The Ancestors of My GrandchildrenSamuel Bigelow1,2 
M, #2530, * 28 Oct 1653, + 1 Feb 1731/32
| Father | John Bigelow1,2 * 16 Feb 1617, + 14 Jul 1703 |
| Mother | Mary Warren1,2 * 12 Sep 1624, + 19 Oct 1691 |
Samuel Bigelow was born on 28 Oct 1653 in Watertown.1,2 He married Mary Flagg, daughter of Thomas Flagg and Mary, on 3 Jun 1674.1,3 He died on 1 Feb 1731/32 in Waltham, Massachusetts,4,5, and was buried in the Grove Hill Cemetery at Waltham.4
Other information:
Samuel Bigelow and Mary Flagg had eight children: John (b. 9 May 1675; d. Marlborough 08 Sept 1769; m. 12 June 1696 Jerusha GARFIELD. Resided Marlborough. 12 children); Mary (b. 12 Sept 1677; d. 1707 Sudbury; m. (1) 2 Feb 1700 David BRUCE, who died within a few months, and (2) 1701 Thomas READ jr. 5 children); Samuel (b. 18 Sept 1679; d. c. 1734 Marlborough; m. (1) 28 Mar 1705 Ruth WARREN, his second cousin, who d. 1716; (2) 4 Dec 1716 Mary GLEASON. Resided Marlborough. 9 children); Sarah, b l Oct 1681; d. bef. 1713; married 11 Dec 1706 Josiah HOWE. Resided Marlborough. 3 children); Thomas (b. 24 Oct 1683; d. Waltham 06 Oct 1756; m. 12 July 1705 Mary LIVERMORE. Resided Marlborough to 1720, then Waltham. 9 children. This is the Lieut. Thomas and Mary (LIVERMORE) Biglo buried with Samuel); Mercy (or Martha, b. 14 Apr 1685; all other references to her are as "Mercy"; d. Weston 23 Feb 1745; m. 02 Jan 1707 Thomas GARFIELD. Resided Weston, which was set off from Watertown in 1713. 11 children); Abigail (b. 7 May 1687; d. at Colchester or Killingly, CT; m. 1 Aug 1710 Jonathan CUTLER. Both Bigelow and Cutler genealogies state that Abigail was mother of Jonathan's 3 oldest children, bp. in Lexington, MA, but she may have died soon after her father, and that Jonathan remarried. He had 6 children in all); Hannah (no birthdate; d. at Westborough about 1717; m. 24 May 1711 her second cousin Daniel WARREN jr, who m. (2) about 1717 Mehitable GARFIELD. Hannah had 3 children); Isaac (b. 19 May 1691; d. 11 Sept 1751 Colchester, CT; m. 29 Dec 1709 Mary BOND. Resided Colchester, CT. 11 children); Deliverance (b. 22 Sept 1695; d. at Worcester, MA; m. 10 Aug 1715 John STEARNS. Resided Worcester. Howe's Bigelow genealogy alleges that she left many descendants, but the writer cannot identify more than 5 of her children).2,1,4
He was an innholder (1702-1716), and he represented Watertown in the General Court in 1708-1710.1
Samuel Bigelow made a will on 30 Apr 1720. He mentions his sons John, Samuel, Thomas and Isaac, his daughters Mercy Garfield, Abigail Cutler and Deliverance Stearns, sons-in-law Thomas Reed, Josiah Howe and Daniel Warren, and his grandchildren David Bruce, Nathaniel Read, Isaac Read, Thomas Read, Catherine Read, Phinehas Howe, Abraham Howe, Rachel Howe, Samuel Warren, Daniel Warren and Hannah Warren.1
Name variants: Samuel Biglo (in his father's will.)6
Other information:
Samuel Bigelow and Mary Flagg had eight children: John (b. 9 May 1675; d. Marlborough 08 Sept 1769; m. 12 June 1696 Jerusha GARFIELD. Resided Marlborough. 12 children); Mary (b. 12 Sept 1677; d. 1707 Sudbury; m. (1) 2 Feb 1700 David BRUCE, who died within a few months, and (2) 1701 Thomas READ jr. 5 children); Samuel (b. 18 Sept 1679; d. c. 1734 Marlborough; m. (1) 28 Mar 1705 Ruth WARREN, his second cousin, who d. 1716; (2) 4 Dec 1716 Mary GLEASON. Resided Marlborough. 9 children); Sarah, b l Oct 1681; d. bef. 1713; married 11 Dec 1706 Josiah HOWE. Resided Marlborough. 3 children); Thomas (b. 24 Oct 1683; d. Waltham 06 Oct 1756; m. 12 July 1705 Mary LIVERMORE. Resided Marlborough to 1720, then Waltham. 9 children. This is the Lieut. Thomas and Mary (LIVERMORE) Biglo buried with Samuel); Mercy (or Martha, b. 14 Apr 1685; all other references to her are as "Mercy"; d. Weston 23 Feb 1745; m. 02 Jan 1707 Thomas GARFIELD. Resided Weston, which was set off from Watertown in 1713. 11 children); Abigail (b. 7 May 1687; d. at Colchester or Killingly, CT; m. 1 Aug 1710 Jonathan CUTLER. Both Bigelow and Cutler genealogies state that Abigail was mother of Jonathan's 3 oldest children, bp. in Lexington, MA, but she may have died soon after her father, and that Jonathan remarried. He had 6 children in all); Hannah (no birthdate; d. at Westborough about 1717; m. 24 May 1711 her second cousin Daniel WARREN jr, who m. (2) about 1717 Mehitable GARFIELD. Hannah had 3 children); Isaac (b. 19 May 1691; d. 11 Sept 1751 Colchester, CT; m. 29 Dec 1709 Mary BOND. Resided Colchester, CT. 11 children); Deliverance (b. 22 Sept 1695; d. at Worcester, MA; m. 10 Aug 1715 John STEARNS. Resided Worcester. Howe's Bigelow genealogy alleges that she left many descendants, but the writer cannot identify more than 5 of her children).2,1,4
He was an innholder (1702-1716), and he represented Watertown in the General Court in 1708-1710.1
Samuel Bigelow made a will on 30 Apr 1720. He mentions his sons John, Samuel, Thomas and Isaac, his daughters Mercy Garfield, Abigail Cutler and Deliverance Stearns, sons-in-law Thomas Reed, Josiah Howe and Daniel Warren, and his grandchildren David Bruce, Nathaniel Read, Isaac Read, Thomas Read, Catherine Read, Phinehas Howe, Abraham Howe, Rachel Howe, Samuel Warren, Daniel Warren and Hannah Warren.1
Name variants: Samuel Biglo (in his father's will.)6
Citations
- [S342] Gilman Bigelow Howe, Bigelow, pg. 26-27. Online at http://books.google.com/. The website contains updated information, in addition to most of the info from the book.
- [S257] William Barry, Framingham, pg. 185-188. Bigelow. Online at https://archive.org/details/historyofframing00barry/
- [S393] Ellery Bicknell Crane, Worcester, MA Homes, Vol. 1, pg 179. Samuel Waters Foskett (pg. 176-180). Online at http://archive.org/details/historichomesins02cran
- [S176] Bigelow, online http://bigelowsociety.com/rod/bigsoc1.htm, Samuel Bigelow. <http://bigelowsociety.com/rod/samuel2.htm
- [S342] Gilman Bigelow Howe, Bigelow, pg. 26-27 (has place as Watertown, and date as bef 21 Feb 1731). Online at http://books.google.com/. The website contains updated information, in addition to most of the info from the book.
- [S342] Gilman Bigelow Howe, Bigelow, pg. 19-21. Online at http://books.google.com/. The website contains updated information, in addition to most of the info from the book.