Abigail (Pratt) Bigelow (1657 - aft. 1715)

Born 1657 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Bigelow — married 1686 in Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died after 1715 after age 58 in Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

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Biography

Abigail Pratt was born about 1657. ^[1] She is the daughter of Thomas Pratt ^[2] and Susannah Gleason.

"Abial Pratt, daughter of Thomas of Watertown, married Daniel Baguley/Biglow of Sudbury", (born 1 Dec 1650, son of John). ^[1] He was a tailor and after their marriage they settled a short distance from Framingham at Sherburne (sic). Abigail and Daniel Bigalow had the following known children ^[1] :

• Abigail, b. 28 Oct 1689
• Daniel, b. 24 Nov 1691
• Abiel, b. 20 Jan 1693
• Susanna, b. 4 May 1696
• Ephraim, b. 12 May 1698
• Lydia, b. 2 Jan 1702

His estate was adm. by his widow in 1715. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Savage, James "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England showing Three Generations of Those who came before May 1692 on the Basis of Farmer's Register" Vol. I; Pg. 175. Pub. 1860, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown & Company. Accessed 18 Dec 2020. https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=HWEblLuls8kC&pg=GBS.PR3
2. ↑ "Savage, James "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692" Vol. 3; pg.471. Pub.1861, Boston, Mass. Reprinted (online db) 1999, Provo, UT., USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 18 Dec 2020.
3. ↑ Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts by Henry Bond, M.D.; 2nd Ed.; Published by the N.E. Historic-Genealogical Society, 1860; Bigelow; Pg.30. Available in the public domain at www.books.google.com. Accessed 17 May 2019.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCW6-95H : 4 December 2014), Abial Bigalow, b. 28 Oct 1689; citing SHERBORN,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 164,693.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCWX-9L4 : 4 December 2014), Abial in entry for Daniel Bigalow, 24 Nov 1691; citing SHERBORN,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 164,693.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCW6-SHF : 4 December 2014), Abial in entry for Abigall Bigalow, 20 Jan 1693; citing SHERBORN,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 164,693.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCW6-ZQQ : 4 December 2014), Abiall in entry for Susanna Bigalow, 04 Mar 1695; citing SHERBORN,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 164,693.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F45Z-X85 : 4 December 2014), Abi... Bigalow in entry for Ephraim Bigalow, 12 May 1698; citing Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, P 25 R.2; FHL microfilm 872,789.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC49-5LH : 4 December 2014), Abiell in entry for Lidia Biglow, 02 Jan 1702; citing FRAMINGHAM,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873783 IT 1.

Acknowledgements

• Thanks to Daniel Thompson for starting this profile.
• Thank you to Bob Nichol for creating WikiTree profile Pratt-2052 through the import of Nichol Ancestry.GED on Feb 14, 2013.
• Entry by Wilfred VasileJul 17, 2012.