Subject: John Bigelow Source: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Includes Waltham and Weston - by Henry Bond, M.D. Boston, 1860. p.29 BIGELOW. (Biglow, Biglo, Bigulah, etc). John Bigelow, a blacksmith, of Watertown, took the oath of fidelity, 1652, and was a Selectman 1665, 1670, 1671. He m. Oct 30, 1642, Mary Warren. This is the earliest marriage found in the town records. She died October 19, 1691, and he m. (2) Oct 2, 1694, Sarah Bemis. He died July 14, 1703, aged 86. Inventory 627 pounds, 12 shillings. His Will was dated Jan 4, 1702/3m and proved July 28, 1703 [see p. 682, below.] Children: 1. John Bigelow b. Oct 27, 1643; a housewright; settled in Hartford, Conn, prior to 1669, in which year his land was taxed. He m. Rebecca, dau. of Jonathan Butler, of Hartford. His Will, dated 1707, after providing for his widow (he left no children), conveyed his estate to Jonathan Butler, and the farm has remained with the Butler family to this day. Some of Mr. Bigelow's relatives attempted ineffectually to break this Will. 2. Jonathan Bigelow, b. Dec 11, 1646. 3. Mary Bigelow, b. Mar 18, 1648/9; m. June 3, 1674, Michael Flagg. 4. Daniel Bigelow b. Dec 1, 1650. 5. Samuel Bigelow b. Oct 28, 1653. 6. Joshua Bigelow b. Nov 5, 1655. 7. Elizabeth Bigelow b. June 15, 1657, m. Lieut. John Stearns, Jr. 8. Sarah Bigelow b. Sept 29, 1659, m. July 23, 1679, Isaac Learned of Framingham, a first cousin of said John Stearns 9. James Bigelow (see p. 682, below) 10. Martha Bigelow b. April 1, 1662; m. John Woods. (?Obadiah Woods.). 11. Abigail Bigelow b. Feb 4, 1663/4; m. Dec 10, 1684 Benjamin Harrington. 12. Hannah Bigelow b. and died March 1665/6. 13. Son Bigelow, b. and d. December 1667. Jonathan Bigelow settled in Hartford, Conn., about 1670 and m. 1672, Rebecca dau of John Shepard. She d. Mar 7, 1697 and he m. (2) Mary, dau of Samuel Olcott. He died Jan 10, 1710, aged 63, and his widow married March 19, 1712, John Shepard. He and wife, Rebecca in 1695 were members, f.c. of first church of Hartford. Children: 1. Jonathan Bigelow b. 1673, m. Jan 11, 1699, Mabel Edwards, adm. f.c. 1695. Children: p.30 1. Timothy Bigelow b. June 20, 1702; was a lieutenant in his Majesty's service. He m. Abigail Olcott, b. Jan 9, 1704. Children: 1. Hezekiah Bigelow b. Feb 9, 1728; d. 1748. 2. Timothy Bigelow b. May 22, 1730, m. Dec 18, 1757, Hannah Hyde. He died at Charlestown, N.H. 1762 and his widow d. Aug 18, 1764. Children: 1. Mary Langrell m. Capt. Aaron Olmstead of East Hartford 2. Hannah m. Ward Woodbridge. 3. Abigail Bigelow b. Sept 27, 1732, m. James Caldwell. 4. Anna Bigelow b. Sept 27, 1735, m. Jonathan Olcott. 5. Martha Bigelow b. Nov 21, 1737; m. Dr. Samuel Flagg of East Hartford. 6. John Bigelow b. Nov 21, 1739. He was a Major of the 21st Regt. (Col. Ward) of the Continental army, in 1775 and accompanied Col. Arnold in his expedition to Canada. He m. June 30, 1771, Hannah Wardsworth. Children: 1. John Bigelow b. Mar 10, 1772; d. Jan 12, 1775. 2. James Bigelow b. June 10, 1774; m. Anne Spencer; lived many years in Nantucket, where he died, 1848. Children: 1. Emma Charlotte Bigelow. 2. James Henry Bigelow. 3. Timothy Bigelow. 4. Caroline Bigelow. 5. Leonard Bigelow. 6. Maria Bigelow. 7. Daniel Bigelow. 7. James Bigelow b. 1741; studied medicine and surgery; spent some time in England, at Oxford and Edinburgh, in professional studies; then settled in Barbadoes, where he died, 1772. 2. Mabel Bigelow b. Nov 12,; baptized Nov 21, 1703. 3. Jerusha Bigelow. 4. Rebecca Bigelow, b. 1708; d. Jan 6, 1754. 5. Irene Bigelow b. 1710; bap. Nov 4, 1711; m. Daniel Marsh. 6. Jonathan Bigelow bap. June 27, 1714, d. Jan 23, 1719. 2. John Bigelow, m. Jan 11, 1710 Abigail Richards and settled in Glastenbury. 3. Mary Bigelow, m. Feb 20, 1799 John Williams. 4. Sarah Bigelow, m. Nov 4, 1709 John Bigelow her cousin and settled in Colchester, Conn. 5. Violet Bigelow, m. Sept 1, 1709, John Taylor. 6. Samuel Bigelow bap. Mar 13, 1687. 7. Abigail Bigelow bap. Nov 2, 1690. 8. Joseph Bigelow b. 1690; m. May 21, 1713, Sarah Spencer. He died 1731 aged 41. 9. Daniel Bigelow, b. 1692; d. May 14, 1733 aged 41. 10. Samuel Bigelow, b. 1694; a physician of Middletown, who acquired a large estate, and died 1748, aged 54. [Samuel Bigelow, of Southampton, L.I., a ship builder, for 51 pounds on Sept 3, 1728, purchased of Theophilus and Israel Howell, of So. Hampton, 175 acres on the east side of the Connecticut River, then in Middletown now in Portland, which their father had of John Kirby.] Children: 1. Timothy Bigelow 2. Isaac Bigelow 3. Samuel Bigelow 4. Abigail Bigelow 5. Mary Bigelow. It was probably this Timothy Bigelow who m. Sept 13, 1753, Elizabeth Clark of Milford, Conn. and had the following children: 1. Timothy Halsey Bigelow b. Jan 26, 1755; d. Sept 17, 1762. 2. Samuel Bigelow b. Oct 15, died Oct 18, 1757. 3. Elizabeth Bigelow b. July 13, 1759. 4. Timothy Bigelow b. May 14, 1763. 5. Sarah Bigelow b. April 6, 1766. 6. Samuel Bigelow b. Jan 7, 1768. Daniel Bigelow, a tailor, m. Abial, dau of Thomas Pratt, Sr. of Framingham where he settled after a short residence at Sherbourne. His estate was administered by his widow, 1715 [See Barry.] Children: 1. Abigail Bigelow b. in Sherburne, Oct 28, 1689; m. Mar 8, 1727, Abraham Belknap, a tailor of Framingham and had: 1. Samuel Belknap b. Mar 17, 1728. 2. Abigail Belknap b. Sept 25, 1729. 2. Daniel Bigelow b. Nov 24, 1691. p.31 3. Abial Bigelow b. Jan 20, 1693, m. Oct 17, 1716 Jonathan Stone of Framingham, by whom she had four children. He died and she m. (2) June 15, 1743, Samuel Walker of Natick. 4. Susanna Bigelow b. Mar 4, 1695/6; m. June 9, 1715, Stephen Jennings of Framingham, and had six children [See Barry]. 5. Ephraim Bigelow b. May 12, 1698; d. Oct 18, 1756; m. 1729, Lydia Johnson who d. Feb. 5, 1770. He settled in Holliston. Children: 1. Joseph Bigelow b. 1730; m. 1756 Lydia Brown. 2. Abial Bigelow b. 1732. 3. Lydia Bigelow b. 1737. 4. Deborah Bigelow b. 1742. 5. Asaph Bigelow b. 1746; d. 1823, a lieutenant of Framingham, m. Martha Gleason who d. 1830. Children: 1. Deborah Bigelow b. Feb 4, 1778; m. Seth Herring. 2. Polly Bigelow b. June 8, 1781. 3. Sally Bigelow b. 1786; d. abt 1813; m. Simon Baker. 6. Lydia Bigelow b. Jan 2, 1702, m. Sept 1731, Martin Pratt. To be continued Part 2 - Samuel Bigelow of Watertown, p. 31. p.682 John Bigelow, Senr. was born in 1617, according to his age, given as a witness in Court. His Will, dated January 4, 1702, 3, mentions his wife (not named); sons John ("the eldest"), Jonathan, Daniel, Samuel, Joshua; daughters Mary Flagg, Elizabeth Sternes; children of dau. Sarah Larned, daughters Abigail Harrington and Martha Woods. Son Joshua and son-in-law Isaac Larned, executors. Capt. Benjamin Garfield, overseer. The Inventory of his real estate, dated July 16, 1703. House and about 13 acres of land, 160 pounds; 20 acre Dividend land 15 pounds; 6 acres of meadow, east of Beaver Brook, 20 pounds; 5 acres at Four Mile Brook, 10 pounds; part of estate left by the widow's father, Bemis, to his daughter Sarah, relict of the deceased, not really known. The administrator's account mentions payment of legacies to children of John Stearns and children of Obadiah Wood. Also a charge of two shillings for a man and horse to notify John Stearns at Billerica, to attend the funeral. Also 3 shillings for a man and horse to Sherburne to notify Isaac Larned and wife to attend the funeral. As there is no reference to a son James, or his family in the father's Will, it might raise a doubt whether John had such a son; but the record of his marriage, by Reverand Mr. Bailey, must remove all doubt. "Upon the 25 March, 1687, at my own house in Watertown, I married James Begalow, the son of John Begalow, and Patience Brown, the daughter of Jona. Brown, with their parents full consent, being legally published." etc. For information concerning Major John Bigelow, see note in Hinman, p.211. He did not belong to the expedition to Canada in 1775, under Arnold. It was Major Timothy Bigelow who belonged to that expedition. Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth