Dr
James
Bigsby
I MD
Born in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England
Son of Jeremiah Bigsby
and Martha (Marsh) Bigsby
Brother of
Thomas Bigsby MD
Husband of
Sarah (Herrot) Bigsby
— married
26 Sep 1745 in St Peter's Church, Lowdham, Nottinghamshire, England
Descendants 
Father of
Mary (Bigsby) Smith, Jeremiah Bigsby III AM, James Bigsby II, Sarah Bigsby I, James Bigsby RWT, Thomas Bigsby MA, John Bigsby I, John Bigsby II MD FRCP, Sarah Bigsby II and Robert Bigsby Sr
Died
at age 64
in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Jan 2016
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Biography
Eminent surgeon, of Nottingham.
Background
He was the second son of Jeremiah Bigsby and Martha Marsh. He was baptised on 21 May 1718 at Stowe Market (or Stowmarket), Suffolk.
Marriage and family
In 1745 he married Sarah Herrot, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Herrot Esq, of Thorp-in-Baln, in the parish of Barnby-upon-Don, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and they had ten children.
Death
He died on 6 September 1782 at Nottingham.
Sources
Burke's Landed Gentry (1849) [1]
Dr James Bigsby [2]
'Recollections of Rev Richard Taylor' and genealogical notebooks, compiled by Cranleigh Harper Barton 1890-1975, which form part of the Cranleigh Barton Bequest (1975), Whanganui Regional Museum, New Zealand.
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