Rachel 6 BIGELOW
ABOVE Rachel (Bigelow) Van Ness,
taken shortly before her death.
16B2A.3 Rachel 6 BIGELOW, dau
of Gale 5 ( Jabez 4 , Gershom
3, Joshua2, John1) and Sarah (PRATT)
BIGELOW,
was born 26 June 1805 at Lebanon, Columbia county, NY. She married, on
27
February 1825, Jesse Van Ness. He was born 17 December 1802 at Chatham,
Columbia
county, NY. They farmed at Malden Bridge, in Columbia county, many
years.
He was also the postmaster and U.S. Marshall. In later years they moved
to
West Point township, Columbia county, WI. There Jesse died 29 November
1882,
and Rachel then made her home with her daughter Mrs. Richmond until her
death
on 13 June 1902. Both are buried at Garden Bluff in West Point
township.
In Rachel's latter years she, through a daughter, carried on a lively
correspondence
with Prof. Melville M. Bigelow. Their letters are preserved, and were
printed
in part in Forge: The Bigelow Society Quarterly, vols 4-5.
Rachel
and her husband were friends and admirers of Pres. Martin Van Buren,
once
taking the train to Washington, D.C., to visit the White House.
Children of Jesse and Rachel (Bigelow) Van Ness, all born Malden
Bridge, Columbia co, NY:
16B2A.31 Gale Van Ness, died in
infancy.
16B2A.32 Sarah Bigelow Van Ness, b 13
June 1830; d 23 May 1889; m l2 May 1851 Theodore T. Wing.
16B2A.33 Waterman G. Van Ness, b 23
Aug 1833;
died ___ (was retired at Berkeley, CA 1923); m 1854 Jane Wright; res
Beatrice,
NE.
16B2A.34 Martin Van Buren Van Ness,
b 27 Aug 1835; d 29 Nov 1912 Citrus co, FL; m 23 Sept 1855 Annie L.
Eells. (see below)
16B2A.35 Emma Frances Van Ness, b 17 May
1846; d 8 Oct 1923 Lodi, WI; m 28 Jan 1864 James Richmond..
Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. I page.358;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
letters of Melville M. Bigelow to Emma Richmond;
cemetery inscriptions, West Point, WI;
censuses; family records; research by Laurence P. Richmond.
Note 08/18/06:
From:
Sharon Estes < sjestes@sbcglobal.net >
My husbands Great Great Grandparents
were
Martin Van Buren Van Ness and
Anna L. Eells. ( The L is for Lenthal ) Anna's grandfather
was Robert
Lenthel Eells.
You list one son of Martin Van Buren
Van Ness and Anna Lenthal Eells as Robert E. Van Ness. This is
not correct. It should be Robert L. Van Ness <>He
was born Feb. 17, 1867 in West Point, Columbia, Wisconsin. Robert
Lenthal Van Ness married Sarah Jennie Randall April 6, 1892.
Robert died May 19, 1937 in Inverness, Citrus County, Florida.
Robert and Sarah are both buried in the Van
Ness Cemetery in Citrus Co. Florida. <>
Their daughter Jennie
Roberta Van Ness ( My husband's grandmother ) daughter of Robert and
Sarah, b. May 28, 1893 in So. Dunnellon, Florida. <>
Jennie Roberta married James Wallace
Estes Dec. 22, 1915 in Vernon Co. Missouri. They divorced in 1943
and Jennie Roberta returned to Florida to be
with her family. Jennie Roberta Van Ness Estes died
<>Sept.
18, 1968 in Inverness, Citrus Co. Florida. She is buried in the
Van Ness Cemetery in Citurs Co. Florida. ( The Van Ness
Cemetery is a private family cemetery.
) Jennie Roberta Van Ness
Estes named one of her sons after her father
Robert Lenthal Van Ness. ( her son was
also Robert Lenthal Van Ness. )
My husband's father
was the oldest son of Jennie Roberta Van Ness and James Wallace
Estes. ( named, James Van Ness Estes ) my husband's
<>father was this James Van Ness Estes and my husband
is
also named James Van Ness Estes.
Regards, Sharon J. Estes / California
From: Robert W. Croft
Sir:
Instead of Almy Gardiner it should be Sarah Pratt (daughter
of Obadiah Pratt and Jemima Tolls as shown in your posting
on Gale Bigelow # 16B2A
With regards,
Robert W. Croft
2651 E. Truck Farm Lane
Inverness, FL 34453
Rod Bigelow
Box 13 Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929
rodbigelow@netzero.net
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