Daniel Pratt Bigelow

1777 - 1863  (86 years)

• Name	Daniel Pratt Bigelow
  Birth	19 Aug 1777	Nova Scotia, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FSID	9QQK-VY4
  Burial	1863	Nova Scotia, Canada
  Death	26 Aug 1863	Nova Scotia, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I2443	footsteps
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Amasa Bigelow,   b. 11 Feb 1755, Colchester, New London, Connecticut, United States d. 1799, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Roxana Rozina Cone,   b. 29 May 1755, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States d. Aft 23 May 1811, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age > 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	9 Nov 1770	Nova Scotia, Canada
  Age at Marriage	Amasa was 15 years and 9 months - Roxana was 15 years and 6 months.
  Family ID	F802	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Johnston,   b. 30 Oct 1784, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 27 Jan 1822, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	6 May 1804	Nova Scotia, Canada
  Age at Marriage	Daniel was 26 years and 9 months - Emma was 19 years and 7 months.
  Children	+ 1. Emma Grace Bigelow,   b. 27 Jan 1822, Canso, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 1860, Sonoma, Sonoma, California, United States (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Daniel Bigelow,   b. 24 Jul 1815, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 27 Aug 1895, Hartford, Washington, Wisconsin, United States (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. James Bigelow,   b. 13 Mar 1819, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 15 Nov 1893, Hartford, Washington, Wisconsin, United States (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 4. Eliza Lee Bigelow,   b. 1 May 1813, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 30 Mar 1890, Oregon, United States (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 5. Amasa Bigelow,   b. 29 Nov 1811, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 19 Jun 1876, Kansas, United States (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F416	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Daniel was a shipbuilder in his father's employ until age 21, then built his own ship, and in time had 3 vessels. Living successively in Horton, Pictou, and Canso, he was engaged in the West Indies trade until 1825, when he sold out. He moved to Richland County, Ohio for nine years, where he was a physician. In 1834 he moved to Milwaukee, WI and built a sawmill. Three years later he sold it and moved to Eagleville, building the first sawmill in that community. In 1837 he came to Walworth County, WI and is said to have planted the first crop of winter wheat in Sugar Creek township. The following year he built the first gristmill; lacking buhrs, he hunted out and dressed two granite stones and fitted them to the mill. They were in use several years. In Daniel's old age, he returned to Nova Scotia and lived with his son William, dying at Canso 24 August 1863. Daniel was a shipbuilder in his father's employ until age 21, then built his own ship, and in time had 3 vessels. Living successively in Horton, Pictou, and Canso, he was engaged in the West Indies trade until 1825, when he sold out. He moved to R ichland County, Ohio for nine years, where he was a physician. In 1834 he moved to Milwaukee, WI and built a sawmill. Three years later he sold it and moved to Eagleville, building the first sawmill in that community. In 1837 he came to Walworth County, WI and is said to have planted the first crop of winter wheat in Sugar Creek township. The following year he built the first gristmill; lacking buhrs, he hunted out and dressed two granite stones and fitted the m to the mill. They were in use several years. In Daniel's old age, he returned to Nova Scotia and lived with his son William, dying at Canso 24 August 1863.

  
  

• Photos

  Daniel Bigelow b1777

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Berkeley, Alameda, California; Roll: 111;Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0309; Image: 692.0; FHL microfilm:2339846.