Person:Joshua Bigelow (2)

m. 17 Oct 1701
  1. Joshua Bigelow1701/02 - Bef 1790
  2. Hannah Bigelow1703/04 - 1791
  3. Nathaniel Bigelow1706 - 1795
  4. Lydia Bigelow1708/09 -
  5. Elizabeth Bigelow1711 -
  6. John Bigelow1715 - 1787
  7. Abigail Bigelow1719 - 1788
  8. Mary Bigelow1720/21 - 1781
m. 22 Jun 1725
  1. William Bigelow1727 -
  2. Thaddeus Bigelow1728 -
  3. Jerusha Bigelow1730 -
  4. David Bigelow1731/32 -
  5. Lydia Bigelow1733/34 -
  6. Esther Bigelow1735/36 -
  7. Asa Bigelow1738 - 1807
  8. Anna Bigelow1740 -
Facts and Events
Name[1][4] Joshua Bigelow
Gender Male
Birth[1] 5 Feb 1701/02 Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 22 Jun 1725 Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Lydia Hastings
Death[2][3] Bef 19 Jun 1790 Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Historical Society of Watertown (Massachusetts). Watertown Records. (Watertown, Mass.: Press of Fred Barker, 1894-1939)
    2:22.

    Joshua Biglo son of Joshua & Hannah Biglo was born february the : 5 : 1701 : 2.

  2. Howe, Gilman Bigelow. Genealogy of the Bigelow family of America: from the marriage in 1642 of John Biglo and Mary Warren to the year 1890. (Worcester, Mass.: Charles Hamilton, 1890)
    67.

    Joshua Bigelow, s/o Joshua Bigelow and Hannah Fiske, b. Watertown 5 Feb 1702, d. 1792 [sic, see probate abstract below], m. 23 Jan 1725 Lydia Hastings. Will dated 23 Oct 1787 mentions son s William, Thaddeus and Asa [executor]; daughters Anna and Esther Moore; grandson William Moore. Rep to General Court 1768-1774. Selectman 1747, 1767-1773, 1775, 1778.
    [Note: Howe provides a very careless and incomplete abstract of the probate file. The whole file is very long, but a better abstract of selected parts of the file is provided below.]

  3. Massachusetts. Probate Court (Worcester County). Probate records 1731-1916, index 1731-1881. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971, 2001)
    [1].

    Will of "Joshua Bigelow, of Worcester, ... being somewhat inform of body", dated 3 Oct 1787, filed 19 Jun 1790, proved 6 Jul 1790, names son William Bigelow; grandson William Moore; "my Grandson Curtis Searles of said Worcester, a minor", items "to be retained by my Son in Law Joel Wesson until the said Curtis shall have attained to the age of twenty one years"; daughter Anna Bigelow, including one third of a sum that son Thaddeus on 5 Apr 1764 "has obliged himself to pay my Daughter Jerusha deceased, & who at that time was living", use of house "so long as she shall remain unmarried"; daughter Esther Moore; daughter Hannah Wesson; son Thaddeus; residue to son Asa Bigelow. Son Asa to be executor.

  4. Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Town of Weston, Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1707-1850: 1703-gravestones-1900, church records, 1709-1825. (Boston: McIndoe Bros., 1901)
    p. 446.

    [Admissions]
    1733. Joshua Biggelow. remov'd dismiss'd to ye Chh in Wor'ster Sept'r. 14. 1746.