Family Group Sheet
NameJohn BIGGE [578]
Birthabt 1555, England [2]
Burial13 Aug 1605, Cranbrook, Kent, England [616]
Will30 Oct 1605, Consistory Court, Canterbury, Kent, Eng [616, Cites Canterbury Court Records]
Will MemoProbate
Marriage14 Sep 1583, St. Mildred’s, Tenterden, Kent, England [367]
SpouseRachel MARTIN [578]
Christen17 Jun 1565, Lydd, Kent, England [616]
Immigration9 Apr 1635, Boston aboard the Elizabeth
Will14 Nov 1646, Suffolk Co, MA [616]
Deathaft Nov 1646, Roxbury, Suffolk Co, MA
FatherJames MARTIN (~1540-?)
MotherJoan ADAM (~1542-?)
Children
1 FAnna Bigge (Died young)
Christen16 Aug 1584, Cranbrook, Kent, England [616]
SpouseEllen French
3 FPatience Bigge
Birthabt 1588
SpouseRichard Foster
SpouseJohn STOWE
SpouseSybella Beacon
Notes for John BIGGE
Some put his father as Robert Bigge, whose 1548 will names his son John, but that would make John at least 60 when his daughter Elizabeth was born. There was also a James Bigge who had a son John, and a Richard m. Ann around the same time period.
Notes for Rachel MARTIN
Her will ties her to son-in-law John Stow, as well as Thankful, Elizabeth and Nathaniel Stow, and son-in-law Hopestill Foster. Her son’s will, which further solidified these connections, is discussed in NEHGR 29:253.
Savage’s: One Rachell Bigge. a wid. came in the Elizabeth, 1635, from London, liv. at Dorchester, wh. in her will of 17 Nov. 1646, calls her s. aged, names Hopestill Foster her neph. and he, I judge, was a fellow passeng. and to him she gives her prop. In the rec. at the custom ho. a curious error may be seen, as print. by me in 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. VIII. 261, careful. tak. at her Majesty's Remembrancer Office, formerly in Westminster Hall, since rem. to Carlton Ride, giv. her age 6.
Savage’s: One Rachell Bigge. a wid. came in the Elizabeth, 1635, from London, liv. at Dorchester, wh. in her will of 17 Nov. 1646, calls her s. aged, names Hopestill Foster her neph. and he, I judge, was a fellow passeng. and to him she gives her prop. In the rec. at the custom ho. a curious error may be seen, as print. by me in 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. VIII. 261, careful. tak. at her Majesty's Remembrancer Office, formerly in Westminster Hall, since rem. to Carlton Ride, giv. her age 6.
