Bigelow died in 1770, leaving two children from his first wife and five by his second wife, Sarah. His son Asa would also become involved in town affairs and the local militia. During the Revolutionary War, Asa served as Assistant Commissary to Commisary General Champion of Colchester. It is reported that Asa himself drove a heard of cattle to General Washington's starving troops at Valley Forge. He was a carpenter by trade and in 1794, Asa shingled his barn with the first cut nails seen in Colchester. Asa Bigelow became a large land holder in Colchester, owning about 700 acres. Following his father's interest in education, Asa was one of the original trustees of Bacon Academy. He had a total of 11 children: three sons and seven daughters survived to adulthood. Three of his daughters married respected ministers and his son Asa became a successful New York merchant.
The influence of the Bigelow family continued to be felt in Colchester for many years. Looking through Taintor's Record, it is clear that John Bigelow, and later Isaac, played important roles in the community. Even among the distinguished group of Colchester settlers, Lieutenat John Bigelow maintained a proud family tradition of leadership and earned the respect of the community he served.
Sources:
Biographical Review of New London County, Asa R. Bigelow, by Beers 1880
Taintor's Record of Colchester, Transcribed by Charles Taintor 1864
Corrections contributed by Anne Bigelow, Forge Editor: You mention Asa, Lt. John's son, near the end of the article, whom you say served during the Revolutionary War and in 1794, used the first cut nails in Colchester. Your information is correct ; however, this Asa is Lt. John's grandson, not son. I can easily see how the mistaken connection was made - let me explain. Lt. John's son, Asa, died 3 Oct 1754, Colchester, from a fever which also claimed the lives of his mother, Sarah, and two of his children within the space of six weeks. This Asa had nine children, the eldest was also Asa and died of the same fever on 18 Sep 1754. His youngest was a posthumous child, born 12 May 1755, and was also named Asa (after his dead father and dead eldest brother!) This is the Asa in your article. He lived with his grandparents, Lt. John and new wife until age 14 so it is easy to see how he is confused with his father, Asa. You wonder in your article how Isaac Bigelow is related to Lt. John. He is John's first cousin, (Isaac was the son of Samuel Bigelow, a brother to Joshua, Lt. John's father). They had the same grandfather, John Bigelow of Watertown. Our records say that Isaac first bought land in Colchester in 1712 and was admitted as an inhabitant in 1717. You also state that Lt. John had five children by his second wife, our records indicate only three (Asa is the youngest)."46
Children of Lt. John3 Bigelow and Hanna ____ were:
90. Benjamin4 Bigelow (Jonathon3, Joshua2, John1);47 born 3 Dec 1709 at Watertown, MA;47 married Love Wood 16 Oct 1735 at Weston, MA;47 died 3 May 1771 at Winchester, NH, at age 61.47
Children of Benjamin4 Bigelow and Love Wood were:
91. David4 Bigelow (Lt.3, Joshua2, John1); born 22 Sep 1706 at Hartford, CT; baptized 22 Sep 1706 at Hartford, CT; married Editha (Edith) Day, daughter of John Day and Grace Spencer, 11 Dec 1729 at Colchester, New London, CT; died 2 Jun 1799 at Colchester, New London, CT, at age 92.
He was (an unknown value) 8 children. He "1631 David 4 oldest son of Lt. John 3, (Joshua 2,John 1) BIGELOW and Hannah______, born before 22 Sep 1706 Hartford,Hartford,CT. Baptized on 22 Sep 1706.( It was the custom to baptise infants on the Sunday following birth.) When he was an infant, the family moved to Colchester,
New London, CT. Married (1) about 1726 Editha (Edith) DAY, daughter of John and Grace SPENCER DAY, who was born 10 Sep 1705, and died 19 Jan 1746 in Colchester,New London, CT. Picture above taken 10/20/95 at Cemetery Rd. Cemetery, near Marlborough. They had 8 children.
Married (2) 21 Jan 1747 Mrs. Mary (Mercy) LEWIS, widow of Rev. Judah LEWIS, and daughter of Stephen and Lydia (BELDING) KELLOGG. She was born 30 Oct 1709. 4 children. She died 5 Jan 1795. David died 2 Jun 1799, both in Colchester,New London,CT. They lived in that part of Colchester which was later set off as the town of Marlborough.
Children of David BIGELOW by first wife Editha, all born Colchester:
16311 Hannah, born 11 Nov 1730; died 1 Jun 1806 Cambridge, Washington co,NY.
m Barrett PHELPS; resided Hebron,CT and Cambridge, NY. 15 children.
16312 David, b 7 May 1732; d 6 Oct 1820 Marlborough, CT; m (1) 17 Jun 1762
Patience FOOTE; (2) Priscilla (AMES) STRONG; res. Marlborough, CT. 7 children.
16313 Amasa, b 3 Sep 1733; d 12 Mar 1811 Brookfield, Orange co, VT; m 31 Dec 1754, Jemina STRONG; res Brookfield, VT from 1780's on. 13
children all born CT.
16314 Ezra5 , b 10 Apr 1736; died unknown date, but will probated 1808 at Geneseo, NY; m (1) 1 Sep 1755 Hannah STRONG; (2) 6 May 1779 Lois HORTON. Lived Colchester to 1806, then NY state. 9 children.
16315 Daniel, b 25 May 1738;d 11 Nov 1822 Marlborough,CT;m(1) 8 Jan 1761 Mary BRAINARD; (2) 11 Jun 1778 Sarah F. (CHAPMAN) INGHAM; res Marlborough. 14 children.
16316 Eli, b 25 Aug 1739; died 10 Aug 1751.
16317 Azariah, b 26 Dec 1741; died 5 Feb 1812 Marlborough; m 26 Mar 1767 Margaret FOOTE; res Colchester. 6 sons.
16318 Editha, b 16 Mar 1744; res Haddam,CT.
Children of David BIGELOW by second wife, Mercy (Mary Kellogg Lewis -see below), also born Colchester:
16319 Stephen, b 27 Oct 1747; d 13 Sep 1748.
1631A Stephen, b 5 Jun 1749; d 5 Aug 1751.
1631B Moses, b 4 Oct 1750; d 23 Dec 1750.
1631C Mercy, b 23 Nov 1753; d 3 Aug 1832 Norwich,VT; m 12 Nov 1772 Joseph LOVELAND; res Colchester & Norwich. 13 children.
Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol I, pg 68.
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
Barbour, Index of CT Vital Record;
Charles R. Hale, CT Cemetery and Newspaper Obit Listings;
Phelps genealogy;
Vital records VT & NY;
Kellogg Genealogy;
Wm.H.B. Bigelow, Genealogy of a Branch of Bigelow Family, 1877."46
Children of David4 Bigelow and Editha (Edith) Day were:
92. Joel5 Bigelow (Benjamin4, Jonathon3, Joshua2, John1);47 born 10 Jun 1747 at Weston, Middlesex Co, MA;47 married Abigail Call circa 1775;47 died Mar 1815 at Salisbury, Addison Co., VT, at age 67.47
Children of Joel5 Bigelow and Abigail Call were:
93. David5 Bigelow (David4, Lt.3, Joshua2, John1); born 7 May 1732 at Colchester, New London, CT; married Patience Foote, daughter of Nathaniel Foote Jr. and Patience Gates, 17 Jun 1762; died 6 Oct 1820 at Marlborough, New London, CT, at age 88.
He was (an unknown value) 8 children. He "16312 David 5 BIGELOW, son of David 4, ( Lt. John 3, Joshua 2, John 1) and Editha (DAY) BIGELOW, was born Colchester, New London, CT, 7 May 1732. He married (1) 17 Jun 1762 Patience FOOTE, daughter of Nathaniel Jr. and Patience (GATES) FOOTE. She was born 17 Jun 1737, and died 26 Jun 1791. He married (2) Priscilla (AMES) STRONG. They lived in that portion of Glastonbury known as Marlborough. David died 6 Oct 1820.
1790 census: CT - Hartford - Glastonbury - David Bigelow: 3-2-3-0-0.
Children of David and Patience (FOOTE) BIGELOW:
16312.1t David, b 09 Nov 1762; d 22 Nov 1843 Brookfield, Orange co, VT; m 28 Apr 1785 Lydia CHAPEL; res Brookfield, VT. 7 children.
16312.2t Erastus, b 11 Feb 1765; d 15 July 1855 Union Village, NY; m (1) 1 June 1789 Lucy ROOT; and (2) _____ ? Mrs. Mary GIFFORD; res Easton, Washington co, NY. 5 children
16312.3 Patience, b 28 Dec 1767; d 10 Mar 1832 Marlborough; m _____ ? Solomon FINLEY. Family not traced.
16312.4t John Day, b 23 July 1770; d 30 Dec 1870 Marlborough; m (1) 20 May 1797 Sarah Buell, (2) Jemima CARRIER; res Hebron and
Marlborough. 7 or 8 children, all of whom he outlived.
16312.5t Anna, b 15 Jan 1773; d 14 may 1842 Mecklenberg, NY; m 2 Feb 1794 Benjamin SEARS. 8 children.
16312.6 Isaac, b 29 Oct 1775; d 7 May 1832; m 28 Dec 1806 Margaret FOOTE, daughter of Aaron and Mary (ISHAM) FOOTE. No issue.
16312.7t Asa , b 18 Jan 1779; d 12 Feb 1850 Malden, NY; m 18 Feb 1802 Lucy ISHAM of Colchester; res Malden-on -Hudson. 5 children including John 7
16312.8 Esther, b 22 Mar 1782; d 11 Sep 1849; m 4 Oct 1804 William BUELL. Family not traced.
Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol I, pg 160-161.
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
Vital records of Hebron and Marlborough CT;
Barbour, Index of Vital Records;
Sears genealogy;
correspondence with descendants. "46
Children of David5 Bigelow and Patience Foote were:
94. Joel6 Bigelow (Joel5, Benjamin4, Jonathon3, Joshua2, John1);47 born 13 Nov 1779 at Springfield, Windsor Co, VT;47 married Cynthia Fisk 31 Oct 1802;47 died 27 Jan 1806 at Newmarket, York Co., ON, at age 26.47
Children of Joel6 Bigelow and Cynthia Fisk were:
95. Asa6 Bigelow (David5, David4, Lt.3, Joshua2, John1); born 18 Jan 1779 at Marlborough, Hartford Co., CT;47 married Lucy Isham, daughter of Samuel Isham and Mary Adams, 18 Feb 1802; died 12 Feb 1850 at Malden-on-Hudson, NY, at age 71.47
He was (an unknown value) 5 children. He was Farmer and Store Owner. He "16312.7 Asa 6 son of David 5, ( David 4, John 3, Joshua 2, John 1) and Patience (FOOTE) BIGELOW, was born 18 Jan 1779 at Marlborough, Hartford Co.,CT He married, on 18 Feb 1802, Lucy ISHAM of Colchester, born 22 Sep 1780, daughter of Samuel and Mary (ADAMS) ISHAM. Lucy had at least one sister named Sally who married Dr. Roswell BRADLEY, and accompanied Asa and Lucy on their move to New York State. In 1818 Asa took his Lucy's brothers, Charles and Giles ISHAM, into partnership with him, under the firm-name of Bigelow & Isham. Giles ISHAM had been his clerk for several years previous. Not long after this partnership was formed Asa withdrew. Asa and Lucy lived briefly at Colchester, CT, and Saugerties, NY, before settling at Malden-on-Hudson, where Asa became a prosperous farmer and store owner. He died there 12 Feb 1850, and his wife on 14 Sep 1873.
Children of Asa 6 and Lucy (ISHAM) BIGELOW:
16312.71 Susan Emeline, born 5 Dec 1805 Colebrook,CT; died 13 Feb 1884 Malden,NY;m 1 Jan 1822 Stephen KELLOGG of Troy,NY; res Malden,NY.
16312.72 Edward, b 20 Aug 1810 Saugerties,NY; died there 23 July 1889;m (1) Caroline E. BOIES, and (2) 27 Jun 1853 Mary Ann BOIES. 9 children. CT.
16312.73 David, b 3 Sep 1733; d 12 Mar 1811 Brookfield, Orange co, VT; m 31 Dec 1754, Jemina STRONG; res Brookfield, VT from 1780's on. 13 children all born CT.
16312.74 John, b 15 Nov 1817 Malden,NY; d 19 Dec 1911 NY; m 11 Jun 1850 Jennie POULTNEY; resided both NY and abroad, as he was U.S. consul in France and held other foreign posts. 8 children.
16312.75 Adeline,b 26 Dec 1823 Malden,NY; died there 23 Dec 1850; m 20 Oct 1847 Henry H. Beers.
Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol I,pg 322.
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
Biographical Encyclopedia of U.S.
Clapp, Forgotten First Citizen.
John 7 Bigelow's Speech by Ric Dragon. This speech talks about his father Asa, the ISHAMS, Fulton's Steamboat, and life of the times. I will paste
an excerpt here:
"I will allow myself to say a few words about the only native of Marlborough I can pretend to have ever personally known since I was seven or eight years of age, until a few hours visit here a year ago.
My father, Asa Bigelow, was born in this town on the 18th of January, 1779, and died on the 12th of February, 1850, at Malden, in his seventy-first year. On the 18th of February, 1802, he was married to Lucy Isham, of Colchester, Conn., by the Reverend Salmon Cone; she in her twenty-second and he
in his twenty-third year.
My father had three brothers and three sisters. Of these, my namesake, John D., who lived to the goodly age of a century, and his brother Isaac, lived and died in Marlborough. David settled in Vermont and Erastus in Union Village, Washington Co., New York. One of the sisters married John Sears, a Baptist clergyman, and moved to western New York; the other two sisters were settled in this town and are represented here today by their offspring.
My father soon after his marriage migrated to what is now known as the town of Saugerties, then an obscure village near the banks of the Hudson River, on what was known in my youth as the Sawyer's Creek [editor's note; at this point, someone has annotated that it is "Sawmill Creek"] , where to a general country store he added the business of freighting and forwarding the produce of the neighborhood to New York. He secured the first post-office service for the village of Saugerties, and he himself its first postmaster. He was appointed by President Jefferson."
Asa BIGELOW Father of John7 BIGELOW, by Ric Dragon ( author of THE BIGELOW PAGE)The picture above, excerpt above, and article below are his. They are fine examples of genealogical research.
Sylvester, Nathaniel Bartlett. History of Ulster County, New York. [Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1880], Interlaken, NY: Heart of the Lakes Publishing, 1994, pp. 74a-74b, 74d-74e.
Asa Bigelow
Asa, the first settler of the name of Bigelow in Ulster County , was a son of David and Patience Bigelow, and was born at Marlborough, in the State of Connecticut, on the 18th day of January, 1779. John Baguley, or Bigelow, the ancestor of the numerous families of Bigelows in New England, came from Cheshire, England, to Watertown, in the colony of Massachusetts, where on the 30th day of October, 1642, he married Mary Warren, who was also born in England. He died July 14, 1703, aged eighty-six years. He left twelve children. Several of his grandchildren settled in Marlborough, Mass. His son John, born in 1643, and grandson Isaac, born in 1690, settled in Connecticut. They are presumed to be among the early settlers of the town of Marlborough, in the State of Connecticut, and to have brought with them to their new home the name of the place which one of them at least had left, and which was consecrated to both by the tenderest associations.
Asa Bigelow's grandfather, David Bigelow, died at Marlborough, on the 2nd of June, 1799, in the ninety-third year of his age. His grandmother, Mary, died January 5, 1795, in the eighty-sixth year of her age.
While yet a lad of fourteen, Asa entered the store of David Kilbourn, a merchant in the town of Farmington, in the State of Connecticut, and was at the same time received into Mr. Kilbourn's family on the footing of a son. His school education was limited to four winter months' attendance at the district school in that place.
He remained with Mr. Kilbourn till he became of age, when he opened a store on his own account in the town of Colebrook. While residing there, and on the 18th day of February, 1802, he married Lucy Isham, a daughter of Samuel and Mary Isham, of Colchester, who was a Miss Adams, - he in his twenty-third and his wife in her twenty-second year. He was reasonably successful in his business, and in the course of four or five years accumulated a few hundred dollars, but, fancying there was a wider sphere of action for young men in the "far West," he mounted his horse one day, and, with all the money of which he was possessed stuffed into his saddle-bags, started for the State of New York, - the "far West" of that period, - accompanied on another horse by his brother-in-law, Dr. Roswell Bradley, who had married Mrs. Asa Bigelow's sister, Sally Isham. The pilgrims crossed the Hudson River at Catskill, and traveled southward along its west branch as far as Flatbush. Here Mr. Bigelow was inclined to purchase a tract of land on the river and settle, but upon a more careful study of the situation concluded to return to the Dutch settlement at Saugerties, some eight miles farther north. He there purchased the house and store on the corner of Main Street now known as Russell's Block, - to-day perhaps the most valuable piece of land of its size in the town, - and commenced a general shipping and commission business. He bought or advanced on the produce of the surrounding country, which he shipped to the New York market and sold, making his settlements largely in merchandise. He was quite prosperous, and seems very soon to have been recognized as one of the leading men of the county.
In 1811 the county of Greene was carved out of the counties of Ulster and Albany, and at the same time Saugerties, theretofore a part of the town of Kingston, was itself incorporated into a town. Mr. Bigelow was elected the second supervisor of the new town , and was re-elected every year till he took up his residence elsewhere. Upon his application, a post-office was established at Saugerties, and he was its first postmaster. He continued to hold this office also till he moved to Bristol, now called Malden, about two miles north of Saugerties. The navigation of Saugerties Creek in those days was subject to serious interruptions from freshets and shoals, which proved such an inconvenience to his business that after five years' experience Mr. Bigelow determined to go two miles farther north, where he could have his dock privileges and warehouse directly on the river, with plenty of water.
This section of Ulster County had been originally settled by German refugees from the Palatinate, who found an asylum from the persecutions of Louis XIV. along the banks of the Hudson River, between Kingston and Catskill. They were a simple-minded people, living mostly upon the products of their land, which was but poorly tilled, and upon the fish with which in those days the waters of the Hudson teemed. They had little enterprise, disliked all Yankee novelties, and discouraged what the Yankees considered improvements. They rapidly diminished in numbers, their descendants having to a considerable extent disappeared, leaving scarcely any durable traces of their existence behind them. The only house in Bristol, when Mr. Bigelow arrived there, was an old fish-house, which stood upon the site now occupied by the Malden House.
He had purchased from the heirs of John Wolven, in 1808, a tract of about two hundred acres, for which he paid six thousand dollars.* This land, or most of it, is now the property of Mr. Francis Pigeon. *(Asa 6 Bigelow's purchase of 200 acres of land from one John WOLVEN is mentioned. The price was $6,000. I am interested in the WOLVEN family tree. Have you come across anything that would be helpful to me; from Greg Advocaat 1239 Saffron Lane SE, Apt 3A Grand Rapids, MI 49508 [email protected]) Upon the upper end of this property he built a frame store, on the south side of the road leading to what is now known as the Isham wharf . He erected for his own use the first dwelling-house in the place, which is now occupied by Jeremiah Parris. Soon after settling there he commenced building the brick store into which he moved in 1814. Four years later he took his brothers-in-law, Charles and Giles Isham, into partnership with him, under the firm-name of Bigelow & Isham. Giles Isham had been his clerk for several years previous. Not long after this partnership was formed Mr. Bigelow withdrew from it, built the stone store on a property adjoining on the north, that which the firm had occupied, and which he purchased from John Van Steenberg on the 22nd day of June, 1813. Its water-privileges constituted its chief value. Here he re-established himself, first alone, and afterwards associated with him his son-in-law, Stephen Kellogg, and his two oldest sons, Edward and David. He here prosecuted a prosperous business till he retired with a handsome competence about 1846.
Though diligent in business, Mr. Bigelow did not forget or neglect his duties to the public. He erected the first two hotels in Bristol; he procured the establishment of a post-office in the place, which led to a change of its name to Malden, and the appointment of one of his clerks, Judson H. Calkins, as postmaster. He, with his two brothers-in-law, bore almost the entire expense of constructing the first church and parsonage in Malden. He procured the charter for the turnpike which unites Malden with the mountain settlements in its rear, and furnished most, if not all the money for building it. He also built the first academy in Malden, and the first sloop that was ever constructed in the town of Saugerties. She was called the "Phoenix," and plied between Bristol and New York.
Mr. Bigelow's habits of business bore the impress of strong individuality, and go far to explain his uninterrupted success as a merchant, and his influence in whatever community he was a citizen. He never bought what he could not pay for at the time; he never gave a note in his life, nor endorsed but one, and that he had to pay. It was for one hundred and fifty dollars, in behalf of a relative, and before he left Connecticut. This note is still in the family. He often spoke of this as one of the indiscretions of his youth, but at the same time he regarded the money it cost him as the best investment he ever made, for it cured him for life of any disposition to use or lend his financial credit. It is needless to say that there was no house on the Hudson in better financial standing.
During the war of 1812 the scarcity of currency compelled him to issue his own paper in the form of currency, redeemable on presentation, for the convenience of his customers. The venerable Peter Schutt, who is now one of the two or three oldest inhabitants of the town of Saugerties, says he remembers when the Bigelow "shinplasters were the only currency in the place," adding, "And we were all glad enough to get them."
Mr. Bigelow was educated in the Presbyterian faith, and during the last twenty years of his life was a consistent professor of religion. Though he had enjoyed the most limited opportunities for education, Mr. Bigelow was so liberally endowed in every way by nature that he was sure to occupy a prominent place in whatever sphere of life he might be placed. He was about six feet two inches high, and of prodigious strength in early manhood. He died on the 12th day of February, 1850, in the seventy-second year of his age, leaving six children, - Emmeline, who was born in Colebrook, and married Stephen Kellogg, of Troy; Edward, who was born in Saugerties; and David, John, and Adeline, who were born in Bristol.
Mrs. Asa Bigelow survived her husband three years, dying at her residence in Malden, Sept. 14, 1853, in the seventy-third year of her age. "46
Children of Asa6 Bigelow and Lucy Isham were:
96. Hiram7 Bigelow (Joel6, Joel5, Benjamin4, Jonathon3, Joshua2, John1);48 born 19 Aug 1803 at Newmarket, ON;47 married Mary Ann Armstrong 12 Mar 1828 at Tecumseh Twp., Simcoe Co., ON;47 died 11 Dec 1853 at Lindsay, Victoria Co., ON, at age 50.47
Children of Hiram7 Bigelow and Mary Ann Armstrong were:
97. Edward7 Bigelow (Asa6, David5, David4, Lt.3, Joshua2, John1); born 20 Aug 1810 at Saugerties, NY; married Caroline E. Boies, daughter of David Boies and Elizabeth Gibbs, 9 Jun 1841 at Blandford, MA; married Mary Amelia Boies, daughter of David Boies and Elizabeth Gibbs, 7 Jun 1853 at Meriden, CT; died 23 Jul 1889 at Saugerties, NY, at age 78.
He Entered into the family business, but specialized in quarrying "bluestone", which much of New York was paved with. He "16312.72 Edward 7 Bigelow, son of Asa 6 ( David 5, David 4, Lt. John 3, Joshua 2, John 1) and Lucy (Isham) BIGELOW, was born at Saugerties, NY on 20 Aug 1810. Following his education, he entered into the family business, but specialized in the quarrying of "blue stone", with which much of New York was paved at the time. He married (1) 09 June 1841 at Malden-on-Hudson, NY, Caroline E. BOIES. She was the daughter of David BOIES and Elizabeth (GIBBS) BOIES and born 08 July 1814 at Blandford, MA and died 11 Sept 1852 leaving several children. Edward then married (2) 27 June 1853 at Meriden, CT Mary Amelia BOIES, sister of his first wife. She was born 08 May 1825 at Blandford and outlived Edward to
die 09 May 1901 at Bloomfield, NJ. Edward had died 23 July 1889 at Saugerties, NY.(dates of wives differ from new information below)
.Children of Edward and Caroline (BOIES) BIGELOW, all born Malden-on-Hudson, NY:
16312.721t John Albert, b 24 June 1842; d ___ 1929 Harrington Park, NJ; m unknown date Harriet SMITH; res New York City; 7 children.
16312.722t Edward Payson, b 04 Nov 1843; d 20 July 1925 New York City; m 27 Aug 1872 Mary Frances ASHLEY; 7 children.
16312.723 Caroline Elizabeth, b 29 Nov 1845; d 22 Aug 1876 Malden; m Dr. Edward Field WALKER jr (4 Feb 1846 - 2 Apr 1916); they had 2 children: Clarence Read (9 Aug 1870 - 17 FEB 1881) and Edith (24 July 1872).
16312.724 Mary Elizabeth, b 07 May 1847; d _____ ; m William WATTS.
16312.725 Katherine Boies, b 26 Apr 1850; d 31 Aug 1937 in Providence RI; m Dr. Edward Field WALKER jr, widower of sister Caroline, and they had 2 children; Caroline Lydia (3 Sep 1880 - 4 Feb 1927) and Edward Field WALKER . (25 Dec 1883 - 25 Nov 1972). This last was Philip Bateman's Grandfather (see below)
16312.726 Asa, b 27 May 1852; died unmarried.
.Children of Edward and Mary Amelia (BOIES) BIGELOW, all born Malden-on-Hudson, NY:
16312.727 Lucy Boies, b 14 Dec 1858; d ___ 1941; m Luther LaFLEUR.
16312.728t Nathan Kellogg, b 13 Dec 1861; d 13 July 1914 Evanston, IL; m __ Oct 1882 Montreal, Canada, Gertrude Odgen HOLMES, she born 19 Aug 1855 and died 21 Nov 1936; res Montreal; 6 children.
16312.729 Richard, b 01 Apr 1863; d 2 to 3 yrs later.
Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol I;
The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol II pp 223-224;
Biographical Encyclopedia of U. S.;
Note from descendant below
and Bateman Genealogy.
A note from Phil Bateman:
"My" Edward (7) was the son of Asa 6( David 5, David 4, Lt. John 3, Joshua 2, John 1). He married 7 June 1853 in Meriden, CT Mary Ann (or Amelia) Boies b. 6 May, 1826, Blandford, MA, D. 9 NOV 1901, Bloomfield, NJ.
According to our family history, my Great Grandfather Dr. Edward Field Walker (4 Feb 1846 - 2 Apr 1916) married twice, both times to Bigelows! His first wife was Caroline Boies Bigelow (no dates). They had 2 children Clarence Read (9 Aug 1870 - 17 FEB 1881) and Edith (24 July 1872). His second marriage was to Katherine Boies Bigelow (26 Apr 1850 - 31 Aug 1937 in Providence RI), sister of Caroline, and they had 2 children; Caroline Lydia (3 Sep 1880 - 4 Feb 1927) and Edward Field Walker Jr. (25 Dec 1883 - 25 Nov 1972). This last was my Grandfather.
Hope this helps. Anything that you might have on this Edward's (7) children would be appreciated. Also, if you have any knowledge of Lucy Isham's ancestry (wife of Asa(6) above, I would appreciate it. Thanks. "46
Children of Edward7 Bigelow and Caroline E. Boies were as follows:
There were no children of Edward7 Bigelow and Mary Amelia Boies.
98. Silas8 Bigelow (Hiram7, Joel6, Joel5, Benjamin4, Jonathon3, Joshua2, John1); born 22 Nov 1830 at Tecumseh, ON;49 married Lydia J. Bateman, daughter of George Bateman and Jane Penrose, 31 Jan 1863;49 buried 7 Mar 1895 at Lindsay, Victoria Co, ON.
Children of Silas8 Bigelow and Lydia J. Bateman were as follows:
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99. Caroline Elizabeth8 Bigelow (Edward7, Asa6, David5, David4, Lt.3, Joshua2, John1); born 29 Nov 1845; married Dr. Edward Field Walker, son of William Walker and Caroline Lydia Steel, circa 1869; died 22 Aug 1876 at Malden-on-Hudson, NY, at age 30.
Children of Caroline Elizabeth8 Bigelow and Dr. Edward Field Walker were as follows:
100. Katherine Boies8 Bigelow (Edward7, Asa6, David5, David4, Lt.3, Joshua2, John1); born 26 Apr 1850 at Malden-on-Hudson, NY; married Dr. Edward Field Walker, son of William Walker and Caroline Lydia Steel, 2 Apr 1879 at Maiden-on-Hudson, NY; died 31 Aug 1937 at Providence, RI, at age 87.
She was (an unknown value) 2 children.
Children of Katherine Boies8 Bigelow and Dr. Edward Field Walker were as follows:
101. Rosetta9 Bigelow (Silas8, Hiram7, Joel6, Joel5, Benjamin4, Jonathon3, Joshua2, John1); born 10 Apr 1864 at Lindsay, ON; married Eardely H. Koyl 25 Aug 1866; died 22 Jan 1938 at Victoria, BC, at age 73.
Children of Rosetta9 Bigelow and Eardely H. Koyl were as follows:
102. Arthur Leon10 Koyl (Rosetta9Bigelow, Silas8, Hiram7, Joel6, Joel5, Benjamin4, Jonathon3, Joshua2, John1).
Children of Arthur Leon10 Koyl and Josephine Elizabeth Exkstine were as follows: