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.
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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