Josiah Bigelow (1726 - 1754)

Born 3 Jan 1726 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Wells) Benton — married 12 Feb 1753 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Died 16 May 1754 at age 28 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Biography

Josiah Bigelow, son of Joseph and Sarah (Spencer) Bigelow, was born 3 January 1725/6^[1] and baptized 6 February at Second Congregational Church in Hartford, Connecticut.^[2]

Josiah married Elizabeth Wells on 12 February^[3] 1753 at Wethersfield First Congregational Church.^[4]

Josiah died 16 May 1754,^[5] and his remains were interred at the Center Church (Ancient) Burial Ground, Hartford.^[6]

He left a will dated 22 February 1754, leaving legacies to his wife and executrix, Elizabeth, and to his unborn son or daughter.^[7]

Elizabeth did bear him a daughter, apparently a couple of months before his death:

• Mary Bigelow, b. abt. March 1754^[8]

Sources

• Barbour, Lucius B. Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1977, p. 65; consulted as "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut," ancestry.com, Provo, UT, 1997-2018.
• Howe, Gilman Bigelow. Genealogy of the Bigelow family of America, from the marriage in 1642 of John Biglo and Mary Warren to the year 1890. Worcester, Mass. 1890, p. 31.
• Mathews, Barbara J. The Descendants of Gov. Thomas Welles of Connecticut, and His Wife, Alice Tomes. Wethersfield, Connecticut: Welles Family Association, 2015, vol. 2, pt. B, pp. 697-8.

1. ↑ Barbour, p. 64-5.
2. ↑ Parker, Edwin P. History of the Second Church of Christ in Hartford. Hartford, Conn: Belknap & Warfield, 1892, p. 327.
3. ↑ Barbour, p. 70.
4. ↑ Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut Marriages As Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. New Haven, Conn: Bureau of American Ancestry, 1896, 3:8; citing records of Wethersfield First Congregational Church.
5. ↑ "List of Burials, Center Church Burying Ground, Hartford." The Connecticut Quarterly. Hartford, Conn.: Connecticut Quarterly Co., 1898, vol 4, p. 182.
6. ↑ Josiah's Find A Grave profile gives the wrong date of his death, someone perhaps having misread formatting of the Connecticut Quarterly. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (13 December 2015), Josiah Bigelow, 1754; Burial, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America, Ancient Burying Ground; citing record ID 58089304, Find a Grave.
7. ↑ Josiah Bigelow, last will and testament, 1754; Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 . Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts, Hartford Probate Records, Vol 17-19, 1753-1770, image 63.
8. ↑ Barbour, p. 70; citing Hartford Land Records, 9:373, record of a property sale by Elizabeth Bigelow, executrix of Josiah Bigelow, to Joseph Bigelow, 24 September 1756, in which her daughter is documented to be 18 months old.