hmtl5 Lieut. John Bigelow b. 20 Dec 1681 Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 8 Mar 1770 Colchester, New London County, Connecticut: Gage and Shook Families

Lieut. John Bigelow

Male 1681 - 1770  (88 years)


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  • Name John Bigelow  [1, 2
    • John was a cousin of Sarah's. [1]
    Title Lieut. 
    Born 20 Dec 1681  Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 Mar 1770  Colchester, New London County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Colchester Burying Ground, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I637  Gage and Shook Families
    Last Modified 5 Dec 2022 

    Father Joshua Bigelow,   b. 5 Nov 1653, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1745, Westminster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Flagg,   b. 22 Mar 1655, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1729, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 20 Oct 1676  [4
    Family ID F290  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Bigelow,   b. 1678, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1754, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 4 Nov 1706  [2
    Last Modified 4 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F275  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Dec 1681 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Mar 1770 - Colchester, New London County, Connecticut Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Colchester Burying Ground, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Lieutenant John Bigelow was the son of Joshua Bigelow and Elizabeth Flagg or Flegg Bigelow. He was born 20 Dec 1681 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA. He was married 4 times.

      First: Hannah ?, m. unknown, d. 31 Mar 1709
      Children:
      David, b. by 1706
      John, b. 25 Mar 1709

      Second: Sarah Bigelow, m. 4 Nov 1709 at Colchester (d. 13 Oct 1754). Sarah was the daughter of Jonathan and Rebecca Shepherd or Shepard Bigelow and a cousin of John.
      Children:
      Sarah, b. 17 July 1712
      Jonathan, b. 21 May 1714
      Asa, b. 3 Sept 1720

      Third: Abigail (Lewis?), m. 17 Sep 1755, d. 1 Aug 1760

      Fourth: Hannah Munn

      The will of Lieutenant John Bigelow of Colchester, dated 18 May, 1769, mentions wife Hannah (probably his fourth wife), two sons, David and John, and heirs of his deceased son Asa.

      Source: Memoranda of all the inscriptions in the old burying ground at Colchester, Conn. by Frank E. Randall. [3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S78] Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts. https://archive.org/details/genealogiesoffam00bond, Bond, Henry.

    2. [S77] Genealogy of the Bigelow family in America. https://archive.org/details/genealogyofbigel01howe/page/n11/mode/2up, Gilman Bigelow Howe, (C. Hamilton, Worcester, Mass, 1890).

    3. [S8] Find a Grave.

    4. [S89] Genealogy of the Wells family, Gertrude W. Wells-Cushing, (Milwaukee, S.E. Tate & Company Printers, [1903]).