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Capt Joseph Bigelow Jr.

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Capt Joseph Bigelow Jr.

Birth
Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
29 Nov 1801 (aged 75)
Boylston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
West Boylston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section J, Lot M7
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Joseph Bigelow, son of Joseph Bigelow & Martha his wife, was born 9 November 1726 at Shrewsbury, Massachusetts [Shrewsbury B/R] He had the distinction of being the first person born in that part of Shrewsbury that is now Boylston. The Bigelow house was located at 201 Stiles Road on the southerly side, near the Straw Hollow section. Joseph Bigelow married Olive Beaman and became prominent in Boylston town affairs and held various offices.[Boylston Historic Series]

Children born to Joseph Bigelow and Olive:
Relief, born 10 June 1751, m. Thomas Richardson
Martha, born 14 May 1753, sup. m. Abel Bigelow
Dinah, born 28 July 1755 m. Daniel Andrews
Olive, born 30 October 1757
Stephen, born 1 June 1760
Ascah, born 8 September 1762
Abigail, born 21 November 1764
Eunice, born 14 February 1772
Miriam, born 12 August 1774
[Source: History of Town of Shrewsbury, 1717 to 1829, Including an Extensive Family Register; by Andrew H. Ward, Member of the New England HIstoric and Genealogical Society, published 1847]

Capt Joseph Bigelow, aged 75 yrs and 10 days, died 29 November 1801 at Boylston, Massachusetts [Boylston D/R, pg 226] attached. note: discrepancy on day of death on town record (29th) and the gravestone and note that the year 1800 has been stricken over with 1801.
Joseph Bigelow, son of Joseph Bigelow & Martha his wife, was born 9 November 1726 at Shrewsbury, Massachusetts [Shrewsbury B/R] He had the distinction of being the first person born in that part of Shrewsbury that is now Boylston. The Bigelow house was located at 201 Stiles Road on the southerly side, near the Straw Hollow section. Joseph Bigelow married Olive Beaman and became prominent in Boylston town affairs and held various offices.[Boylston Historic Series]

Children born to Joseph Bigelow and Olive:
Relief, born 10 June 1751, m. Thomas Richardson
Martha, born 14 May 1753, sup. m. Abel Bigelow
Dinah, born 28 July 1755 m. Daniel Andrews
Olive, born 30 October 1757
Stephen, born 1 June 1760
Ascah, born 8 September 1762
Abigail, born 21 November 1764
Eunice, born 14 February 1772
Miriam, born 12 August 1774
[Source: History of Town of Shrewsbury, 1717 to 1829, Including an Extensive Family Register; by Andrew H. Ward, Member of the New England HIstoric and Genealogical Society, published 1847]

Capt Joseph Bigelow, aged 75 yrs and 10 days, died 29 November 1801 at Boylston, Massachusetts [Boylston D/R, pg 226] attached. note: discrepancy on day of death on town record (29th) and the gravestone and note that the year 1800 has been stricken over with 1801.


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