Person:John Bigge (4)
John Bigge
b.Est 1561 Capel, Kent, England (probably)
bur.13 Aug 1605 Cranbrook, Kent, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1557
  1. John BiggeEst 1561 - 1605
Spouse and Children
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m. 14 Sep 1583
  1. Anna Bigge1584 - 1584
  2. Smallhope Bigge1585 - 1638
  3. Patience Bigge1588 - Bet 1637/38 & 1646
  4. Elizabeth Bigge1590 - 1638
  5. James Bigge1592/93 - 1593/94
  6. Rachel Bigge1594 - 1625
  7. Anna Bigge1596/97 - 1597
  8. John Bigge1598 - 1598
  9. Mary Bigge1600 - 1610
  10. John Bigge1602 - Bet 1641 & 1642
  11. Thankful Bigge1604/05 - 1605
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] John Bigge
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1561 Capel, Kent, England (probably)
Marriage 14 Sep 1583 Tenterden, Kent, Englandto Rachel Martin
Will[1][2] 11 Aug 1605 Cranbrook, Kent, England
Residence[1] Cranbrook, Kent, England
Burial[1] 13 Aug 1605 Cranbrook, Kent, England
Probate[1] 20 Oct 1605 Will proved (alternate date).
Probate[2] 30 Oct 1605 Will proved.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 2 John Bigge, in Threlfall, John B. Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England & their Origins. (Madison, Wisconsin: J.B. Threlfall, 1990)
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    John Bigge (James, Richard, John, Richard, Roger) of Cranbrook, Kent, was born about 1561. He was a cloth merchant as were many others of his family. … John Bigge seems to have been the brother of John Scotchford's wife, Elizabeth, of Brenchley, who bequeathed to the children of John Bigge. John Bett's wife, Mary, was probably also a sister of John Bigge. John Bigge was buried at Cranbrook on 13 August 1605 and his infant son [daughter] the next day."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Coddington, John Insley. Bigge Family. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Oct 1938).

    "The Will of John Bigge of Cranbrook, co. Kent, clothier, dated 11 Aug. 1605. To be buried at the discretion of executors. To the poor of Cranbrook, 5s. To either of my prentices, 5s. a piece. To every one of my daughters, Patience, Elizabeth, Rachell, Mary and Thanckful, one hundred marks a piece at their ages of 20 or days of marriage, any dying, her portion to the survivors. To my wife, Rachell Bigge, one hundred marks and all my household stuff. Executors to pay my debts and such money as I owe to my brother Scotchford's executors on the mortgage of my house and land I now dwell in. To my wife, £10. a year out of my land in recompence of her title of dower, to be paid quarterly. My house and land at Linton and Maidstone to my son Smalehope Bigge and his heirs. After my executors have redeemed the house and land I now dwell in, if my son John at his age of 21 release all right thereto to my son Smalehope, then the house in Linton and Maidstone shall remain to my son John, and the bequest to Smalehope shall be void. The portions of my daughters to be employed in their bringing up. My wife to bring up my youngest son John. Rachell my wife and Smalehope my son to be joint executors. If my goods will not perform my debts, the portion of every one of my daughters to be abated accordingly. Witnesses: William Plummer, Thomas Stone, Richard Maitham. Inventory: £690. 8s. 6d. Proved 30 Oct. 1605 by the executors named. (Consistory Court of Canterbury, vol. 39, fo. 196.)"

  3.   Some put his father as Robert Bigge, whose 1548 will names his son John, but that would make John at least 60 when his daughter Elizabeth was born. There was also a James Bigge who had a son John, and a Richard m. Ann around the same time period.
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