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Gershom Bigelow 1701 – 1789 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Sep 1701

Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 2 Feb 1789

Death Location: Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Joshua Bigelow

Mother: Elizabeth Flagg

Spouse(s): Rachel Gale

Children(s): Susanna Bigelow, Jabez Bigelow, Joshua Bigelow, Eunice Bigelow, Gershom Bigelow, Abigail Bigelow, Mary Bigelow, Elizabeth Bigelow, Hepsibeh Bigelow

The story of Gershom Bigelow began in 1701 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Gershom Bigelow married Rachel Gale, and had children including Susanna Bigelow, Jabez Bigelow, Joshua Bigelow, Eunice Bigelow, Gershom Bigelow, Abigail Bigelow, Mary Bigelow, Elizabeth Bigelow, Hepsibeh Bigelow. Gershom Bigelow passed away in 1789 in Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Gershom Bigelow began in 1701 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Gershom Bigelow married Rachel Gale, and had children including Susanna Bigelow, Jabez Bigelow, Joshua Bigelow, Eunice Bigelow, Gershom Bigelow, Abigail Bigelow, Mary Bigelow, Elizabeth Bigelow, Hepsibeh Bigelow.
  • Gershom Bigelow passed away in 1789 in Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Joshua Bigelow
1655 – 1745
Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
JB
Elizabeth Flagg
1655 – 1729
Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Spouses(s)

Rachel Gale
1702 – 1800
Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
RG

Children(s)

Susanna Bigelow
1724 –
Birth Location: Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
SB
Jabez Bigelow
1726 – 1808
Birth Location: Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
JB
Joshua Bigelow
1728 – 1758
Birth Location: Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
JB
Eunice Bigelow
1730 –
Birth Location: –
EB
Gershom Bigelow
1735 – 1783
Birth Location: Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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Abigail Bigelow
Birth Location: –
AB
Mary Bigelow
Birth Location: –
MB
Elizabeth Bigelow
Birth Location: –
EB
Hepsibeh Bigelow
Birth Location: –
HB

Gershom Bigelow's Ancestors

Self
Gershom Bigelow
1701 – 1789
Birth Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Joshua Bigelow
1655 – 1745
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Elizabeth Flagg
1655 – 1729
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Grandparents
John Bigelow
1616 – 1703
Wrentham, Suffolk, England
Mary Warren
1624 – 1691
Nayland, Suffolk, , England
Thomas Flagg
1621 – 1697
Hardingham, Norfolk, England
Mary Underwoode
1619 – 1702
Hardingham, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Randall Bigelow
1578 – 1626
Jane Baguley
1582 – 1626
John Warren
1585 – 1667
Margaret Bayly
1587 – 1662
Edmund Underwoode
1595 – 1664
Elizabeth Underwood
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Baguley
1556 – 1582
Jane Bigelow
1550 – 1598
John Warren
1555 – 1613
Elizabeth Scarlett
1561 – 1602
William Bayly
1567 – 1614
Ann Bayly
1571 – 1614

Gershom Bigelow's Descendants

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Gershom Bigelow (Sep 1701 – 2 Feb 1789) m. Rachel Gale (14 Dec 1702 – 5 Nov 1800)
  1. 1. Susanna Bigelow (24 Oct 1724 – )
  2. 2. Jabez Bigelow (4 Oct 1726 – 1 Dec 1808) m. Susanna Elderkin (12 Aug 1722 – 16 Apr 1797)
    1. 1. Susanna Bigelow (8 Dec 1753 – )
    2. 2. Esther Bigelow (29 Mar 1755 – 1827)
    3. 3. Sarah Bigelow (28 Mar 1756 – )
    4. 4. Rachel Bigelow (9 Apr 1757 – )
    5. 5. Joshua Bigelow (2 Jan 1759 – 10 Mar 1831) m. Huldah Hunt (30 Jan 1768 – 5 Nov 1831)
      1. 1. Asher Bigelow (19 Feb 1789 – 1825)
      2. 2. Louisa Bigelow (17 Apr 1791 – 19 May 1822)
      3. 3. Sarah Bigelow (17 Oct 1793 – 23 Aug 1825)
      4. 4. Samuel Bigelow (4 Oct 1795 – 25 Sep 1857) m. Polly Pratt (10 Feb 1793 – 2 Jan 1849)
      5. 5. Susanna Bigelow (4 Mar 1797 – 10 Nov 1819)
      6. 6. Hiram Bigelow (5 Mar 1800 – 28 Dec 1872) m. Lucina Haight (16 Feb 1806 – 28 Oct 1863)
        1. 1. Joshua Bigelow (10 Nov 1831 – 28 Jun 1858)
        2. 2. Robert Bigelow (24 Apr 1834 – ) m. Harriet (G) Clark (1841 – 1916)
        3. 3. Samuel Bigelow (16 Mar 1836 – ) m. Amelia Clark (Jul 1836 – )
        4. 4. Emily Bigelow (26 Jul 1837 – 12 Jul 1860)
        5. 5. Charles Bigelow (22 Mar 1839 – ) m. Phebe (Jane) Davis (1841 – )
        6. 6. Lucy (L) Bigelow (1 Sep 1840 – 1911) m. Sackett (J) Huested (1838 – 1918)
        7. 7. Aurelia Bigelow (18 Jan 1845 – ) m. William Wait
        8. 8. David Bigelow (29 Jul 1847 – ) m. Harriet (E) Hemenway (1854 – )
        9. 9. Mary (E) Bigelow (6 Nov 1849 – )
      7. 7. Eliza (Ann) Bigelow (24 Dec 1805 – 14 Oct 1823)
    6. 6. Jabez Bigelow (30 Aug 1760 – 30 May 1829) m. Almy Gardner (1754 – 25 Feb 1813) m. Mary Fenn (1770 – 20 Apr 1838)
      1. 1. Job (Gardner) Bigelow (31 Dec 1792 – 27 Dec 1837) m. Thankful Enos (8 Jun 1792 – 1882)
        1. 1. William (Enos) Bigelow (3 May 1820 – 8 Oct 1890) m. Daphne (F) Mattison (10 Oct 1824 – 3 May 1878) m. Mrs (Emma J) Shaw (15 Aug 1836 – )
        2. 2. Jabez (Gardner) Bigelow (7 Mar 1822 – 1895) m. Sarah Hull (28 Dec 1831 – 29 Mar 1900)
        3. 3. Almy (Ann) Bigelow (25 Dec 1823 – 1909) m. Marcus (Benson) Wilsey
        4. 4. Joseph (Enos) Bigelow (3 Jan 1826 – 1896) m. Mary Maynard (18 Aug 1826 – 1914)
        5. 5. Harrison (A) Bigelow (23 Dec 1828 – 2 May 1873) m. Frances Elden (1842 – )
        6. 6. Andrew (Jackson) Bigelow (4 Jul 1832 – 30 Jul 1906) m. Antha Mattison (7 Jan 1837 – 18 Jul 1867) m. Emily (A) Powers (2 Nov 1850 – 23 Dec 1919)
        7. 7. Mary (Eveline) Bigelow (12 Feb 1837 – 1906) m. Henry (W) Chubbuck (1834 – 21 Dec 1885)
      2. 2. Ann Bigelow (21 May 1795 – 1888) m. William (Sumner) Blackinton (31 Mar 1782 – 1871)
        1. 1. Jabez (Bigelow) Blackington (1815 – 1880) m. Matilda Johnstone (1827 – 1887)
        2. 2. Charles Blackinton (1817 – 1901)
      3. 3. Waterman Bigelow (19 Mar 1798 – 1873) m. Mary
      4. 4. Augustus Bigelow (18 Sep 1801 – 29 Apr 1882) m. Frances (Parmelia) Fenn (3 Dec 1812 – 1893)
        1. 1. Theophilus (Fenn) Bigelow (9 Mar 1837 – 24 Dec 1913) m. Abigail (Rockwell) Crandall (Feb 1840 – 1910)
        2. 2. James (Augustus) Bigelow (15 Sep 1838 – Apr 02, 1917) m. Albertine (Van) Buren (4 Oct 1843 – 23 Jun 1918) m. Mary Turnock (1 Apr 1848 – 13 Jun 1927)
        3. 3. Anna Bigelow (1848 – )
        4. 4. Fanny Bigelow (1859 – )
      5. 5. David Bigelow (19 Dec1801 – 17 Oct 1860) m. Minerva Levake (1808 – 24 Jun 1886)
        1. 1. Wealtha Bigelow (22 Jan 1829 – 8 Jan 1856) m. James (Smith) Burris
        2. 2. Lydia (A) Bigelow (1830 – 24 Jun 1886) m. Robert (G) Hurst
        3. 3. Clarissa (Lavinia) Bigelow (7 Oct 1832 – 23 Sep 1903) m. Alonzo (Frank) Young (24 Jan 1824 – ) m. Andrew (McClary) Liscomb (abt 1832 – 6 Dec 1909)
        4. 4. Sophia (Vandalia) Bigelow (1835 – ) m. John (W) Guyon (1831 – )
        5. 5. Minerva Bigelow (7 Oct 1848 – 9 Aug 1864)
    7. 7. Charlotte Bigelow (13 Feb 1762 – )
    8. 8. Elizabeth Bigelow (14 Apr 1764 – )
    9. 9. Mary Bigelow (14 Apr 1764 – )
    10. 10. Gale Bigelow (29 Nov 1766 – 10 Oct 1843)
  3. 3. Joshua Bigelow (19 Dec 1728 – 2 Sep 1758) m. Elizabeth Stimpson (1732 – 1759)
    1. 1. Eunice BIgelow (7 Jul 1754 – 1840) m. Samuel WOODWARD (31 Dec 1745 – 7 Mar 1813)
      1. 1. Eunice Woodward (11 Jun 1773 – 19 May 1842)
      2. 2. Submit Woodward (13 Aug 1774 – 26 Feb 1866)
      3. 3. Polly Woodward (13 Sep 1776 – 9 Dec 1843)
      4. 4. Samuel Woodward (1 Nov 1778 – 21 May 1860)
      5. 5. Joshua (Bigelow) Woodward (15 Oct 1780 – 13 Nov 1856)
      6. 6. Elizabeth Woodward (25 Oct 1782 – 2 Feb 1814)
      7. 7. Lydia Woodward (15 Jun 1784 – )
      8. 8. Rachel Woodward (26 Jun 1785 – )
      9. 9. Nehemiah Woodward (26 May 1787 – 1 Sep 1851)
      10. 10. Joel Woodward (17 May 1789 – )
      11. 11. Lucinda Woodward (31 Mar 1791 – )
      12. 12. Belinda Woodward (14 Mar 1794 – 13 May 1887) m. Robert Campbell (7 Sep 1796 – 2 Feb 1883)
        1. 1. James (B) CAMPBELL (4 Aug 1821 – )
        2. 2. Nehemiah Campbell (29 Apr 1823 – 1865)
        3. 3. Catherine Campbell (6 Sep 1825 – )
        4. 4. Anderson CAMPBELL (29 Aug 1828 – )
        5. 5. Submit (G) Campbell (21 Aug 1830 – 24 Sep 1911)
        6. 6. Lucia (Olivia) CAMPBELL (1 Feb 1833 – )
        7. 7. Robert Campbell (14 Mar 1836 – )
        8. 8. Rodney (M) Campbell (30 Jul 1838 – 13 Nov 1912) m. Olive Callahan (1 Aug 1845 – 31 Dec 1898)
        9. 9. Artisma Campbell (25 May 1839 – ) m. James Ingraham (1832 – )
      13. 13. Theodosia Woodward (20 Nov 1796 – )
      14. 14. Phebe WOODWARD (20 Nov 1796 – )
      15. 15. Fanny Woodward (30 Sep 1798 – 15 Sep 1842)
  4. 4. Eunice Bigelow (9 Feb 1730 – )
  5. 5. Gershom Bigelow (1735 – 1783) m. Lydia Stockwell (28 Sep 1738 – )
  6. 6. Abigail Bigelow
  7. 7. Mary Bigelow
  8. 8. Elizabeth Bigelow
  9. 9. Hepsibeh Bigelow

Gershom Bigelow's Timeline

2 Records

1701
Sep 1701
Birth of Gershom Bigelow in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1789
2 Feb 1789
Age 88
Death of Gershom Bigelow in Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Sep 1701
    Event Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 121.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CDS.
    [2] The Bigelow Society
    [3] Genealogies of the Families and Decendants of Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Feb 1789
    Event Place: Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: The Bigelow Society
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