Lieut. John Bigelow
1681 - 1770 (88 years)-
Name John Bigelow [1, 2] - John was a cousin of Sarah's. [1]
Title Lieut. Birth 20 Dec 1681 Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 
[3] Gender Male Death 8 Mar 1770 Colchester, New London County, Connecticut [3] Burial Colchester Burying Ground, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7002990/john-bigelow
Inscription
In Memory of Lieut John Bigelow who died March 8th, 1770 in his 94th year
Person ID I637 Gage and Shook Families Last Modified 5 Dec 2022
Father Joshua Bigelow, b. 5 Nov 1653, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 21 Feb 1745, Westminster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 91 years) Mother Elizabeth Flagg, b. 22 Mar 1655, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 9 Aug 1729, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 74 years) Marriage 20 Oct 1676 [4] Family ID F290 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sarah Bigelow, b. 1678, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 13 Oct 1754, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut (Age 76 years) Marriage 4 Nov 1706 [2] Family ID F275 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Dec 2022
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Event Map 
Birth - 20 Dec 1681 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 
Death - 8 Mar 1770 - Colchester, New London County, Connecticut 
Burial - - Colchester Burying Ground, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Lieutenant John Bigelow was the son of Joshua Bigelow and Elizabeth Flagg or Flegg Bigelow. He was born 20 Dec 1681 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA. He was married 4 times.
First: Hannah ?, m. unknown, d. 31 Mar 1709
Children:
David, b. by 1706
John, b. 25 Mar 1709
Second: Sarah Bigelow, m. 4 Nov 1709 at Colchester (d. 13 Oct 1754). Sarah was the daughter of Jonathan and Rebecca Shepherd or Shepard Bigelow and a cousin of John.
Children:
Sarah, b. 17 July 1712
Jonathan, b. 21 May 1714
Asa, b. 3 Sept 1720
Third: Abigail (Lewis?), m. 17 Sep 1755, d. 1 Aug 1760
Fourth: Hannah Munn
The will of Lieutenant John Bigelow of Colchester, dated 18 May, 1769, mentions wife Hannah (probably his fourth wife), two sons, David and John, and heirs of his deceased son Asa.
Source: Memoranda of all the inscriptions in the old burying ground at Colchester, Conn. by Frank E. Randall. [3]
- Lieutenant John Bigelow was the son of Joshua Bigelow and Elizabeth Flagg or Flegg Bigelow. He was born 20 Dec 1681 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA. He was married 4 times.
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Sources - [S78] Bond, Henry, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts. https://archive.org/details/genealogiesoffam00bond.
- [S77] Gilman Bigelow Howe, Genealogy of the Bigelow family in America. https://archive.org/details/genealogyofbigel01howe/page/n11/mode/2up, (C. Hamilton, Worcester, Mass, 1890).
- [S8] Find a Grave.
- [S89] Gertrude W. Wells-Cushing, Genealogy of the Wells family, (Milwaukee, S.E. Tate & Company Printers, [1903]).
- [S78] Bond, Henry, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts. https://archive.org/details/genealogiesoffam00bond.