Bigelow John
Male 1675 - 1769

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  • Birth  09 May 1675  [1, 2
    Gender  Male 
    _UPD  11 AUG 2009 19:18:33 GMT-5 
    Died  08 Sep 1769  [1
    Person ID  I1755  Alan Donald Vibber
    Last Modified  08 Dec 2009 
     
    Father  Bigelow Samuel,   b. 28 Oct 1653 
    Mother  Flagg Mary,   b. 14 Jan 1658,   d. 07 Sep 1720 
    Married  03 Jun 1674 
    Family ID  F802  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Garfield Jerusha,   d. 10 Jan 1758 
    Married  12 Jun 1696  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Bigelow Joseph,   b. 01 Jan 1703
     2. Bigelow Comfort
     3. Bigelow Freedom
    Family ID  F801  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • JOHN BIGELOW m. June 12, 1696, Jerusha Garfield, and settled in Marl. In 1705, being at Lancaster, at the garrison house of Mr. Thomas Sawyer, he was, with Mr. Sawyer and his son Elias, taken by the Indians, and conveyed to Canada. They obtained their release in the following manner. Both of them were ingenious mechanics — Sawyer a blacksmith, and Bigelow a carpenter. While at Montreal, they proposed to the French Governor, that in case he would procure their ransom, they would erect for him a saw-mill, there being none at that time in Canada. The offer was readily accepted ; they fulfilled their engagement ; and after some delays, they were permitted to return to their friends. Mr. Bigelow, in token of his gratitude for his remarkable deliverance from captivity, called his daughter, bornafter his return, " Comfort,'" and a second, "Freedom," as expressive of the happiness and peace he then enjoyed, compared with what he suffered while a prisoner. He d. Sept. 8, 1769, aged 94 years, 4 mos. and 7 days. She d. Jan. 10, 1758.
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S138] History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Charles Hudson, Joseph Allen, 326 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S142] Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: with a history of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Ellery Bicknell Crane, (Name: 1907;), 268 (Reliability: 3).