Person:Michael Wigglesworth (1)

Watchers
Rev. Michael Wigglesworth
m. 27 Oct 1629
  1. Rev. Michael Wigglesworth1631 - 1705
  2. Abigail Wigglesworth1640 - Bef 1722
  • HRev. Michael Wigglesworth1631 - 1705
  • WMary ReynerEst 1631 - 1659
m. 18 May 1655
  1. Mercy Wigglesworth1655/56 - 1728
  • HRev. Michael Wigglesworth1631 - 1705
  • WMartha MudgeCal 1662 - 1690
m. Aft 8 May 1679
  1. Abigail Wigglesworth1681 - 1771
  2. Mary Wigglesworth1682 - Bet 1759 & 1760
  3. Martha Wigglesworth1683 - 1719
  4. Esther Wigglesworth1685 - Aft 1759
  5. Dorothy Wigglesworth1686/87 -
  6. Rev. Samuel Wigglesworth1688/89 - 1768
  • HRev. Michael Wigglesworth1631 - 1705
  • WSybil SparhawkCal 1655 - 1708
m. 23 Jun 1691
  1. Rev. Edward WigglesworthEst 1692 - 1765
Facts and Events
Name[1][3] Rev. Michael Wigglesworth
Gender Male
Birth[1] 18 Oct 1631 Wrawby, Lincolnshire, England
Christening[1][2] 21 Oct 1631 Wrawby, Lincolnshire, England
Degree[1] 1651 Harvard College.
Marriage 18 May 1655 Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesRev. Michael Wigglesworth and Mary Reyner were first cousins.
to Mary Reyner
Occupation[1] Bet 1655 and 1705 Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesMinister at Malden.
Marriage Aft 8 May 1679 to Martha Mudge
Marriage 23 Jun 1691 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sybil Sparhawk
Death[1] 10 Jun 1705 Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[1] Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Stansell, Maxine. The Middlebrook Sisters: Mother and Mother-in-law of Michael Wigglesworth. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Oct 2002)
    156:318-21, 1631.

    Rev. Michael Wigglesworth, born 18 October 1631, baptized in Wrawby, Lincolnshire, 21 October 1631. He died in Malden, Massachusetts, 10 June 1705, aged 73 years, 8 months, and was buried in Bell Rock Cemetery there. He graduated from Harvard College in 1651, and was minister at Malden from 1655 until his death.

  2. "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NGRV-6L9 : accessed 01 Mar 2013), Michaell Wigglesworth, 21 Oct 1631.
  3. Sibley, John Langdon. Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Cambridge, Mass.: C.W. Sever, 1873- 1885)
    1:259-86.

    A lengthy sketch of the life and career of Rev. Michael Wigglesworth.