GENERATION 11

GENERATION 10

JOHN BIGLO
bapt:02-16-1616/17Wrentham, ENG
marr:10-30-1642     Watertown, MA
died:07-14-1703     Watertown, MA
father:RANDALL BAGULEY
mother:JANE
 
MARY WARREN
bapt:09-12-1624     Nayland, ENG
marr:10-30-1642     Watertown, MA
died:10-19-1691     Watertown, MA
father:JOHN WARREN
mother:MARGARET BAYLY



Biography

JOHN BIGLO was baptised Feb. 16, 1616/17, in Wrentham Parish, Suffolk, England. The rector of Wrentham Parish in 1617 was Rev. John Phillips, who later emigrated to Dedham, Norfolk, MA. During his years in Dedham, Rev. Phillips once stated that "the blacksmith John Biglo of Watertown, Massachusetts, was the same infant whom he had baptised in 1617, as the son of Randall Baguley, and that he had known John Biglo from earliest youth upward."

Further, in a civil case in Watertown, JOHN BIGELOW took the witness stand and identified himself as "John Biglo, formerly of Wrentham, England." From this event, and the statement of Rev. Phillips, along with parish and probate records in England, the identity and parentage of JOHN is proven.

JOHN seems to have arrived in Watertown about 1632. He probably came over with his sister, Elizabeth, second wife of Deacon Richard Butler, who after a short stay in Massachusetts, followed the Rev. Thomas Hooker to Connecticut. No ship's records exist showing the exact date of arrival. It is probable that JOHN BIGLO and/or MARY WARREN came over on one of the ships of the Winthrop Fleet.

JOHN BIGLO took part in the Pequot War of 1636, serving from Watertown. The next public mention of him is his marriage to MARY in Watertown on Oct. 30, 1642, the first marriage recorded in Watertown.

JOHN was a member of the Watertown Train Band in 1650, having taken the "Oath of Fidelity".

The Watertown records of Mar. 4, 1651, state "Agreed with John Biglo that for ten trees the towne allowed him for the setting up of a shop for a Smithes forge, that he shall either go on with his promise of setting up his trade, which is the trade of a Smith, within one twelfmonth after the date hereof or else to pay unto the towne ten shillings for these ten trees he acknowledged to have off the towne."

JOHN BIGLO was chosen a surveyor of highways in 1652 and 1660, a constable (tax collector) in 1663, and one of the selectmen or town council, in 1665, 1670, and 1671. His homesite consisted of six acres and was bounded north by Richard Ambler and William Parker, east by Thomas Straight, south by the highway, and on the west by Miles Ives.

He was a soldier, under Capt. John Cutler, in King Philip's War in 1675. He served with two son-in-law's in that war, Michael Flagg and Isaac Larned. JOHN became a freeman on Apr. 18, 1690.

After the death of MARY October 19, 1691, JOHN married second on Oct. 2, 1694, Sarah Bemis, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Bemis. She was 26 years younger and outlived him. JOHN died Jul. 14, 1703, at the age of 86 years, as recorded by the town records. His will was dated Jan. 4, 1703 and proved Jul. 23, 1703.
 


Children

  born marr died
all children born in Watertown, Middlesex, MA
John
  wife Sarah Wheate
  wife Rebecca Olmsted
10-27-1643     
                 
03-12-1647/48
                 
05-27-1675
 
about-1721     
                 
 
JONATHAN BIGELOW
  wife REBECCA SHEPARD
  wife Mary Olcott
  wife Mary Benton
12-11-1646     
         -1650     
 
04-14-1655     
 
         -1671
about-1688
about-1710
01-09-1710/11
befor-1686     
03-07-1697     
12-23-1752     
Mary
  husband Michael Flagg
03-18-1648/49
03-23-1650/51
 
06-03-1674
09-03-1704     
10-12-1711     
Daniel
  wife Abigail Pratt
12-01-1650     
 
 
about-1683
about-1715     
 
Samuel
  wife Mary Flagg
10-28-1653     
01-14-1658     
 
06-03-1674
02-01-1731/32
09-07-1720     
Joshua
  wife Elizabeth Flagg
11-05-1655     
03-22-1657     
 
10-20-1676
02-01-1745     
08-09-1729     
Elizabeth
  husband Lt. John Stearns
06-18-1657     
05-    -1654     
 
 
04-18-1694     
10-26-1728     
Sarah
  husband Isaac Larned
09-29-1659     
09-16-1655     
 
07-23-1679
after-1703     
09-15-1737     
James
  wife Patience Brown
  wife Elizabeth Child
  wife Johanna Erickson
about-1660     
03-06-1668/69
07-24-1670     
 
 
03-25-1687
07-03-1693
06-15-1708
01-20-1727/28
 
04-20-1707     
 
Martha
  husband Thomas Olmsted
  husband Obadiah Woods
04-01-1662     
 
 
 
         -1686
 
 
 
04-11-1712     
Abigail
  husband Benjamin Harrington
02-04-1663/64
01-26-1662     
 
12-10-1684
01-12-1754     
03-27-1724     
Hannah 03-04-1665/66   03-08-1665     
son 12-18-1667        12-18-1667     


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