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Bigelow Joseph Capt. [Male] b. 9 NOV 1726 Shrewsbury, Worcester Co, MA - d. 29 NOV 1801 Boylston, Worcester Co, MA

Joseph jr. was a prominent man in Shrewsbury, and held various town offices. He served in the local militia, was commissioned a Captain on 11 Oct 1759, and saw duty in both the French-and-Indian War and the Revolution. He died in Boylston 29 Nov 1801. His wife died 26 Jun 1810.

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Bigelow Charles [Male] b. 22 APR 1729 Boylston, Worcester Co, MA - d. 20 NOV 1782 Boylston, Worcester Co, MA

Sold & Sail of Rev War, Vol II:
Biglo, Charles, Private, Capt. John Maynard's Co., Col. Job Cushing's regt.; marched to Hadley by order of Col. Denney on an alarm at Bennington Aug.21, 1777; discharged Aug 23, 1777; service, 3 days. Roll dated Shrewsbury.

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Bigelow Stephen [Male] b. 1 JUN 1760 Shrewsbury, Worcester Co, MA

He served in the Continental Army

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Bigelow Abel [Male] b. 27 JAN 1755 Shrewsbury, Worcester Co, MA - d. 14 OCT 1821 West Boylston, Worcester Co, MA

Abel in the Revolutionary War. They lived in West Boylston, where he died 14 Oct 1821. Martha died on 10 Sep 1848.
1790 census: MA-Worcester-Boylston-Abel Bigelow: 1-2-4-0-0.
Mass Sold & Sail of Rev War, Vol II:
Biglo, Abel, Shrewsbury. Private, Capt. Robert Andrews's Co., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, from Shrewsbury (2d Precinct) to Cambridge; service, 12 days; also, Capt. John Maynard's Co., Col. Job Cushing's regt.; marched to Hadley by order of Col. Denney on an alarm at Bennington Aug.21, 1777; discharged Aug.23, 1777; service, 3 days.

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Andrews Daniel [Male] d. 12 MAR 1826

Gored by a bull.

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Morse Joseph Jr. Lieut. [Male] b. 3 OCT 1756 - d. 10 JAN 1826 West Boylston, Worcester Co, MA

Like his father, he served in the Revolutionary War. They lived in West Boylston

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Bigelow Andrew Jack [Male] b. 10 OCT 1829 West Boylston, Worcester Co, MA - d. AFT. 1880

This family resided in Westfield, IL having moved there in 1852. He was a farmer, stock raiser and oil well owner. Andrew also had served in the Civil War in 79th IL Infantry

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Bigelow Charles Fremont [Male] b. 18 APR 1840

was a carpenter, W. Boylston, MA..served 1 Nov 1861 to 11 Nov 1864 in Co. D. 24th Regt, MA Vols. Source: LDS records; Ashtabula Co., OH m. rec.; book: 24th MA Regt; research by Sherry Cyza, family descendant of Charles', Richfield, MN.

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Bigelow Andrew [Male] b. 24 APR 1764 Shrewsbury, Worcester Co, MA

He lived in the east part of Boylston on the old road to Northborough. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and claimed pension, as did his widow after Andrew's death. He was a cobbler by trade, and at the time he claimed pension, in great poverty.

Mass Sold & Sail of Rev War, Vol II:
Biglo, Andrew. Shrewsbury. Descriptive list of enlisted men; Capt. Rice's Co., Col. Cushings' regt.; age, 17 yrs; stature, 5 ft. 5 in.; complexion, light; occupation, farmer; residence, Shrewsbury; enlisted March 29.1781; enlistment, 3 years.
Bigelow, Andrew. Private, Col. Benjamin Tupper's (10th) regt.; enlisted March 29,1781; rolls made up to Jan. 1, 1782; service, 21 mos, l day.

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Bigelow Asahel [Male] b. 27 NOV 1769 Boylston, Worcester Co, MA - d. ABT. 1834 Alfred, ME

In 1795 he was appointed guardian of his brother John, by order of the Probate Court in Suffolk county. He was a Boston merchant, and later moved to Alfred, ME, where he died circa 1834.

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Bigelow Mary [Female] b. 15 JUL 1779 Shrewsbury, Worcester Co, MA - d. 3 SEP 1834

For a brief look into their lives, the reader should try any biography of their daughter Dorothea L. Dix, such as Stranger and Traveler, by Dorothy Clarke Wilson.

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Bigelow John [Male] b. 29 AUG 1781 Worcester, Worcester Co, MA

went west, and was never heard from again

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Pierce Josiah [Male] b. 7 MAY 1752 - d. 4 JAN 1820

he served under Col. Timothy Bigelow in the Revolution

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Bigelow Jonathan [Male] b. 5 APR 1793 Boylston, Worcester Co, MA - d. JAN 1854 Collamer, OH

Jonathan graduated from Brown University and studied for the ministry at the Andover Theological Seminary and for many years was connected with the Congregational Churches in Lubec, ME, New Haven, CT, Rochester, MA and Collamer, OH, where he died ___January 1854.

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Bigelow Solomon [Male] b. 18 MAR 1795 Boylston, Worcester Co, MA - d. 24 AUG 1870 Boylston, Worcester Co, MA

He was a blacksmith and lived in that part of Boylston known as "Straw Hollow"

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Bigelow Asahel Rev. [Male] b. 14 MAY 1797 Boylston, Worcester Co, MA - d. 16 AUG 1877 Hancock, NH

In the Fall of 1817, and after working for a time for his brother Solomon in the blacksmith trade, he had earned $30. He walked 45 miles to Andover to begin a course of education and to prepare himself for college. He graduated from Harvard, 1823, and Andover Theological Seminary. He was ordained at Walpole, MA 12 March 1828 and stayed there 21 years and for 2 years represented that town in the State Legislature. Next he was installed over the church at Hancock, NH, (May 1850), where he held this position until his death 16 August 1877. He had married, in Boston, 15 September 1830 Dorcas Freeman Homes, daughter of Henry Homes. She was born 26 August 1810 in Boston. In late life, 1888, she was living in Hancock.

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Bigelow Henry Homes [Male] b. 28 DEC 1830 Rochester, MA - d. 11 OCT 1910 San Francisco, CA

Henry was a newspaper editor and insurance man in San Francisco and tradition states in the employ of Hearst. It is stated that he died in Fresno, CA on 11 October 1910 by one account and in San Francisco by another.

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Bigelow Henry Derby [Male] b. 1 APR 1860 Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH - d. 19 MAY 1911 San Francisco, CA

Derby Bigelow was a journalist and wrote for the "Argonaut. The Ingleside", and for some years, Hearst's "San Francisco Examiner." One scoop of his is extensively quoted in the book "High Sierra" by Oscar Lewis. He died 19 May 1911 in San Francisco. Source: San Francisco Examiner.