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John Bigelow 1681 – 1770 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Dec 1681

Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Death Date: 8 Mar 1770

Death Location: Colchester, New London, Connecticut

Father: Joshua Bigelow

Mother: Elizabeth Flagg

Spouse(s): Sarah Bigelow, Hannah Munn

Children(s): David Bigelow, John Bigelow, Asa Bigelow, David Bigelow

In 1681, John Bigelow entered the world in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, born to Joshua Bigelow and Elizabeth Flagg. John Bigelow married Sarah Bigelow, Hannah Munn, and had children including David Bigelow, John Bigelow, Asa Bigelow, David Bigelow. John Bigelow passed away in 1770 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut.

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Biography

  • In 1681, John Bigelow entered the world in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, born to Joshua Bigelow and Elizabeth Flagg.
  • John Bigelow married Sarah Bigelow, Hannah Munn, and had children including David Bigelow, John Bigelow, Asa Bigelow, David Bigelow.
  • John Bigelow passed away in 1770 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut.

Immediate Family

Parents

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

Sarah Bigelow
1679 – 1754
Birth Location: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
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Hannah Munn
– 1709
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

David Bigelow
1706 – 1799
Birth Location: Colchester, New London, Connecticut
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John Bigelow
1709 – 1789
Birth Location: Colchester, New London, Connecticut
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Asa Bigelow
1720 – 1754
Birth Location: Colchester, New London, Connecticut
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David Bigelow
1706 – 1799
Birth Location: Colchester, New London, Connecticut
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John Bigelow's Ancestors

Self
John Bigelow
1681 – 1770
Birth Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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

John Bigelow's Descendants

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John Bigelow (20 Dec 1681 – 8 Mar 1770) m. Sarah Bigelow (1679 – 13 Oct 1754) m. Hannah Munn ( – 31 Mar 1709)
  1. 1. David Bigelow (22 Sep 1706 – 2 Jun 1799) m. Editha Day (10 Sep 1705 – 19 Jan 1746) m. Mercy Bigelow
    1. 1. Hannah Bigelow (11 Nov 1730 – 1 Jun 1806) m. Barret Phelps (22 Sep 1722 – 1789)
      1. 1. Noah Phelps (4 Apr 1767 – 13 Oct 1806) m. Ruth Loveland (1 Feb 1768 – 1861)
        1. 1. Rachel Phelps (1801 – 10 May 1895) m. John Tuttle (1796 – 4 Jan 1881)
        2. 2. Statira Phelps (24 Jan 1803 – 19 Aug 1890)
        3. 3. Bissell Phelps (27 Mar 1805 – 4 Apr 1898)
        4. 4. Solomon Phelps (12 Mar 1807 – 19 Mar 1868)
    2. 2. David Bigelow (7 May 1732 – 6 Oct 1820)
    3. 3. Amasa Bigelow (3 Sep 1733 – 12 Mar 1811) m. Jemima Strong (7 Apr 1738 – 28 Apr 1828)
      1. 1. Eli Bigelow (29 May 1756 – 22 March 1836)
      2. 2. Timothy Bigelow (4 Feb 1761 – 30 Jun 1830)
      3. 3. Luce Bigelow (13 Feb 1767 – 1856)
      4. 4. Polly Bigelow (1774 – 20 Apr 1809) m. Samuel Durkee (25 Feb 1774 – 1 Apr 1840)
        1. 1. Tamma Durkee (29 Sep 1797 – Apr 1863) m. John Gordon (14 May 1790 – 30 Jul 1849)
        2. 2. Otis (Cary) Durkee (2 Feb 1802 – )
      5. 5. Gilbert Bigelow
      6. 6. Justin Bigelow
      7. 7. Editha (Olis) Bigelow
    4. 4. Ezra Bigelow (10 Apr 1736 – )
    5. 5. Daniel Bigelow (25 May 1738 – )
    6. 6. Eli Bigelow (25 Aug 1739 – )
    7. 7. Azariah Bigelow (26 Dec 1741 – 5 Feb 1812)
    8. 8. Editha Bigelow (16 Mar 1744 – )
    9. 9. Stephen Bigelow (27 Oct 1747 – 13 Sep 1748)
    10. 10. Stephen Bigelow (5 Jun 1749 – 5 Aug 1751)
    11. 11. Moses Bigelow (4 Oct 1750 – 23 Dec 1750)
    12. 12. Mercy Bigelow (23 Nov 1753 – 3 Aug 1832)
  2. 2. John Bigelow (25 Mar 1709 – 17 Jan 1789) m. Anna Bate (1716 – 22 Sep 1737) m. Sarah Bate (9 Apr 1711 – Feb 1796)
    1. 1. John Bigelow (2 Sep 1737 – 24 Feb 1812) m. Hannah Douglas (1740 – 3 Nov 1820)
      1. 1. Oliver Bigelow (23 Dec 1759 – 6 Nov 1817) m. Esther Gardner (16 Feb 1759 – 20 May 1838)
        1. 1. Ann Bigelow (21 Nov 1789 – 20 Jun 1870)
        2. 2. Esther Bigelow (11 Sep 1792 – 8 Mar 1856)
        3. 3. Oliver Bigelow (1 May 1794 – )
        4. 4. Sabra Bigelow (20 Jan 1797 – 10 May 1817)
        5. 5. Lydia Bigelow (15 Dec 1798 – 20 Jun 1874)
        6. 6. Eunice Bigelow (25 Apr 1801 – 18 Apr 1816)
        7. 7. Harriet Bigelow (2 Jul 1809 – 24 May 1840)
      2. 2. Elihu Bigelow (4 Feb 1761 – 8 Feb 1786)
      3. 3. Elisha Bigelow (4 Feb 1761 – 8 Feb 1786)
      4. 4. Dimmis Bigelow (16 Jul 1762 – 1815) m. Green Chamberlin (13 Jul 1755 – 1813)
        1. 1. Dimmis Chamberlin (1788 – 1851)
        2. 2. Benjamin (Fuller) Chamberlin (1799 – )
        3. 3. Mary (H) Chamberlain (1801 – )
        4. 4. John (B) Chamberlain (14 Apr 1803 – Nov 1884)
        5. 5. Joseph (S) Chamberlain (1804 – )
      5. 5. Ithamar Bigelow (18 Jan 1764 – 5 Oct 1775)
      6. 6. Lydia Bigelow (22 Mar 1766 – 16 Sep 1775)
      7. 7. John Bigelow (8 Dec 1767 – 14 Apr 1844) m. Temperance Spencer (4 Sep 1764 – 8 Feb 1834)
        1. 1. Elihu Bigelow (5 Sep 1792 – 9 Nov 1827)
        2. 2. Temperance Bigelow (13 Sep 1794 – 28 Feb 1796)
        3. 3. Temperance Bigelow (29 Aug 1796 – 28 Oct 1853)
        4. 4. Lucy Bigelow (10 Sep 1798 – 1800)
        5. 5. Cynthia Bigelow (15 Dec 1800 – 15 Sep 1874)
        6. 6. Mary Bigelow (6 Jan 1803 – 17 Mar 1866)
        7. 7. Eunice Bigelow (1 Mar 1805 – 25 Dec 1889)
        8. 8. John (Spencer) Bigelow (15 Mar 1807 – 26 Mar 1866)
        9. 9. Israel (Bennoni) Bigelow (26 Sep 1809 – 29 Mar 1869)
      8. 8. Samuel Bigelow (16 Oct 1769 – 9 Sep 1775)
      9. 9. Hannah Bigelow (22 Oct 1771 – 5 Mar 1832) m. Josiah Hungerford (20 Dec 1763 – 19 Sep 1841)
        1. 1. Josiah Hungerford (16 Oct 1795 – 24 Dec 1861)
        2. 2. Hannah Hungerford (4 Sep 1797 – 26 May 1846)
        3. 3. Lydia Hungerford (12 Apr 1799 – 1880)
        4. 4. Sarah Hungerford (27 Dec 1800 – 25 Mar 1883)
        5. 5. Mary Hungerford (15 Aug 1802 – 23 Jun 1876)
        6. 6. David Hungerford (5 Apr 1804 – 7 Apr 1855)
        7. 7. Jonathan Hungerford (5 Feb 1806 – )
        8. 8. Aaron Hungerford (5 Jun 1808 – 13 Mar 1889)
        9. 9. Lemuel Hungerford (13 May 1810 – )
        10. 10. Levi Hungerford (27 Mar 1812 – 26 Jan 1891)
        11. 11. Abner Hungerford (1814 – 20 Nov 1893)
        12. 12. John (Bigelow) Hungerford (29 Oct 1816 – 30 Apr 1884)
      10. 10. Asa Bigelow (2 Feb 1775 – 17 Sep 1775)
      11. 11. Lydia Bigelow (20 May 1776 – 6 Sep 1829)
    2. 2. Anna Bigelow (13 Nov 1738 – Jan 1813)
    3. 3. Ephraim Bigelow (21 Aug 1740 – 1775) m. Mary Waters (14 Nov 1744 – )
      1. 1. Mary Bigelow (31 May 1770 – 22 Oct 1804)
      2. 2. Ephraim (Bate) Bigelow (19 May 1772 – 29 Jun 1839)
    4. 4. Lydia Bigelow (31 Aug 1743 – ) m. Zacharia Hungerford (20 Mar 1742 – 1 Nov 1816)
      1. 1. Lydia Hungerford (1766 – 18 Jul 1880)
      2. 2. Mercy Hungerford (1768 – 16 Dec 1843)
      3. 3. Lucy Hungerford (1768 – )
      4. 4. Zachariah Hungerford (Oct 1788 – 8 Jul 1864)
    5. 5. Hannah Bigelow (31 Oct 1747 – ) m. Elijah Staples
    6. 6. Mercy Bigelow (10 Dec 1749 – 23 Dec 1803)
    7. 7. Sarah Bigelow (10 Oct 1751 – 1796)
  3. 3. Asa Bigelow (3 Sep 1720 – 3 Oct 1754) m. Dorothy Otis (16 Apr 1721 – 10 Nov 1794)
    1. 1. Asa Bigelow (31 Oct 1738 – 18 Sep 1754)
    2. 2. Jonathan Bigelow (10 Aug 1740 – 13 Jan 1823)
    3. 3. Dorothy Bigelow (2 Sep 1742 – 26 Dec 1761)
    4. 4. Sarah Bigelow (13 Nov 1744 – 10 Aug 1831) m. Elias Ransom (17 Feb 1736 – 3 Dec 1799)
      1. 1. Elias Ransom (18 Aug 1762 – 1 Aug 1842)
      2. 2. Lydia Ransom (2 Dec 1763 – 13 Aug 1848)
      3. 3. Asa Ransom (2 Dec 1765 – 11 May 1835)
      4. 4. Sarah (Ann) Ransom (1767 – 12 Dec 1840)
      5. 5. Jonathan Ransom (13 Sep 1767 – )
      6. 6. Amasa Ransom (7 Jul 1769 – 8 Feb 1857) m. Eunice Flint (8 Aug 1775 – 28 Jul 1859)
        1. 1. Betsey (W) Ransom (19 Oct 1804 – 26 Jun 1834)
        2. 2. Mary (Shutts) Ransom (30 Aug 1806 – 19 Aug 1890)
        3. 3. Amasa (Rudolphus) Ransom (26 Jul 1808 – 2 Sep 1897)
        4. 4. William (Flint) Ransom (7 Dec 1810 – Oct 1862)
        5. 5. John (Elderkin) Ransom (11 Dec 1814 – Nov 1834)
        6. 6. Lucius (G) Ransom (17 Sep 1817 – 5 Nov 1819)
        7. 7. Eugenia (Dorothy) Ransom (5 Feb 1819 – 28 Sep 1899) m. Hiram (Martin Langdon) Kennicott (1 Mar 1810 – 22 Jun 1880)
      7. 7. Louisa Ransom (10 Jul 1772 – 19 Mar 1857)
      8. 8. Otis Ransom
    5. 5. Otis Bigelow (24 Jan 1747 – 10 Sep 1832) m. Lydia Loomis (1752 – 1777) m. Betsey Bartlett (1 Oct 1754 – 9 Mar 1827)
      1. 1. Otis Bigelow (1767 – 1802)
      2. 2. Erastus Bigelow (20 Jan 1779 – 12 Mar 1861)
      3. 3. Lydia Bigelow (31 Aug 1781 – 26 Jan 1787)
      4. 4. Asa Bigelow (26 May 1783 – 2 Jul 1867)
      5. 5. Harvey Bigelow (13 Apr 1785 – 6 Feb 1847)
      6. 6. Orsamus Bigelow (5 Feb 1787 – 20 Oct 1817)
      7. 7. Martin Bigelow (12 Feb 1789 – 16 Jan 1864) m. Phebe Briggs (19 May 1795 – 17 Nov 1871)
        1. 1. Sarah (J) Bigelow (1823 – ) m. Arnold (M) Comstock (9 Aug 1822 – 1880)
        2. 2. Otis Bigelow
      8. 8. Amasa Bigelow (28 May 1791 – 9 Feb 1864)
      9. 9. Betsy Bigelow (9 May 1793 – 22 Jan 1863)
      10. 10. Jonathan Bigelow (1 Mar 1795 – 23 Nov 1829)
    6. 6. Betty Bigelow (8 Feb 1749 – 28 Jan 1752)
    7. 7. Delight Bigelow (25 Feb 1751 – 28 Sep 1754)
    8. 8. Betty Bigelow (21 Mar 1753 – 17 Aug 1840)
    9. 9. Asa Bigelow (12 May 1755 – 28 Jul 1830)

John Bigelow's Timeline

2 Records

1681
20 Dec 1681
Birth of John Bigelow in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1770
8 Mar 1770
Age 89
Death of John Bigelow in Colchester, New London, Connecticut
Colchester, New London, Connecticut

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Dec 1681
    Event Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
    Record Source:
    [1] Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
    [2] American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
    [3] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 168.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LEU.
    [4] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [5] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: Genealogy of one branch of the Bigelow family
    [6] Genealogies of the Families and Decendants of Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Mar 1770
    Event Place: Colchester, New London, Connecticut
    Record Source:
    [1] Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
    [2] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: Genealogy of one branch of the Bigelow family

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Colchester, New London, Connecticut
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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