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- John Biglo seems to have arrived in Watertown, MA about 1632. He probab ly came with an older relative, Elizabeth Bigelow, second wife of Deaco n Richard Butler, who after a short stay in Massachusetts, followed the R ev. Thomas Hooker to Connecticut. It is assumed that Elizabeth was an o lder sister or first cousin. No ship's-records exist showing the date o f their arrival. It is probable that John Biglow and/or Mary Warren cam e over on one of the ships of the Winthrop Fleet. It is also probable t hat they would have had to do so by budgeting solely based up on their o wn personal budget.
John Biglo took part in the Pequot War of 1636, serving from Watertown. T he next public mention we find of him is his marriage in Watertown on 3 0 October 1642-- the first marriage recorded in Watertown --before Mr. N owell, to Mary Warren, daughter of John and Margaret Warren. Ella Bigl ow's book, Reminiscences of Historic Marlborouqh, MA, contains a fictio nal description of John at his wedding, in white satin breeches, ruffle d shirt, and silver shoe buckles. There is also a doc-u-drama book call ed The Winthrop Woman, that is very well researched. On page 250, there i s related a cannon-ball pitching contest between Will Hallet and "his o pponent -- Bigelow, the blacksmith ." The contest was held in the Commo n of "little Boston", on Election Day in the mid to late 1630's.
To quote from Howe's book, "from the list of those who took the oath of f idelity at Watertown 1652, we find that John Biggalough was one of the n umber, and he became a freeman 18 April 1690 which we find from the rol l of freeman written as John Bigolo; under the same date we find that S amuel Begaloo was made a freeman, and by another list, date 16 May 1690 , we find Samuel Biggilo and John Warren jr. were made freemen. On the r eturn of soldiers who were in the service from 25 November to 3 Decembe r 1675 [King Philip's War] we find the names of John Bigulah Sr, Michae l Flegg, and Isaac Leonard, the last being wounded. Thus we find the na me variously spelled by different officials, but when we find the name w ritten by any member of the family, in those early days it is written B iglo, Bigelo, or Bigelow."
John Biglo appears by various accounts to have been a blacksmith, and a gain from town records we quote: "Agreed with John Biglo that for ten t rees the towne allowed him for the setting up of a shop for a Smithes f orge, that he shall either go on with his promise of setting up his tra de, which is the trade of a Smith, within one twelfmonth after the date h ereof or else to pay unto the towne ten shillings for these ten trees h e acknowledged to have off the towne." Dated 4 March 1651.
John Biglo was chosen a surveyor of highways in 1652 and 1660, a consta ble [Tax-collector] in 1663, and one of the selectmen or town council, i n 1665, 1670, and 1671.
John Biglo seems to have arrived in Watertown, MA about 1632. He probab l y came with an older relative, Elizabeth Bigelow, second wife of Deaco n R ichard Butler, who after a short stay in Massachusetts, followed the R e v. Thomas Hooker to Connecticut. It is assumed that Elizabeth was an o l der sister or first cousin. No ship's-records exist showing the date o f t heir arrival. It is probable that John Biglow and/or Mary Warren cam e o ver on one of the ships of the Winthrop Fleet. It is also probable t ha t they would have had to do so by budgeting solely based up on their o w n personal budget.
John Biglo took part in the Pequot War of 1636, serving from Watertown. T h e next public mention we find of him is his marriage in Watertown on 3 0 O ctober 1642-- the first marriage recorded in Watertown --before Mr. N o well, to Mary Warren, daughter of John and Margaret Warren. Ella Bigl o w's book, Reminiscences of Historic Marlborouqh, MA, contains a fictio n al description of John at his wedding, in white satin breeches, ruffle d s hirt, and silver shoe buckles. There is also a doc-u-drama book call ed T he Winthrop Woman, that is very well researched. On page 250, there i s r elated a cannon-ball pitching contest between Will Hallet and "his o pp onent -- Bigelow, the blacksmith ." The contest was held in the Commo n o f "little Boston", on Election Day in the mid to late 1630's.
To quote from Howe's book, "from the list of those who took the oath of f i delity at Watertown 1652, we find that John Biggalough was one of the n u mber, and he became a freeman 18 April 1690 which we find from the rol l o f freeman written as John Bigolo; under the same date we find that S am uel Begaloo was made a freeman, and by another list, date 16 May 1690 , w e find Samuel Biggilo and John Warren jr. were made freemen. On the r e turn of soldiers who were in the service from 25 November to 3 Decembe r 1 675 [King Philip's War] we find the names of John Bigulah Sr, Michae l F legg, and Isaac Leonard, the last being wounded. Thus we find the na me v ariously spelled by different officials, but when we find the name w ri tten by any member of the family, in those early days it is written B i glo, Bigelo, or Bigelow."
John Biglo appears by various accounts to have been a blacksmith, and a g ain from town records we quote: "Agreed with John Biglo that for ten t r ees the towne allowed him for the setting up of a shop for a Smithes f o rge, that he shall either go on with his promise of setting up his tra d e, which is the trade of a Smith, within one twelfmonth after the date h e reof or else to pay unto the towne ten shillings for these ten trees h e a cknowledged to have off the towne." Dated 4 March 1651.
John Biglo was chosen a surveyor of highways in 1652 and 1660, a consta b le [Tax-collector] in 1663, and one of the selectmen or town council, i n 1 665, 1670, and 1671.
John Biglo seems to have arrived in Watertown, MA about 1632. He probab ly came with an older relative, Elizabeth Bigelow, second wife of Deaco n Richard Butler, who after a short stay in Massachusetts, followed the R ev. Thomas Hooker to Connecti cut. It is assumed that Elizabeth was an o lder sister or first cousin. No ship's-records exist showing the date o f their arrival. It is probable that John Biglow and/or Mary Warren cam e over on one of the ships of the Winthrop Fleet. It is als o probable t hat they would have had to do so by budgeting solely based up on their o wn personal budget.
John Biglo took part in the Pequot War of 1636, serving from Watertown. T he next public mention we find of him is his marriage in Watertown on 3 0 October 1642-- the first marriage recorded in Watertown --before Mr. N owell, to Mary Warren, daugh ter of John and Margaret Warren. Ella Bigl ow's book, Reminiscences of Historic Marlborouqh, MA, contains a fictio nal description of John at his wedding, in white satin breeches, ruffle d shirt, and silver shoe buckles. There is also a doc-u-dra ma book call ed The Winthrop Woman, that is very well researched. On page 250, there i s related a cannon-ball pitching contest between Will Hallet and "his o pponent -- Bigelow, the blacksmith ." The contest was held in the Commo n of "little Bos ton", on Election Day in the mid to late 1630's.
To quote from Howe's book, "from the list of those who took the oath of f idelity at Watertown 1652, we find that John Biggalough was one of the n umber, and he became a freeman 18 April 1690 which we find from the rol l of freeman written as Joh n Bigolo; under the same date we find that S amuel Begaloo was made a freeman, and by another list, date 16 May 1690 , we find Samuel Biggilo and John Warren jr. were made freemen. On the r eturn of soldiers who were in the service from 25 Novembe r to 3 Decembe r 1675 [King Philip's War] we find the names of John Bigulah Sr, Michae l Flegg, and Isaac Leonard, the last being wounded. Thus we find the na me variously spelled by different officials, but when we find the name w ritten by any m ember of the family, in those early days it is written B iglo, Bigelo, or Bigelow."
John Biglo appears by various accounts to have been a blacksmith, and a gain from town records we quote: "Agreed with John Biglo that for ten t rees the towne allowed him for the setting up of a shop for a Smithes f orge, that he shall either go o n with his promise of setting up his tra de, which is the trade of a Smith, within one twelfmonth after the date h ereof or else to pay unto the towne ten shillings for these ten trees h e acknowledged to have off the towne." Dated 4 March 1651.
John Biglo was chosen a surveyor of highways in 1652 and 1660, a consta ble [Tax-collector] in 1663, and one of the selectmen or town council, i n 1665, 1670, and 1671.
John Biglo seems to have arrived in Watertown, MA about 1632. He probab l y came with an older relative, Elizabeth Bigelow, second wife of Deaco n R ichard Butler, who after a short stay in Massachusetts, followed the R e v. Thomas Hooker to Conne cticut. It is assumed that Elizabeth was an o l der sister or first cousin. No ship's-records exist showing the date o f t heir arrival. It is probable that John Biglow and/or Mary Warren cam e o ver on one of the ships of the Winthrop Fleet. I t is also probable t ha t they would have had to do so by budgeting solely based up on their o w n personal budget.
John Biglo took part in the Pequot War of 1636, serving from Watertown. T h e next public mention we find of him is his marriage in Watertown on 3 0 O ctober 1642-- the first marriage recorded in Watertown --before Mr. N o well, to Mary Warren, da ughter of John and Margaret Warren. Ella Bigl o w's book, Reminiscences of Historic Marlborouqh, MA, contains a fictio n al description of John at his wedding, in white satin breeches, ruffle d s hirt, and silver shoe buckles. There is also a doc -u-drama book call ed T he Winthrop Woman, that is very well researched. On page 250, there i s r elated a cannon-ball pitching contest between Will Hallet and "his o pp onent -- Bigelow, the blacksmith ." The contest was held in the Commo n o f " little Boston", on Election Day in the mid to late 1630's.
To quote from Howe's book, "from the list of those who took the oath of f i delity at Watertown 1652, we find that John Biggalough was one of the n u mber, and he became a freeman 18 April 1690 which we find from the rol l o f freeman written as J ohn Bigolo; under the same date we find that S am uel Begaloo was made a freeman, and by another list, date 16 May 1690 , w e find Samuel Biggilo and John Warren jr. were made freemen. On the r e turn of soldiers who were in the service from 25 No vember to 3 Decembe r 1 675 [King Philip's War] we find the names of John Bigulah Sr, Michae l F legg, and Isaac Leonard, the last being wounded. Thus we find the na me v ariously spelled by different officials, but when we find the name w ri tte n by any member of the family, in those early days it is written B i glo, Bigelo, or Bigelow."
John Biglo appears by various accounts to have been a blacksmith, and a g ain from town records we quote: "Agreed with John Biglo that for ten t r ees the towne allowed him for the setting up of a shop for a Smithes f o rge, that he shall either g o on with his promise of setting up his tra d e, which is the trade of a Smith, within one twelfmonth after the date h e reof or else to pay unto the towne ten shillings for these ten trees h e a cknowledged to have off the towne." Dated 4 March 1 651.
John Biglo was chosen a surveyor of highways in 1652 and 1660, a consta b le [Tax-collector] in 1663, and one of the selectmen or town council, i n 1 665, 1670, and 1671.
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1616 - 1703 (87 years)