Josiah ⁶ BIGELOW

East Brookfield Cemetery, Orange County, VT

16314.5 Josiah ⁶ Bigelow, son of Ezra ⁵ ( David ⁴, Lt. John ³, Joshua ², John ¹) BIGELOW and Hannah (STRONG) BIGELOW, was born 05 May 1765 at Colchester, New London co, CT. He married, on 16 September 1784 at Colchester, "Lucy" Lois Waters, she was baptized 24 November 1765 Westchester, CT, dau of Lazarus and Lois (Loomis) Waters. After the birth of their first child, they moved to Brookfield, Orange county, VT. Josiah, a veteran of the Revolutionary War, as a teamster under Capt. Samuel Northward, Col. Wadsworth's Regt. He was employed transporting army supplies in 1791 from East Colchester to Danbury, CT; then to White Plains, NY and Annapolis, MD. He was at Yorktown at the surrender of Cornwallis, then returned to Colchester, as his team of oxen "took sick and died". In April 1782 he re-enlisted under Capt. Isaiah Chapman and was ordered to Kings Ferry, and Horse Neck, where he again lost three oxen and returned to Colchester, after eight months service. For his service he drew a pension under the Act of 1832, and after his death, his widow also claimed pension. In later life he was a small farmer and Surveyor of Highways at Brookfield. He died there 14 January 1838 aged 72, his wife Lucy on 14 March 1842, aged 77 years. (see below) Local family records entitle Josiah as "Ensign" and on his grave stone he is "Captain".
--1790 census: VT-Orange-Brookfield-Josiah Bigelow: l-1-3-0-0.

Children of Josiah and Lucy (Waters) Bigelow, all but the oldest born Brookfield, Orange co, VT:

16314.51t Lydia, b 13 May 1786 Colchester; d 30 May 1829 Brookfield, VT; m 08 Dec 1808 Noble Small (Smalley?). 7 children.

16314.52t Josiah, b 14 July 1788 Brookfield, d 26 Sept 1831 Brookfield, VT; m Electa Hurlburt (1790-1863). 4 children.

16314.53t Louisa, b 22 Feb 1791; d 22 July 1866 Brookfield, VT; m 4 Jan 1816 James Hamlin. 7 children.

16314.54t Waters L., b ca 1794; d 19 (17?) May 1853 Brookfield, VT; m 29 Nov 1818 Cynthia Freeman . 5 children.

16314.55t Lois, b _ Feb 1796; d 09 May 1875 (aged 79) Brookfield, VT; m 24 Oct 1822 Gurdon Durkee. 2 sons: Ezra and Frederick Durkee.

16314.56 Lucy, b _ Feb 1798; d 27 Sep 1882 Brookfield, aged 82 yrs, 7 mos; unm. In 1850 she was living in her brother Waters' home.

16314.57 Hannah, b ca 1801; d ____ ; m 08 Apr 1824 Samuel Davis.

16314.58t Ezra, b ca 1803; d ___ ; m (1) 30 Mar 1828 Nancy Hyde; m (2) 04 July 1845 Emily Freeman. 4 known children.

Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol I, pg 326-327;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America; pg
VT vital records;
Colchester and Brookfield vital records;
cemetery inscriptions, Brookfield, VT;
correspondence with Colchester historian;
correspondence with Edson Bigelow of Brookfield, VT;
Forge: The Bigelow Society Quarterly; Vol 16, No 4, pg 74; Oct 1987;

Lucy Waters

Rod Bigelow (Roger Jon¹² BIGELOW)

Box 13 Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929

rodbigelow@netzero.net

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