Saturday, September 1, 2012

Surname Saturday - BIGELOW (England > Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  



I am up to number 517: Mary BIGELOW (1677-1708). [Note: The 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].  This starts my 7th great-grandmothers.  

My ancestral line back through three  generations of BIGELOW families is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

64. Benjamin Seaver (1757-1816)
65. Martha Whitney (1764-1832)

128.  Norman Seaver (1734-1787)
129.  Sarah Read (1736-1809)

256. Isaac Read (1704-1780)

257.  Experience Willis (1709-1787)



514.  Thomas Read, born 22 May 1678 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 01 May 1755 in probably Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 1028. Thomas Read and 1029. Mary Goodrich.  He married 03 March 1702 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
515.  Mary Bigelow, born 12 September 1677 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 21 February 1708 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  
Children of Thomas Read and Mary Bigelow are:  Nathaniel Read (1702-1784); Isaac Read (1704-1780); Katherine Read (1707-????).

1030.  Samuel Bigelow, born 28 October 1653 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 01 February 1732 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married  03 June 1674 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
1031.  Mary Flagg, born 14 January 1658 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 07 September 1720 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 2062. Thomas Flegg and 2063. Mary.
Children of Samuel Bigelow and Mary Flagg are:  John Bigelow (1675-1769); Mary Bigelow (1677-1708); Samuel Bigelow (1679-1734); Sarah Bigelow (1681-1713); Thomas Bigelow (1683-1756); Abigail Bigelow (1687-????); Hannah Bigelow (1689-1717); Isaac Bigelow (1691-1751); Deliverance Bigelow (1695-1762).

2060.  John Bigelow, born before 16 February 1617 in Wrentham, Suffolk, England; died 14 July 1703 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4120. Randall Baguley and 4125. Jane.  He married 30 October 1642 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
2061.  Mary Warren, born before 12 September 1624 in Nayland, Suffolk, England; died 19 October 1691 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 4122. John Warren and 4123. Margaret.
Children of John Bigelow and Mary Warren are:  John Bigelow (1643-1684); Jonathan Bigelow (1646-1711); Mary Bigelow (1649-1704); Daniel Bigelow (1650-1715); Samuel Bigelow (1653-1732); Joshua Bigelow (1655-1745); Elizabeth Bigelow (1657-1694); Sarah Bigelow (1659-1694); James Bigelow (1660-1728); Martha Bigelow (1662-1728); Abigail Bigelow (1664-1754);  Hannah Bigelow (1666-1666); male Bigelow (1667-1667).

Information on the Bigelow families above were obtained from:


* Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts (Boston : Brown & Little, 1860)

*  Gilman Bigelow Howe, The Bigelow Family of America (Boston : Charles Hamilton, 1890).

* Patricia Bigelow, editor, The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Volume I (The Bigelow Society, 1986).

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Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver


3 comments:

wendy said...

Howdy, Cousin!

Jamie said...

Randy, you and my husband Bill are cousins. He descends through Samuel Bigelow and Mary Flagg and thei first son John Bigelow.

William Kernan said...

I'm a cousin of yours then. I descend from Samuel and Mary's daughter Deliverance. :)