New England Slave Owner

Sgt. Isaac ³ BIGELOW, son of Samuel ², John¹, and Mary (FLAGG) BIGELOW, was born in Watertown, Middlesex county, MA, 19 Mar 1691. He was married, in Watertown, 29 Dec 1709 to Mary BOND, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Woolson/Woolsom) BOND. She was baptized 7 Dec 1690 in Watertown. They soon moved to Colchester, CT; land records show that he bought land there 23 Mar 1712, and was admitted as an inhabitant 5 Jan 1717. He held various offices in Colchester: tax collector 1724; way warden 1725, 1732, 1733, 1734, 1737, 1740, 1742, 1745, 1751; howard 1726; grand juryman 1732, 1737; surveyor 1751; lister 1751. He was a member of the local militia and in 1744 was commissioned a sergeant by the governor of the province. Colchester First church records show Isaac Bigelow & wife were admitted prior to 1733 (early records of Mr. Bulkeley's pastorale are lost.).

Rose, a "servant" of Isaac Bigelow, was baptized 9 Jun 1745; and Robin, Negro child owned by Isaac Bigelow, baptized 10 May 1747.

His will is dated 17 Nov 1749. In it he mentions his wife Mary, and bequeaths to her one-third the personal estate, and "the use of one'half the howse, whichever end she chuse" for her lifetime or as long as she remain his widow; also the use of one-half the barn. To son Elisha he gave the Negro boy named Robbins. Additionally he mentioned son Isaac, daughters Mary Fitch, Mary Waters, Hannah Clark, Abigail Fowler, and Sarah Skinner. The estate was valued at L 2087- 11-9. Isaac died in Colchester 11 Sep 1751; his widow Mary died on 9 July 1775.

Englsih currency prior to 2000 was broken down into pounds, shillings and pence. So, the Bigelow estate mentioned above would have been valued at L2,087 pounds, 11 shillings and 9 pence. The value of the estate if it were 1830 valued at todays prices would equal L146,000+ british pounds, the 1754 equivilent would be considerably larger. The US$ conversion at current rates would be $287,000+.

 

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Individual Information

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          Birth: 19 Mar 1690 - Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA 2 3
          Death: 11 Sep 1751 - Colchester, New London, Connecticut, USA
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Parents

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         Father: Samuel Bigelow  (1653-1730) 1 
         Mother: Mary Flagg  (1658-1720) 1

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Mary Bond  (7 Dec 1690 - 9 Jul 1775) 1 4  [MRIN:2257]
       Marriage: 29 Dec 1709 - Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA 3
       Children:
                1. Elisha Bigelow  (      -      ) 1
                2. Sarah  (      -      ) 1
                3. Mary Bigelow  (1711-1771) 1 5
                4. Mercy Bigelow  (1711-1711) 1
                5. Isaac Bigelow  (1713-1792) 1 5
                6. Mercy Bigelow  (1715-1796) 1 5
                7. Hannah Bigelow  (1721-1771) 1 5
                8. Abigail Bigelow  (1723-1796) 1 5
                9. Samuel Bigelow  (1724-1745) 1 5
                10. Sarah Bigelow  (1725-      ) 1
                11. Sarah Bigelow  (1727-1814) 1 5
                12. Lydia Bigelow  (1729-1745) 1 5
                13. Hannah Bigelow  (1730-1806) 1
                14. Elisha Bigelow  (1731-1804) 1
                15. Isaac Bigelow  (1765-1822) 1

1 Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.Original data: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.), This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note.

2 Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was deriv), Source number: 5231.003; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: .

3 Genealogies of the Families and Decendants of Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts (Little, Brown & Company).

4 Ancestry.com, Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.Original data: White, Lo).

5 Ancestry.com, Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.Original data: White, Lo).