Samuel 3 BIGELOW, son of Jonathan 2, (John 1), and Mary (OLCOTT) BIGELOW,
was baptized 31 March 1695 in First Church, Hartford, Hartford co, CT. He went
to Southampton, Long Island, NY, where he lived for several years. About 1722
he married Mehitable (HALSEY) TAYLOR, daughter of Isaac and Abigail (HOWELL)
HALSEY. Mehitable had married
(1) 27 March 1709 Joseph TAYLOR, a
sea-faring man who was seldom home. In 1709 he was in Southampton and made his
will, and was apparently home again in 1717, for he was father of a daughter
(Elizabeth, born 1718, married 04 November 1741 John SPENCER). After this he
was gone for a number of years, during which time Mehitable, believing him
dead (he was in truth captured by the French and had been in Martinique and
France), had married Samuel BIGELOW.
When Joseph TAYLOR returned home
in 1731 he found his house occupied by Bigelow, Mehitable and child Elizabeth,
and five new children. A curious set of legal documents exists, in which
Taylor recounts his voyages, then makes out a quit-claim relinquishing house,
wife, children and all. (See Goodmin's Ancestral Lines.) Attached to it is
Mehitable's list of her Bigelow children's births.
On the land records at
Middletown, CT, we find that Samuel BIGELOW of Southampton, ship's carpenter,
on 02 April 1723 bought 350 acres of land in Middletown from Ezekiel Howell of
Southampton, paying twenty shillings current money. Also, 04 October 1731
Samuel Bigelow sold a parcel of land to Moses Taylor of Hartford, said land
located Middletown on the east side of the river, in what is now Portland; in
1733 he again sold land, now being of Southampton, but on 06 January 1738 he
sold more land in Middletown, where he was a resident, and is spoken of as a
physician. He drew up his will 14 October 1748, and it was proved soon after.
He mentions wife Mehitable, sons Timothy, Isaac, and Samuel, daughters
Abigail, Mary, and step-daughter Elizabeth Spencer. Estate appraised 23
February 1749 at L 3023-3-2.
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Mar 1687 - Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA 2 3
Death: Oct 1748 - Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA 2 3
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Parents
Father: Jonathon Bigelow (1646-1710) 1 4 5
Mother: Rebecca Shepard (1650-1697) 1 6
Spouses and Children
1. *Mehitabel Halsey (1690 - 1749) 1
Marriage: 1722 - , , Connecticut, USA
Children:
1. Abigail Bigelow (1723- ) 1
2. Timothy Bigelow (1724-1776) 1
3. Mary Bigelow (1726-1776) 1