Individual Details

John "Biglo" Bigelow

(Abt 1617 - 14 Jul 1703)

See "The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633" by Robert Charles Anderson, dated 1995, Vol III page 1934. Mary, daughter of John Warren and Margaret ?, was baptized on 12 Sept. 1624, married at Watertown 10 Dec. 1650, John Bigelow.

See: http://bigelowsociety.com/rod/john1.htm

1642 marriage per page IV of Appendix of "Titus Family in American" by Dorothy M. Titus dated July 1943: the marriage of John Biglo and Mary Warren was the first marriage to appear on the Watertown, MA town records. They had a family of 13 children.

In Dr. Henry Bond's "Genealogies of the Families & Descendants of the Early Settlers" published 1855 shows the name as Biglow, Biglo and Bigulah. John Bigelow, a blacksmith, of Watertown, took the oath of fidelity, 1652 and was selectman 1665, 1670, 1671. He married 30 Oct 1642, Mary Warren. She died 19 Oct 1691 and he then married Sarah Bemis. He died 14 July 1703 at age 86.

Shown in the "Register Report - Bigelow" by Sam Behling at RootsWeb baptized 16 Feb 1617/1618 and death in Watertown on 14 July 1703 with occupation as blacksmith. First marriage to Mary Warren on 30 Aug. 1642. All the children of this marriage shown.

Ancestry.com has birth as 16 Feb 1615 and death as 14 July 1703.

Death, marriage and children info from "Genealogy of the Wells Family" by Gertrude W. Wells-Cushing (Heritage Quest). Marriage date was October 30 and conflicts with an August 30th date from other studies.

Events

BirthAbt 1617Wrentham, Kingdom of England
Baptism16 Feb 1617Wrentham, Kingdom of England
Birth27 Oct 1617Kingdom of England
Emigration1632
Marriage30 Oct 1642Watertown, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Mary Warren
Occupation4 Mar 1651blacksmith - Watertown, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Selectman1665elected as a selectman - Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Selectman1670elected as a selectman - Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Selectman1671elected as a selectman - Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Freeman's Oath18 Apr 1690Watertown, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Marriage2 Oct 1694Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Living
Will4 Jan 1702 - 3Watertown (Middlesex), Massachusetts Bay, British America
Death14 Jul 1703Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Probate1703probate recorde, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America
LDS Family Tree ID LBS5-2CC
WikiTreeBigelow-24

Families

SpouseMary Warren ( - 1691)
ChildJohn Bigelow (1643 - 1721)
ChildJonathan Bigelow (1646 - 1712)
ChildMary Bigelow (1648 - 1704)
ChildDaniel Bigelow (1650 - 1715)
ChildSamuel Bigelow (1653 - 1733)
ChildJoshua Bigelow (1655 - 1745)
ChildElizabeth Bigelow (1657 - 1694)
ChildSarah "Sary" Bigelow (1659 - 1694)
ChildJames Bigelow (1660 - 1728)
ChildMartha Bigelow (1662 - )
ChildAbigail Bigelow (1664 - 1754)
ChildHannah Bigelow (1666 - 1666)
SpouseLiving
FatherRandall "John Beagely" Baguley (1578 - 1626)
MotherJane ? (1582 - 1626)
SiblingFrancis Bigelow (1603 - 1657)
SiblingPersis Bigelow (1604 - )
SiblingElizabeth Bigelow (1606 - 1691)
SiblingSusan Bigelow ( - )
SiblingWilliam Bigelow ( - 1622)
SiblingMargaret Bigelow (1611 - )

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