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Martha <I>Brigham</I> Biglow

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Martha Brigham Biglow

Birth
Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
13 Oct 1794 (aged 90)
Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Boylston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Parents: Gershom and Mehitable (Warren) Brigham

Married: Joseph Bigelow on 22 February 1725 in Shrewsbury

If the death year on the gravestone were correct, Martha would have been 12 or younger at the birth of her first child. In addition, she is not mentioned in her husbands will dated December 1782.

Martha Biglow, aged 78 years, wife of Joseph Biglow, a leading man in town of Shrewsbury, died October 13th, 1782 Her death and heirs of the subsequent will of Joseph Biglow who died in Jan 1783 was recorded in "The Bigelow Family of America", by Gilman Bigelow Howe, pub 1890.
Parents: Gershom and Mehitable (Warren) Brigham

Married: Joseph Bigelow on 22 February 1725 in Shrewsbury

If the death year on the gravestone were correct, Martha would have been 12 or younger at the birth of her first child. In addition, she is not mentioned in her husbands will dated December 1782.

Martha Biglow, aged 78 years, wife of Joseph Biglow, a leading man in town of Shrewsbury, died October 13th, 1782 Her death and heirs of the subsequent will of Joseph Biglow who died in Jan 1783 was recorded in "The Bigelow Family of America", by Gilman Bigelow Howe, pub 1890.

Inscription

ERECTED
in memory of Mrs
MARTHA BIGLOW
Wife of Capt. Joseph Biglow
Who died Oct 13th 1794
aged 70 Years

Gravesite Details

The headstone uses the Bigelow family name variant, Biglow. The death year on the grave stone is incorrect.



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