John Bigelow

1675 - 1769  (94 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	John Bigelow
  Born	9 May 1675
  Gender	Male
  Library book: Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America	0033
  Died	8 Sep 1769	Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Siblings	9 siblings
  1. Mary Bigelow,   b. 12 Sep 1677,   d. 1707
  2. Samuel Bigelow,   b. 18 Sep 1679
  3. Sarah Bigelow,   b. 1 Oct 1681
  4. Thomas Bigelow,   b. 24 Oct 1683
  5. Mercy Bigelow,   b. 4 Apr 1686,   d. 23 Feb 1745
  6. Abigail Bigelow,   b. 7 May 1687
  7. Hannah Bigelow,   b. 24 May 1711
  8. lsacc Bigelow,   b. 19 May 1691
  9. Deliverance Bigelow,   b. 22 Sep 1695
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  Person ID	I3325	Nagel
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2012

  
  

  Father	Samuel Biglo,   b. 28 Oct 1653, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 1 Feb 1731, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Mary Flagg,   b. Jan 1657, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 7 Sep 1720, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Family ID	F6184	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jerusha Garfield
  Children	1. Jerusha Bigelow,   b. 17 May 1697, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts  [Birth]   2. Thankful Bigelow,   b. 8 Jun 1699, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 18 Oct 1765  (Age 66 years)  [Birth]   3. Captain Joseph Bigelow,   b. 1 Jan 1703, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 24 Jan 1783, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts  (Age 80 years)  [Birth] + 4. John Bigelow,   b. 28 Oct 1704, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 1783  (Age 78 years)  [Birth]   5. Comfort Bigelow,   b. 23 Sep 1707, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 24 Sep 1755, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 48 years)  [Birth]   6. Freedom Bigelow,   b. 14 Feb 1710, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts  [Birth]   7. Anna Bigelow,   b. 25 Jun 1712, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 4 Dec 1793  (Age 81 years)  [Birth]   8. Gershom Bigelow,   b. 13 Nov 1714, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 3 Jan 1812, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 97 years)  [Birth]   9. Jotham Bigelow,   b. 21 Sep 1717, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 8 Apr 1786, Guilford, Windham, Vermont  (Age 68 years)  [Birth]   10. Benjamin Bigelow,   b. 17 Oct 1720, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 1772  (Age 51 years)  [Birth]   11. Sarah Bigelow,   b. 20 Jun 1724, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts  [Birth]
  Family ID	F773	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 8 Sep 1769 - Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  On 5 Oct 1705 John Biglow, Thomas Sawyer, and his son Elias Sawyer, of Lancaster, were surprised by the Indians and taken captive. They were moved to Canada, and were held prisoners by the French Governor. Sawyer was a black smith and Biglow a carpenter, and they proposed to the Governor that if he would procure their release they would build a saw-mill. Because there wasn't one in Canada at the time, the offer was readily accepted. They built a saw-mill on the River Chamblay. After some delays Biglow and the elder Sawyer were permitted to return, the younger Sawyer being kept there for several months to run the mill before being allowed to return. The following is a copy of a letter written by Mrs. Biglow to her husband while he was in captivity : " Maulburt Aug. 22, 1706. Dear and loving Husband. In much grief and tender affection, greatly lamenting your miserable condition, hoping in the mercy of God who has prospered you and kept you alive hitherto and will iu His own due time work your deliverance, that these few lines may find you in health as I am at present and the children, blessed be God for it and for all his mercy bestowed on you and on myself. This may acquaint you that I received your letter dated January the 6th on the 6th of Aug. last, and for which I am though in much sorrow and grief, thankful to you. And I do most humbly and importunately petition the governor to have pity and compassion on yourself and me. Lamentations 3 : 25. The Lord is good to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord, for the Lord will not cast off forever, but though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. Wherefore should a living man complain, a man for the punish- ment of his sins. Let us search, and try our way, and turn again to the Lord. I remain your loving wife, greatly sorrowing for you. Jerusha Bigelow. I do further acquaint you that brother Samuel and Thomas is well and the I'est of our relations." After his release from captivity he named his next daughter Comfort, and the one after that daughter Freedom.